2021
Improving Emergency Department Throughput Using Audit-and-Feedback With Peer Comparison Among Emergency Department Physicians
Scofi J, Parwani V, Rothenberg C, Patel A, Ravi S, Sevilla M, D'Onofrio G, Ulrich A, Venkatesh AK. Improving Emergency Department Throughput Using Audit-and-Feedback With Peer Comparison Among Emergency Department Physicians. Journal For Healthcare Quality 2021, 44: 69-77. PMID: 34570029, DOI: 10.1097/jhq.0000000000000329.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdmission ratesEmergency department throughputEmergency physiciansMean timeUrban academic EDEmergency department physiciansMean admission rateLower admission ratesFirst study periodED physiciansAcademic EDDepartment physiciansPatient visitsPractice variationAdmissionPeer comparisonPhysiciansPhysician performanceStudy periodPatientsAcademic emergency physiciansReportAuditMinutesHoursFair Play: Application of Normalized Scoring to Emergency Department Throughput Quality Measures in a National Registry
Venkatesh A, Ravi S, Rothenberg C, Kinsman J, Sun J, Goyal P, Augustine J, Epstein SK. Fair Play: Application of Normalized Scoring to Emergency Department Throughput Quality Measures in a National Registry. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 77: 501-510. PMID: 33455841, PMCID: PMC9103009, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.10.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsED groupMultiple EDsNational registryPatient-centered quality measuresED visit volumeHigh-volume EDsEmergency department throughputRegistry data setsSingle EDAmerican CollegeVisit volumeED typeRegistryStandardized approachPerformance scoresIdentification numberVisitsEDAcceptable methodStandardized scoresGroup-level analysisQuality measuresGroupScoresPerformance programs
2017
Reducing Unnecessary Blood Chemistry Testing in the Emergency Department: Implementation of Choosing Wisely
Venkatesh AK, Hajdasz D, Rothenberg C, Dashevsky M, Parwani V, Sevilla M, Shapiro M, Schwartz I. Reducing Unnecessary Blood Chemistry Testing in the Emergency Department: Implementation of Choosing Wisely. American Journal Of Medical Quality 2017, 33: 81-85. PMID: 28693330, DOI: 10.1177/1062860617691842.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood chemistry testingMultimodal interventionChemistry testingFormal laboratory testingMultimodal quality improvement interventionQuality improvement interventionsChemistry testsCare laboratory testingEmergency department throughputPre-post analysisAutoregressive integrated moving-average modelsED visitsPrimary outcomeUrban EDEmergency departmentProvider educationLaboratory testingImprovement interventionsVisitsInterventionDaily numberEDTesting