2023
Disparities Associated With Electronic Behavioral Alerts for Safety and Violence Concerns in the Emergency Department
Haimovich A, Taylor R, Chang-Sing E, Brashear T, Cramer L, Lopez K, Wong A. Disparities Associated With Electronic Behavioral Alerts for Safety and Violence Concerns in the Emergency Department. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 83: 100-107. PMID: 37269262, PMCID: PMC10689576, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.04.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care systemEmergency departmentPatient-level analysisCare systemED visitsLeft-without-being-seenNegative perceptions of patientsElectronic health record dataUnited States health care systemRegional health care systemStates health care systemDiscontinuity of careHealth record dataElectronic health recordsBlack non-Hispanic patientsPerceptions of patientsBlack non-HispanicRetrospective cross-sectional study of adult patientsAdult emergency departmentNon-Hispanic patientsCross-sectional study of adult patientsMixed-effects regression analysisStudy periodRetrospective cross-sectional studyCare delivery
2017
Agreement Between Serum Assays Performed in ED Point-of-Care and Hospital Central Laboratories
Dashevsky M, Bernstein SL, Barsky CL, Taylor RA. Agreement Between Serum Assays Performed in ED Point-of-Care and Hospital Central Laboratories. Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2017, 18: 403-409. PMID: 28435491, PMCID: PMC5391890, DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2017.1.30532.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBiological AssayBiomarkersBlood Chemical AnalysisBlood Urea NitrogenCost-Benefit AnalysisCreatinineEmergency Medical ServicesFemaleHumansLaboratories, HospitalMaleMiddle AgedPoint-of-Care SystemsPotassiumQuality Assurance, Health CareReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesSodiumUnited StatesConceptsHospital central laboratoryBlood urea nitrogenEmergency departmentED patientsCentral laboratoryLevel of agreementBlood samplesClinical information systemsConfidence intervalsLevel I emergency departmentShorter ED lengthPatient/yearHospital's clinical information systemTime-sensitive diagnosisBland-Altman plotsED lengthSerum sodiumClinical criteriaLarge cohortSerum assaysUrea nitrogenClinical judgmentPatientsSerum samplesED point
2016
Use of Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound in the Emergency Department
Hall MK, Hall J, Gross CP, Harish NJ, Liu R, Maroongroge S, Moore CL, Raio CC, Taylor RA. Use of Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound in the Emergency Department. Journal Of Ultrasound In Medicine 2016, 35: 2467-2474. PMID: 27698180, DOI: 10.7863/ultra.16.01041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCare ultrasoundEmergency departmentOdds ratioHealthcare Common Procedure Coding System codesMedicaid Services feeCare ultrasound useEmergency medicine practitionersMedical school graduation yearUse of pointPatient outcomesUltrasound examinationMedicare beneficiariesEM residenciesMedicare Part B feeUltrasound useMedicine practitionersPart B feePractice locationProvider UtilizationB feeService reimbursementEM practitionersReimbursementUltrasoundLower ratesCost‐effectiveness of the Cardiac Component of the Focused Assessment of Sonography in Trauma Examination in Blunt Trauma
Hall MK, Omer T, Moore CL, Taylor RA. Cost‐effectiveness of the Cardiac Component of the Focused Assessment of Sonography in Trauma Examination in Blunt Trauma. Academic Emergency Medicine 2016, 23: 415-423. PMID: 26857839, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12936.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge FactorsAgedBlood PressureCost-Benefit AnalysisDecision Support TechniquesFemaleHeart InjuriesHumansHypotensionLife ExpectancyMedicareMiddle AgedModels, EconometricPoint-of-Care SystemsQuality-Adjusted Life YearsReproducibility of ResultsUltrasonographyUnited StatesWounds, NonpenetratingConceptsNormotensive blunt trauma patientsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioBlunt trauma patientsTrauma patientsBlunt traumaNormotensive patientsHypotensive patientsFocused assessmentBlunt cardiac injuryIncidental pericardial effusionCardiac componentCost-effectiveness ratioDecision analytic modelProbability of deathPericardial effusionPrompt treatmentClinical probabilityCardiac injurySurgical interventionTrauma (FAST) examFAST examLow prevalencePatientsTrauma (FAST) examinationPay thresholds
2015
The “5Es” of Emergency Physician–performed Focused Cardiac Ultrasound: A Protocol for Rapid Identification of Effusion, Ejection, Equality, Exit, and Entrance
Hall M, Coffey EC, Herbst M, Liu R, Pare JR, Taylor R, Thomas S, Moore CL. The “5Es” of Emergency Physician–performed Focused Cardiac Ultrasound: A Protocol for Rapid Identification of Effusion, Ejection, Equality, Exit, and Entrance. Academic Emergency Medicine 2015, 22: 583-593. PMID: 25903585, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency physiciansCardiac ultrasoundLife-threatening conditionLeft ventricular ejectionAcademic emergency departmentFocused cardiac ultrasoundRelevant clinical informationEmergency medicine literaturePericardial effusionEmergency departmentVentricular ejectionEmergency settingClinical informationFOCUS findingsMedicine literatureYears of experienceEffusionPhysiciansSpecific assessmentUltrasound