2024
Emergency Department Visits Among Patients With Dementia Before and After Diagnosis
Gettel C, Song Y, Rothenberg C, Kitchen C, Gilmore-Bykovskyi A, Fried T, Brody A, Nothelle S, Wolff J, Venkatesh A. Emergency Department Visits Among Patients With Dementia Before and After Diagnosis. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2439421. PMID: 39401040, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.39421.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient Priorities Care Increases Long-Term Service and Support Use: Propensity Match Cohort Study
Samper-Ternent R, Razjouyan J, Dindo L, Halaszynski J, Silva J, Fried T, Naik A. Patient Priorities Care Increases Long-Term Service and Support Use: Propensity Match Cohort Study. Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association 2024, 25: 751-756. PMID: 38320742, PMCID: PMC11137700, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2023.12.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient Priorities CareLTSS useUsual care groupVeterans Health AdministrationHealth priorityEmergency departmentCare groupElectronic medical record notesUrgent care usePropensity-matched veteransSocial workersUrgent care visitsMedical record notesQuasi-experimental studyEvidence-based approachCare visitsCare usePriority carePatient prioritiesIntervention groupPropensity-matched controlsUrgent careCare increasesAssociated with higher EDHealth Administration
2023
Development of the COMET tool: Caregiver‐reported Outcome Measure for Emergency care Transitions
Gettel C, Galske J, Uzamere I, Serina P, Hernandez‐Bigos K, Mane S, Chen K, Ottilie‐Kovelman S, Sandoval J, Venkatesh A, Cohen A, Monin J, Fried T, Hwang U. Development of the COMET tool: Caregiver‐reported Outcome Measure for Emergency care Transitions. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2023, 19 DOI: 10.1002/alz.074213.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCare transitionsOutcome measuresCare partnersED discharge processPhase 3Results Phase 1Phase 2Health care systemPhase 1Candidate itemsAcute illnessED encountersEmergency departmentCare considerationsPhase 4Outcome assessmentConclusion DevelopmentScreening toolCare systemResearch team membersContent validityPoor communicationEDMultidisciplinary stakeholdersDelphi approach