Leveraging a health information exchange to examine the accuracy of self-report emergency department utilization data among hospitalized injury survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate acute care medical utilization history is an important outcome for clinicians and investigators concerned with improving trauma center care. The objective of this study was to examine the accuracy of self-report emergency department (ED) utilization compared with utilization obtained from the Emergency Department Information Exchange (EDIE) in admitted trauma surgery patients with comorbid mental health and substance use problems.

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study of 169 injured patients admitted to the University of Washington's Harborview Level I Trauma Center. Patients had high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder and depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation and alcohol comorbidity. The investigation used EDIE, a novel health technology to

SUBMITTER: Whiteside LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7845668 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature