Emergency Medicine

Jesse Pines, M.D., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Research and professor of emergency medicine and health policy, was interviewed by BBC News about new technology to automate filling hospital beds. 
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Emergency Health Services program is now taking applications for the spring 2014 semester for the bachelor’s degree in Emergency Health Services Management.
Leana Wen, M.D., instructor of emergency medicine, was interviewed by 8 News Now in Las Vegas, Nev. about physician gifts from drug companies.
Kaynan Doctor, M.D., adjunct instructor of pediatrics, was interviewed by Medscape Medical News about his research finding that one in three children and adolescents referred to the emergency department by an after-hours nurse telephone triage service were considered nonessential referrals.
Jessica Galarraga, M.D., M.P.H., a third-year emergency medicine resident, and Jesse Pines, M.D.,M.B.A, director of the Office for Clinical Practice Innovation and professor of emergency medicine and health policy, were featured in Forbes for their recently published research finding emergency…
Researchers at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences found that outpatient emergency department encounters could reimburse considerably more after implementation of the insurance coverage expansions of the Affordable Care Act.
Jesse Pines, M.D.,M.B.A, director of the Office for Clinical Practice Innovation and professor of emergency medicine and health policy, was featured in HealthLeaders Media for a study he co-authored on the most successful outside interventions to reduce emergency department use.
Jesse Pines, M.D., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation and professor of emergency medicine and health policy, was recently published in the journal Academic Emergency Medicine for his paper, “Non-Emergency Department (ED) Interventions to Reduce ED Utilization: A Systematic…
Andrew Meltzer, M.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine, was featured on StreetInsider.com for his research, "The Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Video Capsule Endoscopy Compared to Other Strategies to Manage Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage in the Emergency Department," which he…
Leana Wen, M.D., instructor of emergency medicine, wrote a guest blog post for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) on her experiences that lead her to an interest in patient-centered outcomes research and her hopes for the field.