Legislative ED Visits

Invite Your Legislator to Your ED

Why is inviting your senators and representatives to "Visit Your ED" so important? It enables your legislator to witness first-hand how you care for your patients – their constituents – and the problems you face everyday in providing that care. That one-day visit could also make all the difference in how your legislator votes on a bill that may affect your practice.

A legislative visit will benefit you and your legislator because...

It builds relationships with those voting for issues affecting emergency physicians.
It allows you to educate your legislator about the specialty.
It allows your legislator to learn more about your hospital.
One visit could lead to one "yea" vote that can swing a crucial vote on legislation in PACEP’s favor.

On May 20, 2016 Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center invited Rep. Thomas Murt to their ED to talk about his support of the clear and convincing statute, as well as the impact of opiate abuse and other issues impacting emergency medicine. (From left: : ER group (Karen Sylvester, RN, Michael Lucca M.D. FACEP (chair department of EM), Harry Unger, MD, FACEP (Chief medical officer) and Cass Egan (chief administrative officer).

State Rep. Rick Saccone (R) 's visited the Jefferson Regional ED October 12. (From left: Bruce MacLeod, MD; Rep. Rick Saccone and Arvind Venkat, MD, FACEP.)

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