2021
Disparities in Accessing and Reading Open Notes in the Emergency Department Upon Implementation of the 21st Century CURES Act
Sangal RB, Powers E, Rothenberg C, Ndumele C, Ulrich A, Hsiao A, Venkatesh AK. Disparities in Accessing and Reading Open Notes in the Emergency Department Upon Implementation of the 21st Century CURES Act. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 593-598. PMID: 34353651, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.06.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProportion of patientsPatient portal accessEmergency departmentOpen notesClinical notesPortal accessPublic insuranceUrgent care centersCentury Cures ActDifferent patient demographicsSingle health systemPatient demographicsPrimary outcomeCures ActPatient utilizationPatient visitsCare centerObservational studyPatientsDigital health toolsAge 18Health systemHealth toolsUnique barriersNon-English speakersCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Value Pathways: Opportunities for Emergency Clinicians to Turn Policy Into Practice
Gettel CJ, Ling SM, Wild RE, Venkatesh AK, Duseja R. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Value Pathways: Opportunities for Emergency Clinicians to Turn Policy Into Practice. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 599-603. PMID: 34304917, PMCID: PMC8545831, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.05.017.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Medicaid expansion and resource utilization in the emergency department
Janke AT, Danagoulian S, Venkatesh AK, Levy PD. Medicaid expansion and resource utilization in the emergency department. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 38: 2586-2590. PMID: 31982222, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.12.050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultChest PainComputed Tomography AngiographyCoronary AngiographyDiagnostic Techniques, CardiovascularDisease ManagementEchocardiography, StressEligibility DeterminationEmergency Service, HospitalExercise TestFemaleHealth PolicyHospitalizationHumansMaleMedicaidMedically UninsuredMiddle AgedMyocardial Perfusion ImagingOdds RatioPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActUnited StatesConceptsChest pain visitsOdds of admissionAdvanced cardiac imagingPain visitsAffordable Care ActChest painED visitsMedicaid expansionED visit dataCardiac imagingEmergency department visitsEligibility expansionsSubgroup of patientsExpansion statesLikelihood of admissionProportion of visitsNon-expansion statesMedicaid eligibility expansionsDepartment visitsClinician's discretionEmergency departmentMedicaid patientsAdmissionProvider behaviorVisits
2013
A “Top Five” list for emergency medicine: a policy and research agenda for stewardship to improve the value of emergency care
Venkatesh AK, Schuur JD. A “Top Five” list for emergency medicine: a policy and research agenda for stewardship to improve the value of emergency care. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2013, 31: 1520-1524. PMID: 23993868, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.07.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care costsEmergency careEmergency medicineCare costsPost-discharge careHigh-cost imagingLow-value careMedico-legal concernsFront-line providersHealth system improvementHospital admissionIntravenous fluidsMedication administrationProvider knowledgeClinical actionsStewardship effortsHealth servicesClinical decisionValue carePotential interventionsCareExamples of interventionsEmergency MedicalPatientsOverused services