Selected publications from research organizations and the professional literature related to performance measurement and improvement.
The Chasing Zero Department--Making Idealized Design a Reality
C.R. Denham, P. Angood, D. Berwick, et al.
Journal of Patient Safety, December 2009 5(4): 210-15
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The CLABs Collaborative--A Regionwide Effort to Improve the Quality of Care in Hospitals
B. S. Koll, T. A. Straub, H. S. Jalon et al.
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, December 2008 34(12): 713-23
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The effect of electronic medical record adoption on outcomes in US hospitals
Jinhyung Lee, Yong-Fang Kuo and James S Goodwin
BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:39 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-13-39
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The Effect Of Health Information Technology On Quality In U.S. Hospitals
J.S. McCullough, M. Casey, I. Moscovice et al.
Health Affairs, April 2010 29(4): 647-54
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The Hospital Compare Mortality Model and the Volume-Outcome Relationship
J.H. Silber, P.R. Rosenbaum, T.J. Brachet et al.
Health Services Research, October 2010 45(5):1148-67.
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The Hospital Cost of Care, Quality of Care, and Readmission Rates
Penny-Wise and Pound-Foolish
L. M. Chen, A. K. Jha, S. Guterman et al.
Archives of Internal Medicine, Feb. 22, 2010 170(4):340-346.
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The Paradox of Readmission--Effect of a Quality Improvement Program in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure
A. Mudge, C. Denaro, I. Scott et al.
Journal of Hospital Medicine, March. 2010 5(3):148-53.
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The Relationship between Patients' Perception of Care and Measures of Hospital Quality and Safety
T. Isaac, A.M. Zaslavsky, P.D. Cleary et al.
Health Services Review, Aug. 2010 45(4)
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The Role of the "Champion" in Infection Prevention--Results from a Multisite Qualitative Study
L.J. Damschroder, J. Janaszak-Holl, C.P. Kowalski et al.
Quality and Safety in Health Care, December 2009 18(6): 434-40
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To Curb Repeat Hospital Stays, Pay Doctors
Trends in Length of Stay and Short-term Outcomes Among Medicare Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure, 1993-2006
H. Bueno, J.S. Ross, Y. Wang, et al.
JAMA. 2010;303(21):2141-2147.
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Trends in the Inpatient Quality Indicators
The Veterans Health Administration Experience
A. Borzecki, C.L. Christiansen, S. Loveland et al.
Medical Care, Aug. 2010 48(8)
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Unplanned Discharges from A Surgical Intensive Care Unit-- Readmissions and Mortality
S. Utzolino, M. Kaffarnik, T. Keck et al.
Journal of Critical Care, November 13, 2009
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Use of Administrative Claims Models to Assess 30-Day Mortality Among Veterans Health Administration Hospitals
J.S. Ross, C. Maynard, H.M. Krumholz et al.
Medical Care, Vol. 48, No. 7: 652-58 (July 2010)
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Use of Colour-Coded Labels for Intravenous High-Risk Medications and Lines to Improve Patient Safety
N. Porat, Y. Bitan, D. Shefi et al.
Quality and Safety in Health Care, December 2009 18(6): 505-9
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Validation of the surveillance and reporting of central line-associated bloodstream infection data to a state health department
L. A. Backman, R. Milchreit, and R. Rodriguez
American Journal of Infection Control, December 2010 38(10): 832-38
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Variation in Hospital Mortality Associated with Inpatient Surgery
A. Ghaferi, J. D. Birkmeyer, and J. B. Dimick
New England Journal of Medicine, October 2009 361(14):1368-75
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Where We Are a Decade After To Err Is Human
C. Clancy
Journal of Patient Safety, December 2009 5(4): 199-200
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