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Hegde S, Gromski MA, Halic T, Turkseven, M., Xia, Z., Çetinsaya, B., Sawhney, M.S., Jones, D.B., De, S., Jackson, C.D. Endoscopic submucosal dissection: a cognitive task analysis framework toward training design. Surg Endosc. May 2019. PMID: 31102078 [Full-Text]
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Kim E, Torous J, Horng S, et al. Mobile device ownership among emergency department patients. Int J Med Inform. 2019;126:114-117. PMID: 31029252 [PubMed]
Huckvale K, Torous J, Larsen ME. Assessment of the Data Sharing and Privacy Practices of Smartphone Apps for Depression and Smoking Cessation. JAMA Network Open. 2019;2(4):e192542-e192542. PMID: 31002321 [Full-Text]
Saha K, Torous J, Ernala SK, Rizuto C, Stafford A, De Choudhury M. A computational study of mental health awareness campaigns on social media. Transl Behav Med. March 2019. PMID: 30834942 [Full-Text]
Blumenthal Daniel M., Strom Jordan B., Valsdottir Linda R., et al. Patient-Reported Outcomes in Cardiology: Comparison of Two Programs to Assess Angina Burden in Coronary Artery Disease. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2018;11(11):e004794. [Full-Text]
Schulson L, Novack V, Smulowitz PB, Dechen T, Landon BE. Emergency Department Care for Patients with Limited English Proficiency: a Retrospective Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. September 2018. PMID: 30187374 [PubMed]
Corey J, OʼDonoghue SC, Kelly V, et al. Adoption of an Electronic Template to Promote Evidence-Based Practice for Policies, Procedures, Guidelines, and Directives Documents. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2018;37(4):225-234. [PubMed]
Naidus EL, LaSalvia MT, Marcantonio ER, Herzig SJ. The Diagnostic Yield of Noninvasive Microbiologic Sputum Sampling in a Cohort of Patients with Clinically Diagnosed Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia. J Hosp Med. 2018;13(1):34-37. PMID: 29073317 [PubMed]
Mackinson LG, Corey J, Kelly V, et al. Nurse Project Consultant: Critical Care Nurses Move Beyond the Bedside to Affect Quality and Safety. Crit Care Nurse. 2018;38(3):54-66. PMID: 29858196 [PubMed]
Collins SA, Rozenblum R, Leung WY, et al. Acute care patient portals: a qualitative study of stakeholder perspectives on current practices. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2017;24(e1):e9-e17. PMID: 27357830 [PubMed]
Stevens, JP. Noninvasive ventilation across hospitals: an example of healthcare delivery science, Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2017; 14(11): 1634-1635. PMID: 29090991 [PubMed]
DeSanto-Madeya S, McDermott D, Zerillo JA, Weinstein N, Buss MK. Developing a model for embedded palliative care in a cancer clinic. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2017;7(3):247-250. PMID: 28258162 [PubMed]
Einstein DJ, DeSanto-Madeya S, Gregas M, Lynch J, McDermott DF, Buss MK. Improving End-of-Life Care: Palliative Care Embedded in an Oncology Clinic Specializing in Targeted and Immune-Based Therapies. J Oncol Pract. 2017;13(9):e729-e737. PMID: 28562197 [PubMed]
Tapper EB, Herzig SJ. Nondirected Testing for Inpatients With Severe Liver Injury. J Hosp Med. 2017;12(3):184-187. PMID: 28272597 [PubMed]
Stevens JP, Baker K, Howell MD, Banzett RB. Prevalence and predictive value of dyspnea ratings in hospitalized patients: pilot studies, PLOS ONE, 2016, 11(4):e0152601. PMID: 27070144 [PubMed]
Bell SK, Roche SD, Johansson AC, et al. Clinician Perspectives on an Electronic Portal to Improve Communication with Patients and Families in the Intensive Care Unit. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016;13(12):2197-2206. PMID: 27700144 [PubMed]
Barnett S, Hung A, Tsao R, et al. Capnographic Monitoring of Moderate Sedation During Low-Risk Screening Colonoscopy Does Not Improve Safety or Patient Satisfaction: A Prospective Cohort Study. Am J Gastroenterol. 2016;111(3):388-394. PMID: 26832654 [PubMed]
Penna ND, Stevens JP, Stretch R. Instrumental variable analysis of electronic health records. In: MIT Critical Data. Secondary Analysis of Electronic Health Records. Springer Open, 2016.
