CONCLUSION: Although the number of participants in this study does not allow for robust analysis of efficacy of the program offered, it does indicate that there is merit in continuing to develop brief intervention case management models to support behaviour change programmes in hospital EDs. This pocket book succinctly describes 400 errors commonly made by attendings, residents, medical students, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in the emergency department, and gives practical, easy-to-remember tips for avoiding ... Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2010: national estimates of drug-related emergency department visits. Attempts to reduce dissatisfaction with emergency care should focus on caregiver conduct and attitudes. Introduction: Pain accounts for the majority of attendances to the Emergency Department (ED), with insufficient alleviation of symptoms resulting in repeated attendance. Found inside – Page 224... this would reduce visits to emergency departments, particularly out of hours. ... termed frequent flyers who are admitted several times within a year. Use of community health workers (CHWs) to obtain health, social, and environmental information from African-American inner-city children with asthma was one component of a larger intervention study designed to reduce morbidity in African-American children with asthma. New to this edition is an analysis of how the shortcomings of both so-called Obamacare and Republican plans to privatize Medicare reinforce the need for applying the lessons of the VA. Also included are completely updated statistics and ... Those with recurrent exacerbations of a chronic medical condition could be managed through telemanagement programs. Utilization of US emergency rooms has been . The purpose of the emergency department (ED) care plan is to create institutional memory across numerous providers; make easily visible prior recurrent presentations and related testing; identify a patient's existing clinical, behavioral, and social services; and recommend strategies to promote safe, high-quality care in the ED. Results Typology of organizational innovation components: building blocks to improve access to primary healthcare for vulnerable populations. Patients were recruited from the discharge rolls of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) and/or the Maryland Diabetes Care Program from March 1992 to June 1994. Methods Utilization of US emergency rooms has been . Results Reducing frequent flyer emergency department visits. Patients who are frequently admitted to Medicine inpatient services comprise a distinct subset of readmitted patients about whom not much is known. Would you like email updates of new search results? We identified nine different types of interventions: care navigators [three studies – moderate GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations)], care planning (three studies – high), case finding (five studies – moderate), case management (four studies – high), front of accident and emergency general practice/front-door streaming model (one study – low), migrant support programme (one study – low), outreach services and teams (two studies – moderate), rapid access doctor/paramedic/urgent visiting services (one study – low) and urgent care clinics (one systematic review – moderate). Fully-updated edition of this award-winning textbook, arranged by presenting complaints with full-color images throughout. For students, residents, and emergency physicians. Accessing comprehensive and timely health care services in the U.S. continues to be a significant problem, particularly for low-income and socially marginalized groups in urban environments. hospital emergency department visits, were for mental health disorders, substance use or both. Over the last decade, data on ED visits grew exponentially, yielding more than 137 million visits, and while cost estimates vary across the nation, an estimated 39 billion/annually But they are not the only ones using it for non-urgent healthcare needs. Factors associated with inappropriate use of emergency departments: findings from a cross-sectional national study in France. Adult Emergency Medicine at a Glance is: A concise, visually orientated course in emergency medicine that is perfect for both study and revision Organised around symptoms: 'Short of Breath', rather than diagnoses: 'Pneumonia' Focused on the ... (2007). By Michael Silverman, MD and J.J. Sverha, MD ON May 18, 2016. It is therefore urgent to develop technical and methodological tools to study and anticipate areas that may face services' shortage. This was a systematic review of interventions based outside the ED aimed at reducing ED use. By using our site, you agree to our collection of information through the use of cookies. The effectiveness of a community health worker outreach program on healthcare utilization of west Baltimore City Medicaid patients with diabetes, with or without hypertension, State of Evaluation: Community Health Workers. Overcrowding in emergency departments is a problem in many countries around the world, including the United States and Chile. Even more significant is . 