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| Leora I HorwitzSummaryAffiliation: Yale University Country: USA Publications
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Consequences of inadequate sign-out for patient careLeora I Horwitz
Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale New Haven Hospital, 789 Howard Ave, New Haven, Connecticut 06519, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:1755-60. 2008..In case reports, transfers in the care of patients among health care providers have been linked to adverse events. However, little is known about the nature and frequency of these transfer-related problems...- Dropping the baton: a qualitative analysis of failures during the transition from emergency department to inpatient careLeora I Horwitz
Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Ann Emerg Med 53:701-10.e4. 2009..We identify, describe, and categorize vulnerabilities in emergency department (ED) to internal medicine patient transfers... - Evaluation of an asynchronous physician voicemail sign-out for emergency department admissionsLeora I Horwitz
Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT 06520 8093, USA
Ann Emerg Med 54:368-78. 2009..Taped (asynchronous) communication may be more reliable and efficient but lacks interaction. We evaluate a new asynchronous physician-physician sign-out compared with the traditional synchronous sign-out... - Percentage of US emergency department patients seen within the recommended triage time: 1997 to 2006Leora I Horwitz
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, PO Box 208093, New Haven, CT 06520 8093, USA
Arch Intern Med 169:1857-65. 2009..The wait time to see a physician in US emergency departments (EDs) is increasing and may differentially affect patients with varied insurance status and racial/ethnic backgrounds... - Development and implementation of an oral sign-out skills curriculumLeora I Horwitz
Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1470-4. 2007..At our institution, we identified several deficiencies in skills and a lack of any existing training... - US emergency department performance on wait time and length of visitLeora I Horwitz
Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Section of General Internal Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Ann Emerg Med 55:133-41. 2010..Previous studies have not examined hospital-level performance on ED wait time and visit length in the United States. The purpose of this study is to describe hospital-level performance on ED wait time and visit length... - Failure to rescue: validation of an algorithm using administrative dataLeora I Horwitz
VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
Med Care 45:283-7. 2007..Failure to rescue (FTR), the rate of death in patients suffering 1 of 6 in-hospital complications, is an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicator calculated from administrative data... - Internal medicine residents' clinical and didactic experiences after work hour regulation: a survey of chief residentsLeora I Horwitz
VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:961-5. 2006..Work hour regulations for house staff were intended in part to improve resident clinical and educational performance... - Transfers of patient care between house staff on internal medicine wards: a national surveyLeora I Horwitz
VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:1173-7. 2006..Transfer of responsibility for patient care between physicians is a key process in the care of hospitalized patients. Systems of transfer management and transfer frequency may affect clinical outcomes... - Changes in outcomes for internal medicine inpatients after work-hour regulationsLeora I Horwitz
Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale New Haven Hospital, and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8088, USA
Ann Intern Med 147:97-103. 2007..Limits on resident work hours are intended to reduce fatigue-related errors, but may raise risk by increasing transfers of responsibility for patients...