Myers L, Stevens JP. Using EHR to conduct outcomes and health services research. In: MIT Critical Data. Secondary Analysis of Electronic Health Records. Springer Open, 2016.
Brown SM, Bell SK, Roche SD, et al. Preferences of Current and Potential Patients and Family Members Regarding Implementation of Electronic Communication Portals in Intensive Care Units. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016;13(3):391-400. PMID: 26700656 [PubMed]
Koliani-Pace J, Vaughn B, Herzig SJ, et al. Utility of Emergency Department Use of Abdominal Pelvic Computed Tomography in the Management of Crohn’s Disease. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2016;50(10):859-864. PMID: 26974753 [PubMed]
Herzig SJ, Nardino RJ. Reconsidering a Common Practice: In-Hospital Use of PPIs. J Gen Intern Med. 2016;31(4):361-362. PMID: 26693727 [PubMed]
Leffler DA, Bukoye B, Sawhney M, et al. Development and validation of the PROcedural Sedation Assessment Survey (PROSAS) for assessment of procedural sedation quality.Gastrointest Endosc. 2015;81(1):194-203.e1. PMID: 25293829 [PubMed]
Kazberouk A, Martin BI, Stevens JP, McGuire K. Validation of an administrative coding algorithm for classifying surgical indication and operative features of spine surgery. Spine, 2015;40(2):114-120. PMID: 25575086 [PubMed]
Bell SK, Gerard M, Fossa A, et al. A patient feedback reporting tool for OpenNotes: implications for patient-clinician safety and quality partnerships. BMJ Qual Saf. 2017;26(4):312-322. PMID: 27965416 [PubMed]
Bell SK, Folcarelli PH, Anselmo MK, Crotty BH, Flier LA, Walker J. Connecting Patients and Clinicians: The Anticipated Effects of Open Notes on Patient Safety and Quality of Care. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2015;41(8):378-384. PMID: 26215527 [PubMed]
Herzig SJ, Guess JR, Feinbloom DB, et al. Improving appropriateness of acid-suppressive medication use via computerized clinical decision support. J Hosp Med. 2015;10(1):41-45. PMID: 25603790 [PubMed]
Stevens JP, Johansson AC, Lennes IT, Hsu D, Tess A, Howell, MD, Long-term culture change related to rapid response implementation, Medical Education , 2014; 48(12):1211-9. PMID: 25413914 [PubMed]
Stevens JP, Kachniarz B, Wright SB, Gillis J, Talmor D, Clardy P, Howell MD. When Policy Gets It Right: Variability in U.S. Hospitals’ Diagnosis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Critical Care Medicine , 2014; 42:497-503. PMID: 24145845 [PubMed]
Howell MD, Stevens JP. Rationing without contemplation: why attention to patient flow is important and how to make it better. In: Damon Sales, Gordon Rubenfeld, editors. The Organization of Critical Care: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Quality. New York: Springer Healthcare; 2014.
Allen-Dicker J, Herzig SJ, Mukamal KJ, Tess A. ACGME Duty Hour Revisions and Self-Reported Intern ICU Sleep Schedules. J Grad Med Educ. 2014;6(3):561-566. PMID: 26279785 [PubMed]
Gonzalo JD, Yang JJ, Stuckey HL, Fischer CM, Sanchez LD, Herzig SJ. Patient care transitions from the emergency department to the medicine ward: evaluation of a standardized electronic signout tool. Int J Qual Health Care. 2014;26(4):337-347. PMID: 24737836 [PubMed]
Stevens JP, Howell MD. Liberating brain-injured patients from mechanical ventilation. Learning from healthcare delivery science. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine , 2013; 188(8): 894-896.
