Angela Keniston, PhD, MSPH

Assistant Professor, Medicine-Hospital Medicine


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Graduate Schools
  • MSPH, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (2005)
  • PhD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (2023)
Undergraduate School
  • BA, University of Colorado - Denver (CO) (1999)
Department
Medicine-Hospital Medicine

Professional Titles

  • Director, Data and Analytics

Publications

  • Pierce C, Keniston A, Albert RK. Imaging in Acute Pyelonephritis: Utilization, Findings, and Effect on Management. South Med J. 2019 Feb;112(2):118-124. PubMed PMID: 30708379
  • Borg B, Douglas IS, Hull M, Keniston A, Moss M, Clark BJ. Alcohol misuse and outpatient follow-up after hospital discharge: a retrospective cohort study. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2018 Dec 4;13(1):24. PubMed PMID: 30514357
  • Zoucha J, Hull M, Keniston A, Mastalerz K, Quinn R, Tsai A, Berman J, Lyden J, Stella SA, Echaniz M, Scaletta N, Handoyo K, Hernandez E, Saini I, Smith A, Young A, Walsh M, Zaros M, Albert RK, Burden M. Barriers to Early Hospital Discharge: A Cross-Sectional Study at Five Academic Hospitals. J Hosp Med. 2018 Dec;13(12):816-822. PubMed PMID: 30496327
  • Calcaterra SL, Hopfer CJ, Keniston A, Hull ML. Changes in Healthcare Encounter Rates Possibly Related to Cannabis or Alcohol following Legalization of Recreational Marijuana in a Safety-Net Hospital: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis. J Addict Med. 2018 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30475257
  • Hirsh J, Wood P, Keniston A, Peng M, Ramaswami S, Caplan L, Davis L. Limited health literacy predicts patient confusion about patient global assessments of disease activity and rheumatoid arthritis model disease states. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2018 Jun 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29953748
  • Cervantes L, Hull M, Keniston A, Chonchol M, Hasnain-Wynia R, Fischer S. Symptom Burden among Latino Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease and Access to Standard or Emergency-Only Hemodialysis. J Palliat Med. 2018 Sep;21(9):1329-1333. PubMed PMID: 29847204
  • Cervantes L, Tuot D, Raghavan R, Linas S, Zoucha J, Sweeney L, Vangala C, Hull M, Camacho M, Keniston A, McCulloch CE, Grubbs V, Kendrick J, Powe NR. Association of Emergency-Only vs Standard Hemodialysis With Mortality and Health Care Use Among Undocumented Immigrants With End-stage Renal Disease. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Feb 1;178(2):188-195. PubMed PMID: 29255898
  • Burden M, Keniston A, Wallace MA, Busse JW, Casademont J, Chadaga SR, Chandrasekaran S, Cicardi M, Cunningham JM, Filella D, Hoody D, Hilden D, Hsieh MJ, Lee YS, Melley DD, Munoa A, Perego F, Shu CC, Sohn CH, Spence J, Thurman L, Towns CR, You J, Zocchi L, Albert RK. Opioid Utilization and Perception of Pain Control in Hospitalized Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study of 11 Sites in 8 Countries. J Hosp Med. 2019 Dec 1;14(12):737-745. PubMed PMID: 31339840
  • Stella SA, Stace RJ, Knepper BC, Reese SM, Keniston A, Burden M, Young HL. The effect of eye images and a social norms message on healthcare provider hand hygiene adherence. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Jul;40(7):748-754. PubMed PMID: 31072412
  • Pierce C, Keniston A, Albert RK. Imaging in Acute Pyelonephritis: Utilization, Findings, and Effect on Management. South Med J. 2019 Feb;112(2):118-124. PubMed PMID: 30708379
  • Calcaterra SL, Hopfer CJ, Keniston A, Hull ML. Changes in Healthcare Encounter Rates Possibly Related to Cannabis or Alcohol following Legalization of Recreational Marijuana in a Safety-Net Hospital: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis. J Addict Med. 2019 May Jun;13(3):201-208. PubMed PMID: 30475257
  • Hirsh J, Wood P, Keniston A, Peng M, Ramaswami S, Caplan L, Davis L. Limited Health Literacy and Patient Confusion About Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Global Assessments and Model Disease States. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019 May;71(5):611-619. PubMed PMID: 29953748
  • Major A, Williams JG, Connors GR, McBeth L, Keniston A, Naderi R. Developing a Novel Resilience Curriculum for Internal Medicine Interns Using a Survey-Based Needs Assessment. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Sep 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32901437
