Population Health Research & Stories
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Teaching LGBTQ+ Healthcare
Mike Gisondi, MD led the development of a course to train providers around the country in inclusive care for LGBTQ+ patients.
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Complex Care Plans for Frequent ED Visitors
A pilot program targeting frequent ED visitors has reduced ED recidivism and inpatient admissions and saved $710,000 in the first six months while enhancing care pathways.
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Evaluating Latinx Mental Health in the Community
Jennifer Newberry, MD, JD, leads a bilingual team in a multi-year collaboration with community partners to assess and address mental health usage patterns in the East San José Latinx community.
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Emergency Care for Patients with Dementia
Michelle Lin, MD, MPH, MS, an advocate for comprehensive geriatric care, investigates the accessibility and impact of geriatric emergency departments, aiming to bridge the gap for marginalized populations.
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Emergency Care Post-Dobbs
Dr. Monica Saxena led the development of a protocol to provide medication abortions in Stanford’s Emergency Department.
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Unveiling Child Trafficking Patterns
Preeti Panda, MD, a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at Stanford, conducts research to shed light on the socio-economic characteristics of trafficking victims, paving the way for informed policy initiatives in emergency departments.
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The Right Stroke Care at the Right Location
Prasanthi Govindarajan, MD is using a multi-year Research Project grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to study the effect of state- and county-level stroke center bypass policies on patient outcomes.
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Health Equity in the Pediatric ED with Dr. Cherrelle Smith
Growing up in a small, rural community one hour away from the nearest in-network physician, Cherrelle Smith, MD was aware from an early age of limitations on access to health care. Now assistant medical director of the Stanford Pediatric Emergency Department (ED), Dr. Smith has focused her efforts on expanding access to care as well as mitigating the behaviors and microaggessions that can marginalize female and black physicians.
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Using Digital Devices to Expand Care Beyond the Emergency Department
As an associate professor of emergency medicine, Brian Suffoletto, MD sees emergency department (ED) patient encounters as opportunities to identify individuals with specific risks and connect them to effective interventions that help them adopt behavioral changes after they leave the ED.
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Exploring the Need for Inclusion and Parity in EM
Numbers tell a story and Christopher Bennett, MD is determined to share that story; in the past several years he and collaborators have published seven studies focused on parity and inclusion - or the lack thereof - in academic medicine and emergency medicine.
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Improving Healthcare for At-Risk Populations
Jody Vogel, MD, vice chair for academic affairs for Stanford’s Department of Emergency Medicine, is investigating interventions to reduce healthcare costs and improve the quality of care for frequent emergency department visitors with complex needs, thanks to a five-year Career Development Grant Award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Training Future Physicians on Health Equity and Social Justice
Italo Brown, MD is working to ensure health equity and social justice training is part of medical school curriculum.
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“No money, no problem”: Guaranteeing emergency care for all
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) -- passed in 1986. It prevented hospitals from turning away patients in emergencies or transferring unstable patients to other facilities if they couldn't provide proof of payment. But that legislation created new problems, problems that Stanford emergency physician Michael Bresler, MD, played a key role in resolving.