Howell MD, Ngo L, Folcarelli P, et al. Sustained effectiveness of a primary-team-based rapid response system. Crit Care Med. 2012;40(9):2562-2568. PMID:22732285 [PubMed]
Horng S, Greenbaum NR, Nathanson LA, McClay JC, Goss FR, Nielson JA. Consensus Development of a Modern Ontology of Emergency Department Presenting Problems-The Hierarchical Presenting Problem Ontology (HaPPy). Appl Clin Inform. 2019;10(3):409-420. PMID: 31189204 [PubMed]
O’Brien A, O’Reilly K, Dechen T, et al. Redesigning Rounds in the ICU: Standardizing Key Elements Improves Interdisciplinary Communication. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. July 2018. [Full Article]
Stevens JP, Law A, Giannakoulis J. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. JAMA. 2018;319(7):732. PMID: 29466593 [PubMed]
Feuerstein JD, Curran T, Alosilla M, Cataldo T, Falchuk KR, Poylin V. Abstract 438. Mortality Is Rare Following Elective and Non-elective Surgery for Ulcerative Colitis, but Mild Postoperative Complications Are Common. Dig Dis Sci. 2018;63(3):713-722. PMID: 29353444 [PubMed]
Stevens JP, Dechen T, Schwartzstein R, et al. Prevalence of Dyspnea Among Hospitalized Patients at the Time of Admission. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018;56(1):15-22.e2. PMID:29476798 [PubMed]
Stevens JP, Wall M, Novack L, Marshall J, Hsu D, Howell, M. The critical care crisis of opioid overdoses in the United States, Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2017, 14(12): 1803-1809. PMID: 28800256 [PubMed]
Hsu D, McCarthy EP, Stevens JP, Mukamal KJ. Hospitalization, costs, and outcomes associated with heroin and prescription opioid overdoses in the United States 2001-2012, Addiction, 2017, 112(9): 1558-1564. PMID: 28191702 [PubMed]
Smulowitz PB, Dizitzer Y, Tadiri S, Thibodeau L, Jagminas L, Novack V. Impact of implementation of the HEART pathway using an electronic clinical decision support tool in a community hospital setting. Am J Emerg Med. August 2017. PMID: 28869099 [PubMed]
Stevens, JP, Levi, R, Sands, K. Changing the patient safety paradigm, Journal of patient safety, published ahead of print, 2017. PMID: 28691972 [ PubMed]
Herzig SJ, Auerbach AD. Physician Perspectives on Readmission. J Gen Intern Med. 2017;32(7):731. PMID: 28289962 [PubMed]
Mosher H, Herzig SJ, Danovitch I, et al. The Evaluation of Medical Inpatients Who Are Admitted on Long-term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain. J Hosp Med. 06 2017. PMID: 29240853 [PubMed]
Herzig, Shoshana J., Mary T. LaSalvia, Elliot Naidus, Michael B. Rothberg, Wenxiao Zhou, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Edward R. Marcantonio. Antipsychotics and the Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia in Individuals Hospitalized for Nonpsychiatric Conditions: A Cohort Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2017. 65(12):2580–86. PMID: 29095482 [PubMed]
Marshall JM, Herzig SJ, Howell MD, Le SH, Mathew C, Kats JS, Stevens JP. Antipsychotic utilization in the intensive care unit and in transitions of care, Journal of Critical Care, 2016, 33:119-124. PMID: 26818629 [PubMed]
Herzig SJ, Rothberg MB, Guess JR, Stevens JP, Marshall J, Gurwitz JH, Marcantonio ER. Antipsychotic use in hospitalized adults: rates, indications, and predictors. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 2016; 64: 299-305. PMID: 26889839 [PubMed]
Herzig SJ, Marcantonio ER. Reply to “Antipsychotics: Mortality Risk Themselves?” J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016;64(11):2400. PMID: 27783402 [PubMed]
Herzig SJ, Schnipper JL, Doctoroff L, et al. Physician Perspectives on Factors Contributing to Readmissions and Potential Prevention Strategies: A Multicenter Survey. J Gen Intern Med. 2016;31(11):1287-1293. PMID: 27282857 [PubMed]
Herzig SJ. Opening the black box of inpatient opioid prescribing. J Hosp Med. 2016;11(8):595-596. PMID: 27157070 [PubMed].
