Robert McNamara MD - The dangers of private equity in the ED

Highlights from the Patients at Risk "Private Equity in the ED" parts 1 and 2 - Emergency physician Robert McNamara MD discusses the development of the emergency medicine model, the rise of for-profit private equity in healthcare, and what emergency physicians and patients can do to protect themselves from the corporate practice of medicine.

[@hyderagood6271]

Yes, myself and many students I know will no longer be pursuing EM for these very reasons. Hopefully plummeting ERAS applications among US students will let academic EM docs know they need to take a stand against this.

[@devinbageac3562]

Wow! You looked into the future on this one. 219 unfilled positions before SOAP this year.