The Strategic Foresight Initiative (SFI) is a collaborative effort of the emergency management community facilitated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). SFI was launched so the emergency management community can seek to understand how the world is changing, and how those changes may affect the future of emergency management. Participants in SFI have identified nine drivers that a...

This paper is about the design and implementation of a wiki-based knowledge management system for improving emergency response. Most organizations face difficult challenges in managing knowledge for emergency response, but it is crucial for response effectiveness that such challenges be overcome. Organizational members must share the knowledge needed to plan for emergencies. They also must be a...

Crises are characterized by complexity, uncertainty and their dynamic evolution. Neither the development of the situation nor the consequences of a decision can be foreseen. Therefore, crisis management requires plans and strategies that are designed to account for lacking information and sudden system changes. With the rise of ICT systems, large amounts of data from heterogeneous sources are a...

Emergency planning is an ongoing activity in which a multidisciplinary group of experts intermittently collaborate to define the most appropriate response to risks. One of the most important tasks of emergency planning is the review of plans as a way of maintaining, refining, and improving them. This review of plans is based on exchanging knowledge and experiences in order to take into account ...

The authors describe a case-management program for frequent users of the emergency department. The study had a single-subject design, with evaluation for each patient of the number of visits to the emergency department for a 12-month period before referral to the program and a similar period after implementation of an individualized care plan. Referrals were made on the basis of 2 or more of th...

INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to examine reimbursement trends for emergency provider professional services following the balance billing ban in California. METHODS We conducted a blinded web-based survey to collect claims data from emergency providers and billing companies. Members of the California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (California ACEP) reimb...

OBJECTIVE According to policy commentators, decisions about how best to organise care involve trade-offs between factors relating to care quality, workforce, cost, and patient access. In England, proposed changes such as Emergency Department closures often face public opposition. This study examined the way communities respond to plans aimed at reorganising emergency services, including the tra...