2024
A Prehospital Quality Improvement Framework to Reduce Mortality and Other Harms Associated with Opioid Use Disorder
Glenn M, Crowe R, Dorsett M, Taigman M, Herring A, Mercer M, Joiner A, Venkatesh A, Davis C, Hawk K, Hern H, Carroll G, Cabañas J, D’Onofrio G, Samuels E. A Prehospital Quality Improvement Framework to Reduce Mortality and Other Harms Associated with Opioid Use Disorder. Prehospital Emergency Care 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-9. PMID: 39671519, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2024.2428671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency medical servicesOpioid use disorderQI frameworkQuality improvementHarm reductionQuality improvement frameworkHarms associated with opioid useEvidence-based practiceReduce mortalityReduce overdose deathsEscalating overdose crisisImproved frameworkMedical servicesMultidisciplinary teamOverdose crisisAddiction medicinePublic healthOverdose deathsSubject matter expertsPrehospitalOpioid useQuality measuresAdverse outcomesUse disorderHarm
2022
A Quality Framework to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Department Care
Khidir H, Salhi R, Sabbatini AK, Franks NM, Green A, Richardson LD, Terry A, Vasquez N, Goyal P, Kocher K, Venkatesh AK, Lin MP. A Quality Framework to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Department Care. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 81: 47-56. PMID: 36257864, PMCID: PMC9780164, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency careEthnic disparitiesHealth disparitiesCare deliveryHealth equityEmergency department careTransitions of careQuality improvement initiativesHealth care servicesEmergency care deliveryHealth care systemWhite patientsEmergency departmentEmergency physiciansAmerican CollegeCare servicesCare systemCareDisproportionate barriersHealth careImprovement initiativesQuality measuresPatientsEthnic groupsIterative discussions
2021
Fair Play: Application of Normalized Scoring to Emergency Department Throughput Quality Measures in a National Registry
Venkatesh A, Ravi S, Rothenberg C, Kinsman J, Sun J, Goyal P, Augustine J, Epstein SK. Fair Play: Application of Normalized Scoring to Emergency Department Throughput Quality Measures in a National Registry. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 77: 501-510. PMID: 33455841, PMCID: PMC9103009, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.10.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsED groupMultiple EDsNational registryPatient-centered quality measuresED visit volumeHigh-volume EDsEmergency department throughputRegistry data setsSingle EDAmerican CollegeVisit volumeED typeRegistryStandardized approachPerformance scoresIdentification numberVisitsEDAcceptable methodStandardized scoresGroup-level analysisQuality measuresGroupScoresPerformance programs