MedPage Today November 13, 2023
— Proposal calls for facilities with an “Emergency Room” to have an emergency doc on site
Emergency departments without ED doctors and policies discouraging hospice use of antipsychotic drugs would be history if resolutions discussed at the American Medical Association House of Delegates interim meeting achieve their intended results.
Delegates discussed these and many other issues during a meeting Saturday at National Harbor, Maryland, of the AMA Reference Committee on Legislation.
ED Care
Heatedly debated was whether hospital facilities should be prohibited from having bright red signs advertising “Emergency” care despite having no physician on duty, much less one trained in emergency medicine.
The proposed resolution would direct the AMA to develop state model legislation requiring all facilities that claim...
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