Publications

2020

Aaronson E, Daubman BR, Petrillo L, Bowman J, Ouchi K, Gips A, Traeger L, Jackson V, Grudzen C, Ritchie C. Emerging Palliative Care Innovations in the ED: A Qualitative Analysis of Programmatic Elements During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. November 2020. doi:
10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.10.035

Aaronson E, Petrilo L, Stoltenberg M, Jacobsen J, Wilson E, Bowman J, Ouchi K, Traeger L, Daubman BR, Ritchie C, Jackson V. The Experience of Emergency Department Providers with Embedded Palliative Care during COVID. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. August 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.08.007 (Paper.)

Ouchi K, Lawton A, Bowman, J, Bernacki R, George, N. Managing Code Status Conversations for Seriously Ill Older Adults in Respiratory Failure. Annals of Emergency Medicine. July 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.05.039 (Paper).

Bowman J, Aaronson E, Quest T. After the Code: A Call to Include Death Disclosure Training Alongside Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training. JAMA Cardiology. May 2020. DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1279 (Paper)

Bukhman AK, Baugh C, Yun, Brian. “Alternative Dispositions for Emergency Department Patients.” Emergency Medicine Clinics on North America. Emergency medicine clinics of North America. 2020; 38(3): 647-661

George N, Bowman J, Aaronson E, Ouchi K. Past, Present, and Future of Palliative Care in Emergency Medicine in the USA. Acute Medicine & Surgery. March 2020. DOI:10.1002/ams2.497 (Paper)

Weiner SG, Chou SC, Chang CY, Garner C, El Ibrahimi S, Hallvik S, Hendricks M, Baker O. Prescription and Prescriber Specialty Characteristics of Initial Opioid Prescriptions Associated with Chronic Use. Pain Med. 2020 Dec 25; 21(12):3669-3678. PMID: 33094313.

Chou SC, Hong AS, Weiner SG, Wharam JF. High-deductible health plans and low-value imaging in the emergency department. Health Serv Res. 2020 Oct 06. PMID: 33025604.

Chou SC, Nagurney JM, Schuur JD, Weiner SG. Advanced imaging and trends in hospitalizations from the emergency department. PLoS One. 2020; 15(9):e0239059. PMID: 32936833.

Chou SC, Gondi S, Weiner SG, Schuur JD, Sommers BD. Medicaid Expansion Reduced Emergency Department Visits by Low-income Adults Due to Barriers to Outpatient Care. Med Care. 2020 06; 58(6):511-518. PMID: 32000172.

Chou SC, Baker O, Schuur JD. Changes in Emergency Department Care Intensity from 2007-16: Analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. West J Emerg Med. 2020 Feb 21; 21(2):209-216. PMID: 32191178.

Im D, Aaronson EL, Best Practices in Communication and Patient Safety. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. 2020 August 1;38(3).

Im DD, Jambaulikar GD, Kikut A, Gale J, Weiner SG. Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form: A New Method for Assessing Pain in the Emergency Department. Pain Medicine, 2020, 1-7.

Im DD, Chary A, Condella AL, Vongsachang H, Carlson LC, Vogel L, Martin A, Kunzler N, Weiner SG, Samuels-Kalow M. Emergency Department Clinicians’ Attitudes Towards Opioid Use Disorder and Emergency Department-initiated Buprenorphine Treatment: a Mixed-methods Study. West J EM. 2020 March, 21(2): 261-271.

Dalton MK, Andriotti T, Matsas B, Chaudhary MA, Tilley L, Lipsitz S, Learn PA, Schoenfeld AJ, Jarman MP, Goralnick E. Emergency Department Utilization in the U.S. Military Health System. Mil Med. 2020 Dec 17. PMID: 33331640.

Andriotti T, Dalton MK, Jarman MP, Lipsitz S, Chaudhary MA, Tilley L, Learn PA, Schoenfeld AJ, Goralnick E. Super-Utilization of the Emergency Department in a Universally Insured Population. Mil Med. 2020 Nov 28. PMID: 33247301.

