Public health is associated with the least interesting courses of medical school (epidemiology and biostatistics). It has been linked to ED frequent flyers and psych hold patients (social and behavioral health). One might say it’s an integral part of vague clinical decision rules and flip-flopping society guidelines and Press-Ganey scores.

It’s also something us ED docs do every day, whether we want to or not. There’s no reason why we shouldn’t try to understand it and do it better.

Kiran and I have been developing a website dedicated to public health for ED personnel. It’s a FOAMed site. Our plan is to get it tied in with sites like EMCrit, ALiEM, LITFL, and the like. It’s still a very young project, but there’s a couple articles posted for you to glance at.

If anyone is interested in population health, there’s a ton of uncharted territory and we’d welcome the collaboration. Just let us know how you want to be involved. Also, tell your friends.