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"VA Hospitals: How Well Do They Treat Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia?"
NEJM Journal Watch, March 1, 2016

"Recent Research from Yale University Highlights Findings in Heart Attack"
Pharmacy Choice, February 13, 2016

"Study Compares Outcomes at VA Hospitals vs. Non-VA Hospitals"
Science Daily, February 9. 2016

"Admission to VA Hospital Associated with Different Mortality, Readmission Rates for AMI, HF, Pneumonia"
Rheumatology Advisor, February 9, 2016

"VA Hospitals Outdo Private Center on MI, HF Survival"
Med Page Today, February 9, 2016

"Optimizing Heart Failure Medications at Discharge"
ACP Hospitalist, February, 2016

"Pulmonary Embolism in Older Adults"
Cardiology News, December 12, 2015

"As the Number of US TAVR Centers Grows, Patient Outcomes Vary"
The Source for Interventional Cardiovascular News and Education (tctmd), December 7, 2015

"National Trends in Emergency Room Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism, 2001-2010"
Medscape, November 30, 2015

"Cardiovascular Care Differs for Women vs Men"
Endocrinology Advisor, October 29, 2015

"Many at Risk for Heart Attacks Are Unaware, Yale Study Finds"
New Haven Register, October 27, 2015

"Disparities of Cardiovascular Risk Warnings between Men and Women"
Cardiology Advisor, October 27, 2015

"Risk Perceptions and Discussions before Acute MI"
American College of Cardiology, October 26, 2015

"Young Women Less Likely To Be Informed of Heart Disease Risk by Providers"
Science Daily, October 26, 2015

"Heart Disease Affects More Young Women Than Men, So Why Are Women Less Informed?"
Medical Daily, October 26, 2015

"Many Younger People, Especially Women, Unaware of Heart Attack Risk, Study Finds"
Yale School of Medicine, October 26, 2015

"What Kind of Heart Attacks Do Young Women Have?"
My Heart Sisters, October 11, 2015

"Study Hints That Many ICU Admissions for Acute MI Patients May Be Unnecessary"
The Source for Interventional Cardiovascular News and Education (tctmd), September 25, 2015

"New Taxonomy Can Better Classify Young Women with Acute MI"
MedScape, September 25, 2015

"Are Health Outcomes for U.S. Elders Improving or Worsening?"
NEJM Journal Watch, August 25, 2015

"Care for Money"
National Affairs Blog, August 24, 2015

"Readmission Rate After Carotid Revascularization an Opportunity for Improvement"
The Source for Interventional Cardiovascular News and Education (tctmd), April 6, 2015

"Study Identifies Disparities in Survival After Acute MI"
The Source for Interventional Cardiovascular News and Education (tctmd), August 6, 2014

"Diabetes treatment cost and use on rapid rise, nearly as rapid as diagnosis trend"
Tech Times, June 11, 2014

"Out-of-pocket costs for insulin rose during the 2000s"
Reuters, June 10, 2014

"Improving outcomes for aortic valve replacement in the USA"
Nature Reviews Cardiology, December 10, 2013

"Top hospitals reduce readmissions by preventing complications"
Science Daily, November 20, 2013

"Rate of Aortic Valve Replacement for Elderly Patients Increased; Outcomes Improved"
Science Daily, November 17, 2013

"Hospitals' nesiritide use declines at different rates"
Cardiovascular Business, September 23, 2013

"Decline in hospitalizations for serious heart infection"
Science Daily, September 16, 2013

"Early discharge planning at hospital admission can lower mortality after a heart attack"
AHRQ Research Activities, September 2013

"Hospitals React to HF Drug Risks at Varying Pace"
MedPage Today, August 8, 2013

"All water pills not equally effective against heart failure"
Science Daily, April 1, 2013

"New Data to Consider in D.N.R. Decisions"
The New Old Age blog via The New York Times, March 14, 2013

"Cardiac Arrest Survivors Have Better Outlook Than Doctors Think"
NPR, March 14, 2013

"Publications of clinical trials often delayed by several years"
Oncology Nurse Advisor, March 7, 2013

"Deaths may not lower hospital readmission rates"
Yale Daily News, February 19, 2013

"Income inequality equals more hospital readmissions"
Medwire News, February 19, 2013

"AMA details plan for cutting hospital readmissions"
American Medical News, February 18, 2013

"Income inequality associated with higher risk of hospital readmission"
The Incidental Economist, February 16, 2013

"Rich/poor divide linked to hospital readmissions in study"
HealthDay News, February 15, 2013

"Income inequality linked to hospital readmission"
Medical News Today, February 15, 2013

"Hospitalization: Strong link between income inequality and readmission risk, but not mortality"
Science Daily, February 14, 2013

"No link between hospital readmissions and death rates, says study"
Yale News, February 13, 2013

"Higher hospital readmissions aren't linked to fewer deaths, study finds"
Kaiser Health News, February 12, 2013

"Performance measures: 30-day mortality, readmission rates found independent"
Internal Medicine News, February 12, 2013

"Hospital deaths and readmissions not linked: study"
Reuters Health, February 12, 2013

