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EPIC Fall 2011 

Hightlights in this Issue...
  • From the President: Why Should I?
  • From the President-elect: State Legislature and Advocacy
  • Get to Know Your Board of Directors: EPIC Interviews Dr. Matt Keadey
  • SEMPAC Update: House Bill 303: What it Means for You EM PAs
  • Research Update from Emory Emergency Medicine
  • Georgia Health Science University Emergency Medicine Residency Update
  • ED Administration: Administration Fellowship Starts at Emory University School of Medicine
  • Hospital: Stat Medical Care: A Freestanding Emergency Department
  • Blogosphere
  • Feature: Nikolsky's Sign: A Clinical Finding in Review
  • CME: Treatment of Headaches in the ED with Lower Cervical Intramuscular Bupivacaine Injections: A 1-Year Retrospective Review of 417 Patients
  • Bat Attack
  • Risk Management: Acute Bronchitis
  • EKG: Irregularly Irregular Narrow Complex Rhythms
  • Ultrasound: Evaluation of Intracranial Pressure Using Ultrasound
  • Financial Did You Catch the Wave... or Miss the Boat?
EPIC Spring 2011 

Hightlights in this Issue...
  • Get to Know your Board of Directors
  • GEMPAC Update: Is Defending Patients and the Practice of Emergency Medicin in Georgia Worth at Least Five Cents per Patient Visit?
  • Emergency Medicine Action Fund Announced
  • Emergency Physicians Serve as Doctor of the Day
  • Emory Emergency Medicine Residency Update
  • Georgia Health Sciences University Residency Update
  • Telemedicine in Trauma and Emergency Care
  • Cover Story: Amazon Doctor
  • Legal: Wrongful Death Cases Based Upon Suicide: The General Rule Has Exceptions
  • Financial: Costs Matter...A Lot
  • Medical Ethics: Ethical Dilemmas in the Emergency Department
  • Risk Management: Spinal Epidural Abscess: A Case For Risk Factor Analysis
  • Ultrasound: The Evaluation of DVT with Point-of-Care Ultrasound
  • EKG: Pericarditis
  • Pediatrics: Perils and Pitfalls of Pediatric EM: Avoiding the Trap of the Tar-Baby in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Vascular: Aggressive Catheter- Directed Treatment of Clinically Significant Pulmonary Embolus
  • Humor: Significantly Reducing ER Fatalities by Closing Them
  • GCEP Legislative Day 2011
  • GCEP Medical Directors and Leadership Conference
EPIC Winter 2011 

Hightlights in this Issue...
  • From the President: Greetings Fellow Emergency Physicians!
  • GEMPAC Update: What Do We Do Now? Why?
  • Save the Dates! Annual Meeting Information
  • Get to Know your Board of Directors: EPIC Interviews Dr. Matt Watson
  • Medical College of Georgia Emergency Medicine Residency Update
  • Emory Emergency Medicine Residency Update
  • Resident Life: New Resident Work Rules
  • Risk Management: Emergent Complications of Sickle Cell Disease
  • Sickle Cell Pathway
  • Legal: How Can I Keep From Being Sued?
  • Financial: Get Your Financial Life in Order
  • Medical Ethics: Refusing Treatment After a Suicide Attempt
  • Ultrasound: Sonographic Diagnosis of Pneumothorax
  • EKG: Remember to Think Hyperkalemia
  • Orthopedics Pearls and Pitfalls: General Principles
  • Toxicology: Spider Bites in the U.S.
  • Focus On: The Observation Option for Acute Otitis Media in the Emergency Department
  • Medical Assoc. of GA Legislative Priorities
  • Medicare Rate Update
  • Hospital Spotlight: Coliseum Northside Hospital
  • Decade of the Scribe
  • Patient Satisfaction Surveys Are Here to Stay
EPIC Fall 2010 

