Emergency care and the public's health / edited by Jesse M. Pines [and three others] ; Jameel Abualenain [and thirty six others], contributors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pines, Jesse M., editor.

Abualenain, Jameel, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency medical services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 relation

Contents:

The emergency care system in the U.S. / Jesse M. Pines and Jameel Abualenain

Ten common misconceptions about emergency department care / Dana Kindermann and Robert Shesser

International perspectives on emergency care / Jameel 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 Mason

Human factors in emergency care / Raj M. Ratwani, A. Zach Hettinger, and Rollin J. Fairbanks

Information technology in emergency care / Adam Landman and E. Gregory Marchand

Telehealth and acute care / Sara Paradise, Michael Shu, and Neal Sikka

Simulation in emergency care / Claudia Ranniger, Keith E. Littlewood

Emergency care workforce projections / James Scott, Rachelle Pierre-Mathew, and Drew Maurano

U.S. emergency and disaster response in the past, present, and future : the multi-faceted role of emergency healthcare / Joseph A. Barbera and Anthony G. MacIntyre

Emergency public health / Rebecca Katz, Anthony MacIntyre, and Joseph Barbera

The role of the emergency department in care coordination / Emily R. Carrier

Payment reform in emergency care / Janice Blanchard, Stephanie Donald, and Nathan Seth Trueger

The legal framework for hospital emergency care / Sara Rosenbaum

The future of emergency care / Robert Shesser and Dana Kindermann.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118779798

1118779797

9781118779750

1118779754

9781118779781

1118779789

OCLC:

876512991