Ted Melnick, MD, MHS

2026

• The NIH 2025 Public Access Policy: Immediate access, unequal costs

  Ryus C, King C, Melnick E. The NIH 2025 Public Access Policy: Immediate access, unequal costs. PLOS Medicine 2026, 23: e1005124. PMID: 42224272, PMCID: PMC13225368, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1005124.

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• Current Causes of Death among Children and Adolescents in the United States

  Raymond-King C, Jeffery M, Melnick E. Current Causes of Death among Children and Adolescents in the United States. The New England Journal Of Medicine 2026, 394: 1958-1959. PMID: 42127398, DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2600445.

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• Comparative Analysis of Large Language Model Performance in Appropriate Diagnostic Imaging Modality Selection

  Rybczyk J, Amin K, Chamarty V, Fletcher P, Melnick E, Forman H. Comparative Analysis of Large Language Model Performance in Appropriate Diagnostic Imaging Modality Selection. Journal Of The American College Of Radiology 2026, 23: 1567-1578. PMID: 42107669, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2026.05.012.

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• Community-informed design of personalized patient-facing materials to facilitate ED-initiated treatment of opioid use disorder

  Nath B, Levy D, Strycharz H, Sherak R, Gilkes J, Oladele C, Sarpong D, Schoenfeld E, Hawk K, Panthagani K, Patel P, Hooper C, D'Onofrio G, Melnick E. Community-informed design of personalized patient-facing materials to facilitate ED-initiated treatment of opioid use disorder. PEC Innovation 2026, 8: 100478. PMID: 42088556, PMCID: PMC13138206, DOI: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2026.100478.

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• Toward Relationship-Centered Care with AI: Designing for Human Connections in Healthcare

  Seo W, Melnick E, Jung H, Sefidgar Y, Sakumoto M, Schwaninger I, Krüg S, Berry A, Hose B. Toward Relationship-Centered Care with AI: Designing for Human Connections in Healthcare. 2026, 1-6. DOI: 10.1145/3772363.3778753.

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• Reframing ED Boarding Through a Human Factors Sociotechnical Systems Lens.

  Seo W, Ratwani R, Pines J, Melnick E. Reframing ED Boarding Through a Human Factors Sociotechnical Systems Lens. Journal Of Patient Safety 2026 PMID: 41960648, DOI: 10.1097/pts.0000000000001507.

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• Sex Differences in Physician Attrition from Clinical Practice Across Specialties: A Nationwide, Longitudinal Analysis

  Rotenstein L, He Z, Dziura J, Tsugawa Y, Venkatesh A, Melnick E, Gettel C. Sex Differences in Physician Attrition from Clinical Practice Across Specialties: A Nationwide, Longitudinal Analysis. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2026, 1-11. PMID: 41927984, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-026-10362-1.

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• Changes in Clinician Time Expenditure and Visit Quantity With Adoption of Artificial Intelligence–Powered Scribes

  Rotenstein L, Holmgren A, Thombley R, Sriram A, Dbouk R, Jost M, Aizenberg D, MacDonald S, Kanaparthy N, Williams B, Hsiao A, Schwamm L, Murray S, Byron M, You J, Centi A, Iannaccone C, Frits M, Landman A, Singh K, Tai-Seale M, Cao J, Lawrence K, Mann D, Holland C, Blanchette B, Ehrenfeld J, Melnick E, Bates D, Adler-Milstein J, Mishuris R. Changes in Clinician Time Expenditure and Visit Quantity With Adoption of Artificial Intelligence–Powered Scribes. JAMA: The Journal Of The American Medical Association 2026, 335: 1408-1417. PMID: 41920565, PMCID: PMC13044793, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2026.2253.

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• A Scoping Review of Teamwork, Patient Safety, and Clinician Well‐Being in the Emergency Department

  Pavuluri S, Bray A, Sherak R, Hooper C, Sangal R, Melnick E. A Scoping Review of Teamwork, Patient Safety, and Clinician Well‐Being in the Emergency Department. Academic Emergency Medicine 2026, 33: e70262. PMID: 41877320, DOI: 10.1111/acem.70262.

  Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements

  This study investigates how teamwork in emergency departments impacts patient safety and clinician well-being, finding strong links but highlighting significant gaps in research methods and integration.

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• Emergency Physicians' Electronic Health Record use and High-Risk Unscheduled Return Visits: A Case-Control Study

  Iscoe M, Feit B, Venkatesh A, Holland M, Melnick E. Emergency Physicians' Electronic Health Record use and High-Risk Unscheduled Return Visits: A Case-Control Study. Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2026, 86: 31-38. PMID: 42134103, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2026.02.039.

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  This study investigates whether emergency physicians' time on electronic health records impacts high-risk return visits, finding no significant association, highlighting the need for further research.

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