2022
Evaluation of a National Quality Improvement Collaborative for Improving Cancer Screening
Joung R, Mullett T, Kurtzman S, Shafir S, Harris J, Yao K, Bilimoria K, Cance W, Nelson H, Abedi A, Acharya S, Adams K, Agarwal R, Agarwal S, Ahmad R, Albaneze P, Aldis K, Allen A, Allman S, Alsen M, Ansteth M, Appiah A, Arentz C, Arias A, Armetta C, Arnold A, Arsene C, Arthur K, Ashton B, Atassi M, Attia S, Bahna H, Bailen L, Baker T, Balan S, Balis A, Balsley A, Barajas D, Barone J, Batchelor B, Bates E, Bayliss T, Beck S, Bennett B, Bennett R, Bennett N, Bensenhaver J, Berby-Todd J, Berrocal J, Bertoni D, Bevan A, Bhatti R, Bier-Laning C, Blackwood M, Blake K, Blankner J, Blansfield J, Blaszkowsky L, Blonigen B, Bloom D, Boatsman J, Boggs J, Bold R, Bollinger D, Bolton C, Boolbol S, Boone G, Borges L, Bouton M, Bovest C, Bowman Seitz T, Boyer C, Boyle C, Bracho F, Bragg A, Branton S, Breslin T, Brock M, Broder A, Brown C, Brown B, Brown H, Brown L, Brown R, Bruce L, Bruce S, Bruton C, Bryant K, Burak W, Burgers J, Busch K, Caba D, Cain J, Campbell M, Campo C, Canavan L, Cannick L, Caputo P, Carr H, Casteel C, Cattaneo S, Cecil A, Celano P, Chambers K, Chambers S, Chin J, Christian M, Chu C, Church A, Clark J, Clark L, Clements M, Cohen S, Cole C, Colemire D, Compton J, Connery C, Constanza-Guaqueta D, Contreras S, Coon A, Copelen K, Corral J, Cosio R, Costas K, Cox A, Cox J, Crane E, Crotzer D, Cruz C, Cygan A, Cyphers L, Czerlanis C, Dale P, Danak S, Dang P, Darcourt J, Davuluri R, Day B, DeAntonio P, Der Y, DiAddezio N, Dietrich L, Diller E, Dodge T, Domenech G, Donovan D, Dubil E, Dunn G, Ebling L, Edsall B, Eftimie B, El Mouallem N, Eladoumikdachi F, Elliott J, Elliott K, Ellis M, Endo K, England T, Ennis C, Everhart T, Evins A, Facktor M, Fadel C, Farrell M, Fawley D, Feldman E, Finan M, Fintel A, Fleshman J, Fogarty S, Fontanilla H, Fontenot E, Foran J, Foss-Blizard C, Frank J, Franz J, Freeman L, Freter R, Fried S, Gabriel R, Galbraith J, Garcia J, Gardner K, Geary K, Gemmel D, Gerlach J, Ghee L, Ghisoli M, Giannone D, Gibbons C, Gillis P, Gilmore D, Gonzalez V, Gooley L, Gorrell C, Grady S, Grew D, Grisby S, Guerra C, Guerriero J, Gupta K, Gynn M, Hafertepen L, Hale C, Hallenbeck R, Hals L, Hammons E, Haramati L, Harper N, Harris J, Harrison M, Harrison M, Hassapis J, Haverlock B, Hawley A, Hayden T, Hayes C, Hayes D, Headen C, Hehnly E, Heikens S, Heinzman S, Herring M, Hill M, Hirner P, Hobbs K, Hordyk H, Horning N, Howard D, Huang K, Hughes C, Hughes J, Huibregtse C, Huitt N, Hunsucker L, Inverso T, Irwin T, Isbell M, Jabbour N, Jackson M, Jackson R, Jacob-Perez S, Jafri N, Jahania S, Jarrett A, Jenkinson S, Johnson R, Johnson A, Johnson D, Johnson P, Johnston C, Jones R, Jones S, Joseph J, Joseph N, Joyner R, Juarez-Perez M, Kaczmarski K, Kakani V, Kamran A, Kanaan S, Kang T, Kannarkatt J, Kanneganti S, Kantharaj B, Kaufman H, Keeler V, Keiser S, Kennedy M, Khan I, Khan R, Kibel L, Kiernan M, Kim B, Kinnaird A, Kipping-Johnson K, Kirkland P, Kirshnan S, Klaff L, Kloss R, Klotz J, Knight S, Koch J, Kocheril P, Kodali D, Kohli M, Koko I, Kong A, Kozyreva O, Kraft L, Krisher S, Kruse E, Kupstas A, Kurian M, Kwait R, Lan C, Lanciano R, Lannon W, Laster S, LaTrenta L, Law S, Le I, Lean N, Leatherbury K, Lee J, Leete T, Legenza M, Leung W, Li J, Likhacheva A, Lingerfelt B, Llaguna O, Longo L, Loop M, Lopez N, Loporchio N, Lowney J, Lozoraitis C, Lu K, Lue D, Lush R, Luyimbazi D, Lyons D, Macedo F, Machenzie M, Mack D, Mack J, MacVicar J, Mah K, Mahoney K, Makani N, Makower D, Malad S, Maldonado C, Malik F, Malone A, Mantha S, Marczak K, Margolis N, Mashanic K, Mathison J, Mauzy T, Maxwell L, McAllaster J, McCarthy C, McClune J, McColgan J, McCusker T, McDaniel D, McFayden L, McGivney R, McGovern K, McKeever H, McManus S, McNair K, McNeil H, McRae J, Medrano C, Mehta P, Merrigan T, Meyers E, Mickey S, Miller J, Miller L, Miller S, Mink T, Miranda J, Mitchell M, Monroe J, Moore J, Morin-Ducote G, Moritz T, Morris P, Mukherjee S, Mullally S, Mulligan M, Mullins D, Mullins M, Munoz I, Murdock J, Myers S, Nair S, Nandamuri K, Nicholls J, Nick D, Nish A, Nowell A, Nowell K, O'Connor L, O'Neill J, O'Riordan M, Ogunkunle R, Opsasnick M, Ortiz C, Osgood R, Oxenberg J, Page B, Palmer J, Parikh D, Park D, Partin J, Passwater C, Patel M, Patrick J, Patterson S, Pearson L, Peiffer S, Peralta