Featured Papers
Implementing Social Determinants of Health Screening in US Emergency Departments
Importance: Screening for adverse social determinants of health (SDOH) in the emergency department (ED) may help reduce health disparities in underserved populations.
Objective: To understand barriers and facilitators to screening, documenting, and addressing adverse SDOH in a diverse sample of US EDs.
Loo, S., Molina, M., Ahmad, N. J., Swanton, M., Chen, O., Boggs, K. M., Camargo, C. A., Jr, & Samuels-Kalow, M. (2025). Implementing Social Determinants of Health Screening in US Emergency Departments. JAMA network open, 8(3), e250137. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.0137
Emergency department utilization by youth before and after firearm injury
Emergency department (ED) visits may serve as opportunities for firearm injury prevention and intervention efforts. Our objective was to determine ED utilization by youth before and after firearm injury.
Kemal, S., Cash, R. E., Michelson, K. A., Alpern, E. R., & Samuels-Kalow, M. (2025). Emergency department utilization by youth before and after firearm injury. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 10.1111/acem.15095. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.15095
Inaccuracy of Temporal Thermometer Measurement by Age and Race
Rapid vital sign assessment, including temperature measurement, is critical among pediatric patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). While error rates in temporal thermometry are well documented, the potential for differential error rates by demographics is not well established. Our objective was to evaluate error rates of temporal thermometers by demographic variables, specifically race and age, among pediatric patients in the ED.
Salhi, R. A., Meeker, M. A., Williams, C., Iwashyna, T. J., & Samuels-Kalow, M. E. (2025). Inaccuracy of Temporal Thermometer Measurement by Age and Race. Academic pediatrics, 25(3), 102620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2024.102620