Hospitalomics

“High use of noninvasive imaging tests not associated with short-term benefit”
Nature, March 4, 2014

“Is There Hospital Variation in Use of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging?”
American College of Cardiology, CardioSource Plus, February 10, 2014

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

“Hospitals React to HF Drug Risks at Varying Pace”
Medpage Today, August 8, 2013

"Heart failure treatment questioned.”
Yale Daily News, April 9, 2013

"All water pills not equally effective against heart failure.”
ScienceDaily, April 1, 2013

"Hospitals performing expensive heart procedures are more costly for all patients.”
News.Yale.edu, May 10, 2012

"Program for Research Leadership Awarded for "Hospitalomics"."
The Donaghue Foundation, Summer 2011

“Medicine’s drip of uncertainty.”
Forbes, March 2, 2011

“Visualizing data.”
Resource for representing health data.

Fazel R, Strait KM, Bikdeli B, Dharmarajan K, Krumholz HM. Use of Intravenous Diuretics on Day of Discharge in Adults Hospitalized for Heart Failure. J. Card. Fail. 2014 Sep;20(9):706-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.06.354.

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 Services Res. 2014; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12197.

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 Failure. 2014;7:251-60.

Kulkarni VT, Kim N, Dai Y, Dharmarajan K, Safavi KCC, Bikdeli B, Lindenauer PK, Testani J, Dries DL, Krumholz HM. Hospital variation in noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for acute decompensated heart failure. Circ Heart Failure. 2014;7:427-33.

Safavi KC, Li SX, Dharmarajan K, Venkates AK, Strait KM, Lin H, Lowe TJ, Fazel R, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM. Hospital variation in the use of non-invasive cardiac imaging and its association with downstream testing, interventions, and outcomes. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174:546-53.

Partovian C, Li S-X, Xu X, Lin H, Strait KM, Hwa J, Krumholz HM. Patterns of change in nesiritide use for patients with heart failure. JACC Heart Failure. 2013;1:318-24

Dharmarajan, K., Masoudi, F.A., Spertus, J.A., Li, S-X., Krumholz, H.M. Contraindicated initiation of beta blocker therapy in patients hospitalized for heart failure. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173:1547-9

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;8:373-9

Bikdeli B, Strait KM, Dharmarajan K, Partovian C, Coca SG, Kim N, Li S-X, 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;61:1549-50.

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;127:923-9.

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;5:308-13.

Partovian C, Gleim SR, Mody PS, Li S-X, Wang H, Strait KM, Allen LA, Lagu TA, Normand SLT, Krumholz HM. Hospital patterns of use of positive inotropic agents in patients with heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012;60:1402-9.