Publications
See a complete PubMed list of publications by Bruce Gewertz, MD, and Tara Cohen, PhD.
Selected Key Publications
- Cohen TN, Francis SE, Wiegmann DA, Shappell SA, Gewertz BL. Using HFACS-healthcare to identify systemic vulnerabilities during surgery. Am J Med Qual. 2018 Nov/Dec;33(6):614-622. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1062860618764316?journalCode=ajmb.
- Barmparas G, Ley EJ, Martin MJ, Ko A, Harada M, Wiegmann DA, Catchpole KR, Gewertz BL. Failure to rescue the elderly: a superior quality metric for trauma centers. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2018 Jun;44(3):377-384. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00068-017-0782-x.
- Cohen TN, Cabrera JS, Litzinger TL, Captain KA, Fabian MA, Miles SG, Reeves ST, Shappell SA, Boquet AJ. Proactive safety management in trauma care: applying the human factors analysis and classification system. J Healthc Qual. 2018 Mar/Apr;40(2):89-96. https://journals.lww.com/jhqonline/fulltext/2018/03000/Proactive_Safety_
Management_in_Trauma_Care__.4.aspx. - Cohen TN, Shappell SA, Reeves ST, Boquet AJ. Distracted doctoring: the role of personal electronic devices in the operating room. Perioper Care Oper Room Manag. 2018 Mar;10:10-13. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405603017300365.
- Nurok M, Makkar R, Gewertz BL. The ethics of interventional procedures for patients too ill for surgery. JAMA. 2017;317(4):359-360. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2598782.
- Dhillon NK, Ko A, Smith EJT, Kharabi M, Castongia J, Nurok M, Gewertz BL, Ley EJ. Potentially avoidable surgical intensive care unit admissions and disposition delay. JAMA Surg. 2017 Nov 1;152(11):1015-1022. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2643997.
- Cohen TN, Wiegmann DA, Reeves ST, Boquet AJ, Shappell SA. Coding human factors observations in surgery. Am J Med Qual. 2017 Sep/Oct;32(5):556-562. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1062860616675230?journalCode=ajmb.
- Cohen TN, Cabrera JS, Sisk OD, Welsh KL, Abernathy JH, Reeves ST, Wiegmann DA, Shappell SA, Boquet AJ. Identifying workflow disruptions in the cardiovascular operating room. Anaesthesia. 2016 Aug;71(8):948-954. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/anae.13521.
- Jain M, Fry BT, Hess LW, Anger JT, Gewertz BL, Catchpole KR. Barriers to efficiency in robotic surgery: the resident effect. J Surg Res. 2016 Oct;205(2):296-304. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002248041630213X.
- Gewertz BL. Disrupting disruptive physicians. JAMA Surg. 2015 May;150(5):385-386. http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2193713.
- Cohen TN, Wiegmann DA, Shappell SA. Evaluating the reliability of the human factors analysis and classification system. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2015 Aug;86(8):728-735. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/asma/amhp/2015/00000086/00000008/art00009.
- Catchpole K, Ley E, Wiegmann D, Blaha J, Shouhed D, Gangi A, Blocker R, Karl R, Karl C, Taggart B, Starnes B, Gewertz B. A human factors subsystems approach to trauma care. JAMA Surg. 2014 Sep;149(9):962-968. http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1891733.
- Shouhed D, Blocker RC, Gangi A, Ley E, Blaha J, Margulies D, Wiegmann DA, Starnes B, Karl C, Karl R, Gewertz BL, Catchpole KR. Flow disruptions during trauma care. World J Surg. 2014 Feb;38(2):314-321. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00268-013-2306-0.
- Blocker RC, Shouhed D, Gangi A, Ley E, Blaha J, Gewertz BL, Wiegmann D, Catchpole KR. Barriers to trauma care associated with CT scanning. J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Jul;217(1):135-141. http://www.journalacs.org/article/S1072-7515(13)00273-1/abstract.
- Shouhed D, Gewertz BL, Wiegmann D, Catchpole K. Integrating human factors research and surgery: a review. Arch Surg. 2012;147(12):1141-1146. http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1485772.
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