Eric J Thomas MD MPH

PubMed

• Assessing the impact of a semi-structured intraoperative anaesthesia handoff cognitive aid on surgical patient outcomes: study protocol for a cluster randomised trial.
  Aubrey Samost-Williams, Charles E Green, Lillian S Kao, Srikanth Sridhar, Daniel I Sessler
  BMJ Open. 2025-11-04
• Can handoffs bridge the interprofessional divide to build a team?
  Aubrey Samost-Williams, Eric J Thomas
  BMJ Quality & Safety. 2025-09-18
• Intraoperative pain management shared decision making with a patient with a complex pain and mental health history: A case report.
  Aubrey Samost-Williams, Jerry Wang, Casey Horani, Eric J Thomas, Robert J Volk
  JCA Advances. 2025-09-01

Journal Articles

• Development of a Framework to Describe Patient and Family Harm from Disrespect and Promote Improvements in Quality and Safety: A Scoping Review  
  Eric Thomas, MD, International Journal for Quality in Health Care
• Use of Home Blood Pressure Results for Assessing the Quality of Care for Hypertension  
  Eric J Thomas, Laura A Petersen, JAMA
• The Frequency of Diagnostic Errors in Outpatient Care: Estimations from Three Large Observational Studies Involving the US Adult Population  
  Singh H, Meyer AND, Thomas EJ, BMJ Qual Saf, 1/1/2014
• Clinical Decision Support Alert Appropriateness: A Review and Proposal for Improvement  
  McCoy AB, Thomas EJ, Krousell-Wood MA, Sittig DF, The Ochsner Journal, 1/1/2014
• Structuring Patient and Family Involvement in Medical Error Event Disclosure and Analysis  
  Etchegaray JM, Ottosen MJ, Burress L, Sage WM, Bell SK, Gallagher TH, Thomas EJ, Health Affairs, 1/1/2014
• Speaking up about the Dangers of the Hidden Curriculum  
  Liao JM, Thomas EJ, Bell SK, Health Affairs, 1/1/2014
• Patient Safety: Let's Measure What Matters  
  Thomas EJ, Classen DC, Ann Intern Med, 1/1/2014
• Electronic Health Record-based Triggers to Identify Patients at Risk for Delayed Colorectal and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis  
  Murphy DR, Laxmisan A, Reis B, Thomas EJ, Esquivel A, Forjuoh SN, Parikh R, Khan MM, Singh H, BMJ Qual Saf, 1/1/2013
• Types and Origins of Diagnostic Errors in Primary Care Settings  
  Singh H, Giardina TD, Meyer AND, Forjuoh SN, Reis MD, Thomas EJ, JAMA Intern Med, 1/1/2013
• Trends in Adverse Events over Time: Why Are We Not Improving?  
  Shojania KG, Thomas EJ, BMJ Qual Saf, 1/1/2013
• Comparing Two Safety Culture Surveys: Safety Attitudes Questionnaire and Hospital Survey on Patient Safety  
  Etchegaray JM, Thomas EJ., BMJ Quality and Safety, 1/1/2012
• Electronic Health Record-based Surveillance of Diagnostic Errors in Primary Care  
  Singh H, Giardina TD, Forjuoh SN, Reis MD, Kosmach S, Khan MM, Thomas EJ, BMJ Quality and Safety, 1/1/2012
• Exploring Situational Awareness in Diagnostic Errors in Primary Care  
  Singh H, Giardina TD, Petersen LA, Smith M, Wilson L, Dismukes K, Bhagwath G, Thomas EJ, BMJ Quality and Safety, 1/1/2012
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Safety Culture Varies Widely  
  Profit J, Etchegaray J, Petersen LA, Sexton JB, Hysong SJ, Mei M, Thomas EJ, Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal, 1/1/2012
• The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire as a Tool for Benchmarking Safety Culture in the NICU  
  Profit J, Etchegaray J, Petersen LA, Sexton JB, Hysong SJ, Mei M, Thomas EJ., Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal, 1/1/2012
• Formal Selection of Quality Measures for a Composite Index of NICU Quality: BabyMONITOR  
  Profit J, Gould JB, Zupancic JA, Stark AR, Wall KM, Kowalkowski MA, Mei M, Pietz K, Thomas EJ, Petersen LA., J Perinatol, 1/24/2011
• Measures and Measurement of High-performance Work Systems in Healthcare Settings: Propositions for Improvement  
  Etchegaray JM, St. John C, Thomas EJ, Health Care Manage Rev, 1/1/2011
• Compliance with Guidelines to Prevent Surgical Site Infections: As Simple as 1 -2-3?  
