Monisha Bhatia, MD, JD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Monisha Bhatia is an academic hospitalist with and research focus on patient communication, care documentation, implementation science, as well as public health information (and disinformation).

Awards

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• Florida ACP Resident of the Year, Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 2021
• Society of Hospital Medicine Longitudinal Scholar, Vanderbilt University, 2017-2018
• Fulbright Scholar, Bharata Kalanjali, Chennai India, 2010-2011

Education & Training

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• Chief Resident in Quality and Safety Miami VA Medical Center 06/2022
• Internal Medicine Internship and Residency Jackson Memorial Hospital 06/2021
• MD Vanderbilt University 05/2018
• MPH Boston University 08/2014
• JD Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights Boston University 05/2014
• BA Biological Basis of Behavior University of Pennsylvania 05/2010

Interests

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• documentation
• health information technology
• physician decision-making
• health policy
• healthcare regulation
• medical liability
• health information
• food and drug law

Publications (6)

Top publication keywords:
Chest PainEfficiency, OrganizationalCommunicationDrug PrescriptionsHospitalizationPatient ReadmissionTelephonePatient TransferContinuity of Patient CareElectronic Health RecordsModels, OrganizationalEmergency Service, HospitalPatient DischargeTransitional CareAftercare

• Centering health equity during handoff communications.
  Journal of hospital medicine 2024 Bansal R, Bhatia M, Santhosh L
• Using phenotypic data from the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to predict discharge.
  BMC geriatrics 2023 Bhatia MC, Wanderer JP, Li G, Ehrenfeld JM, Vasilevskis EE
• Linking prediction models to government ordinances to support hospital operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  BMJ health & care informatics 2021 Warde PR, Patel S, Ferreira T, Gershengorn H, Bhatia MC, Parekh D, Manni K, Shukla B
• Impact of a Follow-up Telephone Call Program on 30-Day Readmissions (FUTR-30): A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Real-world Effectiveness Trial.
  Medical care 2020 Yiadom MYAB, Domenico HJ, Byrne DW, Hasselblad M, Kripalani S, Choma N, Tucker-Marlow S, Gatto CL, Wang L, Bhatia MC, Morrison J, Harrell FE, Hartert TV, Lindsell CJ, Bernard GR
• Randomised controlled pragmatic clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of a discharge follow-up phone call on 30-day hospital readmissions: balancing pragmatic and explanatory design considerations.
  BMJ open 2018 Yiadom MYAB, Domenico H, Byrne D, Hasselblad MM, Gatto CL, Kripalani S, Choma N, Tucker S, Wang L, Bhatia MC, Morrison J, Harrell FE, Hartert T, Bernard G
• Change in Care Transition Practice for Patients With Nonspecific Chest Pain After Emergency Department Evaluation 2006 to 2012.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2017 Yiadom MYAB, Baugh CW, Jenkins CA, Collins SP, Bhatia MC, Dittus RS, Storrow AB