Prof David Ben-Tovim

Phone: +61 8 82043093
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Location: The Flats (-)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Research and consultancy

Publications

Books

Ben-Tovim, D.I., Woodman, R.J., Harrison, J.E., Pointer, S.C., Hakendorf, P.H., & Henley, G.I., 2009. Measuring and reporting mortality in hospital patients, Canberra: AIHW Communications, Media and Marketing Unit.

Refereed journal articles

Li, J., Yong, T.Y., McNeill, D., Spriggs, D., Fazal, M., Hakendorf, P.H., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C., 2012. Prevalence of resuscitation orders among residents from aged care facilities admitted to general medical units. Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 12(2), 364-364.

Li, J., Yong, T.Y., Hakendorf, P.H., Roberts, S., O'Brien, L., Sharma, Y., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C.H., 2011. Simple clinical score is associated with mortality and length of stay of acute general medical admissions to an Australian hospital. Internal Medicine Journal, 42(2), 160-165.

Shanmuganathan, N., Li, J., Yong, T.Y., Hakendorf, P.H., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C.H., 2011. Resuscitation orders and their relevance to patients' clinical status and outcomes. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 104(6), 485-488.

Shanmuganathan, N., Li, J., Yong, T.Y., Hakendorf, P.H., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C.H., 2011. Resuscitation orders and their relevance to patients’ clinical status and outcomes. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 104(6), 485-488.

Yong, T.Y., Li, J., Roberts, S., Hakendorf, P.H., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C.H., 2011. The selection of acute medical admissions for a short-stay unit. Internal and Emergency Medicine, 6(4), 321-327.

Yong, T.Y., Li, J., Roberts, S., Hakendorf, P.H., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C.H., 2011. The selection of acute medical admissions for a short-stay unit. Internal and Emergency Medicine, 6(4), 321-327.

Li, J., Yong, T.Y., Hakendorf, P.H., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C.H., 2011. Timeliness in discharge summary dissemination is associated with patients' clinical outcomes. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice.

Karnon, J., Ben-Tovim, D.I., Pham, C., Caffrey, O., Hakendorf, P.H., Crotty, M., & Phillips, P.A., 2011. The efficient price: an opportunity for funding reform. Australian Health Review.

Li, J., Yong, T.Y., Hakendorf, P.H., Roberts, S., O'Brien, L., Sharma, Y., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C.H., 2011. THE SIMPLE CLINICAL SCORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH MORTALITY AND LENGTH OF STAY OF ACUTE GENERAL MEDICAL ADMISSIONS TO AN AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL. Internal Medicine Journal.

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Books

Ben-Tovim, D.I., Woodman, R.J., Harrison, J.E., Pointer, S.C., Hakendorf, P.H., & Henley, G.I., 2009. Measuring and reporting mortality in hospital patients, Canberra: AIHW Communications, Media and Marketing Unit.

Refereed journal articles

Li, J., Yong, T.Y., McNeill, D., Spriggs, D., Fazal, M., Hakendorf, P.H., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C., 2012. Prevalence of resuscitation orders among residents from aged care facilities admitted to general medical units. Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 12(2), 364-364.

Li, J., Yong, T.Y., Hakendorf, P.H., Roberts, S., O'Brien, L., Sharma, Y., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C.H., 2011. Simple clinical score is associated with mortality and length of stay of acute general medical admissions to an Australian hospital. Internal Medicine Journal, 42(2), 160-165.

Shanmuganathan, N., Li, J., Yong, T.Y., Hakendorf, P.H., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C.H., 2011. Resuscitation orders and their relevance to patients' clinical status and outcomes. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 104(6), 485-488.

Shanmuganathan, N., Li, J., Yong, T.Y., Hakendorf, P.H., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C.H., 2011. Resuscitation orders and their relevance to patients’ clinical status and outcomes. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 104(6), 485-488.

Yong, T.Y., Li, J., Roberts, S., Hakendorf, P.H., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C.H., 2011. The selection of acute medical admissions for a short-stay unit. Internal and Emergency Medicine, 6(4), 321-327.