Ronan MV, Herzig SJ. Hospitalizations Related To Opioid Abuse/Dependence And Associated Serious Infections Increased Sharply, 2002-12. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016;35(5):832-837. PMID: 27140989 [PubMed]
Herzig SJ, Rothberg MB, Guess JR, Gurwitz JH, Marcantonio ER. Antipsychotic medication utilization in nonpsychiatric hospitalizations. J Hosp Med. 2016;11(8):543-549. PMID: 27130311 [PubMed]
Auerbach AD, Kripalani S, Vasilevskis EE, et al. Preventability and Causes of Readmissions in a National Cohort of General Medicine Patients. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176(4):484-493. PMID: 26954564 [PubMed]
Sokol-Hessner L, White AA, Davis KF, Herzig SJ, Hohmann SF. Interhospital transfer patients discharged by academic hospitalists and general internists: Characteristics and outcomes. J Hosp Med. 2016;11(4):245-250. PMID: 26588825 [PubMed]
Herzig SJ. Capsule Commentary on Scales et al., Unintentional Continuation of Medications Intended for Acute Illness After Hospital Discharge: A Population-Based Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2016;31(2):224. PMID: 26558912 [PubMed]
Stevens JP, Kachniarz B, O’Reilly K, Howell MD. Seasonal variation in perceptions of physician competence in the intensive care unit, Academic Medicine, 2015;90(4):472-478. PMID: 25374038 [PubMed]
Graham KL, Wilker EH, Howell MD, Davis RB, Marcantonio ER. Differences between early and late readmissions among patients: a cohort study. Ann Intern Med. 2015;162(11):741-749. PMID: 26030632 [PubMed]
Leffler DA, Lamont JT. Clostridium difficile Infection. N Engl J Med. 2015;373(3):287-288. PMID: 26176396 [PubMed]
Howell MD, Stevens JP. ICUs after surgery, mortality, and the Will Rogers effect. Intensive Care Medicine, 2015;44(11):1990-1992. PMID: 26248953 [PubMed]
Herzig SJ. Growing concerns regarding long-term opioid use: the hospitalization hazard. J Hosp Med. 2015;10(7):469-470. PMID: 25914320 [PubMed]
Bertisch SM, Herzig SJ, Winkelman JW, Buettner C. National use of prescription medications for insomnia: NHANES 1999-2010. Sleep. 2014;37(2):343-349. PMID: 24497662 [PubMed]
Herzig SJ, Rothberg MB, Cheung M, Ngo LH, Marcantonio ER. Opioid utilization and opioid-related adverse events in nonsurgical patients in US hospitals. J Hosp Med. 2014;9(2):73-81. PMID: 24227700 [PubMed]
Herzig SJ, Doughty C, Lahoti S, et al. Acid-suppressive medication use in acute stroke and hospital-acquired pneumonia. Ann Neurol. 2014;76(5):712-718. PMID: 25164323 [PubMed]
Rothberg MB, Herzig SJ, Pekow PS, Avrunin J, Lagu T, Lindenauer PK. Association between sedating medications and delirium in older inpatients. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013;61(6):923-930. P MID: 23631415 [PubMed]
Herzig SJ, Rothberg MB, Feinbloom DB, et al. Risk factors for nosocomial gastrointestinal bleeding and use of acid-suppressive medication in non-critically ill patients. J Gen Intern Med. 2013;28(5):683-690. PMID: 23292499 [PubMed]
Hunziker S, Stevens J, Howell MD. Red cell distribution width and mortality in newly hospitalized patients. Am J Med. 2012; 125(3): 283-91. PMID: 22340927 [PubMed]
Howell MD, Stevens JP. Rapid response systems. In: UpToDate, Gandhi TK, Eamranond P (Eds), UpToDate, Waltham, MA, 2012.
