Arjun Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS
Emergency Medicine
Titles
- Associate Professor Term
- Chief, Section of Administration, Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine
- Scientist, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Internal Medicine
- Co-Director, Emergency Department Administration Fellowship, Emergency Medicine
Education & Training
- RWJF Clinical ScholarYale University School of medicine (2014)
- MHSYale University School of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program (2014)
- ResidentBrigham and Women's Hospital-Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (2012)
- MDNorthwestern University The Feinberg School of Med (2008)
- MBAThe Ohio State University, Finance (2004)
- BSNorthwestern Univeristy, Communication Science and Disorders (2002)
Languages Spoken
- English
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Mid-Career Research Award: Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) (2022)
- Young Investigator Award: Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (2017)
- Top New Reviewer: Annals of Emergency Medicine (2015)
Board Certifications
- AB of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine (2013)
Professional Service
- National Quality Forum Health and Well Being Steering Committee (2015 - Present)
- American College of Emergency Physicians: Committee Member
Publications
- Gettel CJ, Courtney DM, Janke AT, Rothenberg C, Mills AM, Sun W, Venkatesh AK. The 2013 to 2019 Emergency Medicine Workforce: Clinician Entry and Attrition Across the US Geography. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 80: 260-271. PMID: 35717274, PMCID: PMC9398978, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.04.031.
- Gaylor JM, Chan E, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Rothenberg C, Venkatesh A. Patient cost consciousness in the emergency department: A brief report. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 61: 61-63. PMID: 36054987, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.08.039.
- Sangal RB, Peaper DR, Rothenberg C, Fadlallah H, Mobolaji-Lawal M, Landry ML, Sussman LS, Ulrich A, Venkatesh AK. Real-world assessment of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nasopharyngeal swab testing in a region with a high burden of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2022, 43: 1051-1053. PMID: 33823949, PMCID: PMC8111191, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.153.
- Tu LH, Malhotra A, Sheth KN, Yaesoubi R, Forman HP, Venkatesh AK. Yield of Head Computed Tomography Examinations for Common Psychiatric Presentations and Implications for Medical Clearance From a 6-Year Analysis of Acute Hospital Visits. JAMA Internal Medicine 2022, 182: 879-881. PMID: 35727595, PMCID: PMC9214629, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.2198.
- Zachrison KS, Ganti L, Sharma D, Goyal P, Decker-Palmer M, Adeoye O, Goldstein JN, Jauch EC, Lo BM, Madsen TE, Meurer W, Oostema JA, Mendez-Hernandez C, Venkatesh AK. A survey of stroke-related capabilities among a sample of US community emergency departments. Journal Of The American College Of Emergency Physicians Open 2022, 3: e12762. PMID: 35898236, PMCID: PMC9307290, DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12762.
- Samuels EA, Taylor RA, Pendyal A, Shojaee A, Mainardi AS, Lemire ER, Venkatesh AK, Bernstein SL, Haber AL. Mapping emergency department asthma visits to identify poor-quality housing in New Haven, CT, USA: a retrospective cohort study. The Lancet. Public Health 2022, 7: e694-e704. PMID: 35907420, PMCID: PMC9387147, DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00143-8.
- Mintz J, Duprey MS, Zullo AR, Lee Y, Kiel DP, Daiello LA, Rodriguez KE, Venkatesh AK, Berry SD. Identification of Fall-Related Injuries in Nursing Home Residents Using Administrative Claims Data. The Journals Of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences And Medical Sciences 2022, 77: 1421-1429. PMID: 34558615, PMCID: PMC9255678, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glab274.
- Gettel CJ, Serina PT, Uzamere I, Hernandez-Bigos K, Venkatesh AK, Rising KL, Goldberg EM, Feder SL, Cohen AB, Hwang U. Emergency department-to-community care transition barriers: A qualitative study of older adults. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2022 PMID: 35779278, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17950.
- Kadom N, Fredericks N, Moore CL, Seidenwurm D, Shugarman S, Venkatesh A. Closing the Compliance Loop on Follow-Up Imaging Recommendations: Comparing Radiologists' and Administrators' Attitudes. Current Problems In Diagnostic Radiology 2022, 51: 486-490. PMID: 34565635, DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2021.08.003.
- Sangal RB, Liu RB, Cole KO, Rothenberg C, Ulrich A, Rhodes D, Venkatesh AK. Implementation of an Electronic Health Record Integrated Clinical Pathway Improves Adherence to COVID-19 Hospital Care Guidelines. American Journal Of Medical Quality : The Official Journal Of The American College Of Medical Quality 2022, 37: 335-341. PMID: 35026785, PMCID: PMC9241559, DOI: 10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000036.
- Kadom N, Venkatesh AK, Shugarman SA, Burleson JH, Moore CL, Seidenwurm D. Novel Quality Measure Set: Closing the Completion Loop on Radiology Follow-up Recommendations for Noncritical Actionable Incidental Findings. Journal Of The American College Of Radiology : JACR 2022, 19: 881-890. PMID: 35606263, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2022.03.017.
- Gettel CJ, Venkatesh AK, Dowd H, Hwang U, Ferrigno RF, Reid EA, Tinetti ME. A Qualitative Study of "What Matters" to Older Adults in the Emergency Department. The Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 23: 579-588. PMID: 35980413, PMCID: PMC9391017, DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2022.4.56115.
- Couturier K, Nelson AR, Burns K, Cone DC, Rollins M, Venkatesh AK, Ulrich A, Shapiro M, Joseph D. EMS Non-Transport of Low-Risk COVID-19 Patients. Prehospital Emergency Care : Official Journal Of The National Association Of EMS Physicians And The National Association Of State EMS Directors 2022, 1-5. PMID: 35639643, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2022.2083278.
- Probst MA, Janke AT, Haimovich AD, Venkatesh AK, Lin MP, Kocher KE, Nemnom MJ, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V. Development of a Novel Emergency Department Quality Measure to Reduce Very Low-Risk Syncope Hospitalizations. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 79: 509-517. PMID: 35487840, PMCID: PMC9117517, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.03.008.
- Evans LV, Ray JM, Bonz JW, Joseph M, Gerwin JN, Dziura JD, Venkatesh AK, Wong AH. Improving patient and clinician safety during COVID-19 through rapidly adaptive simulation and a randomised controlled trial: a study protocol. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e058980. PMID: 35589358, PMCID: PMC9121107, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058980.
- Mintz J, Duprey MS, Zullo AR, Lee Y, Kiel DP, Daiello LA, Rodriguez KE, Venkatesh AK, Berry SD. Correction to: Identification of Fall-Related Injuries in Nursing Home Residents Using Administrative Claims Data. The Journals Of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences And Medical Sciences 2022 PMID: 35532361, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glac098.
- Bright E, Scofi J, Sangal RB, Rothenberg C, Kinsman J, Patel A, Parwani V, Sather J, Pickens A, Ulrich A, Venkatesh AK. Can metrics give physicians insight? The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 55: 219-220. PMID: 34301446, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.06.059.
- Wong AH, Ray JM, Cramer LD, Brashear TK, Eixenberger C, McVaney C, Haggan J, Sevilla M, Costa DS, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Dziura JD, Bernstein SL, Venkatesh AK. Design and Implementation of an Agitation Code Response Team in the Emergency Department. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 79: 453-464. PMID: 34863528, PMCID: PMC9038629, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.10.013.
