Kelly Bookman, MD

Publications

• Lee JS, Carmichael H, Bellen BA, Kwan BM, Huang M, Clinton ME, Bookman KJ, Vogel JD. Outpatient Management of Acute Sigmoid Diverticulitis: Education and a Clinical Pathway Reduced Antibiotic Use Without Compromise in Clinical Outcomes. Dis Colon Rectum. 2026 Feb 1;69(2):209-217. PubMed PMID: 41190679
• Kwan BM, Hosokawa P, Resnick-Ault D, Michael SS, Sungar WG, Mendes M, Bookman K. A learning health systems approach to implementation and evaluation of an academic emergency department single shared note workflow. Learn Health Syst. 2025 Oct;9(4):e70017. PubMed PMID: 41169634
• Morse B, Trinkley KE, Hoppe JA, Wagner N, Tolle H, Kautz SV, Bookman K, Schilling LM, Henry SG, Kwan BM. Integrating PRISM with User-centered Design (PRISM UCD): Designing clinical decision support for safe opioid prescribing. Res Sq. 2025 Aug 13. PubMed PMID: 40831502
• Miller DT, Michael SS, Michael SH, Bookman K, Brevik C, Dewispelaere W, Johns C, Kaplan B, Nguyen D, Owens D, Sungar G, Kendall J. Design and implementation of an automated patient-care dashboard to provide individualized patient care data and quality metrics to emergency medicine residents. AEM Educ Train. 2025 Apr;9(2):e70031. PubMed PMID: 40123719
• Keleman A, Bounds M, Lunt M, Portz J, Ferozan B, Gomez Picazo J, Bookman K, Lum HD, Goldberg EM. Development and Health System Deployment of an Electronic Health Record-Integrated Chatbot Intervention for Connecting Fall Risk Screening to Community Resources After Emergency Department Visits: Implementation Study. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Nov 18;9:e77237. PubMed PMID: 41252184
• Sommers S, Wendel S, Greig A, Barbour A, Griffith R, Magdaleno M, Skaggs M, Michael S, Bookman K, Tolle H, Hoppe J. Improved outpatient follow-up after implementation of emergency department-based physical therapy. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 Oct;31(10):1062-1064. PubMed PMID: 38881276
• Wendel SK, Wogu AF, Carlson NE, Beaty L, Bennett TD, Bookman K, Mayer DA, Michael SM, Molina KC, Peers JL, Russell S, Zane RD, Ginde AA. Effectiveness of subcutaneous monoclonal antibody treatment in emergency department outpatients with COVID-19. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2024 Feb;5(1):e13116. PubMed PMID: 38384380
• Wendel SK, Whitcomb M, Solomon A, Swafford A, Youngwerth J, Wiler JL, Bookman K. Emergency department hospice care pathway associated with decreased ED and hospital length of stay. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 Feb;76:99-104. PubMed PMID: 38039564
• Wendel SK, Bookman K, Holmes M, Wiler JL. Successful Implementation of Workflow-Embedded Clinical Pathways During the COVID 19 Pandemic. Qual Manag Health Care. 2023 Jul-Sep 01;32(3):205-210. PubMed PMID: 36913774
• Wendel SK, Jackson CL, Resnick-Ault D, Jacknin G, Zane RD, Michael SS, Bookman KJ, Ginde AA. ED-based COVID-19 vaccination campaign finds higher vaccination rates for individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups compared with clinic setting. J Public Health (Oxf). 2023 Jun 14;45(2):e260-e265. PubMed PMID: 35831921
• Bookman K, Bissmeyer P, Denley B, Sauder H, Traill L, Kluesner N. Tips for Real-Time Information Sharing with Patients. ACEP Now. Nov 7, 2023.
• COVID-19 Outpatient Care Management. Premier COVID-19 Resources Toolkit. Pfizer. June 2023
• https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lit0uv5cyj2h1iomqzr1v/2023-0908HaikuHero.mp4?rlkey=vine7zha8cq97j8wa11dc9iq0&dl=0. You Tube Video. Developed for Unified Communications initiative. September, 2023.
• Ethics of mandated/expected return to in person nonclinical work post pandemic and the effects of burnout and resilience. White paper for American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Ethics Committee
• Advocacy for Safe Access to Full Spectrum Pregnancy Related Health Care. Ethics task force contribution to American College of Emergency Physicians Board Amended Resolution 25(22).
• Standardization of an Inpatient Electronic Consultation Process. Presented at Institute of Healthcare Improvement Forum. Orlando, December 2023.
