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Few physicians use EHRs to exchange data
About 40% of physicians in the United States have adopted a basic electronic health record system, but few are able to use those systems to exchange clinical information with other offices or generate quality metrics, according to a survey of more than 1,800 physicians. The Harris Interactive... »
Workplace wellness and the ACA: The Policy & Practice Podcast
With each passing week, the Obama Administration rolls ahead with implementation of the Affordable Care Act ? despite attempts by House and Senate Republicans to derail the effort. Most recently, the administration issued rules explaining how employers can establish workplace wellness programs... » An Affordable Care Act provision that allows adults aged 19-25 years to remain on a parent’s health plan appears to be helping to decrease the amount of uncompensated care in the emergency department, according to a study published May 29 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In 2011, following... » Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have released a draft bill that would eliminate the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula that they say has a good chance of being enacted.
Physician groups have been involved in the crafting of the draft, which was first circulated in... » WASHINGTON – Doctors need to step up their efforts to counsel patients on smoking cessation.
That was the message from officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and primary care physicians group at a press briefing May 22.
"Every doctor can help their patients quit, and... »
Study: ACA means less uncompensated care in the ED
House Republicans proffer SGR fix legislation
CDC urges doctors to help patients quit smoking
Obama budget proposal gives more power to IPAB President Obama is proposing to cut more than $370 billion from the Medicare program over the next decade, a move aimed at reducing the federal deficit and putting the program on firmer financial footing. The president's... »
Many Residents Don't Report Their Needlestick InjuriesDENVER – More than half of emergency medicine residents sustain a needlestick injury during their training, and more than a third of them don’t report it, according to a statewide Illinois survey. "A 37% rate of... »
Unit-Based Patient Safety Program Gets a Tool Kit
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Comprehensive Unit–Based Safety Program has proved effective for helping clinical teams tackle tough patient safety issues, and now the agency has introduced a tool kit to... »
The federal government has spent the last 8 years trying to move doctors and hospitals away from paper records and toward electronic health record systems. Since 2009, with the passage of the Health Information Technology... »
Paying Physicians for Value
Starting in 2015, Medicare-participating physicians will be paid in part based on the quality and cost of the care they provide. That’s when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will begin to apply a value-based... »
Lessons from the Field: How One Hospital Curbs Boarding
At my institution, we are down to minimal divert times and very little or no boarding time in the emergency department, with the exception of psychiatric patients. We have a gross citywide shortage of psychiatric beds, and... »
The Emergency Medicine Action Fund Board is scheduled to meet this month, the first meeting of the grassroots group working to stop the potential threat to the independent practice of emergency medicine. Members of the EM... »
Free Member Benefit Helps You Keep Track of Your CME Hours
Keep up with the CME hours you have earned with ACEP’s new CME Tracker – an exclusive, FREE member benefit. This great new tool will allow you to keep track of the CME hours you received from ACEP meetings and other... »
Each day, dramatic stories of lifesaving interventions unfold in emergency departments. Following the deadly shooting rampage in Tucson in 2011, the successful outcome for Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords catalyzed a... »
Medicaid Primer 2012: Avoiding the RAC
All legislation passed by our government has seemingly good intentions, and so it goes with the Affordable Care Act. However, with all legislation comes unintended consequences, and this has proven true with the ACA. ... »
Emergency physicians develop protocol for safer patient handoffsDoes safety happen by accident in your emergency department, or by design? This question is especially applicable to the patient handoff – an area that’s riddled with potential minefields and yet is often overlooked as a... »
Need is dire for palliative care in disaster planningNEW ORLEANS – In a room filled with roughly 2,000 health care providers, just a dozen or so hands went up when the audience was asked whether their hospital or state had a "crisis standards of care"... »
EM docs offer tips for better patient relationsDr. Leana Wen was a second-year medical student when her mother began complaining of feeling run-down, with a cough and shortness of breath. Sandy Wen was a hard-working Chinese immigrant and second-grade teacher in Los... »