2024
Risk of Severe Hypoglycemia After Initiation of Noninsulin Glucose-Lowering Therapies in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes at Moderate Cardiovascular Disease Risk
McCoy R, Swarna K, Neumiller J, Polley E, Deng Y, Mickelson M, Herrin J. Risk of Severe Hypoglycemia After Initiation of Noninsulin Glucose-Lowering Therapies in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes at Moderate Cardiovascular Disease Risk. Clinical Diabetes 2024 DOI: 10.2337/cd24-0007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSodium-glucose cotransporter 2Moderate cardiovascular disease riskRisk of severe hypoglycemiaGlucose-lowering therapyCardiovascular disease riskType 2 diabetesSevere hypoglycemiaSodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitorsDPP-4GLP-1 receptor agonistsGlucagon-like peptide 1Risk of hypoglycemiaDPP-4 inhibitorsDipeptidyl peptidase 4Disease riskAvoidance of hypoglycemiaSulfonylurea therapyReceptor agonistsCotransporter 2Sulfonylurea usePatient populationGLP-1Peptidase 4HypoglycemiaEmergency departmentDerivation of an Annualized Claims-Based Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event Estimator in Type 2 Diabetes
McCoy R, Swarna K, Deng Y, Herrin J, Ross J, Kent D, Borah B, Crown W, Montori V, Umpierrez G, Galindo R, Brito J, Mickelson M, Polley E. Derivation of an Annualized Claims-Based Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event Estimator in Type 2 Diabetes. JACC Advances 2024, 3: 100852. PMID: 38939660, PMCID: PMC11198625, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.100852.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchType 2 diabetesMedicare fee-for-service planClaims-based prediction modelPopulation risk stratificationRisk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular EventsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsNon-Hispanic whitesFee-for-service plansStudy cohortClinical trials of cardiovascular diseaseCox proportional hazards modelsProportional hazards modelCare populationHealth systemPrimary preventionMedicare AdvantageParticipant identificationPayer levelPharmacy claimsDecentralized clinical trialsHazards modelCardiovascular diseaseRisk predictionMedicarePatient populationMeasuring Equity in Readmission as a Distinct Assessment of Hospital Performance
Nash K, Weerahandi H, Yu H, Venkatesh A, Holaday L, Herrin J, Lin Z, Horwitz L, Ross J, Bernheim S. Measuring Equity in Readmission as a Distinct Assessment of Hospital Performance. JAMA 2024, 331: 111-123. PMID: 38193960, PMCID: PMC10777266, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.24874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlack patientsPatient populationHospital characteristicsHospital-wide readmission measureDual-eligible patientsHospital patient populationCross-sectional studyMeasures of hospitalHealth care qualityPatient demographicsReadmission ratesClinical outcomesPatient raceEligible hospitalsReadmissionMAIN OUTCOMEReadmission measuresMedicare dataUS hospitalsHospitalCare qualityPatientsMedicaid ServicesOutcomesLower percentage
2018
Admission diagnoses among patients with heart failure: Variation by ACO performance on a measure of risk-standardized acute admission rates
Benchetrit L, Zimmerman C, Bao H, Dharmarajan K, Altaf F, Herrin J, Lin Z, Krumholz HM, Drye EE, Lipska KJ, Spatz ES. Admission diagnoses among patients with heart failure: Variation by ACO performance on a measure of risk-standardized acute admission rates. American Heart Journal 2018, 207: 19-26. PMID: 30404047, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.09.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAccountable Care OrganizationsAgedAlgorithmsAnalysis of VarianceCardiovascular DiseasesComorbidityFemaleHeart FailureHospitalizationHumansInternational Classification of DiseasesMaleMedicare Part AMedicare Part BPatient AdmissionPatient DischargePatient-Centered CareSex DistributionTime FactorsUnited StatesConceptsHeart failureAccountable care organizationsMean admission rateAdmission ratesAdmission typeAcute admission ratesNoncardiovascular conditionsAdmission diagnosisCause admission ratesMedicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care OrganizationsRate of hospitalizationPrincipal discharge diagnosisProportion of admissionsType of admissionNoncardiovascular causesHF admissionsHF patientsPerson yearsDischarge diagnosisPatient populationPatientsAdmissionKey quality metricDiagnosisSubstantial proportionEvaluating the impact of multilevel evidence-based implementation strategies to enhance provider recommendation on human papillomavirus vaccination rates among an empaneled primary care patient population: a study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial
Finney Rutten LJ, Radecki Breitkopf C, St. Sauver JL, Croghan IT, Jacobson DJ, Wilson PM, Herrin J, Jacobson RM. Evaluating the impact of multilevel evidence-based implementation strategies to enhance provider recommendation on human papillomavirus vaccination rates among an empaneled primary care patient population: a study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial. Implementation Science 2018, 13: 96. PMID: 30001723, PMCID: PMC6043954, DOI: 10.1186/s13012-018-0778-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHPV vaccination ratesEvidence-based implementation strategiesStepped-wedge clusterVaccination ratesIntervention 1Human papillomavirusIntervention 2Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination ratesPrimary care patient populationPrimary care sitesProvider-level interventionsPractice-level interventionProcess evaluationAdolescent vaccinesBackgroundEach yearHPV vaccineMale patientsPrimary outcomePediatric populationPatient numbersPatient populationProvider recommendationStudy protocolClinical trialsBlock randomization
2010
Variation in Hospital Mortality Rates for Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Bradley EH, Herrin J, Curry L, Cherlin EJ, Wang Y, Webster TR, Drye EE, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Variation in Hospital Mortality Rates for Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2010, 106: 1108-1112. PMID: 20920648, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.06.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionHospital characteristicsMyocardial infarctionMortality rateCross-sectional national studyHospital mortality rateHospital patient populationAmerican Hospital Association surveyAMI dischargeMean hospitalHospital outcomesCardiac facilitiesPatient populationAMI volumeMultivariable modelPatient profilesMedicare beneficiariesHospitalHospital bedsPatientsTeaching statusUnited States Census dataStates Census dataInfarctionStatus profile