• Wendel SK, Jackson CL, Resnick-Ault D, Jacknin G, Zane RD, Michael SS, Bookman KJ, Ginde AA. ED-based COVID-19 vaccination campaign finds higher vaccination rates for individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups compared with clinic setting. J Public Health (Oxf). 2022 Jul 12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35831921
• Patel H, Virapongse A, Baduashvili A, Devitt J, Barr R, Bookman K. Implementing a COVID-19 Discharge Pathway to Improve Patient Safety. Am J Med Qual. 2021 Mar-Apr 01;36(2):84-89. PubMed PMID: 33830095
• Korach ZT, Gradwohl S, Messinger A, Bookman K, Cohen K, Zhou L, Goss F. Unsupervised clinical relevancy ranking of structured medical records to retrieve condition-specific information in the emergency department. Int J Med Inform. 2021 May;149:104410. PubMed PMID: 33621793
• Simon J, Kraus C, Basford J, Clayborne E, Kluesner N, Bookman K. The Impact of Boarding Psychiatric Patients on the Emergency Department: Scope, Impact and Proposed Solutions . ACEP Information Paper posted 2021. https://www.acep.org/globalassets/new-pdfs/information-and-resource-papers/the-impact-of-psychiatric-boarders-on-the-emergency-department.pdf
• Bookman K, Zane RD. Surviving a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2020 May;38(2):539-548. PubMed PMID: 32336339
• Baehr A, Ledbetter C, Bookman KJ, Wang Y, Ginde AA, Wiler JL. Characteristics and Operational Performance of Hospital-affiliated Freestanding Emergency Departments. Med Care. 2020 Mar;58(3):234-240. PubMed PMID: 31876661
• Martin DR, Moskop JC, Bookman K, Basford JB, Geiderman JM. Compensation models in emergency medicine: An ethical perspective. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Jan;38(1):138-142. PubMed PMID: 31378410
• Baehr A, Ledbetter C, Bookman KJ, Wang Y, Ginde AA, Wiler JL. Timeliness of Care for High-acuity Conditions at Hospital-affiliated Freestanding Emergency Departments. Acad Emerg Med. 2020 Oct;27(10):995-1001. PubMed PMID: 32352204
• Lin CT, Bookman K, Sieja A, Markley K, Altman RL, Sippel J, Perica K, Reece L, Davis C, Horowitz E, Pisney L, Sottile PD, Kao D, Adrian B, Szkil M, Griffin J, Youngwerth J, Drew B, Pell J. Clinical informatics accelerates health system adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic: examples from Colorado. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020 Dec 9;27(12):1955-1963. PubMed PMID: 32687152
• Goss FR, Bookman K, Barron M, Bickley D, Landgren B, Kroehl M, Williamson K, Zane R, Wiler J. Improved antibiotic prescribing using indication-based clinical decision support in the emergency department. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2020 Jun;1(3):214-221. PubMed PMID: 33000036
• Kraus CK, Moskop JC, Marshall KD, Bookman K. Ethical issues in access to and delivery of emergency department care in an era of changing reimbursement and novel payment models. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2020 Jun;1(3):276-280. PubMed PMID: 33000043
• Dhaliwal JS, Goss F, Whittington MD, Bookman K, Ho PM, Zane R, Wiler J. Reduced admission rates and resource utilization for chest pain patients using an electronic health record-embedded clinical pathway in the emergency department. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2020 Dec;1(6):1602-1613. PubMed PMID: 33392569
• Davis CB, Marzec LN, Blea Z, Godfrey D, Bickley D, Michael SS, Reno E, Bookman K, Lemery JJ. Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns for Sinusitis Within a Direct-to-Consumer Virtual Urgent Care. Telemed J E Health. 2019 Jun;25(6):519-522. PubMed PMID: 30020851
• Saben JL, Shelton SK, Hopkinson AJ, Sonn BJ, Mills EB, Welham M, Westmoreland M, Zane R, Ginde AA, Bookman K, Oeth J, Chavez M, DeVivo M, Lakin A, Heldens J, Romero LB, Ames MJ, Roberts ER, Taylor M, Crooks K, Wicks SJ, Barnes KC, Monte AA. The Emergency Medicine Specimen Bank: An Innovative Approach To Biobanking In Acute Care. Acad Emerg Med. 2019 Jun;26(6):639-647. PubMed PMID: 30239069
