At the Breaking Point: The Future of Emergency Care

The emergency care system is in crisis. The number of patients seeking care is increasing, while the number of available resources is decreasing. This is leading to longer wait times, poorer quality of care, and even death.

Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point (Future of Emergency Care)

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Language	:	English
File size	:	2265 KB
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Enhanced typesetting	:	Enabled
Print length	:	723 pages

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In At the Breaking Point, Dr. David Meltzer sounds the alarm about the state of emergency care and offers a roadmap for the future. Meltzer, a nationally recognized expert in emergency medicine, has seen firsthand the challenges facing the system. He has also developed innovative solutions to these challenges, which he shares in this book.

At the Breaking Point is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of healthcare. Meltzer's insights are essential for understanding the crisis in emergency care and for developing solutions to this critical problem.

The Crisis in Emergency Care

The emergency care system is facing a number of challenges, including:

• Increasing demand for services: The number of patients seeking emergency care is increasing, due to a number of factors, including the aging population, the rise of chronic diseases, and the opioid epidemic.
• Decreasing resources: The number of available resources is decreasing, due to budget cuts and the shortage of healthcare professionals.
• Longer wait times: The combination of increasing demand and decreasing resources is leading to longer wait times for emergency care.
• Poorer quality of care: The longer wait times are leading to poorer quality of care, as patients are being seen by less experienced providers and are receiving less comprehensive care.
• Death: The longer wait times and poorer quality of care are leading to an increase in deaths.

Meltzer's Solutions

Meltzer offers a number of solutions to the crisis in emergency care, including:

• Investing in emergency care: Meltzer argues that we need to invest more money in emergency care, in Free Download to increase the number of available resources and improve the quality of care.
• Training more healthcare professionals: We need to train more healthcare professionals, in Free Download to meet the increasing demand for emergency care services.
• Developing new models of care: We need to develop new models of care, in Free Download to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of emergency care.
• Educating the public: We need to educate the public about the crisis in emergency care, in Free Download to build support for the necessary changes.

The emergency care system is in crisis. The number of patients seeking care is increasing, while the number of available resources is decreasing. This is leading to longer wait times, poorer quality of care, and even death.

In At the Breaking Point, Dr. David Meltzer sounds the alarm about the state of emergency care and offers a roadmap for the future. Meltzer's insights are essential for understanding the crisis in emergency care and for developing solutions to this critical problem.

If we do not take action, the crisis in emergency care will only get worse. We need to invest in emergency care, train more healthcare professionals, develop new models of care, and educate the public. Only then can we ensure that everyone has access to the quality emergency care they deserve.

**Image alt attribute:** Dr. David Meltzer, author of At the Breaking Point: The Future of Emergency Care, is a nationally recognized expert in emergency medicine.

Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point (Future of Emergency Care)

5 out of 5

Language	:	English
File size	:	2265 KB
Text-to-Speech	:	Enabled
Enhanced typesetting	:	Enabled
Print length	:	723 pages

FREE