Emergency Medicine
Patient-first. Clinician-led. Emergency care.
From the moment patients arrive at your hospital, our clinician-led Emergency Medicine (EM) team takes action. On-site leadership, efficient, collaborative triage processes, and clear, reliable practices help start coordinated care sooner. All designed to help improve emergency department (ED) throughput and lower avoidable costs. Together with your leaders and nurses, we build a patient-first culture of excellence in your ED.
+20%
D2C improvement
+10.4%
LWTC improvement
+16.3%
LBTC improvement
+3.5%
Patient experience
Source: Sound Internal data for EM and HM sites of partners with full year support 2023 vs 2024
What sets us apart
You want an ED that moves. Safer, faster, and with dignity for every patient. We prioritize the front end for accelerated care: efficient triage and faster arrival-to-care initiation. With clinician-led teams and an on-site medical director who knows your community, we align to your goals and reinforce the plan every shift alongside your hospital and nursing leaders—so your ED is a catalyst for uncompromising care.
Fixed costs, shared risk, predictable budgets.
We’re your trusted partner in financial stewardship, driving value while working to reduce costs. We can tie a portion of fees to performance, strive to reduce subsidies where feasible, and lead with a plan to reduce total program spend.Clear data, clear next steps.
Clear dashboards and reliable routines create transparency and momentum. We pair thoughtful care and clinical excellence with disciplined management that includes daily shift huddles, weekly throughput and quality reviews, and monthly operational reviews to help enhance ED throughput.A meaningful culture and mindset.
Our patient-first culture sets the tone for how we proactively lead and collaborate—looking beyond efficiency to create a broader meaningful experience for the people who give and receive care. Psychological safety, accountability, and recognition are foundational to how we practice.
Hear from our physician CEO of Sound Emergency Medicine
“With local clinician leadership and a patient-first culture, we’ve driven 20-minute door-to-clinician times and a 14% drop in left without being seen, partnering with you to set the bar for excellence.”
— Tony Briningstool, MD, FACEP, CEO, Sound Emergency Medicine
Who we are
Dr. Tony Briningstool introduces a patient-first practice grounded in teamwork, local leadership, and decades of frontline experience.
4 key differentiators
Patient-first culture; intentional leadership development for medical directors; collaborative partnership with hospital leaders; clinical excellence that meets—or beats—industry benchmarks.
Measurable results
System-wide improvements—driven by disciplined flow and daily operational focus.
What to expect when we partner
Full ownership of a seamless transition, clear 30/60/90-day performance goals, and locally led teams aligned with your leaders, so your emergency department sets the bar for safe, efficient, patient-centered care.
Explore a partnership
Deliver the care your patients deserve
Proof in practice
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Metrics That Matter: Moving the Needle on Flow, Quality, and Financials
Hospitals face an overwhelming number of performance metrics, making it challenging to know where to focus. In this session, you’ll learn how health system leaders cut through the noise prioritizing the right metrics and using advanced analytics, interdisciplinary huddles, and leadership accountability to unlock capacity, elevate quality, and strengthen margin. -
Integrate EM + HM + CC: One acute care team. Faster flow. Shared accountability.
You’re accountable for safe, predictable flow. When Emergency Medicine (EM), Hospital Medicine (HM), and Critical Care (CC) operate in silos, bottlenecks stack up: boarding stretches, discharges slip, and handoffs vary—impacting throughput, patient experience, and margins. -
Unify EM + HM: One team. Smoother handoffs. Uncompromising care
Sound can partner with you to unify EM and HM under one accountable, physician-led structure. With on-site leadership, shared priorities, and a repeatable daily cadence, we align teams for more predictable throughput, fewer avoidable delays, and a patient experience that reflects your standard.