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

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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. 
  • Missing inferior vena cava on POCUS: a case of left-sided IVC with azygos continuation. 
  • Comparison of four handheld point-of-care ultrasound devices by expert users. 
  • Webside manner: maskless communication. 
  • Comparison of in-person versus tele-ultrasound point-of-care ultrasound training during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
    • Editorial Article
  • Commentary on Gonzalo, et al., Impact of an overnight internal medicine academic hospitalist program on patient outcomes [editorial]. 
    • 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
    • Review
  • Clinical progress note: point-of-care ultrasound applications in COVID-19 [review]. 
    • 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

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