Michelle Knees, DO

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor

Recognitions

• Academy for Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety, COPIC Medical Foundation (2022)
• Physicians-in-Training Conference Grant, Society of Hospital Medicine (2022)
• Glasgow-Rubin Citation for Academic Achievement, American Medical Women's Association (2018)

Research Interests

My research interests are primarily focused on cognitive load and safe workforce optimization. Within these areas, I'm particularly interested in the interplay between cognitive load and diagnostic accuracy, communication, and how to balance workforce efficiency with safe care and physician wellbeing.

Publications

• Burden M, Keniston A, McBeth L, Astik G, Kangelaris KN, Kochar A, Knees M, Segon A, Westergaard S, Yu A, Sakumoto M, Chadha R. Big brother or big opportunity? Utilization of EHR use metadata in the inpatient setting: A mixed methods study at 16 organizations. J Hosp Med. 2024 Dec 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39722164
• Knees M, Burden M. High burnout and low work well-being create a burning platform for safer hospitalist clinical workloads. J Hosp Med. 2024 Oct 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39410917
• Knees M, Keniston A, Yu A, Sakumoto M, Westergaard S, Schwatka N, Peterson R, Kochar A, Auerbach A, Lee T, Burden M. Academic hospitalist perspectives on the benefits and challenges of secure messaging: A mixed methods analysis. J Hosp Med. 2024 Oct 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39358988
• Brickson C, Keniston A, Knees M, Burden M. Characterizing electronic messaging use among hospitalists and its association with patient volumes. J Hosp Med. 2024 Dec;19(12):1131-1137. PubMed PMID: 39033420
• Kissler MJ, Porter S, Knees M, Kissler K, Keniston A, Burden M. Attention Among Health Care Professionals : A Scoping Review. Ann Intern Med. 2024 Jul;177(7):941-952. PubMed PMID: 38885508
• Sakumoto M, Knees M, Rogers K, Segon A, Westergaard S, Yu A, Keniston A, Burden M. Virtual hospital care development and deployment: A rapid qualitative study of frontline clinicians and leaders. J Hosp Med. 2024 Aug;19(8):685-692. PubMed PMID: 38664935
• Knees M, Raffel KE, Kissler M, Burden M, Porter S, Schnipper J, Auerbach A. Cognitive Load Theory and its Impact on Diagnostic Accuracy. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2024. Publication No. 24-0010-3-EF. https://www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-cognitive-load.html
• Knees M, Mastalerz K, Simonetti J, Berry A. Decreasing Inappropriate Telemetry Use via Nursing-Driven Checklist and Electronic Health Record Order Set. Cureus. 2022 Sep;14(9):e28999. PubMed PMID: 36249623
• Knees M, Sarcone E, Goold A, Mroch J, Knoeckel J. Pain Control Disparities in Acute Pancreatitis. Cureus. 2022 Jul;14(7):e27507. PubMed PMID: 36060399
• Anderson M, Miller T, Lublin B, Knees M, Berry A, Winget C. In the Literature: Clinician Reviews of HM-Centric Research. The Hospitalist. 2022;26(1):5-8.
• Knees M. Converging on Hopefulness. Future Hospitalist Roundup- Society of Hospital Medicine. June 2022.
• Knees M, Ayub MT, Manikkan A. Gram-Negative Pyomyositis in an Immunocompetent Patient. Cureus April 2018; 10(4):e2453. PMID: 29888157
• Rizkalla MN, Henderson KK, Hunginton-Alfano K, Keinking KP, Koronkiewicz A, Knees M, Hoffman H, Elahi F, Impens A. Does Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Make a Neuropsychological Difference in Adults With Pain? A Rationale for a New Approach. J Am Ostopath Assoc 2018; 118(9):617-622. PMID: 30178052

Professional Memberships

• Society of Hospital Medicine, Member
• Society of General Internal Medicine, Member

Practice Locations

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

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Internal Medicine, Board Certification (2021)
• Hospital Medicine