| 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 it's 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. |
