Jesse Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE, Director, Office for Clinical Practice Innovation, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Policy, The George Washington University, Washington, US Jameel Abualenain, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, US; King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaJames Scott, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Policy, School of Medicine and Health Science, The George Washington University, Washington, USRobert Shesser, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, US

“Emergency Care and the Public’s Health provides useful and practical information to enhance the understanding of the state of emergency care in the United States today. . . In my opinion, physicians in training (including EM residents), emergency care providers, allied health care professionals, current and future ED directors, administrators, and even hospital leaders (CEOs, CFOs) should be exposed to this book.”  (Academic Emergency Medicine, 1 February 2015)

• 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

Jesse Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE, Director, Office for Clinical Practice Innovation, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Policy, The George Washington University, Washington, US Jameel Abualenain, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, US; King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaJames Scott, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Policy, School of Medicine and Health Science, The George Washington University, Washington, USRobert Shesser, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, US

“Emergency Care and the Public’s Health provides useful and practical information to enhance the understanding of the state of emergency care in the United States today. . . In my opinion, physicians in training (including EM residents), emergency care providers, allied health care professionals, current and future ED directors, administrators, and even hospital leaders (CEOs, CFOs) should be exposed to this book.”  (Academic Emergency Medicine, 1 February 2015)

• 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