- Gettel CJ, Tinloy B, Nedza SM, Granovsky MA, Goyal P, Terry AT, Venkatesh AK. The future of value-based emergency care: Development of an emergency medicine MIPS value pathway framework. Journal Of The American College Of Emergency Physicians Open 2022, 3: e12672. PMID: 35310403, PMCID: PMC8918116, DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12672.
- Herrin J, Yu H, Venkatesh AK, Desai SM, Thiel CL, Lin Z, Bernheim SM, Horwitz LI. Identifying high-value care for Medicare beneficiaries: a cross-sectional study of acute care hospitals in the USA. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e053629. PMID: 35361641, PMCID: PMC8971780, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053629.
- Ray JM, Wong AH, Finn EB, Sheth KN, Matouk CC, Sudikoff SN, Auerbach MA, Sather JE, Venkatesh AK. Improving Safety and Quality During Interhospital Transfer of Patients With Nontraumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage: A Simulation-Based Pilot Program. Journal Of Patient Safety 2022, 18: 77-87. PMID: 33852541, DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000808.
- 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 : Official Publication Of The National Association For Healthcare Quality 2022, 44: 69-77. PMID: 34570029, DOI: 10.1097/JHQ.0000000000000329.
- Tu LH, Malhotra A, Venkatesh AK, Taylor RA, Sheth KN, Forman HP, Yaesoubi R. Head and Neck CTA Utilization: Analysis of Ordering Frequency and Nonroutine Results Communication, With Focus on the 50 Most Common Emergency Department Clinical Presentations. AJR. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2022, 218: 544-551. PMID: 34585611, DOI: 10.2214/AJR.21.26543.
- Tu LH, Venkatesh AK, Malhotra A, Taylor RA, Sheth KN, Forman HP, Yaesoubi R. Scenarios to improve CT head utilization in the emergency department delineated by critical results reporting. Emergency Radiology 2022, 29: 81-88. PMID: 34617133, DOI: 10.1007/s10140-021-01947-w.
- Sangal RB, Peaper DR, Rothenberg C, Landry ML, Sussman LS, Martinello RA, Ulrich A, Venkatesh AK. Universal SARS-CoV-2 Testing of Emergency Department Admissions Increases Emergency Department Length of Stay. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 79: 182-186. PMID: 34756452, PMCID: PMC8424016, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.09.005.
- Gettel CJ, Han CR, Canavan ME, Bernheim SM, Drye EE, Duseja R, Venkatesh AK. The 2018 Merit-based Incentive Payment System: Participation, Performance, and Payment Across Specialties. Medical Care 2022, 60: 156-163. PMID: 35030565, PMCID: PMC8820355, DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001674.
- Janke AT, Gettel CJ, Haimovich A, Kocher KE, Krumholz HM, Venkatesh AK. Changes in Emergency Department Arrival Times for Acute Myocardial Infarction During the COVID-19 Pandemic Suggest Delays in Care Seeking. Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2022, 15: e008402. PMID: 35105172, PMCID: PMC8833230, DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.121.008402.
- Gettel CJ, Han CR, Granovsky MA, Berdahl CT, Kocher KE, Mehrotra A, Schuur JD, Aldeen AZ, Griffey RT, Venkatesh AK. Emergency clinician participation and performance in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Merit-based Incentive Payment System. Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal Of The Society For Academic Emergency Medicine 2022, 29: 64-72. PMID: 34375479, PMCID: PMC8766873, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14373.
- Pollock JR, Hogan JS, Venkatesh AK, Sandefur BJ, Weyand JA, Harrington MT, Pisac AM, Lindor RA. Group Practice Size Consolidation in Emergency Medicine. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 79: 2-6. PMID: 34417071, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.07.122.
- Venkatesh AK, Janke AT, Kinsman J, Rothenberg C, Goyal P, Malicki C, D'Onofrio G, Taylor A, Hawk K. Emergency department utilization for substance use disorders and mental health conditions during COVID-19. PloS One 2022, 17: e0262136. PMID: 35025921, PMCID: PMC8757912, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262136.
- Taylor RA, Fiellin D, D'Onofrio G, Venkatesh A. Identifying opioid-related electronic health record phenotypes for emergency care research and surveillance: An expert consensus driven concept mapping process. Substance Abuse : Official Publication Of The Association For Medical Education And Research In Substance Abuse 2022, 43: 841-847. PMID: 35156912, DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2021.1975864.
- O'Laughlin KN, Thompson M, Hota B, Gottlieb M, Plumb ID, Chang AM, Wisk LE, Hall AJ, Wang RC, Spatz ES, Stephens KA, Huebinger RM, McDonald SA, Venkatesh A, Gentile N, Slovis BH, Hill M, Saydah S, Idris AH, Rodriguez R, Krumholz HM, Elmore JG, Weinstein RA, Nichol G. Study protocol for the Innovative Support for Patients with SARS-COV-2 Infections Registry (INSPIRE): A longitudinal study of the medium and long-term sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. PloS One 2022, 17: e0264260. PMID: 35239680, PMCID: PMC8893622, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264260.
- Leff R, Fleming-Nouri A, Venkatesh AK, Parwani V, Rothenberg C, Sangal RB, Flood CT, Goldenberg M, Wira C. Prehospital emergency department care activations during the initial COVID-19 pandemic surge. American Journal Of Disaster Medicine 2022, 17: 23-39. PMID: 35913181, DOI: 10.5055/ajdm.2022.0417.
- Mayer T, Venkatesh A, Berwick DM. Criterion-Based Measurements of Patient Experience in Health Care: Eliminating Winners and Losers to Create a New Moral Ethos. JAMA 2021, 326: 2471-2472. PMID: 34854868, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.21771.
- Sangal RB, Bray A, Reid E, Ulrich A, Liebhardt B, Venkatesh AK, King M. Leadership communication, stress, and burnout among frontline emergency department staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods approach. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2021, 9: 100577. PMID: 34411923, PMCID: PMC8361146, DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100577.
- Nash KA, Tolliver DG, Taylor RA, Calhoun AJ, Auerbach MA, Venkatesh AK, Wong AH. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Physical Restraint Use for Pediatric Patients in the Emergency Department. JAMA Pediatrics 2021, 175: 1283-1285. PMID: 34515764, PMCID: PMC8438617, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.3348.
- Epstein SK, Griffey RT, Lin MP, Augustine JJ, Goyal P, Venkatesh AK. Development of a qualified clinical data registry for emergency medicine. Journal Of The American College Of Emergency Physicians Open 2021, 2: e12547. PMID: 34984413, PMCID: PMC8692185, DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12547.
- Hawk K, Malicki C, Kinsman J, D'Onofrio G, Taylor A, Venkatesh A. Feasibility and acceptability of electronic administration of patient reported outcomes using mHealth platform in emergency department patients with non-medical opioid use. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 2021, 16: 66. PMID: 34758881, PMCID: PMC8579535, DOI: 10.1186/s13722-021-00276-0.
- Gettel CJ, Ling SM, Wild RE, Venkatesh AK, Duseja R. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Value Pathways: Opportunities for Emergency Clinicians to Turn Policy Into Practice. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 599-603. PMID: 34304917, PMCID: PMC8545831, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.05.017.
- Sangal RB, Powers E, Rothenberg C, Ndumele C, Ulrich A, Hsiao A, Venkatesh AK. Disparities in Accessing and Reading Open Notes in the Emergency Department Upon Implementation of the 21st Century CURES Act. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 593-598. PMID: 34353651, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.06.014.
- Parwani V, Thomas M, Rothenberg C, Ulrich A, Venkatesh A. Balancing quality and utilization: Emergency physician level correlation between 72 h returns, admission, and CT utilization rates. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 48: 365-366. PMID: 33597095, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.01.078.
- Moore CL, Kadom N, Seidenwurm D, Nicola G, Fredericks N, Shugarman S, Venkatesh A. In Response. Journal Of The American College Of Radiology : JACR 2021, 18: 1374-1375. PMID: 34481781, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2021.07.022.
- Balasuriya L, Santilli A, Morone J, Ainooson J, Roy B, Njoku A, Mendiola-Iparraguirre A, O'Connor Duffany K, Macklin B, Higginbottom J, Fernández-Ayala C, Vicente G, Venkatesh A. COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Access Among Black and Latinx Communities. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2128575. PMID: 34643719, PMCID: PMC8515205, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28575.
- Venkatesh AK, Gettel CJ, Mei H, Chou SC, Rothenberg C, Liu SL, D'Onofrio G, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Where Skilled Nursing Facility Residents Get Acute Care: Is the Emergency Department the Medical Home? Journal Of Applied Gerontology : The Official Journal Of The Southern Gerontological Society 2021, 40: 828-836. PMID: 32842827, PMCID: PMC7904961, DOI: 10.1177/0733464820950125.
- Chilakamarri P, Finn EB, Sather J, Sheth KN, Matouk C, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Davis M, Pham L, Chaudhry SI, Venkatesh AK. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: Engineering Safer Neurocritical Care Transitions. Neurocritical Care 2021, 35: 232-240. PMID: 33403581, PMCID: PMC8255326, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-020-01160-6.
- Kemmler CB, Sangal RB, Rothenberg C, Li SX, Shofer FS, Abella BS, Venkatesh AK, Foster SD. Delays in antibiotic redosing: Association with inpatient mortality and risk factors for delay. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 46: 63-69. PMID: 33735698, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.02.058.
- Gettel CJ, Canavan ME, D'Onofrio G, Carr BG, Venkatesh AK. Corrigendum to "Who provides what care? An analysis of clinical focus among the national emergency care workforce" [Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Apr;42:228-232]. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 46: 804. PMID: 33875317, PMCID: PMC8338896, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.04.015.
- Gettel CJ, Venkatesh AK, Leo-Summers LS, Murphy TE, Gahbauer EA, Hwang U, Gill TM. A Longitudinal Analysis of Functional Disability, Recovery, and Nursing Home Utilization After Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions Among Community-Living Older Persons. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2021, 16: 469-475. PMID: 34328835, PMCID: PMC8340961, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3669.
- Lord K, Rothenberg C, Parwani V, Finn E, Khan A, Sather J, Ulrich A, Chaudhry S, Venkatesh A. Association between emergency department chief complaint and adverse hospitalization outcomes: A simple early warning system? The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 45: 548-550. PMID: 32839053, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.07.040.
- 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 2021, 45: 476-482. PMID: 33069544, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.09.090.
- Venkatesh AK, Greenwood-Ericksen MB, Mei H, Rothenberg C, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Unscheduled Care Access in the United States-A Tale of Two Emergency Departments. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 45: 374-377. PMID: 33143957, PMCID: PMC8076339, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.08.095.
- Gettel CJ, Venkatesh AK. Career Development Considerations for Academic Physician Mentees and Mentors in the Time of COVID-19: Jump in or Just Dip a Toe? Academic Medicine : Journal Of The Association Of American Medical Colleges 2021, 96: 974-978. PMID: 33769338, PMCID: PMC8243790, DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004076.
- 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.
- Venkatesh AK, Janke AT, Shu-Xia L, Rothenberg C, Goyal P, Terry A, Lin M. Emergency Department Utilization for Emergency Conditions During COVID-19. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 84-91. PMID: 33840512, PMCID: PMC7805390, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.01.011.
- Yealy DM, Mohr NM, Shapiro NI, Venkatesh A, Jones AE, Self WH. Early Care of Adults With Suspected Sepsis in the Emergency Department and Out-of-Hospital Environment: A Consensus-Based Task Force Report. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 1-19. PMID: 33840511, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.02.006.
- Emergency department visits for emergent conditions among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.Janke AT, Jain S, Hwang U, Rosenberg M, Biese K, Schneider S, Goyal P, Venkatesh AK. Emergency department visits for emergent conditions among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2021, 69: 1713-1721. PMID: 33955546, PMCID: PMC8242842, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17227.
- Moore CL, Kadom N, Seidenwurm D, Nicola G, Fredericks N, Shugarman S, Venkatesh A. Incidental Findings: A Survey of Radiologists and Emergency Physicians. Journal Of The American College Of Radiology : JACR 2021, 18: 853-856. PMID: 33516766, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2020.12.027.
- 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.
- Nash KA, Zima BT, Rothenberg C, Hoffmann J, Moreno C, Rosenthal MS, Venkatesh A. Prolonged Emergency Department Length of Stay for US Pediatric Mental Health Visits (2005-2015). Pediatrics 2021, 147 PMID: 33820850, PMCID: PMC8086002, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-030692.
- Janke AT, Venkatesh AK. The authors respond: the impact of COVID-19 on ED utilization, case mix and functions. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 43: 255. PMID: 33752944, PMCID: PMC7962996, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.03.015.
- Gettel CJ, Canavan ME, D'Onofrio G, Carr BG, Venkatesh AK. Who provides what care? An analysis of clinical focus among the national emergency care workforce. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 42: 228-232. PMID: 33298349, PMCID: PMC8005412, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.11.069.
- Janke AT, Mei H, Rothenberg C, Becher RD, Lin Z, Venkatesh AK. Analysis of Hospital Resource Availability and COVID-19 Mortality Across the United States. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2021, 16: 211-214. PMID: 33496664, PMCID: PMC8025594, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3539.
- Sangal RB, Venkatesh AK, Kinsman J, Dashevsky M, Scofi JE, Ulrich A. Simulating approaches to emergency department pandemic physician staffing during COVID-19. American Journal Of Disaster Medicine 2021, 16: 85-93. PMID: 34392521, DOI: 10.5055/ajdm.2021.0391.
- 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 2021, 40: 169-172. PMID: 33272871, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.10.058.
- Sather J, Littauer R, Finn E, Matouk C, Sheth K, Parwani V, Pham L, Ulrich A, Rothenberg C, Venkatesh AK. A Multimodal Intervention to Improve the Quality and Safety of Interhospital Care Transitions for Nontraumatic Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety / Joint Commission Resources 2021, 47: 99-106. PMID: 33358659, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2020.10.003.
- Venkatesh AK, Scofi JE, Rothenberg C, Berdahl CT, Tarrant N, Sharma D, Goyal P, Pilgrim R, Klauer K, Schuur JD. Choosing wisely in emergency medicine: Early results and insights from the ACEP emergency quality network (E-QUAL). The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 39: 102-108. PMID: 32014376, PMCID: PMC7365747, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.01.029.
- Parwani V, Goldenberg M, Venkatesh A. Emergency Department Psychiatric Observation Units: Good Care and Good Money? Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal Of The Society For Academic Emergency Medicine 2021, 28: 141-143. PMID: 33140472, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14167.
- Samuels-Kalow ME, Boggs KM, Cash RE, Herrington R, Mick NW, Rutman MS, Venkatesh AK, Zabbo CP, Sullivan AF, Hasegawa K, Zachrison KS, Camargo CA. Screening for Health-Related Social Needs of Emergency Department Patients. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 77: 62-68. PMID: 33160720, PMCID: PMC7755764, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.08.010.
