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The Work of the ED Intake Models Learning Community. Welch SJ, Savitz L. Joint Commission Journal of Quality and Patient Safety, Under review.
Improving Door to Physician Times in Two Community Hospital Emergency Departments. Welch SJ, Dalto J. American Journal of Medical Quality, Under review.
Twenty Years of Patient Satisfaction Research Applied to the Emergency Department. Welch SJ. American Journal of Medical Quality; accepted for publication March 2009.
Exploring New Intake Models for the Emergency Department. Welch SJ, Davidson SD. American Journal of Medical Quality; accepted for publication April 2009.
Quality Matters:  Solutions for a Safe and Efficient Emergency Department,  Welch SJ. Joint Commission Resources Publishing, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, Chicago, April 2009.
Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine:  Medical Error and Patient Safety in the Emergency Department.  Welch SJ.ACEP Critical Decision Monograph Series.  Accepted for Publication April 2008, ACEP Publishing, Dallas,Texas.
Clinical Workflow:  Critical for Successful and Safe HER Implementation, and Clinician Acceptance in the Emergency Department.  Davidson SD, Adams J et al. Whitepaper.  Accepted for Publication by AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association), Spring 2008.
Emergency Department Crowding: High Impact Solutions. ACEP Task Force on Boarding, Vicellio P, Bukata R, Welch SJ et al Whitepaper, accessed June 19, 2008.
A Multivariate Time Series Approach to Modeling and Forecasting Demand in the Emergency  Department. Jones S, Haug P, Welch SJ et al. Journal of Biomedical Informatics,  Accepted Feb 2008.
 Forecasting Daily Patient Volumes in the Emergency Department. Jones SJ, Allen T, Welch SJ. Acad Emerg Med 2008 Feb; 15(2): 159-71.
Mapping the 24-Hour Emergency Department Cycle to Improve Patient Flow. Welch SJ, Allen TA.  Joint Commission Journal of Quality and Patient Safety. 2007 May;33(5):247-255.
The Concept of Reliability in Emergency Medicine. Welch SJ, Jensen K. American Journal of Medical Quality. 2007; Jan-Feb;22(1):50-8.
 Leadership for Smooth Patient Flow.  Mayer TA, Welch SJ, Jensen KB, ACHE Management Series, Health Administration Press, Chicago, 2006.
Performance Measures and Benchmarking Summit: A Consensus Statement. Welch SJ, Augustine J, Reese C et al.  Academic Emergency Medicine. 2006; 13(10) 1074-80.
An Independent Evaluation of Four Quantitative Emergency Department Crowding Scale.  Jones S, Allen T, Welch SJ et al. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2006; 13(11):1204-11.
Data Driven Process Improvement at a Level I Teaching and Tertiary Care Center. Welch SJ, Allen TA. Journal of Emergency Medicine.  2006; 30(3)269-76.
Time for a Rigorous Performance Improvement Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residents. Welch SJ, Slovis C, Davidson SD et al. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2006; 13(7) 783-86.
A Wound Care Process Model Improves Emergency Department Turnaround Time. Welch SJ. Journal of Health care Quality. 2006; 28(3) 55-58.
Can’t Get No Satisfaction:  What Patients Really Want. Welch SJ Emergency Medicine News. 2005; 27(2) 49-52.
Using ED Dashboards and Real Time Data to Improve Operational Efficiency, Urgent Matters E- Newsletter, 2005 December Volume 2, Issue 6, accessed 4/14/06.
A Successful Pain Management Initiative at LDS Hospital, Welch SJ. I six sigma healthcare online magazine. accessed 6/29/06.
Process Model Improves Wound Care Turnaround Time, Welch SJ. I six sigma healthcare online magazine. accessed 6/29/06.
Predicting Patient Volume Per Hour. Siler Fisher A, Hoxhaj S, Patel SG, Augustine J, Davidson SJ, O’Connor RE, Reese IV CL.Annals of Emergency Medicine- September 2005 (Vol. 46, Issue 3 (Supplement), Pages 6-7).  Presented at the ACEP Research Forum in Washington, DC on September 26-27, 2005.
Emergency Department Size Determines the Demographics of Emergency Department Patients. Michalke JA, Patel SG, Siler Fisher A, Hoxhaj S, Augustine J, Davidson SJ, O’Connor RE, Reese IV CL. Annals of Emergency Medicine- September 2005 (Vol. 46,  Issue 3(Supplement), page 39).  Presented at the ACEP Research Forum in Washington, DC on September 26-27, 2005.
Patients Per Day and Admission Rate Predict Average Length of Stay in the Emergency Department. Moseley MG, Patel SG, Coletti CM, Augustine J, Davidson SJ, Fisher AS, Hoxhaj S, O’Connor RE, Reese IV CL, EDBA Acad Emerg Med 2005.
The Percentage of Patients Who Leave Before Treatment is Complete is Related to the Average Length of Stay and Patients Seen Per Day. Farley H, Khan M, Fisher AS, Hoxhaj S, Davidson SJ, Augustine J, O’Connor RE, Reese IV CL, EDBA.  Acad Emerg Med 2005.
Nurse Staffing Levels Affect the Number of Emergency Department Patients that Leave Without Treatment. Hoxhaj S, Jones LL, Fisher AS, Moseley MG, Rogers J, Reese IV CL. Acad Emerg Med 2004; 11(5):459-45c.
Perception of Teaching Does Not Correlate with the Degree of ED Overcrowding. Hoxhaj S, Fisher AS, Moseley MG, Rogers JS, O’Connor RE. Ann Emerg Med 2004; 44 (Supplement 4):S77.
Quality Matters, Ongoing Column.  Emergency Medicine News, Lippincott Press,  monthly column focused on quality improvement in the emergency department,  March 2005 to present.
Data Driven Total Quality Management in the Emergency Department at a Level I Trauma and Tertiary Care Center.Welch SJ, Allen TA.  Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2003; 42(4) 362.
Date Title Author
Sept-00 EM News Article: "Alliance Issues FirstBenchmark, Setting Guidelines for Foreign Bodies" Janiak, Davidson
Feb-98 EM News - Front Page Article "The Next Wave: Benchmarking Best Practices"
Dec-97 Best Practices and Benchmarking in HealthCare Journal Published Article on "Benchmarking in the ED" , Vol. 2, No. 6, Page 274-278
July-96 ED Management Journal Front-Page Article "New Benchmarking Group Blazes Trails in a Unique Collaborative Effort"
 
