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Office
555 California Street
Suite 350
San Francisco, CA 94104Phone+1 415-362-4007- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- Denver Health Medical CenterResidency, Emergency Medicine, 1992 - 1995
- Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1992
- Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1990
- California State University, NorthridgeA.B., Cell and Molecular Biology, Cum Laude, 1986
Certifications & Licensure
- CO State Medical License 1993 - 2025
- MA State Medical License 2011 - 2018
- American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Gubernatorial Appointment, Colorado Poison Control Oversight Board 2004
- Best Practices Award Private and Public Businesses, Inc., 2003
- First Prize, Clinical Research Massachusetts Medical Society, 1987
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 18 citationsAssessing the rates of error and adverse events in the EDRichard S. Klasco, Richard E. Wolfe, Matthew L. Wong, Jonathan A. Edlow, David Chiu
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2015-12-01 - 11 citationsLanguage for Actionable Recommendations in Clinical Guidelines: Avoiding Hedging and Equivocation.Richard S. Klasco, Lewis Glinert
JAMA. 2017-02-14 - 19 citationsColorado tick feverRichard S. Klasco
The Medical Clinics of North America. 2002-03-01
Journal Articles
- CPOE: Why don't we get it?Klasco R, Health Management Technology, 8/1/2003
- Colorado Tick FeverKlasco RS, Medical Clinics of North America, 3/1/2002
- Defining, identifying, and measuring error in emergency medicineHandler JA, Gillam M, Sanders A, Klasco R, Acad Em Med, 11/1/2000
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Lectures
- "Meaningful use: challenges and solutions."Minneapolis, MN - 1/1/2011
- "The Pipeline: new drugs that will affect your practice in the coming year."Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center - 1/1/2007
- "High-risk drugs in emergency medicine."San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2007
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Other
- Chapter Editor: "Fluids, Electrolytes, and Nutrition"Klasco R, First Aid for The Emergency Medicine Boards, Barbara K. Blok, Dickson S. Cheung, Timothy F. Platts-M
1/1/2012 - "Good Bug, Bad Bug: Biology as a weapon of war and peace. Update from the HIMSS National Preparedness and Response Taskforce."Nelson R, Singh, Klasco RS, Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Meeting
San Diego, CA - 2/1/2003 - Gray hair and the value of colleagues.Klasco RS, Drug Topics Health-System Edition
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Authored Content
- Are Some Patients More Sensitive to Drug Side Effects?October 2018
- Are Some Patients More Sensitive to Drug Side Effects?October 2018
- How to (Maybe) Avoid Sticker Shock at the Emergency RoomSeptember 2018
- How to (Maybe) Avoid Sticker Shock at the Emergency RoomSeptember 2018
- Do I Have a Fever? My Temperature Is 98.6 but I Feel FeverishFebruary 2018
- Do I Have a Fever? My Temperature Is 98.6 but I Feel FeverishFebruary 2018
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Press Mentions
- Empty Beds and Mounting Deaths: COVID-19 and U.S. Healthcare’s Systemic FailuresJuly 14th, 2020
- Should You Take Advil for COVID-19?March 18th, 2020
- Sugar Is Not the EnemyMarch 17th, 2020
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Committees
- Member, Executive Committee, Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice, Brigham and Women's Hospital 2006 - 2014
Hospital Affiliations
- University of Colorado HospitalAurora, Colorado
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