MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'acep'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:49:43 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4512392&cid=t_121605_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-first-emergency-physician-elected-to-congress%2F2011.02.23 I was unaware that Dr. Joe Heck of Nevada is the first emergency physician to be elected to Congress. Good for him! From the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): In one of the closest congressional races of 2010, Republican challenger and ACEP member Dr. Joe Heck upset Rep. Dina Titus in Nevada’s third Congressional District.  Dr. Heck is the first ACEP member and emergency physician to be elected to Congress. I suppose that leaves me to be the first for the Senate… *This blog post was originally published at GruntDoc* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4512392 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:00:39 +0100 4512392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3726595&cid=t_121605_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-its-wrong-to-call-drug-seekers-a-micropopulation%2F2010.07.05 I don’t know what’s going on with American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) lately, but it’s disheartening. Their abdication of responsibility and engagement during the healthcare reform debate was depressing. Then there was a rigged poll designed to elicit a predetermined result. Now I see a bizarre op-ed piece in USA Today entitled “Opposing view on drug addiction: Don’t make us ‘pain police’” and authored by ACEP President Angela Gardener. An excerpt: The patient-physician relationship is sacrosanct, demanding candor and trust. In the emergency department, trust is built in nanoseconds because patients and doctors do not have prior relationships. Knowing that any pain prescription will be entered into a large, public database might p... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3726595 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:00:00 +0100 3726595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3726596&cid=t_121605_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Femergency-medicine-dilemma-risk-malpractice-or-overtesting%2F2010.07.05 Emergency physicians are in a dilemma. Risk missing a diagnosis and be sued, or be criticized for overtesting. Regular readers of this blog, along with many other physicians’ blogs, are familiar with the difficult choices facing doctors in the emergency department. The Associated Press, continuing its excellent series on overtesting, discusses how lawsuit fears is a leading driver of unnecessary tests. Consider chest pain, one of the most common presenting symptoms in the ER: Patients with suspected heart attacks often get the range of what the ER offers, from multiple blood tests that can quickly add up in cost, to X-rays and EKGs, to costly CT scans, which are becoming routine in some hospital ERs for diagnosing heart attacks … … and the battery of testing may be paying off: A few... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3726596 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:00:59 +0100 3726596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3718398&cid=t_121605_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealth-highlights-from-the-new-media-academic-summit%2F2010.07.01 I recently spoke at the panel on transparency at Edelman’s New Media Academic Summit. Ben Boyd was the moderator and Ellen Miller from the Sunlight Foundation was my fellow panelist. Reviewing some of the #nmas10 tweets from the audience, I figured I should provide some links for the anecdotes I mentioned: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CEO Paul Levy’s blog is still the starting point when talking about transparency in medicine today. I had the chance to speak with him a few years ago. Ed Bennett has done an extraordinary job following hospital social media adoption and highlights effective new media policies as well. Hospitals are using twitter and billboards to broadcast emergency department waiting room times. This is not without risk, as billboards may not clarif... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3718398 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3718398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3683560&cid=t_121605_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fpresident-american-college-emergency-physicians-claims-fear-malpractice-suits-unneeded-tests%2F Dr. Angela Gardner, President of the ACEP, says that fear of lawsuits is an overriding reason that ER physicians order so many tests. ER physicians Drs. Jeffrey Kline, Angela Mills, and Jeffrey Schaider also give their thoughts. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3683560 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:32:05 +0100 3683560 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3658952&cid=t_121605_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fproposed-sgr-fix-an-interesting-twist%2F2010.06.14 This is something I haven’t seen reported on elsewhere, but according to the ACEP 911 Legislative Network Weekly Update, there was an interesting twist in the Democrats’ proposed SGR fix: The latest plan increases physician payments by 1.3% for the remainder of this year and by an additional 1% in 2011. In 2012 and 2013, physician services would be separated into two categories, or “buckets.” One bucket would be for E&M services (including emergency department, primary and preventive care) and the other group would include all other services. The E&M bucket would increase at the same rate as the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) plus 2%, while the other group would receive a payment increase of GDP plus 1%.After 2013, the payment formula would revert back t... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3658952 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:00:00 +0100 3658952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3611907&cid=t_121605_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fteaching-til-the-very-end-carol-rivers-md%2F2010.05.29 To those who haven’t heard, an icon of emergency medicine has passed away. Carol Rivers, M.D. died last week following a cardiac procedure. Carol was an outstanding clinician and educator, and one of the founders of modern emergency medicine as we’re fortunate to know it today. Carol was perhaps best known for her board preparation guides, which helped many a terrified physician to navigate his or her emergency medicine board exams. I know her expertise helped me when I took my first American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) exam. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at edwinleap.com* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3611907 Sat, 29 May 2010 22:00:07 +0100 3611907 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3595588&cid=t_121605_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Femergency-cares-ambiguity-in-the-affordable-care-act%2F2010.05.24 There’s just so much hidden and buried in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that it’s like trying the find all the goodies in an Easter egg hunt. ACEP News pointed out one hidden goodie, nicely illustrated in this article from Kaiser Health News: Under the new health law, insurance companies must extend several new protections to patients who receive emergency care. One of the biggest guarantees: Patients who need emergency treatment will have their costs covered at the same rate, regardless of whether they are treated at “in-network” or “out-of-network” hospitals. The law also bars health plans from requiring prior authorization for emergency services. And it mandates that plans follow the “prudent layperson” rule. For example, if a person goes ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3595588 Mon, 24 May 2010 18:00:00 +0100 3595588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=644728&cid=t_121605_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2007%2F5%2F30%2Fmr-universe-needs-your-help.html Mr. Universe, Doug Burns got arrested and has to go to trial. Why? Because he was acting drunk and, supposedly, resisted arrest. Why? Because his blood sugar was 29! Why? Because he is a Type 1 diabetic and he was experiencing a “low” related to a mismatch between his insulin dose and his insulin need.  This happens sometimes.Low blood sugar can have many different manifestations. Sometimes people pass out. Some people just get jittery and nervous. And, it is not uncommon for people to become confused and seem like they are drunk when their blood sugar gets too low. That is what happened to Doug. Unfortunately, Doug’s low occurred in a public place – a movie house – and police thought they had a public drunk on their hands. They arrested him and... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=644728 Wed, 30 May 2007 15:04:02 +0100 644728