Importance Emergency department (ED) triage models are intended to queue patients for
treatment. In the absence of higher acuity, patients of the same acuity should room in order …

Importance Emergency nurses experience high levels of workplace violence during patient
interactions. Little is known about the efficacy of behavioral flags, which are notifications …

Study objective Although electronic behavioral alerts are placed as an alert flag in the
electronic health record to notify staff of previous behavioral and/or violent incidents in …

Background Limited capacity in the emergency department (ED) secondary to boarding and
crowding has resulted in patients receiving care in hallways to provide access to timely …

Objective This scoping review aims to summarize the current state of research literature on
disparities in the care of youth with agitation or aggression in the emergency department …

Study objective Racial and ethnic bias in health care has been documented at structural,
organizational, and clinical levels, impacting emergency care, including agitation …

Background: Behavioral alerts (BAs) are electronic health record communication tools used
to notify clinicians and staff about patient behavioral incidents. Despite their widespread …

The emergency department (ED) is the crucible where patients with acute medical concerns
intersect with clinicians and with systems that have health equity implications. EDs provide …

Background To combat increasing levels of violence in the emergency department (ED),
hospitals have implemented several safety measures, including behavioral flags. These …

Importance. Discriminatory language in clinical documentation impacts patient care and
reinforces systemic biases. Scalable tools to detect and mitigate this are needed. Objective …