Jensa Morris, MD
Chief, Inpatient Medical ServicesDownloadHi-Res Photo
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Titles
Chief, Inpatient Medical Services; Director, Smilow Hospitalist Service; Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
Biography
Jensa Morris completed her undergraduate at Princeton University, medical school at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Internal Medicine training at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Morris specializes in the care of hospitalized patients. Over her career at Yale New Haven Hospital, she has been a leader in perioperative medical management of surgical patients, specifically orthopedic and neurosurgical patients. She was the medical lead for the Hip Fracture Comanagement Service and the Arthroplasty Preoperative Optimization Program. Dr. Morris now leads the Smilow Hospitalist Service, dedicated to the care of hospitalized patients with cancer. Dr. Morris has a strong interest in quality improvement, education and team building on the inpatient medical services.
Last Updated on April 07, 2025.
Appointments
Internal Medicine
Associate Clinical ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- General Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Yale Cancer Center
Education & Training
- Residency
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (2002)
- Internship
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (2000)
- MD
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine (1999)
- BA
- Princeton University (1995)
Research
Overview
As a hospitalist physician dedicated to the clinical care of inpatients, my research projects have centered on the outcomes of clinical initiatives. Recent work has produced rigorous analyses of the impact of medical comanagement of orthopedic, neurosurgical and cancer patients. My research collaborations have evaluated the impact of such programs on length of stay, readmissions, discharge disposition, inpatient and 30-day mortality.
Medical Research Interests
Evidence-Based Medicine; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Hip Fractures; Hospice Care; Hospital Administration; Hospitalists; Length of Stay; Palliative Medicine; Patient Care Team; Patient Discharge; Patient Handoff; Patient-Centered Care; Perioperative Medicine; Point-of-Care Systems; Practice Patterns, Physicians'; Professional Practice Gaps; Quality Indicators, Health Care; Quality of Health Care
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Frequent collaborators of Jensa Morris's published research.
Publications Timeline
A big-picture view of Jensa Morris's research output by year.
Research Interests
Research topics Jensa Morris is interested in exploring.
Elizabeth Horn Prsic, MD
Bonnie E Gould Rothberg, MD, PhD, MPH, MMM, FACP
Daniel Wiznia, MD
Jay Moran, MD
John L Vaughn, MD, MS
Nathaniel Parker, DO, FACP
28Publications
144Citations
Hospitalists
Length of Stay
Quality of Health Care
Hip Fractures
Patient Discharge
Publications
2025
Impact of skilled nursing facility discharge on inpatient oncology quality outcomes
Rothberg B, Morris J. Impact of skilled nursing facility discharge on inpatient oncology quality outcomes. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2025, 9: pkaf055. PMID: 40408163, PMCID: PMC12202314, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkaf055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSkilled nursing facilityNursing facilitiesMedical oncology serviceLength of staySelf-careSeverity of illness indexReadmission ratesOncology servicesSkilled nursing facility dischargeImprove care qualityHouse staff teamsIllness indexOncology patientsImproved length of stayCare qualityThirty-day readmission ratesDischarge planningTime of dischargeQuality outcomesPractice improvementFacility dischargeStaff teamsRandom interceptReadmissionHospitalist comanagement1266: WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF A CLINICAL DETERIORATION TOOL ACROSS A LARGE HEALTH SYSTEM
Johnson J, Lamoureux D, Morris J, Moore J, Maslan C, Luyckx A, Luyckx J, Malile T, Sangkachand P, Moreines J, Sharma S, Ackerman A, Cushing W, Boyce T, Rhodes D, Siner J. 1266: WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF A CLINICAL DETERIORATION TOOL ACROSS A LARGE HEALTH SYSTEM. Critical Care Medicine 2025, 53 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0001103728.10094.c4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Orthopaedic Nurse Navigators and Total Joint Arthroplasty Preoperative Optimization