8600 Rockville Pike Unable to load your collection due to an error, Unable to load your delegates due to an error. The evidence highlights that vulnerable populations encompass different subgroups with potentially differing needs, and also that interventions seem particularly context sensitive. Rigorous evaluation of UK initiatives is required, including a specific need for economic evaluations and for studies that incorporate effects on the wider emergency and urgent care system. Community health workers have been used in health centers for several decades. Patients who attend the Emergency Department frequently should be treated with the same care and respect as other patients. Reducing Frequent Flyer Emergency Department Visits more. Jacqueline Martinez. Design: Observational study of frequently hospitalized patients defined as 4 or more admissions over a 6-month period, with hospitalization defined as nonelective admission to the hospital. The initial typology was then field-tested for relevance and usability by health system stakeholders and refined from 2014 to 2018 (e.g., combined similar components, excluded non-organizational components). They perform many functions, including outreach and case finding, health education, translation, patient transportation, and case management (under the supervision of a nurse or social worker). BP screenings identified potential participants with HBP. It makes us question the appropriateness of the concept of inappropriate ED use as it does not consider the distress experienced by the patient, and segments of society seem to have few other choices to access healthcare than the ED. Rationale To identify the needs and contributory factors that drive patients—without a primary care provider—to seek non-urgent medical care at the emergency department, a cause and effect analysis was conducted. BMJ Qual Saf. This was a systematic review of interventions based outside the ED aimed at reducing ED use. visits (8%) in a year (2013). Individualized care management plans may be useful for all, especially the latter two groups. To begin to address these problems, the Northern Manhattan Community Voices partners have turned to health priority specialists (HPSs) and community health workers (CHWs) to help reduce emergency department visits for care that would better be delivered in clinics or provider offices. View Article Google Scholar 51. . Reducing frequent flyer emergency . Adverse Drug Events from Antibiotics. Emergency department (ED) visits are costly. Likelihood of inappropriate use was not associated with county medical density. [13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. Future work Kumar GS, Klein R. Effectiveness of case management strategies in reducing emergency department visits in frequent user patient populations: a systematic review. National demands to eliminate health disparities and recent socioeconomic pressures have focused attention on use of CHWs to improve community health. Ideally, these mobile crisis units work together with local law enforcement when emergency services are called. Assess impact of community health workers (CHWs) on healthcare utilization of African-American Medicaid patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) with/without hypertension (HTN). For press releases and official statements from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) prior to 2017, please contact ACEP's PR Department at pr@acep.org. Found inside – Page 17These patients are referred to in the industry as “frequent flyers” because ... in preventable readmissions and unnecessary emergency department visits. A pilot study of emergency medical technicians' field assessment of intoxicated patients' need for ED care. However, we also note that accessibility scores greatly diminish with distance. May 19, 2014 - Access to healthcare through the emergency department presents an avenue for people not necessarily suffering from the life- and limb-threatening conditions such departments are designed to address. Ann Intern Med 2002;136:243-6. Found inside – Page 3Unlike other common avoid becoming ill with the flu , respiratory illnesses , the flu can reduce the severity of the disease cause fatigue lasting several ... Found insideNew to This Edition *Incorporates a decade's worth of extensive clinical research. *Fully revised with a greater focus on CAMS as a framework for clinical intervention--not just assessment. *In-depth case example followed throughout the ... The review, published in the journal Academic Emergency Medicine, notes that many studies have explored the effect of interventions . There are a smaller number of studies documenting outcomes in the areas of increased health knowledge, improved health status outcomes, and behavioral changes, with inconclusive results. Frequent attenders to an emergency department: A study of primary health