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James Emery

Associate Professor of the Practice of Business Administration
Fuqua School of Business
Box 90120, Durham, NC 27708-0120
Fuqua School of Bus, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications


Operating Room-to-ICU Patient Handovers: A Multidisciplinary Human-Centered Design Approach.

Journal Article Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf · September 2016 BACKGROUND: Patient handovers (handoffs) following surgery have often been characterized by poor teamwork, unclear procedures, unstructured processes, and distractions. A study was conducted to apply a human-centered approach to the redesign of operating r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Can we make postoperative patient handovers safer? A systematic review of the literature.

Journal Article Anesth Analg · July 2012 Postoperative patient handovers are fraught with technical and communication errors and may negatively impact patient safety. We systematically reviewed the literature on handover of care from the operating room to postanesthesia or intensive care units an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Partnerships between academic medical centers & rural communities.

Journal Article Health Forum journal · January 2001 Cite

The defined-contribution plan: the next generation of healthcare financing.

Journal Article Healthcare financial management : journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association · January 2001 In response to rising health insurance premiums, many purchasers of coverage are evaluating the possibility of implementing defined-contribution health insurance plans. Under a defined-contribution plan, employers or the government pay a specified portion ... Cite