• Hospitals under attack: Why it’s happening and what to do about it 
• Wild cards: dealing with the unexpected in health care 
• The future of public and private health insurance 
• The past and future of health policy 
• Skyrocketing healthcare costs, their causes and consequences
• Demographic change and its implications for health care 
•  The ethics crisis in health care and what to do about it
• Forces reshaping 21st century health care
• Health policy: How it works and how it doesn't work
• Ethics issues in women's health care
• Managed care: trends and issues
• Personal responsibility and health care leadership
• The challenge of the nursing shortage and other work force needs
• "Consumer-directed" health care and its implications

    A prolific healthcare speaker, writer (700 articles and editorials in 28 years, several Healthcare books), and independent health policy/ethics analyst. Diverse audiences: state legislatures, pharmaceutical companies, insurers, community groups, universities, hospitals and health care associations. Consults on information dissemination to the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

   In May 2003, Emily Friedman's column, "Making Choices," in Health Forum Journal, won a National Award of Excellence from the American Society of Business Publication Editors, the largest competition in U.S. business publishing. In April 2003, it won the Gold Award from the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors.