Peer-Reviewed Publications: Original Science

1.    Parks J, Gentilello L, Shafi S. Financial Triage in Transfer of Trauma Patients: A Myth or a Reality? The American Journal of Surgery Sep;198(3):e35-8

2.    Satjapot, S, Johnson, TJ, Garman, AN. International medical travelers, length of stay, and the continuum of care: Inquiry and comparison. Q Manage Health Care, 20(1): 1-8, 2011.

3.    Parks J, Engblom P, Hamrock E, Satjapot S, Levin S. Designed to Fail: How computer simulation can detect fundamental flaws in clinic flow. J Healthc Manag. (In Press), 2010.

4.    Levin S, Sauer L, Kelen G, Kirsch T, France D. Workload and Situational Awareness in the Emergency Department. Institute for Industrial Engineers, Society for Health Systems 2011 Conference Proceedings. (In Press), 2010.

5.    Levin S, Dittus R, Aronsky D, Weinger M. Evaluating the effects of increasing surgical volume on emergency department patient access. Qual S of Health Care. (In Press), 2010.

6.    Shafi S, Parks J, Ahn C, Gentilello LM, Nathens AB. More operations, more deaths? Relationship between operative intervention rates and risk-adjusted mortality at trauma centers. 68th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (Oral). Pittsburgh, PA, October 2009. Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 2010 Jul;69(1):70-7.

7.    Shafi S, Parks J, Ahn C, Gentilello LM, Nathens AB, Hemmila MR, Pasquale MD, Meredith JW, Cryer HG, Goble S, Neil M, Price C, Fildes JJ. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services quality indicators do not correlate with risk-adjusted mortality at trauma centers. 22nd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (Oral), Orlando, FL, January 2009. Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 2010 Apr;68(4):771-7.

8.    Shafi S, Ahn C, Parks J, Nathens A, Cryer H, Gentilello L, Hemmila M, Fildes J. Quality of Care within a Trauma Center is Not Altered by Injury Type. Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection, and Critical Care  2010 Mar;68(3):716-20.

9.    Han J, France D, Levin S, Storrow A, Aronsky D. The Effect of Physician Triage on Emergency Department Length of Stays. J Emerg Med. 39(2):227-233, 2010.

10.  Parks JK , Elliot AC, Gentilello LM, Shafi S. Systemic Hypotension is a Late Marker of Shock after Trauma-  A Validation Study of Advanced Trauma Life Support Principles in a Large National Sample. Southwestern Surgical Congress, April 2006. American Journal of Surgery 2006 Dec; 192(6):727-31.

11.  McCarthy M, Ding R, Zeger S, Levin S. Crowding delays treatment and lengthens emergency department length of stay, even among high-acuity patients. Ann Emerg Med. 54(4):492-503, 2009.

12.  Hoot N, Epstein S, Allen T, Jones S, Baumlin K, Chawla N, Lee A, Pines J, Amandeep K, Gordon, B, Flottemesch T, LeBlanc L, Jones I, Levin S, Zhou C, Gadd C, Aronsky D, Forecasting Emergency Department Crowding: An External, Multi-Center Evaluation. Ann Emerg Med. 54(4):514-522, 2009.

13.  Hoot N, LeBlanc L, Jones I, Levin S, Zhou C, Gadd C, Aronsky D. Forecasting Emergency Department Crowding: A Prospective, Real-Time Evaluation. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 16(3):338-345, 2009.

14.  McCarthy M, Ding R, Zeger S, Levin S. Crowding delays treatment and lengthens emergency department length of stay, even among high-acuity patients. Ann Emerg Med. 54(4):492-503, 2009.

15.  Hoot N, Epstein S, Allen T, Jones S, Baumlin K, Chawla N, Lee A, Pines J, Amandeep K, Gordon, B, Flottemesch T, LeBlanc L, Jones I, Levin S, Zhou C, Gadd C, Aronsky D, Forecasting Emergency Department Crowding: An External, Multi-Center Evaluation. Ann Emerg Med. 54(4):514-522, 2009.

16.  Hoot N, LeBlanc L, Jones I, Levin S, Zhou C, Gadd C, Aronsky D. Forecasting Emergency Department Crowding: A Prospective, Real-Time Evaluation. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 16(3):338-345, 2009.

17.  Hoot N, LeBlanc L, Jones I, Levin S, Zhou C, Gadd C, Aronsky D. Forecasting Emergency Department Crowding by Discrete Event Simulation. Ann Emerg Med. 52(2):116-125, 2008.

18.  Levin S, Dittus R, Aronsky D, Weinger M, Han J, Boord J, France D. Optimizing cardiology capacity to reduce emergency department boarding: A systems engineering approach. Am Heart J. 156(6):1202-1209, 2008.

19.  Parks JK, Klein J, Frankel H, Friese R, Shafi S. Dissecting Delays in Trauma Care Using Corporate Six Sigma Methodology. University HealthSystem Consortium 2007 Quality and Safety Fall Forum, October 2007 (1st Place Award Winner) and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 21st Annual Scientific Meeting, January 2008. Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 2008 Nov;65( 5): pages1098-104; discussion 1104-5.

20.  Shafi S, Parks JK, Gentilello LM. Cost Benefit of Reduction in Motor Vehicle Injuries with a Nationwide Speed Limit 65mph or under. Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 20th Annual Scientific Meeting, January 2007. Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 2008 Nov;65(5):1122-5.

21.  Shafi S, Nathens AB, Parks J, Cryer HM, Fildes JJ, Gentilello LM. Trauma quality improvement using risk-adjusted outcomes. Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 2008 Mar;64(3):599-604; discussion 604-6.

22.  Blumetti J, Parks JK, Purdue GF, Hunt JL. The Parkland Formula under Fire: Is the criticism justified?� American Burn Association�s 39th Annual Meeting, March 2007. Journal of Burn Care & Research 2008 Jan-Feb;29(1):180-6.

23.  Levin S, Han J, Aronsky D, Zhou C, Hoot N, Kelly L, France DJ. Stranded on Emergency Isle: Modeling Competition for Cardiac Services using Survival Analysis. Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2007 IEEE International Conference on. pp. 1772-1776, Dec. 2007.

24.  Shafi S, Marquez de la Plata C, Diaz-Arrastia R, Shipman K, Carlile M, Frankel H, Parks J, Gentilello LM. Racial disparities in long-term functional outcome after traumatic brain injury.  American Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2006 Annual Meeting, September 2006. Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 2007 Dec;63(6):1263-8; discussion 1268-70.

25.  Shafi S, de la Plata CM, Diaz-Arrastia R, Bransky A, Frankel H, Elliott AC, Parks J, Gentilello LM. Ethnic disparities exist in trauma care. Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 2007 Nov;63(5):1138-42.

26.  Phelan H, Shafi S, Parks J, Maxson R, Ahmad N, Murphy J, Minei J. Use of a Pediatric Cohort to Examine Gender and Sex Hormone Influences on Outcome After Trauma. Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 2007 Nov;63(5):1127-31.

27.  Thacker L, Parks J, Thal E. Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage: What constitutes a positive study in patients with abdominal stab wounds? Trauma Association of Canada 2006 Conference, March 2006. Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 2007 Apr; 62(4):853-7.

28.  Foreman BP, Parks J, Gentilello LM, Shafi S, Madden C, Caesar R, Krueger K, Harper C, Diaz-Arrastia R. Usefulness of the Abbreviated Injury Score (AIS) and the Injury Severity Score (ISS) in Comparison to the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) in Predicting Outcome After Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 2007 Apr; 62(4):946-50.

29.  Levin S, France DJ, Hemphill R, Han J, Slagle J, Aronsky D. Shifting Toward Balance: Measuring the distribution of workload among emergency physician teams. Ann Emerg Med. 50(4):419-423, 2007.

30.  Tchorz KM, Thomas N, Jesudassan S, Kumar R, Chinnadurai R, Thomas A, Tchorz RI, Murthy CP, Parks JK, Naylor RA. Teaching Trauma Care in India: An Educational Goal for General Practitioner. Association of Academic Surgery's Academic Congress, February 2006. Journal of Surgical Research 2007 Oct;142(2):373-7.

31.  Levin S, France DJ, Hemphill R, Jones I, Chen K, Rickard D, Makowski R, Aronsky D. Tracking Workload in the Emergency Department. Hum Factors. 48(3):526-539, 2006.

32.  France DJ, Levin S. System Complexity as a Measure of Safe Capacity for the Emergency Department. Acad Emerg Med. 13(11):1212-1219, 2006.

33.  France DJ, Levin S, Hemphill R, Chen K, Rickard D, Makowski R, Aronsky D. Emergency physicians behavior and workload in the presence of an electronic whiteboard. Int J Med Inform. 74(10):827-837, 2005.

Peer-Reviewed Publications: Book Chapters and Essays

1.   Levin S, France DJ, Aronsky D. "Implementation of a Computerized Triage System in the Emergency Department." Transforming Health Care Through Information. 3rd Edition. Eds. Einbeinder L. Lorenzi N. Ash J. Gadd C. Springer Science. 236-269, 2009.

2.   Hallbert, B. Levin, S. France, D. "Errors and Human Factors Analyses." Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making. Ed. Katan, M. Sage Publications. 445-449, 2009.

Peer-Reviewed Publications: Abstracts

1.   Parks J, Levin S, Deutschendorf A, Rothman R, Kelen G. Examining the Feasibility of Proactive Identification of Patients at Risk for Denied One-Day Stays. Submitted to Society of Academic Emergency Medicine's 2011 Conference.

2.   Parks J, Levin S, Satjapot S, Rothman R, Kelen G. Examining the Relationship between the Use of Observation Status and the Likelihood of 1 Day Stays in Patients with Circulatory Disease. Submitted to Society of Academic Emergency Medicine's 2011 Conference.

3.   Levin S, Parks J, Krenzischek D. Development of the Johns Hopkins Perianesthesia Nurse Staffing Tool. Mayo Clinic Conference on Systems Engineering and Operations Research in Health Care. 2009.

4.   Hemani A, Jaffe C, Morgenstern M, Salatich A, Satjapot S, Shah P, VonDielingen R. Pay for performance. J Healthc Qual. 30(6): 57-8, 2008.

5.   Levin S, Zhou C, Aronsky D, Han J, France DJ. Modeling Competition for Inpatient Cardiac Care: Impact on Emergency Department Boarding Times. ACEP Research Forum. 50(3):S1:282, 2007.

6.   Dale K, Dezube R, Levin S, France DJ, Weinger M. Impact of Emergency Department Occupancy and Patient Boarding on Registered Nurse Work Patterns and Subjective Ratings of Workload and Quality. ACEP Research Forum. 50(3):S1:143, 2007.

7.   Napper T, Napper J, Champine J, Easter M, Parks J. Critical Test Result Management Technology Raises the Bar for Patient Safety and Staff Productivity. Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 19th National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare, Dec 2007.

8.   Parks D, Bader V, Boll S, Parks J. Simmons Ambulatory Surgery Center: Optimizing Quality of Care through Surveillance of Outcomes. 3rd Annual Parkland Health & Hospital System Performance Improvement Fair, Aug 2007.

9. Parks JK, Diaz-Arrastia R, Gentilello LM, Shafi S. Post‑injury Employment as a Functional Outcome: a New Quality Indicator. Western Trauma Association 2007 Annual Meeting, February 2007. Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 2007 Jan; 62(1):265-75.

10. Ross S, Crane V, Kirby C, Abraham P, Parks J, Valdes M. Inpatient Immunizations: From the Clinic to the Bedside. Institute for Healthcare Improvement 18th National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Dec 2006.

11. Champine J, Napper T, Redd G, Easter M, Curnock R, Parks J. Quality Gains through Technology. Institute for Healthcare Improvement 18th National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Dec 2006.

12. Ramirez A, Phillips S, Franklin A, Euhus D, Bray R, Heathman K, Jones T, Napper J, Parks J, Valdes M. Achieving Superior Access to the Surgical Breast Evaluation Clinic through a Multidisciplinary Referral Algorithm. UHC 2006 Safety and Quality Fall Forum, Oct 2006.

13. Rowe K, Jennings A, Alderson R, McDaniels J, Gunnavarapu B, Parks JK, Shafi S. Bedside hemoglobin measurements predict the need for hemorrhage control in trauma patients within minutes of their arrival. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2006 Annual Meeting, Sept 2006.

14. Treichler B, Starr A, Ramirez A, Brown A, Parks D, Hay J, Zubrod R, Parks JK. Expediting Emergency Department Flow into Specialty Care. Institute for Healthcare Improvement 2nd Annual International Summit on Redesigning Hospital Care, June 2006.

15. Tchorz K, Sarode R, Morris R, Dasch V, McDaniel J, Parks JK. Optimizing Blood Utilization in Trauma Care. Institute for Healthcare Improvement 2nd Annual International Summit on Redesigning Hospital Care, June 2006.

16. Ramirez A, Phillips S, Briner S, Harrison C, Bilkey K, Cone Y, Currin K, Parks JK. Improving immunization rates among the medically needy. Institute for Healthcare Improvement 7th Annual International Summit on Redesigning the Clinical Office Practice, Mar 2006.

17. Levin S, France DJ, Mayberry S, Stonemetz S, Jones I, Aronsky D. The Effects of Computerized Triage on Nurse Work Behavior. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 1005, 2006.

18. Han JH, Zhou C, Jones ID, Storrow AB, France DJ, Levin S, Aronsky D. The Role of Faculty Triage on Emergency Department Overcrowding and Ambulance Diversion. ACEP Research Forum. 48(4):S1:34-35, 2006.

19. Larkin GL, Parks JK, Alexander GC, Wynia MK. Bioterrorism and Public Health Emergency Preparedness: A National Survey of Physician Knowledge and Perceived Preparedness. American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum, Sept 2005.

20. Claassen C, Larkin GL, Parks JK, Hodges G, Field C. Criminal Correlates of Injury-Related Emergency Department Recidivism. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, May 2005.

21. Adler A, Shafi S, Parks JK, Gentilello LM, Thal E. Blunt Spleen Injury in the Elderly: A Review of the National Trauma Databank. 7th Annual UT Southwestern Medical Center Department of Surgery, Surgical Research Forum Honoring C. James Carrico, MD. May 2005.

22. Levin S, France DJ, Aronsky D, Hemphill R, Chen K. Human Factors Assessment of Medical Emergency Departments. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting. Jun 2004.

Peer-Reviewed Poster Presentations

1.   Johnson TJ, Garman AN, Satjapot S. Health care providers abroad catering to the international patient. European Health Management Association, 2010.

2.   Satjapot S, Johnson TJ, Garman AN, Hohmann SF, Phillips FS, Clapp RJ. Does patient origin influence care? An analysis of international medical travelers. Rush University Forum for Research and Clinical Investigation, 2009.  Annual Research Meeting Academy Health, 2009.