MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT, MICHAEL LOZANO JR, MD, FACEP Coming home with a bad report card frequently leads to frank conversations. In the case of ACEPs recently released Report Card on Emergency Medicine, frank conversations need to be had. Is it acceptable for many of Floridas residents and visitors to encounter barriers to accessing medical care? Is it acceptable that physicians avoid relocating to Florida because of an adverse medical liability climate? What programs are in place to recruit, train, and retain the best and the brightest emergency professionals to care for our residents? These are the difficult questions that need to be addressed. We have seen Floridas grades slip since the last report cards release. Its best that we have these conversations now. With a significant proportion of Floridas physicians considering retirement in the next five years, time is running out to avoid a crisis. FCEP leadership is taking immediate action to bring the issues and recommendations to the forefront of our legislators, regulators and individual communities across the State
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:41:59 +0000
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