ACEP LINK ROUNDUP – JUNE 2021

SAVE THE DATE

• July 25-27: Leadership & Advocacy Conference (Washington, DC) - Register Today

• July 26: Deadline to apply for Annals of EM Resident Editorial Board Fellowship

• October 25-28: ACEP21 (Boston, MA) - Book your hotel

ACT

As EM physicians, you can help increase the number of people who are vaccinated. ACEP encourages you to consider working with your institution to provide vaccines to appropriate patients who will be discharged from the ED. We have resources to help you get started. 

Employment contracts: Employment contracts are complex and often difficult to navigate. This checklist is designed to help you consider all the right questions when reviewing any employment contract you receive. Feel confident you're protected before you sign on the dotted line with this ACEP checklist.

WATCH

The Workforce Minute: Dr. Gillian Schmitz, ACEP's President-Elect, gives the five pillars of where we are focusing strategic efforts regarding the EM Physician Workforce.  Watch it here.

ACEP’s webinar, 988 - The Future of Suicide Prevention and Crisis Care, is now available on ACEP's Online Learning Collaborative. 

READ

• In Memoriam: ACEP Remembers Wilderness Medicine Pioneer Dr. Paul Auerbach

• Diagnosed, Undiagnosed COVID-19 in US ED Personnel (Annals of EM)

• Expedited Partner Therapy Can Stop STIs (ACEP Now)

• It's the No Surprises Act- The 4-1-1 from Dr. Brault (ACEP Frontline)

• Coagulo Medical Technologies (EMergence)

• Incidence of OUD in the year after discharge from ED (JACEP Open)

Geaux Louisiana ACEP! They never gave up and won a huge legislative victory that killed a proposal to allow NP independent practice in their state.

ACEP recently joined the AMA Scope of Practice Partnership (SOPP). Read about this partnership in the context of the PA name change news on ACEP Lately.

Check out our FACEPs in the Crowd feature in ACEP Now to see some of the fun hobbies of your fellow EM physicians. You'll meet a home brewer, a solar eclipse chaser, a championship dog agility trainer and more. If you know an ACEP Fellow with a unique hobby outside the ED, nominate them to be featured by emailing acepnow@acep.org.

Regs & Eggs:

• MedPAC Issues Another Annual Report to Congress: Includes Insights on Private Equity, Alternative Payment Models, and Rural Health

• OSHA Releases Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19-What Does it Mean for You?

• Recent Opportunities to Highlight ACEP's "Awesome" AUCM Model

• Biden Administration Releases Entire Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 President's Budget

ACEP Press Releases:

Advocating for You: After 6 days of aggressive advocacy from ACEP nation, UnitedHealthcare delayed a dangerous retroactive ED payment policy that would have forced patients to be their own docs. 

LISTEN

Latest Podcasts:

• ACEP Frontline: New Frontline features Drs. Christopher Baugh and Arun Jesudian talking about hepatic encephalopathy treatment options, recommendations, and a new tool to help identify and treat these patients in the ED.

• EMergence: latest podcast from EMergence, all about innovation in the ED, discusses new technology from Coagulo Medical Technologies.

Browse all ACEP Podcasts and Apps

LEARN

Gearing up for MyEMCert? ACEP's new PEERcert+ focuses on the topic-specific modules in MyEMCert to help you succeed. Current courses include Abdominopelvic, Trauma and Bleeding and Abnormal Vital Signs and Shock. 

Quick Links: EM Physician Workforce of the Future | ACEP Career Center | ED COVID-19 Data Visualizations