"Postdischarge period poses perils"
Yale Daily News, January 29, 2013

"Medicare readmissions common, diagnoses new"
MedPage Today, January 23, 2013

"Minute by Minute, the Race to Open a Blocked Artery"
Wall Street Journal, September 10, 2012

"The Fraying Hospital Safety Net"
The New York Times, September 6, 2012

"Circ: Hospitals that perform more, spend more"
Cardiovascular Business, May 15, 2012

"Improved survival rates for mitral valve heart surgery patients"
News.Yale.edu, May 10, 2012

"Hospitals performing expensive heart procedures are more costly for all patients" (Link to Video)
News.Yale.edu, May 10, 2012

"Want to cut health care costs? Start here."
WashingtonPost.com, April 21, 2012

"Heart Attack Survival Varies Widely Among Hospitals, Study Finds"
USNews.com, April 20, 2012

"A Yale clinician ponders the ethics of a seeding trial masquerading as research"
YaleMedicine.Yale.edu, Winter 2012

"Why do cardiologists often pass up safe, low-tech treatments for chest pain?"
WashingtonPost.com, February 6, 2012

"Death Rate Measure Used to Judge Hospital Quality May be Misleading"
ScienceDaily.com, January 3, 2012

"Hospital Transfers for PCI Rarely Fast Enough"
MedPageToday.com, November 28, 2011

"Heart Failure Puts Fewer in Hospital"
Wall Street Journal, October 19, 2011

"Heart Failure Hospitalization Rate Drops 30% in 10 Years"
Cardiobrief.org, October 18, 2011

"Door-to-balloon time closing in on one hour ."
Forbes, August 23, 2011

"Death rates higher for patients in U.S. Territories"
Fox News, June 29, 2011

"Fewer Medicare patients hospitalized for heart trouble"
U.S. News & World Report, May 11, 2011

"Cards need to embrace quality metrics"
CMIO, April 7, 2011

"New cardiovascular outcomes center promotes better patient care"
Yale Office of Public Affairs and Communication, October 7, 2010

