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2007
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- EMA celebrates its 30th anniversary
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2007
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- EMA holds its 5th Annual Advanced Emergency and Acute Care Medicine and Technology Conference in
Atlantic City, NJ
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2007
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2007
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- EMA signs 7th
New York hospital contract. This brings the number of hospital contracts that EMA has in New Jersey and
New York to 18.
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2006
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- EMA Recognized as Strategic Partner for Commitment to Quality by NJ QIO.
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2006
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- EMA provides daily web-based wrap up for ACEP's 2006 Scientific Assembly for 3rd year.
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2006
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- EMA signs 6th New York hospital contract. This brings the number of hospital contracts that EMA has in New Jersey and New York to 18.
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2006
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- WEBEMARS receives prestigious Computerworld award for “Best Practices in Business Intelligence” for its Emergency Department Business Intelligence™ Solution.
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2006
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- EMA holds 4th Annual Advanced Emergency and Acute Care Medicine and Technology Conference in Atlantic City, NJ.
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2006
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- Anthony Hartmann, MD, FACEP becomes President of NJ ACEP.
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2006
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- Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Morristown Memorial Hospital begins.
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2006
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- VeriChip patient EHR readers installed at all EMA client hospitals.
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2005
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- EMA introduces ED Patient Portal to provide patients with post ED visit access to information and account status.
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2005
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- First Emergency Medicine EMS Fellowship in New Jersey begins.
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2005
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- William Felegi, DO, FACEP becomes President of NJ ACEP.
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2005
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- EMA rolls out EDIM EMR with CPOE and Charge Capture.
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2005
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- 3rd Annual Advanced Emergency and Acute Care Medicine held in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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2005
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- EMA of NY signs 4th and 5th ED contracts. This brings the number of hospital contracts that EMA has in New Jersey and New York to 17.
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2004
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- NBC News features EMA’s Syndromic Surveillance System.
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| 2004 |
- EMA provides daily news updates at the American College of Emergency Physicians' 2004 Annual Scientific Assembly in San Francisco broadcasted nationally via webconferencing.
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| 2004 |
- EMA rolls out new brand to reflect clinical, operational, customer service and patient satisfaction excellence.
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| 2004 |
- 2004 Second Annual Advanced Emergency Medicine Regional Conference takes place in Atlantic City, NJ, featuring national lecturers, over 200 providers and 37 exhibitors.
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| 2004 |
- EMA of NY begins third NY hospital contract on November 1, 2004. This brings the number of hospital contracts that EMA has in New Jersey and Nerw York to 15.
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| 2004 |
- EMA partners with Business Objects to introduce comprehensive web-based dashboard-style reporting tool for ED clinical and operational performance analysis.
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| 2004 |
- EMA launches web-based sheduling and time-accounting software.
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| 2004 |
- Beta test for computerized physician order entry & comprehensive patient documentation is implemented.
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| 2004 |
- EMA of NY begins 2nd NY hospital contract. This brings the number of hospital contracts that EMA has in New Jersey and Nerw York to 14.
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| 2004 |
- EMA physicians publish on syndromic surveillance data and EMA begins publishing surveillance data on its website.
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| 2004 |
- EMA physician William Felegi, DO, FACEP is voted President-Elect of NJ ACEP for 2005 through 2006
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| 2004 |
- EMA physician Anthony Hartmann, MD, FACEP is voted President-Elect of NJ ACEP for 2006-2007.
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| 2003 |
- EMA physician John Brennan, MD, FACEP becomes first National ACEP Board Member from New Jersey.
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| 2003 |
- EMA holds 1st Annual Advanced Emergency Medicine Regional Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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| 2002 |
- EMA starts first New York hospital contract.
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| 2002 |
- EMA IS Department implements major clinical information system upates.
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| 2002 |
- EMO Medical Care starts third hospitalist program.
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| 2002 |
- EMO Medical Care starts second hospitalist program.
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| 2002 |
- EMO Medical Care staffs full-time pediatric hospitalist program.
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| 2001 |
- EMA becomes key national player in syndromic surveillance as a result its ability to analyze and benchmark current ED visit data against it's clinical database of over 7 millions ED encounters.
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| 1999 |
- EMA initiated the utilization of CIMs (Clinical Information Managers) in the ED to assist physicians with documentation.
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| 1995 |
- EMA employs Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners in the ED.
- Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 1995 is introduced, to establish a national definition of a medical emergency.
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| 1992 |
- EMA affiliate, Emergency Medical Systems, established to develop Emergency Department Information Management and computer-assisted charting systems.
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| 1991 |
- Pediatric emergency medicine is approved as a subspecialty of emergency medicine and pediatrics.
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| 1985 |
- The Consolidated Omibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) is enacted.
- The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) is enacted as part of COBRA.
- EMA affiliate, Emergency Medical Consultants established
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| 1984 |
- EMA affiliate, Emergency Medical Billing established.
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| 1983 |
- EMA ACC affiliate, Emergency Medical Offices established.
- Emergency Medical Associates Research Foundation established.
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| 1981 |
- New Jersey selected as Medicare DRG pilot state resulting in 3 EMA contracts converting to direct ED physician billing.
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| 1980 |
- Senate Bill 125 enacted. Provided for strong State EMS Commission with substantial emergency representation, and provided that the EMS Director be an emergency physician.
- First NJ allopathic Emergency Medicine residency program initiated at EMA contracts Morristown Memorial and Overlook.
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| 1979 |
- Emergency Medicine recognized as the 23rd medical specialty.
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| 1978 |
- EMA signs first contract with Mountainside Hospital.
- Assembly Bill 1301 enacted. Established that only other practicing emergency physicians could be expert witnesses in malpractice suits against emergency physicians.
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| 1977 |
- Emergency Medical Associates of New Jersey, P.A. established.
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| 1976 |
- American Board of Emergency Medicine formed.
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| 1975 |
- American Medical Association's House of Delegates recommends that emergency medicine be recognized as a specialty.
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| 1974 |
- National EMS Week proclaimed by President Gerald Ford.
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| 1973 |
- Emergency Medical Services Systems Act provides federal guidelines and funding for EMS systems development and defines the components of an EMS system.
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| 1970 |
- First emergency medicine residency program established at the University of Cincinnati.
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| 1968 |
- American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) formed.
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