• Burkholder TW, Dziadkowiec O, Bookman K, King RA. Adherence to Universal Travel Screening in the Emergency Department During Epidemic Ebola Virus Disease. J Emerg Med. 2019 Jan;56(1):7-14. PubMed PMID: 30342859
• Moskop JC, Geiderman JM, Marshall KD, McGreevy J, Derse AR, Bookman K, McGrath N, Iserson KV. Another Look at the Persistent Moral Problem of Emergency Department Crowding. Ann Emerg Med. 2019 Sep;74(3):357-364. PubMed PMID: 30579619
• Wilson J, Maloney K, Bookman K, Stoneback JW, Browne VA, Ginde A, Wallace M, Jacknin G, Cumbler E, Lewiss RE. Training Emergency Physicians in Ultrasound-guided Fascia Iliaca Compartment Blocks: Lessons in Change Management. Cureus. 2019 May 28;11(5):e4773. PubMed PMID: 31363454
• Martin DR, Moskop JC, Bookman K, Basford JB, Geiderman JM. Compensation models in emergency medicine: An ethical perspective. Am J Emerg Med. 2019 Jul 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31378410
• Moskop JC, Geiderman JM, Marshall KD, McGreevy J, Derse AR, Bookman K, McGrath N, Iserson KV. Another Look at the Persistent Moral Problem of Emergency Department Crowding. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Dec 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30579619
• Saben JL, Shelton SK, Hopkinson AJ, Sonn BJ, Mills EB, Welham M, Westmoreland M, Zane R, Ginde AA, Bookman K, Oeth J, Chavez M, DeVivo M, Lakin A, Heldens J, Romero LB, Ames MJ, Roberts ER, Taylor M, Crooks K, Wicks SJ, Barnes KC, Monte AA. The Emergency Medicine Specimen Bank: An Innovative Approach To Biobanking In Acute Care. Acad Emerg Med. 2018 Sep 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30239069
• Davis CB, Marzec LN, Blea Z, Godfrey D, Bickley D, Michael SS, Reno E, Bookman K, Lemery JJ. Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns for Sinusitis Within a Direct-to-Consumer Virtual Urgent Care. Telemed J E Health. 2018 Jul 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30020851
• Little CM, McStay C, Oeth J, Koehler A, Bookman K. Using Rapid Improvement Events for Disaster After-Action Reviews: Experience in a Hospital Information Technology Outage and Response. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018 Feb;33(1):98-100. PubMed PMID: 29316999
• Bookman K, West D, Ginde A, Wiler J, McIntyre R, Hammes A, Carlson N, Steinbruner D, Solley M, Zane R. Embedded Clinical Decision Support in Electronic Health Record Decreases Use of High-cost Imaging in the Emergency Department: EmbED study. Acad Emerg Med. 2017 Jul;24(7):839-845. PubMed PMID: 28391603
• Wiler JL, Bookman K, Birznieks DB, Leeret R, Koehler A, Planck S, Zane R. Rapid Process Optimization. Am J Med Qual. 2017 Mar Apr;32(2):172-177. PubMed PMID: 27016948
• Little C, Mcstay C, Koehler A, Oeth J, Bookman K. Using Rapid Improvement Events for Disaster After Action Reviews: Experience in a Hospital Information Technology Outage and Response. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2017
• Bookman K. Humerus and Elbow. In Rosen’s Emergency Medicine. Ron Waals and Richard Zane. Elsevier. May, 2017.
• Bookman K. Clinical Decision Support Tools. In Innovations in Quality and Value in Acute and Emergency Care. Wiler J, Ward M and Pines, J. Cambridge. Feb 2017
• Bookman K. Point of Care Testing. In Innovations in Quality and Value in Acute and Emergency Care. Wiler J, Ward M and Pines, J. Cambridge. Feb 2017
• Bookman K. Change Theories. In Clinical Informatics Board Review and Self Assessment. Mankowitz S. Springer. Dec 2017.
• Wiler JL, Ozkaynak M, Bookman K, Koehler A, Leeret R, Chua-Tuan J, Ginde AA, Zane R. Implementation of a Front-End Split-Flow Model to Promote Performance in an Urban Academic Emergency Department. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016 Jun;42(6):271-80. PubMed PMID: 27184243
• Wiler JL, Bookman K, Birznieks DB, Leeret R, Koehler A, Planck S, Zane R. Rapid Process Optimization: A Novel Process Improvement Methodology to Innovate Health Care Delivery. Am J Med Qual. 2016 Mar 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27016948
• Bookman K, Larkin G. Ebola and ethics: your rights versus responsibilities. ACEP Now. Nov 2014.
