Barriers and facilitators to care for individuals with sickle cell disease in central North Carolina: The emergency department providers' perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder associated with acute pain crisis and other complications that lead to frequent emergency department (ED) visits. To improve outcomes, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) published recommendations for management of acute pain crisis. NHLBI also funded eight centers across the United States to participate in the Sickle Cell Disease Implementation Consortium. This six-year effort consists of two phases. Phase one involved conducting needs assessments of barriers and facilitators to SCD care. The aim of this study was to describe challenges and facilitators to caring for SCD from the perspective of ED providers in central North Carolina (NC).

Methods and findings

We conducted a needs assessment

SUBMITTER: Masese RV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6504169 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature