title: The changing landscape of america's health care system and the value of emergency medicine.
abstract: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed in 2010, has important implications for emergency physicians (EPs). In addition to dramatically reducing the number of uninsured in the United States, this comprehensive health care reform legislation seeks to curb the escalating costs of health care delivery, optimize resource utilization, eliminate waste, and improve the quality of service delivered by the health care system. At the annual Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) meeting on November 5, 2011, an expert panel from public health, emergency medicine, and health services research was convened by the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM) and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) to discuss possible future models for the emergency care system and academic emergency medicine in the era of the ACA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA. comilla.sasson@ucdenver.edu
authors.forename: Comilla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sasson
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wiler
authors.forename: Jason S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Haukoos
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sklar
authors.forename: Arthur L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Kellermann
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Urbina
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heilpern
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Magid
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States