2021
Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: Engineering Safer Neurocritical Care Transitions
Chilakamarri P, Finn EB, Sather J, Sheth KN, Matouk C, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Davis M, Pham L, Chaudhry SI, Venkatesh AK. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: Engineering Safer Neurocritical Care Transitions. Neurocritical Care 2021, 35: 232-240. PMID: 33403581, PMCID: PMC8255326, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-020-01160-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCommunicationEmergency Service, HospitalHumansPatient SafetyPatient TransferQuality ImprovementConceptsPatient safetyInter-hospital transferEmergency department throughputIntracerebral hemorrhageAcute careSubarachnoid hemorrhageNeurocritical careCare transitionsMulti-disciplinary teamPatient transferHemorrhageSignificant reductionInterventionCareHazard analysisOutcomesRiskSafetyMultiple providersSpecific use-case examplesEvidence of successPatientsStrokeMethodsWe
2017
Care Transitions Between Hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities: Perspectives of Sending and Receiving Providers
Britton MC, Ouellet GM, Minges KE, Gawel M, Hodshon B, Chaudhry SI. Care Transitions Between Hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities: Perspectives of Sending and Receiving Providers. The Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety 2017, 43: 565-572. PMID: 29056176, PMCID: PMC5693352, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2017.06.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcademic Medical CentersAttitude of Health PersonnelCommunicationHospital AdministrationHumansInsurance, Health, ReimbursementInterviews as TopicPatient DischargePatient ReadmissionPatient TransferQualitative ResearchQuality ImprovementRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexSkilled Nursing FacilitiesUnited StatesConceptsSkilled nursing facilitiesCare transitionsNursing facilitiesSNF providersPatient-level risk factorsOptimal care settingAcute medical illnessUnplanned hospital readmissionComprehensive care planCost of careHospital readmissionMedical illnessComplex patientsRisk factorsMedicare patientsCare settingsCare plansPatient complexityHealth care institutionsPatient transferPsychosocial issuesHospitalPatientsSeparate hospitalsCare institutionsPerspectives of Clinicians at Skilled Nursing Facilities on 30‐Day Hospital Readmissions: A Qualitative Study
Clark B, Baron K, Tynan‐McKiernan K, Britton M, Minges K, Chaudhry S. Perspectives of Clinicians at Skilled Nursing Facilities on 30‐Day Hospital Readmissions: A Qualitative Study. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2017, 12: 632-638. PMID: 28786429, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.2785.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkilled nursing facilitiesSNF cliniciansPerspectives of cliniciansInpatient general medicine servicesHospital dischargeHospital readmissionNursing facilitiesSingle tertiary care hospitalCauses of readmissionTertiary care hospitalGoals of careGeneral medicine serviceAcute care hospitalsHospital-based cliniciansIndex admissionUnplanned readmissionAcute illnessCare hospitalStructured interview toolEmergency departmentPatient riskReadmissionPatient readmissionMedicine serviceHospital quality
2015
Association of Discharge Summary Quality With Readmission Risk for Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure Exacerbation
Salim Al-Damluji M, Dzara K, Hodshon B, Punnanithinont N, Krumholz HM, Chaudhry SI, Horwitz LI. Association of Discharge Summary Quality With Readmission Risk for Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure Exacerbation. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2015, 8: 109-111. PMID: 25587092, PMCID: PMC4303529, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.114.001476.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Place of Residence and Outcomes of Patients With Heart Failure
Bikdeli B, Wayda B, Bao H, Ross JS, Xu X, Chaudhry SI, Spertus JA, Bernheim SM, Lindenauer PK, Krumholz HM. Place of Residence and Outcomes of Patients With Heart Failure. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2014, 7: 749-756. PMID: 25074375, PMCID: PMC5323058, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.113.000911.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeighborhood socioeconomic statusIndividual socioeconomic statusOutcomes of patientsHeart failureHigher SES neighborhoodsSocioeconomic statusClinical factorsHeart Failure Outcomes trialPrimary end pointPatient-level factorsUS internal medicineCause mortalityCause readmissionMultivariable adjustmentOutcome trialsMedical chartsPatient interviewsLow-SES neighborhoodsCardiology practiceMortality ratePatientsPlace of residenceInternal medicineReadmissionEnd point