2018
Quality Improvement Initiatives to Reduce Mortality: An Opportunity to Engage Palliative Care and Improve Advance Care Planning
Flieger SP, Spatz E, Cherlin EJ, Curry LA. Quality Improvement Initiatives to Reduce Mortality: An Opportunity to Engage Palliative Care and Improve Advance Care Planning. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2018, 36: 97-104. PMID: 30122054, DOI: 10.1177/1049909118794149.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvance care planningPalliative careCare planningQuality improvement initiativesAcute myocardial infarction mortalityPalliative care trainingImprovement initiativesMayo Clinic Care NetworkMyocardial infarction mortalityQuality improvement staffEnd of lifeAcute eventPatient goalsAMI mortalityCare trainingSecondary analysisMortalityFamily preferencesCare networkCarePatientsCliniciansQuality outcomesFamily goalsHospital executives
2016
Fostering a Culture to Support Surgical Outcome Measures
Spatz ES. Fostering a Culture to Support Surgical Outcome Measures. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2016, 9: 345-347. PMID: 27407056, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.116.003038.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersHumansOrganizational CultureQuality Indicators, Health CareSurgical Procedures, OperativeTreatment Outcome
2012
Hospital strategies for reducing risk-standardized mortality rates in acute myocardial infarction.
Bradley EH, Curry LA, Spatz ES, Herrin J, Cherlin EJ, Curtis JP, Thompson JW, Ting HH, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Hospital strategies for reducing risk-standardized mortality rates in acute myocardial infarction. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2012, 156: 618-26. PMID: 22547471, PMCID: PMC3386642, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-9-201205010-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionLower risk-standardized mortality ratesMyocardial infarctionNurse championsMortality rateHospital strategiesHospital risk-standardized mortality ratesHospital-level factorsIntensive care unitAcute care hospitalsCardiac catheterization laboratoryCross-sectional surveyUnited Health FoundationCare hospitalCare unitCross-sectional designAMI casesAMI volumeCatheterization laboratoryHospital cliniciansHospitalMultivariate analysisPatientsHealth Foundation
2011
What distinguishes top-performing hospitals in acute myocardial infarction mortality rates? A qualitative study.
Curry LA, Spatz E, Cherlin E, Thompson JW, Berg D, Ting HH, Decker C, Krumholz HM, Bradley EH. What distinguishes top-performing hospitals in acute myocardial infarction mortality rates? A qualitative study. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2011, 154: 384-90. PMID: 21403074, PMCID: PMC4735872, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-6-201103150-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original Research