• Bucholz EM, Krumholz HA, Krumholz HM. Underweight, markers of cachexia, and mortality in acute myocardial infarction: A prospective cohort study of elderly Medicare beneficiaries. PLoS Med. 2016;13:e1001998.
• Bikdeli B, Wang Y, Minges KE, Desai NR, Kim N, Desai MM, Spertus JA, Masoudi FA, Nallamothu BK, Goldhaber SZ, Krumholz HM. Inferior vena caval filter utilization and outcomes in Medicare beneficiaries with pulmonary embolism from 1999-2010. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67:1027-1035.
• Murugiah K, Wang Y, Desai NR, Spatz ES, Nuti SV, Dreyer RP, Krumholz HM. Trends in short-and long-term outcomes for Takotsubo cardiomyopathy among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, 2007 to 2012 . JACC Heart Fail. 2016;4:197-205
• Bucholz EM, Beckman AL, Krumholz HA, Krumholz HM. Excess weight and life expectancy after acute myocardial infarction: The obesity paradox reexamined . Am Heart J. 2016;172:173-181.
• Nuti SV, Qin L, Rumsfeld JS, Ross JS, Masoudi FA, Normand SL, Murugiah K, Bernheim SM, Suter LG, Krumholz HM. Association of admission to Veterans Affairs hospitals vs non-Veterans Affairs hospitals with mortality and readmission rates among older men hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia. JAMA. 2016;315:582-592.
• Wang Y, Pandolfi MM, Fine J, Metersky ML, Wang C, Ho SY, Galusha D, Nuti SV, Murugiah K, Spenard A, Elwell T, Krumholz HM. Community-level association between home health and nursing home performance on quality and hospital 30-day readmissions for Medicare patients. Home Health Care Manag Pract. 2016;e1084822316639032.
• Clough JD, Rajkumar R, Crim MT, Ott LS, Desai NR, Conway PH, Maresh S, Kahvecioglu DC, Krumholz HM. Practice-level variation in outpatient cardiac care and association with outcomes. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016;5:e002594.
• Bucholz EM, Beckman AL, Kiefe CI, Krumholz HM.Smoking status and life expectancy after acute myocardial infarction in the elderly. Heart. 2016;102:133-139.
• Chen R, Desai NR, Ross JS, Zhang W, Chau KH, Wayda B, Muruguah K, Lu DY, Mittal A, Krumholz HM. Publication and reporting of clinical trial results: cross sectional analysis across academic medical centers. BMJ. 2016;352:i637.
• Du X, Spatz ES, Dreyer RP, Hu S, Wu C, Li X, Li J, Wang S, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Nasir K, Krumholz HM, Jiang L; China PEACE Collaborative Group. Sex differences in clinical profiles and quality of care among patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction from 2001 to 2011: Insights from the China Patient-Centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (PEACE)-Retrospective Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016;5:e002157.
• Krumholz HM, Nuti SV, Downing NS, Normand SL, Wang Y. Mortality, hospitalizations, and expenditures for the Medicare population aged 65 years or older, 1999-2013. JAMA. 2015;314:355-365.
• Murugiah K, Wang Y, Desai NR, Nuti SV, Krumholz HM. Hospital variation in outcomes for transcatheter aortic valve replacement among Medicare beneficiaries, 2011 to 2013. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;66:2678-2679.
• 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; American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure (GWTG-HF) Investigators. Medication initiation burden required to comply with heart failure guideline recommendations and hospital quality measures. Circulation. 2015;132:1347-1353.
• Chen R, Strait KM, Dharmarajan K, Li SX, Ranasinghe I, Martin J, Fazel R, Masoudi FA, Cooke CR, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM. Hospital variation in admission to intensive care units for patients with acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J. 2015;170:1161-1169.
• Leifheit-Limson EC, D'Onofrio G, Daneshvar M, Geda M, Bueno H, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM, Lichtman JH. Sex differences in cardiac risk factors, perceived risk, and health care provider discussion of risk and risk modification among young patients with acute myocardial infarction: The VIRGO study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;66:1949-1957.
• Bucholz EM, Normand SL, Wang Y, Ma S, Lin H, Krumholz HM. Life expectancy and years of potential life lost after acute myocardial infarction by sex and race: A cohort-based study of Medicare beneficiaries. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;66:645-655.
• Bucholz EM, Ma S, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Race, socioeconomic status, and life expectancy after acute myocardial infarction. Circulation. 2015;132:1338-1346.
• Chen SI, Wang Y, Dreyer R, Strait KM, Spatz ES, Xu X, Smolderen KG, Desai NR, Lorenze NP, Lichtman JH, Spertus JA, D'Onofrio G, Bueno H, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM. Insurance and prehospital delay in patients <55 years with acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2015;116:1827-1832.
• Spatz ES, Curry LA, Masoudi FA, Zhou S, Strait KM, Gross CP, Curtis JP, Lansky AJ, Barreto-Filho JA, Lampropulos JF, Bueno H, Chaudhry SI, D'Onofrio G, Safdar B, Dreyer RP, Murugiah K, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. The variation in recovery: Role of gender on outcomes of young AMI patients (VIRGO) classification system: A taxonomy for young women with acute myocardial infarction. Circulation. 2015;132:1710-1718.
• Minges KE, Bikdeli B, Wang Y, Kim N, Curtis JP, Desai MM, Krumholz HM. National trends in pulmonary embolism hospitalization rates and outcomes for adults aged =65 years in the United States (1999 to 2010). Am J Cardiol. 2015;116:1436-1442.
• Dodson JA, Wang Y, Murugiah K, Dharmajaran K, Cooper Z, Hashim S, Nuti SV, Spatz E, Desai N, Krumholz HM. National trends in hospital readmission rates among Medicare fee-for-service survivors of mitral valve surgery, 1999-2010. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0132470.
• Chakkalakal RJ, Green JC, Krumholz HM, Nallamothu B. Standardized data collection practices and the racial/ethnic distribution of hospitalized patients. Med Care. 2015;53:666-672.
• Dreyer RP, Ranasinghe I, Wang Y, Dharmarajan K, Murugiah K, Nuti SV, Hsieh AF, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Sex differences in the rate, timing and principal diagnoses of 30-day readmissions in younger patients with acute myocardial infarction. Circulation. 2015;132:158-166.
• Bradley EH, Sipsma H, Horwitz LI, Ndumele CD, Brewster AL, Curry LA, Krumholz HM. Hospital strategy uptake and reductions in unplanned readmission rates for patients with heart failure: A prospective study. J Gen Intern Med. 2015;30:605-611.
• Gupta A, Chui P, Zhou S, Spertus JA, Geda M, Lorenze N, Lee I, D'Onofrio G, Lichtman JH, Alexander KP, Krumholz KM, Curtis JP. Frequency and effects of excess dosing of anticoagulants in patients =55 years with acute myocardial infarction who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (From the VIRGO study). Am J Cardiol . 2015;116:1-7.
• Zhan L, Masoudi FA, Li X, Hu S, Venkatesh AK, Spertus JA, Lin Z, Desai NR, Li J, Krumholz HM, Jiang L; China PEACE Collaborative Group. Trends in cardiac biomarker testing in China for patients with acute myocardial infarction, 2001 to 2011: China PEACE-retrospective AMI study. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0122237.
• Nuti SV, Wang Y, Masoudi FA, Bratzler DW, Bernheim SM, Murugiah K, Krumholz HM. Improvements in the distribution of hospital performance for the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia, 2006-2011. Med Care . 2015;53:485-491.
• Dreyer RP, Wang Y, Strait KM, Lorenze NP, D'Onofrio G, Bueno H, Lichtman JH, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Gender differences in the trajectory of recovery in health status among young patients with acute myocardial infarction: Results from the variation in recovery: role of gender on outcomes of young AMI patients (VIRGO) study. Circulation. 2015;131:1971-1980.

• Al-Damluji MS, Dharmarajan K, Zhang W, Geary LL, Stilp E, Dardik A, Mena-Hurtado C, Curtis JP. Readmissions after carotid artery revascularization in the Medicare population. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;65:1398-1408.
• Nallamothu BK, Normand SL, Wang Y, Hofer TP, Brush JE Jr, Messenger JC, Bradley EH, Rumsfeld JS, Krumholz HM. Relation between door-to-balloon times and mortality after primary percutaneous coronary intervention over time: A retrospective study. Lancet. 2015;385:1114-1122.
• 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. Implement Science. 2015;10:29.
• Bucholz EM, Krumholz HM.Women in clinical research: What we need for progress. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:S1-S3.
• Ranasinghe I, Shojaee A, Bikdeli B, Gupta A, Chen R, Ross JS, Masoudi F, Spertus JA, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM. Poorly cited articles in peer-reviewed cardiovascular journals from 1997-2007: Analysis of 5-year citation rates. Circulation. 2015;131:1755-1762.
• Horwitz LI, Lin Z, Herrin, J, Bernheim S, Drye EE, Krumholz HM, Ross JS. Association of hospital volume with readmission rates: A retrospective cross-sectional study. BMJ. 2015;350:h447.
• Chan PS, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Curtis LH, Li Y, Hammill BG, Nallamothu, BK. Effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in survivors of inhospital cardiac arrest. Am Heart J. 2015;169:870-878.e1.
• Dharmarajan K, Krumholz HM. Risk after hospitalization: We have a lot to learn. J Hosp Med. 2015;10:135-136.
• Murugiah K, Wang Y, Dodson JA, Nuti SV, Dharmarajan K, Ranasinghe I, Cooper Z, Krumholz HM. Trends in hospitalizations among Medicare survivors of aortic valve replacement in United States, 1999-2010. Ann Thorac Surg . 2015;99:509-517.
• Bikdeli, B, Strait KM, Dharmarajan K, Li S, Mody P, Partovian C, Coca SG, Kim N, Horwitz LI, Testani JM, Krumholz HM. Intravenous fluids in acute decompensated heart failure. JACC HF. 2015;3:127-133.
• Al-Damluji MS, Dzara K, Hodshon B, Punnanithinont N, Krumholz HM, Chaudhry SI, Horwitz LI. Association of discharge summary quality with readmission risk for patients hospitalized with heart failure exacerbation. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:109-111.
• Al-Damluji MS, Dzara K, Hodshon B, Punnanithinont N, Krumholz HM, Chaudhry SI, Horwitz LI. Hospital variation in quality of discharge summaries for patients hospitalized with heart failure exacerbation. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:77-86.
• Dharmarajan K, Hsieh AF, Kulkarni VT, Lin Z, Ross JS, Horwitz LI, Kim N, Suter LG, Lin H, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Trajectories of risk after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia: retrospective cohort study. BMJ 2015;350:h411
• Venkatesh AK, Dai Y, Ross JS, Schuur JD, Capp R, Krumholz HM. Variation in U.S. hospital emergency department admission rates by clinical condition. Medical Care. 2015;53:237-244.
• Wang Y, Lichtman JH, Dharmarajan K, Masoudi FA, Ross JS, Dodson JA, Chen J, Spertus JA, Chaudhry SI, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM . National trends in stroke after acute myocardial infarction among Medicare patients in the United States: 1999-2010. Am Heart J. 2015;169:78-85.
• Ben-Josef G, Ott LS, Spivack SB, Wang C, Ross JS, Shah SJ, Curtis JP, Kim N, Krumholz HM, Bernheim SM. Payments for acute myocardial infarction episodes of care initiated at hospitals with and without interventional capabilities. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014;7:882-888.
• Krumholz, HM, Normand SL, Wang, Y. Trends in hospitalizations and outcomes for acute cardiovascular disease and stroke, 1999-2011. Circulation . 2014;130: 966-975.
• Ranasinghe I, Wang Y, Dharmarajan K, Hsieh AF, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM. Readmissions after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia among young and middle-aged adults: A retrospective observational cohort study. PLoS Med . 2014;11:e1001737.
• Chaudhry SI, Khan, RF, Chen J, Dharmarajan K, Dodson JA, Masoudi FA, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. National trends in recurrent AMI hospitalizations 1 year after acute myocardial Infarction in medicare beneficiaries: 1999 to 2010. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014;3:e001197.
• Mody PS, Wang Y, Geirsson A, Kim N, Desai MM, Gupta A, Dodson JA, Krumholz HM. Trends in aortic dissection hospitalizations, interventions, and outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries in the United States, 2000-2011. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014;7:920-928.
• Lampropulos J, Kim N, Wang, Y, Desai MM, Barreto-Filho JA, Dodson, JA, Dries DL, Mangi AA, Krumholz HM. Trends in left ventricular assist device use and outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries, 2004-2011. Open Heart. 2014;1:e000109.
• Bucholz EM, Butala NM, Rathore SS, Dreyer RP, Lansky AJ, Krumholz HM. Sex differences in long-term mortality after myocardial infarction: A systematic review. Circulation. 2014;130:757-767.
• Lipska KJ, Ross JS, Wang Y, Inzucchi SE, Minges K, Karter AJ, Huang ES, Desai MM, Gill TM, Krumholz HM. National trends in US hospital admissions for hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia among Medicare beneficiaries, 1999 to 2011. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174:1116-1124.
