Emergency Medicine

Mark S. Zocchi, MPH, senior research associate at the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation, was published in the Journal on Quality and Patient Safety for his evaluation of 42 U.S. hospitals to improve emergency department flow. 

Urgent Matters, Blue Jay Consulting, and Schumacher Group are pleased to announce the winners of the Emergency Care Innovation of the Year Award, a competition to foster innovation in emergency departments nationwide.

GW SMHS alumni and faculty members travel to Monrovia, Liberia, to assist in Ebola treatments.

Urgent Matters, Blue Jay Consulting, and Schumacher Group are now accepting submissions for the 2015 Emergency Care Innovation of the Year Award, a competitive opportunity that fosters innovation in emergency departments nationwide.

E-Med Docs Bruno Petinaux and Anthony Macintyre deploy with USA-1 Urban Search and Rescue to render aid to earthquake survivors in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Medical scribes work at the bedside with physicians, physician’s assistants, and residents to complete patient charts according to provider preferences and billing standards set by hospital administration and insurance companies.

Hamid Shokoohi, M.D., and Keith Boniface, M.D., headed to Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda to provide ultrasound training for their local counterparts and U.S. volunteers.

Robert Shesser, M.D., chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, spoke to The New York Times about the dangers of falls.

Larrissa May, M.D., director of the Clinical Research Fellowship and associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, was published in Clinical Infectious Disease for her research finding a rise in shortages of key antibiotics used to treat highly resistant infections.

Abdulaziz Almehlisi, M.D., second-year resident, was interviewed by NBC4 about his life-saving efforts after witnessing an accident on the Key Bridge.