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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report outlined three major dynamics — a shortage of primary care physicians, a disconnect between growing ED patient demand and shrinking capacity, and a shortage of on-call specialists — that are converging to create a dire situation for the emergency medicine work force.

ED work force appears stretched to its limits