care use, medical profile, and psychosocial characteristics. Michelen, Martinez, Lee, and Wheeler 59 Reducing Frequent Flyer Emergency Department Visits Walid Michelen, MD Jacqueline Martinez, MPH Anita Lee, RPh, MPH Darrell P. Wheeler, PhD, MPH, ACSW Abstract: Accessing comprehensive and timely health care services in the U.S. continues to be a significant problem, particularly for low-income and socially marginalized groups in urban environments. The tailored intervention was most effective for the traditionally hard-to-reach: men, the poor, and the unmarried. Background Found inside – Page 1936if possible, to minimize risk of aspiration. ... with more ED visits for disadvantaged populations.46 High users are a group of patients who present to the ... by jacqueline martinez. Additionally, they reported a decrease in psychological distress and a positive increase in their quality of life. The National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research programme. 2016 Oct 10;15(1):168. doi: 10.1186/s12939-016-0459-9. 2012;44(3):717-729 . An a priori protocol was published in PROSPERO. Lesley J. J. Soril, Affiliations The Department Community Health Sciences, Teaching Research and Wellness Building, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Institute for Public Health, Teaching Research and Wellness Building, 3280 Hospital . I can recall writing a note in Walter's chart like it was yesterday [1]. The Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights. Number of visits per 100 persons: 40.4. case finding, case management and care navigators), making it difficult to isolate the effect of any single component. self-care and management of chronic diseases), education about the health care system, counselling (social and emotional), and referral to specialist outpatient services can lead to significant improvements in health, welfare, and substance use outcomes, The inequitable spatial distribution of health resources is a major public health problem because it exacerbates the spatial disparities of access and use of health services. Setting: The impact of community health worker training and programs in NYC. Dear Director: Our RNs roll their eyes when they see certain chronic pain patients on the tracker. ]. Improvement in blood pressure control in a low income, minority community was attempted by adding a counseling approach to physician care. A hospital in Maryland has come up with a novel solution for patients who are "frequent flyers," politically correctly termed "super utilizers," in its emergency room. DENVER — "Frequent flyers," or frequent users of the emergency department, do not have higher rates of non-urgent visits than typical ER patients, according to several new studies released today . Emergency medicine . An emergency department-initiated, web-based, multidisciplinary approach to decreasing emergency department visits by the top frequent visitors using patient care plans. The study examines the spatial accessibility to mental health services in the Island of Montreal. Unnecessary ED visits from chronically ill patients cost $8.3 billion. the challenges of a group of patients responsible for a disproportionate number of emergency room visits : the emergency department frequent users. We carried out a detailed intervention analysis, using an adapted version of the TIDieR (Template for Intervention Description and Replication) framework for describing interventions, and an analysis of current NHS practice initiatives. Adults released from prison often have complex health needs. Based on this review, FPs were defined as those patients having 8 or more attendances in a 12 month period and NFPs as those with 5 or less. Millions of Americans visit the emergency room (ER) for non-urgent care. Current deployment challenges include maintaining adequate database performance despite complex queries, replacing large numbers of computers that cannot run modern Web browsers, and training users that have never logged onto the Web. 2006 Feb;17(1 Suppl):6-15. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0015. Objectives: To determine how much CHWs would need to reduce emergency department (ED) visits and associated hospitalizations among their assigned patients to be cost-neutral from a payer's perspective. Descriptive statistics and multilevel logistic regression were used to examine determinants of inappropriate ED use, estimating adjusted ORs and 95% CIs. At 6-month assessment, 3 interventions were significantly correlated with decreased ED usage: providing health education (pearson correlation = .299; p = .000; N = 177; mean = .02), teaching patients how to use the health care system (pearson correlation = .259; p = .001; N = 177; mean = .01), and providing counseling on social/emotional issues (pearson correlation = .408; p = .000; N = 177; mean = .01). Behavioral Health visits to EDs are increasing at the rate of 9% a year, often due to budget reductions Because some visits are preventable, they may indicate poor care management, inadequate access to care, or poor choices on the part of patients (Dowd, et al., 2014).ED visits for conditions that are preventable or treatable with appropriate primary care lower health system efficiency and raise costs (Enard & Ganelin, 2013). 