scholarly journals Anti‐racism in the emergency department: Past time to tackle racism in our health systems

Author(s):  
Laksmi Sakura Govindasamy ◽  
Emma Carlin
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (s1) ◽  
pp. 117-117
Author(s):  
Vladimir G. Manuel ◽  
Eran Halperin ◽  
Jeffrey Chiang ◽  
Kodi Taraszka ◽  
Laura Kim ◽  
...  

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Health care systems are complex, dynamic, and varied. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are enabling healthcare systems to use their own data to elicit patterns and design suitable interventions. To realize this potential, computer scientists and clinicians need an effective, practical, and replicable approach to collaboration METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: In this study, computer scientists partnered with clinicians to investigate predictors of avoidable emergency department use. The team sought an approach to computational medicine that could increase the relevance and impact of prediction to solve pressing problems in the health system. The team adopted an emergent architecture that engaged system leaders, computer scientists, data scientists, health services researchers, and practicing clinicians with deep ambulatory and inpatient knowledge to form the initial questions that shaped the prediction model; to understand nuances of coding and recording in source data and the implications for models; and to generate insights for promising points of intervention. The team recorded decisions and challenges as it progressed to analyze its function. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Most avoidance models focus on a narrow time period around target events, or on high cost patients and events. This interdisciplinary team used their insights into the health system’s workflows and patient population to adopt a longitudinal approach to their prediction models. They used AI to build models of behavior in the system and consider prevention points across clinical units, time, and place. The holistic, systemwide focus enabled the team to generate insights that the system leaders and subsequently specific clinical units could apply to improve value and outcomes. A facilitated team process using learning system and cooperative network principles allowed a large and modular interdisciplinary team to build a transparent AI modeling process that yielded actionable insights into hypercomplex workflows. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: An architecture for involving diverse stakeholders in computational medicine projects can increase the relevance and impact of AI for solving care delivery problems in complex health systems. Translational science and computational medicine programs can foster this type of engagement and encourage a whole system perspective.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Coen ◽  
Ciro Paolillo ◽  
Mario Cavazza ◽  
Gianfranco Cervellin ◽  
Andrea Bellone ◽  
...  

The world is facing a new pandemic that sets the national health systems, their structures and professionals in a crisis never experienced before. (...)


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Coen ◽  
Ivo Casagranda ◽  
Mario Cavazza ◽  
Gianfranco Cervellin ◽  
Lorenzo Ghiadoni ◽  
...  

Since a few years ago health systems in the western countries have a new problem to face: being a Medical Doctor (MD), especially a hospital or a general practice physician, is less and less appealing for the young generations. [...]


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roderick S. Hooker

AbstractIsraeli emergency medicine is undergoing change. The paramedic is experiencing high separation rates because the position is understaffed, overworked, and underpaid. Physician assistants (PAs) were introduced into the emergency department by training paramedics and to date they seem satisfied with this new role. Experience in other countries indicates that PAs can improve access to care, reduce errors, increase efficiency and have satisfying roles in health systems. The Israeli health system will need to determine if additional roles for PAs will be accepted by the public and physicians alike.


Author(s):  
Richard Hamblin ◽  
Carl Shuker

Tenbensel and colleagues identify that a target for emergency department (ED) stays in New Zealand met with gaming in response from local hospitals. The result is in line with studies in other jurisdictions. The enthusiasm for targets and tight performance measurement in some health systems reflects a lack of trust in professionals to do the right thing for altruistic reasons. However such measurement systems have failed to address this loss of trust and may, ironically, have worsened the situation. A more promising approach for both improving performance and restoring trust may depend upon collaboration and partnership between consumers, local providers, and central agencies in agreeing and tracking appropriate local responses to high level national goals rather than imposing tight, and potentially misleading measures from the centre.


2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura N Medford-Davis ◽  
Lawrence Chang ◽  
Karin V Rhodes

To determine whether emergency department patients want to share their medical records across health systems through Health Information Exchange and if so, whether they prefer to sign consent or share their records automatically, 982 adult patients presenting to an emergency department participated in a questionnaire-based interview. The majority (N = 906; 92.3%) were willing to share their data in a Health Information Exchange. Half (N = 490; 49.9%) reported routinely getting healthcare outside the system and 78.6 percent reported having records in other systems. Of those who were willing to share their data in a Health Information Exchange, 54.3 percent wanted to sign consent but 90 percent of those would waive consent in the case of an emergency. Privacy and security were primary concerns of patients not willing to participate in Health Information Exchange and preferring to sign consent. Improved privacy and security protections could increase participation, and findings support consideration of “break-the-glass” provider access to Health Information Exchange records in an emergent situation.


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