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AUGUST 22, 2023

In an environment in which patients may have their entire work-up in the waiting room, or attend a critical access hospital staffed by non-emergency physicians, or lack the financial support to follow up with an appropriate specialist, a pragmatic approach to care is required. References Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

Colleagues at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have developed a robust telehealth network with over 25 critical access hospitals in that state. A rural ED staffed by a well-trained EP is an essential resource in small communities that may be otherwise lacking in readily available healthcare resources.

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JULY 6, 2023

5 Patients with acute ischemic strokes, STEMIs, and trauma, as well as many other diagnoses, have their workup largely completed, and even sometimes definitive therapy executed, before they leave the emergency department, rather than requiring inpatient units.

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