Publications
Concierge-level care for underserved communities: Not a pipe dream.
Eugene Litvak, Donald T. Erwin, Alexandria Fischer and Mark Litvak, 2025
A Simple Way to Save Lives and Money. Better hospital scheduling could reduce overall healthcare costs by $200 billion a year.
Eugene Litvak and Rober G. Lahita, 2024
Health care is falling through the cracks this election year
Eugene Litvak, The Hill, 2024
An Analysis of New York Data: Fluctuations in Hospital Capacity Are Driven by Variability in Elective Admissions and Discharge Activity
Samita M. Heslin, Mark Henry, Eugene Litvak, Adam J. Singer, Henry Thode, Peter Viccellio. Cureus, 2024
Emergency Department Crowding After Coronavirus Disease 2019: Time to Change the Hospital Paradigm
Gillian R. Schmitz, MD, Peter Viccellio, MD, Eugene Litvak, PhD. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1923, Volume 82, Issue 6, p. 661-663
A key step on the road to health equity: improving patient flow
Eugene Litvak, Mark D. Smith, Harvey V. Fineberg, The Hill, 2022
One key step toward solving the nation’s deadly nursing shortage
By Susan Dentzer, Renee Hsia, and Eugene Litvak, opinion contributors.
How hospitals can save lives and themselves: lessons on patient flow from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Eugene Litvak, Shaf Keshavjee, Bruce L. Gewertz, Harvey V. Fineberg. Annals of Surgery: July 2021 – Volume 274 – Issue 1 – p 37-39
The Right Kind of Pooled Testing for the Novel Coronavirus: First, Do No Harm
E. Litvak, PhD, S. Dentzer, BA, M. Pagano, PhD. AJPH. September 24, 2020.
Another election cycle, another health-care debate
Litvak E. The Hill. December 17, 2019.
Question 1 and the way out of the nurse staffing impasse
Litvak E. Boston Globe. October 25, 2018.
Association of delay of urgent or emergency surgery with mortality and use of health care resources: a propensity score–matched observational cohort study
Daniel I. McIsaac, MD MPH?, Karim Abdulla, MD, Homer Yang, MD, Sudhir Sundaresan, MD, Paula Doering, RN, Sandeep Green Vaswani, MBA, Kednapa Thavorn, MPharm PhD, Alan J. Forster, MD MSc; Association of delay of urgent or emergency surgery with mortality and use of health care resources: a propensity score–matched observational cohort study; CMAJ, July 10, 2017; vol. 189 no. 27.
Redesigning the Surgical Schedule to Enhance Productivity in the Operating Room
Rathlev NK1, Chessare J, and Litvak E
Harnessing Healthcare Data for Patient Flow
Green Vaswani S; ZocDoc, November 10, 2014.
Getting nurse-patient ratios right
Litvak E; Becker’s Hospital Review, November 10, 2014.
Healthcare Optimization Requires Better Data
Green Vaswani S; InformationWeek, October 3, 2014.
Population Health Requires Healthcare Optimization
Litvak E; Population Health News, September 15, 2014.
Smoothing out peaks, valleys in admission would save money
Litvak E; Modern Healthcare, September 13, 2014.
Don’t Get Your Operation on a Thursday
Litvak E; The Wall Street Journal, December 2, 2013
Smoothing the Way to High Quality, Safety, and Economy
Litvak E, Fineberg H; New England Journal of Medicine, October 24, 2013. 369:1581-1583.
Sleep Faster! (Somebody else needs your blanket…)
Anstey M, Gildfind S, Litvak E; Australian Health Review, July 27, 2012.
The Case for Patient Flow Management
Litvak E, Bernheim S; Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the web: AHRQ Cases and Commentaries, November 2011.
Nurse staffing, hospital operations, care quality, and common sense
Litvak E, Laskowski-Jones,L; Nursing, August 2011.
Just Another Hospital Weekend, Or Life And Death?
Green Vaswani S, Long M; Health Affairs Blog, May 23, 2011.
Mismanaged Hospital Operations: A Neglected Threat to Reform
Litvak E; Health Affairs Blog, February 22, 2011.
More Patients Less Payment
Litvak E, Bisognano M; Health Affairs, January 2011
Rethinking Rapid Response Teams
Litvak E, Pronovost P; JAMA commentary, 2010; 304(12):1375-1376.
Managing Variability in Healthcare Delivery
Litvak E, Green Vaswani S, Long M, Prenney B; Chapter in Institute of Medicine Workshop Summary: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes, 2010
Engineering Science and Episode Based Hospital Payment
Litvak E, Milstein A, Smith M; Health Affairs Blog, September 15, 2010.
How the Number of Surgical Patients Affects Nursing Care
Fuda KK, Buerhaus PI, Prenney B, Litvak E; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant, 2009; Submitted for publication.
Managing Patient Flow in Hospitals: Strategies and Solutions
Ed. Litvak E; Second Edition; Beurhaus P, Rudolph M, Prenney B, Fuda KK, Green Vaswani S, Long M, et al; Joint Commission Resources, 2009.
Improving Patient Flow and Throughput in California Hospitals Operating Room Services
Litvak E, Long MC, Prenney B, Fuda KK, Levtzion-Korach O, McGlinchey P.; Boston University Program for Management of Variability in Health Care Delivery. Guidance document prepared for the California Healthcare Foundation (CHCF), 2007.
Optimizing Patient Flow by Managing its Variability
Litvak E.; In Berman S. (ed.): Front Office to Front Line: Essential Issues for Health Care Leaders. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources, 2005, pp. 91-111.
Managing Unnecessary Variability in Patient Demand to Reduce Nursing Stress and Improve Patient Safety
Litvak E, Buerhaus PI, Davidoff F, Long MC, McManus ML, Berwick DM.; Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 2005; 31(6): 330-338.
Queuing Theory Accurately Models the Need for Critical Care Resources
McManus ML, Long MC, Cooper AB, Litvak E.; Anesthesiology, 2004(100): 1271-6.
Variability in Demand and Access to Pediatric Intensive Care Services.
McManus ML, Long MC, Cooper AB, Mandell J, Berwick DM, Litvak E.; Anesthesiology, 2003(98): 1491-6.
A Root Cause Analysis of Emergency Department Crowding and Ambulance Diversion in Massachusetts.
Litvak E, McManus ML, Cooper A.; Boston University Program for the Management of Variability in Health Care Delivery, Report to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Executive Summary, 2002.
Emergency Department Overcrowding in Massachusetts: Making Room in our Hospitals
McManus ML; Issue Brief. Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, 7 June 2001.
Emergency Room Diversion: Causes and Solutions
Litvak E, Long MC, Cooper AB, McManus ML.; Academic Emergency Medicine, 2001 8(11): 1108-1110.
Cost Effectiveness Analysis Under Managed Care: Not Yet Ready for Prime Time?
Litvak E, Long MC, Schwartz JS.; Editorial. American Journal of Managed Care, 2000 6(2): 254-256.
Cost and Quality Under Managed Care: Irreconcilable Differences?
Litvak E, Long MC.; American Journal of Managed Care, 2000 3(3): 305-312. [Describes the Variability Methodology].