Yong, T.Y., Li, J., Roberts, S., Hakendorf, P.H., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C.H., 2011. The selection of acute medical admissions for a short-stay unit. Internal and Emergency Medicine, 6(4), 321-327.

Li, J., Yong, T.Y., Hakendorf, P.H., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C.H., 2011. Timeliness in discharge summary dissemination is associated with patients' clinical outcomes. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice.

Karnon, J., Ben-Tovim, D.I., Pham, C., Caffrey, O., Hakendorf, P.H., Crotty, M., & Phillips, P.A., 2011. The efficient price: an opportunity for funding reform. Australian Health Review.

Li, J., Yong, T.Y., Hakendorf, P.H., Roberts, S., O'Brien, L., Sharma, Y., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C.H., 2011. THE SIMPLE CLINICAL SCORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH MORTALITY AND LENGTH OF STAY OF ACUTE GENERAL MEDICAL ADMISSIONS TO AN AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL. Internal Medicine Journal.

Siriwardane, D., Woodman, R.J., Hakendorf, P.H., Martin, J., White, G.H., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Thompson, C.H., 2010. Stability of plasma creatinine concentrations in acute complex long-stay admissions to a general medical service. CLINICAL MEDICINE, 10(6), 540-543.

Li, J., Yong, T.Y., Bennett, D., O'Brien, L., Roberts, S., Hakendorf, P.H., Ben-Tovim, D.I., Phillips, P.A., & Thompson, C.H., 2010. Outcomes of establishing an acute assessment unit in the general medical service of a tertiary teaching hospital. MJA Medical Journal of Australia, (7), 384-387.

Ben-Tovim, D.I., Pointer, S.C., Woodman, R.J., Hakendorf, P.H., & Harrison, J.E., 2010. Routine use of administrative data for safety and quality purposes - hospital mortality. MJA Medical Journal of Australia, 193(8), S100-S103.

Ben-Tovim, D.I., Dougherty, M.L., O'Connell, T.J., & McGrath, K.M., 2008. Patient journeys: the process of clinical redesign. Medical Journal of Australia, 188(6), s14-s17.

Brand, C.A., Tropea, J., Ibrahim, J., Elkadi, S., Bain, C., Ben-Tovim, D.I., Bucknall, T., Greenberg, P., & Spigelman, A., 2008. Measurement for improvement: a survey of current practice in Australian public hospitals. MJA Medical Journal of Australia, 189(1), 35-40.

McGrath, K.M., Bennett, D.M., Ben-Tovim, D.I., Boyages, S.C., Lyons, N.J., & O'Connell, T.J., 2008. Implementing and sustaining transformational change in health care: lessons learnt about clinical process redesign. MJA Medical Journal of Australia, 188(6), s32-s35.

O'Connell, T.J., Bassham, J.E., Bishop, R.O., Clarke, C.W., Hullick, C.J., King, D.L., Peek, C.L., Verma, R., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & McGrath, K.M., 2008. Clinical process redesign for unplanned arrivals in hospitals. MJA Medical Journal of Australia, 188(6), s18-s22.

O'Connell, T.J., Ben-Tovim, D.I., McCaughan, B.C., Szwarcbord, M., & McGrath, K.M., 2008. Health services under siege: the case for clinical process redesign. MJA Medical Journal of Australia, 188(6), s9-s13.

Ben-Tovim, D.I., Bassham, J.E., Bennett, D.M., Dougherty, M.L., Martin, M.A., O'Neill, S.J., Sincock, J., & Szwarcbord, M., 2008. Redesigning care at the Flinders Medical Centre: clinical process redesign using 'lean thinking'. Medical Journal of Australia, 188(6), s27-s31.

Hundertmark, J., Esterman, A.J., Ben-Tovim, D.I., Austin, M., & Dougherty, M.L., 2007. The South Australian Couples Sildenafil study: double-blind, parallel-group randomized controlled study to examine the psychological and relationship consequences of Sildenafil use in couples. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 4(4ii), 1126-1135.

