May 13, 2026
What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Patients expect emergency rooms to be staffed by a physician, but some aren’t—and many legislators don’t know it. Pennsylvania ACEP is taking action to educate their state legislature and protect patients, successfully passing a bill that requires a physician in every ED through the state’s House Health Committee. Pennsylvania ACEP Immediate Past President Elizabeth Werley, MD, FACEP, shares how they’ve kept the bill moving.
Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians
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