  • Rylander M, Taylor G, Bennett S, Pierce C, Keniston A, Mehler PS. Evaluation of cognitive function in patients with severe anorexia nervosa before and after medical stabilization. J Eat Disord. 2020;8:35. PubMed PMID: 32760588
  • Maa E, Applegate M, Keniston A. Auricular acupuncture for the treatment of nonepileptic seizures: A pilot study. Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Oct;111:107329. PubMed PMID: 32759074
  • Arogyaswamy S, Vukovic N, Keniston A, Apgar S, Bowden K, Kantor MA, Diaz M, McBeth L, Burden M. The Impact of Hospital Capacity Strain: a Qualitative Analysis of Experience and Solutions at 13 Academic Medical Centers. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34902096
  • Keniston A, McBeth L, Pell J, Bowden K, Metzger A, Nordhagen J, Anthony A, Rice J, Burden M. The Effectiveness of a Multidisciplinary Electronic Discharge Readiness Tool: Prospective, Single-Center, Pre-Post Study. JMIR Hum Factors. 2021 Nov 8;8(4):e27568. PubMed PMID: 34747702
  • Lessing JN, McGarry K, Schiffman F, Austin M, Hepokoski M, Keniston A, Tammaro D, Finn KM. The State of Morning Report in the Current Healthcare Landscape: a National Survey of Internal Medicine Program Directors. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Sep 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34585310
  • Bowden K, Burnham EL, Keniston A, Levin D, Limes J, Persoff J, Thurman L, Burden M. Harnessing the Power of Hospitalists in Operational Disaster Planning: COVID-19. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Sep;35(9):2732-2737. PubMed PMID: 32661930
  • Bowden K, Keniston A, McBeth L, Perica K, Burden M. Discharge Today: the Efficacy of a Multi-disciplinary Discharge Team. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Sep 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34581983
  • Fosnot L, Jones CD, Keniston A, Burden M, Indovina KA, Patel H. Hospitalists' perspectives on challenging patient encounters and physician well-being: A qualitative study. Patient Educ Couns. 2021 Aug 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34511284
  • Indovina KA, Keniston A, Manchala V, Burden M. Predictors of a Top-Box Patient Experience: A Retrospective Observational Study of HCAHPS Data at a Safety Net Institution. J Patient Exp. 2021;8:23743735211034342. PubMed PMID: 34377774
  • Linker AS, Kulkarni SA, Astik GJ, Keniston A, Sakumoto M, Eid SM, Burden M, Leykum LK. Bracing for the Wave: a Multi-Institutional Survey Analysis of Inpatient Workforce Adaptations in the First Phase of COVID-19. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Nov;36(11):3456-3461. PubMed PMID: 34047919
  • Calcaterra SL, McBeth L, Keniston AM, Burden M. The Development and Implementation of a Hospitalist-Directed Addiction Medicine Consultation Service to Address a Treatment Gap. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 May 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34013473
  • Gottenborg E, Yu A, Naderi R, Keniston A, McBeth L, Morrison K, Schwartz D, Burden M. COVID-19's impact on faculty and staff at a School of Medicine in the US: what is the blueprint for the future?. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Apr 28;21(1):395. PubMed PMID: 33910541
  • Bala S, Keniston A, Burden M. Patient Perception of Plain-Language Medical Notes Generated Using Artificial Intelligence Software: Pilot Mixed-Methods Study. JMIR Form Res. 2020 Jun 5;4(6):e16670. PubMed PMID: 32442148
  • Northcutt N, Papp S, Keniston A, Kara A, Kisuule F, Mandel C, Mathews B, Del Pino-Jones A, Smith D, Vuernick K, Burden M. 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. J Hosp Med. 2020 Apr;15(4):228-231. PubMed PMID: 32281920
  • Hirsh J, Wood P, Keniston A, Boyle D, Quinzanos I, Caplan L, Davis L. Universal Health Literacy Precautions Are Associated With a Significant Increase in Medication Adherence in Vulnerable Rheumatology Patients. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2020 Feb;2(2):110-118. PubMed PMID: 31957348
  • Sullivan KJ, Burden M, Keniston A, Banda JM, Hunter LE. Characterization of Anonymous Physician Perspectives on COVID-19 Using Social Media Data. Biocomputing 2021. November 2020, 95-106
  • Keniston A, Nepal S, Indovina K, Frank M, Stella S, Quinzanos-Alonso I, McBeth L, Moore S, Burden M. What do patients want? A qualitative analysis of patient, provider, and administrative perceptions and expectations about patients’ hospital stays. Journal of Patient Experience. 21 Jul 2020.
