Importance Emergency department (ED) boarding times have increased rapidly, but their
health equity outcomes are unknown. Objective To investigate whether prolonged ED …

Radiology has recognized the need to increase the diversity of its workforce for decades;
however, women and people of color remain disproportionately underrepresented. A …

Violence against paramedics is widely recognized as a serious, but underreported, problem.
While injurious physical attacks on paramedics are generally reported, non-physical …

Since its creation in 2007, the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) has provided 24/7, confidential
crisis support services for Veterans, Service Members, and their families, supporting the VA's …

Verbal mistreatment of staff by patients is common in health care settings. Experiencing or
witnessing mistreatment can have harmful psychological impacts, affecting well-being and …

Introduction The impact of racism on patient outcomes in Emergency Medicine has been
examined but there have been few studies exploring the experiences of racism in health …

Since its creation in 2007, the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) has provided 24/7, confidential
crisis support services for Veterans, Service Members, and their families, supporting the VA's …

In this commentary, we present arguments for the equitable diversification of the EM
workforce and best-practice strategies from the literature. Much of the research informing this …

The following case study describes what is known as the health care system's open secret of
allowing a patient or family to refuse care from a clinician of another race. This article …