SAEM Podcasts

Dr. Rory Merritt interviews Dr. Catherine Patocka, lead author of AEM E&T's recent article, "Point of Care Resource Use in the ED: A Developmental Model." 

Despite increasing attention to the use of shared decision making (SDM) in the emergency department (ED), little is known about ED patients’ perspectives regarding this practice. Dr. Schoenfeld and her colleagues sought to explore the use of SDM from the perspectives of ED patients, focusing on what affects patients’ desired level of involvement and what barriers and facilitators patients find most relevant to their experience.

We discuss with Dr Margaret Samuels-Kalow her recent AEM paper, 'Comparing Statewide and Single Center Data to Predict High Frequency ED Utilization Among Patients With Asthma Exacerbation.

Previous studies examining high-frequency emergency department (ED) utilization have primarily used single-center data, potentially leading to ascertainment bias if patients visit multiple centers. The goals of this study were 1) to create a predictive model to prospectively identify patients at risk of high-frequency ED utilization for asthma and 2) to examine how that model differed using statewide versus single-center data.