Kebeh M, Dlott C, Kurek D, Tung W, Morris J, Wiznia D. Orthopaedic Nurse Navigators and Total Joint Arthroplasty Preoperative Optimization. Orthopaedic Nursing 2024, 43: 195-201. PMID: 39047269, PMCID: PMC11279383, DOI: 10.1097/nor.0000000000001039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsNurse navigatorPayer statusMedical managementMedical management guidelinesMedication reconciliationResource referralsPatient educationInsurance statusPreoperative optimization protocolFinancial concernsInsurance coveragePatient outcomesLiterature searchNursesTJA patientsManagement guidelinesPayersMedicationStatusInsuranceFinancial resourcesEducationPatientsRecommendationsReferralAssociation of Hospitalist Care and Outcomes for Patients Electively Admitted for Chemotherapy
Vaughn J, Morris J, Merl M, Gould Rothberg BE. Association of Hospitalist Care and Outcomes for Patients Electively Admitted for Chemotherapy. Journal Of Brown Hospital Medicine 2024, 3: 115906. PMID: 40026792, PMCID: PMC11864383, DOI: 10.56305/001c.115906.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayAnticancer therapyHematologic malignanciesHospitalist careBlood cell count recoveryTumor lysis syndromeQuality outcomesMean discharge timeEfficiency of careOutcomes of length of stayMixed linear regression modelsCount recoveryCare of patientsMethotrexate clearanceTherapy initiationTherapy regimenNo significant differenceTherapy administrationPatientsLinear regression modelsMean timeTherapySignificant differenceImprove qualityMalignancyOrthopaedic Nurse Navigators and Total Joint Arthroplasty Preoperative Optimization
Kebeh M, Dlott C, Kurek D, Morris J, Wiznia D. Orthopaedic Nurse Navigators and Total Joint Arthroplasty Preoperative Optimization. Orthopaedic Nursing 2024, 43: 75-83. PMID: 38546679, PMCID: PMC10987043, DOI: 10.1097/nor.0000000000001013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsNurse navigatorTotal joint arthroplastyModifiable risk factorsAssessment of nutritional statusLong-term interventionsTotal joint arthroplasty patientsNursesPractice standardsNutritional statusObesityRisk factorsImprove outcomesPatients to worse outcomesTargeted assessmentMalnutritionInterventionJoint arthroplastyLiterature reviewWorse outcomesPreoperative optimizationOutcomesRecommendationsBariatric treatmentPatientsPracticeOrthopaedic Nurse Navigators and Total Joint Arthroplasty Preoperative Optimization
Kebeh M, Dlott C, Kurek D, Morris J, Johnson C, Wiznia D. Orthopaedic Nurse Navigators and Total Joint Arthroplasty Preoperative Optimization. Orthopaedic Nursing 2024, 43: 2-9. PMID: 38266257, PMCID: PMC10832337, DOI: 10.1097/nor.0000000000000997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsNurse navigatorCardiovascular disease managementTotal joint arthroplastyCardiovascular diseaseCoordination of interventionsDisease managementImprove patient healthOptimal diabetesPatient educationPatient healthNursesPreoperative optimization protocolRisk factorsDiabetesCurrent practicesJoint arthroplastyLiterature reviewProgramRiskRecommendationsSurgical outcomesHealthInterventionOrthopaedicsDisease
2023
Association of Hospitalist Care and Outcomes on an Inpatient Elective Anticancer Therapy Service
Vaughn J, Merl M, Morris J, Rothberg BE. Association of Hospitalist Care and Outcomes on an Inpatient Elective Anticancer Therapy Service. Blood 2023, 142: 2335. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-190824.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospitalist careTherapy administrationRace/ethnicityTherapy servicesIllness indexSmilow Cancer HospitalTumor lysis syndromeMean discharge timeSignificant differencesQuality outcomesIndex regimenLysis syndromeMedian ageAnticancer regimenMultiple admissionsMethotrexate clearanceCancer HospitalCancer CenterTreatment daysTherapy typeDay 1PatientsAdmissionLymphomaTherapy teamOrthopaedic Nurse Navigators and Total Joint Arthroplasty Preoperative Optimization
