WHAT: Florida emergency physician leaders will meet with Rep. Denise Grimsley (Florida District 77) to deliver Florida’s Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine. Rep. Grimsley, an emergency room nurse, is on the House Healthcare Council and the Committee on Healthy Families in the Florida House of Representatives. The Florida Report Card is part of a comprehensive report evaluating emergency care environments — state by state — which will be announced by the American College of Emergency Physicians at 10 am on Tuesday, December 9. Under development for nearly two years by a blue ribbon task force, the document contains 116 measures in five categories: access to emergency care, quality and patient safety environment, public health and injury prevention, medical liability environment, and disaster preparedness.

The report card has national recommendations, as well as specific recommendations for Florida, and provides valuable information that Florida’s lawmakers, as well as President-elect Obama and the new Congress can use in developing health care reform.

PARTICIPANTS:
Ernest Page II, MD, FACEP, President of the Florida College of Emergency Physicians
Representative Denise Grimsley (District 77), House Healthcare Council, Committee on Healthy Families


WHEN: Wednesday, December 10 at 10:30am (ET)

WHERE: City of Orlando, Office of Emergency Management
110 Andes Avenue
Press Briefing Room
Orlando, FL 32807
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The Florida College of Emergency Physicians (FCEP) represents more than 1,200 emergency physicians in the state of Florida. FCEP members represent the health care safety net of Florida’s residents and visitors. More than seven million patients seek care annually in Florida emergency departments. FCEP was founded on Oct. 15, 1971 and is headquartered in Orlando.