Anandaiah AM, Stevens JP, Sullivan AM. Implementation of a Bundled Consent Process in the ICU: A Single-Center Experience. Crit Care Med. July 2019. PMID: 31305496 [PubMed]
Moore AB, Navarrett S, Herzig SJ. Potentially Inappropriate Use of Intravenous Opioids in Hospitalized Patients. J Hosp Med. 2019;14:E1-E4. PMID: 31251152 [PubMed]
Hegde S, Gromski MA, Halic T, Turkseven, M., Xia, Z., Çetinsaya, B., Sawhney, M.S., Jones, D.B., De, S., Jackson, C.D. Endoscopic submucosal dissection: a cognitive task analysis framework toward training design. Surg Endosc. May 2019. PMID: 31102078 [Full-Text]
Law AC, Stevens JP, Walkey AJ. Gastrostomy Tube Use in the Critically Ill, 1994–2014. Annals ATS. 2019;16(6):724-730. PMID: 31104470 [Full-Text]
Yorkgitis BK, Dugan MM, Bell A, Brat GA, Crandall M. Controlled substance prescribing and education in orthopedic residencies: A program director survey. The American Journal of Surgery. 2019;0(0). PMID: 31088626 [Full-Text]
Roche SD, Reichheld AM, Demosthenes N, et al. Measuring the quality of inpatient specialist consultation in the intensive care unit: Nursing and family experiences of communication. PLOS ONE. 2019;14(4):e0214918. PMID: 30973891 [Full-Text]
Sokol-Hessner L, Kane GJ, Annas CL, et al. Development of a framework to describe patient and family harm from disrespect and promote improvements in quality and safety: a scoping review. Int J Qual Health Care. November 2018. PMID: 30428052 [Full-Text]
Schulson L, Novack V, Smulowitz PB, Dechen T, Landon BE. Emergency Department Care for Patients with Limited English Proficiency: a Retrospective Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. September 2018. PMID: 30187374 [PubMed]
Sokol-Hessner L, Folcarelli PH, Annas CL, et al. A Road Map for Advancing the Practice of Respect in Health Care: The Results of an Interdisciplinary Modified Delphi Consensus Study. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. [Full Article]
Heher YK, Dintzis SM. Disclosure of Harmful Medical Error to Patients: A Review With Recommendations for Pathologists. Adv Anat Pathol. 2018;25(2):124-130. PMID: 29356714 [PubMed]
Lucier D, Folcarelli P, Totte C, Carbo AR, Sokol-Hessner L. Surveying Care Teams after in-Hospital Deaths to Identify Preventable Harm and Opportunities to Improve Advance Care Planning. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2018;44(2):84-93. PMID: 29389464 [PubMed]
Schnock KO, Ravindran SS, Fladger A, et al. Identifying Information Resources for Patients in the Intensive Care Unit and Their Families. Crit Care Nurse. 2017;37(6):e10-e16. PMID: 29196595 [PubMed]
Francis L, Vorwaller MA, Aboumatar H, et al. A Clinician’s Guide to Privacy and Communication in the ICU. Crit Care Med. 2017;45(3):480-485. PMID: 27922454 [PubMed]
O’Reilly K, Ruokis S, Russell K, et al. Standard work for room entry: Linking lean, hand hygiene, and patient-centeredness. Healthc (Amst). 2016;4(1):45-51. PMID: 27001098 [PubMed]
Brown SM, Aboumatar HJ, Francis L, et al. Balancing digital information-sharing and patient privacy when engaging families in the intensive care unit. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2016;23(5):995-1000. PMID: 26984048 [PubMed]
Feuerstein JD, Sheppard V, Cheifetz AS, Ariyabuddhiphongs K. How to Develop the Medical Neighborhood. J Med Syst. 2016;40(9):196. PMID: 27447470 [PubMed]
Brown SM, Rozenblum R, Aboumatar H, et al. Defining patient and family engagement in the intensive care unit. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015;191(3):358-360. PMID: 25635496 [PubMed]
Stevens JP, Silva G, Gills J, Klompas M, Talmor, D, Howell MD. Automated surveillance for ventilator- associated events. Chest, 2014; 146(6):1612-1618. PMID: 25451350 [PubMed]
Breu AC, Herzig SJ. Differentiating DNI from DNR: combating code status conflation. J Hosp Med. 2014;9(10):669-670. PMID: 24978058 [PubMed]
Breu AC, Allen-Dicker J, Mueller S, Palamara K, Hinami K, Herzig SJ. Hospitalist and primary care physician perspectives on medication management of chronic conditions for hospitalized patients. J Hosp Med. 2014;9(5):303-309. PMID: 24616183 [PubMed]
Stevens JP, Johansson C, Schonberg MA, Howell MD. Elements of a high quality inpatient consultation in the intensive care unit: a qualitative study. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2013; 10(3):220-227. PMID: 23802818 [PubMed]
Hunziker S, McHugh W, Sarnoff-Lee B, et al. Predictors and correlates of dissatisfaction with intensive care. Crit Care Med. 2012;40(5):1554-1561. PMID: 22511136 [PubMed]
Stevens JP, Howell MD. Preventing harm and improving quality in the intensive care unit. Hospital Medicine Clinics, 2012;1(1):e12-e35.
