ED Volumes Keep Climbing as Patients Demand Acute, Unscheduled Care
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates of emergency department (ED) visits for 2022 were…
About James J. Augustine, MD, FACEP
James J. Augustine, MD, FACEP, is national director of prehospital strategy for US Acute Care Solutions in Canton, Ohio; clinical professor of emergency medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio; and vice president of the Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance.
Posts by James J. Augustine, MD, FACEP
Interhospital Transfer Capabilities Still Pose Major Issues
Transferring patients from one ED to another hospital is an established part of emergency medicine practice. Patients…
A Sobering Year for Emergency Departments and Their Patients
The Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance (EDBA) is a membership organization composed of high-performance emergency departments (EDs) that…
A First Look at Emergency Department Data for 2022
The role of emergency physicians has been made dramatically more important due to the pandemic. The performance…
Diagnostic Test Turnaround Times Are Improving Across Emergency Depts
So many difficulties have cropped up in the emergency department (ED) during the almost three years of…
CEDR Transforms Into the Emergency Medicine Data Institute
Over the last 50 years, emergency departments (EDs) have become the hub of acute care, with relentless…
First Look: Emergency Department Operations in the Pandemic Year 2021
There is no disguising it. 2021 was perhaps the most challenging year ever for American emergency department…
Emergency Department Patient Challenges to Come
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistical survey of emergency department (ED) visits for 2019…
The Big Recovery: Emergency Department Operations in 2021
The role of the emergency department (ED) and emergency physicians has been made dramatically more important due…
Is An Aging Population Aging Out Younger Patients?
Pandemic-related challenges continue to arise, and emergency physicians continue to manage the many implications. More forward planning…