- Venkatesh AK, Janke A, Rothenberg C, Chan E, Becher RD. National trends in emergency department closures, mergers, and utilization, 2005-2015. PloS One 2021, 16: e0251729. PMID: 34015007, PMCID: PMC8136839, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251729.
- Janke AT, Danagoulian S, Venkatesh AK, Levy PD. Medicaid expansion and resource utilization in the emergency department. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 38: 2586-2590. PMID: 31982222, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.12.050.
- Patterson BW, Jacobsohn GC, Maru AP, Venkatesh AK, Smith MA, Shah MN, Mendonça EA. RESEARCHComparing Strategies for Identifying Falls in Older Adult Emergency Department Visits Using EHR Data. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2020, 68: 2965-2967. PMID: 32951200, PMCID: PMC7744315, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16831.
- Sangal RB, Fodeh S, Taylor A, Rothenberg C, Finn EB, Sheth K, Matouk C, Ulrich A, Parwani V, Sather J, Venkatesh A. Identification of Patients with Nontraumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage Using Administrative Claims Data. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases : The Official Journal Of National Stroke Association 2020, 29: 105306. PMID: 33070110, PMCID: PMC7686163, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105306.
- Haimovich AD, Taylor RA, Krumholz HM, Venkatesh AK. Performance of Temporal Artery Temperature Measurement in Ruling Out Fever: Implications for COVID-19 Screening. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2020, 35: 3398-3400. PMID: 32930937, PMCID: PMC7491363, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-06205-2.
- Venkatesh AK, Janke AT. Emergency Physician Reimbursement: Getting Shortchanged or Shrewdly Negotiating? Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 76: 621-624. PMID: 33097122, PMCID: PMC7575452, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.08.025.
- Pendyal A, Rothenberg C, Scofi JE, Krumholz HM, Safdar B, Dreyer RP, Venkatesh AK. National Trends in Emergency Department Care Processes for Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States, 2005 to 2015. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e017208. PMID: 33047624, PMCID: PMC7763391, DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.120.017208.
- Berdahl CT, Schuur JD, Rothenberg C, Samadian K, Sharma D, Tarrant N, Goyal P, Venkatesh AK. Practice structure and quality improvement activities among emergency departments in the Emergency Quality (E-QUAL) Network. Journal Of The American College Of Emergency Physicians Open 2020, 1: 839-844. PMID: 33145529, PMCID: PMC7593479, DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12078.
- Sangal RB, Scofi JE, Parwani V, Pickens AT, Ulrich A, Venkatesh AK. Less social emergency departments: implementation of workplace contact reduction during COVID-19. Emergency Medicine Journal : EMJ 2020, 37: 463-466. PMID: 32581052, PMCID: PMC7418594, DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2020-209826.
- Venkatesh A, Malicki C, Hawk K, D'Onofrio G, Kinsman J, Taylor A. Assessing the readiness of digital data infrastructure for opioid use disorder research. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 2020, 15: 24. PMID: 32650817, PMCID: PMC7350566, DOI: 10.1186/s13722-020-00198-3.
- Venkatesh AK, Mei H, Liu S, D'Onofrio G, Rothenberg C, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Cross-sectional Analysis of Emergency Department and Acute Care Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal Of The Society For Academic Emergency Medicine 2020, 27: 570-579. PMID: 32302034, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13971.
- Davis M, McKiernan C, Lama S, Parzynski C, Bruetman C, Venkatesh A. Trends in Publicly Reported Quality Measures of Hospital Imaging Efficiency, 2011-2018. AJR. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2020, 215: 153-158. PMID: 32432908, DOI: 10.2214/AJR.19.21993.
- Wong AH, Ray JM, Auerbach MA, Venkatesh AK, McVaney C, Burness D, Chmura C, Saxa T, Sevilla M, Flood CT, Patel A, Whitfill T, Dziura JD, Yonkers KA, Ulrich A, Bernstein SL. Study protocol for the ACT response pilot intervention: development, implementation and evaluation of a systems-based Agitation Code Team (ACT) in the emergency department. BMJ Open 2020, 10: e036982. PMID: 32606062, PMCID: PMC7328814, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-036982.
- Teferi MM, Boggs KM, Espinola JA, Herrington R, Mick NW, Rutman MS, Venkatesh AK, Zabbo CP, Hasegawa K, Samuels-Kalow ME, Weiner SG, Camargo CA. Change in opioid policies in New England emergency departments, 2014 vs 2018. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2020, 213: 108105. PMID: 32615413, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108105.
- National Assessment of Surprise Coverage Gaps Provided to Simulated Patients Seeking Emergency Care.Parwani V, Ulrich A, Rothenberg C, Kinsman J, Duhaime M, Thomas M, Venkatesh A. National Assessment of Surprise Coverage Gaps Provided to Simulated Patients Seeking Emergency Care. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e206868. PMID: 32412634, PMCID: PMC7229522, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.6868.
- Safavi KC, Li SX, Dharmarajan K, Venkatesh AK, Strait KM, Lin H, Lowe TJ, Fazel R, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM. Hospital variation in the use of noninvasive cardiac imaging and its association with downstream testing, interventions, and outcomes. JAMA Internal Medicine 2014, 174: 546-53. PMID: 24515551, PMCID: PMC5459406, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.14407.
- Schuur JD, Carney DP, Lyn ET, Raja AS, Michael JA, Ross NG, Venkatesh AK. A top-five list for emergency medicine: a pilot project to improve the value of emergency care. JAMA Internal Medicine 2014, 174: 509-15. PMID: 24534899, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.12688.
- Venkatesh AK, Schuur JD. A "Top Five" list for emergency medicine: a policy and research agenda for stewardship to improve the value of emergency care. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2013, 31: 1520-4. PMID: 23993868, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.07.019.
- Venkatesh AK, Avula U, Bartimus H, Reif J, Schmidt MJ, Powell ES. Time to antibiotics for septic shock: evaluating a proposed performance measure. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2013, 31: 680-3. PMID: 23380106, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.12.008.
- Baugh CW, Venkatesh AK, Hilton JA, Samuel PA, Schuur JD, Bohan JS. Making greater use of dedicated hospital observation units for many short-stay patients could save $3.1 billion a year. Health Affairs (Project Hope) 2012, 31: 2314-23. PMID: 23019185, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0926.
- Schuur JD, Venkatesh AK. The growing role of emergency departments in hospital admissions. The New England Journal Of Medicine 2012, 367: 391-3. PMID: 22784039, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1204431.
- Venkatesh AK, Kline JA, Courtney DM, Camargo CA, Plewa MC, Nordenholz KE, Moore CL, Richman PB, Smithline HA, Beam DM, Kabrhel C. Evaluation of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department and consistency with a national quality measure: quantifying the opportunity for improvement. Archives Of Internal Medicine 2012, 172: 1028-32. PMID: 22664742, PMCID: PMC3775003, DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1804.
- Venkatesh AK, Pallin DJ, Kayden S, Schuur JD. Predictors of hand hygiene in the emergency department. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2011, 32: 1120-3. PMID: 22011541, DOI: 10.1086/662374.
- Venkatesh AK, Geisler BP, Gibson Chambers JJ, Baugh CW, Bohan JS, Schuur JD. Use of observation care in US emergency departments, 2001 to 2008. PloS One 2011, 6: e24326. PMID: 21935398, PMCID: PMC3173457, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024326.