• Spatz ES, Sheth SD, Gosch KL, Desai MM, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM, Ross JS. Usual source of care and outcomes following acute myocardial infarction. J Gen Intern Med . 2014;29:862-869.
• Xu X, Li SX, Lin H, Normand SL, Kim N, Ott LS, Lagu T, Duan M, Kroch EA, Krumholz HM. "Phenotyping" hospital value of care for patients with heart failure. Health Serv Res . 2014;49:2000-2016.
• Lu L, Krumholz HM, Tu JV, Ross JS, Ko DT, Jackevicius CA. Impact of the ENHANCE trial on the use of ezetimibe in the United States and Canada. Am Heart J. 2014;167:683-689.
• Sen S, Soulos PR, Herrin J, Roberts KB, Yu JB, Lesnikoski BA, Ross JS, Krumholz HM, Gross CP. For-profit hospital ownership status and use of brachytherapy after breast-conserving surgery. Surgery. 2014;155:776-788.
• Wang EA, Aminawung JA, Wildeman C, Ross JS, Krumholz HM. High incarceration rates among black men enrolled in clinical studies may compromise ability to identify disparities. Health Aff . 2014;33:848-855.
• D'Agostino RB, Ansell BJ, Mora S, Krumholz HM. Clinical decisions: The guidelines battle on starting statins. N Engl J Med . 2014;370:1652-1658.
• Suter LG, Li SX, Grady JN, Lin Z, Wang Y, Bhat KR, Turkmani D, Spivack SB, Lindenauer PK, Merrill AR, Drye EE, Krumholz HM, Bernheim SM. National patterns of risk-standardized mortality and readmission after hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia: Update on publicly reported outcomes measures based on the 2013 release. J Gen Intern Med. 2014;29:1333-1340.
• Safavi KC, Li SX, Dharmarajan K, Venkatesh AK, Strait KM, Lin H, Lowe TJ, Fazel R, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM. Hospital variation in the use of noninvasive cardiac imaging and its association with downstream testing, interventions, and outcomes. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174:546-553.
• Steventon A, Krumholz HM. Does US health reform reduce hospital readmission rates? BMJ. 2014;348:g2641.
• Krumholz HM. Neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza. BMJ. 2014;348:g2548.
• Krumholz HM. The new cholesterol and blood pressure guidelines: Perspective on the path forward. JAMA 2014;311:1403-1405.
• Becker JE, Krumholz HM, Ben-Josef G, Ross JS. Reporting of results in ClinicalTrials.gov and high-impact journals. JAMA. 2014;311:1063-1065.
• Capp R, Ross JS, Fox JP, Wang Y, Desai MM, Venkatesh AK, Krumholz HM. Hospital variation in risk-standardized hospital admission rates from U.S. emergency departments among adults. Am J Emerg Med. 2014;32:837-843.
• Minges KE, Curtis JP. Living in the readmission era. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2014;7: 9-10.
• Lipska KJ, Krumholz HM. Comparing diabetes medications: Where do we set the bar? JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174;317-318.
• Bradley EH, Sipsma H, Horwitz LI, Curry L, Krumholz HM. Contemporary data about hospital strategies to reduce unplanned readmissions: What has changed? JAMA Intern Med . 2014;174:154-156.
• Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Grau-Sepulveda MV, Hernandez AF, Peterson PN, Partovian C, Li S-X, Heidenreich PA, Bhatt DL, Peterson ED, Krumholz HM. Hospital variation in intravenous inotrope use for patients hospitalized with heart failure: Insights from Get With The Guidelines. Circ Heart Fail . 2014;7:251-260.
• Downing NS, Aminawung JA, Shah ND, Krumholz HM, Ross JS. Clinical trial evidence supporting FDA approval of novel therapeutic agents, 2005-2012. JAMA. 2014;311:368-377.
• Chan AW, Song F, Vickers A, Jefferson T, Dickersin K, Gøtzsche PC, Krumholz HM, Ghersi D, van der Worp HB. Increasing value and reducing waste: addressing inaccessible research. Lancet. 2014;383:257-266.
• Wang Y, Eldridge N, Metersky ML, Verzier NR, Meehan TP, Pandolfi MM, Foody JM, Ho SY, Galusha D, Kliman RE, Sonnenfeld N, Krumholz HM, Battles J. National trends in patient safety for four common conditions, 2005-2011. N Eng J Med. 2014;370:341-351.
• Silverman MG, Blaha MJ, Krumholz HM, Budoff MJ, Blankstein R, Sibley CT, Agatston A, Blumenthal RS, Nasir K. Impact of coronary artery calcium on coronary heart disease events in individuals at the extremes of traditional risk factor burden: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Eur Heart J. 2014;35:2232-2241.
• Chen J, Hsieh AF, Dharmarajan K, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM. National trends in heart failure hospitalization after acute myocardial infarction for Medicare beneficiaries:1998-2010. Circulation. 2013;128:2577-2584.
• Bikdeli B, Wang Y, Kim N, Desai MM, Quagliarello V, Krumholz HM. Trends in hospitalization rates and outcomes of endocarditis among medicare beneficiaries. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;62:2217-2226.
• Wang EA, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. A high risk of hospitalization following release from correctional facilities in Medicare beneficiaries: a retrospective matched cohort study, 2002 to 2010. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173:1621-1628.
• Krumholz HM . Target cardiovascular risk rather than cholesterol concentration. BMJ. 2013;347:f7110.
• Dharmarajan K, Hsieh AF, Lin Z, Bueno H, Ross JS, Horwitz LI, Barreto-Filho JA, Kim N, Suter LG, Bernheim SM, Drye EE, Krumholz HM. Hospital readmission performance and patterns of readmission: retrospective cohort study of Medicare admissions. BMJ. 2013;347:f6571.