• Torben K. Becker, Marianne Gausche-Hill, Andrew L. Aswegan, Eileen F. Baker, Kelly J. Bookman, Richard N. Bradley, Robert A. De Lorenzo, and David J. Schoenwetter. 2013. "Ethical Questions in Emergency Medical Services: Controversies and Recommendations" . The Selected Works of Richard N Bradley. Available at: http://works.bepress.com/richard_bradley1/26
• Becker T, Gausche-Hill M, Aswegan A, Baker E, Bookman K, Bradley R, De Lorenzo R, Schoenwetter D. Ethical Challenges in Emergency Medical Services: Controversies and Recommendations. Prehosp Disaster Med. Oct 2013:28(5); 488-497.
• Bookman K, Zane R. Delayed electronic entry: a new way to manage mass-casualty radiology order workflow. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2013;28(4):391-392.
• Marco C, Moskop J, Schears R, L'Hommedieu Stankus J, Bookman K, Padela A, Baine J, Bryant E. The ethics of health care reform: issues in emergency medicine. Acad Emerg Med. (In press)
• Limehouse W, Feeser V, Bookman K, Derse A. Palliative Care Communication in Emergency departments after acute devastating events. Acad Emerg Med (In press).
• Bookman K, Abbott, J. Ethics in EMS: frequently asked questions. In Prehospital Pearls and Pitfalls. Vince Marcovchik and Peter Pons. PMPH-USA. Illinois. In press.
• Bookman K, Bookman L. Abdominal Trauma. In Prehospital Pearls and Pitfalls. Vince Marcovchik and Peter Pons. PMPH-USA. Illinois. In press.
• Bookman K, Honigman, B. Altitude Illness. In Prehospital Pearls and Pitfalls. Vince Marcovchik and Peter Pons. PMPH-USA. Illinois. In press.
• Limehouse W, Feeser V, Bookman K, Derse A. A Model for Emergency Department End-of-life Communications After Acute Devastating Events—Part I: Decision-making Capacity, Surrogates, and Advance Directives. Acad Emerg Med. Sept 2012;19(9) :1068-1072.
• Limehouse W, Feeser V, Bookman K, Derse A. A Model for Emergency Department End of Life Communications after Acute Devastating Events – Part II: Moving from Resuscitative to End of Life or Palliative Treatment. Acad Emerg Med. Nov 2012:19(11):1300-1308.
• C Marco, J Moskop, R Schears, J L'Hommedieu Stankus, K Bookman, A Padela, J Baine, E Bryant; The ethics of health care reform: issues in emergency medicine. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Pending acceptance
• K Bookman, J Abbott; Ethics in EMS: frequently asked questions in Prehospital Pearls and Pitfalls; Eds. Vince Marcovchik and Peter Pons; PMPH-USA; Illinois; in press
• K Bookman, L Bookman; Abdominal Trauma in Prehospital Pearls and Pitfalls; Eds. Vince Marcovchik and Peter Pons; PMPH-USA; Illinois; in press
• K Bookman, B Honigman; Altitude Illness in Prehospital Pearls and Pitfalls; Eds. Vince Marcovchik and Peter Pons; PMPH-USA; Illinois; in press
• completely updated and searchable web based compendium of Emergency Department policies
• Moskop J, Sklar D, Geiderman , Schears R, Bookman K. Emergency Department crowding, Part 1-Concept, Causes and Moral Consequences. Ann Emerg Med. May 2009;53(5):605-611
• Moskop J, Sklar D, Geiderman, Schears R, Bookman K. Emergency Department crowding, Part 2-barriers to reform and strategies to overcome them. Ann Emerg Med. May 2009;53(5):612-617
• Bookman K. Neurology. In First Aid for the Emergency Medicine Boards. Blok B, Cheung D, Platts-Mills. McGraw-Hill. New York. 2009
• Elimination of triage and the waiting room. University Health System Consortium October 24, 2014.
• Bookman K. Cultural Competency and Multiculturalism. In Clinical Ethics in Emergency Medicine. Marco, C Schears R. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. In press.
• Patel H, Virapongse A, Baduashvili A, Devitt J, Barr R, Bookman K. Implementing a COVID-19 Discharge Pathway to Improve Patient Safety. American Journal of Medical Quality. Accepted for publication Dec 2020.
• Korach Z, Gradwohl S, Messinger A, Bookman K, Cohen K, Zhou L, Goss F. Unsupervised Clinical Relevancy Ranking of Structured Medical Records to Retrieve Condition-Specific Information in the Emergency Department. International Journal of Medical Informatics. Feb 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104410

Professional Memberships

• National American College of Emergency Physicians Ethics Committee, Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Emergency Medicine, Board Certification (2005)

• Emergency Care