88 (1994). 15 Of the 16 included studies, there was overall uncertainty regarding the effectiveness of interventions aiming to reduce UEC use, with five studies indicating a reduction in service use 16,17, ... 6,28 Provision of information and education around health issues for people with chronic illness also yields positive outcomes in minimising unnecessary ED attendance. Our initial typology yielded 48 components, classified according to accessibility dimensions from the Patient-Centred Accessibility Framework. Found inside – Page 402... FF (frequent flyer) for 1 patients with recurrent decompensations leading ... mo or 3 in last 6 mo) emergency department visits or hospitalizations for ... In 2010 the New York City. Conclusions People who frequently attend the ED are typically considered to be psychologically and socially vulnerable in addition to experiencing health difficulties. Methods: A mixed methods multi-pronged exploratory approach was used, involving staff interviews, focus groups, business data and case note analysis. Patients who frequently visit EDs sap the time and energy of nurses - and hospital resources. From beginning to end, "Emergency Department Case Management "will serve as the lead architect to help you design, build, and strengthen your ED case management model--order your copy today Learning objectives: Conceptualize a framework for ... Emergency department (ED) overcrowding has been a pain point in hospitals across the globe. Less than 6 months later accounts of this infamous patient's last days circulated though the hospital. Language: en. This method takes into account the whole population, which is considered as the potential demand. BACKGROUND: The Health and Wellbeing Connection (HWC) pilot study was undertaken by Richmond Services in partnership with Pegasus Health, Partnership Health and the Canterbury District Health Board. We conducted an initial mapping review to assess the quantity and nature of the published research evidence relating to seven vulnerable groups (socioeconomically deprived people and families, migrants, ethnic minority groups, the long-term unemployed/inactive, people with unstable housing situations, people living in rural/isolated areas and people with substance abuse disorders). A subset of 140 school-aged children with asthma was recruited and enrolled in a program to receive home visits by CHWs for the purposes of obtaining medical information and teaching basic asthma education to the families. Community health workers (CHWs) are indigenous, trusted, and respected members of the underserved community. The Hastings Center Report 2011;41:37-45. This indicates a need for a greater understanding of potential drivers for varying groups in specific localities. 2. A total of 2,543 (81%) responded to a telephone survey that used a structured questionnaire. Found inside – Page 211A 2008 qualitative study found that while almost half of ED physicians saw ... the ED as a possibility, 80% would not discriminate against “frequent flyers” ... Since the first edition of this textbook was published in 2017, health systems science has increasingly become integrated into medical education. This article reviews the databased literature on CHW effectiveness, which indicates preliminary support for CHWs in increasing access to care, particularly in underserved populations. ... None of the study populations was described in terms of being 'vulnerable'. Found inside – Page 67Emergency department (ED) crowding has become a major barrier to receiving timely ... Non-urgent visits, the frequent flyer patients and seasons of some ... Although the definition of what we consider "unnecessary" may be subject to interpretation, we generally include visits that could have been handled in a different setting as well as visits that could have been avoided through Our objective was to identify what interventions exist to manage use of the emergency and urgent care system by people from a prespecified list of vulnerable groups. At 12 months 91% of men were accounted for Over 50% of non-accessible areas are concentrated in the first quartile of deprivation and less than 10% are found in the fourth quartile, indicating good accessibility in severely deprived areas. Found insideYet, personal or local stories do not provide a comprehensive nationwide picture of our access to health care. Now, this book offers the long-awaited health equivalent of national economic indicators. