2020
Where Skilled Nursing Facility Residents Get Acute Care: Is the Emergency Department the Medical Home?
Venkatesh AK, Gettel CJ, Mei H, Chou SC, Rothenberg C, Liu SL, D’Onofrio G, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Where Skilled Nursing Facility Residents Get Acute Care: Is the Emergency Department the Medical Home? Journal Of Applied Gerontology 2020, 40: 828-836. PMID: 32842827, PMCID: PMC7904961, DOI: 10.1177/0733464820950125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute care visitsCare visitsEmergency departmentMedicare beneficiariesSNF staySNF servicesSkilled nursing facility residentsNursing facility residentsSkilled nursing facility servicesAcute care capabilitiesCross-sectional analysisNursing facility servicesHigher proportionAcute careMedical homeFacility residentsCare capabilitiesVisitsNumber of daysStayCareDepartmentFacility servicesBeneficiariesProportion
2016
Accounting For Patients’ Socioeconomic Status Does Not Change Hospital Readmission Rates
Bernheim SM, Parzynski CS, Horwitz L, Lin Z, Araas MJ, Ross JS, Drye EE, Suter LG, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Accounting For Patients’ Socioeconomic Status Does Not Change Hospital Readmission Rates. Health Affairs 2016, 35: 1461-1470. PMID: 27503972, PMCID: PMC7664840, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0394.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramPatients' socioeconomic statusMedicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramLow socioeconomic statusReadmission ratesSocioeconomic statusRisk-standardized readmission ratesHospital readmission ratesReadmissions Reduction ProgramMedicaid Services methodologyReadmission measuresHospital resultsPatientsHospitalSuch hospitalsPayment penaltiesReduction programsStatusCurrent CentersLower proportionLarge proportionPercentAdjustmentProportionPublication and reporting of clinical trial results: cross sectional analysis across academic medical centers
Chen R, Desai NR, Ross JS, Zhang W, Chau KH, Wayda B, Murugiah K, Lu DY, Mittal A, Krumholz HM. Publication and reporting of clinical trial results: cross sectional analysis across academic medical centers. The BMJ 2016, 352: i637. PMID: 26888209, PMCID: PMC4768882, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i637.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcademic medical centerInterventional clinical trialsClinical trialsMedical CenterStudy completionPrimary completion dateClinical trial resultsReporting of resultsSectional analysisInterventional trialsProportion of trialsTrial resultsTrialsMonthsPhase IIManual reviewLead investigatorUnited StatesProportionRate of publicationReportingCompletionPatientsCenter
2014
National Trends in Patient Safety for Four Common Conditions, 2005–2011
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. New England Journal Of Medicine 2014, 370: 341-351. PMID: 24450892, PMCID: PMC4042316, DOI: 10.1056/nejmsa1300991.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongestive heart failureAcute myocardial infarctionMore adverse eventsProportion of patientsAdverse event ratesAdverse eventsHeart failureMyocardial infarctionRate of occurrenceCommon medical conditionsMedical recordsMedicare patientsMedical conditionsPatientsSurgeryInfarctionPneumoniaHospitalizationPatient safetyNational trendsMonitoring System dataSignificant declineFailureProportionRate
2005
Validity of Using an Electronic Medical Record for Assessing Quality of Care in an Outpatient Setting
Benin AL, Vitkauskas G, Thornquist E, Shapiro ED, Concato J, Aslan M, Krumholz HM. Validity of Using an Electronic Medical Record for Assessing Quality of Care in an Outpatient Setting. Medical Care 2005, 43: 691-698. PMID: 15970784, DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000167185.26058.8e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic medical recordsManagement of pharyngitisMedical recordsHealth Plan Employer DataDiagnostic testsEpisode of pharyngitisOutpatient electronic medical recordsProportion of episodesDiagnosis of pharyngitisOutpatient settingTotal episodesPharyngitisEmployer DataElectronic databasesDiagnostic testingClinical encountersMeasures of qualityEpisodesComplete evaluationCareAssessing QualityPediatricsYearsProportionDiagnosis
2002
Reporting the recruitment process in clinical trials: who are these patients and how did they get there?
Gross CP, Mallory R, Heiat A, Krumholz HM. Reporting the recruitment process in clinical trials: who are these patients and how did they get there? Annals Of Internal Medicine 2002, 137: 10-6. PMID: 12093240, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-137-1-200207020-00007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNumber of personsMedian proportionPotential study participantsMedical journalsClinical trialsEligible personsHigh-impact medical journalsGeneral populationRCTsMajor medical journalsStudy participantsPatient recruitment processStudy sampleTrialsEligibilityPersonsExplicit reviewProportionEnrollment processParticipantsPatients