2022
Pediatric Emergency Care Coordination in EMS Agencies: Findings of a Multistate Learning Collaborative
Tsao HS, Alter R, Kane E, Gross T, Browne LR, Auerbach M, Leonard JC, Ludwig L, Adelgais KM. Pediatric Emergency Care Coordination in EMS Agencies: Findings of a Multistate Learning Collaborative. Prehospital Emergency Care 2022, 27: 1004-1015. PMID: 36125189, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2022.2126040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric emergency care coordinatorEmergency medical servicesEMS agenciesMaternal childLearning CollaborativePediatric emergency carePediatric-specific educationCare coordinationCare coordinatorsEmergency careHealth resourcesMedical servicesTwo daysAdditional recruitmentOutcomesStudy objectiveTrainer programChildren programPerson meetingsSubstantial numberLack of requirementMonthsLongitudinal qualitative interviewsPartnership grantSignificant barriers
2018
National Study of Self‐reported Pediatric Areas in United States General Emergency Departments
Camargo A, Boggs KM, Auerbach M, Freid RD, Sullivan AF, Espinola JA, Camargo CA. National Study of Self‐reported Pediatric Areas in United States General Emergency Departments. Academic Emergency Medicine 2018, 25: 1458-1462. PMID: 30311327, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13633.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric emergency care coordinatorGeneral emergency departmentsU.S. emergency departmentsPediatric emergency departmentEmergency departmentPediatric areaType of EDPediatric emergency medicine physiciansEmergency medicine physiciansQuality improvement effortsPediatric bedsCare coordinatorsPatient outcomesPediatric careMedicine physiciansEmergency careVisit volumePEM physiciansStandardized definitionsCareFurther studiesNational surveyPrevalenceNational studyPhysiciansLeveraging Quick Response Code Technology to Facilitate Simulation-Based Leaderboard Competition
Chang TP, Doughty CB, Mitchell D, Rutledge C, Auerbach MA, Frisell K, Jani P, Kessler DO, Wolfe H, MacKinnon RJ, Dewan M, Pirie J, Lemke D, Khattab M, Tofil N, Nagamuthu C, Walsh CM. Leveraging Quick Response Code Technology to Facilitate Simulation-Based Leaderboard Competition. Simulation In Healthcare The Journal Of The Society For Simulation In Healthcare 2018, 13: 64-71. PMID: 29373385, DOI: 10.1097/sih.0000000000000281.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrinciples of gamificationQR code systemQuick response code technologyExport of dataQuick response codeData integrityCode technologyFacilitates simulationGamification principlesLeaderboardPerformance metricsCode systemResponse codesImplementationEasy storageMajor descriptive categoriesStep instructionsGamificationPerformance dataConceptual stepsEvaluation dataInitial evaluation dataRecord keepingCompetitive atmosphereIllustrative example
2016
Emergency Information Forms for Children With Medical Complexity: A Simulation Study
Abraham G, Fehr J, Ahmad F, Jeffe DB, Copper T, Yu F, White AJ, Auerbach M, Schnadower D. Emergency Information Forms for Children With Medical Complexity: A Simulation Study. Pediatrics 2016, 138: e20160847. PMID: 27436504, PMCID: PMC5603153, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-0847.Peer-Reviewed Original Research