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 41 (3), 309-318. doi: 10.1067/mem.2003.68. Number of emergency department visits resulting in admission to critical care unit: 2.3 million. The emergency department (ED) is the last-resort healthcare provider for many Americans, yet 5% of ED patients account for 25% of all the visits, 1 and 62% of all ED visits are for avoidable conditions. with the hospital boasting a 68 percent decrease from baseline in asthma-related emergency department visits and an . A reduction in health disparities can occur with enhanced CHW utilization. to help reduce emergency department visits for care that would better be delivered in clinics or provider offices. We identified 153 patients with a total of 781 nonelective hospitalizations, totaling greater than 4000 hospital days and with charges of approximately US$9 million during the 6 months. Multiple linear regression models and chi-squared tests were used to assess the association between age, sex, race, ICD-9 diagnosis groups, and comorbidity among program enrollees. Accessed April 15, 2013. Health experts say these . 2020 Jun;29(6):449-464. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009396. a clinic-based multidisciplinary team help cut frequent emergency department user visits dramatically. The aim of this study was to explore socioeconomic and geographical determinants of inappropriate ED use in France. Total emergency room (ER) visits declined by 40%; ER admissions to hospitals declined by 33%, as did total hospital admissions; and Medicaid reimbursements declined by 27%. Innovations targeted populations with various vulnerabilities (e.g., low income, chronic illness, Indigenous, homeless, migrants, refugees, ethnic minorities, uninsured, marginalized groups, mental illness, etc.). J Health Care Poor Underserved 17: 59-69. DENVER — "Frequent flyers," or frequent users of the emergency department, do not have higher rates of non-urgent visits than typical ER patients, according to several new studies released today . Objective The review of evaluation research relating to CHWs provides a preliminary state of the science for nurses to begin building an evidence-based practice. Over 40% of patients had comorbid mental health disease or chronic narcotic dependence. Reducing frequent flyer emergency department . In the first four months, visits by these 39 people to the Aurora Sinai emergency room fell . You can download the paper by clicking the button above. Revue d Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique. Br J Pain. Bookshelf We focused on adult patients (≥15 years old). Nearly all had insurance coverage and good outpatient follow-up (median of 7 appointments over the 6-month study period). In a sense, emergency departments were designed to treat a patient's current . Use of CHWs has fluctuated since the federal government first endorsed their use for expanded health access to the underserved in the 1960s. Many of these patients lack access to alternative care or assume the ED is the only place that can effectively meet their care needs. by jacqueline martinez. Reducing Frequent Flyer Emergency Department Visits. . Univariate analyses revealed that dissatisfaction was significantly related to ethnic group, patient education, hospital identity and geographic location, perceived comfort of ED facilities, registration expediency, waiting times, perceived competence and attitudes of caregivers, explanations provided, self-rated health status, and resolution of the problem that led to referral to the ED. ... 26 A pilot study of frequent ambulance callers suggested that case management was promising as a method to reduce the median call volume, although the authors highlighted the complex range of needs of patients. These findings point to distinct groups of patients who are frequently hospitalized, and therefore would benefit from tailored management strategies: Those with progression of end-stage disease comprised one-third of the group and targeting that subset with palliative care referrals could help decrease readmission rates. In general, accessibility to mental health services seems high in Montreal. We conducted a typological analysis of the data. Diagnosis Prevalence and Comorbidity in a Population of Mobile Integrated Community Health Care Patients - Volume 34 Issue 1 - Becca M. Scharf, Rick A. Bissell, Jamie L. Trevitt, J. Lee Jenkins Pediatrics. (2009). This site needs JavaScript to work properly. This paper . This training deficiency is beginning to be addressed as some departments are moving to require officers, or a subset of law enforcement agencies’ patrol units, to be trained to serve on Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT), but this is not yet universal. Disclaimer, National Library of Medicine Results These professionals routinely encounter the turmoil, panic, and pain in its rawest form and thus are often dealing with difficult and serious situations—perhaps even daily. Epub 2017 Jul 21. