Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Editor Biographies -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Part 1 The US emergency care system -- Chapter 1 The emergency care system in the United States -- Introduction -- A journey through the myths and misconceptions of emergency care -- A look at international emergency care -- First generation ED electronic health records 1.0 -- The human factor in emergency care -- Evolving technology: Telehealth and simulation -- What the future holds for the ED workforce -- Role of the ED in national preparedness -- Evolving role of the ED in care coordination -- How new payment reform policies will impact emergency care -- Legal issues in emergency care -- Charting a course for the future of emergency care in the United States -- References -- Chapter 2 Ten common misconceptions about emergency care -- Misconception 1: EDs are crowded because large numbers of medically indigent patients use EDs for "primary care" -- Misconception 3: EDs are inherently expensive relative to alternative outpatient settings for many visit categories -- Misconception 4: ED frequent users just use ED for their care and have no longitudinal care relationships with other doctors -- Misconception 5: There are generally accepted guide linesabout what constitutes "appropriate" ED use -- Misconception 6: There are clear-cut guidelines about which ED patients should be admitted to the hospital -- Misconception 7: Care for most conditions treated in the ED is carefully measured and reported to the public -- Misconception 8: Emergency physicians are employed by the hospital and have a practice structure similar to other physicians at the hospital -- Misconception 9: Most US acute care hospitals have the proper staff and equipment to care for all types of patient problems.

Misconception 10: The ED workforce consists of physicians who failed to succeed in "private practice" -- References -- Chapter 3 International perspectives on emergency care -- Introduction -- Australia -- Canada -- Denmark -- France -- India -- Iran -- Japan -- Singapore -- United Kingdom -- References -- Part 2 Technology in emergency care -- Chapter 4 Human factors in emergency care -- Human factors engineering methods -- Workflow -- Overcrowding -- Teamwork -- Interruptions -- Health IT -- Clinical decision-making -- Application to frontline health care workers -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 Information technology in emergency care -- Emergency department information system features -- EDIS supports ED workflow -- Value of EDIS -- EDIS adoption -- Barriers to EDIS adoption -- United States HIT policy: meaningful use -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 Telehealth and acute care -- Case study: University of Mississippi Medical Center -- ED specialty consultations -- Extending ED provider access -- Nurse advice lines -- Online medical consultations -- Patient centered triage tools -- Remote patient monitoring and follow-up -- mHealth -- Medical apps -- Integration with quality drivers -- References -- Chapter 7 Simulation in emergency care -- Introduction -- Performance gaps in emergency medicine -- Learning concepts related to improving patient outcomes -- Evaluation of educational efficacy in health care -- History of medical simulation -- Improving care through simulation -- Procedural skills training -- Teamwork training -- Environmental assessment -- Disaster preparedness -- Conclusions -- References -- Part 3 Emergency care workforce -- Chapter 8 Emergency care workforce projections -- Rapid growth of ED utilization -- Population growth and changing demographics -- Effect of ACA on ED utilization.

Current and predicted ED workforce numbers -- Current models of emergency department staffing -- Potential future models -- References -- Part 4 Emergency preparedness and response to emergencies and disasters -- Chapter 9 US emergency and disaster response in the past, present, and future: The multi-faceted role of emergency health care -- Past and present -- Future -- References -- Chapter 10 Emergency public health -- Introduction -- Public health functions during response to an emergency -- Basic functions of public health -- Emergency functions of public health -- Overview of existing policies -- Challenges -- Emergency public health as a defined discipline -- Conclusions -- References -- Part 5 Emergency care payment reform and legal issues -- Chapter 11 The role of the emergency department in care coordination -- Introduction -- Importance of care coordination -- Current literature on care coordination in the ED -- Care coordination within EDs -- Care coordination within hospitals -- Care coordination within communities -- Common problems with care coordination -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12 Payment reform in emergency care -- Introduction -- Early payment reform initiatives -- Newer payment reform models -- Emergency medicine and payment reform -- Challenges -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 13 The legal framework for hospital emergency care -- Introduction -- First principles - no right to healthcare and no corresponding duty of care -- Cracks in the wall -- Emtala -- Conclusions -- Notes and References -- Chapter 14 The future of emergency medicine -- Evolution of US health systems -- A brief history of emergency care -- Future practice and funding of emergency medicine -- Future of pre-hospital emergency medical service systems -- Emergency medicine workforce development -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.