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Barriers and facilitators to care for individuals with sickle cell disease in central North Carolina: The emergency department providers' perspective.

Rita Vanessa MaseseDominique BulginChristian DouglasNirmish ShahPaula Tanabe
Published in: PloS one (2019)
SCD care is influenced by many factors. Our results illuminate the need for increased use of the NHLBI SCD recommendations, individualized pain protocols, and use of electronic medical records and other care-interventions, specifically geared towards improving provider knowledge and mitigating provider bias.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • emergency department
  • palliative care
  • pain management
  • quality improvement
  • primary care
  • chronic pain
  • affordable care act
  • physical activity
  • neuropathic pain
  • health insurance