Patient Perspectives on the Current Paradigm of Non-Invasive Cardiac Testing Through an Emergency Department Observation Unit: A Survey Study

• Published in: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 17; no. 6; p. e85296
• Main Authors: Reynolds, Joshua C, Oostema, John A, Sierzant, Charles, Sherwin, Kyle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Springer Nature B.V 03.06.2025; Cureus
• Subjects: Cardiac stress tests; Cardiology; Consent; Coronary vessels; Cost control; Demographics; Electronic health records; Emergency medical care; Emergency Medicine; Enrollments; Ethnicity; Health insurance; Ischemia; Patient satisfaction; Tomography; patient-centered outcomes; chest pain; emergency medicine; patient experience; alternative care pathways; cross-section; survey; observation medicine; cardiology

Emergency department observation units (EDOU) facilitate cardiac testing after initial ED evaluation for acute coronary syndrome. While this approach offers multiple safety and compliance benefits, it also poses patient-facing costs and inconveniences that outpatient approaches might alleviate. Desp...