DeLuca MA, Chai PR, Goralnick E, Erickson TB. Five Decades of Global Chemical Terror Attacks: Data Analysis to Inform Training and Preparedness. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2020 Jul 24; 1-12. PMID: 32703327.
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de Jager E, McCarty J, Jarman MP, Uribe-Leitz T, Goralnick E, Haider AH, Schoenfeld AJ, Ortega G. The Association of State Firearm Legislation With the Burden of Firearm-Related Surgery. J Surg Res. 2020 11; 255:612-618. PMID: 32653693.
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Dalton MK, Chaudhary MA, Andriotti T, Sturgeon D, Learn PA, Jarman MP, Weissman JS, Goralnick E. Patterns and predictors of opioid prescribing and use after rib fractures. Surgery. 2020 10; 168(4):684-689. PMID: 32653204.
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Goralnick E, Ezeibe C, Chaudhary MA, McCarty J, Herrera-Escobar JP, Andriotti T, de Jager E, Ospina-Delgado D, Goolsby C, Hunt R, Weissman JS, Haider A, Jacobs L, Andrade E, Brown J, Bulger EM, Butler FK, Callaway D, Caterson EJ, Choudhry NK, Davis MR, Eastman A, Eastridge BJ, Epstein JL, Evans CL, Gausche-Hill M, Gestring ML, Goldberg SA, Hanfling D, Holcomb JB, Jonson CO, King DR, Kivlehan S, Kotwal RS, Krohmer JR, Levy-Carrick N, Levy M, Meléndez Lugo JJ, Mooney DP, Neal MD, Niskanen R, O’Neill P, Park H, Pons PT, Prytz E, Rasmussen TE, Remley MA, Riviello R, Salim A, Shackelfold S, Smith ER, Stewart RM, Swaroop M, Ward K, Uribe-Leitz T, Jarman MP, Ortega G. Defining a Research Agenda for Layperson Prehospital Hemorrhage Control: A Consensus Statement. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 07 01; 3(7):e209393. PMID: 32663307.
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Ryan KM, Mostaghimi S, Dugas J, Goralnick E. Emergency Physician Involvement in Hospital Preparedness: A National Survey of Academic Medical Centers. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2020 May 19; 1-4. PMID: 32425143.
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Franklin BJ, Gandhi TK, Bates DW, Huancahuari N, Morris CA, Pearson M, Bass MB, Goralnick E. Impact of multidisciplinary team huddles on patient safety: a systematic review and proposed taxonomy. BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 10; 29(10):1-2. PMID: 32265256.
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Mueller S, Murray M, Schnipper J, Goralnick E. An initiative to improve advanced notification of inter-hospital transfers. Healthc (Amst). 2020 Jun; 8(2):100423. PMID: 32199862.
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McCarty JC, Caterson EJ, Goralnick E. Bleeding Control Training for the Lay Public: Keep it Simple-Reply. JAMA Surg. 2020 02 01; 155(2):176. PMID: 31721996.
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Onishi E, Nakagawa S, Uemura T, Shiozawa Y, Yuasa M, Ito K, Kobayashi Y, Ishikawa H, Ouchi K. Physicians’ Perceptions and Suggestions for the Adaptation of a US-Based Serious Illness Communication Training in a Non-US Culture: A Qualitative Study. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Dec 05. PMID: 33290856.

Aaronson EL, Daubman BR, Petrillo L, Bowman J, Ouchi K, Gips A, Traeger L, Jackson V, Grudzen C, Ritchie CS. Emerging Palliative Care Innovations in the ED: A Qualitative Analysis of Programmatic Elements During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Nov 06. PMID: 33161031.

O’Mara, L, Streiter S, Orkaby, AR, Ouchi K, Bernacki R. A Framework to Triage Older Adults with COVID-19 to Provide Patient Centered Care. NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery. 2020. View Publication.

Landry A, Ouchi K. Why We Searched for a Photo. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 11; 76(5):681-682. PMID: 33097127.

