Lisa Gehm
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine; Undergraduate Education DIrector Dept of Emergency Medicine
Research Interests
Research Interest: Five percent of Emergency Department patients account for 20 to 28 percent of ED visits. The Emergency Patient Interdisciplinary Care (EPIC) Coordination for frequent Emergency Department (ED) visitor project aims to decrease preventable hospital admissions and improve health outcomes for frequent ED visitors. The study provides frequent ED utilizers with coordinated healthcare, assistance with unmet psychosocial challenges, and gateways to hospital and community resources, using an interdisciplinary team model of nursing, social work, pharmacy, psychiatry & community health workers.
At a Glance
- Title Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine; Undergraduate Education DIrector Dept of Emergency Medicine
- College College of Medicine at Chicago - Clinical Sciences
- Department Department of Emergency Medicine
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