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Emergency Medicine Network

Emergency Medicine Network. Founded in 1996 Mission: To advance public health objectives through diverse projects in emergency care, particularly multicenter clinical research Funding: government, industry, foundations 406 peer-reviewed papers (all age groups, diverse topics)

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Emergency Medicine Network

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  1. Emergency Medicine Network Founded in 1996 Mission: To advance public health objectives through diverse projects in emergency care, particularly multicenter clinical research Funding: government, industry, foundations 406 peer-reviewed papers (all age groups, diverse topics) www.EMNet-USA.org

  2. Massachusetts General Hospital Established 1811 Emergency Department Level 1 Trauma Center Level 1 Burn Center 102,000 ED visits / year Harvard-Affiliated EM Residency (HAEMR) EMNet Coordinating Center, www.emnet-usa.org

  3. EMNet Coordinating Center • Director: Carlos Camargo, MD, DrPH • Associate Director: Ashley Sullivan, MS, MPH • Senior Biostatistician/Epidemiologist: Chu-Lin Tsai, MD, ScD • Program Coordinator: Erica Ruggles • Investigators: Sarah Arias, PhD Janice Espinola, MPHKohei Hasegawa, MD, MPH • Research Fellows: Rachel Linnemann, MD Orianne Dumas, PhD • Project Coordinators: Nora Abo-Sido Catherine Sheils Courtney Tierney, MPH Vickie Wu • Research Assistants www.emnet-usa.org

  4. EMNet(186 US and 40 International sites = 226 sites) Dec 2013 www.emnet-usa.org

  5. EMNet Steering Committee • Carlos Camargo, MD, DrPH (chair) – Boston, MA • Jeffrey Caterino, MD, MPH, FACEP – Columbus, OH • Sunday Clark, ScD – New York, NY • Jonathan Mansbach, MD – Boston, MA • Ashley Sullivan, MS, MPH – Boston, MA • Chu-Lin Tsai, MD, ScD – Boston, MA www.emnet-usa.org

  6. EMNet Research Focuses on three areas: Respiratory/allergy emergencies Health policy Other public health www.emnet-usa.org

  7. Research - MARC Examples Asthma COPD Bronchiolitis Anaphylaxis Food allergy Stinging insect Angioedema Smoking cessation Pneumonia Inappropriate use of antibiotics www.emnet-usa.org

  8. Research – Health Policy Examples Childhood Health Insurance Program (CHIP) National ED Safety Study (NEDSS) National ED Inventories (NEDI) USA, including 9 states International Informed consent Pediatric emergency care Observation units EM workforce www.emnet-usa.org

  9. Research – Other Public Health Examples Mental health Depression Acute psychiatric services Suicide prevention (ED-SAFE) Health literacy Fall prevention HIV screening Diabetes Healthcare-associated infections Federal datasets (eg, NHAMCS) www.emnet-usa.org

  10. Publications, 1997-2013 (as of Oct 31, 2013) • # of manuscript publications: 406 • # of investigators with manuscript publications: 528 • # sites with manuscript publications: 139 • Top 3 journals: • Academic Emergency Medicine (64) • Annals of Emergency Medicine (30) • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (24) www.emnet-usa.org

  11. Publications, 1997-2013 (as of Oct 31, 2013) to date multiple NIH grant applications www.emnet-usa.org

  12. Education Research Fellowship Started 1996 … folded into the ED fellowship ~2006 Dr Camargo serves as faculty on multiple NIH training grants Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship Started 2002 Duration: 12 months (June to May) Summer Research Fellowship Started 1999 Duration: 8 weeks (June to August) Visiting Researcher www.emnet-usa.org

  13. Community (examples) ED Alert Network (2001-2002) Annual 5k Run for Asthma (2003-2005) EMNet findER www.emnet-usa.org

  14. EMNet findER • Developed by the Emergency Medicine Network at MGH (www.emnet-usa.org) • Locates closest ER and provides directions • Free app available for Android and iPhone / iPad

  15. Clinical (examples) Asthma Education in the ED (2001) AHRQ-sponsored conference at NY Academy of Medicine National Guidelines NIH Anaphylaxis (2004, 2005) NIH Asthma (2007) NIH Food Allergy (2010) AANMA Posters

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