2023
Correlations among common emergency medicine physician performance measures: Mixed messages or balancing forces?
Scofi J, Underriner E, Sangal R, Rothenberg C, Patel A, Pickens A, Sather J, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Venkatesh A. Correlations among common emergency medicine physician performance measures: Mixed messages or balancing forces? The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 72: 58-63. PMID: 37481955, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.07.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSociodemographic Disparities in Queue Jumping for Emergency Department Care
Sangal R, Su H, Khidir H, Parwani V, Liebhardt B, Pinker E, Meng L, Venkatesh A, Ulrich A. Sociodemographic Disparities in Queue Jumping for Emergency Department Care. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2326338. PMID: 37505495, PMCID: PMC10383013, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.26338.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Medical ServicesEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHumansMaleMedicareMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesConceptsCross-sectional studyHigh acuityPatient demographicsSame acuityLatino ethnicityNon-Hispanic raceEmergency department careBed placementTime of triageNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic whitesED visitsPrimary outcomeED arrivalED patientsMedicaid insuranceMean ageTriage acuityStudy visitAcuity patientsSociodemographic disparitiesED outcomesHigher oddsMAIN OUTCOMECare access
2021
Leadership communication, stress, and burnout among frontline emergency department staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods approach
Sangal RB, Bray A, Reid E, Ulrich A, Liebhardt B, Venkatesh AK, King M. Leadership communication, stress, and burnout among frontline emergency department staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods approach. Healthcare 2021, 9: 100577. PMID: 34411923, PMCID: PMC8361146, DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100577.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Cross-Sectional Analysis of High-Acuity Professional Services Performed by Urban and Rural Emergency Care Physicians Across the United States
Gettel CJ, Canavan ME, Greenwood-Ericksen MB, Parwani VL, Ulrich AS, Pilgrim RL, Venkatesh AK. A Cross-Sectional Analysis of High-Acuity Professional Services Performed by Urban and Rural Emergency Care Physicians Across the United States. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 140-149. PMID: 33771412, PMCID: PMC8238845, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.11.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency MedicineHumansMedicarePatient AcuityPractice Patterns, Physicians'Rural PopulationUnited StatesUrban PopulationConceptsCross-sectional analysisCare EvaluationRural physiciansMedicare feeEmergency careUrban physiciansMedicare Public Use FilesManagement service codesEmergency care physiciansLogistic regression analysisPrimary outcomeCare physiciansPhysician levelService beneficiariesPublic Use FilePhysiciansIndividual physiciansUse FileRegression analysisQuintileCareProportion of servicesReimbursementPart B.Urban settings
2020
The cost of waiting: Association of ED boarding with hospitalization costs
Baloescu C, Kinsman J, Ravi S, Parwani V, Sangal RB, Ulrich A, Venkatesh AK. The cost of waiting: Association of ED boarding with hospitalization costs. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 40: 169-172. PMID: 33272871, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.10.058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHospitalizationHumansLength of StayMaleMedicareUnited StatesWaiting ListsConceptsED boardingHospitalization costsED crowdingHospital spendingHospital care accessMultivariate linear regression analysisED patient volumeCost of careQuality of careEmergency department boardingCross-sectional analysisPublic health crisisED lengthEffective careCare accessHospital levelInpatient bedsED characteristicsLinear regression analysisPatient volumeCareMedicare spendingMultivariate regressionPatientsRegression analysisAssociation between patient-physician gender concordance and patient experience scores. Is there gender bias?
Chekijian S, Kinsman J, Taylor RA, Ravi S, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Venkatesh A, Agrawal P. Association between patient-physician gender concordance and patient experience scores. Is there gender bias? The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 45: 476-482. PMID: 33069544, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.09.090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient satisfaction surveyFemale patientsProvider scoresOverall assessment scoreEmergency departmentPatient satisfactionPhysician genderPatient-physician gender concordanceFemale physiciansAssessment scoresGender concordancePatient satisfaction survey dataSatisfaction surveyEffect of patientFemale emergency physiciansPatient experience scoresLogistic regression modelsCross-sectional analysisElectronic health recordsPatients' oddsAdult patientsPatient genderEmergency physiciansLower oddsEmergency careAssociation between emergency department chief complaint and adverse hospitalization outcomes: A simple early warning system?
Lord K, Rothenberg C, Parwani V, Finn E, Khan A, Sather J, Ulrich A, Chaudhry S, Venkatesh A. Association between emergency department chief complaint and adverse hospitalization outcomes: A simple early warning system? The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 45: 548-550. PMID: 32839053, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.07.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNational Assessment of Surprise Coverage Gaps Provided to Simulated Patients Seeking Emergency Care
Parwani V, Ulrich A, Rothenberg C, Kinsman J, Duhaime M, Thomas M, Venkatesh A. National Assessment of Surprise Coverage Gaps Provided to Simulated Patients Seeking Emergency Care. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e206868. PMID: 32412634, PMCID: PMC7229522, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.6868.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Emergency physician empathy does not explain variation in admission rates
Parwani V, Ashkenasi D, Rothenberg C, Ulrich A, Chekijian S, Shapiro M, Melnick E, Venkatesh A. Emergency physician empathy does not explain variation in admission rates. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2018, 37: 767-768. PMID: 30220643, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.08.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency department boarding and adverse hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to a general medical service
Lord K, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Finn EB, Rothenberg C, Emerson B, Rosenberg A, Venkatesh AK. Emergency department boarding and adverse hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to a general medical service. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2018, 36: 1246-1248. PMID: 29605480, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.03.043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse hospitalization outcomesRapid response team activationGeneral medical servicesHospitalization outcomesEmergency departmentED boardingComposite outcomeCare escalationPrimary outcomeAdverse outcomesRRT activationPatient encountersConsecutive patient encountersGeneral medicine serviceInpatient hospital stayMedical servicesEmergency department boardingED departureHospital mortalityHospital deathHospital stayED admissionPatient demographicsHospital admissionIntensive care