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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 ...
February 3, 2011 | Toolkit/Story
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital reduced turnaround time for low-acuity "fast track" patients to 90 minutes.
February 3, 2011 | Toolkit/Story
Hahnemann University Hospital attempted to replace a four-level triage with the five-level ESI triage.
January 26, 2011 | Program Result
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Emergency Department Consistent Care Program was established under the Foundation's Access Initiative, which awarded grants to 18 sites participating in the Covering Kids & Families national program.
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 ...
October 22, 2008 | Journal Article
Common assumptions made in published literature about uninsured patients that present to emergency departments (EDs) are often not supported by data, or apply to both uninsured and insured ED patients.
January 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Recommended Reading Why Do Parents Bring Children to the Emergency Department for Nonurgent Conditions? Characteristics of Frequent Users of Emergency Departments Do Reductions in Medicaid/SCHIP Enrollment Increase Emergency Department Use Among Low ...