Christopher Fee

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi JCAHO/CMS core measures for community-acquired pneumonia
    Christopher Fee
    Ann Emerg Med 47:505; author reply 506. 2006
  2. ncbi Public reporting of antibiotic timing in patients with pneumonia: lessons from a flawed performance measure
    Robert M Wachter
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0120, USA
    Ann Intern Med 149:29-32. 2008
  3. ncbi Identification of 90% of patients ultimately diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia within four hours of emergency department arrival may not be feasible
    Christopher Fee
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 49:553-9. 2007
  4. ncbi Effect of emergency department crowding on time to antibiotics in patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia
    Christopher Fee
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 50:501-9, 509.e1. 2007
  5. ncbi ED antibiotic use for acute respiratory illnesses since pneumonia performance measure inception
    Christopher Fee
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 28:23-31. 2010
  6. ncbi Effect of emergency department crowding on pneumonia admission care components
    Christopher Fee
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, 94143, USA
    Am J Manag Care 17:269-78. 2011
  7. ncbi How common is MRSA in adult septic arthritis?
    Bradley W Frazee
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda County Medical Center Highland Campus, Oakland, CA 94602, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 54:695-700. 2009
  8. ncbi Consensus-based recommendations for research priorities related to interventions to safeguard patient safety in the crowded emergency department
    Christopher Fee
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 18:1283-8. 2011
  9. ncbi Association of emergency department length of stay with safety-net status
    Christopher Fee
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, PO Box 0208, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    JAMA 307:476-82. 2012
  10. ncbi The role of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine in the development of guidelines and performance measures
    Jesse M Pines
    Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 17:e130-40. 2010

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi JCAHO/CMS core measures for community-acquired pneumonia
    Christopher Fee
    Ann Emerg Med 47:505; author reply 506. 2006
  2. ncbi Public reporting of antibiotic timing in patients with pneumonia: lessons from a flawed performance measure
    Robert M Wachter
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0120, USA
    Ann Intern Med 149:29-32. 2008
    ..These steps will increase the probability that future quality measures will improve care without creating negative unintended consequences...
  3. ncbi Identification of 90% of patients ultimately diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia within four hours of emergency department arrival may not be feasible
    Christopher Fee
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 49:553-9. 2007
    ....
  4. ncbi Effect of emergency department crowding on time to antibiotics in patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia
    Christopher Fee
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 50:501-9, 509.e1. 2007
    ..We hypothesize that emergency department (ED) volume and increased patient complexity are associated with lower quality of care, as measured by time to antibiotics for patients being admitted with community-acquired pneumonia...
  5. ncbi ED antibiotic use for acute respiratory illnesses since pneumonia performance measure inception
    Christopher Fee
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 28:23-31. 2010
    ....
  6. ncbi Effect of emergency department crowding on pneumonia admission care components
    Christopher Fee
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, 94143, USA
    Am J Manag Care 17:269-78. 2011
    ..To determine pneumonia admission care components that are most affected by emergency department (ED) crowding...
  7. ncbi How common is MRSA in adult septic arthritis?
    Bradley W Frazee
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda County Medical Center Highland Campus, Oakland, CA 94602, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 54:695-700. 2009
    ..We determine the proportion of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in adult septic arthritis patients presenting to the emergency department (ED)...
  8. ncbi Consensus-based recommendations for research priorities related to interventions to safeguard patient safety in the crowded emergency department
    Christopher Fee
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 18:1283-8. 2011
    ....
  9. ncbi Association of emergency department length of stay with safety-net status
    Christopher Fee
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, PO Box 0208, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    JAMA 307:476-82. 2012
    ..Performance measures, particularly pay for performance, may have unintended consequences for safety-net institutions caring for disproportionate shares of Medicaid or uninsured patients...
  10. ncbi The role of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine in the development of guidelines and performance measures
    Jesse M Pines
    Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 17:e130-40. 2010
    ....
  11. ncbi The HCAP gap: differences between self-reported practice patterns and published guidelines for health care-associated pneumonia
    Gregory B Seymann
    Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, CA 92103 8485, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 49:1868-74. 2009
    ..In contrast to community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), patients with HCAP are at increased risk for multidrug-resistant organisms, and appropriate initial antibiotic therapy is associated with reduced mortality...
  12. ncbi Community-acquired necrotizing soft tissue infections: a review of 122 cases presenting to a single emergency department over 12 years
    Bradley W Frazee
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda County Medical Center Highland Hospital, Oakland, California, USA
    J Emerg Med 34:139-46. 2008
    ..Severe and non-severe cases were compared using chi-square, Fisher's exact, and multivariate logistic regression testing...
  13. ncbi When is a scarlet letter really a red badge of courage?: the paradox of percentage of pneumonia patients receiving antibiotics within 4 hours in accordance with JCAHO and CMS core measures
    Christopher Fee
    Ann Emerg Med 50:205-6. 2007
  14. ncbi Preventable deaths from quality failures in emergency department care for pneumonia and myocardial infarction: an overestimation
    Christopher Fee
    Acad Emerg Med 15:300-1; author reply 302-3. 2008
  15. ncbi Establishing a comprehensive, evidence-based protocol for the care of patients with sepsis
    Christopher Fee
    Acad Emerg Med 12:912-3; author reply 914. 2005