Dr. Khanh Nguyen is a hospitalist physician with an interest in hospital triage, patient flow, and transitions of care. She is the director of triage for the Hospital Medicine section and oversees the triage service, a hospital wide service that screens and distributes admissions and transfer of medical patients within the hospital. Her goal is to implement triage and admission processes that can improve patient safety, efficiency, and capacity. Additionally, she serves as a Senior Medical Director for Inpatient Operations at University Chicago Medicine. She also has an interest in quality improvement, interhospital transfers, and EHR optimization.
Bundled de-implementation of recurring hospital orders with a novel electronic medical record order set.
Bundled de-implementation of recurring hospital orders with a novel electronic medical record order set. BMJ Open Qual. 2024 Dec 18; 13(4).
PMID: 39694663
Handoffs and Equity: Impact of a Patient Distribution Model on Handoffs for Black Patients.
Handoffs and Equity: Impact of a Patient Distribution Model on Handoffs for Black Patients. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 Dec; 12(6):4013-4022.
PMID: 39407001
Multi-Institution Survey of Accepting Physicians' Perception of Appropriate Reasons for Interhospital Transfer: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation.
Multi-Institution Survey of Accepting Physicians' Perception of Appropriate Reasons for Interhospital Transfer: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation. J Patient Saf. 2024 04 01; 20(3):216-221.
PMID: 38345409
Improving Direct Admissions to Internal Medicine Services.
Improving Direct Admissions to Internal Medicine Services. J Patient Saf. 2024 04 01; 20(3):222-226.
PMID: 38345393