Quantitative Data. All data that were generated from the financial, HRH records were checked daily to ensure its quality, correctness, completeness and consistency. This is important in order to ensure all needed information from financial and HRH records are recorded and documented effectively. Confidentiality of data was ensured that; only the researcher and research assistants had access to collected data.
Quantitative Data. The law of Louisiana provides that any physician, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner or psychologist may execute an emergency certificate, after examining a patient alleged to be mentally ill or suffering from a substance disorder (LA-R.S. 28:53, et seq). In order to issue the emergency certificate, the provider must determine that the patient is a danger to self or others or is considered gravely disabled (LA-R.S. 28:53, et. seq). The certificate lasts for a period of 72 hours and it is during this time that the patient is stabilized by the staff of the ED and an inpatient bed is located for the patient, if necessary, or the person is discharged to out- patient services or the patient is simply discharged to their home (LA-R.S. 28:53, et seq). The ED does not maintain a computerized database of patient records for this population of patients, but does maintain a paper record that includes the mandatory Form OBH1. The Form OBH1 is a two-part, carbonless copy document sold to hospitals by the Office of Behavioral Health for a cost of $6.55 per pack of 50 that states the reason for certifying the patient and is signed by the physician. The carbon copy is maintained in the file and the original returned to the Louisiana Office of Behavioral Health (OBH). The documents related to the admission of the patient via PEC are separately maintained in a paper file by RRMC and are not part of any other Electronic Health Record (EHR) maintained by the hospital on the patient. Consequently, much of what is known about PEC patients is anecdotal, thus it is difficult to evaluate patterns or trends. This is the first time that patient data has been collected and analyzed on this specific population using a computerized database. The quantitative data includes the collection of secondary data from 197 records of patients admitted to the RRMC ED via PEC (Physician Emergency Certificate) from March 2014 to October 2014. From those records, the following information was collected: • Unique Identifier Number (UIN) • Date of Birth (DOB), • Age, • Gender, • Race, • Street Address, • Parish, City, State, Zip Code, • Admission Date • Examination Date, • ED Physician, • Primary Care Physician (PCP), • Insurance, • Marital Status, • Street Address, • Reason for Visit, • Diagnosis, • PEC Reason, • Alcohol Use, • Drug use, • History of Mental Illness, • Suicidal, • Homicidal, • Violent, and • Mental Condition. Parameters for whether the patient was admitted to a long-term car...
Quantitative Data. After conducting a retrospective cohort study of the records of patients, who presented to RRMC ED in mental and/or behavioral health crisis from March 2014 to October 2014, the data was analyzed and the following findings were made: The patient population was evenly divided between female (51%) and male (49%). Over 50% of the patients were single or divorced. The racial makeup of the target population was Black (39%) and White (61%). These numbers approximately reflect both the gender and racial 97, 49% 99, 51% Female Male Table 1: Target Population Breakdown by Gender make-up of Rapides Parish. The largest percentage of the target population was domiciled in Rapides Parish (73%) and Xxxxx Xxxxxx (10%), Louisiana. Patients primarily reside in the two largest cities in Rapides Parish, Alexandria (36%) and Pineville (21%). 80 71 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Table 2: Target Population by City 43 29 10 5 8 5 3 7 2 3 Forty-eight (48%) percent of the population analyzed had private insurance. Surprisingly, only 28% of the patient population was uninsured. Sixteen (16%) percent of the patient population had Medicare and 5% had Medicaid. Three (3%) percent of the patient population had VA benefits. The median age of the patient population was 31. The oldest patient admitted was 75 and the youngest was 7. The mean age of the patient population at the time of admission to the ED was 23. One of the most significant findings of the study was that the majority of the patient population studied did not have a primary care physician. Sixty-four (64%) percent of the target population reported not having a primary care physician. Table 3: Target Population History of Mental Illness 8, 4% 15, 8% Yes No Unknown 167, 88% Eighty-eight (88%) percent of the target population have a history of mental illness. A majority of the target population (81%) presented to the ED with some type of suicidal ideation. 90 82 80 72 70 60 50 40 Yes No 30 20 20 12 Female Male Seventy-eight (78%) percent of female patients and eighty-seven (87%) percent of male patients were suicidal. Eight-seven (87%) of black patients within the target were suicidal, compared to seventy-four (74%) of white patients within the target population. Of the target population, only fifteen (15%) percent were deemed homicidal at the time of admission to the ED. Twenty-three (23%) percent of the target population were determined to be violent at the time of admission. Over sixty (60%) of the entire target population admitted to...
Quantitative Data. The partners from five European countries (Cyprus, Denmark, Italy, Romaniaand United Kingdom) have conducted an online research on the training needs for intercultural communication and patient safety of the target group. The results will inform the development of a European model for developing intercultural communication skills and capacity of working in multicultural/multidisciplinary teams and a training model using a MOOC (Massive Open On-line Course) (Project Application form, p.37) TABLE 1: Number of respondents from each country Number of the Participants, (%) Cyprus 30 (14.2) Denmark 66 (31.4) Italy 25 (11.9) Romania 62 (29.5) UK 27 (12.8) TOTAL 210 (100) Two hundred ten participants (n=210) were involved in the study from all partner countries. Table 1 shows the Country-by-Country distribution of the participants. The majority were from Denmark and Romania respectively. Q1 Gender:
