Publications – Christopher Baugh, MD, MBA

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Baugh CW, Pena ME, Takla RB, Hadri AO, Mace SE. National cost savings, operational and safety benefits from use of magnetocardiography in the assessment of emergency department chest pain patients. Am Heart J Plus. 2024 Sep;45:100434. PMID: 39188415.
Senter-Zapata M, Neel DV, Colocci I, Alblooshi A, AlRadini FAM, Quach B, Lyon S, Coll M, Chu A, Rainer KW, Waters B, Baugh CW, Dias RD, Zhang H, Eyre A, Isselbacher E, Conley J, Carlile N. An Advanced Cardiac Life Support Application Improves Performance during Simulated Cardiac Arrest. Appl Clin Inform. 2024 Aug;15(4):798-807. PMID: 39357878.
Alishahi Tabriz A, Turner K, Hemati H, Baugh CW, Elston Lafata J. Assessing the Validity of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Measure in Identifying Potentially Preventable Emergency Department Visits by Patients With Cancer. JCO Oncol Pract. 2024 Jul 22;OP2400160. PMID: 39038257.
Baugh CW, Ouchi K, Bowman JK, Aizer AA, Zirulnik AW, Wadleigh M, Wise A, Remón Baranda P, Leiter RE, Molyneaux BJ, McCabe A, Hansrivijit P, Lally K, Littlefield M, Wagner AM, Walker KH, Salmasian H, Ravvaz K, Devlin JA, Brownell KL, Vitale MP, Firmin FC, Jain N, Thomas JD, Tulsky JA, Ray S, O’Mara LM, Rickerson EM, Mendu ML. A Hospice Transitions Program for Patients in the Emergency Department. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 1;7(7):e2420695. PMID: 38976266.
Yiadom MYAB, Gong W, Patterson BW, Baugh CW, Mills AM, Gavin N, Podolsky SR, Mumma BE, Tanski M, Salazar G, Azzo C, Dorner SC, Hadley K, Bloos SM, Bunney G, Vogus TJ, Liu D. Influence of time-to-diagnosis on time-to-percutaneous coronary intervention for emergency department ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients: Time-to-electrocardiogram matters. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2024 Jun;5(3):e13174. PMID: 38726468.
Yiadom MYAB, Gong W, Bloos SM, Bunney G, Kabeer R, Pasao MA, Rodriguez F, Baugh CW, Mills AM, Gavin N, Podolsky SR, Salazar GA, Patterson B, Mumma BE, Tanski ME, Liu D. Shorter Door-to-ECG Time Is Associated with Improved Mortality in STEMI Patients. J Clin Med. 2024 Apr 30;13(9):2650. PMID: 38731180.
Baugh CW, Cash R, Meguerdichian D, Dunham L, Stump T, Stevens R, Reust A, White B, Dutta S. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2024 Jan;83(1):24-34. An Electronic Medical Record Intervention to Increase Pharmacologic Prophylaxis for Venous Thromboembolism in Emergency Department Observation Patients.
Baugh CW, Blankstein R, Ganguli I, Januzzi JL, Morrow DA, Joseph JW, Jordan C, Donohoe G, Fofi J, McKinley K, Heydarpour M, Scirica BM, DiCarli MF, Nagurney JT. Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Oct:72:64-71. Frequency, Compliance, and Yield of Cardiac Testing After High-Sensitivity Troponin Accelerated Diagnostic Protocol Implementation.
Baugh CW, Freund Y, Steg PG, Body R, Maron DJ, Yiadom MYMAB. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2023 Sep 25;12(9):633-643. Strategies to Mitigate Emergency Department Crowding and Its Impact on Cardiovascular Patients.
Baugh CW, Sodickson AD, Kivlehan SM, Chen PC, Perencevich ML, Jesudian AB. Clin Exp Gastroenterol. 2023;16:55-58. A Novel Multidisciplinary Team Activation for Patients with Severe Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Creation of the Code GI Bleed Protocol.
Baugh CW, Dorner SC, Levine DM, Handley NR, Mooney KH. Emerg Cancer Care. 2022;1(1):8. Acute home-based care for patients with cancer to avoid, substitute, and follow emergency department visits: a conceptual framework using Porter’s Five Forces.
Baugh CW. Acad Emerg Med. 2022 Feb;29(2):174-183. Observation Unit Use Among Patients With Cancer Following Emergency Department Visits: Results of a Multicenter Prospective Cohort From CONCERN.
