2015
Development of a Hospital Outcome Measure Intended for Use With Electronic Health Records
McNamara RL, Wang Y, Partovian C, Montague J, Mody P, Eddy E, Krumholz HM, Bernheim SM. Development of a Hospital Outcome Measure Intended for Use With Electronic Health Records. Medical Care 2015, 53: 818-826. PMID: 26225445, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000402.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsOutcome measuresClinical dataMortality rateClinical practiceFuture quality improvement measuresRisk-standardized mortality ratesHospital risk-standardized mortality ratesLow-mortality hospitalsHealth recordsSystolic blood pressureOdds of mortalityClinical registry dataAcute myocardial infarctionHigh-mortality hospitalsHospital outcome measuresEHR dataFinal risk modelCurrent clinical practiceStandard clinical practiceFirst outcome measureNational Quality ForumCurrent electronic health recordsQuality improvement measuresChart abstractionPost-market clinical research conducted by medical device manufacturers: a cross-sectional survey
Ross JS, Blount KL, Ritchie JD, Hodshon B, Krumholz HM. Post-market clinical research conducted by medical device manufacturers: a cross-sectional survey. Medical Devices Evidence And Research 2015, Volume 8: 241-249. PMID: 26060416, PMCID: PMC4454210, DOI: 10.2147/mder.s82964.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Assessing surrogacy of data sources for institutional comparisons
Normand S, Wang Y, Krumholz H. Assessing surrogacy of data sources for institutional comparisons. Health Services And Outcomes Research Methodology 2007, 7: 79-96. DOI: 10.1007/s10742-006-0018-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
77 ADMISSION BODY TEMPERATURE AND MORTALITY IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR HEART FAILURE
Nallamothu B, Payvar S, Wang Y, Kosiborod M, Foody J, Masoudi F, Havranek E, Casscells S, Krumholz H. 77 ADMISSION BODY TEMPERATURE AND MORTALITY IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR HEART FAILURE. Journal Of Investigative Medicine 2005, 53: s400. DOI: 10.2310/6650.2005.00205.76.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOne-year mortalityAdmission body temperatureHeart failureWorse survivalBody temperatureLow body temperatureLogistic regressionPatients 65 yearsAdvanced heart failurePATIENTS HOSPITALIZEDHospital deathMultivariate adjustmentPatient subgroupsIndependent associationClinical dataStudy populationPatientsPolynomial logistic regressionCare ProjectMortalityHospitalSurvivalFailureSignificant relationshipHospitalized
2003
Gender differences in recovery after coronary artery bypass surgery
Vaccarino V, Lin ZQ, Kasl SV, Mattera JA, Roumanis SA, Abramson JL, Krumholz HM. Gender differences in recovery after coronary artery bypass surgery. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2003, 41: 307-314. PMID: 12535827, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(02)02698-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysical functionCABG surgeryDepressive symptomsHospital readmissionCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryCoronary artery bypass surgeryBypass graft surgeryArtery bypass surgeryCongestive heart failureLow physical functionMore depressive symptomsFirst CABGGraft surgeryBaseline characteristicsBypass surgeryPatient characteristicsHeart failureIllness severityMedical recordsWorse outcomesClinical dataFemale genderHigh riskSide effects