2022
Feasibility of the Transport PLUS intervention to improve the transitions of care for patients transported home by ambulance: a non-randomized pilot study
Munjal KG, Yeturu SK, Chapin HH, Tan N, Gregoriou D, Garcia D, Grudzen C, Hwang U, Morano B, Neher H, Gorbenko K, Youngblood G, Misra A, Dietrich S, Gonzalez C, Appel G, Jacobs E, Siu A, Richardson LD. Feasibility of the Transport PLUS intervention to improve the transitions of care for patients transported home by ambulance: a non-randomized pilot study. Pilot And Feasibility Studies 2022, 8: 169. PMID: 35932067, PMCID: PMC9354351, DOI: 10.1186/s40814-022-01138-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommunity health workersEmergency medical techniciansPatient acceptanceNon-randomized pilot studyRate of readmissionMajority of patientsPopulation of patientsEmergency room visitsTransitions of careRandomized control trialElectronic health recordsEligible patientsED revisitsFeasibility outcomesClinical outcomesRoom visitsDischarge instructionsGeriatric populationHealth workersHigh riskControl trialHome visitsPatientsPatient encountersCommunity paramedicine
2021
Evaluation and disposition of older adults presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain
Friedman AB, Chen AT, Wu R, Coe NB, Halpern SD, Hwang U, Kelz RR, Cappola AR. Evaluation and disposition of older adults presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2021, 70: 501-511. PMID: 34628638, PMCID: PMC10078825, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17503.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care SurveyAbdominal painUS emergency departmentsEmergency departmentED visitsOlder adultsOlder patientsChief complaintAmbulatory Medical Care SurveyRepresentative emergency departmentsCommon chief complaintSurvey-weighted analysisDischarge homeIncident disabilityED encountersCare SurveyPatient outcomesCritical careSerious conditionSyndromic presentationHigh riskPainDiagnostic testingPatientsCT imaging
2016
Shared Decision Making to Improve the Emergency Care of Older Adults: A Research Agenda
Hogan TM, Richmond NL, Carpenter CR, Biese K, Hwang U, Shah MN, Escobedo M, Berman A, Broder JS, Platts‐Mills T. Shared Decision Making to Improve the Emergency Care of Older Adults: A Research Agenda. Academic Emergency Medicine 2016, 23: 1386-1393. PMID: 27561819, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder adultsEmergency careOlder emergency department (ED) patientsEmergency department patientsGoals of careTypes of patientsUse of SDMAdverse eventsDepartment patientsEmergency physiciansAggressive approachHigh riskSide effectsSerious illnessDiagnostic testsCarePatientsAdultsHigh rateLack of knowledgeSDMInjuryIllnessPhysicians
2015
Redesigned Geriatric Emergency Care May Have Helped Reduce Admissions Of Older Adults To Intensive Care Units
Grudzen C, Richardson LD, Baumlin KM, Winkel G, Davila C, Ng K, Hwang U, investigators T. Redesigned Geriatric Emergency Care May Have Helped Reduce Admissions Of Older Adults To Intensive Care Units. Health Affairs 2015, 34: 788-795. PMID: 25941280, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0790.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeriatric emergency careMount Sinai Medical CenterPalliative care principlesIntensive care unitEmergency careCare unitEmergency departmentCare principlesHigh-risk patientsED triage nursesSinai Medical CenterWise programED nurse practitionersED visitorsED revisitsED admissionHospital readmissionMedical CenterNurse practitionersTriage nursesHigh riskHospice careAdmissionOlder adultsStudy period