2024
Incorporating Medicare Advantage Admissions Into the CMS Hospital-Wide Readmission Measure
Kyanko K, Sahay K, Wang Y, Li S, Schreiber M, Hager M, Myers R, Johnson W, Zhang J, Krumholz H, Suter L, Triche E. Incorporating Medicare Advantage Admissions Into the CMS Hospital-Wide Readmission Measure. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2414431. PMID: 38829614, PMCID: PMC11148674, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.14431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSpecialty subgroupsPerformance quintileMedicare AdvantageReadmission ratesRisk-standardized readmission ratesHospital-wide readmission measureHospital outcome measuresTest-retest reliabilityRisk-adjustment variablesMeasurement reliabilityAdministrative claims dataReadmission measuresImprove measurement reliabilityIntegrated data repositoryMA beneficiariesQuintile rankingsMedicare beneficiariesMedicaid ServicesAll-causePublic reportingStudy assessed differencesClaims dataOutcome measuresMA cohortDevelopment of the American College of Rheumatology Patient‐Reported Outcome Quality Measures for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Katz P, Barber C, Duarte‐García A, Garg S, Machua W, Rodgers W, Santiago‐Casas Y, Suter L, Bartels C, Yazdany J. Development of the American College of Rheumatology Patient‐Reported Outcome Quality Measures for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Arthritis Care & Research 2024, 76: 777-787. PMID: 38225171, PMCID: PMC11132939, DOI: 10.1002/acr.25301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsConsensusDelphi TechniqueHumansLupus Erythematosus, SystemicPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsRheumatologyUnited StatesConceptsPatient-reported outcomesPatient advisory panelPhysical functionPatient partnersExpert workgroupMulti-Dimensional Health Assessment QuestionnaireAssessment of physical functionOutcomes Measurement Information SystemQuality measuresPhysical functioning scalePatient Health QuestionnairePatient-reported outcome domainsAdvisory PanelMeasurement Information SystemPatient self-managementAssessment of fatigueHealth Assessment QuestionnaireOutcome quality measuresAssessment of depressionFeasibility of implementationHealth QuestionnaireDepression ScaleSelf-managementContent validityPsychometric review
2020
Quality of informed consent documents among US. hospitals: a cross-sectional study
Spatz ES, Bao H, Herrin J, Desai V, Ramanan S, Lines L, Dendy R, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Lin Z, Suter LG. Quality of informed consent documents among US. hospitals: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2020, 10: e033299. PMID: 32434934, PMCID: PMC7247389, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033299.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedConsent FormsCross-Sectional StudiesHospitalsHumansInformed ConsentMedicareReproducibility of ResultsUnited StatesConceptsInformed consent documentsHOSPITAL scoreUS hospitalsMean hospital scoresRetrospective observational studyConsent documentsCross-sectional studyEight-item instrumentService patientsElective proceduresProcedure typeObservational studySurgical proceduresMedicare feeHospitalHospital qualityMeasure scoresInformed consentMost hospitalsSpearman correlationScoresFace validityIndependent ratersOutcomesStakeholder feedback