OUR METHODOLOGY

A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO EMERGENCY CARE

Emergency care systems focus on bringing the right care to the right people at the right time. They combine specialized training with skills not just in emergency medicine and clinical care, but also in the many other areas of the system necessary to form a safety net of emergency medical preparedness, care and prevention for entire populations.  

GEMI realizes that, like a Russian doll, emergency care systems development involves multiple scales and disciplines, one beneath the next: clinical emergency medicine and emergency care, academics and research, administration and management, economics and finance, legislative agendas, health policy, and public health. 

Global health policy makers have recognized that emergency care systems are the next major wave in modern healthcare development. The developing world is starting to recognize that treatment for noncommunicable diseases in a communicable disease setting is becoming increasingly expensive and inefficient. Without global strategic emergency care systems integration with existing healthcare facilities, the costs of healthcare provision for emergencies by systems unready and incapable of treating emergencies – of treating chronic noncommunicable diseases in a communicable disease setting--will continue to grow exponentially and out of control.

By helping to build emergency care systems around the world, GEMI will provide value for multiple global partners involved in health care: 

• Physicians and healthcare professionals seeking improvements in clinical care and strengthening academic training programs

• Universities interested in comprehensive education, research, joint ventures and international exchanges

• Hospitals and hospital systems seeking to control the spiraling costs of emergency care and critical care overload and inefficiencies by recognizing that emergency care systems are the engine of the healthcare system

• Businesses looking for new markets and opportunities for healthcare innovations, improvements and social entrepreneurship

• Health care systems interested in capturing the benefits of high quality, timely and efficient emergency care, and the resulting positive effects on health system strengthening

• NGOs looking for capacity building, creating longevity and sustainability

• Government agencies, Health Ministries and Finance Ministries interested in controlling cost, quality and access for emergency care, and capturing the synergies of early recognition, stabilization, treatment and rehabilitation of emergency conditions

• National governments and Heads of State interested in global health diplomacy and national exchanges in emergency care systems development strategies and projects

GEMI will enable multi-lateral collaborations, cooperation and synergies that will broaden the scope of current emergency care clinical, educational and system development efforts, and will establish the emergency care system as the active agent for solutions for emergency care, critical care and trauma, noncommunicable disease burden, and will result in greater access, greater quality, lower costs, and lower NCD burden.

GEMI has decades of training, expertise and experience in all of these areas, especially related to emergency care, and is the only global organization designed specifically to build comprehensive emergency care systems all over the world. By working in over 55 countries for over 20 years, and by building close, lasting relationships with emergency physicians, business leaders, health economists, national legislators, health ministries, and corporate partnerships, GEMI and the GEMI Network is rapidly becoming the leading provider of national and global emergency care systems training, consulting and service, and as the thought leader and the resource of first choice for anyone seeking comprehensive, lasting solutions for emergency medicine, acute care and other medical system needs.