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1075Anonymously Report Negative Impacts to Patient Care Through ACEP's Partnership with UC San Francisco Study</h3> 1076 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1082 1083 </div> 1084 <!-- details --> 1085 1086 </div> 1087 </div> 1088 </div> 1089 <div class="articleContent"> 1090 <div class="articleContent-wrap "> 1091 </div> 1092 </div> 1093</div></div><div class="block richtextblock col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"><hr> 1094<p><strong>Previous Actions</strong></p> 1095<ul> 1096<li><strong><a href="https://www.emergencyphysicians.org/press-releases/2024/1-10-24-Statement-on-ACEP-Support-of-EMTALA-and-Physician-Autonomy-When-Treating-Pregnant-Patients" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Statement on ACEP Support of EMTALA & Physician Autonomy When Treating Pregnant Patients</a></strong> (January 2024)</li> 1097<li><a href="/patient-care/policy-statements/access-to-reproductive-health-care-in-the-emergency-department" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Policy Statement: Access to Reproductive Health Care in the Emergency Department</strong></a> (June 2023)</li> 1098</ul> 1099<hr> 1100<p><strong>Additional Resources</strong></p> 1101<ul> 1102<li>Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) <a href="https://www.cms.gov/priorities/your-patient-rights/emergency-room-rights/complaint-form" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>online portal for patients, health care workers or others to file an EMTALA complaint.</strong></a> Report violations and ensure full access to emergency care as is required under EMTALA, including for reproductive health issues.</li> 1103</ul> 1104<p><br><br></p></div><div class="block richtextblock col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"><h3>Advocacy</h3> 1105<p>ACEP is working with a coalition of leading national medical societies to address legal barriers that hinder emergency physicians’ ability to practice medicine. This effort includes submitting an <a tabindex="-1" href="https://democracyforward.org/news/press-releases/the-extreme-argument-made-by-idaho-is-contrary-to-the-us-constitution-and-should-be-rejected-democracy-forward-president-and-ceo-reacts-to-supreme-court-oral-arguments-in-emergency/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://democracyforward.org/press/idaho-brief/" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-remove-tab-index="true">amicus brief</a> in United States v. State of Idaho, a case that underscores the state law’s clear conflict with EMTALA. As the brief notes, “the Idaho law is not just a bad law, it’s bad medicine.”</p> 1106<p>ACEP also signed onto a <a tabindex="-1" href="https://democracyforward.org/news/press-releases/texas-v-becerra-brief/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://democracyforward.org/press/leading-medical-societies-and-public-health-organizations-urge-the-court-to-reject-texass-challenge-to-emtala-guidance/" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-remove-tab-index="true">brief</a> in Texas v. Becerra that explains how the state of Texas is misunderstanding physicians’ EMTALA obligations and that laws prohibiting emergency physicians from providing appropriate care could put pregnant patients at risk.</p></div><div class="block herosliderblock col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> <div class="stackedBlocks-2 f100"> 1107 1108 1109<div class="indiv-block block1-slide"> 1110 <div class="slider-content"> 1111 <h3> 1112 <p>Current Federal Updates</p> 1113 </h3> 1114 <p> 1115 1116 </p> 1117 </div> 1118 <a class="btn btn-ol" href="/federal-advocacy/Emergency-Care-in-a-Post--Roe-Era/regulatory-updates" aria-label="Read more">Read more</a> 1119 1120 1121 1122 <span class="blend"><!-- blend here --></span> 1123 <span class="img-dt" style="background-image: url(/siteassets/images/whitehouseicon.jpg)"></span> 1124 <span class="img-mb" style="background-image: url(/siteassets/images/whitehouseicon.jpg)"></span> 1125</div> 1126<div class="indiv-block block2-slide"> 1127 <div class="slider-content"> 1128 <h3> 1129 <p>Current State Updates</p> 1130 </h3> 1131 <p> 1132 1133 </p> 1134 </div> 1135 <a class="btn btn-ol" href="/state-advocacy/state-level-updates/" aria-label="read more">read more</a> 1136 1137 1138 1139 <span class="blend"><!-- blend here --></span> 1140 <span class="img-dt" style="background-image: url(/siteassets/images/usmapicon.jpg)"></span> 1141 <span class="img-mb" style="background-image: url(/siteassets/images/usmapicon.jpg)"></span> 1142</div> 1143 1144 1145 </div> 1146</div><div class="block resourceblock col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"><div class="tagsCtr "> 1147 <h2> 1148Resources 1149 </h2> 1150 <div class="articleContent"> 1151 <div class="articleContent-wrap threeitems"> 1152 1153 1154 <div class="articleContent-block"> 1155 1156 <!-- image block --> 1157 <div class="articleContent-img"> 1158 1159 1160 <img src="/siteassets/sites/acep/media/regs-and-eggs
