Emergency Department Leadership and Management: Best Principles and Practice

Emergency departments around the world may differ, but many of the problems they face are the same. Written by an international panel of experienced emergency department leaders Emergency Department Leadership and Management provides the latest knowledge and advice to improve your personal leadership skills. The book will assist emergency department leaders in overcoming common management and operational problems including overcrowding, risk management, implementing the right triage system, electronic and IT solutions, improving clinical teamwork, education of emergency department staff, improving patient flow, care pathways and leading during times of change. Example cases are included to allow leaders to compare common cases to the problems which they face in their own departments. Information on designing emergency medicine specialty residency programs is also provided. It is the official text of the International Emergency Department Leadership Institute (IEDLI) and has been endorsed by the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM).

Stephanie Kayden MD, MPH is the Director of the International Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Instructor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Philip D. Anderson MD, MPH is the Associate Director of Quality Assurance for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Robert Freitas, MHA is the Executive Director for the Emergency Medicine Consulting Division at Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Elke Platz MD, MS, RDMS is the Director of Emergency Ultrasound Research at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Instructor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.