Hightlights in this Issue...
  • From the President: Greeting Fellow Emergency Physicians
  • The Priviledge of a Lifetime
  • A Vision for the Coming Year
  • ACEP Member Completes Federal Fellowship
  • Emergency Physicians and College Health Centers
  • GEMPAC Update: Thanks for the Support
  • Get to Know your Board of Directors:
  • Resident Life: The Big Payoff
  • Emory Emergency Medicine - Residency Update
  • Medical College of Georgia Emergency Medicine Residency Update
  • Risk Management: Consulting Physician Interactions and Liability for Decision-making in the ED
  • Legal: No Longer Just the Deep Pockets
  • Financial: Financial Junk: Variable Annuities
  • Medical Ethics: "I Need My Meth"
  • Ultrasound: The Evaluation of First Trimester Pregnancy with Bedside Ultrasound
  • EKG: Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
  • Emergency Airway Management: The AVID Airway System
  • Orthopedics Pearls and Pitfalls: Rugby Jersey Injury
  • Focus On: the ED Management of Pediatric Apparent Life-threatening Events
  • Hospital Spotlight: Oconee Regional Medical Center
  • Seven Things You May Not Know About Press Ganey Statistics
  • Are Press Ganey Statistics Reliable?
EPIC Summer 2010 

Hightlights in this Issue...
  • From the president: The national, state, local view
  • GEMPAC Update: 100% club, join now!
  • Secretary's quarterly message
  • Dr. Jill Mabley honored by EMSMDAC
  • Risk Management: Evaluating syncopy in the emergency department
  • Legal: A self-induced language barrier: why patients and clients just don't understand
  • Financial: It's all about risk
  • Get to know your Board of Directors: Robert Ricsh, MD, FACEP
  • From Emory
  • From Medical College of GA
  • Medical Ethics: the drug seeking "frequently flyer"
  • Hospital Spotlight: Emanuel Medical Center
  • EMTALA refresher: the capacity and capability yardstick
  • Resident Life: Dead emergency medicine resident running: finding balance while training
  • Apple of my eye
  • EKG: Posterior Myocardial Infarction
  • Ultrasound: The Evaluation of Shock using bedside ultrasound
  • Focus On, CME: acute ischemic stroke
  • 2010 Spring Meeting: a Gallery
EPIC Spring 2010 

Hightlights in this Issue...
  • From the President: My problem, With so much change in healthcare, it’ll be old news by the time you read this.
  • Legislative Day update: An under the dome look at the issues
  • Get to know your Board of Directors
  • Tort reform update: MAG says Georgia Supreme Court decision overturning tort reform is huge loss for patients
  • Proving gross negligence: Court decision is a victory for state’s physicians, citizens
  • MAG protects us all
  • GEMPAC Update: What more can I really do?
  • From ACEP: Committees open, 2009 was a busy year
  • Legal: Non compete agreements for physicians
  • Financial: Protecting your most valuable asset
  • Risk Management: Parental refusal to treat
  • From Emory
  • From Medical College of GA
  • REACH: the GA telemedicine Project
  • Emergency Medicine Resident’s Association: Promoting excellence in care
  • Society of Emergency Medicine PAs: PAs in the ED
  • EKG: Pulmonary embolus
  • Detecting aortic aneurysm with beside ultrasound
  • Hospital Spotlight: Dorminy Medical Center

Highlights in this issue...

  • Viewpoint from the President

  • Why Should We Play Politics Anyway?

  • MCG Residency Update

  • Toxicology Case Presentation

  • EKG Korner: A Case of Narrow Complex Tachycardia

  • Hospital Spotlight: DeKalb Medical Center

  • RACs are Coming!!! Oops, They Are Already Here...

  • Measuring the Inferior Vena Cava Diameter and Central Venous Pressure with Ultrasound

  • Are Your Affairs in Order?

  • EMS News: NIH Halts CPR Trial and the Value of Impedence Threshold Device in CPR

  • Asset Allocation Drives Returns

  • Strength Through Teamwork

  • Get to Know Your Board of Directors

 

Highlights in this issue...

