FUTURE OF EMERGENCY CARE
DISSEMINATION WORKSHOP SUMMARIES
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This study was supported by Contract No. HHSH25056047, TO#2 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Support was also provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American College of Surgeons, the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine, the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors, the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association, the Emergency Nurses Association, the National Association of EMS Physicians, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project.
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THE FUTURE OF EMERGENCY CARE WORKSHOP PLANNING GROUP
NELS D. SANDDAL (Chair), President,
Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation, Bozeman, Montana
RAY BIAS, Government Relations Manager,
Acadian Ambulance Service, Lafayette, Louisiana
A. BRENT EASTMAN, Chief Medical Officer,
N. Paul Whittier Chair of Trauma, ScrippsHealth, San Diego, California
MARIANNE GAUSCHE-HILL, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Director,
Prehospital Care, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
ARTHUR L. KELLERMANN, Professor and Chair,
Department of Emergency Medicine, and Director, Center for Injury Control, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
JANE F. KNAPP, Vice Chair Graduate Medical Education,
Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
BRIAN W. LINDBERG, Executive Director,
Consumer Coalition for Quality Health Care, Washington, DC
RICARDO MARTINEZ, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs,
The Schumacher Group, Kennesaw, Georgia
GAIL L. WARDEN, President Emeritus,
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan
Study Staff
MEGAN McHUGH, Project Director and Senior Program Officer
ANISHA S. DHARSHI, Research Associate
DANITZA VALDIVIA, Program Associate
Reviewers
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
David Jaffe, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis Children’s Hospital
Linda McKibben, Independent Consultant, Arlington, Virginia
Robert O’Connor, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Christiana Care Health System
Nels Sanddal, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation, Bozeman, Montana
Charlotte Yeh, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, United States Department of Health and Human Services
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Dr. Melvin Worth, Scholar-in-Residence, Institute of Medicine. Appointed
by the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authors and the institution.
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to the members of the workshop planning group, who volunteered their time and intellectual efforts to shape the workshop programs, identify topics, and select contributors. We would also like to express our appreciation to the many individuals that participated on workshop panels as well as other speakers and discussants who contributed to the workshops (see Appendixes A and B for the workshop agendas and list of participants).
Finally, the workshops were organized with the generous assistance of many individuals and organizations in Utah, Illinois, and Louisiana. We acknowledge in particular the logistical support and hospitality provided by the staffs of Primary Children’s Medical Center, the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, the Utah Department of Health, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.