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PubMed

• The benefits of a virtual emergency department observation unit for hospital observation patients.
  Iyesatta M Emeli, Autherine Abiri, George Hughes, Timothy P Moran, Matthew T Keadey
  The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024-10-01
• 1 citations
  The feasibility of emergency department observation units in the management of mild to moderate hyponatremia.
  Jamal J Taha, George B Hughes, Matthew T Keadey, Douglas W Chesson, Tim P Moran
  The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024-06-01
• 1 citations
  The Impact of "Emergency-only" Hemodialysis on Hospital Cost and Resource Utilization.
  Farina Shafqat, Shamie Das, Matthew A Wheatley, Lauren Kasper, Sarah Johnson
  The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2023-02-24

Journal Articles

• Comment & Response: Dedicated Observation Unit for Patients With "Observation Status"  
  Ross MA, Hockenberry JM, JAMA Intern Med, 1/1/2014
• Factors associated with prolonged observation services stays and the impact of long stays on patient cost  
  Hockenberry JM, Mutter R, Barrett M, Parlato J, Ross MA, Health Services Research, 12/1/2013
• Impact of Society of Chest Pain Centers Accreditation on Quality: An Action Registry® Get With the Guidelines™ (ACTION-GWTG) Analysis  
  Peacock WF, Kontos M, Amsterdam E, Cannon C, Diercks D, Garvey L, Graff L, Holmes K, Holmes D, McCord J, Newby K, Roe M, Dhadka S, Fisher A, Ross M, Critical Pathways in Cardiology, 9/1/2013
• A Comprehensive Acute Coronary Syndrome Algorithm for Centers With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Capability  
  McDaniel M, Ross M, Rab S, Keadey M Liberman H, Fantz C, Winkler A, Goyal A, Finn A, Osborne A, Lowery-North D, Mavromatis K, Morris D, Samady H, Critical Pathways in Cardiology, 9/1/2013
• Favorable bed utilization and readmission rates for emergency department observation unit heart failure patients  
  Schrager J, Wheatley M, Georgiopoulou V, Pitts S, Osborne A, Kalogeropoulos A, Hung O, Butler J, Ross M, Academic Emergency Medicine, 6/1/2013
• Characteristics of Hospital Observation Services: A Society of Chest Pain Center Survey  
  Osborne A, Weston J, Wheatley M, O'Malley R, Leach G, Pitts S, Schrager J, Holmes K, Ross M, Critical Pathways in Cardiology, 6/1/2013
• State of the Art: Emergency Department Observation Units  
  Ross MA, Aurora T, Graff L, Suri P, O'Malley R, Ojo A, Bohan S, Clark C, Critical Pathways in Cardiology, 1/1/2012
• Ability of Triage Decision Rules for Rapid Electrocardiogram (ECG) to Identify Patients with Suspected ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)  
  Osborne AD, Ali K, Lowery-North D, Capes JP, Keadey M, Franks NM, Hertzberg V, Stroder R, Pitts SR, Wheatley M, O'Malley RE, Leach GL, Ross MA, Critical Pathways in Cardiology, 1/1/2012
• The feasibility of rubidium-82 positron emission tomography stress testing in low-risk chest pain protocol patients  
  Osborne A, Moore B, Ross MA, Pitts S, Critical Pathways in Cardiology, 1/1/2011
• National Study of Emergency Department Observation Services  
  Wiler JL, Ross MA, Ginde AA, Academic Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2011
• National Stroke Association recommendations for systems of care for transient ischemic attack  
  Johnston SC, Albers GW, Gorelick PB, Cumbler E, Klingman J, Ross MA, Briggs M, Carlton J, Sloan EP, Vaince U, Annals of Neurology, 1/1/2011
• Impact of an Emergency Department Observation Unit Transient Ischemic Attack Protocol on Length of Stay and Cost  
  Nahab F, Leach G, Kingston C, Mir O, Abramson J, Hilton S, Keadey M, Gartland B, Ross M, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disorders, 1/1/2011
• The recidivism characteristics of an emergency department observation unit  
  Ross MA, Hemphill RR, Abramson J, Schwab K, Clark C, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2010
• Management of transient ischemic attacks in the twenty-first century  
  Ross MA, Nahab F, Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1/1/2009