Ganguli I, Cui J, Thakore N, Orav EJ, Januzzi JL, Baugh CW, Sequist TD, Wasfy JH. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Jun 29;77(25):3171-79. Downstream Cascades of Care Following High-Sensitivity Troponin Test Implementation.
Baugh CW, Levine M, Cornutt D, Wilson JW, Kwun R, Mahan CE, Pollack CV, Marcolini EG, Milling Jr. TJ, Peacock WF, Rosovsky RP, Wu F,Sarode R, Spyropoulos AC, Villines TC, Woods TD, McManus J, Williams J. 2020 Oct;76(4):470-485. Anticoagulant Reversal Strategies in the Emergency Department Setting: Recommendations of a Multidisciplinary Expert Panel.
Pena ME, Wheatley MA, Suri P, Mace SE, Kwan E, Baugh CW. 2019 Dec 19;4(Suppl 1):S47-S56. The Case for Observation Medicine Education and Training in Emergency Medicine.
Baugh CW, Faridi MK, Mueller EL, Camargo CA, Pallin DP. PLoS One. 2019 May 23;14(5):e0216835. Near-Universal Hospitalization of US Emergency Department Patients With Cancer and Febrile Neutropenia.
Baugh CW, Su E, Nicks BA, Shah MN, Adler DH, Bastani A, Caterino JM, Clark CL, Diercks DB, Hollander JE, Malveau SE, Nishijima DK, Stiffler KA, Storrow AB, Wilber ST, Yagapen AN, Weiss RE, Gibson TA, Sun BC. Am J Emerg Med. 2019 May;37(5):810-816. Variation in Diagnostic Testing for Older Patients with Syncope in the Emergency Department.
Baugh CW*, Pallin DJ*, Postow MA, Caterino JM, Erickson TB, Lyman GH. Acad Emerg Med. 2018 Jul;25(7):819-827. Immune-related Adverse Events in Cancer Patients.
Channing J, Su JA, Stone R, Yeung J, Caterino JM, Hagan SC, Baden L, Glotzbecker B, Lyman GH, Coyne C, Pallin DJ⸆, Baugh CW⸆. PLoS One. 2018 May 16;13(5):e0197049. Integrative Omics to Detect Bacteremia in Patients With Febrile Neutropenia.
Baugh CW, Suri P, Caspers CG, Granovsky MA, Neal K, Ross MA. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2019 Jan;26(1):31-40. Financial Viability of Emergency Department Observation Unit Billing Models.
Baugh CW, Scirica, BM, Januzzi JL, Morrow DA, Lewandrowski KB, Jarolim P, White BA, Weinfeld MS, Hoffmann U, Nagurney JT. Implementation of an Emergency Department High-Sensitivity Troponin Chest Pain Pathway in the United States. Critical Pathways in Cardiology. 2019 Mar;18(1):1-4. Implementation of an Emergency Department High-Sensitivity Troponin Chest Pain Pathway in the United States.
Baugh CW, Clark CL, Wilson JW, Stiell IG, Kocheril AG, Luck KK, Myers TD, Pollack CV, Roumpf SK, Tomassoni GF, Williams JM, Patel BB, Wu F, Pines JM. Acad Emerg Med. 2018 Sep;25(9):1065-75. Creation and Implementation of an Outpatient Pathway for Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department Setting: Results of an Expert Panel.
Baugh CW*, Pallin DJ*, Postow MA, Caterino JM, Erickson TB, Lyman GH. Acad Emerg Med. 2018 Jul;25(7):819-27. Immune-Related Adverse Events in Cancer Patients.
Baugh CW, Su E, Nicks BA, Shah MN, Adler DH, Bastani A, Caterino JM, Clark CL, Diercks DB, Hollander JE, Malveau SE, Nishijima DK, Stiffler KA, Storrow AB, Wilber ST, Yagapen AN, Weiss RE, Gibson TA, Sun BC. Am J Emerg Med. 2019 May;37(5):810-816. Variation in Diagnostic Testing for Older Patients with Syncope in the Emergency Department.
Channing J, Su JA, Stone R, Yeung J, Caterino JM, Hagan SC, Baden L, Glotzbecker B, Lyman GH, Coyne C, Pallin DJ, Baugh CW. PLoS One. 2018 May 16;13(5):e0197049. Integrative Omics to Detect Bacteremia in Patients With Febrile Neutropenia.
