2024
Impact of the geriatric emergency medicine specialist intervention on final emergency department disposition
Cohen I, Sangal R, Taylor R, Crawford A, Lai J, Martin P, Palleschi S, Rothenberg C, Tomasino D, Hwang U. Impact of the geriatric emergency medicine specialist intervention on final emergency department disposition. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2024, 72: 2017-2026. PMID: 38667266, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18908.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchED length of stayED lengthLength of stayObservation admissionsED dispositionInpatient admissionsEmergency departmentOdds of inpatient admissionRate of hospital admissionsAdvanced practice providersGeriatric ED patientsEmergency medicine specialistsTarget trial emulation frameworkHospital admission ratesOdds of dischargeRegional healthcare systemEmergency department dispositionIncreased odds of dischargeCare planningPractice providersED sitesED visitsOlder adultsSpecialist interventionAdmission rates
2018
Opening of Psychiatric Observation Unit Eases Boarding Crisis
Parwani V, Tinloy B, Ulrich A, D'Onofrio G, Goldenberg M, Rothenberg C, Patel A, Venkatesh A. Opening of Psychiatric Observation Unit Eases Boarding Crisis. Academic Emergency Medicine 2018, 25: 456-460. PMID: 29266537, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsED LOSLength of stayMedian ED LOSTotal LOSPsychiatric admission ratesCrisis intervention unitSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeObservation unitAdmission ratesPrimary analysisTertiary care academic medical centerPsychiatric chief complaintsBehavioral health staffInpatient psychiatric bedsAcute psychiatric careAcademic medical centerHours of careEmergency department boardingAdult EDAdult patientsPreintervention periodChief complaintPediatric hospitalInpatient admissions