• Barreto-Filho JA, Wang Y, Rathore SS, Spatz ES, Ross JS, Nallamothu BK, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Transfer rates from nonprocedure hospitals after initial admission and outcomes among elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174:213-222.
• Lipska KJ, Warton EM, Huang ES, Moffet HH, Inzucchi SE, Krumholz HM, Karter AJ. HbA1c and risk of severe hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes: the diabetes and aging study. Diabetes Care . 2013;6:3535-3542.
• Barreto-Filho JA, Wang Y, Dodson JA, Desai MM, Sugeng L, Geirsson A, Krumholz HM. Trends in aortic valve replacement for elderly patients in the United States, 1999-2011. JAMA. 2013;310:2078-2085.
• Bradley EH, Sipsma H, Curry L, Mehrotra D, Horwitz LI, Krumholz HM. Quality collaboratives and campaigns to reduce readmissions: what strategies are hospitals using? J Hosp Med . 2013;11:601-608.
• Dharmarajan K, Li J, Li X, Lin Z, Krumholz HM, Jiang L; China PEACE Collaborative Group. The China patient-centered evaluative assessment of cardiac events (China PEACE) retrospective study of acute myocardial infarction: study design. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes . 2013;6:732-740.
• Chen LM, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Tang F, Chan PS; American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation Investigators. Association between a hospital's quality performance for in-hospital cardiac arrest and common medical conditions. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes . 2013;6:700-707.
• Dharmarajan K, Strait KM, Lagu T, Lindenauer PK, Tinetti ME, Lynn J, Li SX, Krumholz HM. Acute decompensated heart failure is routinely treated as a cardiopulmonary syndrome. PLoS One. 2013;8:e78222.
• Horwitz LI, Moriarty JP, Chen C, Fogerty RL, Brewster UC, Kanade S, Ziaeian B, Jenq GY, Krumholz HM. Quality of discharge practices and patient understanding at an academic medical center. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173:1715-1722.
• Krumholz HM. Grant applications with a result-based orientation. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013;6:507-508.
• Partovian C, Li SX, Xu X, Lin H, Strait KM, Hwa J, Krumholz HM. Patterns of change in nesiritide use in patients with heart failure: how hospitals react to new information. JACC HF. 2013;1:318-324.
• Dharmarajan K, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Li S-X, Krumholz HM. Contraindicated initiation of beta blockers in patients hospitalized with heart failure. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173:1547-1549.
• Leifheit-Limson EC, Spertus JA, Reid KJ, Jones SB, Vaccarino V, Krumholz HM, Lichtman JH. Prevalence of traditional cardiac risk factors and secondary prevention among patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI): variation by age, sex, and race. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2013;8:659-666.
• Krumholz HM. Variations in health care, patient preferences, and high-quality decision making. JAMA. 2013;310:151-152.
• Krumholz HM. How do we know the value of our research? Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes . 2013;6:371-372.
• Lagu T, Krumholz HM, Dharmarajan K, Partovian C, Kim N, Mody PS, Li S.-X, Strait KM, Lindenauer PK. Spending more, doing more, or both? An alternative method for quantifying utilization during hospitalizations. J Hosp Med. 2013;8:373-379.
• Kulkarni VT, Ross J, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Regional density of cardiologists and rates of mortality for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013;6:352-359.
• Fox J, Suter LG, Wang K, Wang, Y, Krumholz HM, Ross JS. Hospital-based, acute care needs within 30-days of discharge from coronary artery bypass surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013;96:96-104.
• Ross J, Krumholz HM. Implications of clinical trial data sharing for medical writers. Medical Writing . 2013;22:45-49.
• Spatz E, Canavan ME, Desai MM, Krumholz HM, Lindau ST. Sexual activity and function among middle-aged and older men and women with hypertension. J Hypertens. 2013;31:1096-1105.
• Chen J, Dharmarajan K, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. National trends in heart failure hospital stay rates, 2001-2009. J Am Coll Cardiol . 2013;61:1078-1088.
• Gupta A, Desai MM, Kim N, Bulsara KR, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Trends in intracranial stenting among Medicare beneficiaries in the United States, 2006-2010. J Am Heart Assoc. 2013;2:e000084.
• Horwitz LI, Jenq GY, Brewster UC, Chen C, Kanade S, Van Ness PH, Araujo KL, Ziaeian B, Moriarty JP, Fogerty RL, Krumholz HM. Comprehensive quality assessment of discharge summaries at an academic medical center. J Hosp Med. 2013;8:436-443.
• Jackevicius CA, Tu JV, Krumholz HM.Statins: Is it safe and effective to use generic "equivalents"? Can J Cardiol. 2013;29:408-410.
• Chan PS, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Li Y, Hammill BG, Curtis LH; American Heart Association Get with the Guidelines Resuscitation Investigators. Long-term outcomes of elderly survivors of in-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med. 2013;368:1019-1026.