• Chest pain center accreditation is associated with better performance of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services core measures for acute myocardial infarction  
  Ross MA, Amsterdam E, Peacock F, et al, American Journal of Cardiology, 1/1/2008
• Transient ischemic attack-risk stratification and treatment in the emergency department  
  Cucchiara B, Ross MA, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2008
• An Emergency Department Diagnostic Protocol for Patients with Transient Ischemic Attack: A Randomized Controlled Trial  
  Ross MA, Compton S, Kilanowski P, Medado P, Fitzgerald M, and O'Neil B, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2007
• A Randomized Controlled Trial of Multi-Slice Coronary Computed Tomography for Evaluation of Acute Chest Pain  
  Goldstein JA, Gallagher MJ, O'Neill WW, Ross MA, O'Neil BJ, Raff GL, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1/1/2007
• Atypical Chest Pain: Coronary, Aortic, and Pulmonary Vasculature Enhancement at Biphasic Single-Injection 64-Section CT Angiography  
  Vrachliotis TG, Bis KG, Haidary A, Kosuri R, Balasubramaniam M, Gallagher MJ, Raff GL, Ross MA, O'Neil BJ, O'Neill WW, Radiology, 1/1/2007
• The accuracy of 64-Slice CT coronary angiography in emergency department low risk chest pain patients  
  Gallagher MJ, Ross MA, Raff GL, Goldstein JA, O'Neill WW, O'Neil B, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2006
• The role of an emergency department observation unit in a clinical pathway for atrial fibrillation  
  Ross MA, Davis B, Dresselhouse A, Critical Pathways in Cardiology, 3/1/2004
• Mortality benefit of immediate revascularization of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in patients with contraindications to thrombolytic therapy, a prop...  
  Grzybowski M, Clements E, Parsons L, Welch R, Tintinalli A, Ross MA, Zalenski R, Journal of the American Medical Association, 1/1/2003
• The use and effectiveness of an emergency department observation unit for elderly patients  
  Ross MA, Compton S, Richardson D, Jones R, Nittis T, Wilson A, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2003
• Correspondence: Observation unit protocol for atrial fibrillation  
  Koenig BO, Ross MA, Jackson RE, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2003
• National survey of observation units in the United States  
  Mace S, Graff L, Mikhail M, Ross MA, American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2003
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Books/Book Chapters

• Emergency Department Leadership: Principles and Applications 
  Chapter: The Role of Observation Units, RTUs, in the Emergency Department. 
  Ross M, Graff L, Bohan S, R Strauss, T Mayer, R Salluzzo, J Kaplan, B WeintraubMcGraw-Hill, American College of Emergency Physicians2013
• Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine 
  Chapter: Co-management of Patients in the Emergency Department. 
  Beer L, Ross MA, S McKeen, J Ross, D Dressler, J Ginsberg, D BrotmanMcGraw-Hill2011
• Short Stay Management of Chest Pain 
  Chapter: Why have a Chest Pain Unit? 
  Annathuria A, Ross MAEditors: W.F. Peacock and C.P. Cannon.Humana Press2009
• Critical Pathways in Cardiovascular Medicine 
  Chapter: Atrial fibrillation in the emergency department. 
  Page 53 - 62Ross MA, Bonfiglio TEditors: Cannon CP, O'Gara PT.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins2006
• Cardiovascular Emergencies 
  Chapter: Demographics and Economics of Acute Coronary Syndromes. 
  Page 53 - 67Ross MA, O'Neil BEditors: Peacock WF, Tiffany BR.McGraw-Hill, New York2006
• Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America: Emergency Observation Medicine 
  Page 1 - 258Michael A. Ross, MDEditors: Ross MA, Graff LG.WB Saunders, Philadelphia PA2001
• Observation Units: Implementation and Management Strategies 
  Chapter: Guidelines and Clinical Pathways. 
  Page 23 - 36Ross MEditors: Graff, LG.American College of Emergency Physicians, TX1998
• Observation Units: Implementation and Management Strategies 
  Chapter: Presenting the Observation Unit Concept to Administration and Payers. 
