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 Research
2021
A 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 ResearchConceptsCross-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 ResearchConceptsED 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 analysisWork team identification associated with less stress and burnout among front-line emergency department staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Sangal R, Wrzesniewski A, DiBenigno J, Reid E, Ulrich A, Liebhardt B, Bray A, Yang E, Eun E, Venkatesh A, King M. Work team identification associated with less stress and burnout among front-line emergency department staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Leader 2020, 5: 51-54. DOI: 10.1136/leader-2020-000331.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFront-line healthcare workersHealthcare workersCOVID-19 pandemicEmergency department staffQuality improvement initiativesCOVID-19Cross-sectional surveyCross-sectional analysisEmergency departmentProtective effectOngoing COVID-19Mental healthWork stressImprovement initiativesDepartment staffProlonged stressFeelings of stressReduced reportsLess work stressFurther evidenceLongitudinal evidencePandemicFirst waveFront-line workersWorkersAssociation 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 care