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Analysis: Few EMTALA Violations for Vascular-Related Issues
The most frequent vascular-related violations specifically involved lack of vascular specialist availability. Developing specialist networks and maintaining adequate call coverage can help improve patient access to emergency services.
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Women Have Expressed Pregnancy Hesitancy in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Research suggests that many women have been unwilling to become pregnant and start or increase their families during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they sometimes have faced new contraceptive barriers.
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Lawsuits May Allege Failure to Obtain Dermatology Consults
Shutting out dermatologists can leave a gap in specialty care. This might lead to other specialists consulting and managing conditions outside their scope, or they might transfer patients to a different, distant center.
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As Title X Advocates Wait for Biden to Lift Gag Rule, Top Court Takes Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the multiorganization challenge to the former Trump administration’s Title X regulatory changes that caused one out of four Title X providers to leave the program.
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Emergency Medicine Trainees More Likely Sued Than Radiology Trainees
Expanding the frequency and improving the quality of communication between radiologists and emergency physicians about imaging studies is always a good practice to facilitate patient care and mitigate mutual risk.
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After Decades of Highs and Lows, IUDs Once Again Rising in Popularity
After falling in and out of favor, the intrauterine device (IUD) is once again gaining popularity among women in the United States and worldwide. By 1995, only 0.8% of American women on contraceptives used the IUD. But 20 years later, that percentage shot up to almost 12% using a device. The IUD’s ranking in preferred contraceptive methods rose from 10th to fourth.
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New Data on Opioid Prescribing Guidelines and ED Practice
Opioid prescribing guidelines were linked to small changes in morphine equivalent units ordered in the ED, according to the authors of a study.
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Legal Standard of Care Is Evolving for ED Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
An ED visit from someone with opioid use disorder is an opportunity to put that person in treatment. People do not present to the ED when things are going well; they present at times of crisis. Sometimes, in that crisis, there is a wakeup. If the system offers some approaches and a treatment pathway, then everybody benefits.
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Study: Hormonal IUDs Provide Safe, Effective Emergency Contraception
A recent study reveals hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs) are safe and effective as emergency contraception. Hormonal IUDs are more effective at preventing pregnancy than the Plan B levonorgestrel emergency contraceptive pill, and they provide a long-term contraception solution.
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Considerable Legal Risks for EDs if Discharged Patients ‘Bounce Back’
Patients with a history of substance abuse or chronic pain were most likely to “bounce back” to the ED, according to the authors of a study.