Aaronson EL, Petrillo L, Stoltenberg M, Jacobsen J, Wilson E, Bowman J, Ouchi K, Traeger L, Daubman BR, Ritchie CS, Jackson V. The Experience of Emergency Department Providers With Embedded Palliative Care During COVID. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Nov; 60(5):e35-e43. PMID: 32882358.

Dundin A, Siegert C, Miller D, Ouchi K, Lakin JR, Bernacki R, Sciacca K. A Pivot to Palliative: An Interdisciplinary Program Development in Preparation for a Coronavirus Patient Surge in the Emergency Department. J Emerg Nurs. 2020 11; 46(6):760-767.e1. PMID: 33023790.

Lai L, Sato R, Ouchi K, Landman AB, Zhang HM. Digital health innovation to integrate palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Aug 19. PMID: 33046309.

Ouchi K, Lawton AJ, Bowman J, Bernacki R, George N. Managing Code Status Conversations for Seriously Ill Older Adults in Respiratory Failure. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 12; 76(6):751-756. PMID: 32747084.

Lai L, Sato R, He S, Ouchi K, Leiter R, deLima Thomas J, Lawton A, Landman AB, Mark Zhang H. Usage Patterns of a Web-Based Palliative Care Content Platform (PalliCOVID) During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 10; 60(4):e20-e27. PMID: 32730951.

Landry A, Ouchi K. Story of human connection. Emerg Med J. 2020 Aug; 37(8):526. PMID: 32661064.

Ouchi K, Lo Bello J, Moseley E, Lindvall C. Long-Term Prognosis of Older Adults Who Survive Emergency Mechanical Ventilation. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 11; 60(5):1019-1026. PMID: 32540468.

Pajka SE, Hasdianda MA, George N, Sudore R, Schonberg MA, Bernstein E, Tulsky JA, Block SD, Ouchi K. Feasibility of a Brief Intervention to Facilitate Advance Care Planning Conversations for Patients with Life-Limiting Illness in the Emergency Department. J Palliat Med. 2021 Jan; 24(1):31-39. PMID: 32471321.

George N, Bowman J, Aaronson E, Ouchi K. Past, present, and future of palliative care in emergency medicine in the USA. Acute Med Surg. 2020 Jan-Dec; 7(1):e497. PMID: 32395248.

Levine DM, Ouchi K, Blanchfield B, Saenz A, Burke K, Paz M, Diamond K, Pu CT, Schnipper JL. Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2020 01 21; 172(2):77-85. PMID: 31842232.

Goralnick E, Ezeibe C, Chaudhary MA, McCarty J, Herrera-Escobar JP, Andriotti T, de Jager E, Ospina-Delgado D, Goolsby C, Hunt R, Weissman JS, Haider A, Jacobs L; and the Stop the Bleed National Research Agenda Consensus Conference Working Group, Andrade E, Brown J, Bulger EM, Butler FK, Callaway D, Caterson EJ, Choudhry NK, Davis MR, Eastman A, Eastridge BJ, Epstein JL, Evans CL, Gausche-Hill M, Gestring ML, Goldberg SA, Hanfling D, Holcomb JB, Jonson CO, King DR, Kivlehan S, Kotwal RS, Krohmer JR, Levy-Carrick N, Levy M, Meléndez Lugo JJ, Mooney DP, Neal MD, Niskanen R, O’Neill P, Park H, Pons PT, Prytz E, Rasmussen TE, Remley MA, Riviello R, Salim A, Shackelfold S, Smith ER, Stewart RM, Swaroop M, Ward K, Uribe-Leitz T, Jarman MP, Ortega G. Defining a Research Agenda for Layperson Prehospital Hemorrhage Control: A Consensus Statement. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jul 1;3(7):e209393.

Tonellato DJ, Ransohoff JR, Nash C, Melanson SEF, Petrides AK, Tolan NV, Goldberg SA, Boyer EW, Chai PR, Erickson TB. Traumatic pedestrian and bicyclist injuries associated with intoxication. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Aug 16:S0735-6757(20)30710-5.

