2016
The Association Between Physician Empathy and Variation in Imaging Use
Melnick ER, O'Brien EG, Kovalerchik O, Fleischman W, Venkatesh AK, Taylor RA. The Association Between Physician Empathy and Variation in Imaging Use. Academic Emergency Medicine 2016, 23: 895-904. PMID: 27343485, PMCID: PMC5884096, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCT utilizationEmergency physician performanceEmergency physiciansPhysician performanceCT utilization ratesEmergency Department CTPhysician survey respondentsPatient-level variablesCross-sectional studyCohort of physiciansPhysician empathyLarge health systemPsychometric testsMixed effects regression modelsPhysician-based factorsPsychometric scalesSurvey response rateAcademic EDSubset analysisPhysician demographicsHead CTInterphysician variationResponse rateImaging useRTS score
2015
Improving emergency physician performance using audit and feedback: a systematic review
Le Grand Rogers R, Narvaez Y, Venkatesh AK, Fleischman W, Hall MK, Taylor RA, Hersey D, Sette L, Melnick ER. Improving emergency physician performance using audit and feedback: a systematic review. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2015, 33: 1505-1514. PMID: 26296903, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.07.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency physician performanceSystematic reviewPhysician performanceStandardized reportingSufficient outcome dataEmergency department settingTreatment effectsQuality of careHealth care settingsFull-text articlesFeedback interventionNumerous clinical conditionsNonrandomized studyBlack checklistDepartment settingInclusion criteriaCare settingsClinical conditionsMethodological qualityOutcome dataEmergency carePRISMA statementPubMed databaseMajority of studiesBlack score