  Meeks DW, Lally KP, Carrick MM, Lew DF, Thomas EJ, Doyle PD, and Kao LS, Am J Surg, 1/1/2011
• What's past Is Prologue: Organizational Learning from a Serious Patient Injury  
  Tamuz M, Franchois KM, Thomas EJ, Safety Science, 1/1/2011
• Rethinking Resident Supervision to Improve Safety: From Hierarchical to Interprofessional Models  
  Tamuz M, Giardina TD, Thomas EJ, Menon S, Singh H., Journal of Hospital Medicine, 1/1/2011
• Improving Erythropoietin Stimulating Agent Administration in a Mulit-hospital System through Quality Improvement Initiatives: A Pre-post Comparison Study  
  Selvan MS, Sittig DF, Thomas EJ, Arnold C, Murphy RE, Shabot MM, Journal of Patient Safety, 1/1/2011
• Teamwork Behaviors and Errors during Neonatal Resuscitation  
  Williams AL, Lasky RE, Dannemiller JL, Andrei A, Thomas EJ, Quality and Safety in Health Care, 1/1/2010
• A Tale of Two Hospitals: A Staggered Cohort Study of Targeted Interventions to Improve Compliance with Antibiotic Prophylaxis Guidelines  
  Kao LS, Lew DF, Doyle P, Carrick MM, Jordan VS, Thomas EJ, Lally KP., Surgery, 1/1/2010
• Measuring Social Support for Weight Loss in an Internet Weight Loss Community  
  Hwang KO, Ottenbacher AJ, Lucke JF, Etchegaray JM, Graham AL, Thomas EJ, Bernstam EV, Journal of Health Communication, 1/1/2010
• The Impact of a TeleICU on Provider Attitudes about Teamwork and Safety Climate  
  Chu-Weininger MYL, Wueste L, Lucke JF, Weavind L, Mazabob J, Thomas EJ, Qual Saf Healthcare, 1/1/2010
• Job Satisfaction Ratings: Measurement Equivalence across Nurses and Physicians  
  Etchegaray JM, Sexton JB, Helmreich RL, Thomas EJ, Western Journal of Nursing Research, 1/1/2010
• Social Support in an Internet Weight Loss Community  
  Hwang KO, Ottenbacher AJ, Green AP, Cannon-Diehl MR, Richardson O, Bernstam EV, Thomas EJ., International Journal of Medical Informatics, 1/1/2010
• Diagnostic Adverse Events: On to Chapter 2  
  Thomas EJ, Brennan TA, Arch Intern Med, 1/1/2010
• Timely Follow-Up of Abnormal Diagnostic Imaging Test Results in an Outpatient Setting: Are Electronic Medical Records Achieving Their Potential?  
  Singh H, Thomas EJ, Mani S, Sittig D, Arora H, Espadas D, Khan MM, Petersen LA., Archives of Internal Medicine, 1/1/2009
• Improving Quality Improvement: a Methodologic Framework for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Surgical Quality Improvement  
  Kao LS, Lally KP, Thomas EJ, Tyson JE., J Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2009
• The Association of Telemedicine for Remote Monitoring of Intensive Care Patients with Mortality, Complications, and Length of Stay  
  Thomas EJ, Lucke JL, Wueste L, Weavind L, Patel B, JAMA, 1/1/2009
• A Safety Culture Primer for the Critical Care Clinician  
  Hudson DW, Berenholtz SM, Thomas EJ, Sexton JB, Contemporary Critical Care, 1/1/2009
• Measuring Safety Culture in the Ambulatory Setting: The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire - Ambulatory Version  
  Modak I, Sexton JB, Lux TR, Helmreich RL, Thomas EJ., Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/2007
• Incorporating Usability Evaluation in Medical Device Purchasing for Improved Patient Safety  
  Tang Z, Zhang J, Thomas EJ, Brixey J, Johnson TR., Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology, 1/1/2007
• Who Pays for Medical Errors? An Analysis of Adverse Event Costs, the Medical Liability System, and Incentives for Patient Safety Improvement  
  Mello MM, Studdert DM, Thomas EJ, Yoon C, Brennan TA., J Empirical Leg Stud, 1/1/2007
• Quality of Weight Loss Advice on Internet Forums  
  Hwang KO, Farheen K, Johnson CW, Thomas EJ, Barnes AS, Bernstam EV, American Journal of Medicine, 1/1/2007
• Teaching Teamwork During the Neonatal Resuscitation Program: A Randomized Trial  
  Thomas EJ, Taggart B, Crandell S, Lasky RE, Williams AL, Love LJ, Sexton JB, Tyson JE, Helmreich RL, J Perinatol, 1/1/2007
• Workflow in Intensive Care Unit Remote Monitoring: A Time-and-Motion Study  
  Tang Z, Weavind L, Mazabob J, Thomas EJ, Chu-Weininger M, Johnson TR, Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/2007
• Ambulatory Care Adverse Events and Preventable Adverse Events Leading to a Hospital Admission  
  Woods DM, Thomas EJ, Holl JL, Weiss KB, Brennan TA., Qual Saf Healthcare, 1/1/2007
• Missed and Delayed Diagnoses in the Emergency Department: A Study of Closed Malpractice Claims from Four Liability Insurers  
  Kachalia A, Gandhi TK, Puopolo AL, Yoon C, Thomas EJ, Griffey R, Brennan TA, Studdert. DM, Ann Emerg Med, 1/1/2007
• Reasons for Afterhours Calls by Hospital Floor Nurses to On-call Physicians  
  Bernstam EV, Pancheri KK, Johnson CM, Johnson TR, Thomas EJ, Turley JP, Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf, 1/1/2007
