Research
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The Arizona Surge Line, the statewide transfer service that came before AZ REACH, has been studied and described in peer-reviewed journals. These articles share what Arizona learned about coordinating hospital transfers and protecting access to care for rural and tribal communities.
2024 · Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Fair and Just Opportunity: Streamlining COVID-19 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Referrals on a Statewide Platform to Enhance Equity
Villarroel LR, Arabia FA, Tams EM, Hu C, Smith LT, Dalton HJ, Molitor MS, Chapital AB, Padiyar JP, Riley RD, Mosier JM
Villarroel LR, Arabia FA, Tams EM, et al. Fair and just opportunity: streamlining COVID-19 extracorporeal membrane oxygenation referrals on a statewide platform to enhance equity. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024;21(10):1375-1378. doi:10.1513/AnnalsATS.202310-907IP
2023 · Frontiers in Public Health
Arizona Surge Line: An Emergent Statewide COVID-19 Transfer Service with Equity as an Outcome
Villarroel L, Tams E, Smith L, Rigler J, Wilson D, Hu C, Glassberg MK
Villarroel L, Tams E, Smith L, et al. Arizona Surge Line: an emergent statewide COVID-19 transfer service with equity as an outcome. Front Public Health. 2023;10:1028353. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.1028353
2022 · JAMA Health Forum
Regional Transfer Coordination and Hospital Load Balancing During COVID-19 Surges
Mitchell SH, Rigler J, Baum K
Mitchell SH, Rigler J, Baum K. Regional transfer coordination and hospital load balancing during COVID-19 surges. JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(2):e215048. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.5048
2021 · New England Journal of Medicine
Inequitable Access to Hospital Care — Protecting Disadvantaged Populations during Public Health Emergencies
White DB, Villarroel L, Hick JL
White DB, Villarroel L, Hick JL. Inequitable access to hospital care—protecting disadvantaged populations during public health emergencies. N Engl J Med. 2021;385(24):2211-2214. doi:10.1056/NEJMp2114767
2021 · NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery
Collaboration on the Arizona Surge Line: How Covid-19 Became the Impetus for Public, Private, and Federal Hospitals to Function as One System
Villarroel L, Christ CM, Smith L, Larsen C, Staab RN, White MD, Frey KA, Brown J, Wilson D, Chapital A, Gerhardt A, Gammon H, Feddersen ML, King D, Wilhoite KB
Villarroel L, Christ CM, Smith L, et al. Collaboration on the Arizona Surge Line: how Covid-19 became the impetus for public, private, and federal hospitals to function as one system. NEJM Catal Innov Care Deliv. Published online January 22, 2021. doi:10.1056/CAT.20.0595
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