Jennifer Susan Myers, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hospital Medicine)
Director , Center for Health Care Improvement and Patient Safety (CHIPS), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Co-Director, Master of Healthcare Quality & Safety, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennslyvania
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute
Associate Chief, Faculty Affairs, Division of Hospital Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Maloney Building, Suite 5033
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Maloney Building, Suite 5033
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-3797
Fax: 215-662-6250
Fax: 215-662-6250
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Masters of Science in Health Policy Research
Section of Hospital Medicine, Penn Medicine
Center for Health Care Improvement and Patient Safety
Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Masters of Science in Health Policy Research
Section of Hospital Medicine, Penn Medicine
Center for Health Care Improvement and Patient Safety
Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Education:
BS (Biology)
Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 1994.
MD (Medicine)
Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1998.
Permanent linkBS (Biology)
Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 1994.
MD (Medicine)
Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1998.
Description of Research Expertise
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety ResearchMedical Education Research
Description of Clinical Expertise
Hospital MedicineDescription of Other Expertise
Patient SafetyQuality Improvement
Curriculum Development
Faculty Development
Selected Publications
Myers JS, Von Feldt, JM: Diagnostic Errors: The Next Frontier for Patient Safety. [Letter to the Editor] JAMA 302(3): 258-259, 2009.Sarani B, Soonad S, Bergey M, Phillips J, Fitzpatrick MK, Chalian, AA, Myers JS: Resident and nurse perceptions of the impact of a medical emergency team on education and patient safety in an academic medical center. Crit Care Med 37(12): 3091-6, December 2009.
Myers JS, Sarani B Brenner SR, Gabel B, Gibson G, Phillips J, Fuchs B: Improving sepsis care through systems change, the impact of a medical emergency team. Joint Commission Journal for Quality and Patient Safety 34 (3): 179-182, 2008.
Myers JS, Bellini LM, Morris JM, Graham D, Katz JT, Potts JR, Wiener C, Volpp KG : Internal medicine and general surgery residents attitudes about the ACGME duty hour regulations, A multicenter study. Acad Med 81(12): 1052-1058, 2006.
Myers JS, Jaipaul CK, Krekun S, Kogan JR, Bellini LM, Shea JA. : Are discharge summaries teachable, The effects of a discharge summary curriculum on the quality of discharge summaries in an internal medicine residency program. Acad Med 81(10 suppl): S5-S8, 2006.
Myers JS, Bellini LM, Rohrbach J, Shofer F, Hollander JE: Improving Resource Utilization in a Teaching Hospital, Development of a Nonteaching Service for Chest Pain Admissions. Acad Med 81(5): 432-435, May 2006.