2017
Assessing the reliability of self-reported weight for the management of heart failure: application of fraud detection methods to a randomised trial of telemonitoring
Steventon A, Chaudhry SI, Lin Z, Mattera JA, Krumholz HM. Assessing the reliability of self-reported weight for the management of heart failure: application of fraud detection methods to a randomised trial of telemonitoring. BMC Medical Informatics And Decision Making 2017, 17: 43. PMID: 28420352, PMCID: PMC5395848, DOI: 10.1186/s12911-017-0426-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-digit preferenceHeart failureHeart Failure Outcomes trialEffective preventive careCharacteristics of patientsSelf-reported weightHealth care professionalsSix-month trial periodIntervention patientsMore medicationsAccuracy of reportingOutcome trialsTrial enrollmentPreventive careClinical managementUnnecessary treatmentDesign of initiativesCare professionalsPatientsRegistration numberAlert fatigueElectronic medical dataTrial periodTrialsNumber of days
2014
Place of Residence and Outcomes of Patients With Heart Failure
Bikdeli B, Wayda B, Bao H, Ross JS, Xu X, Chaudhry SI, Spertus JA, Bernheim SM, Lindenauer PK, Krumholz HM. Place of Residence and Outcomes of Patients With Heart Failure. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2014, 7: 749-756. PMID: 25074375, PMCID: PMC5323058, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.113.000911.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeighborhood socioeconomic statusIndividual socioeconomic statusOutcomes of patientsHeart failureHigher SES neighborhoodsSocioeconomic statusClinical factorsHeart Failure Outcomes trialPrimary end pointPatient-level factorsUS internal medicineCause mortalityCause readmissionMultivariable adjustmentOutcome trialsMedical chartsPatient interviewsLow-SES neighborhoodsCardiology practiceMortality ratePatientsPlace of residenceInternal medicineReadmissionEnd point