• Missed and Delayed Diagnoses in the Ambulatory Setting A Study of Closed Malpractice Claims  
  Gandhi TK, Kachalia A, Thomas EJ, Puopolo AL, Yoon C, Brennan TA, Studdert DM, Ann Intern Med, 1/1/2006
• Comparing the Classification of Aviation and Patient Safety Mishaps  
  Tamuz M, Thomas EJ, Journal of Organizational Behavior, 1/1/2006
• Variation in Caregiver Perceptions of Teamwork Climate in Labor and Delivery Units  
  Sexton JB, Holzmueller CG, Pronovost PJ, Thomas EJ, McFerran S, Nunes J, Thompson DA, Knight AP, Penning DH, Fox HE, J Perinatol, 1/1/2006
• The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties, Benchmarking Data, and Emerging Research  
  Sexton JB, Helmreich RL, Neilands TB, Rowan K, Vella K, Boyden J, Roberts PR, Thomas EJ., BMC Health Services Research, 1/1/2006
• Teamwork in the Operating Room: Frontline Perspectives among Hospitals and Operating Room Personnel  
  Sexton JB, Makary MA, Tersigni AR, Pryor D, Hendrich A, Thomas EJ, Holzmueller CG, Wu Y, Pronovost PJ, Anesthesia, 1/1/2006
• Understanding Diagnostic Errors in Medicine: a Lesson from Aviation  
  Singh H, Petersen LA, Thomas EJ, Quality and Safety in Healthcare, 1/1/2006
• Teamwork and Quality during Neonatal Care in the Delivery Room  
  Thomas EJ, Sexton JB, Lasky RE, Helmreich RL, Crandell S, Tyson J, J Perinatol, 1/1/2006
• Patient Safety Problems in Adolescent Medicine  
  Woods DM, Thomas EJ, Klein J, Holl JL, Journal of Adolescent Health, 1/1/2006
• Accidental Deaths, Saved Lives, and Improved Quality  
  Brennan TA, Gawande A, Thomas EJ, Studdert DM, N Engl J Med, 1/1/2005
• Differentiating Close Calls from Errors A Multidisciplinary Perspective  
  Etchegary JM, Thomas EJ, Geraci JM, Simmons D, Martin SK, J Patient Saf, 1/1/2005
• Anatomy of a Patient Safety Event: A Pediatric Patient Safety Taxonomy  
  Woods DM, Mohr J, Mehra M, Shonkoff JP, Thomas EJ, Lannon C, Ogata ES, Holl JL., Quality and Safety in Healthcare, 1/1/2005
• The Effect of Executive Walk Rounds on Nurse Safety Climate Attitudes A Randomized Trial of Clinical Units  
  Thomas EJ, Sexton JB, Neilands TB, Frankel A, Helmreich RL, BMC Health Services Research, 1/1/2005
• (Book Review) To Do No Harm: Ensuring Patient Safety in Health Care Organizations  
  Thomas EJ, N Engl J Med, 1/1/2005
• Adverse Events and Preventable Adverse Events in Children  
  Woods DM, Thomas EJ, Holl JL, Altman SH, Brennan TA, Pediatrics, 1/1/2005
• Malpractice Claims: Finding the Silver Lining  
  Thomas EJ, Southern Medical Journal, 1/1/2005
• Defining and Classifying Medical Error: Lessons for Patient Safety Reporting Systems  
  Tamuz M, Thomas EJ, Franchois KM, Qual Saf Health Care, 1/1/2004
• Translating Teamwork Behaviors from Aviation to Healthcare: Development of Behavioral Markers for Neonatal Resuscitation  
  Thomas EJ, Sexton JB, Helmreich RL, Quality and Safety in Healthcare, 1/1/2004
• Measuring Errors and Adverse Events in Healthcare  
  Thomas EJ, Petersen LA, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/2003
• Discrepant Attitudes about Teamwork among Critical Care Nurses and Physicians  
  Thomas EJ, Sexton BJ, Helmreich RL, Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/2003
• The Missing Tip  
  Thomas EJ, Moore FA, AHRQ Web M&M, 1/1/2003
• Lessons from Aviation: Teamwork to Improve Patient Safety  
  Thomas EJ, Sherwood GD, Helmreich RL., Nursing Economics, 1/1/2003
• A Teamwork Model to Promote Patient Safety in Critical Care  
  Sherwood G, Thomas EJ, Simmons-Bennett D, Lewis P, Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 1/1/2002
• Engaging Nurses in Patient Safety  
  Luther KM, Maguire L, Mazabob J, Sexton JB, Helmreich RL, Thomas EJ, Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 1/1/2002
• The Reliability of Medical Record Review for Estimating Adverse Event Rates  
  Thomas EJ, Lipsitz SR, Studdert DM, Brennan TA., Annals of Internal Medicine, 1/1/2002
• Right Heart Catheterization And Complications In Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: An Observational Study  
  Polanczyk CA, Rohde LE, Goldman L, Cook EF, Thomas EJ, Marcantonio ER, Mangione CM, Lee TH, Journal of the American Medical Association, 1/1/2001
• Errors in Pain Management: A New Model for an Old Problem  
  Starck PL, Sherwood GD, Adams-MacNeill J, Thomas EJ, Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, 1/1/2001
• Commentary on Article Titled "Evidence on Interventions to Reduce Medical Errors An Overview and Recommendations for Future Research"  
  Thomas EJ, ACP Journal Club, 1/1/2001
• Beyond Dead Reckoning: Measures of Medical Injury Burden, Malpractice Litigation, and Alternative Compensation Models from Utah and Colorado  
  Studdert DM, Brennan TA, Thomas EJ, Indiana Law Review, 1/1/2000
