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December 14, 2022
Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the conference drew from a broad range of leaders, representing at least 16 emergency medicine programs.
Physicians in social emergency medicine are examining how changes in social elements change patients’ experience in the emergency department—the emergency department is more frequently used as a prima...
December 13, 2022
The movement to realize Universal Health Coverage has roots drawn from the fundamental concept that health is a human right, but also from the fact that UHC cannot be achieved without addressing the s...
December 13, 2022 • Social Emergency Medicine Section
The American Medical Association and UnitedHealth Group have developed billing codes for social determinants of health as insurers move toward paying for more than just medical treatment to improve he...
September 28, 2022
I am both honored and humbled to be stepping in as chair of the Social EM section at ACEP. I became involved with the section early on in its existence when I was looking for opportunities to connect ...
A huge thank you to the Section’s Advocacy Sub-Committee and other section members for their efforts in putting together a number of Resolutions for review at ACEP council.
Over the past 12 months the Education Sub-Committee has been busy, in partnership with SAEM, creating modular, scalable social EM. The group consists of 60+ attendings, fellows, and residents. More th...
ACEP is working on responding to a CMS request for information (RFI) about accessing healthcare and related challenges, understanding provider experiences, advancing health equity, and assessing the i...
May 12, 2022
We had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Kyle Fischer, MD, MPH, FACEP, an emergency physician and the fellowship director in health policy at the University of Maryland School of Medicine about his inv...
This award is intended to recognize and honor a department or program that has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to advancing Social EM, resulting in tangible benefit to the institution and its c...
The leadership group has met to discuss organization, structure and timelines as well as output goals.
This award, named after its inaugural recipient Dr. Thea James, is intended to recognize an individual who has demonstrated a sustained commitment to advancing Social EM within their community, nation...
EMRA is working on updating the Social Emergency Medicine Fellowship Guide.
October 19, 2021
Download our Social EM Section Fall 2021 Newsletter
September 12, 2019
We have put forth a resolution for this year’s Council that focuses on the important role of social workers in the ED. As the driver of this resolution, Dr. Livia Santiago-Rosado explains the impetus ...
September 10, 2019
After many months of hard work, the Education workgroup is thrilled to have launched the Announce Podcast on August 1st.
As a member of the newly formed Social Emergency Medicine section of ACEP, you presumably have some idea of what is meant by social EM. You may have very specific interests in health literacy or incar...
I hope we’ve all had a little break over the summer, and if not, that there is one in your near future. I just read today in JAMA that vacationing may be good for your health.
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