The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) welcomes the new Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Honourable Mark Butler, and looks forward to working with him and other healthcare stakeholders on a systemic overhaul of Australia’s outdated health system.
FACEMs Associate Professor Katie Walker and Dr Michael Ben-Meir led a study, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), that found the use of medical scribes increase emergency doctors’ productivity and reduce patients’ length of stay.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) is warning of escalating risks to patient safety and lives as crowding makes a dangerous return to Australian and New Zealand emergency departments (EDs) despite the COVID-19 threat reducing but remaining present.
Queensland FACEM Dr Brydie Edwards is the first Australian or New Zealander to be accepted into the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Fellowship in Disaster Medicine.
Ahead of Saturday’s election, the peak body for emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand has warned The Coalition and Labor the systemic problems in healthcare require sophisticated solutions, not slogans.
FACEM Dr Peter Allely has been appointed as President-Elect of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College).
ACEM President Dr Simon Judkins has written a piece outlining what he believes are the key components that contribute to a good culture.
The peak body for emergency medicine in New Zealand and Australia has called for commitment and action, following the handing down of the Report of the Government Inquiry to Mental Health and Addiction.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) has welcomed the release of an independent evaluation showing a reduction in alcohol fuelled harm following reforms introduced by the Northern Territory Government.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) is deeply concerned about the number of COVID-19 infections among healthcare workers in Melbourne.