• Incidence and Types of Adverse Events and Negligent Care in Utah and Colorado in 1992  
  Thomas EJ, Studdert DM, Burstin HR, Orav EJ, Zeena T, Williams EJ, Howard KM, Weiler PC, Brennan TA, Medical Care, 1/1/2000
• Suing for Malpractice in Utah and Colorado  
  Studdert DM, Thomas EJ, Burstin HR, Zbar BIW, Orav EJ, Brennan TA, Medical Care, 1/1/2000
• The Incidence and Types of Preventable Adverse Events in the Elderly  
  Thomas EJ, Brennan, TA, British Medical Journal, 1/1/2000
• Error, Stress, and Teamwork in Medicine and Aviation: Data from the Frontlines  
  Sexton JB, Thomas EJ, Helmreich RL, British Medical Journal, 1/1/2000
• Hospital Ownership and Preventable Adverse Events  
  Thomas EJ, Orav, EJ, Brennan TA, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/2000
• A Comparison of Iatrogenic Injury Studies in Australia and the United States I: Context, Methods, Case Mix, Population, Patient and Hospital Characteristics  
  Thomas EJ, Studdert DM, Runciman WB, Webb RK, Sexton EJ, Wilson RM, Gibberd RW, Harrison BT, Brennan TA, The International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 1/1/2000
• A Comparison of Iatrogenic Injury Studies in Australia and America II: Reviewer Behavior and Quality of Care  
  Runciman WB, Webb RK, Helps SC, Thomas EJ, Sexton EJ, Studdert DM, Brennan TA, The International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 1/1/2000
• Derivation and Prospective Validation of a Simple Index for Prediction of Cardiac Risk of Major Noncardiac Surgery  
  Lee TH, Marcantonio ER, Mangione CM, Thomas EJ, Polanczyk CA, Cook EF, Sugarbaker DJ, Donaldson MC, Poss R, Ho KL, Ludwig LE, Pedan A, Goldman L., Circulation, 1/1/1999
• The Incidence and Nature of Surgical Adverse Events in Colorado and Utah in 1992  
  Gawande AA, Thomas EJ, Zinner MJ, Brennan TA, Surgery, 1/1/1999
• The Patient's Experience of Being Interviewed by First Year Medical Students  
  Thomas EJ, Hafler JP, Woo B, Medical Teacher, 1/1/1999
• Costs of Medical Injuries in Colorado and Utah in 1992  
  Thomas EJ, Studdert D, Newhouse JP, Zbar BIW, Howard KM, Williams EJ, Brennan TA., Inquiry, 1/1/1999
• Predictive Value of Creatine Kinase (CK)-MB for Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction after Major Noncardiac Surgery  
  Lopez-Jimenez F, Goldman L, Thomas EJ, Kuntz KM, Sacks DB, Lee TH, Arch Med Res, 1/1/1998
• Building a Research Career in General Medicine: A Perspective From Young Investigators  
  Chin MH, Covinsky KE, McDermott MM, Thomas EJ, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/1998
• Costs of Alternative Approaches to Compensation of Medical Injuries in Colorado and Utah  
  Studdert DS, Thomas EJ, Zbar BI, Newhouse JP, Bayuk J, Brennan TA., Law and Contemporary Problems, 1/1/1997
• Prognostic Value of Cardiac Troponin T after Noncardiac Surgery: Six Month Follow-up Data  
  Lopez-Jimenez F, Goldman L, Sacks DB, Thomas EJ, Johnson PA, Cook EF, Lee TH., Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1/1/1997
• Body Mass Index as a Correlate of Postoperative Complications and Resource Utilization  
  Thomas EJ, Goldman L, Mangione CM, Marcantonio ER, Cook EF, Ludwig L, Sugarbaker D, Poss R, Donaldson M, Lee T., American Journal of Medicine, 1/1/1997
• Troponin T as a Marker for Myocardial Ischemia in Patients Undergoing Major Noncardiac Surgery  
  Lee TH, Thomas EJ, Ludwig L, Sacks D, Johnson PA, Donaldson MC, Cook EF, Pedan A, Kuntz KM, Goldman L., American Journal of Cardiology, 1/1/1996
• Patient Noncompliance with Medical Advice after the Emergency Department Visit  
  Thomas EJ, Burstin HR, Orav EJ, O'Neil AC, Brennan TA, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1/1/1996
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Books/Book Chapters

• Safer Surgery 
  Chapter: An Empiric Study of Surgical Team Behaviors, Patient Outcomes, and a Programme Based on its Results 
  Thomas EJ, Mazzocco K, Graham S, Petitti D, Fong K, Bonacum D, Brookey J, Lasky R, Sexton BEditors: Flin R and Mitchell L.Ashgate Publishing Company, Burlington2009
• Advances in Healthcare Management 
  Chapter: Promoting Patient Safety by Monitoring Errors: A View from the Middle 
  Tamuz M, Russell CK, Thomas EJEditors: Ford, EW, Savage G.Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley2008
• Advances in Patient Safety and Quality: New Directions and Alternative Approaches (Vol 2: Culture and Redesign) 
  Chapter: Measuring Safety Climate in Primary Care Offices 
  Singh G, Singh R, Thomas EJ, Fish R, Kee R, McLean-Plunkett E, Wisniewske A, Okazaki S, Anderson DEditors: Henriksen K, Battles JB, Keyes MA, Grady ML.Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US), Rockville MD2008
• Achieving Safe and Reliable Healthcare 
  Chapter: Measurement: Assessing a Safety Culture. 
