Innovator's Guide to ACEP26
Chicago, McCormick Place (MPCC) · October 5–8, 2026 · Sessions on AI, innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology in emergency medicine, curated by EMIC
EMIC
PitchER Competition & EMIC Innovator Meetup
Tuesday, October 6 · 2:00–5:15 PM · AI Innovation Zone (Booth #4328) and Expert Theater
Meet EM changemakers at the Innovator Meetup, then watch healthtech founders pitch live to a panel of judges.
Monday, October 5
6 sessions
All day Research Forum, Exhibit Hall Level 3: 24 AI & technology abstracts and posters · Informatics, AI & Telemedicine blocks: Room 2 3:00–3:42 PM; Room 3 3:00–3:35 PM. Full list
11:00–11:15 AM
MPCC, Level 3, Booth #3238
Talk in the ACEP Park: In My Own Words: A Presidential Address on Healthcare Innovation+ Google
1:30–4:45 PM
MPCC, Level 1, W183A
AI Academy: The EM Physician's AI Toolkit: A Practical Workshop (laptop required)+ Google
3:00–3:50 PM
RF Exhibit Hall, Room 4
Is ESI Dead? Examining the Potential for AI to Transform Emergency Department Triage+ Google
Tuesday, October 6
11 sessions
All day Research Forum, Exhibit Hall Level 3: 14 AI & technology abstracts and posters. Full list
8:25–8:35 AM
MPCC, Level 1, W181C
Drop the Mic: Who Owns Your Practice? Business Ownership in Emergency Medicine+ Google
9:00–9:50 AM
MPCC, Level 1, W183BC
Cardiac Intelligence: AI-Powered Diagnosis and Technologies+ Google
9:25–9:35 AM
MPCC, Level 1, W181C
Drop the Mic: AI in Emergency Medicine - Becoming AI Bulletproof+ Google
11:20–11:30 AM
MPCC, Level 1, W181C
Drop the Mic: Cybersecurity Threats to the Emergency Department+ Google
12:30–2:40 PM
MPCC, Level 1, W180
AI-Augmented Clinical Pathways: From Theory to Implementation - A Hands-On Workshop+ Google
2:00–5:15 PM
AI Innovation Zone (Booth #4328) and Expert Theater
3:45–4:35 PM
MPCC, Level 1, W183A
A Practical Framework for Evaluating AI Tools in Emergency Medicine+ Google
3:45–4:35 PM
MPCC, Level 1, W180
Early Evidence on the Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence Implementations in Emergency Departments+ Google
Wednesday, October 7
6 sessions
All day Research Forum, Exhibit Hall Level 3: 18 AI & technology abstracts and posters · Informatics, AI & Telemedicine blocks: Room 1 9:00–9:35 AM; Room 3 1:07–1:35 PM. Full list
★EMIC event Hosted by EMICInnovation Zone Booth #4328, Level 3
Research Forum: all 56 AI & technology abstracts and posters
Monday, October 5
8:14 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 2RF2 Administration & Operations13 Graph Neural Networks for Early Prediction of Emergency Department Bottlenecks Using Real-Time Location Data
8:14 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 1RF1 Abdominal, Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary & Gynecologic8 Machine Learning With Thromboelastography to Predict Intervention in Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
11:07 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 3RF7 Cardiovascular41 Federated vs. Centralized Machine Learning Comparisons for Identifying Low-risk ED Chest Pain Patient
11:14 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 3RF7 Cardiovascular42 Structured ED CCTA Protocol with AI-QCT Analysis for Intermediate-Risk Chest Pain: Real-World Implementation and Turnaround Time Optimization
12:00 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 1RF9 Education52 Initial Validation of a Multimodal AI-Based Assessment Platform in Emergency Medicine Simulation
12:07 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 1RF9 Education53 Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence Ultrasound Technology in Teaching Medical Students Point-of-Care Cardiac Ultrasound
12:07 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 4RF12 End of Life Care72 Patient Acceptability of a Digital Shared Decision-Making Platform for Code Status Discussions in the Emergency Department: A Qualitative Study
12:14 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 1RF9 Education54 A Simulation-Based Telemedicine Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residents
12:35 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 1RF9 Education57 Effect of Virtual Reality–Based Triage Training on Clinical Competence, Knowledge, and Self-Efficacy: A Randomized Controlled Study
12:42 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 1RF9 Education58 AI-Assisted vs. Instructor-Guided SBL for Videolaryngoscopy: A Randomized Mixed-Methods Trial
2:07 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 1RF16 Health Equity & Diversity95 No Deployed Emergency Department Artificial intelligence Tool Has Demonstrated Reduction of Racial Treatment Disparities: An Evidence Gap Map
3:00 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 2RF20 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine116 Ambient Artificial Intelligence Scribes in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review
3:00 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 3RF21 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine123 Evaluating the Impact of a Non-interruptive EHR-based CDS Tool on Provider HEART Score Documentation Compliance in the Emergency Department
3:07 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 2RF20 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine117 Evaluation of Ambient and Artificial Intelligence on Documentation Burden of Emergency Department Providers
3:14 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 2RF20 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine118 Beyond the Hype: Real-World Implementation of an Ambient AI Scribe in Emergency Care
3:14 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 3RF21 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine125 Right Place, Wrong Diagnosis: AI Shows Higher Disposition Than Diagnostic Accuracy
3:21 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 2RF20 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine119 Quantifying Critical Care Documentation Gaps and Assessing a Real-Time Intervention in the Emergency Department
3:21 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 3RF21 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine126 Real-World Data and Implementation Considerations for Machine Learning Triage Models
3:28 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 2RF20 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine120 Ambient AI Is Associated With Earlier Attending but Not APP Note Completion Relative to Shift End
3:28 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 3RF21 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine127 Externally Validated Clinical Language Model for Predicting Critical Outcomes and Disposition at Triage: A Multi-Center Study
3:35 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 2RF20 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine121 Ambient AI Scribe Adoption and Textual Convergence in Emergency Department Provider Notes
3:35 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 3RF21 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine128 Confidence-Calibrated AI Triage Support for ESI Assignment in a Large Urban ED
