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ZDoggMD interviewing Alicia Kurtz on his healthcare podcast

Alicia Mikolaycik Kurtz, MD

ZDoggMD and Dylan Carney on recovery in the ED

Dylan Carney, MD, MPH

Seth Thomas, MD

Vituity CEO interview on surprise ED billing

Imamu Tomlinson, MD, MBA

People sitting in a crowded emergency room waiting area

Julia Lyall, RN

Doctor and hospital administrator shaking hands in hallway

William T. Choctaw, MD, JD, CSSBB

emergency room physician assistant bandaging patient arm

three doctors and nurses wearing stethoscopes standing elbow to elbow in a hospital hallway

Theo Koury, MD

Allen Bookatz, MD Vanessa Calderón, MD, MPP

EMPA happy with career growth at Vituity

business man looking at a concept diagram of outsourcing on a white wall

illustration of stethoscope listening to a heart

Chi Perlroth, MD

vituity ed throughput learning collaborative

Palomar Health,

Michael Mesisca, DO Gillian Dargan, RN, MSN

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Palomar Medical Center Poway,

Provider and patient communicating in the ED

Gregg Miller, MD

Behavioral health patient comforted by physician

Sumter Armstrong, MHA

Sick child in emergency department with team of doctors

$Anesthesiologist and physician discussing a hip fracture x-ray$

Gary Li, MD

Psychiatric patient with Vituity physician

Scott Zeller, MD

Mercy San Juan Medical Center,

Luke Rawlings, MD, MHS

Baby patient being treated using PIT process

Palomar Health,

$Patient with long bone fracture$

Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center,

Desert Regional Medical Center,

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Joseph Chiang, MD

vituity team discharge emergency medicine

Zachary Tebb, MD

Integration between doctors and administrators

Imamu Tomlinson, MD, MBA

Evan Houck, DO Brian Stinnett, PA-C Pamela Allen, RN, MSN, CEN

pediatrician talking to mother with a young girl on her lap

Douglas Brosnan, MD, JD

Howard Mell, MD, MPH

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center,

Robert Barandica, MD

Hayley Wardrop, RN, MSN

Gregg Miller, MD

Josh Sheridan, MD, MS

Juan Reynoso, Jr., MD

Sofia Khan, MD

George Stapleton, MD

vituity administrative fellowship trish jones

Trish Jones, MD

Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH Kendrick Johnson, MD Katie Hesse, RN, MSN, NP

Theresa Brodeur, PA-C

Michael Sequeira, MD, FACEP

Wesley Fields, MD, FACEP

Wade C. Fox, DO

Charmaine Mislang,

Laura Turk, NP Eve Traill, PA-C

Scott Lopata, MD

Michael Sequeira, MD, FACEP

Seth Thomas, MD

Brian Anderson, MD

Sarah Maurer, Po Huang, MD

FeminEM Staff,

Azmat Husain, MD

Christopher Wyatt, MD Luke Morris, DO

Scott Lopata, MD

Matthew Keane, PA-C Jed Grant, PA-C

George Oldham, MD

Edward Pillar, DO Julia Lyall, RN

Matthew Stilson, MD

Hartwell Lin, MD

Dries Van Dyk, DO Joseph Ginejko, DO

Pascal Crosley, DO

Prentice Tom, MD Joshua Tamayo-Sarver, MD, PhD

Christopher Smith, MD

Cyndy Flores, PA-C

Matthew Stilson, MD

Trish Jones, MD

Joshua Bobko, MD, FAAEM

Adventist Medical Center - Portland,

Eva Goodroe,

El Camino Hospital,

Scott Whitlow, DO, FAAEM

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center,

Vanessa Calderón, MD, MPP Wesley Fields, MD, FACEP

Joshua Bobko, MD, FAAEM

Tom Lukaszczyk, MD

Northwest Community Hospital,

Scott Lopata, MD

Vamshidher Gankidi, MBBS, MPH

St. Louise Regional Hospital Emergency Department,

Dawn Huong Schleif, NP David Carter, PA-C Jed Grant, PA-C

Gregg Miller, MD

Sarah Maurer,

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Dennis Tankersley, PA-C, MS Natalie Schmitz, PA-C, MBA Fred Wu, MHS, PA-C Tom Chambers, PA-C, MBA

Marlene Vermeer, RN, BAN, CEN Efren Grospe, RN, BSN, CEN

Jeff Axten, PA-C Elizabeth O'Connor, PA-C

Vamshidher Gankidi, MBBS, MPH

Edward Pillar, DO Marie Dempster, RN Reza Vaezazizi, MD, FACEP Julia Lyall, RN

Karen Sharp, RN, MSN

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Tiffany Hackett, MD, MBA Gregg Miller, MD

Jim Strafford, CEDC, MCS-P

Allen Bookatz, MD

Hazel Tran, PharmD Kim Schwab, PharmD, BCPS Ronald A. Floyd, PharmD, MS

Phil Piccinini, MD

Grace Siekman, PA-C Abraham Lopez, PA-C

Nic Curry,

Phil Piccinini, MD

Wade C. Fox, DO

Melissa Maranda, MBA, PHR

Thomas Sugarman, MD, FACEP, FAAEM Seth Thomas, MD Kendrick Johnson, MD

Dawa Tarchin Phillips,

James Kim, MD

Marlene Chism, Anne Bruce,

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Gregg Miller, MD

Gregg Miller, MD Prentice Tom, MD

Matthew Stilson, MD

Lisa Bornmann, PA-C

El Camino Hospital,

Pamela McCord, BSN, MBA

Jeff Bass, MD

Jim Strafford, CEDC, MCS-P

concept graphic of doctors sharing ideas

Imamu Tomlinson, MD, MBA

Jon Brummond, PA-C, MS

Wesley Fields, MD, FACEP

Hubert Wong, MD

Anne Bruce,

Rob Hamilton, MD, FAAEM

Andrew J. Smith, Karrar H. Ali, DO, MPH

Nancy Carlson, RN, MBA

Anne Bruce,

Jim Strafford, CEDC, MCS-P

Savoy Brummer, MD Denise Brown, MD

Tiffany Hackett, MD, MBA

Carl Spitzer, MD

Pascal Crosley, DO

K. Sue Hoyt, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, CEN, FAEN, FAANP, FAAN Sheila Sanning Shea, RN, MSN, ANP, CEN

Melissa Maranda, MBA, PHR

Jim Strafford, CEDC, MCS-P

Anne Bruce,

Jim Strafford, CEDC, MCS-P

Kathleen Van Slyke, RN, MSN

Prentice Tom, MD

Sabiha Pasha, MD

Jim Strafford, CEDC, MCS-P

Beena Patel, DrPH, MPH

Dawa Tarchin Phillips, Anne Bruce,

Shaun Partlow, PA-C

Martin Ogle, MD, FACEP

Gail Silver, MD Ellis Weeker, MD, FACEP

Christina Palombo, RN, CPHQ

Andrew J. Smith,

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Ellis Weeker, MD, FACEP

Jeff Bass, MD

Rob Hamilton, MD, FAAEM

Pamela McCord, BSN, MBA

Jim Strafford, CEDC, MCS-P

Nancy Carlson, RN, MBA

Brian Anderson, MD

Thomas Sugarman, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Michael Sequeira, MD, FACEP

Matt Sartain, MBA

John Fredericks, MD

Pamela McCord, BSN, MBA

Ellis Weeker, MD, FACEP Gary Li, MD

Martin Ogle, MD, FACEP

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Jeffery J. Leinen, MD, FACEP

Michael Aratow, MD

Matthew Stilson, MD

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Jim Strafford, CEDC, MCS-P

Chris Clark, MPA, PA-C

Mark Alderdice, MD, FACEP

Ellis Weeker, MD, FACEP Gary Li, MD

Wesley Fields, MD, FACEP

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Jim Strafford, CEDC, MCS-P

Janet Young, MD

Gary Li, MD

Michael L. Harrington, MBA, MA

Katherine Ahern, MIMS

Imamu Tomlinson, MD, MBA

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Josh Sheridan, MD, MS

Theo Koury, MD

Phil Piccinini, MD

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Brian Bearie, MD

Wesley Curry, MD, FACEP

Prentice Tom, MD

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Barbara Katz,

Wesley Fields, MD, FACEP

Thomas Sugarman, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Wesley Fields, MD, FACEP

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Mark Talavera, MD

Prentice Tom, MD

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Tom Lukaszczyk, MD

John Fredericks, MD

Nic Curry,

Katherine Ahern, MIMS

Amina Martel, MD

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Wesley Fields, MD, FACEP

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Patti Papeleux,

Phillip Silverstein, MD

Imamu Tomlinson, MD, MBA

Christina Palombo, RN, CPHQ

Martin Ogle, MD, FACEP

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Joshua Tamayo-Sarver, MD, PhD

Theo Koury, MD

Wesley Curry, MD, FACEP

Barbara Victor, MD

Michael Aratow, MD

Imamu Tomlinson, MD, MBA

David Birdsall, MD

Marc Taub, MD, FACEP

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Jeff Bass, MD

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Wesley Fields, MD, FACEP

Moli Steinart,

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Wesley Curry, MD, FACEP

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Prentice Tom, MD

Martin Ogle, MD, FACEP

Cyndy Flores, PA-C

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Gail Silver, MD

Sam Jones, RN, BSN

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Ellis Weeker, MD, FACEP

R. Myles Riner, MD, FACEP

Wesley Curry, MD, FACEP

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ZDoggMD and Vituity’s Dr. Alicia Kurtz Talk about Physician Resiliency Through Storytelling