Patient Care Organizations
Titles
- Associate Professor Term
- Chief, Section of Administration, Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine
- Scientist, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Internal Medicine
- Co-Director, Emergency Department Administration Fellowship, Emergency Medicine
Education & Training
- RWJF Clinical ScholarYale University School of medicine (2014)
- MHSYale University School of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program (2014)
- ResidentBrigham and Women's Hospital-Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (2012)
- MDNorthwestern University The Feinberg School of Med (2008)
- MBAThe Ohio State University, Finance (2004)
- BSNorthwestern Univeristy, Communication Science and Disorders (2002)
Languages Spoken
- English
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Mid-Career Research Award: Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) (2022)
- Young Investigator Award: Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (2017)
- Top New Reviewer: Annals of Emergency Medicine (2015)
Board Certifications
- AB of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine (2013)
Professional Service
- National Quality Forum Health and Well Being Steering Committee (2015 - Present)
- American College of Emergency Physicians: Committee Member
Publications
- Gettel CJ, Courtney DM, Janke AT, Rothenberg C, Mills AM, Sun W, Venkatesh AK. The 2013 to 2019 Emergency Medicine Workforce: Clinician Entry and Attrition Across the US Geography. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 80: 260-271. PMID: 35717274, PMCID: PMC9398978, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.04.031.
- Gaylor JM, Chan E, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Rothenberg C, Venkatesh A. Patient cost consciousness in the emergency department: A brief report. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 61: 61-63. PMID: 36054987, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.08.039.
- Sangal RB, Peaper DR, Rothenberg C, Fadlallah H, Mobolaji-Lawal M, Landry ML, Sussman LS, Ulrich A, Venkatesh AK. Real-world assessment of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nasopharyngeal swab testing in a region with a high burden of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2022, 43: 1051-1053. PMID: 33823949, PMCID: PMC8111191, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.153.
- Tu LH, Malhotra A, Sheth KN, Yaesoubi R, Forman HP, Venkatesh AK. Yield of Head Computed Tomography Examinations for Common Psychiatric Presentations and Implications for Medical Clearance From a 6-Year Analysis of Acute Hospital Visits. JAMA Internal Medicine 2022, 182: 879-881. PMID: 35727595, PMCID: PMC9214629, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.2198.
- Zachrison KS, Ganti L, Sharma D, Goyal P, Decker-Palmer M, Adeoye O, Goldstein JN, Jauch EC, Lo BM, Madsen TE, Meurer W, Oostema JA, Mendez-Hernandez C, Venkatesh AK. A survey of stroke-related capabilities among a sample of US community emergency departments. Journal Of The American College Of Emergency Physicians Open 2022, 3: e12762. PMID: 35898236, PMCID: PMC9307290, DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12762.
- Samuels EA, Taylor RA, Pendyal A, Shojaee A, Mainardi AS, Lemire ER, Venkatesh AK, Bernstein SL, Haber AL. Mapping emergency department asthma visits to identify poor-quality housing in New Haven, CT, USA: a retrospective cohort study. The Lancet. Public Health 2022, 7: e694-e704. PMID: 35907420, PMCID: PMC9387147, DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00143-8.
- Mintz J, Duprey MS, Zullo AR, Lee Y, Kiel DP, Daiello LA, Rodriguez KE, Venkatesh AK, Berry SD. Identification of Fall-Related Injuries in Nursing Home Residents Using Administrative Claims Data. The Journals Of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences And Medical Sciences 2022, 77: 1421-1429. PMID: 34558615, PMCID: PMC9255678, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glab274.
- Gettel CJ, Serina PT, Uzamere I, Hernandez-Bigos K, Venkatesh AK, Rising KL, Goldberg EM, Feder SL, Cohen AB, Hwang U. Emergency department-to-community care transition barriers: A qualitative study of older adults. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2022 PMID: 35779278, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17950.
- Kadom N, Fredericks N, Moore CL, Seidenwurm D, Shugarman S, Venkatesh A. Closing the Compliance Loop on Follow-Up Imaging Recommendations: Comparing Radiologists' and Administrators' Attitudes. Current Problems In Diagnostic Radiology 2022, 51: 486-490. PMID: 34565635, DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2021.08.003.
- Sangal RB, Liu RB, Cole KO, Rothenberg C, Ulrich A, Rhodes D, Venkatesh AK. Implementation of an Electronic Health Record Integrated Clinical Pathway Improves Adherence to COVID-19 Hospital Care Guidelines. American Journal Of Medical Quality : The Official Journal Of The American College Of Medical Quality 2022, 37: 335-341. PMID: 35026785, PMCID: PMC9241559, DOI: 10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000036.
- Kadom N, Venkatesh AK, Shugarman SA, Burleson JH, Moore CL, Seidenwurm D. Novel Quality Measure Set: Closing the Completion Loop on Radiology Follow-up Recommendations for Noncritical Actionable Incidental Findings. Journal Of The American College Of Radiology : JACR 2022, 19: 881-890. PMID: 35606263, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2022.03.017.
- Gettel CJ, Venkatesh AK, Dowd H, Hwang U, Ferrigno RF, Reid EA, Tinetti ME. A Qualitative Study of "What Matters" to Older Adults in the Emergency Department. The Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 23: 579-588. PMID: 35980413, PMCID: PMC9391017, DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2022.4.56115.
- Couturier K, Nelson AR, Burns K, Cone DC, Rollins M, Venkatesh AK, Ulrich A, Shapiro M, Joseph D. EMS Non-Transport of Low-Risk COVID-19 Patients. Prehospital Emergency Care : Official Journal Of The National Association Of EMS Physicians And The National Association Of State EMS Directors 2022, 1-5. PMID: 35639643, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2022.2083278.
- Probst MA, Janke AT, Haimovich AD, Venkatesh AK, Lin MP, Kocher KE, Nemnom MJ, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V. Development of a Novel Emergency Department Quality Measure to Reduce Very Low-Risk Syncope Hospitalizations. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 79: 509-517. PMID: 35487840, PMCID: PMC9117517, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.03.008.
- Evans LV, Ray JM, Bonz JW, Joseph M, Gerwin JN, Dziura JD, Venkatesh AK, Wong AH. Improving patient and clinician safety during COVID-19 through rapidly adaptive simulation and a randomised controlled trial: a study protocol. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e058980. PMID: 35589358, PMCID: PMC9121107, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058980.
- Mintz J, Duprey MS, Zullo AR, Lee Y, Kiel DP, Daiello LA, Rodriguez KE, Venkatesh AK, Berry SD. Correction to: Identification of Fall-Related Injuries in Nursing Home Residents Using Administrative Claims Data. The Journals Of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences And Medical Sciences 2022 PMID: 35532361, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glac098.
- Bright E, Scofi J, Sangal RB, Rothenberg C, Kinsman J, Patel A, Parwani V, Sather J, Pickens A, Ulrich A, Venkatesh AK. Can metrics give physicians insight? The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 55: 219-220. PMID: 34301446, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.06.059.
- Wong AH, Ray JM, Cramer LD, Brashear TK, Eixenberger C, McVaney C, Haggan J, Sevilla M, Costa DS, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Dziura JD, Bernstein SL, Venkatesh AK. Design and Implementation of an Agitation Code Response Team in the Emergency Department. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 79: 453-464. PMID: 34863528, PMCID: PMC9038629, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.10.013.
