2024
Learning implementation of a guideline based decision support system to improve hypertension treatment in primary care in China: pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial
Song J, Wang X, Wang B, Ge Y, Bi L, Jing F, Jin H, Li T, Gu B, Wang L, Hao J, Zhao Y, Liu J, Zhang H, Li X, Li J, Ma W, Wang J, Normand S, Herrin J, Armitage J, Krumholz H, Zheng X. Learning implementation of a guideline based decision support system to improve hypertension treatment in primary care in China: pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. The BMJ 2024, 386: e079143. PMID: 39043397, PMCID: PMC11265211, DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2023-079143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical decision support systemsPrimary care practicesElectronic health recordsIntervention groupSystolic blood pressurePrimary careCare practicesBlood pressure <Health recordsPragmatic cluster randomised controlled trialCluster randomised controlled trialImproving hypertension treatmentPrimary care settingBlood pressure control ratesBlood pressureProportion of visitsProportion of participantsRandomised controlled trialsSystolic blood pressure <Control groupInjurious fallsRelated visitsCare settingsDiastolic blood pressure <Follow-up
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
2007
Randomized Trial of Telemonitoring to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes (Tele-HF): Study Design
Chaudhry SI, Barton B, Mattera J, Spertus J, Krumholz HM. Randomized Trial of Telemonitoring to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes (Tele-HF): Study Design. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2007, 13: 709-714. PMID: 17996818, PMCID: PMC2702538, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.06.720.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsHeart failure outcomesHeart failureClinical statusFailure outcomesDecompensated heart failureHeart failure decompensationCare of patientsPrimary care practicesSelf-reported weightUsual careHospital readmissionDaily symptomsRandomized trialsGeneral cardiologyPatient participationHealth behaviorsCare practicesPatientsFrequent monitoringFavorable effectInterventionOutcomesSymptomsTrialsCare