Baugh CW, Wang TJ, Caterino JM, Baker ON, Brooks GA, Reust AC, Pallin DJ. Acad Emerg Med. 2017 Jan;24(1):83-91. ED Management of Patients with Febrile Neutropenia: Guideline Concordant or Overly Aggressive?
Baugh CW, Greenberg JO, Mahler SA, Kosowsky JM, Schuur JD, Parmar S, Ciociolo GR, Carr CW, Ghazinouri R, Scirica BM. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2016 Dec;15(4):131-137. Implementation of a Risk Stratification and Management Pathway for Acute Chest Pain in the Emergency Department. Critical Pathways in Cardiology.
Baugh CW, Brooks GA, Reust AC, Wang TJ, Caterino JM, Baker ON, Pallin DJ. Am J Emerg Med. Aug. 2016;34(8):1704-5. Provider Familiarity with Specialty Society Guidelines for Risk Stratification and Management of Patients with Febrile Neutropenia.
Baugh CW, Epstein LM, Schuur JD, Novaleski, CK, Gayoski DA, Kosowsky JM, Andrews JR, Dwyer RC, Rocchio MA, Culbreth SE, Drane MA, Miller D, Scirica BM. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2015 Dec;14(4):121-33. Atrial Fibrillation Emergency Department Observation Protocol.
Baugh CW, Liang LJ, Probst M, Sun B. Acad Emerg Med. Aug. 2015;22(8):934-41. National Cost Savings from Observation Unit Management of Syncope.
Baugh CW, Kosowsky JM, Morrow DA, Sonis JD, Gold AG, Ronan CE, Pallin DJ. Am J Emerg Med. Aug. 2014;32(3):923-8. Death or Revascularization Among Non-Admitted ED Patients With Low-Positive Versus Negative Troponin T Results.
Baugh CW, Venkatesh AK, Hilton JA, Samuel PA, Schuur JD, Bohan JS. Health Affairs. Oct. 2012;31(10):2314-23. Making Greater Use of Dedicated Hospital Observation Units for Many Short-Stay Patients Could Save $3.1 Billion a Year.
Baugh CW, Bohan JS. Acad Emerg Med. May 2008; 15(5):445-52. Estimating Observation Unit Profitability with Options Modeling.

Abstracts, Poster Presentations, and Exhibits Presented at Professional Meetings

Coyne CJ, Shatsky RA, Durham DD, Klotz A, Bastani A, Baugh CW, Grudzen C, Henning D, Adler D, Wilson J, Rico JF, Pallin D, Yeung SJ, Bernstein S, Caterino J, Madsen T, Ryan R, Kyriacou D, Venkat A, Reyes-Gibby CC. Cancer pain in the emergency department: A multicenter study of the Comprehensive Oncologic Emergencies Research Network. ASCO 2018 National Meeting. Chicago, IL. Jun 2018.
Yiadom MY, Baugh CW, Jenkins CA, Tanski M, Mumma BE, Vogus TJ, Miller KF, Jackson BE, Lehmann CU, Dorner SC, West JL, Olubowale OO, Wang TJ, Collins SP, Dittus RS, Bernard GR, Storrow AB, Liu D. Outcome Differences Associated with STEMI Diagnostic Delay: Disparities on the Frontlines of STEMI Care AHA’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research 2018 Scientific Sessions, Arlington, VA 2018.
Baugh CW, Pallin DJ, Madsen T, Bernstein SL, Yeung S, Swor R, Shapiro NI, Rico J, Ryan R, Wilson J, Adler DH, Henning D, Grudzen C, Reyes-Gibby C, Coyne C, Bastani A, Venkat A, Klotz A, Caterino J. Emergency Department Observation Unit Use in Patients with Cancer: A Multi-Center Study from the Comprehensive ONCologic Emergencies Research Network. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Indianapolis, IN. May 2018.
Bastani A, Su E, Weiss R, Adler DH, Baugh CW, Caterino JM, Clark CL, Diercks DB, Hollander J, Nishijima D, Nicks BA, Shah MN, Stiffler KA, Storrow AB, Wilber ST, Sun BC. Is There a Difference? – A Multi-Center Prospective Observational Study of Near Syncope vs Syncope. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Indianapolis, IN. May 2018.
White JL, Chang AM, Hollander JE, Nishijima D, Su E, Weiss RE, Yagapen AN, Malveau SE, Adler DH, Bastani A, Baugh CW, Caterino JM, Clark CL, Diercks DB, Nicks BA, Shah MN, Stiffler KA, Storrow AB, Wilber ST, Sun BC. QTc Prolongation is Associated with Serious Outcomes in Older Adults with Syncope. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Indianapolis, IN. May 2018.
