2022 SAEMF Emerging Infectious Disease and Preparedness Grant - $100,000

“Impact of Acute Care System Capacity and Utilization on Mortality During COVID-19"

Much theoretical work has explored "The Science of Surge," and characterized its underlying domains. This research will address how operational measures such as
ED crowding, as well as care-seeking, from the ‘system’ domain of surge capacity, are relevant to in-hospital, in-ED, and area-level mortality. This work will inform health system and public health efforts to limit excess mortality in the face of future nationwide and global disasters.
 

Recipient

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    Arjun Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS

    Chair, Emergency Medicine

    Yale University

    Dr. Arjun Venkatesh is the Chair of the Yale Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Venkatesh is also an Associate Professor, Chief of the Section of Administration in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale University, and Scientist at the Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation. He has been funded by the NIH, AHRQ, and the Emergency Medicine Foundation to study health system outcomes and efficiency, and he is supported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as co-Principal Investigator of the Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL) and for the development of the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings. He has received over $6 million in grant funding, published over 80 peer-reviewed papers, and is senior editor of The Evidence book series. He is a national leader within ACEP and SAEM and he serves on expert panels for the National Quality Forum (NQF), AHRQ, and CMS. His work is also funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the Addiction Policy Forum to advance the quality and delivery of emergency and acute care for opioid use disorder.