EMERGEncy ID NET: Review of a 20-Year Multisite Emergency Department Emerging Infections Research Network

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Scott Santibanez, Emory University; Leah S. Fischer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Anusha Krishnadasan, Olive View–UCLA Medical Center; Bethany Sederdahl, Emory University; Toby Merlin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Gregory J. Moran, Olive View–UCLA Medical Center; David A. Talan, Olive View–UCLA Medical Center
• Language: English
• Date: 2017-11-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America 2017. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.
• License: Creative Commons Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx218
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
• ISSN: 2328-8957
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 4
• Start Page: ofx218
• End Page: ofx218
• Grant/Funding Information: D. Talan, G. Moran, and A. Krishnadasan have received institutional grant funding from the CDC (5U01CK000480). All other authors have no reported disclosures.
• Keywords: emergency medicine; infectious diseases; research network
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Public Health; Health Sciences, Epidemiology

Abstract

As providers of frontline clinical care for patients with acute and potentially life-threatening infections, emergency departments (EDs) have the priorities of saving lives and providing care quickly and efficiently. Although these facilities see a diversity of patients 24 hours per day and can collect prospective data in real time, their ability to conduct timely research on infectious syndromes is not well recognized. EMERGEncy ID NET is a national network that demonstrates that EDs can also collect data and conduct research in real time. This network collaborates with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other partners to study and address a wide range of infectious diseases and clinical syndromes. In this paper, we review selected highlights of EMERGEncy ID NET’s history from 1995 to 2017. We focus on the establishment of this multisite research network and the network’s collaborative research on a wide range of ED clinical topics.