In many low- or middle-income countries (LMICs), general clinicians provide most emergency medical care. The modules discussed in this project are part of a larger …
[Introduction] The large quantities of material waste generated by facilities contribute to the carbon footprint of the healthcare system. Unused, packaged medical supplies may constitute …
Ultrasound guided regional pain blocks are safe and effective in the Emergency Department setting; however, there is currently no textbook specifically geared towards emergency physicians …
Background: Overdose rates remain at record levels, further necessitating interventions appropriate to patient condition and substance exposure. Polysubstance exposure, both intentional and unintentional, complicates clinical …
A small fraction of frequent Emergency Department (ED) users contributes disproportionately to ED visits. Frequent ED users are at higher risk of poor healthcare outcomes. …
Emergency department (ED) re-visits from a small segment of the population represent a large proportion of all ED visits. Certain patient populations – such as …
While there have been a number of successes in designing clinical decision support (CDS) tools that leverage big data analytics, many of these models remain …
Hospital Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) are central medical imaging repositories. Traditional clinical and research workflows involve tedious, manual interaction with PACS to review …
Background: Healthcare facilities generate significant amounts of waste. Inefficient and inaccurate disposal of healthcare waste increases hospitals’ cost for waste hauling and contributes significantly to …
Background: Healthcare contributes 10% of US greenhouse gases and generates 4 billion pounds of waste each year. Reducing healthcare waste can reduce the environmental impact …
The coronaviruses (CoV) are a group of large, enveloped, positive-sense, ssRNA viruses belonging to the family Coronaviridae. To date, seven coronaviruses have been identified in …
Patients in the Emergency Department (ED) face numerous barriers to quality care, including poor transparency into their care workflow. Here, we outline a methodology to …
Language barriers in pediatric healthcare settings significantly impact patient and family experiences as well as healthcare. Nowhere is this more true than in the pediatric …
Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), an RNA virus from the Paramyoviridae family identified in 2001 has been seen primarily as a cause of morbidity in children. Recently, …
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States. TBI results in 2.87 million emergency department visits per …
Background: Emergency department (ED) visits for opioid overdoses continue to rise across the United States, particularly among Black, Latinx, and American Indian/Native American communities. A …
Introduction: Acute Diarrhea is the 5th leading cause of disability adjusted life-years (DALYs) and accounts for 1.65 million deaths worldwide every year. Low and middle …
The following retrospective study aimed to elucidate some of these connections between sex, thrombotic complications, and COVID-19 through the analysis of 1380 COVID-positive patient records …
