Articles: emergency-services.
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The fee-for-service funding model for US emergency department (ED) clinician groups is increasingly fragile. Traditional fee-for-service payment systems offer no financial incentives to improve quality, address population health, or make value-based clinical decisions. Fee-for-service also does not support maintaining ED capacity to handle peak demand periods. ⋯ The model could also be combined with population health programs (eg, pre-ED and post-ED telehealth, frequent ED use programs, and other innovations), offering significant payer returns and addressing quality and value. A linked program could also change hospital incentives that contribute to boarding. Strategies exist to test and refine ED clinician global budgets through existing government programs in Maryland and potentially through state-level legislation as a precursor to broader adoption.
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In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the early and accurate identification of patients at risk of deterioration was crucial in overcrowded and resource-limited emergency departments. This study conducts an external validation for the evaluation of the performance of the National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2), the S/F ratio, and the ROX index at ED admission in a large cohort of COVID-19 patients from Colombia, South America, assessing the net clinical benefit with decision curve analysis. ⋯ The NEWS2, S/F ratio, and ROX index at ED admission have good discriminatory performances in COVID-19 patients for the prediction of adverse outcomes, but the NEWS2 score has a higher net benefit underscoring its clinical utility in optimizing patient management and resource allocation in emergency settings.
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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is characterized by microvascular occlusion which leads to multiorgan damage, including left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction has been shown to be an independent risk factor for death in SCD patients. Left atrial dilation (LAD) has been used as a surrogate marker for identification of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. ⋯ LAD was associated with higher ED utilization, lower hemoglobin level, and more hemolysis in patients with SCD.
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Pediatric emergency care · Sep 2024
Characterizing Point-of-Care Ultrasound Credentialing in Pediatric Emergency Departments.
It is unclear which pediatric emergency departments (PEDs) have a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) credentialing process or if this process is consistent per expert guidelines. Our objective was to describe formalized POCUS credentialing processes across PEDs that are active in the pediatric emergency medicine POCUS (P2) Network. ⋯ Among PEDs surveyed, there was a lack of standardization of POCUS resources and components of credentialing. Incentives may be beneficial in improving credentialing faculty and standardizing the credentialing process.
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Pediatric emergency care · Sep 2024
The Barriers to Recognizing and Reporting Child Physical Abuse by Emergency Physicians and Associated Factors.
Although the reporting rate of child abuse is increasing every year, the child abuse detection rate is 3.81% as of 2019 in Korea, which is significantly lower than that of developed countries for child rights. ⋯ Physicians in pediatric emergency departments demonstrated a tendency for more proactive reporting suspected cases of child abuse.