Urgent Matters

A Postdoctoral Fellow at the West Health Institute and UCSD Division of Geriatrics, Dr. Yourman is a practicing internist and geriatrician focusing on quality improvement.

Dr. Meltzer talks to Dr. Kevin Biese and Dr. Zack Deyo about ACEP's Geriatric Accreditation, UNC Atrial Fibrillation Transitions Network, and other means to disrupt Geriatric Care. Also, touching on the impact of value-based care and the role of pharmacists as Advanced Practice Providers.

https://www.acep.org/how-we-serve/sections/geriatric-emergency-medicine/

https://www.acep.org/geda/

https://www.unchealthcare.org/a-fib-care-network/

Dr. Meltzer talks to 2018's Innovation of the Year Award winner Call9's founder and CEO, Dr. Timothy Peck. They discuss Call9's beginning, its innovation and where their future lies.

Dr. Herring is an attending emergency physician and associate director of research at Highland Hospital-Alameda Health System in Oakland. Herring is medical director of the hospital’s substance use disorder treatment program and attending physician at its interdisciplinary pain medicine program. He is principle investigator of the California ED-BRIDGE: Emergency Buprenorphine Treatment Project. His current research focuses on emergency department treatment of opioid use disorders and pain management. He and Dr. Meltzer discuss the ED-BRIDGE Program, the use of buprenorphine and MATs in general, and the role of the ER Doctor outside the ED.

Dr. Aisha Liferidge, the Co-Director of the Health Policy Fellowship at George Washington University, is a board member of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Among other topics, Dr. Liferidge and Dr. Meltzer discuss complexity in the Emergency Department environment and expectations, social determinants of health, burn out, and expanding beyond the ED. This podcast was produced and edited by Andrew Petrus.

A wide-ranging discussion with Dr. Jeff Kline, Vice Chair of Research in emergency medicine and a professor of physiology at Indiana University School of Medicine. He is the present Editor In Chief of Academic Emergency Medicine and Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training. Among other things, he and Dr. Meltzer discuss the impact of the patient satisfaction survey era, time spent with patients, amount of CT scans, expansion of the ER, and the role of the ER doctor in the continuity of care. This podcast was produced and edited by Andrew Petrus.

This podcast is sponsored by Novo Nordisk. Featuring Dr. Charlie Pollack, an Associate Provost for Innovation in Education at Thomas Jefferson University and Professor and Senior Advisor for Interdisciplinary Research and Clinical Trials, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.

This podcast is sponsored by Novo Nordisk. Dr Joanna Davis is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Miami Leonard Miller School of Medicine and the Medical Director of Comprehensive Pediatric Hemophilia Treatment at the University of Miami. Dr. Davis and her treatment center provide educational talks nationally raising awareness about the diagnosis of underlying bleeding disorders.