{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3008439969","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wsc40007.2019.9004784","title":"Patient Care Management for Physicians: Reducing Handoffs in the ED","display_name":"Patient Care Management for Physicians: Reducing Handoffs in the ED","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-12-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3008439969","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wsc40007.2019.9004784","mag":"3008439969"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/wsc40007.2019.9004784","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wsc40007.2019.9004784","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2019 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5028695264","display_name":"Vishnunarayan Girishan Prabhu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5410-9894"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I8078737","display_name":"Clemson University","ror":"https://ror.org/037s24f05","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I8078737"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Vishnunarayan Girishan Prabhu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I8078737"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000389145","display_name":"Kevin Taaffe","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7287-4565"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I8078737","display_name":"Clemson University","ror":"https://ror.org/037s24f05","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I8078737"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kevin Taaffe","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I8078737"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5081716080","display_name":"Ronald G. Pirrallo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8321-3866"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1283654650","display_name":"Prisma Health","ror":"https://ror.org/03n7vd314","country_code":"US","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1283654650"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ronald Pirrallo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Emergency Medicine, Prisma Health-Upstate, Greenville, SC, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Prisma Health-Upstate, Greenville, SC, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1283654650"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.1378,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":5,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.80471087,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1126","last_page":"1136"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11095","display_name":"Emergency and Acute Care Studies","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2711","display_name":"Emergency Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11095","display_name":"Emergency and Acute Care Studies","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2711","display_name":"Emergency Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12174","display_name":"Hospital Admissions and Outcomes","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2711","display_name":"Emergency Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10391","display_name":"Healthcare Policy and Management","score":0.9923999905586243,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/patient-care","display_name":"Patient care","score":0.5109459757804871},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.4374512732028961},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/medical-emergency","display_name":"Medical emergency","score":0.35781335830688477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/medicine","display_name":"Medicine","score":0.34391194581985474},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nursing","display_name":"Nursing","score":0.2743377089500427}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2989236134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31207","display_name":"Patient care","level":2,"score":0.5109459757804871},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4374512732028961},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C545542383","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2751242","display_name":"Medical emergency","level":1,"score":0.35781335830688477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.34391194581985474},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159110408","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121176","display_name":"Nursing","level":1,"score":0.2743377089500427}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/wsc40007.2019.9004784","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wsc40007.2019.9004784","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2019 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":24,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1972886576","https://openalex.org/W1979128545","https://openalex.org/W1992803797","https://openalex.org/W2005440935","https://openalex.org/W2024784120","https://openalex.org/W2045553720","https://openalex.org/W2047805825","https://openalex.org/W2076055057","https://openalex.org/W2080029866","https://openalex.org/W2087508212","https://openalex.org/W2104777259","https://openalex.org/W2115385268","https://openalex.org/W2129726455","https://openalex.org/W2155075229","https://openalex.org/W2155657008","https://openalex.org/W2165092186","https://openalex.org/W2166858912","https://openalex.org/W2167926132","https://openalex.org/W2337039961","https://openalex.org/W2577832345","https://openalex.org/W2790880289","https://openalex.org/W2895301430","https://openalex.org/W4249498367","https://openalex.org/W6703430859"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W3031052312","https://openalex.org/W4389568370","https://openalex.org/W3032375762","https://openalex.org/W1995515455","https://openalex.org/W2080531066","https://openalex.org/W3108674512","https://openalex.org/W1506200166","https://openalex.org/W1489783725","https://openalex.org/W2148612803"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"Emergency":[1],"Department":[2],"(ED)":[3],"is":[4],"an":[5],"environment":[6],"prone":[7],"to":[8,21,36,44,81,85,89,136],"high":[9,52,114],"error":[10],"rates":[11],"with":[12,73],"severe":[13],"consequences.":[14],"Prior":[15],"studies":[16],"report":[17],"that":[18,60,108],"miscommunication":[19],"contributes":[20],"80%":[22],"of":[23,30,49,57,63,69,93,102,122,132,140],"the":[24,55,91,97,100,118,123,129,138],"serious":[25],"medical":[26],"errors.":[27],"Handoffs,":[28],"transfer":[29],"patient":[31,86],"care":[32],"from":[33,112],"one":[34],"physician":[35,84,111,135],"another,":[37],"are":[38,66],"a":[39,47,61,67,103,106,110],"common":[40],"occurrence":[41],"and":[42,51,95],"predisposed":[43],"errors":[45,71],"as":[46,125,127,146,148],"result":[48,68],"interruptions":[50],"workload.":[53],"Moreover,":[54],"Institute":[56],"Medicine":[58],"reported":[59],"majority":[62],"treatment":[64],"delays":[65],"communication":[70],"associated":[72],"shift":[74],"change.":[75],"A":[76],"simulation":[77],"model":[78],"was":[79],"developed":[80],"test":[82],"various":[83],"assignment":[87],"policies":[88],"minimize":[90],"number":[92,131,139],"handoffs":[94,141],"reduce":[96],"workload":[98],"at":[99],"end":[101],"shift.":[104],"Using":[105],"policy":[107],"restricts":[109],"receiving":[113],"acuity":[115],"patients":[116,133],"in":[117],"last":[119],"two":[120],"hours":[121],"shift,":[124],"well":[126],"limits":[128],"maximum":[130],"per":[134],"five,":[137],"can":[142],"be":[143],"reduced":[144],"by":[145],"much":[147],"22%.":[149]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}