2023
Sociodemographic Disparities in Queue Jumping for Emergency Department Care
Sangal R, Su H, Khidir H, Parwani V, Liebhardt B, Pinker E, Meng L, Venkatesh A, Ulrich A. Sociodemographic Disparities in Queue Jumping for Emergency Department Care. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2326338. PMID: 37505495, PMCID: PMC10383013, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.26338.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCross-sectional studyHigh acuityPatient demographicsSame acuityLatino ethnicityNon-Hispanic raceEmergency department careBed placementTime of triageNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic whitesED visitsPrimary outcomeED arrivalED patientsMedicaid insuranceMean ageTriage acuityStudy visitAcuity patientsSociodemographic disparitiesED outcomesHigher oddsMAIN OUTCOMECare accessInequities among patient placement in emergency department hallway treatment spaces
Tuffuor K, Su H, Meng L, Pinker E, Tarabar A, Van Tonder R, Chmura C, Parwani V, Venkatesh A, Sangal R. Inequities among patient placement in emergency department hallway treatment spaces. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 76: 70-74. PMID: 38006634, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.11.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEscalation of careAdjusted odds ratioED revisitsHallway bedsEmergency departmentHigher oddsPatient placementPatient insurance coverageSocial risk factorsPatient social factorsDischarge AMAED visitsSecondary outcomesPatient agePatient demographicsPrimary outcomeMale sexPatient sexTreatment spaceED censusFemale sexRisk factorsOdds ratioED staffingObservational studyCorrelations among common emergency medicine physician performance measures: Mixed messages or balancing forces?
Scofi J, Underriner E, Sangal R, Rothenberg C, Patel A, Pickens A, Sather J, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Venkatesh A. Correlations among common emergency medicine physician performance measures: Mixed messages or balancing forces? The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 72: 58-63. PMID: 37481955, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.07.021.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Who is coming in? Evaluation of physician performance within multi-physician emergency departments
Sangal R, Teresi R, Dashevsky M, Ulrich A, Tarabar A, Parwani V, Van Tonder R, King M, Venkatesh A. Who is coming in? Evaluation of physician performance within multi-physician emergency departments. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2025, 90: 9-15. PMID: 39793122, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2025.01.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhysician performancePhysician behaviorAdmission ratesEvaluation of physician performanceED operational efficiencyAttending teamPhysician ordersED throughputStaffing modelsED visitsED revisitsCo-attendanceLinear regression modelsAverage attendancePatient LOSEmergency departmentPatient lengthPhysician workPatients treated per hourPhysiciansAttendanceImaging testsImaging utilizationRegression modelsPatient data
2022
Prehospital emergency department care activations during the initial COVID-19 pandemic surge.
Leff R, Fleming-Nouri A, Venkatesh AK, Parwani V, Rothenberg C, Sangal RB, Flood CT, Goldenberg M, Wira C. Prehospital emergency department care activations during the initial COVID-19 pandemic surge. American Journal Of Disaster Medicine 2022, 17: 23-39. PMID: 35913181, DOI: 10.5055/ajdm.2022.0417.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 hospital admissionsCOVID-19 pandemic surgeTotal ED volumeNumber of patientsCOVID-19 hospitalizationScatterplot smoothing curvesPublic health measuresCritical medical conditionPublic health emergencyPrehospital presentationStroke activationHospital admissionPrimary outcomeTrauma activationsUrban EDAcademic EDCOVID-19 casesPrehospital settingClinical indicationsType of presentationMedical conditionsED volumePandemic surgeAbsolute decreaseHealth measures
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