Increasing Value in the Emergency Department: Innovations to Improve Cost and Quality
In the coming years, alternative payment models will change how physicians and hospitals are reimbursed. But will emergency medicine be a key player in the value discussion? Speakers at the 2015 Urgent Matters Meeting (Oct. 25, 2015) at ACEP15 highlighted innovations dedicated to increasing the value of emergency care and improving delivery systems. Download the presentations here.
Keynote Address: Free Standing Emergency Departments
- Richard Zane, MD, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Professor, Univeristy of Colorado School of Medicine
- Nir Harish, MD, MBA, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar, Yale University; Clinical Instructor, Yale Department of Emergency Medicine
Panel 1: Increasing Value Through Clinical Practice Innovation
- Managing High Frequency Utilizers: Jennifer Wiler, MD, MBA, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
- Innovations Under a Fixed Hospital Budget: Fermin Barrueto, MD, Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Upper Chesapeake Health Systems; Associate Clinical Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine
- The Value of Emergency Medicine within Clinical Integration: Christopher S. Russi, DO, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Future of Emergency Response: What's Changed Since the Boston Bombing
- Eric Goralnick, MS, MS, Medical Director of Emergency Preparedness, Brigham & Women's Healthcare; Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Instructor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- David J. Schoenwetter, DO, Medical Director, Geisinger EMS and Geisinger Life Flight Medical Director, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
- Kathleen Sharp, CPC, CMM, LBB, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
- Jeremiah Schuur, MD, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Panel 2: Innovations in Acute Care Across the Continuum
- Using Telemedicine for Psychiatric Consults in the Emergency Department: Sy Atezaz Saeed, MD, MS, Professor & Chairman, Department of Psychiatric Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University
- Emergency TeleHealth and Navigation (ETHAN): Michael Gonzalez, MD, Associate Medical Director, Houston Fire Department/EMS
- JeffConnect: Judd Hollander, MD, Associate Dean for Strategic Health Initiatives, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University