2005
From Adversary to Partner: Have Quality Improvement Organizations Made the Transition?
Bradley EH, Carlson MD, Gallo WT, Scinto J, Campbell MK, Krumholz HM. From Adversary to Partner: Have Quality Improvement Organizations Made the Transition? Health Services Research 2005, 40: 459-476. PMID: 15762902, PMCID: PMC1361151, DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.0y368.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAttitude of Health PersonnelBenchmarkingCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.Cross-Sectional StudiesHealth PromotionHospital AdministratorsHospitalsHumansMyocardial InfarctionOrganizational InnovationPhysician ExecutivesProfessional Review OrganizationsQuality Indicators, Health CareTotal Quality ManagementUnited StatesConceptsQuality Improvement OrganizationQuality of careAcute myocardial infarctionImprovement organizationsPeer review organizationsMyocardial infarctionHospital performance dataTarget physiciansNational random sampleSpecific interventionsHospitalHospital administrationQuality improvement directorsInterventionCareReview organizationsPhysiciansRandom sampleAdministrationOne-quarterManagement directorsInfarctionEducational materialsPatientsRespondents
2001
Baseline Quality Indicator Rates from the National Heart Failure Project: A HCFA Initiative to Improve the Care of Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure
Masoudi F, Ralston D, Wolfe P, Havernek E, Shah V, Krumholz H, Ordin D. Baseline Quality Indicator Rates from the National Heart Failure Project: A HCFA Initiative to Improve the Care of Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure. Congestive Heart Failure 2001, 7: 53-56. PMID: 11828138, DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-5299.2001.990870.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNational Heart Failure ProjectHeart Failure ProjectQuality indicator ratesHealth Care Financing AdministrationHeart failureMedicare beneficiariesIndicator ratesAcute myocardial infarctionQuality improvement projectPeer review organizationsMyocardial infarctionBreast cancerInpatient feeFailure ProjectCareReview organizationsImprovement projectFailureInfarctionPneumoniaDiabetesStrokeCancerAdministrationQuality indicators
1997
Warfarin use among patients with atrial fibrillation.
Brass L, Krumholz H, Scinto J, Radford M. Warfarin use among patients with atrial fibrillation. Stroke 1997, 28: 2382-9. PMID: 9412618, DOI: 10.1161/01.str.28.12.2382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtrial fibrillationAdditional vascular risk factorsConnecticut Peer Review OrganizationRate of strokeVascular risk factorsStroke preventionWarfarin anticoagulationChart reviewElderly patientsRelative contraindicationPeer review organizationsRisk factorsMedicare patientsAnticoagulationHigh riskPatientsWarfarinFibrillationStrokeContraindicationsAspirinReview organizationsPopulation sampleHospitalizationMonths