Weiner SG, Cash RE, Hendricks M, El Ibrahimi S, Baker O, Seethala RR, Peters G, Goldberg SA. Ambulance Calls for Substance-Related Issues Before and After COVID-19. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2020 Nov 4:1-8.

Goldberg SA, Cash RE, Peters G, Weiner SG, Greenough PG, Seethala R. The impact of COVID-19 on statewide EMS use for cardiac emergencies and stroke in Massachusetts. JACEP Open. 2020. Accepted for publication.

Shankar KN, Lin F, Epino H, Temin E, Liu S. Emergency department falls: a longitudinal analysis of revisits and hospitalisations between patients who fall and patients who did not fall. BMJ Open. 2020 Dec 10;10(12):e041054.

Abujaber S, Chang CY, Reynolds TA, Mowafi H, Obermeyer Z. Developing metrics for emergency care research in low- and middle-income countries. Afr J Emerg Med 2016; 6(3): 116-124

Chang CY, Abujaber S, Reynolds TA, Camargo CA, Obermeyer Z. Burden of emergency conditions and emergency care utilization in low- and middle-income countries: New estimates from 40 countries. Emerg Med J. 2016; 33(11): 794-800

Chang CY, Abujaber S, Pany MJ, Obermeyer Z. Are vital sign abnormalities associated with poor outcomes after emergency department discharge? Acute Med J. 2019; 18(2) 88-95

Eberly LA, Richterman A, Beckett AG, Wispelwey B, Marsh RH, Manchanda ECC, Chang CY, Glynn RJ, Brooks KC, Boxer R, Kakoza R, Goldsmith J, Loscalzo J, Morse M, Lewis EF. Identification of racial inequities in access to specialized inpatient heart failure care at an academic medical center. Circ Heart Fail 2019; 12(11) e006214

Chang CY, Obermeyer Z. Association of clinical characteristics with emergency physician preference variation in patient assignment. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(1):e1919607

Chang CY, Baugh CW, Brown CA, Weiner SG. Association between emergency physician length of stay rankings and patient characteristics. Acad Emerg Med. 2020; 27:1002–1012.

Weiner SG, Chou SC, Chang CY, Garner C, El Ibrahimi S, Hallvik S, Hendricks M, Baker O. Prescription and Prescriber Specialty Characteristics of Initial Opioid Prescriptions Associated with Chronic Use. Pain Med. 2020: pnaa293.

Chang CY, Obermeyer Z. Association of clinical characteristics with emergency physician preference variation in patient assignment. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(1):e1919607

Chang CY, Baugh CW, Brown CA, Weiner SG. Association between emergency physician length of stay rankings and patient characteristics. Acad Emerg Med. 2020; 27:1002–1012.

Weiner SG, Chou SC, Chang CY, Garner C, El Ibrahimi S, Hallvik S, Hendricks M, Baker O. Prescription and Prescriber Specialty Characteristics of Initial Opioid Prescriptions Associated with Chronic Use. Pain Med. 2020: pnaa293.

Franklin BJ, Gandhi TK, Bates DW, Huancahuari N, Morris CA, Pearson M, Bass MB, Goralnick E. Impact of multidisciplinary team huddles on patient safety: a systematic review and proposed taxonomy. BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 10; 29(10):1-2.

Goldberg SA, Cash RE, Peters G, Weiner SG, Greenough PG, Seethala R. The impact of COVID-19 on statewide EMS use for cardiac emergencies and stroke in Massachusetts. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2021 Jan 4;2(1):e12351.

Mullins PM, Merriman JG, Jaffe TA, Mazer-Amirshahi M, Weiner SG. Trends in the Evaluation and Management of Back Pain in Emergency Departments, United States, 2007-2016. Pain Med. 2020 Dec 18:pnaa385.

