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Strategies to improve care transitions between nursing homes and emergency departmentsKevin M Terrell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 12:602-5. 2011..To identify testable solutions that may improve the quality and safety of care transitions between nursing homes (NHs) and emergency departments (EDs)...
Quality indicators for geriatric emergency careKevin M Terrell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Acad Emerg Med 16:441-9. 2009..The project objective was to develop ED-specific quality indicators for older patients to help practitioners identify quality gaps and focus quality improvement efforts...
ED patient falls and resulting injuriesKevin M Terrell
Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
J Emerg Nurs 35:89-92. 2009..There is a growing body of literature on inpatient falls but a lack of data on ED falls. We applied the Hendrich II Fall Risk Model to patients who fell during their ED stays and provided a description of the patients and their injuries...
Challenges in transitional care between nursing homes and emergency departmentsKevin M Terrell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 7:499-505. 2006..To obtain opinions of knowledgeable professionals involved in the emergency care of nursing home (NH) residents...
Prescribing to older ED patientsKevin M Terrell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Regenstrief Institute, Inc, School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Am J Emerg Med 24:468-78. 2006..Two areas in need of research are identifying the proper dosing and safety of medications in seniors and prescribing with electronic decision support to assist in prescribing decisions...
Health services use by older adults in an urban public health systemKevin M Terrell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, 46202, USA
Am J Emerg Med 23:233-4. 2005
An extended care facility-to-emergency department transfer form improves communicationKevin M Terrell
DO, Department of Emergency Medicine, 1050 Wishard Boulevard, Room R2200, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Acad Emerg Med 12:114-8. 2005..The authors tested the hypothesis that a one-page, standard ECF-to-ED transfer form would change the rate of successful documentation of ECF patient information...
Computerized decision support to reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing to older emergency department patients: a randomized, controlled trialKevin M Terrell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1388-94. 2009..To evaluate the effectiveness of computer-assisted decision support in reducing potentially inappropriate prescribing to older adults...
Computerized decision support for medication dosing in renal insufficiency: a randomized, controlled trialKevin M Terrell
Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Ann Emerg Med 56:623-9. 2010..The hypothesis for this research was that decision support in a computerized physician order entry system would reduce the rate of excessive medication dosing for patients with renal impairment...
Analgesic prescribing for patients who are discharged from an emergency departmentKevin M Terrell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Pain Med 11:1072-7. 2010..Our objectives were to identify ED physicians' prescribing patterns when discharging patients with common musculoskeletal conditions and to determine if disparities in opioid prescribing exist...
ED procedural sedation of elderly patients: is it safe?Christopher S Weaver
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Am J Emerg Med 29:541-4. 2011..Many EDPS experts consider seniors to be at higher risk. The objective was to evaluate the complication rate of EDPS in elderly adults...
Evidence-based emergency medicine. Update: do ophthalmic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs reduce the pain associated with simple corneal abrasion without delaying healing?Christopher S Weaver
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Ann Emerg Med 41:134-40. 2003..This evidence-based emergency medicine (EBEM) critical appraisal reviews the literature, including additional studies appearing since the publication of an earlier EBEM review in 1999...
Geriatric emergency medicine and the 2006 Institute of Medicine reports from the Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the U.S. health systemScott T Wilber
Summa Health System, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Akron, OH, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:1345-51. 2006..This report focuses on the emergency care of older patients, with the intent to provide information that will help shape discussions on this issue...
