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July 21, 2023
In this episode of ACEP Frontline, we talk with Dr. Steve Haywood about the research and data on the quality of care provided by EM docs with consideration of telehealth in rural and critical access s...
July 10, 2023
Emergency physician joins state foundation board responsible for distributing nearly a billion dollars in funding from landmark opioid settlement.
Seventeen Northwell Health emergency departments have received the Pain and Addiction Care in the Emergency Department (PACED) designation from the American College of Emergency Physicians.
March 30, 2023
SAMHSA has released recommendations and the DEA has issued specific guidance on how practitioners can meet the 8-hour training requirement on substance use disorder (SUD) treatment that every practiti...
March 23, 2023
Many advocates of expanding access to opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment, including ACEP, rejoiced at the repeal of the “X-waiver” requirement for prescribing medications for opioid use disorder (MOU...
January 17, 2023
In DEA guidance released in Jan 2023, an X-Waiver is no longer required to treat patients with buprenorphine for opioid use disorder. ACEP has more details about treatment options and training requir...
December 20, 2022
Interested in seeking PACED accreditation for your site? ACEP has funding to accredit up to 50 EDs over the next two years.
June 1, 2022
The Colorado Naloxone Project is an ambitious effort to address the opioid overdose crisis and improve quality of care for patients at risk of overdose. Their goal is for all Colorado hospitals and em...
April 26, 2022
Study objective: Reducing excessive opioid prescribing in emergency departments (ED) may prevent opioid addiction. We evaluated the largest personalized feedback and peer comparison intervention to d...
April 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C.—While drug overdose deaths reached an all-time high in 2021, opioid prescribing by physicians and clinicians dropped significantly in emergency departments that prioritized personaliz...
February 16, 2022
Funds to be used for treatment, recovery services and to combat the ongoing opioid crisis
February 1, 2022
What factors are associated with an increased risk for opioid overdose after the initial opioid prescription to a previously opioid-naive individual?
December 2, 2021
Opioid overdose deaths have reached record highs and emergency physicians have a vital role in potentially saving these patients by prescribing Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) such as buprenorphin...
November 17, 2021
Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center in Patterson, New Jersey is taking a progressive approach to drug addiction. NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports.
August 12, 2021
View the webinar held at ACEP21 for a live discussion followed by Q & A with leading experts in pain and addiction emergency care.
March 16, 2021
Watch a PACED overview video with Dr. Alexis LaPietra.
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline providers were confronting an epidemic of patients struggling with opioid use disorders (OUD). It appears the pandemic has exacerbated the problem, with ri...
October 6, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is pleased to announce that St. Joseph’s University Medical Center Emergency Department in Paterson, New Jersey, is the first facil...
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