Benji K. Mathews, MD
Section Head, Hospital Medicine, Regions Hospital and Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Hospital Medicine, HealthPartners
About

Academic title: Assistant professor of medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Education: MD, residency in internal medicine and chief residency in internal medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis.
Affiliation
positions
  • Research Investigator, Critical Care Research Center
    • Publications While At HealthPartners
    selected publications
    Journal Article
  • Comparison of 6 handheld ultrasound devices by point-of-care ultrasound experts: a cross-sectional study. 
    The ultrasound journal. 2024
  • Missing inferior vena cava on POCUS: a case of left-sided IVC with azygos continuation. 
    Pocus j. 2023
  • Comparison of four handheld point-of-care ultrasound devices by expert users. 
    The ultrasound journal. 2022
  • Webside manner: maskless communication. 
    Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany). 2022
  • Comparison of in-person versus tele-ultrasound point-of-care ultrasound training during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
    The ultrasound journal. 2021
  • Hospitalist perceptions of barriers to lung ultrasound adoption in diverse hospital environments. 
    Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland). 2021
  • Immigrant physicians fill a critical need in COVID-19 response. 
    Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2020
  • Keep calm and log on: telemedicine for COVID-19 pandemic response. 
    Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2020
  • SPEAKers at the National Society of Hospital Medicine meeting: a follow-UP study of gender equity for conference speakers from 2015 to 2019. The SPEAK UP Study. 
    Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2020
  • Structured case reviews for organizational learning about diagnostic vulnerabilities: initial experiences from two medical centers. 
    Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany). 2020
  • Recommendations on the use of ultrasound guidance for central and peripheral vascular access in adults: a position statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine. 
    Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2019
  • Entrusting internal medicine residents to use point of care ultrasound: towards improved assessment and supervision. 
    Medical Teacher. 2018
  • Evaluating a mobile application for improving clinical laboratory test ordering and diagnosis. 
    Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2018
  • Point-of-care ultrasound improves shared diagnostic understanding between patients and providers. 
    Southern Medical Journal. 2018
  • The design and evaluation of the Comprehensive Hospitalist Assessment and Mentorship with Portfolios (CHAMP) Ultrasound Program. 
    Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2018
  • Fecal occult blood testing in hospitalized patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. 
    Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2017
  • Hospital medicine point of care ultrasound credentialing: an example protocol. 
    Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2017
  • Isolated intestinal type angioedema due to ACE-inhibitor therapy
    2017
  • Decision - diagnosis: an introduction to diagnostic error and medical decision-making
    2016
  • Talking about the diagnostic process and diagnostic error in medical education
    2015
  • Listeria rhomboencephalitis in a patient on a tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitor (etanercept). 
    Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 2014
  • Teaching about cognitive error in medical education
    2014
    • Editorial Article
  • Commentary on Gonzalo, et al., Impact of an overnight internal medicine academic hospitalist program on patient outcomes [editorial]. 
    Journal of General Internal Medicine.  30. 2015
    • Conference Poster
  • Diagnosing our documentation: a novel electronic peer-feedback program to improve quality of hospitalists' notes at a large tertiary care medical center [poster]
    2017
  • Isolated intestinal type angioedema due to ACE-inhibitor therapy [poster]
    2017
  • Isolated intestinal type angioedema due to ACE-inhibitor therapy [poster]
    2017
  • The value of negative studies in quality improvement--a case study of mini-cog and other peri-hospitalization interventions to reduce cardiac readmissions [poster]
    2017
  • The value of negative studies in quality improvement--a case study of mini-cog and other peri-hospitalization interventions to reduce cardiac readmissions [poster]
    2017
  • Picking on PICCs (peripherally inserted central catheters) to decrease upper extremity DVTs and reduce costs [poster]
    2015
  • Fatal errors: the danger of cognitive biases in medicine [poster]
    2014
  • Pulmonary nocardiosis: uncommon but fatal if untreated [poster]
    2014
  • Steroid use in COPD exacerbation: a quality improvement project at Regions Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota [poster]
    2012
    • Review
  • Clinical progress note: point-of-care ultrasound applications in COVID-19 [review]. 
    Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2020
    • Abstract
  • Diagnosing our documentation: a novel electronic peer feedback program to improve the quality of hospitalists' notes at a large tertiary care medical center [abstract]. 
    Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2017
  • Effectiveness of a comprehensive introductory bedside ultrasound course with portfolio development at a large tertiary care medical center [abstract]. 
    Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2017
  • Establishment of an innovative credentialing policy and procedure in hospital medicine: point of care ultrasound [abstract]. 
    Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2017
    • Audio Document
  • Microaggressions: upstander vs. bystander [podcast]
    2022
    • Webpage
  • Feedback could help doctors improve diagnosis
    2016
    • presentations
    Presentation
  • A crash course in not crashing: diagnostic error and the next frontier in patient safety [presentation], Hennepin County Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • A new era in diagnosis: tools to understand and mitigate diagnostic error after the IOM report [presentation], Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) Annual Meeting
  • Abdominal ultrasonography – case based image interpretation [presentation], Essentials in Critical Care National Program, American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST)
  • Choose your own adventure--medical decision making [presentation], University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency Program, Educational Conference and Workshop
  • Clinical competency committee – development of the resident assessment and coaching process [presentation], University of Minnesota Medical School
  • Coaching – building relationships, improving performance [presentation], University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency Program Clinical Competency Committee
  • Deliberate practice and diagnostic excellence--make it a habit [presentation], Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Regions Hospital
  • Demystifying milestones [presentation], University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency Program Clinical Competency Committee
  • Diagnostic error in medical education [panelist], Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
  • Diagnostic error in medicine – point of care ultrasound in the diagnostic process [webinar], Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM)
  • Diagnostic error in medicine: a case autopsy [presentation], Hospital medicine update -- a full systems review
  • Essentials of cardiac echocardiography [presentation], University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency Program Educational Workshop
  • Essentials of cardiac ultrasounds for general internal medicine [presentation], AIUM (American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine) Annual Convention
  • Five signature findings of lung ultrasonography [presentation], University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency Program, Educational Conference and Workshop
  • From idea to action plan: making an educator's clinical research a reality [presentation], Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
  • From mindfulness to mindfulness: cognitive biases and clinical decision making [presentation], University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency Program Educational Workshop
  • From possible to probable to sure to wrong--premature closure and anchoring in a complicated case [presentation], HealthPartners Primary Care Update: Pathways to Knowledge
  • HOCUS-POCUS Hospitalist Oriented Compression Ultrasonography [presentation], Annual Hospital Medicine Update: A Full Systems Review.
  • Heuristics: the silent adjudicators in clinical practice [presentation], HealthPartners Primary Care Update: Pathways to Knowledge
  • High-value decision making [presentation], University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • Improving diagnosis in hospital medicine via point of care ultrasound [presentation], Annual Hospital Medicine Update: Full Systems Review
  • Incorporating diagnostic reasoning into bedside teaching [presentation], Diagnostic Error in Medicine 10th International Conference (Applied Innovations)
  • Indicate it! Feedback loops to improve patients' understanding of their medications [presentation], Diagnostic Error in Medicine 10th International Conference (Applied Innovations)
  • Looking under the hood when the car breaks down--teaching about medical decision making by studying diagnostic error [presentation], Best Practices in Medical Education Day Workshop: Critical Thinking in Medical Education, University of Minnesota
  • Making a difference through data and improvement [presentation], University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency Program Multisite Conference
  • Medical bias in internal medicine [presentation], Minnesota-ACP Internal Medicine Meeting
  • Picking on PICCs (peripherally inserted central catheters) to decrease upper extremity DVTs [presentation], American College of Physicians Scientific Meeting, Minnesota Chapter
  • Point of care ultrasound and patient’s understanding of the diagnostic process [presentation], Diagnostic Error in Medicine International Conference
  • Solutions to diagnostic error - rapidly implementable tools [presentation], Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) Annual Meeting
  • Teaching effectively about medical decision making and diagnostic error: how to get it right and how to talk about it when we don't [presentation], Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM)
  • Technology that brings us back to the bedside. The effect of POCUS on patients' understanding of their health problem [presentation], Diagnostic Error in Medicine 10th International Conference (Applied Innovations)
  • That's how my brain works? A toolkit for teaching about error and cognitive bias in case-based conferences [presentation], Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM)
  • The Loop Study: a multicenter, interdisciplinary initiative to improve diagnostic reasoning and patient safety through consistent, rapid feedback [presentation], Diagnostic Error in Medicine 10th International Conference (Applied Innovations)
  • The foundation of feedback--from good to great with diagnostic reasoning [presentation], Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Regions Hospital
  • Thinking about thinking smarter: how understanding medical decision-making and cognitive biases can help you improve care [presentation], Aurora Internal Medicine Residency Program Workshop
  • Train like a CHAMP - the Comprehensive Hospitalist Assessment and Mentorship with Portfolios ultrasound program [presentation], International AIUM (American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine) Webinar
  • Ultrasound corner: undifferentiated shortness of breath [presentation], University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • You may text and click during my conference! Engagement that leads to more engagement [presentation], Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM)
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