  Page 7 - 22Ross M, Graff LGEditors: Graff, LG.American College of Emergency Physicians, TX1998
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine 
  Chapter: Male Genital Disorders. 
  Page 417 - 426Ross M, Salisz JEditors: Reisdorff E.WB Saunders1993
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Abstracts/Posters

• Prolonged observation stays and utilization across 12 states.
  Ross M, Hockenberry J,  Mutter R,  Parlato J,  Barrett M,  Osborne, A, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 10/1/2012
• Peer Chart Review for Observation Medicine Patients with Chest Pain as a Novel Teaching Tool.
  Osborne A, Leach G, O'Malley R, Ross MA, Wheatley MA, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 10/1/2012
• Healthcare Resource Utilization Among Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Triaged To An Emergency Department Observational Unit.
  Wheatley M, Osborne A, O'Malley R, Ward A, Salman B, Hung O, Azeem A, Abdul B, Georgiopoulou V, Kalogeropoulos A, Butler J, Ross M, Academic Emergency Medicine, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 6/3/2011
• Validation of Emergency Department Observation Unit Cellulitis Protocol Predictors of Admission.
  Ross M, Ikpe C, Pitts S, Azcuy AM, Ward A, Friday S, Bohn S, O'Malley R, LaMar C, Osborne A, Wheatley M, Academic Emergency Medicine, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 6/3/2011
• Development and integration of an observation medicine into emergency medicine residency.
  O'Malley R, Osborne A, Ross M, Wheatley M, Academic Emergency Medicine, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 6/3/2011
• Impact of Society of Chest Pain Centerxs Accreditation on Quality: An Action Registry Get With the Guidelines (ARG) Analysis.
  Peacock WF, Ansterdam E, Cannon C, Diercks D, Garvey L, Graff L, Holmes D, Holmes K, McCord J, Newby K, Roe M, Ross M, American College of Cardiology Annual Scientfiic Session, Orleans, LA, 4/3/2011
• The LongTerm Prognostic Competence of Coronary CT Angiography in Low Risk Emergency Department Chest Pain Patients.
  O'Neil BJ, Gallagher M, Centi M, Wegner J, Ross M, Goldstein J, Raff G, Circulationulation, 11/1/2009
• Coronary CT Angiography Versus Stress Testing in Predicting Long-Term Adverse Events: Two-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
  O'Neil BJ, Ross M, Gallagher MJ, Wegner J, Goldstein JA, Raff G, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 9/1/2009
• Tamsulosin Does Not Increase One-Week Rate of Passage of Ureteral Stones in Emergency Department Patients.
  Lipe KM, Ziadeh J, Bui D, Swor R, Jackson R, Ross M, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 9/1/2009
• Data From The Emergency Department Observation Unit Benchmark Alliance (EDOBA): Characteristics Of High Volume Teaching Hospital Observation Units.
  Annathurai A, Ross M, Moore B, Pitts S, Lemos J, Acad Emerg. Med, 4/1/2009
• Critical Metrics in the Management of an Emergency Department Observation Unit.
  Ross M, Jackson R, Oswald N, Dula C, Vichith D, Roe J, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 9/1/2007
• The Eligibility of ED Low Risk Chest Pain Patients for Multi-Slice CT Coronary Angiography.
  Romey A, Ross M, O'Neil B, Wegner J, Robinson D, Jackson R, Raff G, Acad Emerg Med, 5/1/2007
• Chest Pain Center Accreditation is Associated with Better Performance of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Core Measures for Acute Myocardial Infarction.
  Ross M, Lesikar S, Peacock F, McCord J, Toth M, Graff L, Garvey JL, Academic Emergency Medicine, 5/1/2007
• Integrated Systems, Not EMS 12 Lead EKGs Alone, Decrease Time to Reperfusion for ST Segment Myocardial Infarction Patients.
  Swor R, McHugh-McNally A, Ross M, Jackson R, Academic Emergency Medicine, 5/1/2007
• Chest Pain Center Accreditation is Associated with Improved Heart Failure Quality Performance Measures.
