Christopher Peter Bonafide, M.D., M.S.C.E.
Christopher Peter Bonafide, M.D., M.S.C.E.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of General Pediatrics
Suite 12NW80
34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of General Pediatrics
Suite 12NW80
34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-426-2901
Email:
bonafide@email.chop.edu
bonafide@email.chop.edu
Publications
Education:
BA (Psychology)
Colby College, 2000.
MD
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 2004.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2011.
Permanent linkBA (Psychology)
Colby College, 2000.
MD
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 2004.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2011.
Description of Research Expertise
My broad clinical research interest is evaluating the effectiveness and unintended consequences of systems intended to improve patient safety for hospitalized children.Specific areas of focus include:
-Medical Emergency Teams
-Early Warning Scores
-Physiologic Monitoring Systems
-Electronic Health Records
-Mobile Health (mHealth) Interventions
Selected Publications
Bonafide CP, Brady PW, Keren R, Conway PH, Marsolo K, Daymont C: Development of heart and respiratory rate percentile curves for hospitalized children. Pediatrics 131(4): e1150-7, 2013.Huang EJ, Bonafide CP, Keren R, Nadkarni VM, Holmes JH: Medications associated with clinical deterioration in hospitalized children. Journal of Hospital Medicine doi: 10.1002/jhm.2042. , [Epub ahead of print] 2013.
Bonafide CP, Roberts KE, Weirich CM, Paciotti B, Tibbetts KM, Keren R, Barg FK, Holmes JH: Beyond statistical prediction: Qualitative evaluation of the mechanisms by which pediatric early warning scores impact patient safety. Journal of Hospital Medicine Page: Mar 13. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2026. [Epub ahead of print] 2013.
Bhalala US, Bonafide CP, Coletti CM, Rathmanner PE, Nadkarni VM, Berg RA, Witzke AK, Kasprzak MS, Zubrow MT: Correlations between first documented cardiac rhythms and preceding telemetry in patients with code blue events. Journal of Hospital Medicine 8(4): 225-8, 2013.
Paciotti B, Roberts KE, Tibbetts KM, Weirich C, Keren R, Barg FK, Holmes JH, Bonafide CP: Physician Attitudes Toward Family-Activated Medical Emergency Teams for Hospitalized Children The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety In press, 2013.
Bhalala US, Bonafide CP, Coletti CM, Rathmanner PE, Nadkarni VM, Berg RA, Witzke AK, Kasprzak MS, Zubrow MT: Antecedent bradycardia and in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest mortality in telemetry-monitored patients outside the ICU. Resuscitation 83(9): 1106-10, 2012.
Bonafide CP, Holmes JH, Nadkarni VM, Lin R, Landis JR, Keren R: Development of a score to predict clinical deterioration in hospitalized children. Journal of Hospital Medicine 7(4): 345-9, 2012.
Bonafide CP, Roberts KE, Priestley MA, Tibbetts KM, Huang E, Nadkarni VM, Keren R: Development of a pragmatic measure for evaluating and optimizing rapid response systems. Pediatrics 129(4): e874 -e881, 2012.
Bonafide CP, Brilli RJ, Tibballs J, Parshuram CS, Brady PW, Wheeler D.: Chapter 29: Rapid response systems. Rogers’ Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care, 5th Edition. Nichols DG, Shaffner DH. (eds.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Page: In press, 2013.
Utidjian L, Shelov E, Desai BR, Bonafide CP: Electronic health records and clinical decision support. In: Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2nd Edition. Zaoutis L, Chiang V (eds.). McGraw-Hill Professional, In press 2013.