tomscaletta
tomscaletta
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Tom Scaletta, MAAEM CPPS CXPX, obtained an undergraduate degree in math and computer science and worked as an applications programmer before entering medical school. He completed a residency at Northwestern and is board certified in emergency medicine and clinical informatics. Tom is a certified professional in patient safety and patient experience. He is the emergency department chair and PX medical director for Edward Elmhurst Health, a Chicago-area health care system.
Tom has a passion for improving safety and satisfaction while cutting costs in a responsible and patient-focused manner. While President of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine he collaborated on a Joint Position on a Code of Professional Conduct with the ENA. His papers, The Seven Pillars of Emergency Medicine Excellence (2007) and The Calculus of Patient Satisfaction (2012), were published by Medscape.
Tom designed the first computerized emergency department patient callback system in 1996 for a high-volume, community hospital. His design models are praised by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Urgent Matters.
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