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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedChen SI, Wang Y, Dreyer R
Insurance and prehospital delay in patients </=55 years with acute myocardial infarction.
The authors assessed whether gender differences in health insurance help explain gender differences in delay in seeking care for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the US and in Spain. They concluded that in the US, women were more likely than men to delay, although it was not explained by differences in insurance status. Further, the lack of gender differences in prehospital delays in Spain suggests that these differences may vary by health care system and culture.
AHRQ-funded; HS023000.
Citation: Chen SI, Wang Y, Dreyer R .
Insurance and prehospital delay in patients </=55 years with acute myocardial infarction.
Am J Cardiol 2015 Dec 15;116(12):1827-32. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.09.018.
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Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Health Insurance, Heart Disease and Health, Sex Factors
McGeorge N, Hedge S, Berg RL
Assessment of innovative emergency department information displays in a clinical simulation center.
The authors assessed the functional utility of new display concepts for an emergency department information system created using cognitive systems engineering methods, by comparing them to similar displays currently in use. They found that participants using the new displays showed improved situation awareness, demonstrating that cognitive systems engineering methods can be used to create innovative displays that better support emergency medicine tasks, without increasing workload, compared to more standard displays.
AHRQ-funded; HS020433.
Citation: McGeorge N, Hedge S, Berg RL .
Assessment of innovative emergency department information displays in a clinical simulation center.
J Cogn Eng Decis Mak 2015 Dec;9(4):329-46. doi: 10.1177/1555343415613723.
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Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Emergency Department, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Health Information Technology (HIT)
Tataris KL, Mercer MP, Govindarajan P
Prehospital aspirin administration for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the USA: an EMS quality assessment using the NEMSIS 2011 database.
The researchers sought to determine (1) the proportion of patients with suspected cardiac ischaemia who received aspirin and (2) patient and prehospital characteristics that independently predicted administration of aspirin. Patients living in the Southern region of the USA and patients with governmental (federally administered such as Veteran's Health Care, but not Medicare or Medicaid) insurance had the lowest odds of receiving aspirin.
AHRQ-funded; HS017965.
Citation: Tataris KL, Mercer MP, Govindarajan P .
Prehospital aspirin administration for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the USA: an EMS quality assessment using the NEMSIS 2011 database.
Emerg Med J 2015 Nov;32(11):876-81. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2014-204299.
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Keywords: Cardiovascular Conditions, Care Management, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Heart Disease and Health, Healthcare Delivery, Medication