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Balancing admissions from the ED and from elective surgeries: Caring for the entire community by Smulowitz, Peter B.

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Association of Functional Status, Cognition, Social Support, and Geriatric Syndrome With Admission From the Emergency Department by Smulowitz, Peter B, Weinreb, Gabe, McWilliams, J Michael, O'Malley, A James, Landon, Bruce E

“…The role of patient-level factors that are unrelated to the specific clinical condition leading to an emergency department (ED) visit, such as functional…”
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Emergency Department Care for Patients with Limited English Proficiency: a Retrospective Cohort Study by Schulson, Lucy, Novack, Victor, Smulowitz, Peter B., Dechen, Tenzin, Landon, Bruce E.

“…Background Limited English proficiency (LEP) patients may be particularly vulnerable in the high acuity and fast-paced setting of the emergency department…”
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National Trends In ED Visits, Hospital Admissions, And Mortality For Medicare Patients During The COVID-19 Pandemic by Smulowitz, Peter B, O'Malley, A James, Khidir, Hazar, Zaborski, Lawrence, McWilliams, J Michael, Landon, Bruce E

“…Concerns about avoidance or delays in seeking emergency care during the COVID-19 pandemic are widespread, but national data on emergency department (ED) visits…”
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Increased Use of the Emergency Department After Health Care Reform in Massachusetts by Smulowitz, Peter B., MD, MPH, O’Malley, James, PhD, Yang, Xiaowen, PhD, Landon, Bruce E., MD, MBA

“…Study objective With implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 30 million individuals are predicted to gain access to health insurance…”
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A Novel Approach to Identifying Targets for Cost Reduction in the Emergency Department by Smulowitz, Peter B., MD, MPH, Honigman, Leah, MD, Landon, Bruce E., MD, MBA

“…This article introduces a novel framework that classifies emergency department (ED) visits according to broad categories of severity, identifying those…”
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Building a Just Culture through Transforming our Response to Adverse Events by Smulowitz, Peter B, McCoy, Jeanne, Thurlo-Walsh, Bert

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Variation in Rates of Hospital Admission from the Emergency Department Among Medicare Patients at the Regional, Hospital, and Physician Levels by Smulowitz, Peter B., O’Malley, A. James, McWilliams, J. Michael, Zaborski, Lawrence, Landon, Bruce E.

“…STUDY OBJECTIVERates of admission from the emergency department (ED) vary widely across regions of the country, hospitals within regions, and physicians within…”
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Variation In Emergency Department Admission Rates Among Medicare Patients: Does The Physician Matter? by Smulowitz, Peter B, O'Malley, A James, Zaborski, Lawrence, McWilliams, J Michael, Landon, Bruce E

“…Hospitalizations account for the largest share of health care spending. New payment models increasingly encourage health care providers to reduce hospital…”
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Weak correlations in health services research: Weak relationships or common error? by O'Malley, Alistair James, Landon, Bruce E., Zaborski, Lawrence A., Roberts, Eric T., Khidir, Hazar H., Smulowitz, Peter B., McWilliams, John Michael

“…Objective To examine whether the correlation between a provider's effect on one population of patients and the same provider's effect on another population is…”
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Impact of implementation of the HEART pathway using an electronic clinical decision support tool in a community hospital setting by Smulowitz, Peter B., Dizitzer, Yotam, Tadiri, Sarah, Thibodeau, Lara, Jagminas, Liudvikas, Novack, Victor

“…Study protocol and details of the intervention Prior to the intervention, providers managed chest pain according to usual care. Since our ED does not have an…”
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US emergency care patterns among nurse practitioners and physician assistants compared with physicians: a cross-sectional analysis by Mafi, John N, Chen, Alexander, Guo, Rong, Choi, Kristen, Smulowitz, Peter, Tseng, Chi-Hong, Ladapo, Joseph A, Landon, Bruce E

“…ObjectivesNurse practitioners and physician assistants (NPs/PAs) increasingly practice in emergency departments (EDs), yet limited research has compared their…”
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Emergency Department Involvement in Accountable Care Organizations in Massachusetts: A Survey Study by Ali, Nissa J., McWilliams, J. Michael, Epstein, Stephen K., Smulowitz, Peter B.

“…We assess Massachusetts emergency department (ED) involvement and internal ED constructs within accountable care organization contracts. An online survey was…”
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Clinician Risk Tolerance and Rates of Admission From the Emergency Department by Smulowitz, Peter B, Burke, Ryan C, Ostrovsky, Daniel, Novack, Victor, Isbell, Linda, Kan, Vincent, Landon, Bruce E

“…Much remains unknown about the extent of and factors that influence clinician-level variation in rates of admission from the emergency department (ED). In…”
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Emergency Department Utilization After the Implementation of Massachusetts Health Reform by Smulowitz, Peter B., MD, MPH, Lipton, Robert, PhD, Wharam, J. Frank, MB, MPH, Adelman, Leon, MD, Weiner, Scott G., MD, MPH, Burke, Laura, MD, Baugh, Christopher W., MD, MBA, Schuur, Jeremiah D., MD, MHS, Liu, Shan W., MD, MPH, McGrath, Meghan E., MD, Liu, Bella, BA, Sayah, Assaad, MD, Burke, Mary C., MD, MHA, Pope, J. Hector, MD, Landon, Bruce E., MD, MBA

“…Study objective Health care reform in Massachusetts improved access to health insurance, but the extent to which reform affected utilization of the emergency…”
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Reduction of opioid prescribing through the sharing of individual physician opioid prescribing practices by Boyle, Katherine L., Cary, Christopher, Dizitzer, Yotam, Novack, Victor, Jagminas, Liudvikas, Smulowitz, Peter B.

“…Drug overdoses are the most common cause of accidental death in the United States, with the majority being attributed to opioids. High per capita opioid…”
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Physician Variability in Management of Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain by Smulowitz, Peter B, Barrett, Orit, Hall, Matthew M, Grossman, Shamai A, Ullman, Edward A, Novack, Victor

“…Chest pain is a common emergency department (ED) presentation accounting for 8-10 million visits per year in the United States. Physician-level factors such as…”
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Attitudes toward risk among emergency physicians and advanced practice clinicians in Massachusetts by Smulowitz, Peter B., Burke, Ryan C., Ostrovsky, Daniel, Novack, Victor, Isbell, Linda, Landon, Bruce E.

“…Objective Risk aversion is a personality trait influential to decision making in medicine. Little is known about how emergency department (ED) clinicians…”
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Appropriations for “appropriate” visits: Payment denials for emergency department care by Smulowitz, Peter B., Friedman, Ari B., Pines, Jesse M.

“…[...]the academic literature is clear: no method has ever been published that can distinguish between essential and non-essential ED visits reliably. Other…”
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Perspectives of Emergency Clinicians About Medical Errors Resulting in Patient Harm or Malpractice Litigation by Ostrovsky, Daniel, Novack, Victor, Smulowitz, Peter B, Burke, Ryan C, Landon, Bruce E, Isbell, Linda M

“…This cross-sectional study analyzes responses to a survey about medical error outcomes completed by emergency department attending physicians and advanced…”
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