  Peacock WF, Lesikar S, Ross M, Diercks D, Graff L, Storrow A, McCord J, Douglas A, Garvey JL, Academic Emergency Medicine, 5/1/2007
• Validation of Johnston criteria for transient ischemic attacks.
  Ross MA, Compton S, Medado P, Ryder A, O'Neil BJ, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 10/1/2006
• Validation of Johnson Criteria for Transient Ischemic Attacks.
  Ross MA, Compton S, Medado P, Ryder A, O'Neil BJ, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 10/1/2006
• Non-cardiac findings by multislice computer tomographic angiography aid patient diagnosis.
  Romey A, Ross MA, Gallageher M, Macatol J, Raff G, O'Neil BJ, Academic Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2006
• An Emergency Department Diagnostic Protocol for Patients with Transient Ischemic Attack: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
  Ross MA, Compton S, Kilanowski P, Medado P, and O'Neil B, Acad. Emerg. Med., 1/1/2006
• Triaged-Based Electrocardiogram Process Reliably Decreases Time to ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Diagnosis.
  Parish K, Brown J, Ross MA, Reetz L, Bonfiglio A, Swor R, Acad. Emerg. Med., 1/1/2006
• Noncardiac Findings by Multislice Computed Tomographic Angiography Aid Patient Diagnosis.
  Romey A, Ross MA, Gallagher M, Macatol J, Raff G, O'Neil BJ, Acad. Emerg. Med., 1/1/2006
• "Public Health Issues"
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2006
• The Accuracy of 64-Slice Spiral Computed Tomography Compared with Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Low Risk Emergency Department Chest Pain Center Patients.
  Gallagher MJ, Ross MA, Raff GL, Romey A, Goldstein JA, Dickinson CZ, O'Neill WW, Medado P, O'Neil BJ, Circulation, 1/1/2005
• Do Temporal and Emergency Department Resource Demands Impact Key Intervals to Care in ST-segment-elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients?
  Swor RA, Hegerberg S, Goldstein M, Ross MA, Academic Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2005
• "Geriatric Emergencies"
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum, Washington, DC, 1/1/2005
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Lectures

• "Emergency Medicine PGYII monthly observation medicine clinical didactic sessions." 
  Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 - 1/1/2014
• "The Next Generation of Observation Pathways: Heart Failure and TIA." 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2014
• "Latest Trends in STEMI Pre-Hospital Care" 
  Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2013
• "Observation Services: State of the Art" 
  Orlando, FL - 1/1/2013
• "Observation Medicine" 
  Atlanta, GA, 2012 - 1/1/2013
• "National Policies and Their Implications for Observation Medicine." 
  Troy, MI - 1/1/2013
• "Observation Medicine and Health Policy." 
  Miami, FL - 1/1/2013
• "Observation Services: Past, Present, and Future" 
  Orlando, FL - 1/1/2012
• "Chest Pain Observation Protocols" 
  Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2012
• "Chest Pain and Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Emergency Department" 
  Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2012
• "Observation Medicine and Emergency Medicine-Payment Models, Value and Efficiency." 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2012
• "Update in the Management of Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke Patients." 
  Denver, CO - 1/1/2012
• "Observation Units, CDUs, and Chest Pain Centers" 
  Denver, CO - 1/1/2012
• "Chest Pain: Observation and Rapid Rule Outs" 
  Denver, CO - 1/1/2012
• "Syncope with a lethal twist" 
  Denver, CO - 1/1/2012
• "Criteria for obtaining a rapid ECG" 
  Emory Johns Creek, Johns Creek, GA - 1/1/2011
• "Observation Units, CDUs, and Chest Pain Centers: State of the Art 2011." 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2011
• "Observation Research Tools to Extend the Impact of Emergency Care", ("Research", Didactic Session) 
  Boston, MA - 1/1/2011
• "Observation Medicine: Role of Research in Practice Change", ("State of the Art", Didactic Session) 
  Boston, MA - 1/1/2011
• "Observation Medicine and the Society of Chest Pain Centers: Past, Present, and Future" (Plenary Session) 
  Miami, FL - 1/1/2011
• "State of the Art: Observation Medicine in the Emergency Department." 
  Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2010
• "21st Century management of patients with transient ischemic attack" 
  Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2010
• "Advances in the Imaging of Chest Pain Patients in the Emergency Department." 
  Hilton Head, SC - 1/1/2010
• Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds: "Emergency Observation Medicine: The New and the Old." 
  Christiana Care, Wilmington, DE - 1/1/2010
• "How Do You Get Paid?-Observation Coding and Billing." 
  Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2010
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Other

• Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine: CDU Manual (electronic media) 
  Ross MA, Wheatley M, Leach G, O'Malley R, Osborne A, Macintosh i-Book
  1/1/2012
• "The Chest Pain Center: An Integral Component of Systems of Acute Cardiac Care" 
  Michael A. Ross MD FACEP, Deborah Koeppen RN, GW-ICC Meeting
  10/1/2010
• "Observation Medicine in the Emergency Department" 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, Atlanta Medicine
  8/1/2010
• Emergency Observation Medicine Conference a Success. 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians, Short Terms Observation Services Section Quarterly Newslet
  6/1/2009
• Webinar: "Observation Medicine-CMS, OPPS, the RAC, and a TIA-ADP: "Alphabet Soup". 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, The University of North Carolina's-North Carolina Stroke Care Collaborative/ Coverdale Stroke Regist
  1/1/2009
• Summary of Observation APC Payment Changes for 2008. 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians, Short Terms Observation Services Section Quarterly Newslet
  7/1/2008
• New American College of Emergency Physicians Policy on Emergency Department Observation Services. 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians, Short Terms Observation Services Section Quarterly Newslet
  7/1/2008
• From the chair, visions for the year. 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians, Short Terms Observation Services Section Quarterly Newslet
  10/1/2006
• "Developing a Clinical Decision Unit to Improve Flow" (An online best practice resource guide for the Patient Flow Network which is a project of Urgent Matters, a nati... 
  Michael A. Ross, MD
  1/1/2005
• Evidence based medicine review of "Randomized controlled trial and economic evaluation of a chest pain observation unit compared with routine care". 
  Ross MA, Evidence-based Healthcare
  3/1/2004
• "Emergency Department Quality Improvement Project-Emergency Department Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction." 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, Michigan Peer Review Organization Teleconference
  1/1/2003
• Observation Medicine, Scope of Training Task Force. 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians, Short Terms Observation Services Section Quarterly Newslet
  2/1/2002
• "How to Bill for Observation: Tips to Get New Separate APC Payment" 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, Hospital Outpatient Coding and Reimbursement Alert Teleconference
  1/1/2002
• Observation Section activities with HCFA regarding APCs and observation services. 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians, Short Terms Observation Services Section Quarterly Newslet
  6/1/2000
• Result of survey of a name for observation units. 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians, Short Terms Observation Services Section Quarterly Newslet
  1/1/1998
• First section endorsed conference a success. 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians, Short Terms Observation Services Section Quarterly Newslet
  1/1/1998
• Anatomy of a code (CPT that is). 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians, Short Terms Observation Services Section Quarterly Newslet
  7/1/1997
• The Latest News on Emergency Observation Medicine. 
  Ross M, Michigan College of Emergency Physicians Chapter Newsletter
  6/1/1997
• "From the chair". 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians, Short Terms Observation Services Section Quarterly Newslet
  5/1/1997
• Amazing abstracts. 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians, Short Terms Observation Services Section Quarterly Newslet
  1/1/1997
• From the Chair, vision for the year. 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians, Short Terms Observation Services Section Quarterly Newslet
  1/1/1997
• Emergency Observation Medicine and other sound bites. 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians, Short Terms Observation Services Section Quarterly Newslet
  1/1/1997
• Observation Medicine and an Emergency Medicine Residency Curriculum. 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians, Short Terms Observation Services Section Quarterly Newslet
  8/1/1996
• Managed Care and Emergency Observation Medicine. 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians, Short Terms Observation Services Section Quarterly Newslet
  6/1/1996
• Teaching the teachers. 
  Michael A. Ross, MD, American College of Emergency Physicians, Short Terms Observation Services Section Quarterly Newslet
  3/1/1996
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