  • Khateeb R, Keniston A, Moore A, Hrach C, Indovina K, Kneeland P, Rudolph M, Burden M. Perspectives on Patient Experience: A National Survey of Hospitalists. Journal of Patient Experience. Journal of Patient Experience. 14 Aug 2020.
  • Keniston A, McBeth L, Pell J Sr, Bowden K, Ball S, Stoebner K, Scherzberg E, Moore SL, Nordhagen J, Anthony A, Burden M. Development and Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Electronic Discharge Readiness Tool: User-Centered Design Approach. JMIR Hum Factors. 2021 Apr 23;8(2):e24038. PubMed PMID: 33890860
  • Sullivan KJ, Burden M, Keniston A, Banda JM, Hunter LE. Characterization of Anonymous Physician Perspectives on COVID-19 Using Social Media Data. Pac Symp Biocomput. 2021;26:95-106. PubMed PMID: 33691008
  • Pino-Jones AD, Cervantes L, Flores S, Jones CD, Keach J, Ngov LK, Schwartz DA, Wierman M, Anstett T, Bowden K, Keniston A, Burden M. Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Hospital Medicine. J Hosp Med. 2021 Apr;16(4):198-203. PubMed PMID: 33617435
  • Major A, Williams JG, Connors GR, McBeth L, Keniston A, Naderi R. Developing a Novel Resilience Curriculum for Internal Medicine Interns Using a Survey-Based Needs Assessment. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 May;36(5):1451-1453. PubMed PMID: 32901437
  • Keniston A, McBeth L, Astik G, Auerbach A, Busch J, Kangelaris KN, Kulkarni SA, Linker AS, Sakumoto M, Leykum L, Burden M. Practical Applications of Rapid Qualitative Analysis for Operations, Quality Improvement, and Research in Dynamically Changing Hospital Environments. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2022 Nov 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36585315
  • Calcaterra SL, Grimm E, Keniston A. External validation of a model to predict future chronic opioid use among hospitalized patients. J Hosp Med. 2022 Dec 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36524583
  • Smith EM, Keniston A, Welles CC, Vukovic N, McBeth L, Harnke B, Burden M. Inpatient clinician workload: a scoping review protocol to understand the definition, measurement and impact of non-procedural clinician workloads. BMJ Open. 2022 Dec 12;12(12):e062878. PubMed PMID: 36523243
  • Kissler MJ, Kissler K, Porter SC, Keniston A, Jankousky K, Burden M. Concepts and metrics of clinician attention: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2022 Jun 13;12(6):e052334. PubMed PMID: 35697461
  • Patel H, Hassell A, Keniston A, Davis C. Impact of Remote Patient Monitoring on Length of Stay for Patients with COVID-19. Telemed J E Health. 2022 Jun 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35687378
  • Burden M, Patel M, Kissler M, Harry E, Keniston A. Measuring and driving hospitalist value: Expanding beyond wRVUs. J Hosp Med. 2022 Sep;17(9):760-764. PubMed PMID: 35652672
  • Keniston A, Sakumoto M, Astik GJ, Auerbach A, Eid SM, Kangelaris KN, Kulkarni SA, Lee T, Leykum LK, Linker AS, Worster DT, Burden M. Adaptability on Shifting Ground: a Rapid Qualitative Assessment of Multi-institutional Inpatient Surge Planning and Workforce Deployment During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Nov;37(15):3956-3964. PubMed PMID: 35319085
  • Keniston A, Frank M, McBeth L, Barkoudah E, Pavon J, Rohatgi N, Vaughn V, Bhandari S, Burden M. Utilization of a National Writing Challenge to Promote Scholarly Work: A Pilot Study. Cureus. 2022 Feb;14(2):e21935. PubMed PMID: 35273876
