Michael J. Ward

ORCID: 0000-0002-4561-2946
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Research Areas
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Electronic Health Records Systems
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
  • Healthcare Systems and Technology
  • Disability Education and Employment
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Theoretical and Computational Physics
  • Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Clinical practice guidelines implementation
  • Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Data Quality and Management
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

University of British Columbia
2006-2025

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2015-2024

VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System
2015-2024

Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center
2022-2024

Harvard University
2011-2024

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2024

Vanderbilt University
2013-2023

University of British Columbia Hospital
2019-2021

Washington Department of Social and Health Services
2021

University of Iowa
2020

This study was performed to determine the effects of high doses two inhaled corticosteroids, beclomethasone dipropionate and budesonide, on biochemical indices bone turnover (urinary hydroxyproline:creatine calcium:creatinine ratios, plasma alkaline phosphatase, parathyroid hormone). Twelve healthy male doctors, aged 25-36 (mean 30) years, were studied. After a week's run in period eight subjects 2000 micrograms/day budesonide 1800 for 28 days; this followed by week without any treatment....

10.1136/thx.46.3.160 article EN Thorax 1991-03-01

Ipratropium bromide was given to patients admitted hospital with acute asthma. A cumulative-dose-response technique in six showed that 500 micrograms by nebuliser produced a maximal increase peak expiratory flow rate. This dose of ipratropium included regimen which it either two hours before or after nebulised salbutamol 22 patients. on admission as effective salbutamol. The drugs sequence greater bronchodilatation than used alone, and the mean rate rose 96% four hours. Thus giving addition...

10.1136/bmj.282.6264.598 article EN BMJ 1981-02-21

Despite its relatively common occurrence and life-threatening potential, the management of angioedema in emergency department (ED) is lacking terms a structured approach. It paramount to distinguish different etiologies from one another more specifically differentiate histaminergic-mediated bradykinin-mediated angioedema, especially lieu novel treatments that have recently become available for angioedema. With this background mind, consensus parameter evaluation attempts provide working...

10.1111/acem.12341 article EN Academic Emergency Medicine 2014-04-01

Abstract Among 249 healthcare personnel who worked in hospital units with COVID-19 patients for 1 month, 19 (7.6%) tested positive SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. Only 11 (57.9%) of the serology reported symptoms a prior illness, suggesting asymptomatic could be an important source transmission.

10.1093/cid/ciaa936 article EN other-oa Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020-06-06

Abstract Emergent policy changes related to telemedicine and the Emergency Medical Treatment Labor Act during novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have created opportunities for technology-based clinical evaluation, which serves conserve personal protective equipment (PPE) protect emergency providers. We define electronic PPE as an approach using tools perform medical screening exams while satisfying Act. discuss safety, legal, technical factors necessary implementing such a...

10.1093/jamia/ocaa048 article EN other-oa Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2020-04-01

The concept of self-determination has become important in the field special education and disability services over recent years. This emphasis come about as a result several factors, including changing view disability, legislation, research findings advances teaching technology. Self-determination is highly to career development transition process it needs be encouraged throughout lifespan. It for all students, with without disabilities, those students most severe disabilities. instruction...

10.1177/088572889802100202 article EN Career Development for Exceptional Individuals 1998-10-01

Gryphon is a distributed computing paradigm for message brokering, which the transferring of information in form streams events from providers to consumers. This extended abstract outlines major problems brokering and Gryphon's approach solving them.

10.48550/arxiv.cs/9810019 preprint EN other-oa arXiv (Cornell University) 1998-01-01

A common scenario in cellular signal transduction is that a diffusing surface-bound molecule must arrive at localized signaling region on the cell membrane before cascade can be completed. The question then arises of how quickly such molecules newly formed regions. Here, we attack this problem by calculating asymptotic results for mean first passage time particle confined to surface sphere, presence N partially absorbing traps small radii. rate which becomes captured one determined...

10.1137/080733280 article EN SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 2009-01-01

Given finite ICU bed capacity, knowledge of utilization during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic is critical to ensure future strategies for resource allocation and utilization. We sought examine census trends in relation capacity rapid increase severe cases early pandemic.Observational cohort study.Thirteen geographically dispersed academic medical centers United States.We obtained daily censuses from March 26 June 30, 2020, as well prepandemic capacities. The primary outcome was...

10.1097/cce.0000000000000361 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Critical Care Explorations 2021-03-01

Epinephrine can be a life-saving treatment for patients with anaphylaxis. Potential cardiovascular side effects of epinephrine may contribute to clinician hesitancy use it. However, the frequency cardiotoxicity resulting from anaphylaxis is not well described. We sought describe following intramuscular (IM) administration in adult emergency department (ED)

10.1002/emp2.13095 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open 2024-01-06

Certain key establishment protocols specified in an international standard and a draft are considered. These all intended to provide joint control, i.e. the designed prevent either party choosing value. It is shown that this claim suspect for most of concerned.

10.1049/el:19980686 article EN Electronics Letters 1998-05-14

This article re-affirms the call for attention to development of self-determination skills and opportunities people with disabilities. Recent data on rates participation in postsecondary education employment are reviewed, highlighting ongoing disparities post-school outcomes f or Next, research relationship between is reviewed as effective strategies promote self-determination. Implications field highlighted.

10.3233/jvr-180935 article EN Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 2018-03-17

Self-determination has been identified with people disabilities only since 1988. This article traces the history of civil rights, disability and self-advocacy movements. What began as a small federal initiative is presently national effort in health care other service systems embraces ideas such self-direction consumer control. The road to self-determination different for three distinct populations: physical disabilities, cognitive Asperger syndrome autistic conditions. However, they all are...

10.1177/108835769901400302 article EN Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities 1999-08-01

Emergency department (ED) crowding has been identified as a major public health problem in the United States by Institute of Medicine. ED not only is associated with poorer patient outcomes, but it also contributes to lost demand for services when patients leave without being seen and hospitals must go on ambulance diversion. However, somewhat paradoxically, may financially benefit hospitals. This because allows maximize occupancy well-insured, elective while wait ED. In this article,...

10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00814.x article EN Academic Emergency Medicine 2010-07-29

Blood culture collection practices that reduce contamination, such as sterile blood kits and phlebotomy teams, increase up-front costs for collecting cultures but may lead to net savings by eliminating downstream associated with contamination. The study objective was compare overall hospital 3 strategies: usual care, kits, teams.Cost analysis.This analysis conducted from the perspective of a leadership team selecting strategy an adult emergency department (ED) 8,000 drawn annually.Total...

10.1086/677161 article EN Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2014-06-20

In the singularly perturbed limit of an asymptotically small diffusivity ratio ${\varepsilon}^2$, existence and stability localized quasi-equilibrium multispot patterns is analyzed for Brusselator reaction-diffusion model on unit sphere. Formal asymptotic methods are used to derive a nonlinear algebraic system that characterizes spot formulate eigenvalue problems governing three types “fast” ${\mathcal O}(1)$ time-scale instabilities: self-replication, competition, oscillatory instabilities...

10.1137/130934696 article EN SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems 2014-01-01

Telehealth has the potential to significantly change specialty of emergency medicine (EM) and rapidly expanded in EM during COVID pandemic; however, it is unclear how should intersect with telehealth. The field lacks a unified research agenda priorities for scientific questions on telehealth EM.

10.1111/acem.14330 article EN Academic Emergency Medicine 2021-07-10

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10.1017/ice.2024.6 article EN cc-by Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2024-02-02
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