2019
Electronic Health Record–Assisted Reflex Urine Culture Testing Improves Emergency Department Diagnostic Efficiency
Coughlin RF, Peaper D, Rothenberg C, Golden M, Landry ML, Cotton J, Parwani V, Shapiro M, Ulrich A, Venkatesh AK. Electronic Health Record–Assisted Reflex Urine Culture Testing Improves Emergency Department Diagnostic Efficiency. American Journal Of Medical Quality 2019, 35: 252-257. PMID: 31296024, DOI: 10.1177/1062860619861947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrine culture ordersUrine culture testingED visitsUrine cultureEmergency departmentDiagnostic yieldCulture ordersCulture testingUrine culture utilizationClinical decision support toolElectronic health recordsSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeTest utilizationHealth recordsSignificant decreaseDiagnostic efficiencyMean numberVisitsCulture utilizationOutcomesTesting algorithm
2018
Opening of Psychiatric Observation Unit Eases Boarding Crisis
Parwani V, Tinloy B, Ulrich A, D'Onofrio G, Goldenberg M, Rothenberg C, Patel A, Venkatesh A. Opening of Psychiatric Observation Unit Eases Boarding Crisis. Academic Emergency Medicine 2018, 25: 456-460. PMID: 29266537, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsED LOSLength of stayMedian ED LOSTotal LOSPsychiatric admission ratesCrisis intervention unitSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeObservation unitAdmission ratesPrimary analysisTertiary care academic medical centerPsychiatric chief complaintsBehavioral health staffInpatient psychiatric bedsAcute psychiatric careAcademic medical centerHours of careEmergency department boardingAdult EDAdult patientsPreintervention periodChief complaintPediatric hospitalInpatient admissions
2017
Quality of Septic Shock Care in the Emergency Department: Perceptions Versus Reality
Roh J, Rothenberg C, Patel A, Sather J, Venkatesh AK. Quality of Septic Shock Care in the Emergency Department: Perceptions Versus Reality. The Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety 2017, 43: 548-549. PMID: 28942780, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2017.05.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcademic Medical CentersCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Service, HospitalGuideline AdherenceHospitals, UrbanHumansOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePersonnel, HospitalPractice Guidelines as TopicQuality Indicators, Health CareQuality of Health CareSelf-AssessmentShock, SepticTime FactorsUnited States