3:42 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 2RF20 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine122 Health System-Wide Evaluation of Ambient Artificial Intelligence, Human Scribes, and Standard Documentation in the Emergency Department
4:14 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 4RF25 Quality & Safety150 Multi-Site Evaluation of Clinical Decision Support for Naloxone Co-Prescribing and Equity
Tuesday, October 6
8:21 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 3RF28 Resuscitation168 Early Prediction of Septic Shock Using AI-Driven Analysis of Continuous ECG-Derived Heart Rate Dynamics
10:30 AMMPCC, Level 1, W180Plenary3 RVision-PE: AI Detection of Right Ventricular Strain in Pulmonary Embolism
11:00 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Poster HallPoster 10557 The Impact of a Clinical Decision Support Tool on Mortality in Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis
11:10 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Poster HallPoster 10559 Descriptive Outcomes of an Ambient AI Scribe Pilot in the Emergency Department
11:20 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Poster HallPoster 10561 Can AI MIMIC the Human Touch? Evaluating the Quality of AI-Written Discharge Instructions Using a De-Identified Dataset
11:35 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 3RF32 Toxicology & Substance Use Disorder195 Development of Digital Biomarkers to Monitor Opioid Withdrawal and Buprenorphine Induction in Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder
11:40 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Poster HallPoster 10565 Artificial Intelligence-Initiated Acute Care Referrals: Recommendation Rates, Follow-Through, and Utilization Patterns From an AI Health Assistant
12:00 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 2RF34 Ultrasound203 Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence Anatomy Labeling With a Novel Ultrasound Imaging Device for Extremity Trauma
12:07 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 2RF34 Ultrasound204 Beyond B-Lines: Multimodal AI for Early Hypoxia Prediction
12:14 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 2RF34 Ultrasound205 Agreement of Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Automated Fetal Heart Rate During Emergency Ultrasound
12:28 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 2RF34 Ultrasound207 Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Hydronephrosis Detection with Point-of-Care Renal Ultrasound
2:35 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 2RF41 Cardiovascular251 Point-of-Care AI for Heart Failure Diagnosis and Intermediate Natriuretic Peptide Decision Support
4:14 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 4RF49 Geriatrics288 ED-VIS: A Novel EHR-driven Tool to Prioritize Inpatient Bed Assignments for Vulnerable Older Adults
4:35 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Poster HallPoster 15614 Novel Regression- and Machine Learning-Based Indices to Predict High-Risk Emergency Department Revisits: A Development and Validation Study
Wednesday, October 7
8:07 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 3RF52 Infectious Disease304 Addressing Diagnostic Bias: A 10-fold Increase in ED-Based Infectious Disease Case Identification via EHR Automation
9:00 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 1RF54 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine315 An Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Pipeline to Identify Chest Pain Eligible for Observation
9:07 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 1RF54 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine316 Large Language Model Extraction of Pulmonary Embolism Features From Radiology Reports
9:14 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 1RF54 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine317 Diagnostic Safety Guardrails for Large Language Models in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
9:21 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 1RF54 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine318 EMF Use of a Large Language Model to Identify Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions for ED Respiratory Infections
9:28 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 1RF54 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine319 Patient Engagement with an Artificial Intelligence Health Assistant after Emergency Department and Hospital Discharge
9:35 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 1RF54 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine320 INDEX Automation Framework on Neurologic Exclusion Criteria from Emergency Department Records
9:40 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Poster HallPoster 18645 Healthcare Worker Perception of a Large Language Model Sepsis Alert in the Emergency Department
9:42 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 3RF71 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine418 Automated Data Extraction of Pulmonary Embolism Clinical Features from Emergency Department Records Using Large Language Models
9:45 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Poster HallPoster 18646 Deep Learning Detection of Area of Maximal Compression During TEE-Guided CPR
10:00 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 3RF60 Toxicology & Substance Use Disorder350 From Detection to Connection: Two-Year Outcomes with an Automated Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Identification Tool in the Electronic Health Record
11:35 AMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 4RF65 Education55 Beyond Confidence: An AI Simulation Tool for Medical Student De-escalation Training in the Emergency Department
12:35 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 2RF67 EMS & Disaster395 Evaluating Quality and Accuracy of Large Language Model (LLM)-Generated Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Handoff Reports in the Emergency Department
1:07 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 3RF71 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine415 LLM-Augmented Emergency Department Documentation: A Multiplatform Evaluation of Efficiency, Productivity, and Coding Outcomes
1:14 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 3RF71 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine416 AI-Assisted Physician Scheduling Improves Control, Performance, and Cost Compared with a Commercial Scheduling System
1:21 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 3RF71 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine417 RETRACE (Revenue Enhancement through Targeted Recoding and Automated Chart Evaluation)
1:35 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Room 3RF71 Informatics, AI & Telemedicine419 Evaluating AI Sepsis Treatment Strategies: Off-Policy Benchmarking and Clinically Interpretable Survival Mapping
1:40 PMRF Exhibit Hall, Poster HallPoster 22708 Artificial Intelligence-Based Electrocardiographic Models for Pulmonary Embolism Detection: A Systematic Review and Diagnostic Meta-Analysis
The full list of 56 Research Forum abstracts is on the web version of this guide at eminnovationcollaborative.org/acep2026.