Articles: emergency-medicine.
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The five articles presented in this section were written by representatives of the emergency medicine research community during the "Future of Emergency Medicine Research Conference," March 6 and 7, 1997, in Washington DC. Each presentation was balanced with commentary by two conference participants from outside emergency medicine. The discussion of each presentation was opened to scrutiny and analysis by all the conference participants. ⋯ It is now the responsibility of each individual emergency physician to carefully consider his or her own role and commitment in the process of advancing emergency medicine research. Our collective will as academic departments and the organized emergency medicine community must reaffirm our belief in the importance of emergency medicine research. Individually and collectively, we will need to dedicate the necessary resources to implement the strategies suggested for enhancing emergency medicine research training extramural funding, national organization support, multicenter research, and new research outcomes.
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Managed care has changed the face of the health care system. Providers who schedule care have responded and modified their systems of delivery and provision of care. ⋯ This market is much more difficult to control and reconstruct. This article discusses the role of emergency medicine within a managed care system and future opportunities.