2024
Phlebotomy‐free days in children hospitalized with common infections and their association with clinical outcomes
Collins M, Hall M, Shah S, Molloy M, Aronson P, Cotter J, Steiner M, McCoy E, Tchou M, Stephens J, Markham J. Phlebotomy‐free days in children hospitalized with common infections and their association with clinical outcomes. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2024, 19: 251-258. PMID: 38348499, PMCID: PMC11155307, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.13282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCare of hospitalized childrenHospital quality measuresCross-sectional study of childrenPatient Refined Diagnosis Related GroupsPediatric Health Information System databaseHealth Information System databaseCross-sectional studyClinical outcomesDiagnosis Related GroupsInformation System databaseInterhospital transferIn-Hospital MortalityMedical complexityStudy of childrenLaboratory blood testsTotal hospital LOSAssociated with outcomeAdjustment outcomesBlood testsOsteoarticular infectionsHospitalSystem databaseHospital LOSQuality measuresRelated groups
2021
Incorporating Present-on-Admission Indicators in Medicare Claims to Inform Hospital Quality Measure Risk Adjustment Models
Triche EW, Xin X, Stackland S, Purvis D, Harris A, Yu H, Grady JN, Li SX, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Poyer J, Dorsey K. Incorporating Present-on-Admission Indicators in Medicare Claims to Inform Hospital Quality Measure Risk Adjustment Models. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e218512. PMID: 33978722, PMCID: PMC8116982, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.8512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPOA indicatorRisk factorsOutcome measuresQuality outcome measuresRisk-adjustment modelsClaims dataAdmission indicatorsPatient risk factorsAcute myocardial infarctionPatient-level outcomesAdministrative claims dataQuality improvement studyClaims-based measuresComparative effectiveness studiesPatient claims dataInternational Statistical ClassificationMortality outcome measuresRelated Health ProblemsHospital quality measuresRisk model performanceHospital stayIndex admissionCare algorithmHeart failureMortality outcomes
2019
Quality Versus Quantity
Chiu AS, Arnold BN, Hoag JR, Herrin J, Kim CH, Salazar MC, Monsalve AF, Jean RA, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Gross CP, Boffa DJ. Quality Versus Quantity. Annals Of Surgery 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 29697446, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002762.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplex cancer surgeryCancer surgerySafe hospitalComplex oncologic surgeryPotential mortality reductionNational Cancer DatabaseHigh-volume hospitalsHospital quality measuresSurgical mortalityPrimary cancerHospital rating systemsOncologic surgeryCancer DatabaseMortality reductionSurgical volumeHospital safetyPatient realignmentPatientsHospitalSurgeryMeaningful reductionPublic reportingMortalityRSMRCancer
2017
A Blueprint for the Post Discharge Clinic Visit after an Admission for Heart Failure
Soufer A, Riello RJ, Desai NR, Testani JM, Ahmad T. A Blueprint for the Post Discharge Clinic Visit after an Admission for Heart Failure. Progress In Cardiovascular Diseases 2017, 60: 237-248. PMID: 28826671, DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2017.08.004.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConceptsHeart failureClinic visitsPost-discharge servicesTransitions of carePatient-centered fashionHospital quality measuresHF patientsHF readmissionMulti-disciplinary servicesSymptom burdenDischarge servicesOutpatient settingCare deliveryHealthcare expendituresHospital systemPatientsVisitsCareReadmissionAdmissionFailureInpatientsCliniciansImportant role
2015
Medication Initiation Burden Required to Comply With Heart Failure Guideline Recommendations and Hospital Quality Measures
Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Liang L, Schulte PJ, Masoudi FA, Rumsfeld JS, Ho PM, Eapen ZJ, Hernandez AF, Heidenreich PA, Bhatt DL, Peterson ED, Krumholz HM. Medication Initiation Burden Required to Comply With Heart Failure Guideline Recommendations and Hospital Quality Measures. Circulation 2015, 132: 1347-1353. PMID: 26316616, PMCID: PMC4941099, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.115.014281.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overBody Mass IndexCardiovascular AgentsComorbidityContraindicationsCross-Sectional StudiesDrug HypersensitivityDrug PrescriptionsDrug SubstitutionDrug Therapy, CombinationDrug UtilizationEvidence-Based MedicineFemaleGuideline AdherenceHeart FailureHospitalsHumansMaleMedication AdherenceMiddle AgedPatient AdmissionPatient DischargePolypharmacyPractice Guidelines as TopicQuality Assurance, Health CareConceptsHF quality measuresHydralazine/isosorbide dinitrateAngiotensin receptor blockersMedication groupHeart failureAldosterone antagonistsReceptor blockersMedication regimenIsosorbide dinitrateNew medicationsΒ-blockersEnzyme inhibitorsGuideline-directed medical therapyInitiation of angiotensinPrimary discharge diagnosisQuarter of patientsPatient's medication regimenHospital quality measuresAdequate prescribingMedication initiationHospital dischargeHospital admissionMedical therapyGuideline recommendationsDischarge diagnosis
2004
The association between emergency department crowding and time to antibiotic administration
Hwang U, Graff L, Radford M, Krumholz H. The association between emergency department crowding and time to antibiotic administration. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2004, 44: s6-s7. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.07.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPneumonia severity indexCAP patientsED lengthEmergency departmentED censusED crowdingAntibiotic administrationMean ageCAP casesSignificant associationRetrospective observational cohort studyPatients' mean ageHospital discharge diagnosisMedium-sized community hospitalObservational cohort studyPneumocystis carinii pneumoniaMean ED lengthNational quality measuresNational Hospital Quality MeasuresEmergency department (ED) crowdingNational performance measuresHospital quality measuresNation's emergency departmentsStay criteriaCohort study
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