2021
Universal SARS-CoV-2 Testing of Emergency Department Admissions Increases Emergency Department Length of Stay
Sangal RB, Peaper DR, Rothenberg C, Landry ML, Sussman LS, Martinello RA, Ulrich A, Venkatesh AK. Universal SARS-CoV-2 Testing of Emergency Department Admissions Increases Emergency Department Length of Stay. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 79: 182-186. PMID: 34756452, PMCID: PMC8424016, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.09.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 testingUniversal SARS-CoV-2 testingEmergency department lengthAdmission lengthED admissionPositivity rateSARS-CoV-2 testAcademic health systemCOVID-19 prevalenceSecondary outcomesED lengthPrevention needsED boardingPatientsStayPositive casesClinical costsHealth systemAdmissionTesting policiesContainment effortsTestingPrevalenceTesting changesPositivity
2017
Reducing Unnecessary Blood Chemistry Testing in the Emergency Department: Implementation of Choosing Wisely
Venkatesh AK, Hajdasz D, Rothenberg C, Dashevsky M, Parwani V, Sevilla M, Shapiro M, Schwartz I. Reducing Unnecessary Blood Chemistry Testing in the Emergency Department: Implementation of Choosing Wisely. American Journal Of Medical Quality 2017, 33: 81-85. PMID: 28693330, DOI: 10.1177/1062860617691842.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood chemistry testingMultimodal interventionChemistry testingFormal laboratory testingMultimodal quality improvement interventionQuality improvement interventionsChemistry testsCare laboratory testingEmergency department throughputPre-post analysisAutoregressive integrated moving-average modelsED visitsPrimary outcomeUrban EDEmergency departmentProvider educationLaboratory testingImprovement interventionsVisitsInterventionDaily numberEDTesting