Navigating the Intersection Between Medical Complexity and Mental Health in the Emergency Department

In this Complex Care Journal Club podcast episode, Dr. Sriram Ramgopal and Dr. Carolyn Foster discuss the design and key findings of a cross-sectional study examining encounters in the Emergency Department and subsequent care for children with medical complexity and mental or behavioral health needs. They describe gaps in our knowledge and systems issues related to this important intersection of care needs, implications for clinical practice, and next steps from this work. SPEAKERS Sriram Ramgopal, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Carolyn C. Foster, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago HOST Kristina Malik, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine Medical Director, KidStreet Pediatrician, Special Care Clinic, Children's Hospital Colorado DATES Initial publication: May 25, 2023 CITATION Ramgopal S, Foster CC, Malik K. Navigating the Intersection Between Medical Complexity and Mental Health in the Emergency Department. 05/2023. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast. Links: https://youtu.be/wvA4t9nyeo0, https://soundcloud.com/openpediatrics/navigating-the-intersection-between-medical-complexity-and-mental-health-in-the-emergency-department ARTICLES REFERENCED Ramgopal S, Goodman DM, Kan K, Smith T, Foster CC. Children With Medical Complexity and Mental and Behavioral Disorders in the Emergency Department. Hosp Pediatr. 2023 Jan 1;13(1):9-16. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2022-006835. TRANSCRIPT https://bit.ly/43gOapo Clinicians across healthcare professions, advocates, researchers, and patients/families are all encouraged to engage and provide feedback! You can recommend an article for discussion using this form: https://forms.gle/Bdxb86Sw5qq1uFhW6 Please visit: http://www.openpediatrics.org OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open-access and thus at no expense to the user. For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu