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John Joseph Villani

John Joseph Villani

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine
john.villani@duke.edu
Box 3096 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
1680 Duke North, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

NHAMCS Validation of Emergency Severity Index as an Indicator of Emergency Department Resource Utilization.

Journal Article West J Emerg Med · September 2018 INTRODUCTION: Triage systems play a vital role in emergency department (ED) operations and can determine how well a given ED serves its local population. We sought to describe ED utilization patterns for different triage levels using the National Hospital ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dental visits to a North Carolina emergency department: a painful problem.

Journal Article N C Med J · 2012 BACKGROUND: Emergency departments (EDs) act as the safety net and alternative care site for patients without insurance who have dental pain. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective chart review of visits to an urban teaching hospital ED over a 12-month perio ... Link to item Cite

An observation unit may help improve an institution's Press Ganey satisfaction score.

Journal Article Crit Pathw Cardiol · June 2011 BACKGROUND: : Hospitals measure patient satisfaction through Press Ganey (PG) surveys. The impact of an emergency department observation unit (EDOU) on patient satisfaction has not been reported to date. We hypothesize that an EDOU has a positive impact on ... Full text Link to item Cite

Characteristics of nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage in the United States in 2003.

Journal Article Neurosurgery · December 2007 OBJECTIVE: Substantial progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). However, studies of SAH in the United States do not include information more recent than 2001, precluding analysis of shifts in treatment methods ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of emergency department volume on registered nurse time at the bedside.

Journal Article Ann Emerg Med · December 2005 STUDY OBJECTIVE: We determine how emergency department (ED) registered nurses (RNs) allocate their time between various tasks and describe how RN task distribution changes as a function of various measures of ED patient volume and patient acuity. METHODS: ... Full text Link to item Cite

Third-Party Information Providers and Innovative Environmental Technology Adoption

Journal Article American Behavioral Scientist · January 1, 2000 This article explores the role of third-party information providers in assisting regulated facilities with environmental compliance technology choices. A key contribution is the finding that regulated facilities that rely more heavily on environmental cons ... Full text Cite