What's New

Website

	NEW: Listen to the Audio Version of the Fall Edition of Our Newsletter You can also listen to the Audio Version of Spring Edition of Our Newsletter
	We have added a weblog ("blog") entitled "Non-Urban Emergency Medicine".You can follow the postings by Paul Hudson, Chief Operating Officer, at www.acutecare.blogspot.com
	Click here for a map of our affiliated facilities
	You can now download the ACUTE CARE, INC. application packets in Adobe Acrobat format. This is a password protected part of the website. You will need to e-mail Kathy Storm, Director of Operations for the access information.

Featured Practice Opportunities

	Chillicothe, MO
	Boone, IA
	Denison, IA
	Carlinville, IL
	Flora, IL
	Robinson, IL
	Marshall, MN
	Tazewell, VA

New Members of Our Team and Changes in Roles

	Amanda Jenkins has joined ACUTE CARE, INC. as a Physician Scheduler for the Wisconsin/Kentucky/Virginia/Ohio Region.
	Tess Christensen has joined ACUTE CARE, INC. as a Physician Credentialer for the Western Iowa/Kansas Region.
	Katy Schmidt has moved in to the role of Physician Credentialer for the Minnesota/Wyoming/Nebraska Region.
	Kara Langenberg has joined ACUTE CARE, INC. as a Recruitment Specialist for the Illinois/Indiana Region.
	Holly Eytcheson has joined ACUTE CARE, INC. as a Physician Scheduler for the Illinois/Indiana Region.
	Jason Taylor has joined ACUTE CARE, INC. as a Recruitment Specialist for the Eastern Iowa/Missouri/Ohio Region.
	Lyndsey Strait has joined ACUTE CARE, INC. as a Physician Scheduler for the Eastern Iowa/Missouri/Ohio Region.
	Lindsay Oltrogge has joined ACUTE CARE, INC. as a Recruitment Specialist for the Eastern Iowa/Missouri/Ohio Region.
	Emily Piper has joined ACUTE CARE, INC. as a Physician Scheduler for the Illinois/Indiana Region.
	Whitney Peak has joined ACUTE CARE, INC. as a Recruitment Specialist for the Wisconsin/Kentucky/Virginia/Ohio Region.
	Kara Dolch has joined ACUTE CARE, INC. as Physician Scheduler for the Minnesota/Wyoming/Nebraska Region.

Hospital News

	Mercy Hospital of Franciscan Sisters Inc. in Oelwein, IA, will join our practice beginning on July 1, 2008.
	Sanford Luverne Hospital in Luverne, MN, joined our practice beginning on May 12, 2008.
	Glencoe Regional Health Services in Glencoe, MN will join our practice beginning July 1, 2008.

New Information

	We've posted the Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Precourse Assessment (aka Pretest) as an interactive, web-based PowerPoint presentation.
	The new American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines were published on 10-28-05. Here's a link to several resources pertaining to changes in ACLS, PALS and BLS.
	We've published the Fall issue of Credentialing Corner to the web
	Another resource from Performance Improvement: Ten Common Errors in Emergency Medicine, A Risk Management Summary, adapted from a lecture by Dr. Christine Duranceau
	Read "EMTALA Compliance: Medical Screening Examinations" by Paul Hudson, Chief Operating Officer in this Adobe Acrobat file.
	Our Performance Improvement Department created this Final Checklist for Complete Documentation
	We're closely following the development and rollout of the Rural Trauma Team Development Course
	Read "Critical Access Hospitals and Their Emergency Departments, Selected Issues and Opportunities" by Paul Hudson, Chief Operating Officer in this Adobe Acrobat file.
	A summary of the changes in the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor ACT (EMTALA) is available in this Adobe Acrobat file.