EDs can benefit from training in HIV and aging and additional clinical staff and support services to adequately address the increased visit frequency and resource utilization associated with the aging of PWH.

<strong>BACKGROUND</strong> Abortion is a controversial yet common procedure within the United States and North Carolina. Although much effort has been directed at understanding the views of physicians and the general public, the views of medical students on abortion are understudied. This study examines the views of medical students at different stages in training on abortion at a public institution, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. <strong>METHODS</strong> We surveyed incoming,…

Emergency department (ED) screening is an important strategy to address the persistent human immunodefiency virus (HIV) epidemic; however, ED screening rates remain low. This study describes the development of a quality measure to improve screening rates for HIV among ED patients. A panel of 10 emergency physicians with expertise in ED-based preventive health and quality measurement employed a 3-round modified Delphi process. The panel reviewed peer-reviewed literature and national guidelines to identify high-risk…

Introduction: In the United States, more chronic and preventive healthcare is being delivered in the emergency department (ED) setting. Understanding the availability of preventive health services in the ED setting is crucial. Our goal was to understand the availability of a subset of preventive health services in US EDs and explore how that has changed over time. Methods: In 2022–2023, using the National Emergency Department Inventory (NEDI)-USA, we surveyed a random 20% (1,064) sampling of all 5,613 US EDs. We a…

Abstract Background Academic emergency medicine (EM) is foundational to the EM specialty through the development of new knowledge and clinical training of resident physicians. Despite recent increased attention to the future of the EM workforce, no evaluations have specifically characterized the U.S. academic EM workforce. We sought to estimate the national proportion of emergency physicians (EPs) identified as academic and the proportion of emergency department (ED) visits that take place at academic sites. Metho…