- Gettel CJ, Tinloy B, Nedza SM, Granovsky MA, Goyal P, Terry AT, Venkatesh AK. The future of value-based emergency care: Development of an emergency medicine MIPS value pathway framework. Journal Of The American College Of Emergency Physicians Open 2022, 3: e12672. PMID: 35310403, PMCID: PMC8918116, DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12672.
- Herrin J, Yu H, Venkatesh AK, Desai SM, Thiel CL, Lin Z, Bernheim SM, Horwitz LI. Identifying high-value care for Medicare beneficiaries: a cross-sectional study of acute care hospitals in the USA. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e053629. PMID: 35361641, PMCID: PMC8971780, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053629.
- Ray JM, Wong AH, Finn EB, Sheth KN, Matouk CC, Sudikoff SN, Auerbach MA, Sather JE, Venkatesh AK. Improving Safety and Quality During Interhospital Transfer of Patients With Nontraumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage: A Simulation-Based Pilot Program. Journal Of Patient Safety 2022, 18: 77-87. PMID: 33852541, DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000808.
- 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 : Official Publication Of The National Association For Healthcare Quality 2022, 44: 69-77. PMID: 34570029, DOI: 10.1097/JHQ.0000000000000329.
- Tu LH, Malhotra A, Venkatesh AK, Taylor RA, Sheth KN, Forman HP, Yaesoubi R. Head and Neck CTA Utilization: Analysis of Ordering Frequency and Nonroutine Results Communication, With Focus on the 50 Most Common Emergency Department Clinical Presentations. AJR. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2022, 218: 544-551. PMID: 34585611, DOI: 10.2214/AJR.21.26543.
- Tu LH, Venkatesh AK, Malhotra A, Taylor RA, Sheth KN, Forman HP, Yaesoubi R. Scenarios to improve CT head utilization in the emergency department delineated by critical results reporting. Emergency Radiology 2022, 29: 81-88. PMID: 34617133, DOI: 10.1007/s10140-021-01947-w.
- Sangal RB, Peaper DR, Rothenberg C, Landry ML, Sussman LS, Martinello RA, Ulrich A, Venkatesh AK. Universal SARS-CoV-2 Testing of Emergency Department Admissions Increases Emergency Department Length of Stay. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 79: 182-186. PMID: 34756452, PMCID: PMC8424016, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.09.005.
- Gettel CJ, Han CR, Canavan ME, Bernheim SM, Drye EE, Duseja R, Venkatesh AK. The 2018 Merit-based Incentive Payment System: Participation, Performance, and Payment Across Specialties. Medical Care 2022, 60: 156-163. PMID: 35030565, PMCID: PMC8820355, DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001674.
- Janke AT, Gettel CJ, Haimovich A, Kocher KE, Krumholz HM, Venkatesh AK. Changes in Emergency Department Arrival Times for Acute Myocardial Infarction During the COVID-19 Pandemic Suggest Delays in Care Seeking. Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2022, 15: e008402. PMID: 35105172, PMCID: PMC8833230, DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.121.008402.
- Gettel CJ, Han CR, Granovsky MA, Berdahl CT, Kocher KE, Mehrotra A, Schuur JD, Aldeen AZ, Griffey RT, Venkatesh AK. Emergency clinician participation and performance in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Merit-based Incentive Payment System. Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal Of The Society For Academic Emergency Medicine 2022, 29: 64-72. PMID: 34375479, PMCID: PMC8766873, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14373.
- Pollock JR, Hogan JS, Venkatesh AK, Sandefur BJ, Weyand JA, Harrington MT, Pisac AM, Lindor RA. Group Practice Size Consolidation in Emergency Medicine. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 79: 2-6. PMID: 34417071, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.07.122.
- Venkatesh AK, Janke AT, Kinsman J, Rothenberg C, Goyal P, Malicki C, D'Onofrio G, Taylor A, Hawk K. Emergency department utilization for substance use disorders and mental health conditions during COVID-19. PloS One 2022, 17: e0262136. PMID: 35025921, PMCID: PMC8757912, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262136.
- Taylor RA, Fiellin D, D'Onofrio G, Venkatesh A. Identifying opioid-related electronic health record phenotypes for emergency care research and surveillance: An expert consensus driven concept mapping process. Substance Abuse : Official Publication Of The Association For Medical Education And Research In Substance Abuse 2022, 43: 841-847. PMID: 35156912, DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2021.1975864.
- O'Laughlin KN, Thompson M, Hota B, Gottlieb M, Plumb ID, Chang AM, Wisk LE, Hall AJ, Wang RC, Spatz ES, Stephens KA, Huebinger RM, McDonald SA, Venkatesh A, Gentile N, Slovis BH, Hill M, Saydah S, Idris AH, Rodriguez R, Krumholz HM, Elmore JG, Weinstein RA, Nichol G. Study protocol for the Innovative Support for Patients with SARS-COV-2 Infections Registry (INSPIRE): A longitudinal study of the medium and long-term sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. PloS One 2022, 17: e0264260. PMID: 35239680, PMCID: PMC8893622, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264260.
- Leff R, Fleming-Nouri A, Venkatesh AK, Parwani V, Rothenberg C, Sangal RB, Flood CT, Goldenberg M, Wira C. Prehospital emergency department care activations during the initial COVID-19 pandemic surge. American Journal Of Disaster Medicine 2022, 17: 23-39. PMID: 35913181, DOI: 10.5055/ajdm.2022.0417.
- Mayer T, Venkatesh A, Berwick DM. Criterion-Based Measurements of Patient Experience in Health Care: Eliminating Winners and Losers to Create a New Moral Ethos. JAMA 2021, 326: 2471-2472. PMID: 34854868, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.21771.
- Sangal RB, Bray A, Reid E, Ulrich A, Liebhardt B, Venkatesh AK, King M. Leadership communication, stress, and burnout among frontline emergency department staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods approach. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2021, 9: 100577. PMID: 34411923, PMCID: PMC8361146, DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100577.
- Nash KA, Tolliver DG, Taylor RA, Calhoun AJ, Auerbach MA, Venkatesh AK, Wong AH. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Physical Restraint Use for Pediatric Patients in the Emergency Department. JAMA Pediatrics 2021, 175: 1283-1285. PMID: 34515764, PMCID: PMC8438617, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.3348.
- Epstein SK, Griffey RT, Lin MP, Augustine JJ, Goyal P, Venkatesh AK. Development of a qualified clinical data registry for emergency medicine. Journal Of The American College Of Emergency Physicians Open 2021, 2: e12547. PMID: 34984413, PMCID: PMC8692185, DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12547.
- Hawk K, Malicki C, Kinsman J, D'Onofrio G, Taylor A, Venkatesh A. Feasibility and acceptability of electronic administration of patient reported outcomes using mHealth platform in emergency department patients with non-medical opioid use. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 2021, 16: 66. PMID: 34758881, PMCID: PMC8579535, DOI: 10.1186/s13722-021-00276-0.
- Gettel CJ, Ling SM, Wild RE, Venkatesh AK, Duseja R. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Value Pathways: Opportunities for Emergency Clinicians to Turn Policy Into Practice. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 599-603. PMID: 34304917, PMCID: PMC8545831, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.05.017.
- Sangal RB, Powers E, Rothenberg C, Ndumele C, Ulrich A, Hsiao A, Venkatesh AK. Disparities in Accessing and Reading Open Notes in the Emergency Department Upon Implementation of the 21st Century CURES Act. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 593-598. PMID: 34353651, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.06.014.