  • Viewpoint from the President

  • Reimbursement Report

  • Pediatric Asthma Update

  • ACEP Annual Leadership and Advocacy Conference: A Resident's Perspective

  • What's New in Managing Allergic Emergencies

  • Medical College of Georgia Residency Update

  • What Do You See?

  • GCEP Annual meeting at Hilton Head Island 2008

  • 2008 Legislative Session: Our Advocacy

  • The Climate of Medical Tort Reform in Georgia Improved by Senate Bill 3

  • Cross Country: Why Doctors are Heading for Texas

  • Judge Strikes Down Caps on Med-Mal

  • Interesting Case of the Month

  • Toxicology Casefiles of the GA Poison Center

  • Rural Medicine Initiative

  • What's Hot in EMS?

  • Commitment to Excellence Award for 100% Membership

  • What's New in ICD-9 Codes for 2009 That Will Affect EM

  • New Members

  • Where Are They Going?

  • Upcoming Events

 

Highlights in this issue...

  • Viewpoint from the President

  • Reimbursement Report

  • Pediatric Asthma Update

  • ACEP Annual Leadership and Advocacy Conference: A Resident's Perspective

  • What's New in Managing Allergic Emergencies

  • Medical College of Georgia Residency Update

  • What Do You See?

  • GCEP Annual meeting at Hilton Head Island 2008

  • 2008 Legislative Session: Our Advocacy

  • The Climate of Medical Tort Reform in Georgia Improved by Senate Bill 3

  • Cross Country: Why Doctors are Heading for Texas

  • Judge Strikes Down Caps on Med-Mal

  • Interesting Case of the Month

  • Toxicology Casefiles of the GA Poison Center

  • Rural Medicine Initiative

  • What's Hot in EMS?

  • Commitment to Excellence Award for 100% Membership

  • What's New in ICD-9 Codes for 2009 That Will Affect EM

  • New Members

  • Where Are They Going?

  • Upcoming Events

 

Highlights in this issue...

  • Viewpoint from the President

  • GCEP Legislative Day

  • 2008 Legislative Priorities

  • From Your GEMPAC Chair

  • Emergency Medicine Residency at Emory

  • Katherine Heilpern Named Chair of Department of Emergency Medicine at Emory

  • Emergency Medicine Residency at MCG

  • Fellowship for Legacy Physicians

  • 2008 GCEP Annual Meeting - New and Improved

  • Dr. Ralph Griffin - 2007 MAG Award Recipient

  • New GCEP Members

  • IV Infusion Codes: Unable to Bill for 2008

  • GCEP Website gets a facelift

  • Tort Reform: Worth Fighting For

  • Toxicology Case Files of the GA Poison Center

  • Pediatric Perspective: Information You Can Use

  • When Words Matter: Diagnostic Terminology

 

Highlights in this issue...

  • Viewpoint from the President

  • Record Disposal Requirements Under the Business Administration Act

  • Pearls...to Remember

  • Residency at Emory

  • Evaluating Radiographs from the Floor and Risk

  • GCEP Annual Meeting at Hilton Head

  • House Votes to Eliminate 9.9 Percent Medicare Physician-Payment Cut

  • Residency at Medical College of Georgia

  • Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Initiative

  • Important Measures for Emergency Medicine

 

Highlights in this issue...

  • GCEP Annual Meeting Hilton Head Island

  • Committment to Excellence

  • Call for Essays for Longevity and Tenure Awards

  • Emergency Medicine Residency - Medical College of Georgia

  • Red Eye Tales and High Risk Indicators

  • Political Grapevine

  • Where Are You in Relation to the NPI?

 

Highlights in this issue...

  • Plan now for the 2007 GCEP Annual Meeting in Hilton Head

  • From the President's Desk - No Change to SB-3

  • News from EMS

  • ACEP SA Update

  • Emergency Medicine Residency - Medical College of Georgia

  • Political Grapevine

  • Off the Record Treatment in the ED

  • Good News for Reimbursement

  • Ped's Corner: The Wheezing Infant - New Guidelines for the Management of Bronchiolitis


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