E, Peterson M, Pettus B, Pezzulo J, Pfarr M, Phelps C, Phillips L, Pick M, Piephoff J, Pinkston J, Piper J, Pollak S, Ponec R, Popalzai M, Pories S, Prieto R, Proctor K, Provost K, Prow D, Puc M, Purdon M, Quaranta B, Quinlan-Davidson S, Rabines A, Rahman R, Ramasubbaiah R, RamĂrez-Solá M, Randolph D, Raskin E, Rasmussen L, Rasmussen N, Rasmussen R, Reed C, Reese S, Regis S, Reilly J, Reitherman R, Reneau C, Renfroe C, Renn C, Reyna C, Rieger-Christ K, Ringer R, Rizack T, Rizwan U, Robinson W, Robles-Rodriguez E, Rogers E, Ronk M, Rossidis G, Rovito M, Roy A, Roybal L, Ruggiero G, Ruskin R, Ryan J, Sachdeva K, Saffie A, Sall N, Salters D, Sanchez J, Sandborn J, Sarap M, Sarap M, Sasaki J, Schallenkamp J, Schilder L, Schlesinger K, Scholl J, Scoppetuolo M, Scott J, Sexton W, Seydel A, Shackour M, Shah A, Shah M, Sharif S, Shaw C, Shehata A, Shelton C, Shields R, Shilad S, Shively E, Shriner M, Siebentritt J, Singhal S, Sinha S, Sinha S, Slotkin J, Smith K, Smith S, Smith-Marrone S, Sobel L, Sobolewski A, Sobolewski R, Solomon N, Songy T, Sonnier F, Sorenson L, Sorto J, Souza W, Spector D, Spigelman Z, Steitz B, Stephens C, Stewart S, Stipec G, Stith B, Street H, Subramanian J, Sumrall M, Sundermeyer M, Syed A, Szwerc M, Tanner L, Tatum T, Taveira R, Taylor M, Taylor J, Teal C, Tello-Skjerseth C, Terhaar K, Terhar M, Thind R, Thomas K, Thompson N, Thomson C, Tieu B, Toke M, Tomita M, Tomkovich K, Tong E, Tothy P, Tran M, Travis-Soper K, Trikha G, Trikha G, Vasnani R, Veeramachaneni N, Veerapaneni A, Ventura-Cullen D, Vester D, Vinsky J, Visioni A, Vlaminck L, Wadhera A, Wagner J, Waits B, Walenga S, Walker M, Wallace L, Wallace J, Ward M, Warmington K, Wasley R, Watson K, Watson W, Waxman J, Weathersby R, Weaver E, Weber M, Weiselberg C, Wesen C, Wexler A, Weyer D, White P, White C, Whitefield K, Wilkinson R, Willey J, Williams V, Wilson J, Witt V, Wold H, Woodford D, Woomer S, Wray J, Yeh K, Yoon-Flannery K, Zera R, Zlomke M, Zummo K, Zwicky K. Evaluation of a National Quality Improvement Collaborative for Improving Cancer Screening. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2242354. PMID: 36383381, PMCID: PMC9669819, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.42354.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer screeningPreintervention periodScreening interventionsCancer programsNational Quality Improvement CollaborativeQI studiesQI projectCancer-related deathQuality Improvement CollaborativeAdditional screening testInterrupted time series analysisNationwide quality improvementsQI supportPrimary outcomeCancer careHospital characteristicsIntervention periodPrepandemic periodQI interventionsMAIN OUTCOMEPreintervention trendsDisease sitesScreening testIntervention effectsQI teamsCOVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipient and Waitlist Patients
Dong Y, Dhingra A, Shamir S, Azzi Y, Ye K, Greenstein S, Haramati L. COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipient and Waitlist Patients. Journal Of Thoracic Imaging 2022, 37: 133-139. PMID: 35439238, PMCID: PMC9018208, DOI: 10.1097/rti.0000000000000640.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKidney transplant recipientsTransplant recipientsICU admissionHospital admissionSecondary outcomesWaitlist patientsIntensive care unit admissionCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patientsCOVID-19Care unit admissionKidney transplant patientsPatient's chest radiographReverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reactionTranscriptase-polymerase chain reactionMultivariate regression analysisRadiographic severity scoreUnit admissionTransplant patientsRetrospective cohortPrimary outcomeSeverity scoreTransplant waitlistWorse outcomesChest radiographsPatients
2020
Comparison Between Anatomical and Functional Imaging Modalities for Evaluation of Chest Pain in the Emergency Department
