2022
Hospital Occupancy and Emergency Department Boarding During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Janke AT, Melnick ER, Venkatesh AK. Hospital Occupancy and Emergency Department Boarding During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2233964. PMID: 36178691, PMCID: PMC9526134, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.33964.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency department boardingHospital occupancyCross-sectional studyCOVID-19 pandemicPandemicA Learning Health System Agenda for Organizational Approaches to Enhancing Occupational Well-being Among Clinicians
Rotenstein LS, Melnick ER, Sinsky CA. A Learning Health System Agenda for Organizational Approaches to Enhancing Occupational Well-being Among Clinicians. JAMA 2022, 327: 2079-2080. PMID: 35551325, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.7461.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Trends in Electronic Health Record Inbox Messaging During the COVID-19 Pandemic in an Ambulatory Practice Network in New England
Nath B, Williams B, Jeffery MM, O’Connell R, Goldstein R, Sinsky CA, Melnick ER. Trends in Electronic Health Record Inbox Messaging During the COVID-19 Pandemic in an Ambulatory Practice Network in New England. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2131490. PMID: 34636917, PMCID: PMC8511977, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.31490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency Department Visits for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Six US Health Care Systems
Soares WE, Melnick ER, Nath B, D'Onofrio G, Paek H, Skains RM, Walter LA, Casey MF, Napoli A, Hoppe JA, Jeffery MM. Emergency Department Visits for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Six US Health Care Systems. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 79: 158-167. PMID: 34119326, PMCID: PMC8449788, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.03.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care systemCause ED visitsNonfatal opioid overdoseED visitsOpioid use disorderCare systemOpioid overdoseUse disordersCOVID-19 pandemicOpioid-related complicationsEmergency department visitsHospital-based interventionsED visit ratesEmergency department utilizationVisit countsUS health care systemOpioid overdose ratesDepartment visitsHistorical controlsAdult visitsOpioid overdosesOverdose ratesMedical emergencyVisit ratesMore weeks
2020
Trends in Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Admissions in Health Care Systems in 5 States in the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US
Jeffery MM, D’Onofrio G, Paek H, Platts-Mills TF, Soares WE, Hoppe JA, Genes N, Nath B, Melnick ER. Trends in Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Admissions in Health Care Systems in 5 States in the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US. JAMA Internal Medicine 2020, 180: 1328-1333. PMID: 32744612, PMCID: PMC7400214, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital admission ratesEmergency department visitsED visitsHealth care systemAdmission ratesDepartment visitsHospital admissionCare systemCOVID-19 pandemicLarge health care systemAcute care deliveryCross-sectional studyAnnual ED volumeCoronavirus disease 2019Daily ED visitsInflux of patientsPublic health officialsCOVID-19 case ratesCOVID-19 casesNational public healthDisease 2019MAIN OUTCOMEED volumeSerious symptomsContagious infection