Baugh CW, Su E, Nicks BA, Shah MN, Adler DH, Bastani A, Caterino JM, Clark CL, Diercks DB, Hollander JE, Malveau SE, Nishijima DK, Stiffler KA, Storrow AB, Wilber ST, Yagapen AN, Weiss RE, Gibson TA, Sun BC. Utility of Diagnostic Testing in Older Patients with Syncope in the Emergency Department. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Indianapolis, IN. May 2018.
Caterino J, Leininger R, Kline D, Southerland L, Khaliqdina S, Baugh CW, Pallin D, Stevenson K. Accuracy of Current Diagnostic Criteria for Acute Infection in Older Emergency Department Patients. National Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL. May 2017.
Caterino J, Madarang D, Klotz A, Venkat A, Bastani A, Baugh CW, Coyne C; Lindsell C, Reyes-Gibby C, Grudzen C, Henning D, Adler DH, Kyriacou D, Madsen T, Wilson J, Rico JF, Guyette ME, Hudson MF, Shapiro N, Swor R, Bernstein, S, Quest, T, Yeung S. Presentation and Treatment of Patients with Active Cancer Presenting to the Emergency Departments of the Comprehensive ONCologic Emergencies Research Network (CONCERN-1). National Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL. May 2017.
Patel A, Ding Z, Eichelberger C, Pericone C, Lin J, Baugh CW. Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Chest Pain Suggestive of Coronary Artery Disease and Shortness of Breath Suggestive of Congestive Heart Failure. Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Scientific Sessions. Arlington, VA. Apr. 2017.
Kohn CG, Weeda ER, Peacock WF, Fermann GJ, Baugh CW, Wells PS, Ashton V, Crivera C, Wildgoose P, Schein JR, Coleman CI. Reduced Costs and Length-of-Stay Associated with Rivaroxaban as Compared to Parenteral Bridging and Warfarin in Pulmonary Embolism Patients Managed in Observation Status American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. Nov. 2016.
Baugh CW, Coleman CI, Crivera C, Milentijevic D, Wang SW, Lu L, Nelson WW. Health Care Cost Comparison of Rivaroxaban and Warfarin Use for Venous Thromboembolism. CHEST Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA. Oct. 2016.
Nishijima DK, Laurie AL, Weiss RE, Yagapen AN, Malveau SE, Adler D, Bastani A, Baugh, CW, Caterino JM, Clark CL, Diercks DB Hollander JE, Nicks BA, Shah MN, Stiffler KA, Storrow AB, Wilber ST, Sun BC. Reliability of Clinical Assessments in Older Adults with Syncope or Near Syncope in the ED. SAEM Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. May 2016.
Yiadom MB, McWade C, Liu X, Baugh CW, Tanski M, Mills A, Patterson BW, Salazar J, Song KJ, Liu D, Storrow AB. Screening Performance of Trigger Criteria for an Early ECG to Diagnose STEMI. SAEM Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. May 2016.
Rouhani SA, Marsh RH, Baugh CW, Rimpel L, Schuur JD. Assessing the Need for Protocolized Observation Care for Stroke and Asthma in Rural Haiti. American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly. Boston, MA. Oct. 2015.
Beaton ME, McCarthy, RM, Baugh CW, Underwood PC, Higgins ML, Miller D, Carbone K, Turchin A, Novaleski C, Smith CM, Godsoe LE, McDonnell ME, Arky RA. A Novel Model for Diabetes Team Care in the ED: An Education Partnership. American Diabetes Association 75th Scientific Session. Jun. 2015.
Fraile B, Schleicher S, Baugh CW, Bunnell C, Jacobson J. Characteristics of emergency department visits among non-admitted oncology patients. American Society of Clinical Oncology 2014 Quality Care Symposium. Oct. 2014.
Lin MP, Ma J, Bernard KR, Baugh CW, Weissman JS, Schuur JD. Trends and Patient Predictors of Hospital Admission for Atrial Fibrillation Among U.S. EDs 2006-2010. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Northeast Regional Conference. Apr. 2014.
Schuur JD, Ma J, Baker ON, Bernard KR, Baugh CW, Greenwood-Ericksen MB, Havens JM, Lin MP, Wilson M, Weissman JS. Variation in Hospital Admissions After ED Visits, Massachusetts 2010-2011. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Northeast Regional Conference. Apr. 2014.

