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On Friday, the Trump administration issued a regulation that excludes transgender status from the legal definition of sex discrimination in healthcare. This regulation allows institutions and individual professionals who provide healthcare services to legally exclude transgender people from receiving their services. This regulation also eliminates anti-discrimination protections for patients with a history of termination of […]

On Friday, the Trump administration issued a regulation that excludes transgender status from the legal definition of sex discrimination in healthcare. This regulation allows institutions and individual professionals who provide healthcare services to legally exclude transgender people from receiving their services. This regulation also eliminates anti-discrimination protections for patients with a history of termination of […]

East Lansing, MI (June 9, 2020)— The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM) will now provide letters of support that may be submitted to hospital credentialers to forego the need for additional short courses or certifications in the use of Emergency Ultrasound by emergency physicians. Physicians […]

The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM) define the standards for the care of the pediatric patient in an emergency department. Certification by ABEM or AOBEM obviates any additional certifications required for medical staff privileges or disease-specific care center designations, such as pediatric emergency departments or […]

The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM) define the standards for the care of the pediatric patient in an emergency department. Certification by ABEM or AOBEM obviates any additional certifications required for medical staff privileges or disease-specific care center designations, such as pediatric emergency departments or […]

According to public statements, TeamHealth and PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center have terminated Dr. Ming Lin. If this is so, AAEM condemns TeamHealth and PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center for terminating Dr. Ming Lin an emergency physician who went public with his concerns over the safety of the hospital staff and his patients in this […]

AAEM believes that emergency physicians are entitled to wear self-supplied PPE including respirators that meet NIOSH standards when, in their medical opinion, hospital or healthcare facility supplied PPE is inadequate. AAEM will offer support to any emergency physician threatened or terminated for attempting to protect themselves and their patients in this manner. This includes assistance […]

Authors: Haig Aintablian, MDa; Gabriel Stahl, MDb; Gregory Jasani, MDb; Hannah R. Hughes, MD MBAc; Allison Beaulieu, MDd; Nehal Naik, MDe; Christina Hornack, DOf aAmerican Academy of Emergency Medicine Resident and Student Association (AAEM/RSA), PresidentbAmerican Academy of Emergency Medicine Resident and Student Association (AAEM/RSA), Member-at-LargecEmergency Medicine Residents’ Association, PresidentdCouncil of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine, Resident […]

Authors: Dhimitri Nikolla, DO, Hannah R. Hughes, MD MBA, Allison Beaulieu, MD, Haig Aintablian, MD, Nehal Naik, MD Statement: On June 30, 2019, Philadelphia Academic Health System, LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which left 570 residents and fellows in training at Hahnemann University Hospital scrambling for new sites to work and train.1-2,9 On Sept. 5, 2019, the sale of Hahnemann’s […]

Nurse practitioners are fighting to pass a bill that would grant them independent practice in Indiana (House Bill 1097). The bill introduces itself as a means for NPs to sign a record on a death, however goes on to state that it “Sets forth requirements that must be met in order for an advanced practice […]