• Bikdeli B, Strait KM, Dharmarajan K, Partovian C, Coca SG, Kim N, Li SX, Testani JM, Khan U, Krumholz HM. Dominance of furosemide for loop diuretic therapy in heart failure: Time to revisit the alternatives? J Am Coll Cardiol . 2013;61:1549-1550.
• Krumholz HM, Bradley EH, Curry LA. Promoting publication of rigorous qualitative research. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013;6:133-134.
• Cook N, Bonds DE, Kiefe CI, Curtis JP, Krumholz HM, Kressin NR, Peterson ED, NHLBI CCOR Writing Group. 2013. Centers for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research: Defining a collaborative vision. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013;6:223-228.
• Ross JS, Mocanu M, Lampropulos JF, Tse T, Krumholz HM. Time to publication among completed clinical trials. JAMA Intern Med. 2013; 13:1-3.
• Cherlin EJ, Curry LA, Thompson JW, Greysen SR, Spatz E, Krumholz HM, Bradley EH. Features of high quality discharge planning for patients following acute myocardial infarction. J Gen Intern Med. 2013;28:436-443.
• Selby JV, Krumholz HM. Ethical oversights: Serving the best interests of patients. Commentary. Hastings Cent Rep. 2013;Spec No:S34-36.
• Safavi K, Dharmarajan K, Kim N, Strait KM, Li S-X, Chen SI, Lagu T, Krumholz HM. Variation exists in rates of admission to intensive care units for heart failure patients across hospitals in the United States. Circulation. 2013;127:923-929.
• Lindenauer PK, Lagu T, Rothberg MB, Avrunin J, Pekow PS, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Income inequality and 30 day outcomes after acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia: retrospective cohort study. BMJ. 2013;346:f521.
• Krumholz HM, Lin Z, Keenan PS, Chen J, Ross JS, Drye EE, Bernheim SM, Wang Y, Bradley EH, Han LF, Normand SL. Relationship between hospital readmission and mortality rates for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia. JAMA. 2013;309:587-593.
• Chaudhry SI, McAvay G, Chen S, Whitson H, Newman AB, Krumholz HM, Gill TM. Risk factors for hospitalization among older persons newly diagnosed with heart failure: the Cardiovascular Health Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;61:635-642.
• Green JB, Ross JS, Jackevicius CA, Shah ND, Krumholz HM. When choosing statin therapy: The case for generics. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173:229-232.
• Goldberger ZD, Chan PS, Cooke CR, Hayward RA, Krumholz HM, Nallamothu BK. Duration of resuscitation efforts and survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest - Authors' reply. Lancet. 2013;381:447.
• Landman AB, Spatz ES, Cherlin EJ, Krumholz HM, Bradley EH, Curry LA. Hospital collaboration with emergency medical services in the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction: perspectives from key hospital staff. Ann Emerg Med. 2013;61:185-195.
• Krumholz H, Lin Z, Normand SL. Measuring hospital clinical outcomes. BMJ. 2013;346:f620.
• Krumholz H, Jackevicius CA, Ross JS. Tamiflu: 14 flu seasons and still questions. BMJ. 2013;346:f547.
• Dharmarajan K, Hsieh AF, Lin Z, Bueno H, Ross JS, Horwitz LI, Barreto-Filho JA, Kim N, Bernheim SM, Suter LG, Drye EE, Krumholz HM. Diagnoses and timing of 30-day readmissions after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia. JAMA. 2013;309:355-363.
• Yun K, Fuentes-Afflick E, Curry LA, Krumholz HM, Desai MM. Parental immigration status is associated with children's health care utilization: Findings from the 2033 New Immigrant Survey of US Legal Permanent Residents. Matern Child Health J. 2013;17:1913-1921.
• Krumholz HM. Post-hospital syndrome-an acquired, transient condition of generalized risk. N Engl J Med. 2013; 368:100-102.
• Curry LA, Krumholz HM, O'Cathain A, Clark VL, Cherlin E, Bradley EH. Mixed methods in biomedical and health services research. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013;6:119-123.
• Rathi V, Dzara K, Gross CP, Hrynaszkiewicz I, Joffe S, Krumholz HM, Strait KM, Ross JS. Sharing of clinical trial data among trialists: a cross sectional survey. BMJ. 2012;345:e7570.
• Fox JP, Desai MM, Krumholz HM, Gross CP. Hospital-level outcomes associated with laparoscopic colectomy for cancer in the minimally invasive era. J Gastrointest Surg. 2012;16:2112-2119.
• 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. J Hosp Med. 2012;7:690-696.
• Goldberger ZD, Chan PS, Berg RA, Kronick SL, Cooke CR, Lu M, Banerjee M, Hayward RA, Krumholz HM, Nallamothu B. Duration of resuscitation efforts and survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest: an observational study. Lancet. 2012;380:1473-1481.
• Shah SJ, Krumholz HM, Reid KJ, Rathore SS, Mandawat A, Spertus JA, Ross JS. Financial stress and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction. PLoS One. 2012;7:e47420.
• Downing NS, Ross JS, Krumholz HM. Generic competition in a flawed system: pill them, bill them-reply. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:1522-1523.
• Partovian C, Gleim SR, Mody PS, Li S-X, Wang H, Strait KM, Allen LA, Lagu T, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Hospital patterns of use of positive inotropic agents in patients with heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012;60:1402-1409.