Chapters and Reviews

Meguerdichian D, Baugh CW. Ensuring Financial Viability: The Business Case for Observation Units. In Mace, SE. (Ed.). (2021). Observation Medicine: Principles and Protocols. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Meguerdichian D, Baugh CW. Observation Unit Staffing. In Mace, SE. (Ed.). (2021). Observation Medicine: Principles and Protocols. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Baymon D, Baugh C. Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department: Strategies to Achieve Best Outcomes. EP Lab Digest. Jan 2020;20(1).
Canty D, Wazni O, Baugh CW, Ezekowitz M, Ning M. Consequences of Oral Anticoagulants for Stroke Risk Reduction in Atrial Fibrillation: Where Do We Go from Here? Heart Rhythm Society Whitepaper.
Baugh CW, Graff L. Chapter e6: Observation Medicine and Clinical Decision Units. In Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 9th Edition. Mosby, Philadelphia, PA. 2018.
Baugh CW, Graff L. Chapter e6: Observation Medicine and Clinical Decision Units. In Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 9th Edition. Mosby, Philadelphia, PA. 2018.
Baugh CW, Pines, J. Observation Status: The New Treatment, Payment Paradigm. Emergency Physicians Monthly. Aug. 2017.
Baugh CW, Caspers CG, Napoli AM. Expanding the Role of Observation Care. In Wiler J, Pines J, & Ward M. (Eds.). (2017). Value and Quality Innovations in Acute and Emergency Care. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Mace SE, Baugh CW, Joseph, M. The Evidence Basis for Age-Related Observation Care. In Mace, SE. (Ed.). (2017). Observation Medicine: Principles and Protocols. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Baugh CW, Mace SE, Pena ME, Bohan JS. The Evidence Basis for Observation Care. In Mace, SE. (Ed.). (2017). Observation Medicine: Principles and Protocols. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Baugh CW, Bohan JS. Ensuring Financial Viability: The Business Case for Observation Units. In Mace, SE. (Ed.). (2017). Observation Medicine: Principles and Protocols. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Baugh CW, Bohan, JS. Staffing Considerations for the Observation Unit. In Mace, SE. (Ed.). (2017). Observation Medicine: Principles and Protocols. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Baugh CW, Granovsky MA. New CMS Payment Rules Introduce Bundled Payments for Observation ACEP Now. Mar. 2016:35(03).
Baugh CW, Metrics in Observation Care of Atrial Fibrillation. In Peacock WF, Clark CL (Eds.). (2016). Short Stay Management of Atrial Fibrillation. New York: Humana Press.
Baugh CW. Chairman’s Letter. ACEP Observation Section Newsletter. 2016 Sep.
Natsui S, Baugh CW. Home Meds for Observation Patients: What’s Your Policy? ACEP Now. November 2014.
Baugh CW. Medicare Beneficiary Out-of-Pocket Costs, the OIG Report and the Two-Midnight Rule. ACEP Observation Section Newsletter. 2014 Jul.
Baugh CW, Bohan JS. Use of Emergency Department Observation Units for Cardiac Patients. In Mattu A, Brady WJ, Bressler MJ, Silvers SM, Stahmer SA and Tabas JA. (Eds.). (2014). Cardiovascular Emergencies. Dallas, TX: American College of Emergency Physicians. p. 293-300.
Baugh CW, Leaders in the Successful Pursuit of Nontraditional Careers in Medicine. In Urman RD, Ehrenfeld JM, Ober NS. (Eds.). (2012). Physicians’ Pathways to Non-Traditional Careers and Leadership Opportunities. Philadelphia, PA: Springer Science and Business Media. p. 327-74.
Baugh CW, Graff LG. Staffing. In Graff LG. (Ed.) (2011). Observation Units – The Healthcare System’s Tincture of Time. ACEP online text, Chicago, IL. Published online at
Baugh CW, Bohan, JS. Emergency Department Observation Units. In Kayden S, Anderson PD, Freitas RL, Platz E. (Eds.). Emergency Department Leadership and Management: Best Principles and Practice. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY. 2014. p. 234-47.
Baugh CW, Venkatash AK. What are the Key Operational Variables in the EDOU? ACEP Observation Section Newsletter. 2009 Jun; 18(1).
Venkatash AK, Baugh CW. ED Observation Units Lower Health Care Costs. EM Resident. Dec/Jan 2008; 35(6):30-31.