Daniel A. Handel
Oregon Health & Science University
46 Papers
410 Citations
Daniel A. Handel is an academic researcher from Oregon Health & Science University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Emergency department & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 46 publications. Previous affiliations of Daniel A. Handel include University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center & Medical University of South Carolina.
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Papers
Measures of Crowding in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review
Ula Hwang,Melissa L. McCarthy,Dominik Aronsky,Brent R. Asplin,Peter W. Crane,Catherine K. Craven,Stephen K. Epstein,Christopher Fee,Daniel A. Handel,Jesse M. Pines,Niels K. Rathlev,Robert W. Schafermeyer,Frank L. Zwemer,Steven L. Bernstein +13 more
TL;DR: Time intervals and patient counts are emerging as the most promising tools for measuring flow and nonflow (i.e., crowding), respectively and standardized definitions of time intervals (flow) and numerical counts (nonflow) will assist with validation of these metrics across multiple sites and clarify which options emerge as the metrics of choice in this "crowded" field of measures.
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Implementing Electronic Health Records in the Emergency Department
TL;DR: Understanding and anticipating the EHR's impact on workflow is critical to successful implementation and EDs must maximize their efficiency during this process.
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Using information technology to improve the quality and safety of emergency care.
TL;DR: This work presents a research agenda addressing the major questions that are posed by the introduction of IT into ED care; these questions relate to interoperability, patient flow and integration into clinical work, real-time decision support, handoffs, safety-critical computing, and the interaction between IT systems and clinical workflows.
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The use of sleep aids among Emergency Medicine residents: a web based survey
TL;DR: Even with a low response rate, sleep aid use among EM residents may be common and how this affects performance, well-being, and health remains unknown.
Predictors of patient length of stay in 9 emergency departments
Jennifer L. Wiler,Daniel A. Handel,Adit A. Ginde,Dominik Aronsky,Nicholas Genes,Jeffrey L. Hackman,Joshua A. Hilton,Ula Hwang,Michael Kamali,Jesse M. Pines,Emilie S. Powell,Medhi Sattarian,Rongwei Fu +12 more
TL;DR: In this article, a multicenter study identified factors associated with increased length of stay (LOS) in emergency departments, including higher percentage of discharged and eloped patients, more hours on ambulance diversion, and weekday (vs weekend) of patient presentation.
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