URGENT Matters serves as a dissemination vehicle for strategies on emergency department (ED) patient flow, quality, and innovation. We develop quarterly e-newsletters, educational webinars, a searchable collection of ED improvement tools and strategies, national conferences, and a podcast series for a multi-disciplinary audience of emergency care stakeholders. URGENT Matters serves as a portal for innovative flow strategies, creating a central resource for hospital staff to discover field-tested initiatives that can be tailored to their organization.
Submissions from 2024
Post-Discharge Clinics: A Potential Solution to Hospital Readmission Rates, Sandhya Avula and Emmeline Ha
Surgeon General's Advisory on Firearm Violence: A Public Health Crisis, Bradley Bontrager
Bringing Emergency Medicine Innovation Into Medical Student Electives, Laksmita Candrisari
How to Introduce Your Colleagues to the Benefits of AI in the Clinical Setting, Connor Grant
Culinary Medicine: A Nourishing Introduction, Connor Perlin and Jeffrey Y. Wang
Academic Accelerators: A Unique Channel for Health Care Innovation, Chase Richard and Christian Hernandez
Health Insurance In The United States: Challenges And A Path Forward, Sanjeev Saravanakumar, Brendan Coyne, and Arnav Gupta
Integrating Public Health and Policy Education in Medical Curricula, Sanjeev Saravanakumar; Rachel Nassau; Bruny Kenou; Patrick Rao; and Luis W. Dominguez MD, MPH
AI Death Calculator (Life2vec), Daniel Shpigel, MD; Chelsea Sooy; Shinta Imansjah; and Luzviminda Santoslarsson
Submissions from 2023
ChatGPT & Doctors: The Medical Dream Team, Ishan S. Abdullah, Aditya Loganathan, and Randall W. Lee
Organoid Intelligence: The Crossroads of Biology and Artificial Intelligence, Ishan S. Abdullah, Aditya Loganathan, Ayal Z. Pierce, and Ioannis Koutroulis
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs: The Unique Challenges of Implementation in the Emergency Department, Anders Ahlberg and Callen H. Morrison
Universal Flu Vaccination May Soon be a Reality, Amrit Ammanamanchi
New App to Monitor Parkinson’s Symptoms – Parky: H2O Therapeutics, Iris Brammer
The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health, Taylor Brewer, Chelsea Holbrook, and Alison Hong
Remote Patient Monitoring: Future Directions, Anna Buchanan and Rahul Nadendla
Ketamine Therapy Goes Mainstream: How Clinics are Meeting the Growing Demand, Jack Buckanavage and Randall W. Lee
Revolutionizing Healthcare Documentation: Abridge's Innovative Solution to Physician Burnout and Efficiency Challenges, Jack Buckanavage and Randall W. Lee
Developing an Objective Measure of Pain, Kellan Clausen
Pharm in Action: New Hopes for Alzheimer’s Treatment, Basil Considine
Revolutionizing Healthcare: Harnessing the Power of Blockchain to Ramp Up Medical Tech Operations, Nicole A. Derdzakyan
Technology in Action: Can technology decrease in-person prenatal care visits but improve care?, Nicole A. Derdzakyan
Transmedics Ex-Vivo Organ Perfusion: A Glimpse into the Future of Organ Transplantation, Michael Frenkel
The AI Revolution: Transforming Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Nakul Ganju, Shaunak Ganju, Luis Dominguez, and Andrew Meltzer
Last Winter’s Tripledemic: A Multi-Factorial Syndrome of Respiratory Illness, Kara Hom
OneMedical: A Pioneer in Patient-Centric Care with a Glimpse into the Future of Healthcare, Siddhanth Iyer and Randall W. Lee
Hospital at Home: A Versatile Care Delivery Model Emerges Amidst COVID-19, Nikki Karri and Daniel Shpigel
Continuous Glucose Monitors to Reduce ED Burden, Aneka Khilnani and Kevin Cho
Pitfalls of Breast Imagining in the Emergency Department, Aneka Khilnani and Akansha Mohan
The Medication Adherence Epidemic: How to KEEP Patients Healthy, Aditya Loganathan, Ishan S. Abdullah, and Randall W. Lee
Technology in Action: Multiplex PCR in the Tripledemic, Aditya Loganathan, Ishan S. Abdullah, and Andrew C. Meltzer
Acoustic Gunshot Technology to Improve EMS Response Times, Aditya Loganathan, Ishan S. Abdullah, and Jesus Trevino
Bridging the Gaps in DGBI: The Mind Body Approach to Abdominal Pain, Nora Luck, Soroush Shahamatdar, and Stephanie A. Eucker
Understanding the Factors Influencing Patient Adherence to Hemodialysis: Implications for Improved Care, Jack Meltzer, Ryan Heidish, and Christopher Payette
Why an Unusual Complication of Daily Cannabis Use is Hard to Accept for Many Patients, Jack Meltzer and Joseph Miller
Digital Biomarkers Provide a Way for Doctors & Patients to Work Collaboratively at a Distance, Troy Mohamed
Extracorporeal Machine Perfusion May Be a Way to Increase Transplant Donor Reserves, Troy Mohamed, Emily Terrebonne, and Susan Kartiko
Extracorporeal Pathogen Removal: A New Anti-Microbial Strategy to Combat Sepsis, Troy Mohamed, Emily Terrebonne, Susan Kartiko, and Rahul Nadendla
Which Patients with Biliary Colic Need Gallbladder Removal?, Callen Morrison and Babak Sarani
Blockchain in Healthcare: A Cure for Administrative Costs and Innovation Barriers, Rahul Nadendla and Jack Buckanavage
Innovative solutions to the nursing shortage, Adam Odolil and Rahul Nadendla
The ADvISED Trial Algorithm: Revisiting a Proposed Method of Acute Aortic Syndrome Rule Out in the Emergency Department, Robert C.F. Pena, Ishan S. Abdullah, and Aditya Loganathan
Telemedicine in the Post-Pandemic Era: Navigating Challenges for Sustainable Adoption and Future Growth, Connor Perlin and Jeffrey Y. Wang
COVID-19’s Current Impact on Telehealth Usage, Omar Saadi and Muhammed El Shanatofy
Research in Action: Randomized Control Trial to Assess the Use of Patiromer as ED Treatment for Acute Hyperkalemia, Omar Saadi and Soroush Shahamatdar
A Proposal to Solve the Emergency Department Nursing Shortage, Robert Shesser, Rahul Nadendla, and Daniel Shpigel
The Physician Lead Throughput Model (PLTM): Time for a radical solution?, Robert Shesser, John Organick-Lee, Daniel Shpigel, Ashleigh Omorogbe, Ryan Skrabal, and Rahul Nadendla
School-Based Telemental Health: The Next Step in Child and Adolescent Mental Healthcare, Daniel Shpigel and Aditi Joshi
Personal perspective: Violence against Healthcare Workers in US EDs, Peter W. Sweetser and James P. Phillips
“They’re not waking up”: Xylazine Identification is Paramount to Public Health, John Wainwright
NasaClip: A New Comprehensive Device to Treat Nosebleeds, Jeffrey Y. Wang and Connor Perlin