Emergency Physicians Monthly

What Emergency Physicians Monthly does

Emergency Physicians Monthly (EPM) is a niche B2B medical media company founded in 1992 that publishes monthly clinical content for emergency medicine physicians in both print and online formats via its website epmonthly.com. The publication delivers detailed clinical information tailored to the day-to-day practice of emergency physicians, positioning itself as a specialty-specific clinical reference and news source within the broader emergency medicine community.

The company's go-to-market motion is community-led and event-driven, indicating an emphasis on direct engagement with emergency medicine clinicians through live and community channels beyond passive content distribution. Its technology footprint is a digital publishing platform that complements the long-standing print edition, supporting a hybrid content delivery model. The organization operates with a lean team of 1–10 employees and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

EPM's business model is advertising-supported, monetizing the emergency physician audience through multiple advertising streams sold to medical industry sponsors. The company has remained privately held and for-profit since inception, with no disclosed external funding rounds, suggesting it operates as a self-sustaining specialty media business rather than a venture-backed growth asset.

Name

Emergency Physicians Monthly

Legal name

Plaster Publishing LLC

Website

https://epmonthly.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Emergency Physicians Monthly is a niche B2B medical media company founded in 1992 that publishes monthly clinical content in print and online for emergency medicine physicians, monetizing its specialty clinician audience through advertising.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Publishing / Healthcare Media

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC)

Keywords

• Emergency medicine publishing
• Medical news magazine
• Physician board review
• Clinical decision tools
• Healthcare recruitment advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Advertising - Recruitment: Job postings and recruitment advertising targeted at emergency physicians through the Career Center.
2. Advertising - Pharma, Devices, Physician Services: Pharmaceutical, medical device, and physician services advertising sold to healthcare industry advertisers.
3. Webinar Registration Fees: Paid webinars featuring expert speakers on emergency department management topics, priced at $95 per registration.
4. Subscription/Circulation: Print and/or digital subscription to the publication circulating to nearly 40,000 emergency personnel.
5. Education: Medical education content and sponsored educational opportunities for emergency physicians.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Emergency Physicians Monthly is an independent monthly publication for emergency physicians, publishing in print and online a mix of clinical news, debate, and human-interest stories written and edited by emergency physicians. Beyond the core magazine, it offers the EPM Talk podcast series, the AI-driven EM Coach board review tool, and the Career Center job board for emergency medicine recruitment.

Product overview

Emergency Physicians Monthly is a single unified publication (a magazine/website) for emergency physicians, written by and for docs in the trenches. The offering includes the core Emergency Physicians Monthly Magazine (circulating to nearly 40,000 emergency personnel), multiple content columns (Director's Corner, Nightshift, MDCalc Corner), the EPM Talk Podcasts series, EM Coach (an AI-driven emergency medicine board review tool), and a Career Center job board. The publication covers clinical news, management topics, human interest stories, and provides educational resources including clinical decision tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EPM Talk Podcasts: Podcast series covering emergency medicine topics
• Director's Corner
• Nightshift
• EM Coach
• MDCalc Corner
• Crash Cart
• Real-Time Readings

Products and services

• Emergency Physicians Monthly Magazine Independent monthly print and online publication for emergency physicians covering clinical news, debate, leadership commentary, and human-interest stories; circulates to nearly 40,000 emergency personnel.
• EPM Talk Podcasts

Quantifiable outcome

• Ranked #1 in cover-to-cover readership by Kantar Media, three years running
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• IMANA (Islamic Medical Association of North America)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPM contributor Debjeet Sarkar, MD participated in an IMANA humanitarian medical mission to Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh in March 2018. The collaboration provided medical care to approximately 300-400 patients daily in the refugee camps, with EPM publishing a first-person account of the experience.
• ClariusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClarius, a portable ultrasound device manufacturer, provided equipment for the Bangladesh humanitarian mission through representative Audra Kreger. The Clarius C3 Convex ultrasound device was used for obstetrics and teaching purposes during the medical mission.
• Partners in World HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA $250 donation to Partners in World Health provided nearly $3,000 worth of basic emergency supplies for the Bangladesh medical mission, demonstrating a charitable equipment supply partnership.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Medscape: WebMD-owned broad medical news and education platform that includes dedicated emergency medicine coverage. Comparable to EPM in serving physician readers with news and CME, but at much larger scale and across all specialties.
• Healio: Medical news, education, and publishing platform covering multiple specialties with dedicated EM coverage. Comparable to EPM as a physician trade publisher and education provider, but with broader specialty coverage and larger institutional backing.
• MDedge: Medical news and education network covering multiple specialties for practicing physicians. Comparable to EPM as a physician-targeted trade publisher with digital content, newsletters, and CME, but at broader specialty and institutional scale.

Emerging players

• Rosh Review: Board review and continuing education platform for emergency medicine physicians and residents. A direct comparable to EPM's EM Coach product line, serving the same board prep and lifelong learning needs of EM clinicians.
• Hippo Education: Audio- and case-based continuing education company with a strong emergency medicine catalog including podcasts and board review. Comparable to EPM's podcast and educational content in the EM audio learning segment.
• EMRAP (Emergency Medicine Reviews and Perspectives): Subscription-based emergency medicine education platform offering audio, video, and core content for practicing EM physicians and residents. Comparable to EPM's podcast and educational content (especially EM Coach) as an audio/education-focused peer for the same specialty audience.
• EMRA (Emergency Medicine Residents' Association): Professional association for EM residents and medical students, publishing EM Resident magazine and digital content. Comparable to EPM in the EM content space but focused on the trainee segment that EPM also serves as a secondary audience.

Direct peers

• ACEP Now: Official news publication of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the largest EM professional society. Directly competes with EPM for emergency physician readership, clinical news coverage, and recruitment/pharma advertising dollars in the same specialty niche.
• Annals of Emergency Medicine: Peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians, published by Elsevier. A direct peer to EPM as a flagship EM publication serving emergency physicians, although positioned more in research/clinical evidence than trade news.
• Emergency Medicine News: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott publication covering news and commentary for emergency medicine professionals. A direct peer to EPM in print and digital EM trade publishing, targeting the same practicing emergency physician audience with news, opinion, and career content.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/epmonthly
• Facebookfacebook.com/epmonthly
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/emergency-physicians-monthly/posts/?feedView=all

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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