Richard B. Wait
Baystate Medical Center
24 Papers
178 Citations
Richard B. Wait is an academic researcher from Baystate Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Artery. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 24 publications. Previous affiliations of Richard B. Wait include Tufts University.
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Papers
Geography and travel distance impact emergency department visits
Philip L. Henneman,Philip L. Henneman,Jane Garb,Geoffrey A. Capraro,Geoffrey A. Capraro,Haiping Li,Howard A. Smithline,Howard A. Smithline,Richard B. Wait,Richard B. Wait +9 more
TL;DR: Geography and travel distance significantly impact emergency department (ED) visits, and block group ED visit rates are negatively impacted by these factors.
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Geographic information system localization of community-acquired MRSA soft tissue abscesses
Michael V. Tirabassi,George Wadie Md,Kevin P. Moriarty,Jane Garb,Stanley H. Konefal,Richard A. Courtney,Barry F. Sachs,Richard B. Wait +7 more
TL;DR: Geography proved to be a significant risk factor for presenting with MRSA infection and Geographic maps of antibiotic resistance can be used to guide physician antibiotic selection before culture results are available.
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Using GIS for spatial analysis of rectal lesions in the human body
TL;DR: This study demonstrates the feasibility of rendering anatomical locations and clinical events in a GIS and its value in clinical research and allows the visualization and spatial analysis of clinical and pathologic features.
Implementation of Full Patient Simulation Training in Surgical Residency
Gladys Fernández,Patrick C. Lee,David W. Page,Elizabeth D'Amour,Richard B. Wait,Neal E. Seymour +5 more
TL;DR: Initial experience suggests that the associated assessment methods can detect predictable improvements in patient management skills across successive residency years, as well as potentially deficient management.
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Occlusion of an aberrant right hepatic artery, originating from the superior mesenteric artery, secondary to blunt trauma.
TL;DR: The case of an individual involved in a motor vehicle crash, who sustained blunt traumatic occlusion of an aberrant right hepatic artery, originating from the superior mesenteric artery is described.
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