EDBA Studies
Date Title Author
May-01 ED Administrative Physician Commitment Roerner
March-00 ED Death Rates Janiak
May-99 Transcription Study Amy Ridener
May-99 Blood Culture Contamination Janiak
Nov-98 -
July-99
Managed Care Report Card Study (culminated in an OSMA study on managed care payer practices in Ohio) Augustine
May-98 EKG Time Markers Janiak
March-98 Asthma Position Paper Neal Little
Jan-98 Anthem Report Care Study and Interaction Schelble
Jan-98 Radiology Turnaround & Utilization Study Szyek
Jan-98 ICD-9 Frequency Study Neal Little
Sept-97 Wait To Be Seen By Physician in ED Alex Antalis
Jan-97 -
Present
Left Without Being Seen Study Thompson
March-96 Discharge Process Study Augustine
Jan-96 Enzyme Markers for Acute Coronary Syndromes Janiak
1995 -
Present
ED Staffing McClay, Janiak, &
Augustine
Jan-95 Lab Test Frequency Neal Little
Dec-94 Lab Process Flow Study Schneiderman
Dec-94 ED Cross to Transfusion Ratio Janiak
 
Currently Underway
Date Title Author
Left Without Being Seen Study Update
ED Staffing Study Update
Patients Per Hour Study
 
Last Updated on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 
 


 
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