Leveraging a Learning Collaborative Model to Develop and Pilot Quality Measures to Improve Opioid Prescribing in the Emergency Department
Hawk K, Weiner S, Rothenberg C, Bernstein E, D'Onofrio G, Herring A, Hoppe J, Ketcham E, LaPietra A, Nelson L, Perrone J, Ranney M, Samuels E, Strayer R, Sharma D, Goyal P, Schuur J, Venkatesh A. Leveraging a Learning Collaborative Model to Develop and Pilot Quality Measures to Improve Opioid Prescribing in the Emergency Department. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 83: 225-234. PMID: 37831040, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.08.490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAtraumatic back painCommunity EDED visitsBack painOpioid prescribing practicesFirst-line treatmentEmergency department patientsOpioid use disorderQuality improvement projectEvidence-based resourcesOpioid administrationOpioid prescriptionsDental painSafe analgesiaDepartment patientsOpioid pillsPrescribing practicesEmergency departmentAmerican CollegeUse disordersMedication safety educationPainOpioidsImprovement projectVisitsClinical Performance Measures for Emergency Department Care for Adults With Intracranial Hemorrhage
Zachrison K, Goldstein J, Jauch E, Radecki R, Madsen T, Adeoye O, Oostema J, Feeser V, Ganti L, Lo B, Meurer W, Corral M, Rothenberg C, Chaturvedi A, Goyal P, Venkatesh A. Clinical Performance Measures for Emergency Department Care for Adults With Intracranial Hemorrhage. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 82: 258-269. PMID: 37074253, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.03.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntracranial hemorrhageAcute neurologic emergenciesEmergency department careNontraumatic intracranial hemorrhageCare of patientsClinical performance measuresCommunity EDNeurologic emergencySyndromic approachEmergency departmentEvidence-based targetsHyperacute phaseWarrants further developmentWorkgroup of expertsQuality improvement resourcesCare processesReview of dataQuality improvementHemorrhageInternal quality improvementCareNational sampleBroad implementationEDImprovement resources