Selected publications from research organizations and the professional literature related to performance measurement and improvement.
Learning Accountability for Patient Outcomes
Learning and Improving in Quality Improvement Collaboratives--Which Collaborative Features Do Participants Value Most?
Leveraging Healthcare Policy Changes to Decrease Hospital 30-Day Readmission Rates
Making Health Care Safer II--An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices
Measuring Efficiency--The Association of Hospital Costs and Quality of Care
A. K. Jha, E.J. Orav, A. Dobson et al.
Health Affairs, May/June 2009 28 (3): 897–906
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Measuring Physicians' Quality and Performance--Adrift on Lake Wobegon
D. M. Berwick
Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 302, No. 22, Pages 2485-2486 (December 2009)
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Nurse and Patient Perceptions of Discharge Readiness in Relation to Postdischarge Utilization
M. Weiss, O. Yakusheva, and K. Bobay
Medical Care, May 2010 48(5): 482-6
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Patient Safety Research--An Overview of the Global Evidence
A. K. Jha, N. Prasopa-Plaizier, I. Larizgoitia et al.
Quality and Safety in Health Care, February 2010 19(1): 69-73
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Patients' Evaluations of Health Care Providers in the Era of Social Networking--An Analysis of Physician-Rating Websites
T. Lagu, N. S. Hannon, M. B. Rothberg et al.
Journal of General Internal Medicine, May 13, 2010
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Perspective--A Culture of Respect, Part 1--The Nature and Causes of Disrespectful Behavior by Physicians
L. L. Leape, M. F. Shore, J. L. Dienstag et al.
Academic Medicine, July 2012 87(7):1-8
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Perspective--A Culture of Respect, Part 2--Creating a Culture of Respect
L. L. Leape, M. F. Shore, J. L. Dienstag et al.,
Academic Medicine, July 2012 87(7):1-6
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Perspectives in quality--designing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist
T.G. Weiser, A.B. Haynes, A. Lashoher et al.
Int. Journal for Quality in Health Care, Oct. 2010 22(5):365-70
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Physician Communication and Patient Adherence to Treatment--A Meta-Analysis
K. B. Haskard Zolnierek and R. M. DiMatteo
Medical Care, August 2009 47(8):826–34.
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Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections and Improving Safety Culture--A Statewide Experience
S.R. Watson, C. George, M. Martin et al.
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, December 2009 35(12): 593-597
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Preventing Readmissions with Improved Hospital Discharge Planning
A. K. Jha, E. J. Orav, and A. M. Epstein
New England Journal of Medicine, Dec. 31, 2009 361(27):2637–2645
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Process of Care Performance Measures and Long-Term Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
M. Patterson, A.F. Hernandez, B.G. Hammill et al.
Medical Care, March 2010 48(3):210-6.
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Progress Toward Eliminating Healthcare-Associated Infections
Monitoring Progress Toward Action Plan Goals: A Mid-Term Assessment
Department of Health and Human Services, February 2011
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Public Release of Clinical Outcomes Data — Online CABG Report Cards
T.G. Ferris and D.F. Torchiana
New England Journal of Medicine, October 2010 363(17):1593-5.
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Public Reporting of Discharge Planning and Rates of Readmissions
A.K. Jha, E.J. Orav, and A.M. Epstein
New England Journal of Medicine, December 2009 351(27): 2637-45
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Public Reporting of Hospital Hand Hygiene Compliance—Helpful or Harmful?