PAINED: Project Addressing INequities in the Emergency Department

PAINED: Project Addressing INequities in the Emergency Department

Racial and ethnic inequities in health care quality have been described across a broad range of clinical settings, patient populations, and outcomes. Our overarching goal is to eradicate health care inequities through evidence-based interventions. The objectives of this proposal are to develop and test the impact of two interventions on overcoming clinician implicit bias and mitigating inequities in the management of pain among children seeking care in the emergency department for the treatment of appendicitis or long bone fractures.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All Children's National Hospital Emergency Department clinicians
• Patients 0-21 years with symptoms suggestive of appendicitis or long bone fracture

Exclusion Criteria:

• Emergency Severity Index (ESI 1)