2024
Cardiologist Perceptions on Automated Alerts and Messages To Improve Heart Failure Care
Maidman S, Blecker S, Reynolds H, Phillips L, Paul M, Nagler A, Szerencsy A, Saxena A, Horwitz L, Katz S, Mukhopadhyay A. Cardiologist Perceptions on Automated Alerts and Messages To Improve Heart Failure Care. American Heart Journal 2024 PMID: 39423991, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2024.10.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnalysis of Clinical Criteria for Discharge Among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model
Schnipper J, Oreper S, Hubbard C, Kurbegov D, Egloff S, Najafi N, Valdes G, Siddiqui Z, O.’Leary K, Horwitz L, Lee T, Auerbach A. Analysis of Clinical Criteria for Discharge Among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2024, 39: 2649-2661. PMID: 38937368, PMCID: PMC11534938, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-08856-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTime of dischargeInternal validation setPost-discharge readmissionRisk factorsDays of dischargeRetrospective observational cohort studyIndependent risk factorReceiver operating characteristic curveObservational cohort studyReversible risk factorsAssociated with lower oddsPatients 7Lack of improvementRetrospective studyValidation setFollow-upCohort studyRisk prediction modelReadmission risk scoreAcademic centersPositive testPatientsRisk scoreCOVID-19 respiratory diseaseLower oddsMeasuring 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
2020
Trends in COVID‐19 Risk‐Adjusted Mortality Rates
Horwitz LI, Jones SA, Cerfolio RJ, Francois F, Greco J, Rudy B, Petrilli CM. Trends in COVID‐19 Risk‐Adjusted Mortality Rates. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2020, 16: 90-92. PMID: 33147129, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3552.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital mortalityMortality rateHealth systemRisk-adjusted mortality ratesAdmission vital signsStandardized mortality ratioCoronavirus disease 2019Academic health systemPatient characteristicsClinical factorsMortality ratioDisease 2019High mortalityVital signsMortalityComorbiditiesCOVID-19Laboratory resultsEarlier reportsHospitalizationPatientsHospiceDemographics
2019
Trends in Hospital Readmission of Medicare-Covered Patients With Heart Failure
Blecker S, Herrin J, Li L, Yu H, Grady JN, Horwitz LI. Trends in Hospital Readmission of Medicare-Covered Patients With Heart Failure. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 73: 1004-1012. PMID: 30846093, PMCID: PMC7011858, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.12.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramSecondary heart failureReadmission ratesHeart failureReadmissions Reduction ProgramHF hospitalizationAffordable Care ActMedicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramRisk-adjusted readmission ratesCause readmission rateHigher readmission ratesAcute myocardial infarctionCare ActReduction programsLinear spline regression modelsPneumonia hospitalizationsHospital readmissionMedicare hospitalizationsRetrospective studySecondary diagnosisMyocardial infarctionPrincipal diagnosisHospitalizationSpline regression modelsPatients
2016
Association Between Hospital Penalty Status Under the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program and Readmission Rates for Target and Nontarget Conditions
Desai NR, Ross JS, Kwon JY, Herrin J, Dharmarajan K, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Horwitz LI. Association Between Hospital Penalty Status Under the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program and Readmission Rates for Target and Nontarget Conditions. JAMA 2016, 316: 2647-2656. PMID: 28027367, PMCID: PMC5599851, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.18533.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramAcute myocardial infarctionReadmission ratesReadmissions Reduction ProgramHeart failurePenalty statusNontarget conditionsMedicare feeMean readmission rateThirty-day riskRetrospective cohort studyUnplanned readmission rateReduction programsHRRP announcementHRRP implementationPenalized hospitalsCohort studyService patientsMyocardial infarctionMAIN OUTCOMEExcess readmissionsMedicare beneficiariesService beneficiariesHospitalPatients