  • Keniston A, Patel V, McBeth L, Bowden K, Gallant A, Burden M. The impact of surge adaptations on hospitalist care teams during the COVID-19 pandemic utilizing a rapid qualitative analysis approach. Arch Public Health. 2022 Feb 17;80(1):57. PubMed PMID: 35177114
  • Defoe MV, Cameron KA, Burden M, Mazurek SR, Updike JA, Keniston A, O'Leary KJ, Best JA. Men and Women Pursue Nonlinear Career Paths, but Impacts Differ: a Cross-Sectional Study of Academic Hospitalists. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Sep;37(12):3097-3104. PubMed PMID: 35091922
  • Arogyaswamy S, Vukovic N, Keniston A, Apgar S, Bowden K, Kantor MA, Diaz M, McBeth L, Burden M. The Impact of Hospital Capacity Strain: a Qualitative Analysis of Experience and Solutions at 13 Academic Medical Centers. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 May;37(6):1463-1474. PubMed PMID: 34902096
  • Lessing JN, McGarry K, Schiffman F, Austin M, Hepokoski M, Keniston A, Tammaro D, Finn KM. The State of Morning Report in the Current Healthcare Landscape: a National Survey of Internal Medicine Program Directors. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 May;37(7):1665-1672. PubMed PMID: 34585310
  • Bowden K, Keniston A, McBeth L, Perica K, Burden M. Discharge Today: the Efficacy of a Multi-disciplinary Discharge Team. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 May;37(6):1578-1581. PubMed PMID: 34581983
  • Fosnot L, Jones CD, Keniston A, Burden M, Indovina KA, Patel H. Hospitalists' perspectives on challenging patient encounters and physician well-being: A qualitative study. Patient Educ Couns. 2022 May;105(5):1209-1215. PubMed PMID: 34511284
  • Calcaterra SL, McBeth L, Keniston AM, Burden M. The Development and Implementation of a Hospitalist-Directed Addiction Medicine Consultation Service to Address a Treatment Gap. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Apr;37(5):1065-1072. PubMed PMID: 34013473
  • Patel V, Keniston A, McBeth L, Arogyaswamy S, Callister C, Dayton K, Mistry N, Mann S, Burden M. Impact of Clinical Demands on the Educational Mission in Hospital Medicine at 17 Academic Medical Centers : A Qualitative Analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Nov;176(11):1526-1535. PubMed PMID: 37956429
  • Patel M, Gardner TA, White C, Keniston A, Maassen B, Gottenborg E. Interventions to Reduce Inappropriate Physical Therapy Consultation in the Inpatient Setting: A Quality Improvement Initiative. J Healthc Qual. 2023 Nov-Dec 01;45(6):332-339. PubMed PMID: 37919955
  • Schnipper JL, Raffel KE, Keniston A, Burden M, Glasheen J, Ranji S, Hubbard C, Barish P, Kantor M, Adler-Milstein J, John Boscardin W, Harrison JD, Dalal AK, Lee T, Auerbach A. Achieving diagnostic excellence through prevention and teamwork (ADEPT) study protocol: A multicenter, prospective quality and safety program to improve diagnostic processes in medical inpatients. J Hosp Med. 2023 Dec;18(12):1072-1081. PubMed PMID: 37888951
  • Albert RK, Jurkovich GJ, Connett J, Helgeson ES, Keniston A, Voelker H, Lindberg S, Proper JL, Bochicchio G, Stein DM, Cain C, Tesoriero R, Brown CVR, Davis J, Napolitano L, Carver T, Cipolle M, Cardenas L, Minei J, Nirula R, Doucet J, Miller PR, Johnson J, Inaba K, Kao L. Sigh Ventilation in Patients With Trauma: The SiVent Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2023 Nov 28;330(20):1982-1990. PubMed PMID: 37877609
  • Prochaska M, Keniston A, Burden M, Mueller S, Vaughn VM. Breaking down barriers: Decoding archetypes in hospital medicine research. J Hosp Med. 2023 Nov;18(11):1048-1053. PubMed PMID: 37751396
