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A recent collaborative study conducted by Yale researchers sought to apply these methods towards developing a framework for measuring equitable readmissions to the hospital, and to identify hospitals that have equitable rates of readmission.

For the third year in a row, the Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) at the Yale School of Medicine ranked first in the nation in research dollars awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2023, as tabulated by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.

In today’s health headlines, how using marijuana as little as once a month can affect your health, the breast cancer death rate has dropped by 58% and why next season’s flu shot will include one less strain. The chair of emergency medicine at Yale Medicine and professor at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Arjun Venkatesh, joined News 8 to discuss these topics.

In this segment from WTNH, eye ointment sold at Walmart and CVS are being recalled, what do you need to know about a new drug for children’s food allergies and how often do emergency room trips result in a cancer diagnosis? Doctor Arjun Venkatesh, Chair of Emergency Medicine at Yale Medicine and Professor at Yale School of Medicine joined Ann Nyberg on News 8.

Emergency departments (EDs) are essential but underutilized access points for opioid use disorder diagnosis and treatment. Harnessing electronic health record (EHR) data to drive infrastructure development and service improvement is one promising pathway toward maximizing the potential of EDs to connect individuals with opioid use disorder to care. A new clinical trial funded through the National Institutes of Health Helping End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Data2Action Initiative proposes to do just that.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — In today’s health headlines, we discuss COVID-19 and flu cases on the rise, what to know about the cluster of hepatitis cases nearby and poison centers having huge increases in calls related to accidental overdoses of weight-loss drugs.

COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising across the country, the rate of suicides involving guns has reached a record high and what just one teaspoon less of salt per day can do for your blood pressure. Dr. Arjun Venkatesh, chair of emergency medicine at Yale medicine and a professor at Yale School of Medicine joined News 8 to discuss these topics.

What you need to know about health care worker burnout, updated RSV shot recommendations as cases rise and toddler formulas. Dr. Arjun Venkatesh, chair of the department of emergency medicine and a professor at the Yale School of Medicine joined News 8 to discuss each of these topics.

A research team led by Ambrose Wong, MD, MSEd, MHS, from the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, has been approved for a $6.9 million research funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). This will be the first study to evaluate the impact of introducing peers into the emergency department (ED) workforce to help patients in emotional and psychiatric distress.