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1302Emergency Physicians Must Be Able to Treat Pregnant Patients Without Fear of Criminalization</h3> 1303 1304 1305 1306 1307 1308 1309 1310 </div> 1311 <!-- details --> 1312 1313 </div> 1314 1315 1316 <div class="articleContent-block"> 1317 1318 <!-- image block --> 1319 <div class="articleContent-img"> 1320 1321 1322 <img src="/siteassets/sites/acep/blocks/federal-advocacy/dobbs-roe/pregnantpatient.jpg?w=600"> 1323 <!-- cme block --> 1324 <!-- /cme block --> 1325 1326 1327 1328 </div> 1329 <!-- /image block --> 1330 <!-- details --> 1331 <div class="articleContent-details"> 1332 <a class="articleContent-link" href="/federal-advocacy/Emergency-Care-in-a-Post--Roe-Era/policy-statement-access-to-reproductive-health-care-in-the-emergency-department"><!-- block link --></a> 1333 1334 1335 1336 1337 1338 1339 <h3 class="articleContent-title">Policy Statement: Access to Reproductive Health Care in the ED</h3> 1340 1341 1342 1343 1344 1345 1346 1347 </div> 1348 <!-- details --> 1349 1350 </div> 1351 1352 1353 <div class="articleContent-block"> 1354 1355 <!-- image block --> 1356 <div class="articleContent-img"> 1357 1358 1359 <img src="/siteassets/sites/ecps/media/life-outside-medicine-images/medical-legal.jpg?w=600"> 1360 <!-- cme block --> 1361 <!-- /cme block --> 1362 1363 1364 1365 </div> 1366 <!-- /image block --> 1367 <!-- details --> 1368 <div class="articleContent-details"> 1369 <a class="articleContent-link" href="/federal-advocacy/Emergency-Care-in-a-Post--Roe-Era/acep-supports-emtala--physician-autonomy-when-treating-pregnant-patients"><!-- block link --></a> 1370 1371 1372 1373 1374 1375 1376 <h3 class="articleContent-title">ACEP Supports EMTALA & Physician Autonomy When Treating Pregnant Patients</h3> 1377 1378 1379 1380 1381 1382 1383 1384 </div> 1385 <!-- details --> 1386 1387 </div> 1388 1389 1390 <div class="articleContent-block"> 1391 1392 <!-- image block --> 1393 <div class="articleContent-img"> 1394 1395 1396 <img src="/siteassets/sites/acep/media/regs-and-eggs/article-images/scotus.jpg?w=600"> 1397 <!-- cme block --> 1398 <!-- /cme block --> 1399 1400 1401 1402 </div> 1403 <!-- /image block --> 1404 <!-- details --> 1405 <div class="articleContent-details"> 1406 <a class="articleContent-link" href="/federal-advocacy/Emergency-Care-in-a-Post--Roe-Era/er-docs-concerned-laws-interfere"><!-- block link --></a> 1407 1408 1409 1410 1411 1412 1413 <h3 class="articleContent-title">Public Statement: Emergency Physicians Deeply Concerned by Laws that Interfere with the Physician-Patient Relationship</h3> 1414 1415 1416 1417 1418 1419 1420 1421 </div> 1422 <!-- details --> 1423 1424 </div> 1425 1426 1427 <div class="articleContent-block"> 1428 1429 <!-- image block --> 1430 <div class="articleContent-img"> 1431 1432 1433 <img src="/siteassets/sites/acep/media/covid-19-main/resources_for_patients.jpg?w=600"> 1434 <!-- cme block --> 1435 <!-- /cme block --> 1436 1437 1438 1439 </div> 1440 <!-- /image block 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Pregnancy Related Health Care</a> 1518 </li> 1519 <li> 1520 <a href="/what-we-believe/actions-on-council-resolutions/councilresolution?rid=4F3F301D-A325-ED11-A9D3-F94EF5641D50" class="link-internal">2022 Council Resolution 26: Promoting Safe Reproductive Health Care for Patients</a> 1521 </li> 1522 <li> 1523 <a href="/what-we-believe/actions-on-council-resolutions/councilresolution?rid=BEA73F9B-EC22-ED11-A9D3-F94EF5641D50" class="link-internal">2022 Council Resolution 27: Equitable Access to Emergency Contraception in the ED</a> 1524 </li> 1525 1526 </ul> 1527 <!-- /block --> 1528 1529 </div> 1530 </div> 1531 </div> 1532 1533 1534 1535</div><div class="block richtextblock col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"><h3>Research</h3> 1536<p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/emp2.12549"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Early pregnancy loss in the emergency department, 2006–2016 - Benson - 2021</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (<em>Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, </em>Volume 2, Issue 6, December, 2021)</span></p> 1537<p><a href="https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(19)31316-2/fulltext"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span></a><a href="https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(19)31316-2/fulltext"><span style="font-weight: 400;">They're Doing Their Job”: Women's Acceptance of Emergency Department Contraception Counseling</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (<em>Annals of Emergency Medicine</em>, Volume 76, Issue 4, P515-526, October 01, 2020)</span></p> 1538<p><a href="https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(17)30783-7/fulltext"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Emergency Department Use in the Perinatal Period: An Opportunity for Early Intervention</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (<em>Annals of Emergency Medicine, </em>Volume 70, Issue 6, P835-839, December 01, 2017)</span></p> 1539<p><a href="https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(10)01196-0/fulltext"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Emergency Physician Ultrasonography for Evaluating Patients at Risk for Ectopic Pregnancy: A Meta-Analysis</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (<em>Annals of Emergency Medicine, </em>Volume 56, Issue 6, P674-683, December 01, 2010)</span></p></div><div class="block scriptblock col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"><!-- style --> 1540<style> 1541.body-wrapper .stackedBlocksZZ {padding-bottom: 20px !important;} 1542</style> 1543<!-- /style --> 1544</div></div> 1545 </div> 1546 </div> 1547</div> 1548 1549 1550 1551 1552 1553 1554 1555 1556
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