INTRODUCTION Elders who utilize the emergency department (ED) may have little prospective knowledge of appropriate expectations during an ED encounter. Improving elder orientation to ED expectations is important for satisfaction and health education. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a multi-media education intervention as a method for informing independently living elders about ED care...

a Departamento de Farmacología, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain b Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain c Instituto de Investigación Biocruces, Baracaldo, Bizkaia, Spain d Departamento de Especialidades Médico-Quirúrgicas, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Bizkai...

1 Comité Institucional de Ética en Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas. Lima, Perú. 2 Departamento de Oncología Médica, Departamento de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas. Lima, Perú. 3 Liga Peruana de Lucha contra el Cáncer. Lima, Perú. 4 Radioncología, AUNA. Lima, Perú. a Químico farmacéutico; b Médico oncólogo clínico, magíster en Genética...

BBACKGROUND The 14 neighborhoods surrounding University of Chicago Hospitals (UCH) have both Chicago's highest "ambulatory-care-sensitive condition" hospitalization rates and lack of community-based care. To address these problems, in 2004, the Southside Medical Homes (SMH) Network began linking emergency department (ED) patients with 18 community providers. The ED-based patient navigator (pati...