Emergency department care improvements for people with Alzheimer's and related dementias
Emergency Care Redesign (ECR)
This project uses a simpler, team-based emergency department approach to help people living with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias and their care partners receive clearer, quicker, and more supportive care.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | New York University School of Medicine NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (New York, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11179234 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you or a loved one with Alzheimer's or a related dementia goes to the emergency department, this project puts a short, team-based approach into place to identify and prioritize the most important problems and goals of care. Emergency clinicians will use brief, pragmatic tools plus an informatics-supported workflow with digital alerts to prompt multidisciplinary support and advance care planning. The focus is on feasible, psychosocially sensitive interventions that fit into busy ED workflows rather than long assessments. The work builds on prior emergency care redesign efforts that increased advance care planning.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are people living with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias who seek care in participating emergency departments, together with their family members or care partners.
Not a fit: People without dementia, those who do not visit participating emergency departments, or patients requiring immediate life-saving procedures may not receive benefit from the intervention.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the program could reduce ED revisits, increase advance care planning, and make emergency visits less stressful and more coordinated for people with dementia and their care partners.
How similar studies have performed: Previous team-based emergency care efforts, including the referenced UH3 pilot, improved advance care planning, though simplifying workflows for broad ED adoption is a newer effort.
Where this research is happening
New York, United States
- New York University School of Medicine — New York, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Chodosh, Joshua — New York University School of Medicine
- Study coordinator: Chodosh, Joshua
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.