Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy , Health Care Administration , Social EM , COVID-19

Health Policy Journal Club: Age Ain't Nothin' But a Number

8/6/2021 Miya Smith, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

The Health Policy Journal Club reviews a study that shows an abrupt increase in prescribing opioids to patients when they turn 18 - with a sharper rise during the COVID-19 pandemic. This raises many q

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy , Health Care Administration , Social EM

Health Policy Journal Club: Risky Business

7/7/2021 Vivek Shah , Vidya Eswaran, MD

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) creates challenges on many levels - not the least of which is ensuring health equity. Do clinicians caring for socially disadvantaged patients receive a

Health Policy , Pain Management , Social EM

Policy Shift in the Opioid Epidemic: An Update on the X-Waiver

2/8/2021 Alexander Schin , Halla Bates

After many in emergency medicine celebrated a recent decision to end the X-waiver requirement and clear the way for easier medication-assisted treatment in the emergency department, the waiver of the

COVID-19 , Pediatric EM , Social EM

Child Abuse Screening in the Emergency Department During the Pandemic

2/4/2021 Briana Corkill

COVID-19 has brought challenges that those in emergency medicine have worked tirelessly to address. The challenge of the increased pediatric abuse cases and limitations on reporting is no different, a

Social EM , Health Policy

This is Also Our Lane - Climate Change and Public Health

2/4/2021 Hunter Lau, MD

The issue of climate change and public health is what the World Health Organization calls the greatest health challenge of the 21st century. Climate change is happening now, patients are being affecte

Social EM , Pain Management

Treatment of Opioid Withdrawal with Buprenorphine in the Emergency Department

2/4/2021 Tony Spadaro, MD, MPH , Jeanmarie Perrone, MD, FACMT

A 2015 study showed that when patients with opioid use disorder were started on buprenorphine with a behavioral intervention in the ED, they were 80% more likely to remain in treatment at 30 days.

COVID-19 , Social EM

EM Docs in the Streets: A Call for Community Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic

1/6/2021 Spencer Kerl, DO , Justin Pile, DO , Nick Kulas, DO , Patrick Boyle, DO

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted EM residents from Chicago's Swedish Hospital to reach out to their community, visiting local businesses to help educate and protect citizens.

Social EM , Pain Management

Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department

12/1/2020 Kyla Rakoczy , Kasha Bornstein, MSc Pharm, EMT-P , Suzanne Bialeck, MD, RDMS

Ongoing barriers to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder contribute to a major care gap, with only 10% of patients seeking long-term OUD treatment able to receive it. It's time to imp

Social EM

Is Your Patient a Victim of Human Trafficking?

12/1/2020 Nicole E. McAmis , Angela C. Mirabella , Elizabeth M. McCarthy , Cara A. Cama, MBA

Do you know how to recognize potential victims of human trafficking in your ED? Know the signs and have strategies in place to offer care.

Social EM

Concealed but Not Forgotten: Human Trafficking and the ED

12/1/2020 Lindsay Davis, DO, MPH, NRP , Bryce Taylor, DO, MS

Emergency physicians are in a unique position to recognize human trafficking, as the emergency department may be the first or only contact a victim has with the medical community. This is why it is im

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Health Policy Journal Club: Age Ain't Nothin' But a Number

Health Policy Journal Club: Risky Business

Policy Shift in the Opioid Epidemic: An Update on the X-Waiver

Child Abuse Screening in the Emergency Department During the Pandemic

This is Also Our Lane - Climate Change and Public Health

Treatment of Opioid Withdrawal with Buprenorphine in the Emergency Department

EM Docs in the Streets: A Call for Community Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department

Is Your Patient a Victim of Human Trafficking?

Concealed but Not Forgotten: Human Trafficking and the ED

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