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The 2025 Core Content for the American Board of Emergency Medicine Health Care Administration, Leadership, and Management Certification.

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Τίτλος: The 2025 Core Content for the American Board of Emergency Medicine Health Care Administration, Leadership, and Management Certification.
Συγγραφείς: White S; Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan., Barton MA; American Board of Emergency Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan., Sullivan C; American Board of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Banner Health, Phoenix, Arizona., Gausche-Hill M; Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California., Price DW; American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky; Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado., Suresh S; Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois., Joldersma K; American Board of Emergency Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan., Munger B; American Board of Emergency Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan., Angood P; American Association for Physician Leadership, Tampa, Florida., Gottlieb M; American Board of Emergency Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan; Department of Emergency Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: michaelgottliebmd@gmail.com.
Πηγή: The Journal of emergency medicine [J Emerg Med] 2026 Sep; Vol. 88, pp. 9-17. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jun 06.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8412174 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 0736-4679 (Print) Linking ISSN: 07364679 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Emerg Med Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Publication: <2010>- : New York : Elsevier
Original Publication: New York : Pergamon Press, c1983-
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Certification*/standards , Certification*/methods , Certification*/trends , Emergency Medicine*/education , Specialty Boards*/trends , Health Services Administration*/standards , Health Services Administration*/trends , Leadership*, Humans ; United States
Περίληψη: Background: Health Care Administration, Leadership, and Management (HALM) has emerged as a growing area of expertise as physicians have assumed greater responsibility in healthcare leadership. The need to establish oversight of specialty development, including the creation of a Core Content for HALM to inform structured training and preparation for subspecialty certification examination, has been recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS).
Objective: This article aims to describe the process used to define the HALM Core Content through the formation of a Task Force of subject matter experts.
Methods: In February 2023, ABMS approved HALM as a new subspecialty. The first HALM written board certification examination was slated to be administered in October 2024. In preparation for this assessment, the American Board of Emergency Medicine convened a multi-specialty HALM Task Force to define the HALM Core Content that would serve as the basis for this first and subsequent HALM examinations. Informed by a literature review in conjunction with iterative review and expert consensus, the HALM Core Content was finalized.
Results: The HALM Core Content addresses nine major domains, including 1) Business of Health Care; 2) Care Innovation, Health Equity, and Population Health; 3) Governance; 4) Health Care Policy, Law, and Advocacy; 5) Health Information Technology; 6) Human Resource Management and Workforce Development; 7) Leadership in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement; 8) Organizational Leadership and Communication Skills; and 9) Professionalism and Ethics. The HALM Core Content lists topic areas within each of the domains, which will be reviewed and updated every five to seven years. Reviews may be conducted sooner if there are key advances in HALM content that should be incorporated promptly.
Conclusion: The Core Content herein informs the organizational framework for the development of HALM subspecialty certification. Additionally, residency and fellowship program directors may reference the HALM Core Content to design curriculum focused on healthcare administration and leadership.
(Copyright © 2026 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest MAB, KJ, and MG are employed by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). SW serves as a current Director, and MGH served as a former Director for ABEM. The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this article.
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Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20260724 Date Completed: 20260821 Latest Revision: 20260821
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2026.05.033
PMID: 42497656
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