  Sexton JB, Thomas EJEditors: Leonard M, Frankel A, Simmonds T, with Vega K.Health Administration Press, Chicago2004
• Political and Economic Determinants of Population Health and Well-Being Controversies and Developments 
  Chapter: Hospital Ownership and Preventable Adverse Events 
  Thomas EJ, Orav EJ, Brennan TAEditors: Navarro V, Muntaner C.Baywood, Amityville2004
• Medical Error 
  Chapter: Will Airline Safety Models Work in Medicine? 
  Thomas EJ, Helmreich RHEditors: Rosenthal M., Sutcliffe KM.Josey Bass, San Francisco2002
• Medical Error 
  Chapter: What Have We Learned Since the Harvard Medical Practice Study? 
  Studdert DM, Thomas EJ, Brennan TAEditors: Rosenthal M., Sutcliffe KM.Josey Bass, San Francisco2002
• Clinical Risk Management 
  Chapter: Errors and Adverse Events in Medicine: An Overview. 
  Thomas EJ, Brennan TAEditors: Vincent C..BMJ Press, London2000
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Abstracts/Posters

• Assessment and Reduction of Unnecessary Thrombophilia Testing in Patients 18-60 Years with Acute Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke
  Eric Thomas, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/8/2019
• Exposure to Leadership WalkRounds in Neonatal Intensive Care Units is Associated with a Better Patient Safety Culture, and Less Caregiver Burnout
  Profit J, Sharek P, Thomas E, Gould JB, Nisbet C, Amspoker A, Kowalkowski M, Schwendimann R, Sexton JB, Western Society for Pediatric Research, Carmel, CA, 1/23/2014
• Measuring Aspects of High-Reliability Culture in Healthcare Settings
  Etchegaray, J.M., Thomas, E.J., & Profit, J., 2014 Annual Research Meeting of Academy Health, San Diego, CA, 1/8/2014
• Examining the Measurement Equivalence of English and Portuguese Versions of a Safety Culture Survey
  Etchegaray, J.M., de Carvalho, R.E.F.L., de Azevedo Zago, K.S., Cassiani, S.H.D.B., & Thomas, E.J., 2014 Annual Research Meeting of Academy Health, San Diego, CA, 1/8/2014
• Understanding Reasons that Clinicians Do Not Speak Up
  Etchegaray, J.M., Ottosen, M.J., Aigbe, A., Alawadi, Z., Webster, E., & Thomas, E.J., 2014 Annual Research Meeting of Academy Health, San Diego, CA, 1/8/2014
• Patients' Knowledge about the Factors that Contributed to Their Own Unexpected Events
  Etchegaray, J.M., Ottosen, M.J., Aigbe, A., Webster, E., & Thomas, E.J., 2014 Annual Research Meeting of Academy Health, San Diego, CA, 1/8/2014
• The Medical Student Safety Attitudes and Professionalism Survey
  Etchegaray, J.M., Liao, J., Williams, S. T., Berger, D., Bell, S.K., & Thomas, E.J., 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Houston, TX, 1/13/2013
• Improving Lab Order, Verification, and Follow-Up Processes at UT Physicians
  McCoy AM, Khatri RP, McDade RB, Citardi MJ, Thomas EJ., Annual Meeting of the American Medical Informatics Association, Washington DC, 1/1/2013
• Team Training During the Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certification: Two Years After the Randomized Controlled Trial
  Katakam L, Williams A, Thomas EJ, 2013 Pediatric Academic Societies National Meeting, Washington DC, 1/1/2013
• Improving the Quality of Neonatal Intensive Care in Mexico
  Weiss K, Kowalkowski M, Trevino R, Thomas E, Profit J, 2012 Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, 1/29/2012
• Prevalence of Emotional Exhaustion in a Cohort of 21 Neonatal Intensive Care Units
  Sexton JB, Sharek PJ, Gould JB, Kowalkowski MA, Petersen LA, Thomas EJ, Profit J, E-PAS, 1/1/2012
• Higher Safety Culture among Neonatal Intensive Care Units That Participate in Quality Improvement Collaboratives
  Profit J, Sexton JB, Thomas EJ, Kowalkowski MA, Bush A, Gould JB, Sharek PJ, E-PAS, 1/1/2012
• Error Disclosure: A New Domain for Assessing Safety Culture
  Etchegaray, J.M., Gallagher, T.H., Bell, S.K., Dunlap, B., & Thomas, E.J., 2011 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Annual Conference, Bethesda, MD, 1/19/2011
• Extended Shifts for Attending Physicians in the Pediatric, Cardiovascular, and Neonatal Intensive Care Units
  Thomas EJ, Society of Critical Care Medicine's 40th Critical Care Congress, San Diego, 1/18/2010
• Predictors of Intention to Share Educational Health Information via Online Social Network Ties
  Hwang KO, Etchegaray JM, Bernstam EV, Thomas EJ, Society of Behavioral Medicine 31st Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 1/8/2010
• Use of Close Follow-Up as a Strategy to Mitigate Harm from Diagnostic Error in Primary Care.
