2021
Feasibility of using real-world data in the evaluation of cardiac ablation catheters: a test-case of the National Evaluation System for Health Technology Coordinating Center
Dhruva SS, Jiang G, Doshi AA, Friedman DJ, Brandt E, Chen J, Akar JG, Ross JS, Ervin KR, Farr K, Shah ND, Coplan P, Noseworthy PA, Zhang S, Forsyth T, Schulz WL, Yu Y, Drozda JP. Feasibility of using real-world data in the evaluation of cardiac ablation catheters: a test-case of the National Evaluation System for Health Technology Coordinating Center. BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies 2021, 3: e000089. PMID: 35047806, PMCID: PMC8749235, DOI: 10.1136/bmjsit-2021-000089.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositive predictive valuePersistent atrial fibrillationIschemic ventricular tachycardiaAblation catheterHealth systemAtrial fibrillationVentricular tachycardiaCardiac ablation catheterAcute heart failureDuration of patientsHealth system dataCardiac tamponadeIschemic strokeRetrospective cohortHeart failureClinical outcomesEndpoint ascertainmentPredictive valueCatheterChart validationCoordinating CenterTachycardiaPatientsFibrillationParticipant population
2015
Development and Validation of an Algorithm to Identify Planned Readmissions From Claims Data
Horwitz LI, Grady JN, Cohen DB, Lin Z, Volpe M, Ngo CK, Masica AL, Long T, Wang J, Keenan M, Montague J, Suter LG, Ross JS, Drye EE, Krumholz HM, Bernheim SM. Development and Validation of an Algorithm to Identify Planned Readmissions From Claims Data. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2015, 10: 670-677. PMID: 26149225, PMCID: PMC5459369, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2416.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSame-hospital readmissionsNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valuePredictive valueReadmission measuresHospital-wide readmission measureGold standard chart reviewAdministrative claims-based algorithmDiagnostic cardiac catheterizationClaims-based algorithmLarge teaching centersAcute care hospitalsSmall community hospitalUnplanned readmissionChart reviewCardiac catheterizationScheduled careSpecificity 96.5Community hospitalReadmissionClaims dataCardiac devicesHealth systemTeaching centerPublic reporting