ArticleFuture healthcare journal2026
Acute internal medicine in focus: The people, the purpose, the progress.
Article in Future healthcare journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Right care, right place, right now: The role of acute medicine in urgent and emergency care.Future healthcare journal · 2026Article
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Abstract
Acute internal medicine (AIM) emerged in the 1990s in response to rising emergency admissions, constrained hospital capacity and fragmented models of care. This article traces the development of the specialty from its early conceptualisation through to its current role within modern urgent and emergency care systems. It explores the evolution of acute medical units, the expansion of ambulatory and same-day emergency care, the introduction of enhanced care areas and the maturation of a distinctive training pathway. Drawing on personal experience and national data, the article highlights how AIM has developed a unique skillset focused on managing undifferentiated illness, maintaining patient flow, and delivering patient-centred care in high-pressure environments. In the context of increasing multimorbidity and system strain, AIM is positioned not as an optional organisational model, but as a core clinical and operational mechanism essential to safe, efficient and sustainable acute care delivery.
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