1. Michael A. Ross ( ) is a professor of emergency medicine and medical director for observation medicine at the School of Medicine, Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also an attending physician at Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory University Hospital, where he is director of the Clinical Decision Unit (a type 1 observation unit).
2. Jason M. Hockenberry is an assistant professor of health policy and management at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. He is also an investigator at the Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service–funded Center for Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation and a faculty research fellow with the National Bureau of Economic Research.
3. Ryan Mutter is a senior economist at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, in Rockville, Maryland.
4. Marguerite Barrett is a senior research analyst working on the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project through Truven Health Analytics, in Santa Barbara, California.
5. Matthew Wheatley is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine and director of the Clinical Decision Unit at Grady Memorial Hospital, in Atlanta.
6. Stephen R. Pitts is an associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine and an attending physician in Grady Memorial Hospital’s emergency department.