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Apr 30, 2025

Developing an Office of Disaster Research and Innovation: A Process, Questions, and Options for the National Disaster and Emergency Management University

Researchers propose how the National Disaster and Emergency Management University could develop a research office. They identified decision points, options, and considerations for the process of developing this office and ensuring positive impact.
Research Summary

Apr 22, 2025

A Research Agenda to Support Mental Health and Wellness Programs for Federal First Responders and Law Enforcement

This brief summarizes a report on mental health and wellness programs specific to law enforcement and first responders to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security develop a research agenda for future wellness efforts.
Research

Apr 22, 2025

First Responder and Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Research Development

Authors conducted a literature review and interviews about mental health and wellness programs specific to law enforcement and first responders to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security develop a research agenda for future wellness efforts.
Commentary

Apr 7, 2025

FEMA Reformed Itself After Being Faced with Extinction Before, and It Can Learn from the Past

FEMA has faced criticism and the threat of extinction before. Its challenges today are different, but it can find the ingredients for reform in how it responded to criticism in the 1990s.
Press

Apr 7, 2025

Viability of Hospital-Based Emergency Care in U.S. Faces Peril; Reforms Needed to Boost Payments

The viability of hospital-based emergency care in the United States is at risk, threatened by issues such as patients with increasingly complex needs and falling payments for physicians.
Research

Apr 7, 2025

Strategies for Sustaining Emergency Care in the United States

The authors assess the current value of emergency care in the United States, evaluate challenges to sustaining emergency care, measure trends in emergency care payment, and identify alternate funding strategies for emergency care.
Research

Apr 3, 2025

Development and Testing of an Emergency Department Quality Measure for Pediatric Suicidal Ideation and Self-Harm

We developed and tested a new quality measure to assess timeliness of follow-up mental health care for youth presenting to the emergency department with suicidal ideation/self-harm.
Research

Feb 17, 2025

Mental Health Support for First Responders Provided Outside of California's Workers' Compensation System

We examined alternatives to workers’ compensation (WC) for treating psychiatric injuries for first responders by conducting 15 interviews across 5 California departments contracted with non-WC mental health providers.
Research

Feb 5, 2025

National Testing of the Emergency Department Patient Experience of Care Discharged to Community Survey and Implications for Adjustment in Scoring

There is room for improvement in terms of patient experience in the ED setting. Effects of patient characteristics and survey mode on responses were large enough to necessitate appropriate adjustments if hospitals are to be compared in the future.
Research

Feb 5, 2025

Methods for Improving Response Rates in an Emergency Department Setting: A Randomized Feasibility Study

Evaluated response rates of 5 sequential mixed modes: on-site distribution of a paper survey; mail notification of a web survey; email notification of a web survey; mailed survey with telephone follow-up; and email notification of a web survey with mail follow-up and then telephone follow-up.
Research

Feb 5, 2025

Effects of Push-To-Web Mixed Mode Approaches on Survey Response Rates: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Emergency Departments

Recent work involving survey administration among emergency department patients demonstrated very low response rates using single-mode approaches. This study tested several mixed-mode protocols that focus on a push-to-web approach for survey administration in this challenging setting.
Research

Feb 5, 2025

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Emergency Department Utilization and Experience

Previous work demonstrated racial/ethnic differences in emergency department (ED) utilization, but less is known about differences in the experience of care received during an ED visit. Examined differences in utilization and ED care experiences by patients' race/ethnicity.

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The Los Angeles Fires and the Need for Long-Term Strategy Building Wildland Fire Resilience

Building Disaster Resilience: A Systems Approach to Leadership Communication

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Developing an Office of Disaster Research and Innovation: A Process, Questions, and Options for the National Disaster and Emergency Management University

A Research Agenda to Support Mental Health and Wellness Programs for Federal First Responders and Law Enforcement

First Responder and Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Research Development

FEMA Reformed Itself After Being Faced with Extinction Before, and It Can Learn from the Past

Viability of Hospital-Based Emergency Care in U.S. Faces Peril; Reforms Needed to Boost Payments

Strategies for Sustaining Emergency Care in the United States

Development and Testing of an Emergency Department Quality Measure for Pediatric Suicidal Ideation and Self-Harm

Mental Health Support for First Responders Provided Outside of California's Workers' Compensation System

National Testing of the Emergency Department Patient Experience of Care Discharged to Community Survey and Implications for Adjustment in Scoring

Methods for Improving Response Rates in an Emergency Department Setting: A Randomized Feasibility Study

Effects of Push-To-Web Mixed Mode Approaches on Survey Response Rates: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Emergency Departments

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Emergency Department Utilization and Experience

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The Los Angeles Fires and the Need for Long-Term Strategy Building Wildland Fire Resilience

Building Disaster Resilience: A Systems Approach to Leadership Communication

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

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Developing an Office of Disaster Research and Innovation: A Process, Questions, and Options for the National Disaster and Emergency Management University

A Research Agenda to Support Mental Health and Wellness Programs for Federal First Responders and Law Enforcement

First Responder and Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Research Development

FEMA Reformed Itself After Being Faced with Extinction Before, and It Can Learn from the Past

Viability of Hospital-Based Emergency Care in U.S. Faces Peril; Reforms Needed to Boost Payments

Strategies for Sustaining Emergency Care in the United States

Development and Testing of an Emergency Department Quality Measure for Pediatric Suicidal Ideation and Self-Harm

Mental Health Support for First Responders Provided Outside of California's Workers' Compensation System

National Testing of the Emergency Department Patient Experience of Care Discharged to Community Survey and Implications for Adjustment in Scoring

Methods for Improving Response Rates in an Emergency Department Setting: A Randomized Feasibility Study

Effects of Push-To-Web Mixed Mode Approaches on Survey Response Rates: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Emergency Departments

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Emergency Department Utilization and Experience

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