  Thomas EJ, 34th annual meeting of the Society for General Internal Medicine, 1/7/2010
• Activity in an Online Weight Loss Community Predicts Encouragement Support
  Hwang KO, Etchegaray JM, Bernstam EV, Thomas EJ, Society of Behavioral Medicine 31st Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 1/7/2010
• Improving Patient Safety by Promoting a Learning Environment for Medical Trainees
  Tamuz M, Davis TL, Thomas EJ, Shailaja M, Singh H, 138th APHA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 1/6/2010
• Organizational Learning from Medication Errors: Accountability vs. Learning
  Tamuz M, Thomas EJ, Safety and Quality in Healthcare Round Table of the Healthcare Management Division at the 2010 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 1/6/2010
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Safety Culture Varies Widely
  Profit J, Etchegaray J, Petersen LA, Sexton JB, Mei, M, Thomas EJ, Pediatric Academic Societies National Meeting, Vancouver, 1/1/2010
• A Tale of Two Hospitals: A Staggered Cohort Study of Targeted Interventions to Improve Compliance with Antibiotic Prophylaxis Guidelines
  Kao L, Lew D, Doyle P, Jordan V, Thomas EJ, Academic Surgical Congress, 1/1/2010
• Costs and Cost-effectiveness of a Tele-ICU Program
  Franzini L, Sail K, Thomas EJ, Wueste L, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philiadelphia PA, 1/9/2009
• Compliance with the Neonatal Resuscitation Program Timeline
  Theodora A Stavroudis, MD, Karen Frank, RNC, MS, Bryan Sexton, PhD, Andrew Knight, MA, MS, Eric J Thomas, MD, MPH, Lou Halamek, MD and Elizabeth A Hunt, MD, MPH, Society for Pediatric Research, Honolulu HI, 1/1/2008
• Economic Incentives for Patient Safety Improvement: An Analysis of Hospital Adverse Event Costs and Where They Fall
  Mello MM, Studdert DM, Thomas EJ, Yoon C, Brennan TA, Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Austin TX, 1/27/2006
• Ambulatory Care Adverse Events and Preventable Adverse Events Leading to Hospital Admission
  Woods D, Thomas EJ, Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Seattle WA, 1/25/2006
• The eICU as a Clinical Information System: Interface Design and Information Representation
  Chu-Weininger MYL, Johnson TR, Tang Z, Thomas E, Proceedings of the AMIA Spring Congress Meeting, Phoenix AZ, 1/16/2006
• Defining Dangers: Event Classification in Aviation Safety Information Systems and Hospitals
  Tamuz M, Thomas EJ, Academy of Management Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 1/11/2006
• An Analysis of Claims of Missed or Delayed Diagnoses in the Ambulatory Setting: Diagnoses, Process of Care Breakdowns, and Contributing Factors
  Kachalia A, Gandhi T, Thomas EJ, Yood C, Puopolo AL, Brennan TA, Studdert D, Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, New Orleans, 1/14/2005
• Evaluation of SGIM's Year-long Mentoring Program
  Chin MH, Mangione CM, Philips RS, Thomas EJ, Tsevat J, Bell DS, Zelder M, Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, New Orleans, 1/13/2005
• Developing a Passion for Discovery: Organizational Learning from Medical Error
  Tamuz M, Russell C, Thomas EJ, 6th International Conference on Learning and Knowledge, Trento Italy, 1/9/2005
• Danger in the Guise of Safety: Near Miss as a System Failure? A Success? Or a Good Nurse at Work?
