When public health emergencies hit the front line: a qualitative study of the patient experience in the emergency department and outpatient infectious disease clinic during the 2022 Mpox clade IIb outbreak
Patients present to various venues for infectious diseases such as mpox. Many present to EDs as a safety net service or for more severe disease manifestations. Institutional partnerships between ED, ID, and public health authorities, ongoing training, an on-call system for infectious disease threats, de-stigmatization, and focus on successful linkage-to-care pathways are potential ways to improve responses for future novel infectious disease outbreaks.
Authors
- Gaby Dashler
- Bhakti Hansoti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0188-9764)
- David Rudolph
- Matthew M. Hamill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1277-819X)
- Kelly A. Gebo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4010-398X)
- Gabor D. Kelen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3236-8286)
- Mustapha Saheed
- Joyce L Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5882-0907)
- William M. Garneau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1849-1640)
- Luxi Qiao
- Amanda Varnauskas
- Molly Brick
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Johns Hopkins Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-11124-w
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Poxvirus research and outbreaks
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.07