Weiner SG, Chou SC, Chang CY, Garner C, El Ibrahimi S, Hallvik S, Hendricks M, Baker O. Prescription and Prescriber Specialty Characteristics of Initial Opioid Prescriptions Associated with Chronic Use. Pain Med. 2020 Dec 25;21(12):3669-3678.

Weiner SG, Cash RE, Hendricks M, El Ibrahimi S, Baker O, Seethala RR, Peters G, Goldberg SA. Ambulance Calls for Substance-Related Issues Before and After COVID-19. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2020 Dec 15:1-17.

Chou SC, Hong AS, Weiner SG, Wharam JF. High-deductible health plans and low-value imaging in the emergency department. Health Serv Res. 2020 Oct 6. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13569.

Weiner SG. Addressing the ignored complication: chronic opioid use after surgery. BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 Sep 28:bmjqs-2020-011841.

Chou SC, Nagurney JM, Schuur JD, Weiner SG. Advanced imaging and trends in hospitalizations from the emergency department. PLoS One. 2020 Sep 16;15(9):e0239059.

Im DD, Jambaulikar GD, Kikut A, Gale J, Weiner SG. Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form: A New Method for Assessing Pain in the Emergency Department. Pain Med. 2020 Dec 25;21(12):3263-3269.

2016

Performance of Emergency Department Screening Criteria for an Early ECG to Identift ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Yiadom MY, Baugh CW, McWade CM, Liu X, Song KJ, Patterson BW, Jenkins CA, Tanski M, Mills AM, Salazar G, Wang TJ, Dittus RS, Liu D, Storrow AB.

Preparing Older Adults with Serious Illness to Formulate Their Goals for Medical Care in the Emergency Department.                                                                    Ouchi K, Knabben V, Rivera-Reyes L, Ganta N, Gelfman LP, Sudore R, Hwang U

2015

Best Practices for Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs in the Emergency Department Setting: Results of an Expert Panel
Greenwood-Ericksen MB, Poon SJ, Nelson LS, Weiner SG, Schuur JD.

Advancing the Use of Administrative Data for Emergency Department Diagnostic Imaging Research.
Kuehl DR, Berhdal CT, Jackson TD, Venkatesh AK, Mistry RD, Bhargavan-Chatfield M, Raukar NP, Carr BG, Schuur JD, Kocher KE.

Atrial Fibrillation Emergency Department Observation Protocol.
Baugh CW
, Epstein LM, Schuur JD, Novaleski CK, Gayoski DA, Kosowsky JM, Andrews JR, Dwyer RC, Rocchio MA, Culbreth SE, Drane MA, Miller D, Scirica BM.

Policy Measures and Reimbursement for Emergency Medical Imaging in the Era of Payment Reform: Proceedings From a Panel Discussion of the 2015 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference.
Berdahl C, Schuur JD, Fisher NL, Burstin H, Pines JM.

Emergency Department Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Prevention: Multisite Qualitative Study of Perceived Risks and Implemented Strategies.
Carter EJ, Pallin DJ, Mandel L, Sinnette C, Schuur JD.

Morbidity and Mortality Conference in Emergency Medicine Residencies and the Culture of Safety
Aaronson EL, Wittels KA, Nadel ES, Schuur JD

Emergency department quality and safety indicators in resource-limited settings: an environmental survey.
Aaronson EL, Marsh RH, Guha M, Schuur JD, Rouhani SA.

National Cost Savings From Observation Unit Management of Syncope
Baugh CW, Liang LJ, Probst MA, Sun BC.

Mandatory use of prescription drug monitoring programs.
Haffajee RL, Jena AB, Weiner SG.

Opioid Prescribing in a Cross Section of US Emergency Departments
Hoppe JA, Nelson LS, Perrone J, Weiner SG

The Potential for Clinical Decision Support to Improve Emergency Care.
Landman AB.

Physician Characteristics Strongly Predict Patient Enrollment In Hospice.
Obermeyer Z, Powers BW, Makar M, Keating NL, Cutler DM.

