Identification of Emergency Department Patients Appropriate for Evaluation in Mobile Medical Clinic

Identify a subset of patients utilizing the emergency department for non-emergent issues that could have safely been seen in the outpatient setting within 24 hours. Emergency department crowding and increasing wait times are significant challenges for United States healthcare, and these have been further exacerbated by the COVID pandemic. A common reason cited is the lack of access to primary care facilities. Addressing this issue could reduce the burden on emergency departments.
Primary author: Rahul Nadendla, MD
Co-authors: Sanjeeb Bhandari, MD; Taylor Goller, MD; Dakota Buhrman, BS; Jack Perkins, MD FAAEM