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The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) upholds the highest standards of patient care, emphasizing medical ethics and the physician-patient relationship. Emergency physicians must act in patients’ best interests, respecting patient autonomy, beneficence and the duty to provide the best possible patient care. This statement addresses concerns about law enforcement requests, even with court orders, […]

In November of 2024 AAEM issued the following statement when NES announced they would cease operations AAEM believes that National Emergency Services Health’s (NES) failure to pay its physicians for the past month constitutes contract abandonment, significantly disrupting safe patient care. To prevent ED closures, hospital CEOs are advised to pay their physicians and provide […]

Dear Dr. Memoli: We write to express our appreciation for the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) longstanding commitment to funding scientific research that advances medical breakthroughs. NIH’s support has been instrumental in fostering innovation, improving patient outcomes, and sustaining the biomedical research enterprise, making the US the global powerhouse in medical innovation. We recognize the […]

Dear Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Thune, Leader Schumer, and Leader Jeffries: The undersigned national medical societies and state medical associations write to collectively urge Congress to include in the forthcoming March 2025 appropriations bill, provisions that both reverse the latest round of Medicare payment cuts and provide physicians with a meaningful payment increase that reflects […]

Dear Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Jeffries: The undersigned national medical societies and state medical associations write to urgently request that Congress pass legislation to both prevent the scheduled 2.83 percent Medicare physician payment cut and, critically, provide a positive payment update for 2025. Absent Congressional intervention, this most […]

AAEM believes that National Emergency Services Health’s (NES) failure to pay its physicians for the past month constitutes contract abandonment, significantly disrupting safe patient care. To prevent ED closures, hospital CEOs are advised to pay the physician and provide professional liability insurance. Also, the American Academy of Emergency Medicine Physician Group (AAEM-PG) is fully prepared […]

Dear Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader Jeffries, Minority Leader McConnell, Chair Rodgers, Ranking Member Pallone, Chair Jordan, Ranking Member Nadler, Chair Sanders, and Ranking Member Cassidy: The undersigned organizations, representing a broad base of stakeholders, write today to urge legislators to include S. 644/H.R. 1359 – the Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (MOTAA) […]

Dear Chair Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro, Chair Baldwin, and Ranking Member Capito: The undersigned mental health, suicide prevention, substance use recovery, and patient advocacy organizations write to express our strong support for robust investment in the Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program (CSP) under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention […]

The following statement was created by the Women in Emergency Medicine Section (WiEMS-AAEM). It was approved by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Board of Directors on Monday, September 30, 2024. In the two years since the Dobbs vs. Jackson decision, the ability to care for pregnant persons is no longer uniform across the […]

The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) and the AAEM Resident and Student Association notes that AB 3129, a California bill which limits health system consolidation, was recently amended in the Senate.  The AAEM strongly supported the original version of AB 3129. The bill, as first drafted, would improve the enforcement of California’s prohibition on […]

Dear Representatives DeGette and Buchson, The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) is the specialty society of board-certified emergency physicians. We are committed to the principle of fair and equitable practice environments to allow emergency physicians to provide the highest quality of patient care. Founded in 1993, AAEM represents over 8,000 emergency physicians and medical […]

Dear Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Jeffries: The undersigned national medical societies and state medical associations write to collectively urge Congress to prioritize and advance several key bills and legislative proposals that provide greater fiscal stability for physicians and reform key elements of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization […]

Dear Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Jeffries: The undersigned physician organizations representing national and state medical societies write in opposition to H.R. 1770/S. 2477, the “Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act.” This bill would inappropriately allow pharmacists to perform services that would otherwise be covered if they had […]

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has recently announced an accreditation program to recognize emergency departments (EDs) that adhere to independently developed standards, with applications opening soon. While establishing an ED accreditation program is commendable, its dual goal must be to enhance patient care and advocate for emergency physicians (EPs). Without thorough planning and […]

Dear Chairman Wyden and Ranking Member Crapo: Thank you for the opportunity to respond to your recent proposal to provide a long-term solution to drug shortages. We sincerely appreciate the efforts of this Committee, Congress and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to mitigate this arduous issue over the past several years. In particular, […]

The following statement was created by the AAEM Rural Medicine Interest Group (RMIG). It was approved by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Board of Directors on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Critical access and rural hospitals serve as a lifeline for the communities that they serve. Emergency departments in rural areas are often the only […]

The following statement was created by the AAEM Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI-AAEM) and Women in Emergency Medicine (WiEM-AAEM) Sections. It was approved by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Board of Directors on Saturday, April 27, 2024. The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are […]

The American Academy of Emergency Medicine affirms the right to strike by emergency physicians at Ascension St John’s Hospital in Detroit and supports the physicians in their attempts to bargain for a fair contract that addresses their concerns about their clinical practice environment created by the corporate practice of medicine. AAEM is committed to ensuring […]

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, joined by the following leading medical organizations, released the following statement:  American Academy of Emergency Medicine | American Academy of Family Physicians | American Academy of Nursing | American Academy of Pediatrics | American College of Chest Physicians | American College of Emergency Medicine | American College of […]

Last year, The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) and the AAEM Resident and Student Association (AAEM/RSA) proudly signed on, with eight other emergency medicine organizations, to the All EM DEI Vision Statement. In the wake of the Anti-DEI Medical Education Legislation, the Embracing Anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curriculum, and Advancing Truth in Education  (EDUCATE) act (H.R.7725); […]

Re: The Biden ‘Strike Force’ Is Coming for You (March 6, 2024) As a practicing Emergency Physician and President of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM), I am disappointed at the immediate and misinformed response from this publication to the announcement that the Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, and Department of Health and […]

In the 2024 Match, we enthusiastically welcomed over 3000 new residents to Emergency Medicine! Much has been said about the EM Match of the last 2 years. This year’s results are a testament to the resilience of our specialty, an acknowledgment of the critical role EM holds in the House of Medicine, and a result […]

The following statement was created by the AAEM Young Physicians (YPS-AAEM) and Women in Emergency Medicine (WiEM-AAEM) Sections. It was approved by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Board of Directors on Thursday, February 22, 2024. Background: Emergency physicians work in hospital settings that provide patient care at all hours of the day, which […]

Contrary to popular beliefs, health outcomes are driven only to a small degree by healthcare, and driven far more by what are called the “social determinants of health” (SDOH). Emergency physicians (EPs) are perfectly situated to provide both local and national leadership to recognize and address such social factors. There are many ways in which […]

Ketamine is a medication that can be utilized in the emergency department and prehospital setting for the sedation of the severely agitated patient. After an incident involving the misuse of prehospital ketamine received attention in the lay press, the safety and appropriateness of the prehospital use ketamine was brought into question. This clinical practice statement […]