  Tamuz M, Thomas EJ, Academy of Management National Meeting, Honolulu Hawaii, 1/5/2005
• "Rashamon" Hospital: Exploring How Categorization Influences Organizational Learning from an Adverse Drug Event
  Tamuz M, Franchois KE, Thomas EJ, Sixth Annual Health Care Organizations Conference, Boston MA, 1/17/2004
• Defining and Learning from Safety-Related Events: Developing a Self-Assessment Tool for Hospitals
  Tamuz M, Thomas EJ, Russell C, Faris Richard, Academy of Health Services Research, Annual Meeting, San Diego, 1/6/2004
• Patient Safety Problems in Adolescents
  Woods D, Thomas EJ, Holl JL, Academy Health Annual Meeting, National Patient Safety Foundation Annual Meeting, 1/1/2004
• The Effect of Executive Walk Rounds on Safety Climate
  Thomas EJ, Sexton BJ, Nieland TB, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/2004
• Event Classification in Patient Safety Reporting Systems. Academy Health Services Research
  Tamuz, M., Thomas, EJ & Franchois, KE, Annual Research Meeting, Nashville, TN, 1/27/2003
• Job Satisfaction Ratings: Measurement Equivalence Across Physicians and Nurses
  Etchegary JM, Sexton JB, Helmreich RL, Thomas EJ, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, 1/11/2003
• Seeing through the Definitions: Gathering Information about and Learning from Medication Errors
  Tamuz, M., Thomas, EJ & Franchois, KE, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, 1/1/2003
• Qualitative Descriptions to Develop a Teamwork Model to Improve Patient Safety
  Sherwood, G. & Thomas, E., 2002 Advancing Nursing Practice Excellence: State of the Science Congress, Washington, D.C., 1/25/2002
• Building a Caring Team for a Safer Health Care System"
  Sherwood, G. & Thomas, E., Creating Caring Environments: 24th International Association for Human Caring Conference, Boston, MA, 1/23/2002
• Change the Way We Work Together: Teamwork Improves Patient Safety
  Sherwood, G. & Thomas E., Nursing Management Congress 2002, Dallas, TX, 1/13/2002
• Frequency, Types and Severity of Preventable Adverse Medical Events In Children
  Woods D, Thomas EJ, Academy of Health Services Research, 1/1/2002
• Diagnosing Teamwork in Intensive Care Units: Differing Perceptions of Physicians and Nurses
  Sexton JB, Thomas EJ, Helmreich RL, American Psychological Society, 1/14/2001
• Organizational Learning from Medication Mishaps: A Study of Hospital Pharmacies
  Tamuz M, Thomas EJ., Academy of Management, 1/1/2000
• Error, Stress, and Teamwork in Medicine and Aviation: A Multinational Study
  EJ Thomas, B Sexton, RL Helmreich, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/2000
• Interelater Reliability in Determination of Adverse Drug Events
  JM Rothschild, LA Petersen, EJ Thomas, TK Gandhi, DW Bates, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/1999
• Types of Adverse Events in Hospitalized Patients in Utah and Colorado
  EJ Thomas, EJ Orav, TA Brennan, of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/1998
• Incidence and Risk Factors for Adverse Events and Negligent Care in Colorado and Utah in 1992
  EJ Thomas, HR Burstin, EJ Orav, T Zeena, EJ Williams, KM Howard, PC Weiler, TA Brennan, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/1998
• Costs of Alternative Approaches to Compensation of Medical Injuries in Colorado and Utah
  EJ Thomas, BI Zbar, DS Studdert, JP Newhouse, KM Howard, EJ Williams, J Bayuk, TA Brennan., Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/1997
• The Application of Practice Guidelines to a Workers Compensation Claims and Dataset in California
  EJ Thomas, WG Johnson, SC Marcus, TA Brennan, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/1995
• The Recovery Room Electrocardiogram: Who Needs It?
  EJ Thomas, L Goldman, CM Marngione, EF Cook, LE Ludwig TH Lee, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/1994
• Non-compliance after the Emergency Department visit: Patient or process?
  EJ Thomas, HR Burstin, LA Petersen, EJ Orav, J Finkelstein, AC O'Neil, JA Brandenburg, TA Brennan, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/1994
• Non-urgent Emergency Department Use: Does Having a Primary Doctor Matter?
  LA Petersen, EJ Orav, EJ Thomas, HR Burstin, JA Brandenburg, BC Costenbader, AC O'Neil, J Finkelstein, TA Brennan, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/1994
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Lectures

• Teamwork and Patient Safety 
  Houston TX - 1/25/2013
• Developing a Quality and Safety Curriculum for Medical Students 
  1/21/2013
• Safety Culture: The Foundation of Patient Safety 
  National Harbor, MD - 1/19/2013
• Creating and Measuring a Culture of Patient Safety 
  1/11/2013
• Teamwork and Safety Culture 
  Memorial Hermann Memorial City Women's Services. Houston, TX - 1/3/2013
• Patient Safety: Reducing Danger in Healthcare. Grand Rounds 
  Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin TX - 1/16/2012
• Patient Safety 
  Houston TX - 1/8/2012
• Teamwork in Healthcare (Through the Lens of Neonatal Resuscitation), Grand Rounds 
  Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston - 1/24/2011
• Quality Improvement 
  Houston TX - 1/23/2011
• Measuring and Improving Teamwork in Healthcare 
  Houston TX - 1/12/2011
• Teamwork and Safety Culture: The Keys to Patient Safety 
  1/9/2011
• The Keys to Patient Safety: Teamwork and Safety Culture. Grand Rounds 
  Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston - 1/4/2011
• Measuring and Improving Teamwork 
  Houston TX - 1/3/2011
• Research on Patient Safety 
  Houston TX - 1/29/2010
• What Every Parent and Friend Should Know about Patient Safety 
  Houston TX - 1/27/2010
• Qualitative Research 
  Texas Children's Hospital, Houston TX - 1/24/2010
• Quality and Safety: Ten Years After "To Err is Human" 
  UT Medical Branch, Galveston TX - 1/20/2010
• Measuring Errors and Adverse Events 
  1/16/2010
• Safety Culture 
  1/16/2010
• Teamwork in Neonatal Intensive Care 
  1/16/2010
• The Art and Science of Disclosing Unanticipated Outcomes to Patients and Families 
  Houston TX - 1/14/2010
• Overview of the OIG report on Adverse Events in Hospitals. 
  Houston TX - 1/13/2010
• Measuring Teamwork in Healthcare 
  Washington DC - 1/5/2010
• Safety Culture: The Key to Reducing Medical Errors? 
