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
2012
Making Greater Use Of Dedicated Hospital Observation Units For Many Short-Stay Patients Could Save $3.1 Billion A Year
Baugh CW, Venkatesh AK, Hilton JA, Samuel PA, Schuur JD, Bohan JS. Making Greater Use Of Dedicated Hospital Observation Units For Many Short-Stay Patients Could Save $3.1 Billion A Year. Health Affairs 2012, 31: 2314-2323. PMID: 23019185, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0926.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Predictors of Hand Hygiene in the Emergency Department
Venkatesh AK, Pallin DJ, Kayden S, Schuur JD. Predictors of Hand Hygiene in the Emergency Department. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2011, 32: 1120-1123. PMID: 22011541, DOI: 10.1086/662374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUse of Observation Care in US Emergency Departments, 2001 to 2008
Venkatesh AK, Geisler BP, Chambers J, Baugh CW, Bohan JS, Schuur JD. Use of Observation Care in US Emergency Departments, 2001 to 2008. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e24326. PMID: 21935398, PMCID: PMC3173457, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024326.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care SurveyDedicated observation unitED visitsObservation careObservation unitClinical conditionsUS hospitalsAmbulatory Medical Care SurveyEmergency department observation unitLogistic regressionHospital-level predictorsLonger ED lengthPatient-level predictorsProportion of hospitalsHospital ownership statusPolytomous logistic regressionUnited States hospitalsNon-teaching statusEmergency care deliveryVisit dispositionChest painED lengthPatient dispositionDischarge diagnosisCare Survey