  • Keniston A, McCreight MS, Burden M, Moore SL, Haugen H, Rice J, Battaglia C. Communicating Patient Discharge Readiness: An Implementation Evaluation in an Inpatient Hospital Medicine Setting. J Nurs Care Qual. 2023 Sep 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37729000
  • Calcaterra SL, Saunders S, Grimm E, Maki-Gianani E, Keniston A, Wold A, Bonaguidi A. In-Hospital Methadone Enrollment: a Novel Program to Facilitate Linkage from the Hospital to the Opioid Treatment Program for Vulnerable Patients with Opioid Use Disorder. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Sep 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37715094
  • Busch JI, Keniston A, Astik GJ, Auerbach A, Kangelaris KN, Kulkarni SA, Leykum LK, Linker AS, Nieto K, Pierce RG, Sakumoto M, Burden M. Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Women Hospitalists: A Mixed-Gender Qualitative Analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Nov;38(14):3180-3187. PubMed PMID: 37653202
  • Eid SM, Press VG, Kato H, Vaughn VM, Jenkins AM, Soong C, Gupta V, Michtalik HJ, Keniston A, Burden M, Bhandari S, Mueller SK. Enhancing professional development and promoting collaboration in hospital medicine through the visiting professor exchange program. J Hosp Med. 2023 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37602533
  • Burden M, McBeth L, Keniston A. Salient Measures of Hospitalist Workload. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Aug 1;6(8):e2328165. PubMed PMID: 37561462
  • Auerbach AD, Astik GJ, O'Leary KJ, Barish PN, Kantor MA, Raffel KR, Ranji SR, Mueller SK, Burney SN, Galinsky J, Gershanik EF, Goyal A, Chitneni PR, Rastegar S, Esmaili AM, Fenton C, Virapongse A, Ngov LK, Burden M, Keniston A, Patel H, Gupta AB, Rohde J, Marr R, Greysen SR, Fang M, Shah P, Mao F, Kaiksow F, Sterken D, Choi JJ, Contractor J, Karwa A, Chia D, Lee T, Hubbard CC, Maselli J, Dalal AK, Schnipper JL. Prevalence and Causes of Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Patients Under Investigation for COVID-19. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Jun;38(8):1902-1910. PubMed PMID: 36952085
  • Kulkarni SA, Keniston A, Linker AS, Astik GJ, Kangelaris KN, Leykum LK, Sakumoto M, Auerbach A, Burden M. Building a thriving academic hospitalist workforce: A rapid qualitative analysis identifying key areas of focus in the field. J Hosp Med. 2023 Apr;18(4):329-336. PubMed PMID: 36876949
  • Burden M, Keniston A, Gundareddy VP, Kauffman R, Keach JW, McBeth L, Raffel KE, Rice JD, Washburn C, Kisuule F. Discharge in the a.m.: A randomized controlled trial of physician rounding styles to improve hospital throughput and length of stay. J Hosp Med. 2023 Apr;18(4):302-315. PubMed PMID: 36797598
  • Keniston A, McBeth L, Astik G, Auerbach A, Busch J, Kangelaris KN, Kulkarni SA, Linker AS, Sakumoto M, Leykum L, Burden M. Practical Applications of Rapid Qualitative Analysis for Operations, Quality Improvement, and Research in Dynamically Changing Hospital Environments. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2023 Feb;49(2):98-104. PubMed PMID: 36585315
  • Calcaterra SL, Grimm E, Keniston A. External validation of a model to predict future chronic opioid use among hospitalized patients. J Hosp Med. 2023 Feb;18(2):154-162. PubMed PMID: 36524583
  • Patel H, Hassell A, Keniston A, Davis C. Impact of Remote Patient Monitoring on Length of Stay for Patients with COVID-19. Telemed J E Health. 2023 Feb;29(2):298-303. PubMed PMID: 35687378

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000