RWJF Scholar Study: Improved Access to Primary Care Might Not Deter Frequent Emergency Department Use Without Improved Social Services
May 10, 2013 | Story
New research dispels myths about emergency room super-users.
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What Drives Frequent Emergency Department Use in an Integrated Health System? National Data From the Veterans Health Administration
April 11, 2013 | Journal Article
The sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with frequent ED use within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) are examined in this study.
Comparison of Presenting Complaint vs Discharge Diagnosis for Identifying "Nonemergency" Emergency Department Visits
March 20, 2013 | Journal Article
Emergency department complaints on presenting at an emergency department often do not match up with a patient’s diagnosis on discharge.
New Evidence: Longer May Be Better for Cardiac Resuscitation
September 5, 2012 | Story
Clinical Scholar offers guidance for emergency care teams and surprising news on neurological outcomes.
In Cardiac Resuscitation Less is Not More
September 4, 2012 | News Release
RWJF-supported research challenges conventional wisdom that longer resuscitation efforts may be futile.
In Aurora, A Massacre Becomes a Miracle, and Then Patients Help Doctors Heal
August 13, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
I wasn’t even supposed to work that night. I had finished a long day of meetings, and found out at 6:30 pm that my colleague, who had called in sick twice in 40 years, had influenza and he knew it was best not to expose Emergency Department (ED) pat ...
Ambulance Diversion, ER Crowding, and How It Affects You
July 7, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
To make matters worse, overloaded ERs are more common than they used to be – at least in part because some hospitals are closing down their emergency departments. Another recent study we published in JAMA (covered in the New York Times on May 18, 20 ...
RWJF Clinical Scholar's New Column on TIME.com Brings Insights on Care and Research to Broad Audience
April 7, 2011 | Story
Zachary Meisel, M.D., puts his emergency department experience to work helping readers understand doctors' choices and the need to translate research into policy.
Physician Faculty Scholar Studies Compliance with Illinois Law Requiring Prompt Transport of Trauma Patients
January 4, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Marie Crandall, M.D., M.P.H., RWJF Physician Faculty Scholar (2008-2011), has an article in the December 2010 Archives of Surgery, in which she reports findings from her research into whether seriously injured trauma patients in Illinois are being t ...
Prediction of Critical Illness During Out-of-Hospital Emergency Care
August 18, 2010 | Journal Article
In a retrospective study of emergency patients without traumatic injury or cardiac arrest, researchers were able to develop a critical illness score to reasonably predict which patients would require services of a regional critical care center.