The emergency department serves as a critical access point to the health system for many
patients, especially those with limited resources. Screening for disease or risk factors for …

The author considers public health initiatives related to emergency medicine (EM) in the US
He states the mission of ED. He explores the philosophical views of EM that frame the …

Background While diagnostic testing is common in the emergency department, the value of
some testing is questionable. The purpose of this study was to assess how varying levels of …

Emergency medicine and public health have opportunities to interact in at least 4 areas:
surveillance of diseases, injuries, and health risks; monitoring health care access; delivering …

I Emergency medicine is a part of the health care system that the majority of us seldom think
about, hope never to use, and yet expect to have available 24 hours when the need arises …

In 1998 the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's (SAEM's) Board of Directors asked
the SAEM Public Health and Education Task Force to develop recommendations for …

The distinguishing feature of public health research is its focus on assessing, measuring,
and monitoring the health of populations; in contrast, traditional biomedical research focuses …

Methods In this paper, we present research gaps and priorities pertaining to social risks and
needs screening tools used in the ED, identified through a consensus approach informed by …

Fifty years ago, CP Snow wrote of the intellectual divide between the humanities and the
sciences in his essay, Two Cultures. 1 The book sparked an intellectual debate that …

STUDY OBJECTIVE:: We describe the availability of preventive health services in US
emergency departments (EDs), as well as ED directors' preferred service and perceptions of …