Development of an Emergency Department Case Management Case-Finding Tool.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of study

Identifying emergency department (ED) patients who are at high risk for return visits is an important goal for case management to improve patient care. This quality improvement study describes the development and evaluation of the Emergency Department Case Management Priority Score (EDCMPS), an electronic medical record (EMR)-based "case-finding" system, and its ability to identify these high-risk patients. In addition, the authors present data about its acceptability among emergency department case managers (ED CMs).

Primary practice settings

Emergency departments with case management availability and staffing.

Methodology and sample

A retrospective analysis at Duke University Hospital ED compared patient data pre- and postimplementation of the EDCMP

SUBMITTER: Gallagher D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10984631 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May-Jun 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature