The Healthcare Executive's Guide to Urgent Care Centers and Freestanding EDs
h3>Meet the AuthorMichael F. Boyle, MD, FACEPAs regional director at Emergency Consultants, Inc. (ECI) in Traverse City, Michigan, Dr. Boyle oversees ECI-affiliated facilities in New York. Formerly clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Texas at Houston, Dr. Boyle has supervised emergency services for a five-hospital group in Houston and a six-hospital group in Corpus Christi, Texas. Daniel G. Kirkpatrick, MHA, FACHEKirkpatrick brings more than 30 years of healthcare management experience in consulting, staff and administrator roles to his position as leader of client services at BestPractices, Inc., an emergency medicine leadership and staffing practice affiliate of EmCare. His background in hospital and medical practice management gives him a deep sensitivity to the complex issues confronting healthcare providers.