2023
Adjustment for Social Risk Factors in a Measure of Clinician Quality Assessing Acute Admissions for Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions
Lipska K, Altaf F, Barthel A, Spatz E, Lin Z, Herrin J, Bernheim S, Drye E. Adjustment for Social Risk Factors in a Measure of Clinician Quality Assessing Acute Admissions for Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions. JAMA Health Forum 2023, 4: e230081. PMID: 36897581, DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.0081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple chronic conditionsSocial risk factorsMedicare-Medicaid dual eligibilityRisk factorsChronic conditionsSocioeconomic status indexMeasure scoresAcute admissionsCohort studyDual eligibilityHealthcare ResearchDual-eligible patientsRetrospective cohort studyUnplanned hospital admissionsRisk of hospitalizationArea Health Resource FileService beneficiaries 65 yearsBeneficiaries 65 yearsRisk factor adjustmentStatus indexMedicare administrative claimsHospital admissionOutcome measuresAdministrative claimsMAIN OUTCOME
2021
Temporal relationship of computed and structured diagnoses in electronic health record data
Schulz WL, Young HP, Coppi A, Mortazavi BJ, Lin Z, Jean RA, Krumholz HM. Temporal relationship of computed and structured diagnoses in electronic health record data. BMC Medical Informatics And Decision Making 2021, 21: 61. PMID: 33596898, PMCID: PMC7890604, DOI: 10.1186/s12911-021-01416-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsStructured diagnosisOutpatient blood pressureElectronic health record dataAcademic health systemLow-density lipoproteinHealth record dataBlood pressureStructured data elementsAdministrative claimsHypertensionClinical informationHyperlipidemiaClinical phenotypeEquivalent diagnosisVital signsHealth systemDiagnosisProblem listAdditional studiesHealth recordsRecord dataTimely accessEHR dataPatients
2017
Identification of Emergency Department Visits in Medicare Administrative Claims: Approaches and Implications
Venkatesh AK, Mei H, Kocher KE, Granovsky M, Obermeyer Z, Spatz E, Rothenberg C, Krumholz H, Lin Z. Identification of Emergency Department Visits in Medicare Administrative Claims: Approaches and Implications. Academic Emergency Medicine 2017, 24: 422-431. PMID: 27864915, PMCID: PMC5905698, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsED visitsEmergency department visitsClaims-based definitionED visitationAdministrative claimsDepartment visitsClaims dataAdministrative claims data setsHealthcare resource utilizationMore ED visitsAcute care practiceAdministrative claims dataQuality improvement interventionsEmergency care researchMedicare administrative claimsClaims data setsED useCritical careED servicesMedicare feeMedicare dataCare practicesService beneficiariesImprovement interventionsProvider definitions