Kargoli F, Levsky J, Bulcha N, Mustehsan M, Brown-Manhertz D, Furlani A, Polanco D, Mizrachi S, Makkiya M, Golive A, Haramati L, Taub C, Garcia M. Comparison Between Anatomical and Functional Imaging Modalities for Evaluation of Chest Pain in the Emergency Department. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2020, 125: 1809-1814. PMID: 32345475, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.03.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial perfusion imagingStress echocardiographyEmergency departmentChest painRehospitalization ratesCoronary angiographyLeast intermediate riskNegative initial troponinUrban ED settingDiagnostic coronary angiographyRetrospective cohort studyHospital emergency departmentUrban hospital emergency departmentFunctional imaging modalitiesCCTA groupInitial troponinED dischargeCohort studyIntermediate riskSecondary outcomesNondiagnostic electrocardiogramPrimary outcomeED settingTomography angiographyClinical utility
2017
Performance of Low-Dose Perfusion Scintigraphy and CT Pulmonary Angiography for Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy
Sheen JJ, Haramati LB, Natenzon A, Ma H, Tropper P, Bader AS, Freeman LM, Bernstein PS, Moadel RM. Performance of Low-Dose Perfusion Scintigraphy and CT Pulmonary Angiography for Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy. CHEST Journal 2017, 153: 152-160. PMID: 28823756, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.08.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative predictive valuePulmonary embolismPregnant womenSubgroup analysisChest radiographsRadiation exposureRetrospective cohort studyInitial imaging modalityCT pulmonary angiographyMontefiore Medical CenterFirst-choice modalityNegative resultsVTE diagnosisPregnant patientsCohort studyNormal pregnancyPerfusion scanningPrimary outcomeInitial imagingPulmonary angiographyPerfusion scintigraphyUncommon diagnosisCT pulmonaryMedical CenterNegative studies
2015
ACR White Paper–Based Comprehensive Dose Reduction Initiative Is Associated With a Reversal of the Upward Trend in Radiation Dose for Chest CT
Rawat U, Cohen S, Levsky J, Haramati L. ACR White Paper–Based Comprehensive Dose Reduction Initiative Is Associated With a Reversal of the Upward Trend in Radiation Dose for Chest CT. Journal Of The American College Of Radiology 2015, 12: 1251-1256. PMID: 26482816, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2015.07.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedCohort StudiesDose-Response Relationship, RadiationFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPractice Guidelines as TopicQuality ImprovementRadiation DosageRadiation MonitoringRadiation ProtectionRadiography, ThoracicRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSex FactorsSocieties, MedicalTomography, X-Ray ComputedConceptsDose reduction strategiesChest CTMean doseACR White PaperRadiation doseRadiation exposureAdult chest CTHigh-pitch techniqueInstitutional review board approvalOverall mean doseReview board approvalLow tube voltageDose reduction programPrimary outcomeBoard approvalDose trendsAuthors' departmentEffective doseInformed consentDoseVigilant useStudy periodCTTotal exposureReduction programsCoronary Computed Tomography Angiography Versus Radionuclide Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients With Chest Pain Admitted to Telemetry: A Randomized Trial.
Levsky J, Spevack D, Travin M, Menegus M, Huang P, Clark E, Kim C, Hirschhorn E, Freeman K, Tobin J, Haramati L. Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Versus Radionuclide Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients With Chest Pain Admitted to Telemetry: A Randomized Trial. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2015, 163: 174-83. PMID: 26052677, PMCID: PMC4703121, DOI: 10.7326/m14-2948.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCardiac CatheterizationChest PainComparative Effectiveness ResearchCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth ResourcesHospital UnitsHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial Perfusion ImagingMyocardial RevascularizationPatient SatisfactionProspective StudiesRadiation DosageTelemetryTomography, X-Ray ComputedConceptsMyocardial perfusion imagingCCTA groupMPI groupCardiovascular eventsChest painCardiac catheterizationPrimary outcomeRadiation exposurePatient experienceStress myocardial perfusion imagingInner-city medical centerNonfatal cardiovascular eventsOutpatient cardiology visitsAcute chest painMajor cardiovascular eventsIntermediate-term outcomesEmergency department visitsCoronary artery diseaseComparative effectiveness trialIncidence of deathLength of stayAmerican Heart AssociationClinical management decisionsRadionuclide myocardial perfusionLess radiation exposure
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