2024
Scaling the EQUIPPED medication safety program: Traditional and hub‐and‐spoke implementation models
Vandenberg A, Hwang U, Das S, Genes N, Nyamu S, Richardson L, Ezenkwele U, Legome E, Richardson C, Belachew A, Leong T, Kegler M, Vaughan C. Scaling the EQUIPPED medication safety program: Traditional and hub‐and‐spoke implementation models. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2024, 72: 2184-2194. PMID: 38259070, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18746.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPotentially inappropriate medicationsHub-and-spoke modelEmergency departmentSpoke sitesReduce potentially inappropriate medicationMedication safety programQuality improvement initiativesElectronic medical recordsInappropriate medicationsHealth systemImprovement initiativesPrescribing dataHub-and-spokeDisproportionate barriersImplementation modelMedical recordsSite engagementInterview dataSafety programCOVID-19 pandemicProgramEQUIP programCOVID-19BarriersHealth
2021
Emergency department visits for emergent conditions among older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Janke AT, Jain S, Hwang U, Rosenberg M, Biese K, Schneider S, Goyal P, Venkatesh AK. Emergency department visits for emergent conditions among older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2021, 69: 1713-1721. PMID: 33955546, PMCID: PMC8242842, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17227.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionED visit countsOlder adultsHip fractureExcess mortalityEmergent conditionsED sitesVisit countsEmergency department visitsIncident rate ratiosNational clinical quality registryAge categoriesClinical quality registryEarly pandemic periodCOVID-19 pandemicPandemic periodPoisson regression modelsPre-pandemic periodED visitsYounger patientsDepartment visitsPoor outcomeEmergency departmentMyocardial infarctionED diagnosis