2023
Racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department–initiated buprenorphine across five health care systems
Holland W, Li F, Nath B, Jeffery M, Stevens M, Melnick E, Dziura J, Khidir H, Skains R, D'Onofrio G, Soares W. Racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department–initiated buprenorphine across five health care systems. Academic Emergency Medicine 2023, 30: 709-720. PMID: 36660800, PMCID: PMC10467357, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBuprenorphineDelivery of Health CareEmergency Service, HospitalHumansOpiate Substitution TreatmentOpioid-Related DisordersConceptsOpioid use disorderCommunity emergency departmentsEmergency departmentDischarge diagnosisHealth care systemHispanic patientsBlack patientsHospital typeCare systemNon-Hispanic patientsOpioid overdose deathsClinical decision support systemOpioid withdrawalPrimary outcomeMedication treatmentBuprenorphine accessED treatmentTreatment accessOverdose deathsX-waiverBuprenorphinePatientsUse disordersEthnic disparitiesSecondary analysis
2021
Accounting for quality improvement during the conduct of embedded pragmatic clinical trials within healthcare systems: NIH Collaboratory case studies
Tuzzio L, Meyers CM, Dember LM, Grudzen CR, Melnick ER, Staman KL, Huang SS, Richards J, DeBar L, Vazquez MA, Green BB, Coronado GD, Jarvik JG, Braciszewski J, Ho PM, Wells BL, James K, Toto R, D’Onofrio G, Volandes A, Kuklinski MR, Catalano RF, Sterling SA, Morse EF, Curtis L, Larson EB. Accounting for quality improvement during the conduct of embedded pragmatic clinical trials within healthcare systems: NIH Collaboratory case studies. Healthcare 2021, 8: 100432. PMID: 34175091, PMCID: PMC8900087, DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2020.100432.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDelivery of Health CareDementiaHumansQuality ImprovementResearch DesignResearch PersonnelConceptsPragmatic clinical trialsQI initiativesHealthcare systemClinical trialsHigh-quality patient-centered careClinical practice guidelinesHigh-quality evidencePatient-centered careQuality of careQuality improvement activitiesPractice guidelinesRoutine collaborationHealth questionsHealth systemTrialsHealth system operationsConduct phaseCareStudy teamPublic healthInterventionImprovement activitiesEPCTsEmergency Department Visits for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Six US Health Care Systems
Soares WE, Melnick ER, Nath B, D'Onofrio G, Paek H, Skains RM, Walter LA, Casey MF, Napoli A, Hoppe JA, Jeffery MM. Emergency Department Visits for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Six US Health Care Systems. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 79: 158-167. PMID: 34119326, PMCID: PMC8449788, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.03.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care systemCause ED visitsNonfatal opioid overdoseED visitsOpioid use disorderCare systemOpioid overdoseUse disordersCOVID-19 pandemicOpioid-related complicationsEmergency department visitsHospital-based interventionsED visit ratesEmergency department utilizationVisit countsUS health care systemOpioid overdose ratesDepartment visitsHistorical controlsAdult visitsOpioid overdosesOverdose ratesMedical emergencyVisit ratesMore weeks
2020
Trends in Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Admissions in Health Care Systems in 5 States in the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US
Jeffery MM, D’Onofrio G, Paek H, Platts-Mills TF, Soares WE, Hoppe JA, Genes N, Nath B, Melnick ER. Trends in Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Admissions in Health Care Systems in 5 States in the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US. JAMA Internal Medicine 2020, 180: 1328-1333. PMID: 32744612, PMCID: PMC7400214, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital admission ratesEmergency department visitsED visitsHealth care systemAdmission ratesDepartment visitsHospital admissionCare systemCOVID-19 pandemicLarge health care systemAcute care deliveryCross-sectional studyAnnual ED volumeCoronavirus disease 2019Daily ED visitsInflux of patientsPublic health officialsCOVID-19 case ratesCOVID-19 casesNational public healthDisease 2019MAIN OUTCOMEED volumeSerious symptomsContagious infection
2007
Public health considerations in knowledge translation in the emergency department.
Bernstein S, Bernstein E, Boudreaux E, Babcock-Irvin C, Mello M, Kapur A, Becker B, Sattin R, Cohen V, D'Onofrio G. Public health considerations in knowledge translation in the emergency department. Academic Emergency Medicine 2007, 14: 1036-41. PMID: 17699805, DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.06.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPublic health interventionsEmergency departmentHealth interventionsLack of efficacyPublic health initiativesKnowledge translationPublic health expertsPublic health considerationsED settingPreventive careCurrent evidenceConsensus conferenceClinical information systemsED personnelEffective preventivePreventive interventionsHealth initiativesMedical careEvidence uptakeVulnerable populationsHealth expertsUnique populationEmergency medicineInterventionHealth considerations