ArticleNeurology. Clinical practice2021
Decreasing Emergency Department Visits for Children With Epilepsy.
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- Short-Term Impact of Seizures and Mitigation Opportunities.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2024Pooled it
- Health economic analysis of seizure-related emergency visits of pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy in Japan.Epilepsy & behavior reports · 2026Article
- Frequent seizure and epilepsy-related emergency department visits in the United States: A retrospective cohort study.Epilepsia · 2025Article
- Implementing American Academy of Neurology Quality Measures in Antigua Using Quality Improvement Methodology.Neurology. Clinical practice · 2024Article
- Disparities in adherence and emergency department utilization among people with epilepsy: A machine learning approach.Seizure · 2023Article
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12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesEpilepsy and seizures represent a frequent cause of emergency department (ED) visits for patients. By implementing quality improvement (QI) methodology, we planned to decrease ED visits for children and adolescents with epilepsy.
methodsIn 2016, a multidisciplinary team was created to implement QI methodology to address ED visits for patients with epilepsy. Based on previous successes, further ED visit reduction was deemed possible. Our aim statement was to decrease the number of ED visits, per 1000 established patients with epilepsy, from 13.03 to 11.6, by December 2019 and sustain for 1 year.
resultsWe successfully decreased ED visits for seizure-related care in patients with epilepsy from 13.03% to 10.2% per 1,000 patients, which resulted in a centerline shift. DISCUSSION: Using QI methodology, we improved the outcome measure of decreasing ED visits for children with epilepsy. Implementations of these interventions can be considered at other institutions that may lead to similar results.
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