Expanding Diabetes Screening to Identify Undiagnosed Cases Among Emergency Department Patients.

Diabetes screening traditionally occurs in primary care settings, but many who are at high risk face barriers to accessing care and therefore delays in diagnosis and treatment. These same high-risk patients do frequently visit emergency departments (ED) and, therefore, might benefit from screening at that time. Our objective in this study was to analyze one year of results from a multisite, ED-based diabetes screening program.

An Observation Medicine Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Education.

Audience And Type Of Curriculum: This curriculum, designed and implemented at the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine at NYU Langone Health, primarily targets third- and fourth-year emergency medicine (EM) residents, and is an immersive observation medicine rotation that can be integrated into existing emergency medicine residency training.

Length Of Curriculum: The curriculum is designed for a dedicated rotation of two weeks for senior residents and can be expanded to 4 weeks.

Virtual Urgent Care Quality and Safety in the Time of Coronavirus.

Background: Telemedicine use rapidly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study assessed quality aspects of rapid expansion of a virtual urgent care (VUC) telehealth system and the effects of a secondary telephonic screening initiative during the pandemic.

Methods: A retrospective cohort analysis was performed in a single health care network of VUC patients from March 1, 2020, through April 20, 2020.

Assessing the Impact of a Rapidly Scaled Virtual Urgent Care in New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic quickly challenged New York City health care systems. Telemedicine has been suggested to manage acute complaints and divert patients from in-person care.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to describe and assess the impact of a rapidly scaled virtual urgent care platform during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Use of a telehealth follow-up system to facilitate treatment and discharge of emergency department patients with severe cellulitis.

Introduction: Novel long-acting lipoglycopeptide antibiotics allow for the treatment and discharge of selected emergency department (ED) patients with cellulitis who require intravenous antibiotics. Telehealth systems have shown success in remote management of dermatologic conditions; we implemented a telehealth follow-up program for patients diagnosed with cellulitis in the ED, treated with single-dose dalbavancin, and discharged.

Methods: This was a prospective, multi-center observational study.

Observation Services Linked With an Urgent Care Center in the Absence of an Emergency Department: An Innovative Mechanism to Initiate Efficient Health Care Delivery in the Aftermath of a Natural Disaster.

Objective: The emergency department (ED) of NYU Langone Medical Center was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, contributing to a public health disaster in New York City. We evaluated hospital-based acute care provided through the establishment of an urgent care center with an associated ED-run observation service (EDOS) that operated in the absence of an ED during this disaster.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all patients placed in an EDOS following a visit to an urgent care center during the 18 months of ED closure.

The science of megestrol acetate delivery: potential to improve outcomes in cachexia.

Cachexia, usually defined as the loss of >5% of an individual's baseline bodyweight over 2-6 months, occurs with a number of diseases that includes not only AIDS and advanced cancer but also chronic heart failure, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Crohn disease, and renal failure. Anorexia is considered a key component of the anorexia-cachexia syndrome. Progestogens, particularly megestrol acetate, are commonly used to treat anorexia-cachexia.