Emergency Care and the Public’s Health

As US health care systems undergo a period of transformative change, so too will emergency care, and more specifically emergency departments. This transformation will include: <ul> <li>The development of new diagnostic, therapeutic, and information technologies</li> <li>A growing need to prepare and respond to emerging public health threats</li> <li>The expansion of the role of allied health professionals to address the workforce crisis</li> <li>Novel expectations for care coordination</li> <li>The fundamental economics of emergency care under new payment models, and</li> <li>The key relationship with American law.</li> </ul> <p><i>Emergency Care and the Public’s Health</i> explores the complex role of emergency care in the context of these changes and as an increasingly vital component of health care systems both within and outside the US.</p> <p>From an expert emergency medicine team, this new title is a reference for emergency care and critical care providers, allied health professionals and hospital administrators. It is also for relevant for public policy and healthcare policy professionals.</p>