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 11 (4), 336-342. This typology offers a comprehensive menu of potential components that can help inform the design of pro-vulnerable organizational innovations. Adult inpatients on general medicine and medicine subspecialty services. model and inspiration for other communities. This chapter discusses the current picture of first responders’ work with individuals with mental illness and citizens experiencing mental health crises. Tool 13: ED Care Plan. The three best practice domains (therapeutic alliance, risk reduction and health care utilization) are proposed along with suggestions for using quality indicators to improve evaluation. "A wonderful picture of an important period in the practice of medicine in the United States." (from the Foreword by Peter Rosen, MD) Here is the very first book to comprehensively explore the evolution of the field of emergency medicine -- ... Mean BP changed from 153(16)/98(10) to 152(19)/94(11) mm Component classification according to the accessibility dimensions of the Patient-Centred Accessibility Framework is useful to help target access needs. Packed with relevant examples and detailed explanations, the book fully prepares readers to apply research methods in the practice of health program evaluation. They say that the MDs are all over the map as far as how we treat these patients, with many giving opioids - including . We sought to characterize this group including mortality rates, with the goal of better understanding this population. Search terms used included: frequent presenters, frequent flyers, frequent visitors, frequent attenders, re-presenters, readmissions and emergency department. 2017 Mar;32(3):325-344. doi: 10.1007/s11606-016-3922-9. Achieving equity of access to primary healthcare requires organizations to implement innovations tailored to the specific needs and abilities of vulnerable populations. 2018 Feb;12(1):10-19. doi: 10.1177/2049463717720635. This person is not on ResearchGate, or hasn't claimed this research yet. This paper examines data collected from an emergency department (ED) diversion program between January 2003 and December 2004 and examines the effects of interventions by HPSs and CHWs in relationship to ED usage among 711 patients. The preventable spending on unnecessary visits by 17 percent of ED patients was identified by Premier and marked a significant increase from the $4.4 . Found inside'This is a timely, challenging and fascinating book on a topic of central importance to the success or otherwise of our climate change policies. It sets down a clear marker for what has to be done in the aviation sector. We hypothesised that EHS contact would be associated with increased reincarceration risk. It may also be useful to improve caregiver communication skills, specifically with ethnic minorities and with patients who rate their health status as poor. Teach SJ, Guagliardo MF, Crain EF, McCarter RJ, Quint DM, Shao C, Joseph JG. Inappropriate use is a burden on healthcare costs and increases the risk of ED overcrowding. Although the raised expectations and higher goals have increased deployment costs, the end result is a far more functional, far more available system. A concise review of current research into suicide providing a guide to understanding this disease and its increasing incidence globally. Further, a small percentage of complex patients make up a . Results: We used Cox proportional hazards regression to examine the relationship between EHS episodes and reincarceration, controlling for covariates. Included studies referred to participants as being frequent users or frequent callers, 14,15,17. Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! This report introduces a behavioural concept known as patient activation, which captures an individual's skills, knowledge and confidence in taking on active roles. Emergency department (ED) overcrowding causes problems for patients and staff, including increased waiting times, increased ambulance diversion, increased length of stay, increased medical errors, increased patient mortality, and increased harm to hospitals due to . In addition, we searched for UK interventions and initiatives by examining press reports, commissioning plans and casebooks of ‘good practice’. Databases, including MEDLINE and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and other sources were searched between 2008 and 2018. Case management is an effective, short-term means to reduce emergency department (ED) visits in frequent users of the ED. Lowe RA, Fu R, Ong ET, McGinnis PB, Fagnan LJ, Vuckovic N, Gallia C. Med Care. Objective McHale et al. Method The French Emergency Survey was a nationwide cross-sectional survey . The frustrations associated with caring for these frequent visitors can reduce morale among the nursing staff4 and may precipitate violence in the . Reducing frequent flyer emergency department visits. Found insideWritten for a global audience, by an international team, the book provides practical, case-based emergency department leadership skills. 'Frequent flyer' visits drop with . The study group comprised a random sample of 3,152 of the 65,966 adult Israeli citizens discharged during November 1999 from emergency departments in 17 of the 32 acute care hospitals in Israel. 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