• Curtis JP, Geary LL, Wang Y, Chen J, Drye EE, Grosso LM, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS, Weintraub QS, Masoudi FA, Brindis R, Krumholz HM. Development of 2 registry-based risk models suitable for characterizing hospital performance on 30-day all-cause mortality rates among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2012;5:628-637.
• Lovig KO, Horwitz L, Lipska K, Kosiborod M, Krumholz HM, Inzucchi SE. Discontinuation of antihyperglycemic therapy after acute myocardial infarction: medical necessity or medical error? Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:403-407.
• Bradley EH, Curry LA, Horwitz LI, Sipsma H, Thompson JW, Elma M, Norine Walsh M, Krumholz HM. Contemporary evidence about hospital strategies for reducing 30-day readmissions: A national study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012;60:607-614.
• Bucholz E.M, Rathore SS, Reid KJ, Jones PG, Chan PS, Rich MW, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Body mass index and mortality in acute myocardial infarction patients. Am J Med. 2012;125:796-803.
• Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Lin Z, Drye EE, Chen J, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Based on key measures, care quality for Medicare enrollees at safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals was almost equal. Health Affairs. 2012;31:1739-1748.
• Downing N, Ross JS, Jackevicius CA, Krumholz HM. Avoidance of generic competition by Abbott Laboratories' fenofibrate franchise. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:724-730.
• Bucholz E, Krumholz HM. Loneliness and living alone: What are we really measuring? Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:1084-1085.
• Krumholz HM. Documenting the methods history: Would it improve the interpretability of studies? Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2012;5:418-419.
• Goodrich K, Krumholz HM, Conway PH, Lindenauer P, Auerbach AD. Hospitalization utilization and hospital performance on 6 publicly reported patient outcomes. Hosp Med. 2012;7:482-488.
• Chen, SI, Dharmarajan K, Kim N, Strait KM, Li S-X, Safavi KC, Lindenauer PK, Krumholz HM, Lagu T. Procedure intensity and the cost of care. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2012;5:308-313.
• Dodson JA, Wang Y, Desai MM, Barreto-Filho JA, Sugeng L, Hashim SW, Krumholz HM. Outcomes for mitral valve surgery among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, 1999 to 2008. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2012;5:298-307.
• Wang OJ, Wang Y, Chen J, Krumholz HM. Recent trends in hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2012;109:1589-1593.
• Bradley EH, Curry LA, Spatz ES,Herrin J, Cherlin EJ, Curtis JP, Thompson JW, Ting HH, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Hospital Strategies for Reducing Risk-Standardized Mortality Rates in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Ann Intern Med. 2012;156:618-626.
• Kulkarni VT, Shah SJ, Bernheim SM, Wang Y, Normand SL, Han LF, Rapp MT, Drye EE, Krumholz HM. Regional associations between Medicare Advantage penetration and administrative claims-based measures of hospital outcomes. Med Care. 2012;50:406-409.
• Drye EE, Normand SL, Ross JS, Schreiner GC, Han L, Rapp M, Krumholz HM. Comparison of hospital risk-standardized mortality rates calculated by using in-hospital and 30-day models: an observational study with implications for hospital profiling. Ann Intern Med. 2012;156:19-26.
• Curtis JP,Rathore SS, Wang Y-F, Chen J, Nallamothu B, Krumholz HM. Use and effectiveness of intra-aortic balloon pumps among patients undergoing high risk percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from the CATHPCI Registry. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2012;5:21-30.
• Chen J, Ross JS, Carlson MD, Lin Z, Normand SL, Bernheim SM, Drye EE, Ling SM, Han LF, Rapp MT, Krumholz HM,. Skilled nursing facility referral and hospital readmission rates after heart failure of myocardial infarction. Am J Med. 2012;125:100.e1-9.
• Krumholz HM, Curry LA, Bradley EH. Survival after acute myocardial infarction (SAMI) study: the design and implementation of a positive deviance study. Am Heart J. 2011;162:981-987.
• Herrin J, Miller LE, Turkmani DF, Nsa W, Drye EE, Bernheim SM, Ling SM, Rapp MT, Han LF, Bratzler DW, Bradley EH, Nallamothu BK, Ting HH, Krumholz HM. National performance on door-in door-out among patients transferred for primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:1879-1886.
• Bucholz EM, Rathore SS, Gosch K, Schoenfeld A, Jones PG, Buchanan DM, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Effect of living alone on patient outcomes after hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2011;108:943-948.
• Krumholz HM, Herrin J, Miller LE, Drye EE, Ling SM, Han LF, Rapp MT, Bradley EH, Nallamothu BK, Nsa W, Bratzler DW, Curtis JP. Improvements in door-to-balloon time in the United States, 2005-2010. Circulation. 2011;124:1038-1045.
• Chen, J, Normand SL, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. National and regional trends in heart failure hospitalization and mortality rates for medicare ceneficiaries, 1998-2008. JAMA. 2011;306:1669-1678.
• Nunez-Smith, M, Bradley EH, Herrin J, Santana C, Curry LA, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Quality of care in the US territories. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:1528-1540.
• 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? Annals of Internal Medicine. 2011;154:384-390.