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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedBlecker S, Gavin NP, Park H
Observation units as substitutes for hospitalization or home discharge.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the availability of observation units on hospitalizations and discharges to home for emergency department (ED) patients. The authors concluded that half of ED visits for chest pain that resulted in an observation unit admission were made by patients who may have been discharged home had the observation unit not been available.
AHRQ-funded; HS023683.
Citation: Blecker S, Gavin NP, Park H .
Observation units as substitutes for hospitalization or home discharge.
Ann Emerg Med 2016 Jun;67(6):706-13.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.10.025.
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Keywords: Hospitalization, Hospital Discharge, Emergency Department, Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Shy BD, Kim EY, Genes NG
Increased identification of emergency department 72-hour returns using multihospital health information exchange.
The authors tested the use of a health information exchange (HIE) to improve identification of 72-hour return visits compared to individual hospitals' site-specific data. They found that HIE increased the identification ability of 72-hour ED return analyses by a mean of 11.16% compared with site-specific (no HIE) analyses. They concluded that their analysis demonstrates incremental improvements in the ability to identify early ED returns using increasing levels of HIE data aggregation.
AHRQ-funded; HS021261.
Citation: Shy BD, Kim EY, Genes NG .
Increased identification of emergency department 72-hour returns using multihospital health information exchange.
Acad Emerg Med 2016 May;23(5):645-9. doi: 10.1111/acem.12954.
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Keywords: Emergency Department, Health Information Exchange (HIE), Hospital Discharge, Hospital Readmissions