- Parwani V, Thomas M, Rothenberg C, Ulrich A, Venkatesh A. Balancing quality and utilization: Emergency physician level correlation between 72 h returns, admission, and CT utilization rates. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 48: 365-366. PMID: 33597095, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.01.078.
- Moore CL, Kadom N, Seidenwurm D, Nicola G, Fredericks N, Shugarman S, Venkatesh A. In Response. Journal Of The American College Of Radiology : JACR 2021, 18: 1374-1375. PMID: 34481781, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2021.07.022.
- Balasuriya L, Santilli A, Morone J, Ainooson J, Roy B, Njoku A, Mendiola-Iparraguirre A, O'Connor Duffany K, Macklin B, Higginbottom J, Fernández-Ayala C, Vicente G, Venkatesh A. COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Access Among Black and Latinx Communities. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2128575. PMID: 34643719, PMCID: PMC8515205, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28575.
- Venkatesh AK, Gettel CJ, Mei H, Chou SC, Rothenberg C, Liu SL, D'Onofrio G, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Where Skilled Nursing Facility Residents Get Acute Care: Is the Emergency Department the Medical Home? Journal Of Applied Gerontology : The Official Journal Of The Southern Gerontological Society 2021, 40: 828-836. PMID: 32842827, PMCID: PMC7904961, DOI: 10.1177/0733464820950125.
- Chilakamarri P, Finn EB, Sather J, Sheth KN, Matouk C, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Davis M, Pham L, Chaudhry SI, Venkatesh AK. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: Engineering Safer Neurocritical Care Transitions. Neurocritical Care 2021, 35: 232-240. PMID: 33403581, PMCID: PMC8255326, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-020-01160-6.
- Kemmler CB, Sangal RB, Rothenberg C, Li SX, Shofer FS, Abella BS, Venkatesh AK, Foster SD. Delays in antibiotic redosing: Association with inpatient mortality and risk factors for delay. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 46: 63-69. PMID: 33735698, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.02.058.
- Gettel CJ, Canavan ME, D'Onofrio G, Carr BG, Venkatesh AK. Corrigendum to "Who provides what care? An analysis of clinical focus among the national emergency care workforce" [Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Apr;42:228-232]. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 46: 804. PMID: 33875317, PMCID: PMC8338896, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.04.015.
- Gettel CJ, Venkatesh AK, Leo-Summers LS, Murphy TE, Gahbauer EA, Hwang U, Gill TM. A Longitudinal Analysis of Functional Disability, Recovery, and Nursing Home Utilization After Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions Among Community-Living Older Persons. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2021, 16: 469-475. PMID: 34328835, PMCID: PMC8340961, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3669.
- Lord K, Rothenberg C, Parwani V, Finn E, Khan A, Sather J, Ulrich A, Chaudhry S, Venkatesh A. Association between emergency department chief complaint and adverse hospitalization outcomes: A simple early warning system? The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 45: 548-550. PMID: 32839053, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.07.040.
- 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 2021, 45: 476-482. PMID: 33069544, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.09.090.
- Venkatesh AK, Greenwood-Ericksen MB, Mei H, Rothenberg C, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Unscheduled Care Access in the United States-A Tale of Two Emergency Departments. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 45: 374-377. PMID: 33143957, PMCID: PMC8076339, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.08.095.
- Gettel CJ, Venkatesh AK. Career Development Considerations for Academic Physician Mentees and Mentors in the Time of COVID-19: Jump in or Just Dip a Toe? Academic Medicine : Journal Of The Association Of American Medical Colleges 2021, 96: 974-978. PMID: 33769338, PMCID: PMC8243790, DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004076.
- 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.
- Venkatesh AK, Janke AT, Shu-Xia L, Rothenberg C, Goyal P, Terry A, Lin M. Emergency Department Utilization for Emergency Conditions During COVID-19. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 84-91. PMID: 33840512, PMCID: PMC7805390, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.01.011.
- Yealy DM, Mohr NM, Shapiro NI, Venkatesh A, Jones AE, Self WH. Early Care of Adults With Suspected Sepsis in the Emergency Department and Out-of-Hospital Environment: A Consensus-Based Task Force Report. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 1-19. PMID: 33840511, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.02.006.
- Emergency department visits for emergent conditions among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.Janke AT, Jain S, Hwang U, Rosenberg M, Biese K, Schneider S, Goyal P, Venkatesh AK. Emergency department visits for emergent conditions among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2021, 69: 1713-1721. PMID: 33955546, PMCID: PMC8242842, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17227.
- Moore CL, Kadom N, Seidenwurm D, Nicola G, Fredericks N, Shugarman S, Venkatesh A. Incidental Findings: A Survey of Radiologists and Emergency Physicians. Journal Of The American College Of Radiology : JACR 2021, 18: 853-856. PMID: 33516766, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2020.12.027.
- 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.
- Nash KA, Zima BT, Rothenberg C, Hoffmann J, Moreno C, Rosenthal MS, Venkatesh A. Prolonged Emergency Department Length of Stay for US Pediatric Mental Health Visits (2005-2015). Pediatrics 2021, 147 PMID: 33820850, PMCID: PMC8086002, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-030692.
- Janke AT, Venkatesh AK. The authors respond: the impact of COVID-19 on ED utilization, case mix and functions. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 43: 255. PMID: 33752944, PMCID: PMC7962996, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.03.015.
- Gettel CJ, Canavan ME, D'Onofrio G, Carr BG, Venkatesh AK. Who provides what care? An analysis of clinical focus among the national emergency care workforce. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 42: 228-232. PMID: 33298349, PMCID: PMC8005412, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.11.069.
- Janke AT, Mei H, Rothenberg C, Becher RD, Lin Z, Venkatesh AK. Analysis of Hospital Resource Availability and COVID-19 Mortality Across the United States. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2021, 16: 211-214. PMID: 33496664, PMCID: PMC8025594, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3539.
- Sangal RB, Venkatesh AK, Kinsman J, Dashevsky M, Scofi JE, Ulrich A. Simulating approaches to emergency department pandemic physician staffing during COVID-19. American Journal Of Disaster Medicine 2021, 16: 85-93. PMID: 34392521, DOI: 10.5055/ajdm.2021.0391.
- 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 2021, 40: 169-172. PMID: 33272871, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.10.058.
- Sather J, Littauer R, Finn E, Matouk C, Sheth K, Parwani V, Pham L, Ulrich A, Rothenberg C, Venkatesh AK. A Multimodal Intervention to Improve the Quality and Safety of Interhospital Care Transitions for Nontraumatic Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety / Joint Commission Resources 2021, 47: 99-106. PMID: 33358659, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2020.10.003.
- Venkatesh AK, Scofi JE, Rothenberg C, Berdahl CT, Tarrant N, Sharma D, Goyal P, Pilgrim R, Klauer K, Schuur JD. Choosing wisely in emergency medicine: Early results and insights from the ACEP emergency quality network (E-QUAL). The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 39: 102-108. PMID: 32014376, PMCID: PMC7365747, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.01.029.
- Parwani V, Goldenberg M, Venkatesh A. Emergency Department Psychiatric Observation Units: Good Care and Good Money? Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal Of The Society For Academic Emergency Medicine 2021, 28: 141-143. PMID: 33140472, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14167.
- Samuels-Kalow ME, Boggs KM, Cash RE, Herrington R, Mick NW, Rutman MS, Venkatesh AK, Zabbo CP, Sullivan AF, Hasegawa K, Zachrison KS, Camargo CA. Screening for Health-Related Social Needs of Emergency Department Patients. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 77: 62-68. PMID: 33160720, PMCID: PMC7755764, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.08.010.
