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| Emergency
Department Information Links |
| ENA -
Emergency Nurses Association |
| ENA is . . . the specialty nursing association
serving the emergency nursing profession through research, publications,
professional development, and injury prevention. |
| ACEP
- American College of Emergency Physicians |
| ACEP represents more than
22,000 members and is the oldest and largest emergency medicine organization. |
| CDC -
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Federal) |
| CDC serves as the national focus for developing
and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and
health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health
of the people of the United States. |
| HIPAA
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services Official Site. |
| AAEM
- American Academy of Emergency Medicine |
| The American Academy of Emergency Medicine
is the specialty society of Emergency Medicine with 4,000 members. |
| JCAHO
- Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
| The Joint Commission evaluates
and accredits more than 16,000 health care organizations and programs
in the United States. An independent, not-for-profit organization, JCAHO
is the nation's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in
health care. |
| ABEM -
American Board of Emergency Medicine |
| Since its inception, ABEM has played an important
role in the continuing development of the specialty of emergency medicine.
ABEM's commitment to the highest standards of excellence are reflected
in the Board's ongoing research, involvement in medical education and
efforts to improve the evaluation process in all specialties. |
| AEM
- Annals of Emergency Medicine |
| Annals of Emergency Medicine
is the official publication of the American College of Emergency Physicians
and is the specialty's leading peer-reviewed journal. In addition to scientific
and clinical articles, Annals presents case reports, editorials, abstracts,
and collective reviews of the literature on focused clinical topics. |
| NCEMI
- National Center for Emergency Medicine Informatics |
| The National Center for Emergency Medicine
Informatics is a multicenter not-for-profit institute dedicated to the
advancement of Emergency Medicine through the application of information
technology. |
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