Hospital COVID-19 Burden and Adverse Event Rates
Metersky M, Rodrick D, Ho S, Galusha D, Timashenka A, Grace E, Marshall D, Eckenrode S, Krumholz H. Hospital COVID-19 Burden and Adverse Event Rates. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2442936. PMID: 39495512, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.42936.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 burdenHospital admissionPatient safetyRelative riskCohort studyStudy of hospital admissionsAcute care hospitalsRisk-adjustment variablesRisk-adjusted ratesMedicare hospital admissionsCOVID-19 pandemicStaffing shortagesHospital characteristicsMain OutcomesHospital resilienceSurge capacityMedicare patientsCare hospitalHighest burdenPrevent declinesPatient admissionsStudy sampleElixhauser comorbiditiesCOVID-19Low burdenNatural Language Processing of Clinical Documentation to Assess Functional Status in Patients With Heart Failure
Adejumo P, Thangaraj P, Dhingra L, Aminorroaya A, Zhou X, Brandt C, Xu H, Krumholz H, Khera R. Natural Language Processing of Clinical Documentation to Assess Functional Status in Patients With Heart Failure. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2443925. PMID: 39509128, PMCID: PMC11544492, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.43925.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional status assessmentArea under the receiver operating characteristic curveClinical documentationElectronic health record dataHF symptomsOptimal care deliveryHealth record dataAssess functional statusStatus assessmentClinical trial participationProcessing of clinical documentsFunctional status groupCare deliveryOutpatient careMain OutcomesMedical notesTrial participantsNew York Heart AssociationFunctional statusQuality improvementRecord dataHeart failureClinical notesDiagnostic studiesStatus groupsRacial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Faust J, Renton B, Bongiovanni T, Chen A, Sheares K, Du C, Essien U, Fuentes-Afflick E, Haywood T, Khera R, King T, Li S, Lin Z, Lu Y, Marshall A, Ndumele C, Opara I, Loarte-Rodriguez T, Sawano M, Taparra K, Taylor H, Watson K, Yancy C, Krumholz H. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2438918. PMID: 39392630, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.38918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 public health emergencyNon-HispanicPublic health emergencyOther Pacific IslanderExcess mortalityAlaska NativesUS populationExcess deathsRates of excess mortalityCross-sectional study analyzed dataYears of potential lifeMortality relative riskNon-Hispanic whitesCross-sectional studyPacific IslandersStudy analyzed dataAll-cause mortalityEthnic groupsMortality disparitiesMortality ratioTotal populationDeath certificatesEthnic disparitiesMain OutcomesDecedent ageBurden of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke Across the US From 1990 to 2019
Renedo D, Acosta J, Leasure A, Sharma R, Krumholz H, de Havenon A, Alahdab F, Aravkin A, Aryan Z, Bärnighausen T, Basu S, Burkart K, Coberly K, Criqui M, Dai X, Desai R, Dharmaratne S, Doshi R, Elgendy I, Feigin V, Filip I, Gad M, Ghozy S, Hafezi-Nejad N, Kalani R, Karaye I, Kisa A, Krishnamoorthy V, Lo W, Mestrovic T, Miller T, Misganaw A, Mokdad A, Murray C, Natto Z, Radfar A, Ram P, Roth G, Seylani A, Shah N, Sharma P, Sheikh A, Singh J, Song S, Sotoudeh H, Vervoort D, Wang C, Xiao H, Xu S, Zand R, Falcone G, Sheth K. Burden of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke Across the US From 1990 to 2019. JAMA Neurology 2024, 81: 394-404. PMID: 38436973, PMCID: PMC10913004, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.0190.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBurden of strokeHemorrhagic strokeBurden trendsGlobal burdenGlobal Burden of Disease StudyBurden of Disease StudyAge-standardized ratesAge-standardized estimatesPublic health policiesStroke-related outcomesIschemic strokeCross-sectional studyPublic health challengeCross-sectional analysisStroke mortalityStroke burdenHealth policyOlder adultsMain OutcomesStroke incidenceStroke casesIntracerebral hemorrhageEscalating burdenHealth challengesSignificant disparities