In this work on a large group of patients with life-threatening infection, we used a neural network technique called “self-organizing maps” to identify four different sub-groups of patients with severe infection.
Essay on ICU visitation published in BMJIn this essay published in BMJ, I argue strongly that it’s past time to transform visitation in ICUs to make them truly patient-centered rather than clinician-centered. PPQ validation publishedIn this early work, we validated the Intermountain PPQ instrument, which helps us measure patient and family experience with an ICU admission. Definition of Patient/Family EngagementIn this paper in AJRCCM, we proposed a definition of patient and family engagement (PFE) relevant to the intensive care unit. We feel strongly that such a definition is crucial to improving research and practice on PFE. Identification of long-term outcomes after severe shockIn this pioneering study of patients who survived shock so severe that their treatment was once thought to be futile, our group demonstrated that their long-term outcomes were reasonable. While they had residual physical disability, their mental/emotional outcomes were similar to population norms. |
    
Samuel Brown—physician leader, medical researcher, and cultural historian—is Professor of Medicine at Intermountain Medical Center/University of Utah Trained at Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Brown researches and writes at the interfaces among medicine, religion, culture, and history. 
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