As US health care systems undergo a period of transformative change, so too will emergency care, and more specifically emergency departments. This transformation will include: The development of new diagnostic, therapeutic, and information technologies A growing need to prepare and respond to emerging public health threats The expansion of the role of allied health professionals to address the workforce crisis Novel expectations for care coordination The fundamental economics of emergency care under new payment models, and The key relationship with American law. Emergency Care and the Public's Health explores the complex role of emergency care in the context of these changes and as an increasingly vital component of health care systems both within and outside the US. From an expert emergency medicine team, this new title is a reference for emergency care and critical care providers, allied health professionals and hospital administrators. It is also for relevant for public policy and healthcare policy professionals.

As US health care systems undergo a period of transformative change, so too will emergency care, and more specifically emergency departments. This transformation will include:* The development of new diagnostic, therapeutic, and information technologies* A growing need to prepare and respond to emerging public health threats* The expansion of the role of allied health professionals to address the workforce crisis* Novel expectations for care coordination* The fundamental economics of emergency care under new payment models, and* The key relationship with American law.Emergency Care and the Public's Health explores the complex role of emergency care in the context of these changes and as an increasingly vital component of health care systems both within and outside the US.From an expert emergency medicine team, this new title is a reference for emergency care and critical care providers, allied health professionals and hospital administrators. It is also for relevant for public policy and healthcare policy professionals.

Editor Biographies, viiList of Contributors, xiForeword, xvPart 1 The US emergency care system1 The emergency care system in the United States, 3Jesse M. Pines and Jameel Abualenain2 Ten common misconceptions about emergency care, 11Dana R. Sax and Robert Shesser3 International perspectives on emergency care, 21Jameel Abualenain, Drew Richardson, David Mountain, Samuel Vaillancourt, Michael Schull, Phillip Anderson, Eric Revue, Brijal Patel, Ali Pourmand, Hamid Shokoohi, Shingo Hori, Lit-Sin Quek, and Suzanne MasonPart 2 Technology in emergency care4 Human factors in emergency care, 47Raj M. Ratwani, A. Zach Hettinger, and Rollin J. Fairbanks5 Information technology in emergency care, 59Adam Landman and E. Gregory Marchand6 Telehealth and acute care, 75Sara Paradise, Michael Kee-Ming Shu, and Neal Sikka7 Simulation in emergency care, 87Claudia Ranniger and Keith E. LittlewoodPart 3 Emergency care workforce8 Emergency care workforce projections, 99James Scott, Rachelle Pierre-Mathew, and Drew MauranoPart 4 Emergency preparedness and response to emergencies and disasters9 US emergency and disaster response in the past, present, and future: The multi-faceted role of emergency health care, 113Joseph A. Barbera and Anthony G. Macintyre10 Emergency public health, 127Rebecca Katz, Anthony Macintyre, and Joseph BarberaPart 5 Emergency care payment reform and legal issues11 The role of the emergency department in care coordination, 141Emily R. Carrier12 Payment reform in emergency care, 151Janice Blanchard, Stephanie Donald, and Nathan Seth Trueger13 The legal framework for hospital emergency care, 169Sara Rosenbaum14 The future of emergency medicine, 191Robert ShesserIndex, 201