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Fall 2021: Orlando Health
Happy fall from Orlando Health! The new academic year is in full swing here at Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC). Drs. Lindsay Maguire, Timothy Bullard, and Linda Papa published a systematic review in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine that was recently...
Fall 2021: Medical Economics
New and evolving payor policies continue to threaten fair reimbursement for emergency physicians. Three such policies by Cigna and United Healthcare are outlined below. ACEP and FCEP are actively monitoring the reimbursement landscape and fighting inappropriate payor...
Florida PEDReady and EMSC Update: Fall 2021
Florida EMSC Advisory Committee Presentations and materials are now available on the PEDReady website! Visit emlrc.org/flpedready for the latest materials. The goal of Florida PEDReady is to enhance pediatric emergency care and “readiness” in Florida’s emergency...
Fall 2021: Medical Student Council
The FCEP Medical Student Council has transitioned into new leadership and is eager to get some exciting events up for interested future physicians. Please welcome our new officers: Veronica Abello (NSU) as our new chair, Christopher Day (FIU) as our new advocacy...
Fall 2021: Government Affairs
I know you all have been busy with overcrowded emergency rooms, seeing patients in waiting rooms and hallways. As a result, advocacy has probably been far from the front of your minds. This latest surge of COVID-19 patients has been something I’ll remember for the...
Fall 2021: Orange Park Medical Center
In July, our EM residency became complete as we welcomed our third class of residents into our program. The interns are settling in well and making us proud, despite the continuing challenges of the pandemic. Our entire emergency department continues to adapt and work...
Fall 2021: Daunting Diagnosis
Question: A 63 year-old female presents to the emergency department with diffuse abdominal pain and "black discoloration" on her abdominal wall. The patient has a history of ovarian cancer, which was treated in 2014, opiate abuse, and known abdominal hernia. Patient...
Fall 2021: UCF/HCA Healthcare GME Consortium Emergency Medicine Residency Program of Greater Orlando
This academic year started off with a bang as Florida saw the worst COVID-19 surge in our state since the pandemic began. This, in turn, prompted our new interns to start the year off running. We are very happy to welcome Drs. Abigail Alorda, Taylor Cesarz, Natalie...
Musings: Managing Compassion Fatigue for Vaccine Hesitation
I have recently endured a rough week where several of my home hospice teammates came down with COVID. Astonishingly, most were unvaccinated individuals. The teammates consist of a case manager RN, a chaplain, a patient care secretary in the office, and a home health...
Critical Care Medicine Specialization and Certification within Emergency Medicine: Past, Present and Future
Editor's Note: The online version of this article contains more background information from Dr. Jay Falk's interview for the 50 Years, 50 Voices project. Dr. Falk is a past-president of FCEP (2015-2016) and a current FEMF Board member. The Past Historically, there has...
