HEALTH POLICY

Effect of Emergency Department Crowding on Outcomes of Admitted Patients (Original Research) ● BC Sun, R Hsia,R Weiss, et al

Emergency Department Crowding in California: A Silent Killer? (Editorial) ● JM Pines

An Early Look at Performance on the Emergency Care Measures Included in Medicare’s Hospital Inpatient Value-BasedPurchasing Program (Original Research) ● M McHugh, J Neimeyer, E Powell, et al

Future of Emergency Medicine 2: Proceedings From the Second Summit (Special Contribution) ● AF Gardner,SM Schneider

THE PRACTICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Physician Email and Telephone Contact After Emergency Department Visit Improves Patient Satisfaction: A CrossoverTrial (Original Research) ● DS Huckins, HK Simon, K Copeland, et al

Emergency Department Physician-Level and Hospital-Level Variation in Admission Rates (Brief Research Report)● J Abualenain, WJ Frohna, R Shesser, et al

The Impact of Computerized Provider Order Entry on Clinical Care and Work Processes in Emergency Departments:A Systematic Review of the Quantitative Literature (Review Article) ● A Georgiou, M Prgomet, R Paoloni, et al

PALLIATIVE CARE

Hospital Administrators’ Views on Barriers and Opportunities to Delivering Palliative Care in the Emergency Department(Original Research) ● CR Grudzen, LD Richardson, H Major ●Monfried, et al

Demonstrations of Clinical Initiatives to Improve Palliative Care in the Emergency Department: A Report From theIPAL-EM Initiative (Concepts) ● T Quest, S Herr, S Lamba, et al

DISASTER MEDICINE

Head-to-Head Comparison of Disaster Triage Methods in Pediatric, Adult and Geriatric Patients (Original Research)● KP Cross, MX Cicero

Systematic Review of Strategies to Manage and Allocate Scarce Resources During Mass Casualty Events(Review Article) ● JW Timbie, JS Ringel, S Fox, et al

Pain Control in Disaster Settings: A Role for Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks (Concepts) ● SC Lipper, A Nagdev, M Stone, et al

CLINICAL CONTROVERSIES

Continuous Capnography Should Be Used For Every Emergency Department Procedural Sedation (Clinical Controversies)● NM Mohr, B Wessman

Routine Capnographic Monitoring Is Not Indicated for All Patients Undergoing Emergency Department ProceduralSedation (Clinical Controversies) ● S Terp, D Schriger

INJURY PREVENTION

A Call to Action: Gun Violence, Public Health, and Emergency Medicine (Editorial) ● ML Ranney, J Sankoff, DH Newman, et al

Not-in-Traffic Surveillance–Non-Crash Injuries (NHTSA Notes)

WHAT’S COMING IN ANNALS • JUNE 2013

Annals of Emergency Medicine

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