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…
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
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…
Where Are All the Children Going? ED Pediatric Patients Are Decreasing
Pandemic-related challenges continue to arise, and emergency physicians continue to manage the many implications. More forward planning…
Another COVID Casualty: the Emergency Department Transfer Process
New waves and challenges of COVID-19 keep coming. Emergency physicians keep managing the front lines, caring for…
EMS and the ED: What Should the Relationship Look Like Going Forward?
Figure 1: Trends in EMS Arrival and Admissions Versus Walk-in ED Patients COVID-19 won’t go away. As…
Where Will Emergency Department Volumes Go Post-Pandemic?
As we emerge from 18 months of pandemic operations, many emergency physicians are being asked how to…
Emergency Department Redesigns Must Incorporate Recent Lessons Learned
It won’t be long now: Emergency department medical directors and nurse managers will soon be asked to…
Statistical Trends of Diagnostic Testing in the Emergency Department
Emergency departments have become overall diagnostic and treatment centers of excellence and availability in the American health…