Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Oct 2019
ReviewReview article: A primer for clinical researchers in the emergency department: Part X. Understanding economic evaluation alongside emergency medicine research.
In this series we address research topics in emergency medicine. While traditionally there was an almost exclusive focus on the efficacy and effectiveness of interventions in emergency research, analysis of the costs and the societal impact of different approaches and pathways have become increasingly important. In this paper we will address what health economics means and discuss the different types and key features of economic evaluation relevant for clinical researchers.
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Emerg Med Australas · Oct 2019
ReviewReview article: Interventions for people presenting to emergency departments with a mental health problem: A systematic scoping review.
The number of people presenting to EDs with mental health problems is increasing. To enhance and promote the delivery of safe and efficient healthcare to this group, there is a need to identify evidence-based, best-practice models of care. This scoping review aims to identify and evaluate current research on interventions commenced or delivered in the ED for people presenting with a mental health problem. ⋯ The effectiveness of interventions varied. There is considerable, yet disconnected, evidence around ED interventions to support people with mental health problems. A lack of integrated, multifaceted, person-centred interventions is an important barrier to providing effective care for this vulnerable population who present to the ED.
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Emerg Med Australas · Oct 2019
Daring to be wise: We are black boxes, and artificial intelligence will be the solution.
Emergency physicians seek wisdom through personal resilience, deliberate reasoning, clinical consensus and reflective practice. However, there is a limit to how useful psychological training, clinical guidelines and audit initiatives can be in the face of inherent human fallibility, increasing system complexity and escalating demand. Wisdom may be more easily attained through the careful design of new technology and this should be a priority for the emergency medicine community.