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AnaShimeall

InternMentorGT
Period6
Mrs.Bagley

ProjectProposal

Title
:ReducingEmergencyRoomOveruse:TheProblem,Methods,andTargetPopulation

OverviewofResearch
:
Thetopicofmyresearchiscenteredonreducingemergencyroomovercrowdingthrough
casemanagement,primarycare,anddeferringpatientsoncetheyarriveattheemergencyroom.
Becauseoftherecentincreaseinemergencyroomuse,theefficiencyofEDsacrossthecountry
hassignificantlydecreased.Thisisduetoalargeportionofnonurgentvisitscrowdingoutmore
urgentvisits.

BackgroundandHistoryoftheIssue
:
Overcrowdingofemergencydepartmentshasbeenaproblemforaslongasemergency
carehasbeenavailable.Patientstakeadvantageofemergencycarebecausetheythinktheywill
beseenfasterinanERratherthanaprimarycarecenter.Recently,thisissuehasreceived
significantattentionbecauseofthefinancialstrainitputsonMedicarefunding.Manystudies
haveconcludedthatitisaseriousproblemandmustbedealtwith,butnotmanyprogramsto
amelioratetheproblemhavebeenimplemented.However,severalmethodstoreduceemergency
roomoverusehavebeendevelopedinsmallstudysettings.

ProblemStatementandRationale/Audience
:
Becausethisissuehasbecomeprevalentinemergencyroomseverywhere,themethods
thathadsuccessfulresultsinstudiesshouldbeimplementedtolessenovercrowding.Iwillbe
presentingmyresearchonthesemethodsattheStudentLearningConferencetospread
awarenessamongtheupandcominggeneration.Notonlywillitinformpeopleofwhenitis
appropriatetousetheemergencyroom,butitwillalsoencouragefuturedoctorsandnursesto
implementmethodsofemergencyroomvolumereductionwhentheyareapartofthework
force.Ibelievethatspreadingconsciousnessofthisissueisthefirststeptosolvingtheproblem.

ResearchMethodology
:
Sofar,Ihavecompletedmysynthesispaperandhaveathoroughunderstandingofthe
methodsandtargetpopulationtoreduceemergencydepartmentreliance.Iplantodevelopa
presentationwithJessicaJiangandAndrewTsaitoinformstudentsaboutourtopics.

ProductOverview
:
IamdevelopingaconjoinedpowerpointpresentationwithJessicaJiangandAndrew
Tsai.Becausethethreeofusareatdifferenthospitals,wewillbeginbyprovidingdetailsabout
thedifferentenvironmentswearein,andhowitaffectsthecaregivenateachhospital.Then,we
willeachpreventonourresearchtospreadawarenessaboutourissues.Allthreeofoursynthesis
papertopicsstemfromemergencyroomovercrowding,sowewillbeabletotiethemtogether

ProjectTimeline:
1. January15Completeresearchthroughsynthesispaper
2. FebruaryCreatepowerpointpresentation
3. MidMarchFinalizepresentation
4. MarchAprilPracticecombinedpresentationwithJessicaandAndrew
5. April20StudentLearningConferencerehearsal
6. April25PresentatStudentLearningConference

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