Call for Authors: EMPSF Forum, a Quarterly Electronic Newsletter Published by the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation
The Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation publishes a quarterly electronic newsletter called the EMPSF Forum. A hard copy of the Forum is printed in the fall and is distributed at the ACEP Scientific Assembly and other conferences including the EMPSF Annual Patient Safety Summit. EMPSF is looking for authors to write articles of interest to emergency department practitioners, nurses, emergency medical services, pharmacists and others in the area of patient safety in emergency care.
Areas of particular interest include, see added topics below:
Handoffs
Boarding
Overcrowding
Patient flow
Medication safety
Communication
Workplace violence
Disruptive behavior
Fatigue
Teamwork
Equipment issues and safe design
Human factor engineering
Falls
MRI safety
Safety of culture
Safe injection practices
Radiology reports
Behavioral health patients boarded in the ED
Preventing unnecessary readmissions and visits to the ED
Discharge instructions and other safe practices
Emergency Medical Services
Telemedicine
Summary of information in the area of patient safety, legal, or risk that would be of interest to emergency department staff including ED nurses and physicians.
To be accepted articles must:
have proper permission if submitting as a reprint
be technically accurate
be based on evidenced based research
adhere to the American Medical Association style guidelines
summarize important events, guidelines, toolkits, or standards of care of interest to emergency department staff
Articles should be double spaced, excluding references, charts, and figures. There is no guarantee that all submissions will be published. EMPSF reserves the right to select articles that best fit with their mission and vision. All articles are subject to editing. Articles are copyrighted by EMPSF. Submissions can be made to the following
Sue Dill Calloway
Chief Learning Officer
614 791-1468
sdill1@columbus.rr.com