Doctoroff L, Mukamal KJ. The Changing Distribution of Length of Hospitalization at Academic Medical Centers 2007-2016. Med Care. July 2019. PMID: 31295164 [PubMed]
Kachalia A, Sands K, Niel MV, et al. Effects Of A Communication-And-Resolution Program On Hospitals’ Malpractice Claims And Costs. Health Affairs. 2018;37(11):1836-1844. PMID: 30395501 [PubMed]
Law AC, Stevens JP, Hohmann S, Walkey AJ. Patient Outcomes After the Introduction of Statewide ICU Nurse Staffing Regulations. Critical Care Medicine. 2018; Online First. [Full Article]
Stevens JP, Nyweide DJ, Landon BE. Concerns Regarding Resource Use and Outcomes in Subsets of Clinicians-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2018;178(4):581. PMID: 29610890 [PubMed]
Stevens JP, Nyweide D, Maresh S, Hatfield L, Howell M, Landon B. Hospital resource use and outcomes among hospitalists, primary care providers, and other generalists, JAMA Internal Medicine, 2017, 177(12):1781-1787. PMID: 29131897 [PubMed]
Mello MM, Kachalia A, Roche S, et al. Outcomes In Two Massachusetts Hospital Systems Give Reason For Optimism About Communication-And-Resolution Programs. Health Aff (Millwood). 2017;36(10):1795-1803. PMID: 28971925 [PubMed]
Allen-Dicker J, Auerbach A, Herzig SJ. Perceived Safety and Value of Inpatient “Very Important Person” Services. J Hosp Med. 2017;12(3):177-179. PMID:28272595 [PubMed]
Marshall, J, Stevens JP, Wood S. Skyrocketing drug costs – beyond the news and into your ICU. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine , 2016; 193(12):1433-1434. PMID: 27304244 [PubMed]
Stevens JP, Nyweide D, Maresh S, Zaslavsky A, Shrank W, Howell MD, Landon BE. Variation in inpatient consultation among older adults in the United States. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2015;30:992-999. PMID: 25693650 [PubMed]
Allen-Dicker J, Herzig SJ, Kerbel R. Global payment contract attitudes and comprehension among internal medicine physicians. Am J Manag Care. 2015;21(8):e474-479. PMID: 26625507 [PubMed]
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Anandaiah AM, Stevens JP, Sullivan AM. Implementation of a Bundled Consent Process in the ICU: A Single-Center Experience. Crit Care Med. July 2019. PMID: 31305496 [PubMed]
Doctoroff L, Mukamal KJ. The Changing Distribution of Length of Hospitalization at Academic Medical Centers 2007-2016. Med Care. July 2019. PMID: 31295164 [PubMed]
Moore AB, Navarrett S, Herzig SJ. Potentially Inappropriate Use of Intravenous Opioids in Hospitalized Patients. J Hosp Med. 2019;14:E1-E4. PMID: 31251152 [PubMed]
Horng S, Greenbaum NR, Nathanson LA, McClay JC, Goss FR, Nielson JA. Consensus Development of a Modern Ontology of Emergency Department Presenting Problems-The Hierarchical Presenting Problem Ontology (HaPPy). Appl Clin Inform. 2019;10(3):409-420. PMID: 31189204 [PubMed]
Hegde S, Gromski MA, Halic T, Turkseven, M., Xia, Z., Çetinsaya, B., Sawhney, M.S., Jones, D.B., De, S., Jackson, C.D. Endoscopic submucosal dissection: a cognitive task analysis framework toward training design. Surg Endosc. May 2019. PMID: 31102078 [Full-Text]
Kim E, Torous J, Horng S, et al. Mobile device ownership among emergency department patients. Int J Med Inform. 2019;126:114-117. PMID: 31029252 [PubMed]
Huckvale K, Torous J, Larsen ME. Assessment of the Data Sharing and Privacy Practices of Smartphone Apps for Depression and Smoking Cessation. JAMA Network Open. 2019;2(4):e192542-e192542. PMID: 31002321 [Full-Text]
Law AC, Stevens JP, Walkey AJ. Gastrostomy Tube Use in the Critically Ill, 1994–2014. Annals ATS. 2019;16(6):724-730. PMID: 31104470 [Full-Text]
Yorkgitis BK, Dugan MM, Bell A, Brat GA, Crandall M. Controlled substance prescribing and education in orthopedic residencies: A program director survey. The American Journal of Surgery. 2019;0(0). PMID: 31088626 [Full-Text]
