AI + Large Language Models for Emergency Care
Work focused on leveraging AI/LLMs to extract meaning from unstructured EHR data, improve clinical reasoning support, and reduce documentation burden.
- Large language model-generated clinical summaries in emergency departments: A blinded comparison study. PLOS Digital Health. 2026. Golchini NB, et al.
- When the Domain Expert Has No Time and the LLM Developer Has No Clinical Expertise: Real-World Lessons from LLM Co-Design in a Safety-Net Hospital. arXiv. 2025. Kothari A, et al.
- ER-REASON: A Benchmark Dataset for LLM-Based Clinical Reasoning in the Emergency Room. arXiv. 2025. Mehandru N, et al.
Opioid Use Disorder + Integrated Social-Addiction Care
Work advancing identification of OUD and understanding how social needs and addiction care intersect in ED practice.
- Characterizing emergency clinician engagement with social drivers of health data among patients with opioid use disorder. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2026. Molina M, et al.
- Opioid Overdose-Related Emergency Department Visits Pre- and Post-COVID-19. West J Emerg Med. 2026. Molina M, et al.
- Comparing computable structured phenotype- versus large language model-identification of opioid use disorder using electronic health record data. Ann Emerg Med. 2025. Molina M, et al.
Electronic Health Record Use & Workflows
Work characterizing clinician use of electronic health records and digital communication to understand documentation burden, workflow, and the evolving impact of health information technology on clinical practice.
- National Trends in Patient Messaging-The Growing Electronic Inbox. JAMA. 2026. Molina M, Ross JS.
- Exploration of Electronic Health Record Patterns of Emergency Physicians—Charting the Digital Burden. JAMA Network Open. 2024. Rotenstein LS, Molina M.
Social Drivers of Health: Screening, Documentation, and Implementation
Work describing the national landscape of ED social needs screening/documentation and building the evidence base to strengthen implementation.
- Documentation of Adverse Social Drivers of Health in US Emergency Departments. JACEP Open. 2025. Molina MF, et al.
- Learning From the SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting. Health Services Research. 2025. Gottlieb LM, et al.
- Screening and Response for Adverse Social Determinants of Health in US Emergency Departments. JAMA Network Open. 2025. Molina MF, et al.
- Implementing Social Determinants of Health Screening in US Emergency Departments. JAMA Network Open. 2025. Loo S, Molina M, et al.
- Assessing Implementation of Social Screening Within US Health Care Settings: A Systematic Scoping Review. JABFM. 2023. Marchis EH, et al.
- Patient and Patient Caregiver Perspectives on Social Screening: A Review of the Literature. JABFM. 2023. Brown EM, et al.
- Social Risk Factor Documentation in Emergency Departments. Ann Emerg Med. 2023. Molina MF, et al.
- Prevalence of Emergency Department Social Risk and Social Needs. West J Emerg Med. 2020. Molina MF, et al.
- Patient and Community Organization Perspectives on Accessing Social Resources from the Emergency Department: A Qualitative Study. West J Emerg Med. 2020. Samuels-Kalow ME, Molina MF, et al.
Equity, Bias, and Vulnerable Populations in the ED
Work focused on disparities in treatment, structural inequities, and improving equitable care delivery for marginalized populations.
- Changes in Outpatient and Telehealth Visits Among Undocumented Patients. JAMA Health Forum. 2026. Borchers R, et al.
- Evaluating the Feasibility and Effectiveness of an Interdisciplinary Verbal De-Escalation and Implicit Bias Check Training for Agitation Management in the Emergency Department. Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2025. Carreras Tartak JA, et al.
- Physician Perceptions of the Evaluation and Management of Incarcerated Patients in the Emergency Department. J Emerg Med. 2025. Suh M, et al.
- Long COVID Illness: Disparities in Understanding and Receipt of Care in Emergency Department Populations. Ann Emerg Med. 2025. Rodriguez RM, et al.
- A multi-site assessment of emergency staff knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding care for incarcerated patients. Am J Emerg Med. 2024. Suh M, et al.
- Racial Disparities in Emergency Department Physical Restraint Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2023. Eswaran V, Molina MF, et al.
- Applying crisis standards of care to critically ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: Does race/ethnicity affect triage scoring? JACEP Open. 2021. Molina MF, et al.
- Racial Equity in Crisis Standards of Care—Reassuring Data or Reason for Concern? JAMA Network Open. 2021. Cleveland Manchanda EC, Molina MF, et al.
- The Patient Perspective: Receiving Care in the Post-ACA Era. J Health Disparities Research and Practice. 2017. Molina M, Briggs-Malonson M.
Pragmatic Trials + Access to Preventive and Evidence-Based Care
Work using real-world ED-based strategies (including trials) to improve access to prevention and treatment.
- A cross-sectional analysis of county-level determinants of pandemic-era policy implementation Front. Public Health. 2026. Williams NJ, et al.
- COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Messaging in Emergency Departments: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open. 2025. Molina MF, et al.
- Emergency Department Survey of Vaccination Knowledge, Vaccination Coverage, and Willingness to Receive Vaccines. MMWR. 2025. Rodriguez RM, et al.
- Rates of Recommended Shingles Vaccination and Interest Among Emergency Department Patients: A Multicenter Study. Ann Emerg Med. 2025. Gottlieb M, et al.
- Promotion of Influenza Vaccination in the Emergency Department. NEJM Evidence. 2024. Rodriguez RM, et al.
- COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Hesitancy in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. 2023. Molina MF, et al.
- Contingency management to promote smoking cessation in people experiencing homelessness: Leveraging the EHR in a pilot, pragmatic randomized controlled trial. PLOS ONE. 2022. Molina MF, et al.
- Analysis of Emergency Department Encounters Among High Users of Health Care and Social Service Systems Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open. 2022. Molina M, et al.