Until recently, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), the largest specialty organization for emergency physicians, has largely ignored the issues of the corporate practice of medicine ...

Recent years have seen emergency departments (EDs) face escalating pressures due to rising patient volumes, unpredictable surges, and increasing operational ...

While much of the health care workforce is battling staff shortages, the emergency medicine field is trying to figure out how to manage a potential oversupply of physicians. The American College of ...

According to a survey published last year, nearly two-thirds of emergency medicine physicians report burnout, the highest among all specialties. In some ways, this is unsurprising. Emergency medicine ...

If you have been to an ER lately — or if you’ve watched the disturbingly accurate TV show “The Pitt” — you’ve seen scenes that resemble field hospitals more than state-of-the-art medical centers.

A recent study found that most hospitals do not have high emergency department pediatric readiness and several medical societies recently released a policy statement to help hospitals rise to the ...

July 2, 2007 — The American Medical Association (AMA) introduced last week a new medical journal devoted to the science of disaster planning and response. The quarterly, peer-reviewed journal, ...