2015
Achieving best outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease in China by enhancing the quality of medical care and establishing a learning health-care system
Jiang L, Krumholz HM, Li X, Li J, Hu S. Achieving best outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease in China by enhancing the quality of medical care and establishing a learning health-care system. The Lancet 2015, 386: 1493-1505. PMID: 26466053, PMCID: PMC5323019, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(15)00343-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
What Are Hospitals Doing to Increase Beta-Blocker Use?
Bradley EH, Holmboe ES, Wang Y, Herrin J, Frederick PD, Mattera JA, Roumanis SA, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. What Are Hospitals Doing to Increase Beta-Blocker Use? The Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety 2003, 29: 409-415. PMID: 12953605, DOI: 10.1016/s1549-3741(03)29049-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeta-blocker useQuality improvement interventionsMyocardial infarctionCare coordinatorsClinical pathwayImprovement interventionsAcute myocardial infarctionCross-sectional analysisQuality improvement staffQuality improvement effortsNational registryMedian numberHospitalTelephone surveyInfarctionReminder FormInterventionImprovement effortsRegistryPrevalencePathwayPhysiciansA Critical Evaluation of Critical Pathways in Head and Neck Cancer
Yueh B, Weaver EM, Bradley EH, Krumholz HM, Heagerty P, Conley A, Sasaki CT. A Critical Evaluation of Critical Pathways in Head and Neck Cancer. JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2003, 129: 89-95. PMID: 12525201, DOI: 10.1001/archotol.129.1.89.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedConnecticutCritical PathwaysFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedConceptsNeck cancerCritical pathwaysLaryngectomy patientsManagement of headLow-volume proceduresLinear spline regression modelsPathway adoptionObservational cohortPathway patientsContemporary cohortHistorical cohortPathway implementationMedical CenterSpline regression modelsConfounding variablesLaryngectomyPatientsUtilization trendsCohortPrior reportsIndependent impactLOSSignificant differencesCancer
1999
Use of critical pathways to improve the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction11Dr. Krumholz is a Paul Beeson Faculty Scholar. This article was written by CDR Eric S. Holmboe while a fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, nor the U.S. Government.
Holmboe E, Meehan T, Radford M, Wang Y, Marciniak T, Krumholz H. Use of critical pathways to improve the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction11Dr. Krumholz is a Paul Beeson Faculty Scholar. This article was written by CDR Eric S. Holmboe while a fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, nor the U.S. Government. The American Journal Of Medicine 1999, 107: 324-331. PMID: 10527033, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(99)00239-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayEvidence-based medical therapyProportion of patientsMyocardial infarctionMedical therapyMedicare patientsMain endpointCritical pathwaysAngiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitorAcute myocardial infarctionCare of patientsLongitudinal cohort studyProcess of careFirst dayQuality of careCross-sectional analysisReperfusion therapyCohort studyPrincipal diagnosisConnecticut hospitalsPatientsEnzyme inhibitorsYale University SchoolStayClinical Scholars Program
1997
Conference
Eagle KA, Lee TH, Brennan TA, Krumholz HM, Weingarten S. Conference. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1997, 29: 1141-1148. PMID: 9137207, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(97)82749-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research