Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
NEW Critical Care Podcast: ScvO2 vs. Lactate Clearance in Early Goal Directed Therapy
Critical Care in Emergency Medicine
ScvO2 vs. Lactate Clearance in Early Goal Directed Therapy
Or listen on the AAEM website.
David Farcy, MD FAAEM FCCM, Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical in Miami Beach, Florida, speaks with Michael Winters, MD FAAEM, Associate Professor of EM and IM at the University of Maryland. Drs. Farcy and Winters discuss ScvO2 versus lactate clearance in early goal directed therapy its application in patient treatment. The discussion covers a review of landmark articles and well as recent literature. Intro music by NICOCO, "Quiberon," from the album "Nicoco," powered by JAMENDO.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
AAEM Endorsed Bill on School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Unanimously Passes House Committee
7/31/13: UPDATE: H.R. 2094 has advanced with overwhelming support in the House of Representatives, and will advance to the Senate.
View a copy of the bill.
Read coverage of this story from Forbes Magazine.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 18, 2013
Contact: Laura Burns
lburns@aaem.org
800-884-2236
AAEM Endorsed Bill on School Access to Emergency Epinephrine
Unanimously Passes House Committee
Unanimously Passes House Committee
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Call for Feedback: Participate in a Brief Survey on SGR Legislation
AAEM members,
AAEM is committed to giving emergency physicians a voice on Capitol Hill. With the assistance of our lobbying firm, Williams & Jensen, we have been closely following the issue of the Standard Growth Rate (SGR) and now we need your assistance. The House Energy & Commerce and House Ways & Means Committee Republicans have drafted proposed SGR legislation. The Committee has requested feedback from stakeholders in their legislative process. This is an opportunity to have your voice heard. They have asked that feedback be provided by early next week. They expect many of the stakeholder comments to address the two proposed payment scenarios for the Update Incentive Program that is included in the legislation (see below for summary).
Please take a moment to respond to this brief survey
by Monday, July 8th.
Issue Summary
Current Law
Under the current Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) calculates a target for spending on physician services based on four
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Advanced Release: July/August 2013 Common Sense
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| www.aaem.org/publications/common-sense |
- President’s Message: AAEM President Out Advocating for EM!
- From the Editor’s Desk: Outrage
- Letters to the Editor
- Washington Watch: Summer Legislative Update
- Blast from the Past
- Founder’s Forum: Requiem for an "ER Doc"
- Law and Emergency Medicine
- (Un-)Advice for the New Graduate
- AAEM/RSA President’s Message
- Resident Editor’s Letter
- Resident Journal Review: Updates in ED Management of Trauma Patients
- Medical Student Council President’s Message
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Introducing Two NEW Podcasts!
These two new series join the existing AAEM podcast, Emergency Physician Advocates: Medical Legal Issues in Emergency Medicine.
Critical Care in Emergency Medicine
David Farcy, MD FAAEM FCCM, Chief of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical in Miami Beach, Florida, speaks with national and international experts in the field of critical care in emergency medicine. Join us each month for insights on a timely topic of importance for emergency physicians.
- Episode 1: Review of the Updated Surviving Sepsis Campaign (May 31, 2013)
David Farcy, MD FAAEM FCCM, Chief of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical in Miami Beach, Florida, speaks with Tiffany Osborn, MD MPH FACEP, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Acute and Critical Care Surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Drs. Farcy and Osborn discuss the recent update of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign and its application in patient treatment. Discussion points include: lactate clearance, vasopressors, blood transfusions, and steroids.
In this podcast series, Joseph Guarisco, MD FAAEM and Tom Scaletta, MD FAAEM, discuss operations management issues for the emergency physician. Dr. Guarisco is the chair of the Operations Management Committee of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) and Dr. Scaletta is past president of the organization. Join them each month as they discuss issues of importance to emergency physicians.
- Episode 1, parts 1&2: Emergency Department Patient Satisfaction Part 1 (June 3, 2013)
Joseph Guarisco, MD FAAEM, ED Chair at Ochsner Hospital (New Orleans, LA) and Chair of the AAEM Operations Management Committee, speaks with Tom Scaletta, MD FAAEM, President, Smart-ER; ED Chair at Edward Hospital (Naperville, IL); and Past President of AAEM. In this episode, Drs. Guarisco and Scaletta discuss various issues related to emergency department patient satisfaction. Discussion points include: measurement and drivers of patient satisfaction, incentives for physicians, insights for leadership, and the how the changing landscape of health care will effect patient satisfaction moving forward.
Monday, June 3, 2013
June Podcast: Emergency Physicians and the ACA
EP Advocacy Issues in the ACA: Emergency Physician Advocates - Medical-Legal Issues in Emergency Medicine
Larry Weiss, MD JD FAAEM, Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and past-president of AAEM, discusses emergency physician advocacy issues in the Affordable Care Act, the most significant event to occur in your career. Discussion points include: expansion of private insurance, statewide health benefit exchanges, expansion of Medicaid, work-force issues and Accountable Care Organizations. Intro music by Kämmerer, "Take Left" from the album "Rhodes to Wisdom," powered by JAMENDO.
Listen on the AAEM website.
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