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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.
September 5, 2012 | Story
Clinical Scholar offers guidance for emergency care teams and surprising news on neurological outcomes.
September 4, 2012 | News Release
RWJF-supported research challenges conventional wisdom that longer resuscitation efforts may be futile.
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 ...
May 15, 2012 | Story
Recommended Reading From Comparative Effectiveness Research to Patient-Centered Outcomes Research It would seem to be conventional wisdom that providing high-quality emergency room care is a critical part of protecting the overall health of the publ ...
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 ...
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.
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.
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Emergency physician Adam Landman—a former corporate consultant with a background in information systems—is eager to re-enter the digital age. He is tired of writing scripts, thumbing through paper records and trying to decipher his colleagues’ handw ...
February 10, 2011 | Story
related websites Learn more about the RWJF Clinical Scholars program. For an overview of RWJF scholar and fellow opportunities, visit www.RWJFLeaders.org. The emergency department is, by definition, a place where patients can go to get urgent medica ...