Scholars@Duke
David Michael Gallagher

David Michael Gallagher

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Hospital Medicine
DUMC Box 3814, Room 1131F (Near DS Green Zone), Durham, NC 27710
ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9104-744X
DUMC Box 3814, Durham, NC 27710

Scholarly Works - Conferences

Development of an Emergency Department Case Management Case-Finding Tool.

Conference Prof Case Manag · May 2024 PURPOSE OF STUDY: Identifying emergency department (ED) patients who are at high risk for return visits is an important goal for case management to improve patient care. This quality improvement study describes the development and evaluation of the Emergen ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Development of Emergency Department Case Management Case-Finding Tool

Conference Journal of Hospital Medicine · March 27, 2023 Background: Case Managers (CM) are now a standard presence in emergency departments (ED) of large hospitals, partnering with ED and Hospital Medicine providers to improve care. They are integral in improving hospital throughput and reducing unnecessary hos ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Communicating With COVID-19: A Transitions of Care Model

Conference · November 16, 2021 Background - Duke University Hospital was working on implementing a series of transitions of care interventions focused on General Medicine patient populations when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Hospitals across the US have experienced an increased need to o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Is objective mobility data associated with pharmacologic venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis use among hospitalized older adults?

Conference Journal of Hospital Medicine · April 10, 2018 Background: Clinical practice guidelines state that mobility is supposed to play an important role in determining use and duration of pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis. This study examines whether measured mobility levels relate to pharmacologic VTE prophylaxi ... Open Access Link to item Cite

Automated versus manual data extraction of venous thromboembolism risk among hospitalized older adults

Conference Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Special Issue 2016: Annual Scientific Meeting Abstract Book · April 22, 2016 Full text Link to item Cite

Patient Acuity Scores to Prevent Rapid Responses

Conference The Ochsner journal · March 1, 2015 Background: In the last 10 years, patient safety committees nationwide have focused on creating taskforces such as rapid response teams (RRTs) that can intervene when patients start to decompensate prior to a code. At Duke Regional Hospital, approximately ... Open Access Link to item Cite

Transferring general medicine patients from Duke Hospital to Durham Regional Hospital to address hospital bed capacity

Conference · December 10, 2010 Transferring general medicine patients from Duke Hospital to Durham Regional Hospital to address hospital bed capacity David Gallagher MD, Duke University Background: Hospital and emergency department overcrowding can affect the quality and safety of car ... Open Access Cite

Outcomes of a Structured Hospitalist Peer Mentoring Program

Conference · October 21, 2010 Outcomes of a Structured Hospitalist Peer Mentoring Program David Gallagher MD, CT Woods-Powell MA, Duke University, Durham NC Background: Hospitalist programs are often challenged with decreasing physician turnover while adding new physicians to meet h ... Open Access Cite

Multi-source or “360” reviews in hospitalist performance appraisals

Conference · October 21, 2010 Multi-source or “360” reviews in hospitalist performance appraisals David Gallagher MD, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Background: Physician performance appraisal programs are used to evaluate competence in important behaviors and skills. Multi ... Open Access Cite