2023
Choice Architecture to Assist Clinicians with Appropriate COVID-19 Test Ordering
Sangal R, Venkatesh A, Cahill J, Pettker C, Peaper D. Choice Architecture to Assist Clinicians with Appropriate COVID-19 Test Ordering. The Journal Of Applied Laboratory Medicine 2023, 8: 98-105. PMID: 36610419, DOI: 10.1093/jalm/jfac104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRSV testingSymptomatic visitsED visitsSARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid amplification testsCOVID-19Respiratory syncytial virus testingNucleic acid amplification testsElectronic health record ordersSystems-based interventionsSARS-CoV-2Symptomatic patientsPrimary outcomeInfluenza testingClinical guidelinesClinician educationClinician practiceVirus testingAmplification testsPatientsTest orderingInstitutional guidelinesClinical needHospital systemVisitsTesting patterns
2021
Universal SARS-CoV-2 Testing of Emergency Department Admissions Increases Emergency Department Length of Stay
Sangal RB, Peaper DR, Rothenberg C, Landry ML, Sussman LS, Martinello RA, Ulrich A, Venkatesh AK. Universal SARS-CoV-2 Testing of Emergency Department Admissions Increases Emergency Department Length of Stay. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 79: 182-186. PMID: 34756452, PMCID: PMC8424016, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.09.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCOVID-19COVID-19 TestingEmergency Service, HospitalHumansLength of StayPandemicsSARS-CoV-2United StatesConceptsSARS-CoV-2 testingUniversal SARS-CoV-2 testingEmergency department lengthAdmission lengthED admissionPositivity rateSARS-CoV-2 testAcademic health systemCOVID-19 prevalenceSecondary outcomesED lengthPrevention needsED boardingPatientsStayPositive casesClinical costsHealth systemAdmissionTesting policiesContainment effortsTestingPrevalenceTesting changesPositivityReal-world assessment of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nasopharyngeal swab testing in a region with a high burden of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Sangal RB, Peaper DR, Rothenberg C, Fadlallah H, Mobolaji-Lawal M, Landry ML, Sussman LS, Ulrich A, Venkatesh AK. Real-world assessment of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nasopharyngeal swab testing in a region with a high burden of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2021, 43: 1051-1053. PMID: 33823949, PMCID: PMC8111191, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.153.Peer-Reviewed Original Research