Observation Medicine
If crowding and boarding are issues you are faced with in your ED, you will want to join this section. Observation medicine, founded by emergency physicians, is one way of addressing patient flow. This section provides information on how to set-up an observation unit and even provides protocols for you to use. Joining this section will provide you with a great opportunity to network with nationally known leaders in this area.
Observation Medicine Section members may send an e-mail to all members of this section via the section e-list at obsmed-section@elist.acep.org
Society of Chest Pain Centers
The Society promotes protocol based medicine, often delivered through a Chest Pain Center model to address the diagnosis and treatment of acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, and to promote the adoption of process improvement science by healthcare providers.
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This textbook was created for the clinician providing observation services. Dr. Louis Graff acted as Editor and authored some chapters within the text. It delineates the resources needed to manage an observation program, reviews specific patient conditions that can be evaluated and treated in observation beds and reviews how observation services are provided around the world.