ZDoggMD and Vituity’s Dr. Dylan Carney Discuss Treating Opioid Dependency in the ED

An Integrated Model for Acute Psychiatric Care

Patient-Focused Approach to Combat Surprise ED Billing

Survey: Only 9 percent of EDs run efficiently, say nurses

A Hospital-Physician Partnership to Solve ED Crowding

Advanced provider internships help new providers find joy and confidence

Thinking Outside of the ED Box: Growing Capacity Through Inpatient Integration

Administrative Fellowship Prepares the Next Generation of Physician Leaders

Accelerate Your Growth as an EMPA

5 Myths About Outsourcing Physicians

Building a Career Around Your Passions: Advice From CAL-ACEP's New President

Front-Line Driven Innovation: Vituity Data Team [Video]

Front-Line Driven Innovation: Vituity Innovation Grants [Video]

Front-Line Driven Innovation: Vituity's ED Throughput Collaborative [Video]

Implementing a Low-Risk Chest Pain Protocol

An ED Shares Its Secrets for Rapid Operational Improvements

Decreasing ED Walkouts With Waiting Room Rounding

Tools for Enhancing Provider-Patient Communication in the ED

Addressing One of Today’s Fastest Growing Challenges: Behavioral Health in the Emergency Department

How to Use Teamwork to Transform Your ED (Part 2)

How to Use Teamwork to Transform Your ED (Part 1)

3 Proven Ways EDs Can Break Down Silos

Dignity Las Vegas Providers Invited to Meet & Greet

Anesthesiologists and Emergency Physicians Team Up to Improve for Hip Fracture Care

Dedicated Psychiatric Emergency Services Reduce the Need for Inpatient Hospitalizations

Making Fast Track ... Fast

Fellowship Prepares Family Physicians to Lead Rural EDs

How a Collaborative Physician-in-Triage Process Boosts ED Throughput

Implementation of Nurse-Initiated Pain Protocol in Improving Time-to-Pain Treatment for Long Bone Fracture

The Surge Plan: Improving Emergency Department Overcrowding

6 Ways EDs can Prepare Now for the Next Pandemic

No Way! These ED Clinical Leaders Actually Make Quality Fun

Making Integration Meaningful

We Put Patients First, and Look What Happened

Under Physician-Led Management, the Patient is King

Is Bystander Emergency Response Training Worth the Investment?

How to Make Every Nurse a Quality Champion

This Is What Happens When You Let Your Kid Play Football

Medical Scribing: Is It Really Worth Your Time?

Have Hospitals Outgrown the Holding Orders Controversy?

Vituity Practice of the Year Shares Its Culture Secrets

Why Physicians Have No One to Blame for Poor Quality

This Is What Happens When You Send Managers to Culture School

This Is the Reason I'll Never Practice Corporate Medicine

This Doctor Will Make You Want to Be an Admin Fellow

How to Reduce CT Utilization the Easy Way

Diary of an ED Startup

In Pursuit of Innovation: Taking Thoughtful Risk

A Busy ED Earns Level II Trauma Status

What Every Provider Should Know About Addiction

Is a PA Emergency Medicine Fellowship What You Need?

Community Paramedicine: Bridging the Gaps in Healthcare Delivery

It's EMTALA, Secretary Price

The 12 Steps of Recovery: Surviving a Disaster

How to Get Patients to Fiercely Love Your ED — and Say So

These Rural Athletes Will Soon Have Concussion Care Close to Home

We're Great: Why Tribal Culture Matters in Hospitals

It’s the Little Things: How Patient Care Advocates Are Transforming One ED

Here's a Great Reason to Invest in Rural Healthcare

Putting the Caring Back Into Patient Care Amidst the Opioid Epidemic

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin': The Power of Patient Callbacks

EHR’s Impact on Productivity: What’s a Provider to Do?

Telehealth and More: 11 Timely Healthcare Lessons From a Rural State

How an EM PA Found Her Work Family — and Path to Leadership — at Vituity

How One Hospital Improved ED Operations in Just 90 Days

In a Changing Healthcare Landscape, a Local Democratic Group Explores Its Options

Measuring Patient Satisfaction in Real Time Pays Off for Hospitals

A Healthcare Leader's Guide to Recruiting and Retaining Veterans

Patients and Staff Win with Inpatient Rounding (Part 2 of 2)

Inpatient Rounding to Improve the Patient Experience (Part 1 of 2)

How a Patient-Centered Culture Can Boost Hospital Market Share

Walking the Walk of a True Democratic Partnership

Emergency Medicine Resident: "Scribing Is the Best Preparation I Could Have Had For Medical School"

Culture Change Boosts Market Share for an Urban ED

Meeting the Growing Demand for Emergency Care: What Can Hospitals Do?

Mentoring Program Gives Baltimore Students a Taste of Real World Medicine

Women Transforming Healthcare: One Leader's Story

Putting a Face on Quality Metrics