Ben-Tovim, D.I., Bassham, J.E., Bolch, D., Martin, M.A., Dougherty, M.L., & Szwarcbord, M., 2007. Lean thinking across a hospital: redesigning care at the Flinders Medical Centre. Australian Health Review, 31(1), 10-15.

Baker, J.E., Ben-Tovim, D.I., Butcher, A.R., Esterman, A.J., & McLaughlin, K.J., 2007. Development of a modified diagnostic classification system for voice disorders with inter-rater reliability study. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 32(3), 99-112.

Kemps, E.B., Tiggemann, M., Wade, T.D., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Breyer, R., 2006. Selective working memory deficits in anorexia nervosa. European Eating Disorders Review, 14(2), 97-103.

King, D.L., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Bassham, J.E., 2006. Redesigning emergency department patient flows: application of lean thinking to health care. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 18(4), 391-397.

Crotty, M., Whitehead, C.H., Wundke, R., Giles, L.C., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Phillips, P.A., 2005. Transitional care facility for elderly people in hospital awaiting a long term care bed: randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal, 331(7525), 1110-1114.

Ben-Tovim, D.I., 2003. Eating disorders: outcome, prevention and treatment of eating disorders. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 16(1), 65-69.

Wade, T.D., Wilkinson, I.J., & Ben-Tovim, D.I., 2003. The genetic epidemiology of body attitudes, the attitudinal component of body image in women. Psychological Medicine, 33(8), 1395-1405.

Esterman, A.J. & Ben-Tovim, D.I., 2002. The Australian coordinated care trials: success or failure?. Medical Journal of Australia, 177(9), 468-470.

Ben-Tovim, D.I., Dougherty, M.L., Stapleton, A.M., & Pinnock, C.B., 2002. Coping with prostate cancer: a quantitative analysis using a new instrument, the centre for clinical excellence in urological research coping with cancer instrument. Urology, 59(3), 383-388.

Ben-Tovim, D.I., 2002. Evolving evidence and continuing uncertainties for eating disorders [reply]. Medical Journal of Australia, 176(6), 300-300.

Parker, R.M. & Ben-Tovim, D.I., 2002. A study of factors affecting suicide in Aboriginal and 'other' populations in the Top End of the Northern Territory through an audit of coronial records. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 36(3), 404-410.

Journal articles

Ben-Tovim, D.I., Woodman, R.J., Hakendorf, P.H., & Harrison, J.E., 2009. Standardised mortality ratios. Neither constant nor a fallacy. British Medical Journal, 338.

Ben-Tovim, D.I., 2007. Seeing the picture through 'lean thinking'. British Medical Journal, 334(7586), 169-169.

Conference publications

Crotty, M., Whitehead, C.H., Wundke, R., Giles, L.C., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Phillips, P.A., 2005. A transitional care facility for hospitalised older adults awaiting a nursing home bed: a randomised controlled trial. Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting.

Esterman, A.J. & Ben-Tovim, D.I., 2003. Standardized readmission rates (SRR) as a measure of hospital quality. Health outcomes 2003: the quest for practice improvement: 9th annual national health outcomes conference.

Baker, J.E., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Dougherty, M.L., 2002. Defining a diagnostic classification system for functional and psychogenic voice disorders. 6th voice symposium of Australia.

Other public research outputs

Pilotto, L., McLaughlin, K.J., Esterman, A.J., Harrison, J.E., & Ben-Tovim, D.I., 2003. New centre for epidemiology and biostatistics at Flinders University. Australasian Epidemiologist, 10(2), 54-54.

Elzinga, R., Ben-Tovim, D.I., & Phillips, P.A., 2003. Charting the safety and quality of health care in Australia: steps towards the systematic measurement and reporting of the safety and quality of health care in Australia. , 1-64.

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Professional and community engagement

Expertise for media contact

  • Clinical Epidemiology relationship between patterns of disease and the provision of health services
  • Body Image in normal population and clinical aspects, measurement and structures
  • Psychiatric Problems of War Veterans
  • Weight Disorders anorexia and bulimia, epidemiology, aetiology, treatment issues, prevention

Subject/s

  • Eating Disorders
  • Psychiatry
  • Veterans
  • War


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