- Venkatesh AK, Janke A, Rothenberg C, Chan E, Becher RD. National trends in emergency department closures, mergers, and utilization, 2005-2015. PloS One 2021, 16: e0251729. PMID: 34015007, PMCID: PMC8136839, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251729.
- Janke AT, Danagoulian S, Venkatesh AK, Levy PD. Medicaid expansion and resource utilization in the emergency department. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 38: 2586-2590. PMID: 31982222, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.12.050.
- Patterson BW, Jacobsohn GC, Maru AP, Venkatesh AK, Smith MA, Shah MN, Mendonça EA. RESEARCHComparing Strategies for Identifying Falls in Older Adult Emergency Department Visits Using EHR Data. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2020, 68: 2965-2967. PMID: 32951200, PMCID: PMC7744315, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16831.
- Sangal RB, Fodeh S, Taylor A, Rothenberg C, Finn EB, Sheth K, Matouk C, Ulrich A, Parwani V, Sather J, Venkatesh A. Identification of Patients with Nontraumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage Using Administrative Claims Data. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases : The Official Journal Of National Stroke Association 2020, 29: 105306. PMID: 33070110, PMCID: PMC7686163, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105306.
- Haimovich AD, Taylor RA, Krumholz HM, Venkatesh AK. Performance of Temporal Artery Temperature Measurement in Ruling Out Fever: Implications for COVID-19 Screening. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2020, 35: 3398-3400. PMID: 32930937, PMCID: PMC7491363, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-06205-2.
- Venkatesh AK, Janke AT. Emergency Physician Reimbursement: Getting Shortchanged or Shrewdly Negotiating? Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 76: 621-624. PMID: 33097122, PMCID: PMC7575452, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.08.025.
- Pendyal A, Rothenberg C, Scofi JE, Krumholz HM, Safdar B, Dreyer RP, Venkatesh AK. National Trends in Emergency Department Care Processes for Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States, 2005 to 2015. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e017208. PMID: 33047624, PMCID: PMC7763391, DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.120.017208.
- Berdahl CT, Schuur JD, Rothenberg C, Samadian K, Sharma D, Tarrant N, Goyal P, Venkatesh AK. Practice structure and quality improvement activities among emergency departments in the Emergency Quality (E-QUAL) Network. Journal Of The American College Of Emergency Physicians Open 2020, 1: 839-844. PMID: 33145529, PMCID: PMC7593479, DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12078.
- Sangal RB, Scofi JE, Parwani V, Pickens AT, Ulrich A, Venkatesh AK. Less social emergency departments: implementation of workplace contact reduction during COVID-19. Emergency Medicine Journal : EMJ 2020, 37: 463-466. PMID: 32581052, PMCID: PMC7418594, DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2020-209826.
- Venkatesh A, Malicki C, Hawk K, D'Onofrio G, Kinsman J, Taylor A. Assessing the readiness of digital data infrastructure for opioid use disorder research. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 2020, 15: 24. PMID: 32650817, PMCID: PMC7350566, DOI: 10.1186/s13722-020-00198-3.
- Venkatesh AK, Mei H, Liu S, D'Onofrio G, Rothenberg C, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Cross-sectional Analysis of Emergency Department and Acute Care Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal Of The Society For Academic Emergency Medicine 2020, 27: 570-579. PMID: 32302034, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13971.
- Davis M, McKiernan C, Lama S, Parzynski C, Bruetman C, Venkatesh A. Trends in Publicly Reported Quality Measures of Hospital Imaging Efficiency, 2011-2018. AJR. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2020, 215: 153-158. PMID: 32432908, DOI: 10.2214/AJR.19.21993.
- Wong AH, Ray JM, Auerbach MA, Venkatesh AK, McVaney C, Burness D, Chmura C, Saxa T, Sevilla M, Flood CT, Patel A, Whitfill T, Dziura JD, Yonkers KA, Ulrich A, Bernstein SL. Study protocol for the ACT response pilot intervention: development, implementation and evaluation of a systems-based Agitation Code Team (ACT) in the emergency department. BMJ Open 2020, 10: e036982. PMID: 32606062, PMCID: PMC7328814, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-036982.
- Teferi MM, Boggs KM, Espinola JA, Herrington R, Mick NW, Rutman MS, Venkatesh AK, Zabbo CP, Hasegawa K, Samuels-Kalow ME, Weiner SG, Camargo CA. Change in opioid policies in New England emergency departments, 2014 vs 2018. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2020, 213: 108105. PMID: 32615413, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108105.
- National Assessment of Surprise Coverage Gaps Provided to Simulated Patients Seeking Emergency Care.Parwani V, Ulrich A, Rothenberg C, Kinsman J, Duhaime M, Thomas M, Venkatesh A. National Assessment of Surprise Coverage Gaps Provided to Simulated Patients Seeking Emergency Care. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e206868. PMID: 32412634, PMCID: PMC7229522, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.6868.
- Safavi KC, Li SX, Dharmarajan K, Venkatesh AK, Strait KM, Lin H, Lowe TJ, Fazel R, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM. Hospital variation in the use of noninvasive cardiac imaging and its association with downstream testing, interventions, and outcomes. JAMA Internal Medicine 2014, 174: 546-53. PMID: 24515551, PMCID: PMC5459406, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.14407.
- Schuur JD, Carney DP, Lyn ET, Raja AS, Michael JA, Ross NG, Venkatesh AK. A top-five list for emergency medicine: a pilot project to improve the value of emergency care. JAMA Internal Medicine 2014, 174: 509-15. PMID: 24534899, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.12688.
- Venkatesh AK, Schuur JD. A "Top Five" list for emergency medicine: a policy and research agenda for stewardship to improve the value of emergency care. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2013, 31: 1520-4. PMID: 23993868, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.07.019.
- Venkatesh AK, Avula U, Bartimus H, Reif J, Schmidt MJ, Powell ES. Time to antibiotics for septic shock: evaluating a proposed performance measure. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2013, 31: 680-3. PMID: 23380106, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.12.008.
- Baugh CW, Venkatesh AK, Hilton JA, Samuel PA, Schuur JD, Bohan JS. Making greater use of dedicated hospital observation units for many short-stay patients could save $3.1 billion a year. Health Affairs (Project Hope) 2012, 31: 2314-23. PMID: 23019185, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0926.
- Schuur JD, Venkatesh AK. The growing role of emergency departments in hospital admissions. The New England Journal Of Medicine 2012, 367: 391-3. PMID: 22784039, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1204431.
- Venkatesh AK, Kline JA, Courtney DM, Camargo CA, Plewa MC, Nordenholz KE, Moore CL, Richman PB, Smithline HA, Beam DM, Kabrhel C. Evaluation of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department and consistency with a national quality measure: quantifying the opportunity for improvement. Archives Of Internal Medicine 2012, 172: 1028-32. PMID: 22664742, PMCID: PMC3775003, DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1804.
- Venkatesh AK, Pallin DJ, Kayden S, Schuur JD. Predictors of hand hygiene in the emergency department. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2011, 32: 1120-3. PMID: 22011541, DOI: 10.1086/662374.
- Venkatesh AK, Geisler BP, Gibson Chambers JJ, Baugh CW, Bohan JS, Schuur JD. Use of observation care in US emergency departments, 2001 to 2008. PloS One 2011, 6: e24326. PMID: 21935398, PMCID: PMC3173457, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024326.
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