Emergency medicine and its services have reached a breaking point during the COVID-19
pandemic. This pandemic has highlighted the failures of a system that needs to be …

Acute stroke care begins before hospital arrival, and several prehospital factors are critical in
influencing overall patient care and poststroke outcomes. This topical review provides an …

Background Health information exchange (HIE) may improve diagnostic accuracy, treatment
efficacy, and safety by providing treating physicians with expert advice. However, most …

Background Patients often seek medical treatment among different health care
organizations, which can lead to redundant tests and treatments. One electronic health …

Emergency situations, such as accidents, explosions, or earthquakes, pose significant
challenges for healthcare providers as patients arrive at hospitals with little to no prior …

Background Sepsis is associated with high mortality, especially during the novel coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Along with high monetary health care costs for sepsis …

Background Vital signs are a critical component of the prehospital assessment. Prior work
has suggested that vital signs may vary in their distribution by age. These differences in vital …

Background Accurate acute care medical utilization history is an important outcome for
clinicians and investigators concerned with improving trauma center care. The objective of …

Objective Numerous attempts have been made to create a standardized “presenting
problem” or “chief complaint” list to characterize the nature of an emergency department …

Prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) are a vital part of acute healthcare services.
For historical reasons, EMS have often been considered and funded as a transportation …