2017
Describing the performance of U.S. hospitals by applying big data analytics
Downing NS, Cloninger A, Venkatesh AK, Hsieh A, Drye EE, Coifman RR, Krumholz HM. Describing the performance of U.S. hospitals by applying big data analytics. PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0179603. PMID: 28662045, PMCID: PMC5491053, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179603.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
An Administrative Claims Measure of Payments Made for Medicare Patients for a 30-Day Episode of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Kim N, Bernheim SM, Ott LS, Han L, Spivack SB, Xu X, Volpe M, Liu A, Krumholz HM. An Administrative Claims Measure of Payments Made for Medicare Patients for a 30-Day Episode of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Medical Care 2015, 53: 542-549. PMID: 25970575, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000361.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionICD-9 codes 410Administrative Claims MeasurePatients 65 yearsDate of admissionClaims-based measuresIntraclass correlation coefficient scoreIntraclass correlation coefficientValue of careHigh-value careClinical variablesDischarge diagnosisMedicare patientsMedicare claimsClinical careAMI episodeAMI hospitalizationCare costsCode 410HospitalizationMedicaid ServicesHospitalClaims measuresCareOrganizational culture change in U.S. hospitals: a mixed methods longitudinal intervention study
Curry LA, Linnander EL, Brewster AL, Ting H, Krumholz HM, Bradley EH. Organizational culture change in U.S. hospitals: a mixed methods longitudinal intervention study. Implementation Science 2015, 10: 29. PMID: 25889753, PMCID: PMC4356105, DOI: 10.1186/s13012-015-0218-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Correlations among risk‐standardized mortality rates and among risk‐standardized readmission rates within hospitals
Horwitz LI, Wang Y, Desai MM, Curry LA, Bradley EH, Drye EE, Krumholz HM. Correlations among risk‐standardized mortality rates and among risk‐standardized readmission rates within hospitals. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2012, 7: 690-696. PMID: 22865546, PMCID: PMC3535010, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.1965.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionRisk-standardized readmission ratesReadmission ratesRisk-standardized mortalityHeart failureMortality rateReadmission measuresUS hospitalsMortality measuresCross-sectional studyMortality cohortReadmission cohortHospital outcomesSame hospitalMyocardial infarctionMedicare patientsMedicare feeService beneficiariesTeaching hospital membersHospitalSame quartileHospital membersPneumoniaCohort
2011
What distinguishes top-performing hospitals in acute myocardial infarction mortality rates? A qualitative study.
Curry LA, Spatz E, Cherlin E, Thompson JW, Berg D, Ting HH, Decker C, Krumholz HM, Bradley EH. What distinguishes top-performing hospitals in acute myocardial infarction mortality rates? A qualitative study. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2011, 154: 384-90. PMID: 21403074, PMCID: PMC4735872, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-6-201103150-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Failure to Rescue
Horwitz LI, Cuny JF, Cerese J, Krumholz HM. Failure to Rescue. Medical Care 2007, 45: 283-287. PMID: 17496710, DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000250226.33094.d4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsHospital AdministrationMedical AuditQuality Assurance, Health CareRetrospective StudiesSafety ManagementTreatment FailureUnited StatesConceptsChart reviewQuality Patient Safety IndicatorsRetrospective chart reviewPatient safety indicatorsRate of deathAdministrative dataHospital complicationsComplication typePatient agePatient characteristicsPrimary outcomeNonsurgical casesInsurance statusComplicationsHealthcare ResearchPatientsMortalityConsortium institutionsAgeSafety indicatorsFailureReviewHospitalizationAdmissionCases
2004
Data feedback efforts in quality improvement: lessons learned from US hospitals
Bradley EH, Holmboe ES, Mattera JA, Roumanis SA, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Data feedback efforts in quality improvement: lessons learned from US hospitals. BMJ Quality & Safety 2004, 13: 26. PMID: 14757796, PMCID: PMC1758048, DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2002.4408.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2002
Hospital performance measurement.
Courtney JT, Petrillo M, Krumholz H, Meehan TP. Hospital performance measurement. Connecticut Medicine 2002, 66: 633-4. PMID: 12448216.Peer-Reviewed Original Research