Roche SD, Reichheld AM, Demosthenes N, et al. Measuring the quality of inpatient specialist consultation in the intensive care unit: Nursing and family experiences of communication. PLOS ONE. 2019;14(4):e0214918. PMID: 30973891 [Full-Text]
Saha K, Torous J, Ernala SK, Rizuto C, Stafford A, De Choudhury M. A computational study of mental health awareness campaigns on social media. Transl Behav Med. March 2019. PMID: 30834942 [Full-Text]
Blumenthal Daniel M., Strom Jordan B., Valsdottir Linda R., et al. Patient-Reported Outcomes in Cardiology: Comparison of Two Programs to Assess Angina Burden in Coronary Artery Disease. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2018;11(11):e004794. [Full-Text]
Kachalia A, Sands K, Niel MV, et al. Effects Of A Communication-And-Resolution Program On Hospitals’ Malpractice Claims And Costs. Health Affairs. 2018;37(11):1836-1844. PMID: 30395501 [PubMed]
Sokol-Hessner L, Kane GJ, Annas CL, et al. Development of a framework to describe patient and family harm from disrespect and promote improvements in quality and safety: a scoping review. Int J Qual Health Care. November 2018. PMID: 30428052 [Full-Text]
Law AC, Stevens JP, Hohmann S, Walkey AJ. Patient Outcomes After the Introduction of Statewide ICU Nurse Staffing Regulations. Critical Care Medicine. 2018; Online First. [Full Article]
Corey J, OʼDonoghue SC, Kelly V, et al. Adoption of an Electronic Template to Promote Evidence-Based Practice for Policies, Procedures, Guidelines, and Directives Documents. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2018;37(4):225-234. [PubMed]
O’Brien A, O’Reilly K, Dechen T, et al. Redesigning Rounds in the ICU: Standardizing Key Elements Improves Interdisciplinary Communication. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. July 2018. [ Full Article ]
Sokol-Hessner L, Folcarelli PH, Annas CL, et al. A Road Map for Advancing the Practice of Respect in Health Care: The Results of an Interdisciplinary Modified Delphi Consensus Study. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. [ Full Article ]
Heher YK, Dintzis SM. Disclosure of Harmful Medical Error to Patients: A Review With Recommendations for Pathologists. Adv Anat Pathol. 2018;25(2):124-130. PMID: 29356714 [PubMed]
Lucier D, Folcarelli P, Totte C, Carbo AR, Sokol-Hessner L. Surveying Care Teams after in-Hospital Deaths to Identify Preventable Harm and Opportunities to Improve Advance Care Planning. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2018;44(2):84-93. PMID: 29389464 [ PubMed ]
Naidus EL, LaSalvia MT, Marcantonio ER, Herzig SJ. The Diagnostic Yield of Noninvasive Microbiologic Sputum Sampling in a Cohort of Patients with Clinically Diagnosed Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia. J Hosp Med. 2018;13(1):34-37. PMID: 29073317 [ PubMed]
Stevens JP, Nyweide DJ, Landon BE. Concerns Regarding Resource Use and Outcomes in Subsets of Clinicians-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2018;178(4):581. PMID: 29610890 [ PubMed]
Stevens JP, Law A, Giannakoulis J. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. JAMA. 2018;319(7):732. PMID: 29466593 [ PubMed ]
Stevens JP, Dechen T, Schwartzstein R, et al. Prevalence of Dyspnea Among Hospitalized Patients at the Time of Admission. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018;56(1):15-22.e2. PMID:29476798 [ PubMed]
Mackinson LG, Corey J, Kelly V, et al. Nurse Project Consultant: Critical Care Nurses Move Beyond the Bedside to Affect Quality and Safety. Crit Care Nurse. 2018;38(3):54-66. PMID: 29858196 [ PubMed ]
Stevens JP, Nyweide D, Maresh S, Hatfield L, Howell M, Landon B. Hospital resource use and outcomes among hospitalists, primary care providers, and other generalists , JAMA Internal Medicine, 2017, 177(12):1781-1787. PMID: 29131897 [PubMed ]
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