Kebeh M, Dlott C, Kurek D, Morris J, Wiznia D. Orthopaedic Nurse Navigators and Total Joint Arthroplasty Preoperative Optimization. Orthopaedic Nursing 2023, 42: 334-343. PMID: 37989152, PMCID: PMC10664865, DOI: 10.1097/nor.0000000000000983.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPreoperative optimization protocolNurse navigatorSubstance useAlcohol usePreoperative optimization programsCommon risk factorsTotal joint arthroplastyPreoperative optimizationOpioid usePain specialistsCessation programsRisk factorsJoint arthroplastyPatientsPractice recommendationsSemistructured formatLiterature reviewOpioidsComplicationsSmokingArthroplastyInternistsOncology hospitalist impact on hospice utilization
Prsic E, Morris J, Adelson K, Parker N, Gombos E, Kottarathara M, Novosel M, Castillo L, Rothberg BE. Oncology hospitalist impact on hospice utilization. Cancer 2023, 129: 3797-3804. PMID: 37706601, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.35008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsMedical oncology serviceOncology servicesEnd of lifeAdvanced cancerInpatient hospiceHospice utilizationHigher total health care costsTotal health care costsComfort-focused careInpatient oncology serviceSmilow Cancer HospitalAdjusted odds ratioLength of staySolid tumor malignanciesLong-term survivalMultivariable linear regressionHealth care costsElectronic medical recordsHospice transitionUnplanned hospitalizationDischarge dispositionHospice referralInpatient managementLate referralCancer HospitalThe impact of oncology hospitalist utilization on resident education.
Bhatt S, Yao J, Gould Rothberg BE, Morris J, Parker N, Adelson K, Prsic E. The impact of oncology hospitalist utilization on resident education. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 41: 11034-11034. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2023.41.16_suppl.11034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospitalist serviceMedical oncologistsCancer CenterPercent of residentsU.S. cancer centersMann-Whitney U testGOC discussionsMedical oncologyCare discussionsInpatient teaching servicesOutpatient careInpatient careEligible residentsPatient careUniversity IRBFamily meetingsHospitalistsU testOncologistsStatistical significanceStudy intervalTwo-week periodCareP-valueFive-point Likert scale
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
Activities
activity American Board of Internal Medicine
03/01/2021 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsChairDetailsChair, Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment Committeeactivity American Board of Internal Medicine
05/02/2022 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsBoard MemberDetailsHospitalist Specialty Board Representative to ABIM Internal Medicine Boardactivity American College of Physicians
2013 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsFellowDetailsFellowactivity Society of Hospital Medicine
2003 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsMemberDetailsMemberactivity Medical Executive Committee
2021 - PresentCommitteesMemberDetailsThe Medical Executive Committee (MEC) is an integral part of hospital governance. The MEC, with input from the medical staff, makes key leadership decisions related to medical staff policies, procedures, and rules, with an emphasis on quality control and quality improvement initiatives.
Honors
honor First Place: Clinical Redesign Category; Center for Musculoskeletal Care Novel Presurgical Optimization Program
04/01/2019Hospital System AwardYale New Haven Health System Safety, Quality and Experience ConferenceDetailsUnited Stateshonor Hospitalist Service Excellence Awards: Physician Most Mentioned by Patients and Colleagues, 2013, 2012, 2007-2010; Highest Patient Satisfaction, 2009, 2007
12/03/2012, 12/01/2010, 12/01/2009, 12/01/2008, 12/03/2007Hospital System AwardHospitalist Service, Yale New Haven HospitalDetailsUnited Stateshonor Top Ten Hospitalist
11/05/2012National AwardAmerican College of PhysiciansDetailsUnited Stateshonor Yale New Haven Hospital Hero, Service Excellence Award
09/04/2006Hospital System AwardYale New Haven HospitalDetailsUnited States
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- December 31, 2024
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- July 24, 2024
Yale Department of Internal Medicine Faculty Promotions and Appointments (July 2024)
- June 26, 2024
Got a Game? Boost Your Performance
- March 11, 2024
Oncology Hospitalists Improve Hospice Transitions for Patients with Advanced Cancers
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