Hospital Medicine Quality Improvement & Research

Research / Grants

Recent Publications

2025

  • Wilkins, T., Walsh, D., & Daniels, A. (2025). Improving Length of Stay Through Structured Team Communication: The Impact of Patient Complexity. The Annals of Family Medicine, 23(Supplement 1), 7417. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.23.s1.7417. North American Primary Care Research Group 2025. Status: Accepted
  • Daniels, A., Wilkins, T., & Walsh, D. (2025). Evaluating Operational Outcomes in Structured Interdisciplinary Rounding versus Traditional Care. The Annals of Family Medicine, 23(Supplement 1), 7528. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.23.s1.7528. North American Primary Care Research Group 2025. Status: Accepted
  • Caylor, N., Walsh, D. W., Xie, D., Waller, J. L., & Wilkins, T. (2025). The Impact of COVID-19 on US Academic Medical Centers: Implications for General Medicine Service Lines. Journal of General Internal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09439-0
  • Walsh, D. W., Daniels, A., Looney, S., Ledford, C., & Wilkins, T. (2025, March). Safety and cost-effectiveness of hospital at home in patients with COVID-19. The Southern Medical Journal, 118(3), 177–180
  • Wilkins T, Walsh D, Xie D, Waller J, Coule P, Seehusen D. The Regional Impact of COVID-19 on U.S. Academic Medical Centers: Lessons for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2025;19:e292. doi:10.1017/dmp.2025.10217

2026

  • Thad Wilkins, MD, MBA, David Walsh, MD, Jennifer Qaller, PhD, Ding Xie, MD. From Crisis to Recovery: Evaluating the Evolution of Patient Care in Academic Medical Centers Through the COVID-19 Era. Oral Presentation on Completed Research presented at the North American Primary Care Research Group 2024. Status: Accepted
  • Yusheng Dong, MD, Thad Wilkins, MD, MBA, David Walsh, MD, Jennifer Qaller, PhD. Aftershock in Academia: Assessing COVID19’s Impact on Schizophrenia Patients in Academic Medical Centers. Poster on Completed Research presented at the North American Primary Care Research Group 2024. Status: Accepted
  • David Walsh, MD, Jennifer Qaller, PhD, Ding Xie, MD, Thad Wilkins, MD, MBA. A New Normal? Assessing Trends and Changes in Inpatient General Medicine During The COVID-19 Era. Oral Presentation on Completed Research presented at the North American Primary Care Research Group 2024. Status: Accepted
  • Ding Xie, MD, Jennifer Waller, PhD, David Walsh, MD, Thad Wilkins, MD, MBA. The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Patient Care of Adult Patients with Acute Kidney Injury in Academic Medical Centers. Oral Presentation on Completed Research presented at the North American Primary Care Research Group 2024. Status: presented
  • Majeed, B., et al. (2024). "Abstract 4143925: Cigar smoking and better quality of life positively impact cigarette smoking cessation in adults: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, a national longitudinal cohort study." Circulation 150(Suppl_1): A4143925-A4143925. AHA Conference.
  • Ledford CJW, Cafferty LA, Lee E, Hayes HC, Ede DC, Hodges BP, Whitebloom GC, Walsh DW, Wilkins T. How Social Connectedness Helps Patients Stay Home After Hospital at Home Enrollment: A Mixed Methods Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Nov;39(14):2671-2678. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08785-9. Epub 2024 May 9. PMID: 38724740; PMCID: PMC11534937.McBride,
  • Erin MS; Walsh, David MD. Limitations of Using an App to Improve Medical Student Well-Being. Academic Medicine 99(11):p 1173, November 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005843Ketchem,
  • J., Ketchem, E., Mishra, S., Kapuria, R., Majeed, B., Walsh, D., & Islam, K. (2024). Epinephrine: A Review of Current Understanding and Future Direction. International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science, 9(11), 680–686. https://doi.org/10.23958/ijirms/vol09-i11/1975
    Xie, D., Waller, J.

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