Cost savings associated with expanded hospice use in Medicare.
Powers BW, Makar M, Jain SH, Cutler DM, Obermeyer Z.

Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients with suspected acute nontraumatic thoracic aortic dissection.
Diercks DB, Promes SB, Schuur JD, Shah K, Valente JH, Cantrill SV.

Emergency department performance measures updates: proceedings of the 2014 emergency department benchmarking alliance consensus summit.
Wiler JL, Welch S, Pines J, Schuur J, Jouriles N, Stone-Griffith S.

Variation in US hospital emergency department admission rates by clinical condition.
Venkatesh AK, Dai Y, Ross JS, Schuur JD, Capp R, Krumholz HM.

Chronic Pain Patients’ Impressions of an Emergency Department Opioid Prescribing Guideline Poster.
Weiner SG
, Yannopoulos PF, Lu C.

2014

Death or revascularization among nonadmitted ED patients with low-positive vs negative troponin T results.
Baugh CW, Kosowsky JM,
Morrow DA, Sonis JD, Gold AG, Ronan CE, Pallin DJ.

Key operational characteristics in emergency department observation units: a comparative study between sites in the United States and Asia.
Komindr A, Baugh CW, Grossman SA, Bohan JS.

What Emergency Physicians Can Do to Reduce Unnecessary Coagulation Testing in Patients with Chest Pain
Lin M, Schuur JD.

A High-Value Diagnostic Approach to Low-Back Pain
Lin M, Schuur JD.

Streetlights and quality measures for stroke.
Newman DH, Schuur JD.

Association between the Medicare hospice benefit and health care utilization and costs for patients with poor-prognosis cancer.
Obermeyer Z, Makar M, Abujaber S, Dominici F, Block S, Cutler DM.

Initiating palliative care consults for advanced dementia patients in the emergency department.
Ouchi K
, Wu M, Medairos R, Grudzen CR, Balsells H, Marcus D, Whitson M, Ahmad D, Duprey K, Mancherje N, Bloch H, Jaffrey F, Liberman T.

Urinalysis in Acute Care of Adults: Pitfalls in Testing and Interpreting Results
Pallin DJ, Ronan C, Montazeri K,  Wai K,  Gold A,  Parmar S,  Schuur JD.

Variability of contact precaution policies in US emergency departments.
Pallin DJ,
Camargo CA Jr, Yokoe DS, Espinola JA, Schuur JD.

Overcrowded emergency departments: is sunlight enough of a disinfectant?
Schuur JD.

A top-five list for emergency medicine: a pilot project to improve the value of emergency care.
Schuur JD,
Carney DP, Lyn ET, Raja AS, Michael JA, Ross NG, Venkatesh AK

Urinary catheter use and appropriateness in U.S. emergency departments, 1995-2010.
Schuur JD,
Chambers JG, Hou PC.

Randomized clinical trial of an emergency department observation syncope protocol versus routine inpatient admission.
Sun BC, McCreath H, Liang LJ, Bohan S, Baugh C, Ragsdale L, Henderson SO, Clark C, Bastani A, Keeler E, An R, Mangione CM.

Hospital and emergency department factors associated with variations in missed diagnosis and costs for patients age 65 years and older with acute myocardial infarction who present to emergency departments.
Wilson M, Welch J, Schuur J, O’Laughlin K, Cutler D.

Infection prevention practices in Swedish emergency departments: results from a cross-sectional survey.
Yanagizawa-Drott L, Kurland L, Schuur JD.

2013

Observation care.
Baugh CW, Schuur JD.

Observation care–high-value care or a cost-shifting loophole?
Baugh CW, Schuur JD.

Information technology improves Emergency Department patient discharge instructions completeness and performance on a national quality measure: a quasi-experimental study.
Bell EJ, Takhar SS, Beloff JR, Schuur JD, Landman AB.

Quality measurement in the emergency department: past and future.
Schuur JD, Hsia RY, Burstin H, Schull MJ, Pines JM.

Preventable acute care spending for medicare patients.
Weiner SG,
Smulowitz PB.