  Rice University - 1/25/2009
• Disclosure of Errors and Advese Events 
  Austin Texas - 1/16/2009
• Linking Transparency, Patient Safety, Quality of Care 
  Washington, DC. - 1/15/2009
• Using HIT to Detect and Prevent Diagnostic Errors 
  University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Health Information Sciences - 1/15/2009
• University of Texas System Patient Safety Activities 
  Austin, TX - 1/13/2009
• The "Mismeasure" of Quality 
  University of Florida School of Medicine. - 1/22/2008
• Error Reporting: A View From the Front Lines 
  Houston Texas. - 1/8/2007
• Where is the Patient Safety Road Leading? 
  UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Institutional Grand Rounds - 1/8/2007
• Disclosure of Medical Errors 
  Austin Regional Clinic. Austin, TX - 1/2/2007
• Ambulatory Patient Safety: Current Concepts, Practice, and Research 
  Scott and White Hospital, Central Texas Research Network. Temple TX. - 1/27/2006
• Professional Responsibility and Medical Errors 
  1/25/2005
• Career Development Issues of the Mid-Career Clinician Investigator 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/12/2005
• Tennessee State Forums Partnership 
  1/10/2004
• Teamwork During Neonatal Resuscitation 
  Stanford University School of Medicine, Center for Advanced Pediatric Education, Palo Alto, CA - 1/7/2004
• Resident Work Hours, Fatigue, and Quality of Care, Grand Rounds 
  Department of Surgery, University of Texas Houston Medical School. - 1/5/2004
• Medical Errors, an Overview. 
  Dept of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine - 1/28/2003
• Teamwork and Error in Neonatal Intensive Care. 
  Nashville TN - 1/26/2003
• Safe at Home 
  Texas Academy of Internal Medicine. San Antonio Texas. - 1/15/2003
• Medical Error: Recognition and Prevention 
  The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - 1/15/2003
• Improving Patient Safety. Grand Rounds 
  Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Houston Medical School - 1/8/2003
• Teamwork and Error during Neonatal Resuscitation 
  Washington DC - 1/7/2003
• Achieving Broader Adoption of Effective Practices 
  Washington DC - 1/7/2003
• Developing a Culture of Patient Safety 
  Seattle, Washington - 1/3/2003
• Tools and Methods for Monitoring Patient Safety: The Role of Medical Record Review 
  1/1/2003
• Medical Errors: Recognition of the Problem and Prevention 
  1/27/2002
• Transferring Safety Practices From Aviation to Healthcare. 
  1/22/2002
• Medical Error in the Elderly 
  The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School - 1/17/2002
• Improving Patient Safety 
  1/15/2002
• Patient Safety: What's Your Role? 
  1/14/2002
• Medical Error: Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice is UT School of Public Health 
  1/14/2002
• Medical Error and Outcomes Research 
  The University of Texas School of Public Health - 1/29/2001
• Error in Medicine 
  Woodlands TX - 1/24/2001
• Reducing Medical Errors 
  1/21/2001
• Medical Errors and Patient Safety. 
  Austin, TX - 1/20/2001
• Medical Error 
  Houston TX - 1/14/2001
• Teamwork and Error in Neonatal Intensive Care 
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Washington D.C. - 1/12/2001
• Teamwork and Error in Neonatal Intensive Care, the Aviation Approach 
  Washington DC - 1/9/2001
• Improving Patient Safety in Healthcare Organizations. 
  San Diego, CA - 1/5/2001
• Outcomes Research and Error in Medicine 
  University of Texas School of Nursing - 1/29/2000
• Measuring Teamwork to Improve Patient Safety 
  1/17/2000
• Error, Stress, and Teamwork 
  Houston, TX - 1/16/2000
• Medical Mistakes: Doing Research on a Sensitive Topic 
  Carlsbad CA - 1/8/2000
• Overcoming Common Problems in Developing a Research Career 
  Boston MA - 1/5/2000
• Health Services and Outcomes Research at UT Houston Medical School and Memorial Hermann Hospital 
  Houston TX - 1/2/2000
• Large Scale Studies of Iatrogenic Injury: Are They Worth It? 
  University College London - London, England - 1/14/1999
• Incidence and Risk Factors for Adverse Events in Utah and Colorado. 
  Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA - 1/1/1997
• Junior Faculty Research Development in the Changing Academic Medical Center 
  1/1/1997
• Adverse Events in Hospitalized Patients and the Implications for "No-Fault" Medical Malpractice 
  1/1/1996
• Designing No-Fault Medical Malpractice Alternatives, Two New Approaches 
  1/1/1996
• Body Mass Index as a Correlate of Postoperative Complications and Resource Utilization. 
  1/1/1993
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Other

• The University of Texas System Clinical Safety and Effectiveness Course [Perspective]. 
  Thomas EJ, Patterson J, Martin S, Quinn D, Reed G, Shine K., AHRQ WebM&M
  http://www.webmm.ahrq.gov/perspective.aspx?perspectiveID=98
  1/1/2011
• Aviation Safety Methods: Quickly Adopted but Questions Remain. 
  Thomas EJ, AHRQ Web M&M
  http://webmm.ahrq.gov/perspective.aspx?perspectiveID=16
  1/1/2006