Evidence to improve emergency care.

So it's there for the moment you need it most.

About us

We are a team of interdisciplinary emergency care clinicians and researchers studying how to make emergency care safer, fairer, and more efficient.

Journalist or Policymaker?

Explore CORE Talks and our recent publications and social media dialog. Feel free to contact us: if we're not the right people to speak to, we'll point you to those who are.

Non-ED Researcher?

We collaborate with non-ED researchers to help incorporate a sophisticated understanding of the modern ED into your work.

ED Researcher or Trainee?

Explore CORE Talks and the CORE Talks Discussion Group. Join RESQUE-NET. Browse our publications by topic, or look into a CECPR Fellowship.

Member of the Public?

Almost all of us will need an emergency room someday, or love someone who does. We study how to make that care faster, fairer, and safer, and we explain what we learn in plain language. Start with what we study, and listen to our CORE Talks podcast.

Emergency care touches the lives of everyone at some point in their lives. Policy-relevant research in emergency care includes:

Boarding and Capacity Strain

Mechanisms of harm when EDs exceed capacity, and what relieves them.

AI & Algorithms

The promise and pitfalls of this new technology in emergency care.

Substance Use

Evidence on the ED's role in the overdose and substance-use crisis.

Workforce

Nursing and clinician well-being, quality, and workload.

Markets

Competition and quality between urgent care, retail clinics, unscheduled primary care, telemedicine, and EDs. Regionalization of care. The costs, benefits, and value of emergency care.

Equitable Care

The ED as a point of contact for society's most vulnerable members.