Published in Am J Manag Care on November 01, 2003
What is a clinical pathway? Development of a definition to inform the debate. BMC Med (2010) 1.27
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of clinical pathways on length of stay, hospital costs and patient outcomes. BMC Health Serv Res (2008) 1.26
A cluster randomised trial to assess the impact of clinical pathways on AMI management in rural Australian emergency departments. BMC Health Serv Res (2009) 0.81
Effects of increasing compliance with minimal sedation on duration of mechanical ventilation: a quality improvement intervention. Crit Care (2012) 0.80
Analysis of patient-dropouts from the critical pathways for gastric cancer. Ann Surg Treat Res (2015) 0.78
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What effect does physician "profiling" have on inpatient physician satisfaction and hospital length of stay? BMC Health Serv Res (2006) 0.75
The importance of clinical pathways and protocols in pediatric nephrology. Pediatr Nephrol (2013) 0.75
Medical therapy to facilitate urinary stone passage: a meta-analysis. Lancet (2006) 5.65
Effects of work hour reduction on residents' lives: a systematic review. JAMA (2005) 3.97
Narrative review: lack of evidence for recommended low-density lipoprotein treatment targets: a solvable problem. Ann Intern Med (2006) 3.50
Use of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection prevention practices by US hospitals. Mayo Clin Proc (2007) 2.90
Building a better quality measure: are some patients with 'poor quality' actually getting good care? Med Care (2003) 2.85
Monitoring performance for blood pressure management among patients with diabetes mellitus: too much of a good thing? Arch Intern Med (2012) 2.75
Accepting critically ill transfer patients: adverse effect on a referral center's outcome and benchmark measures. Ann Intern Med (2003) 2.75
Whom should we profile? Examining diabetes care practice variation among primary care providers, provider groups, and health care facilities. Health Serv Res (2002) 2.68
Liability claims and costs before and after implementation of a medical error disclosure program. Ann Intern Med (2010) 2.59
The role of clinical uncertainty in treatment decisions for diabetic patients with uncontrolled blood pressure. Ann Intern Med (2008) 2.55
When do patients and their physicians agree on diabetes treatment goals and strategies, and what difference does it make? J Gen Intern Med (2003) 2.51
Effect of nonpayment for hospital-acquired, catheter-associated urinary tract infection: a statewide analysis. Ann Intern Med (2012) 2.44
Preventing hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in the United States: a national study. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 2.42
When more is not better: treatment intensification among hypertensive patients with poor medication adherence. Circulation (2008) 2.37
Brief report: the burden of diabetes therapy: implications for the design of effective patient-centered treatment regimens. J Gen Intern Med (2005) 2.32
Multivariable risk prediction can greatly enhance the statistical power of clinical trial subgroup analysis. BMC Med Res Methodol (2006) 2.27
Prediction of Barrett's esophagus among men. Am J Gastroenterol (2013) 2.22
Veterans Affairs intensive care unit risk adjustment model: validation, updating, recalibration. Crit Care Med (2008) 2.17
Intensive care unit admitting patterns in the Veterans Affairs health care system. Arch Intern Med (2012) 2.16
Systematic review: effects of resident work hours on patient safety. Ann Intern Med (2004) 2.07
Latinas and breast cancer outcomes: population-based sampling, ethnic identity, and acculturation assessment. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2009) 1.88
Variation in outcomes in Veterans Affairs intensive care units with a computerized severity measure. Crit Care Med (2005) 1.88
Patterns and correlates of patient referral to surgeons for treatment of breast cancer. J Clin Oncol (2007) 1.84
Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the United States: a national comparative study. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 1.77
The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts in infection prevention: a multi-center qualitative study. Soc Sci Med (2010) 1.76
Hospital report cards for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers: how good are the grades? Ann Intern Med (2013) 1.57
Area socioeconomic status and mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: the role of hospital volume. Am Heart J (2007) 1.57
Reporting clinical trial results to inform providers, payers, and consumers. Health Aff (Millwood) (2005) 1.57
Hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infection: documentation and coding issues may reduce financial impact of Medicare's new payment policy. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2010) 1.56
Patient-provider concordance in the prioritization of health conditions among hypertensive diabetes patients. J Gen Intern Med (2010) 1.55
Comparing clinical automated, medical record, and hybrid data sources for diabetes quality measures. Jt Comm J Qual Improv (2002) 1.48
Impact of patient risk on the hospital volume-outcome relationship in coronary artery bypass grafting. Arch Intern Med (2005) 1.48
Sins of omission: getting too little medical care may be the greatest threat to patient safety. J Gen Intern Med (2005) 1.48
The hospitalist movement--time to move on. N Engl J Med (2007) 1.44
Estimated cost-effectiveness of growth hormone therapy for idiopathic short stature. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2006) 1.28
A multicenter qualitative study on preventing hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in US hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 1.26
Preventing hospital-acquired infections: a national survey of practices reported by U.S. hospitals in 2005 and 2009. J Gen Intern Med (2011) 1.23
A reminder reduces urinary catheterization in hospitalized patients. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2005) 1.18
Coordinating cancer care: patient and practice management processes among surgeons who treat breast cancer. Med Care (2010) 1.18
Does it matter where you go for breast surgery?: attending surgeon's influence on variation in receipt of mastectomy for breast cancer. Med Care (2010) 1.16
Overestimating outcome rates: statistical estimation when reliability is suboptimal. Health Serv Res (2007) 1.15
Quality improvement initiatives: issues in moving from diabetes guidelines to policy. Diabetes Care (2004) 1.13
Automated intensive care unit risk adjustment: results from a National Veterans Affairs study. Crit Care Med (2003) 1.12
Study protocol: the Adherence and Intensification of Medications (AIM) study--a cluster randomized controlled effectiveness study. Trials (2010) 1.11
Condom versus indwelling urinary catheters: a randomized trial. J Am Geriatr Soc (2006) 1.11
Where should hospitalists sit within the academic medical center? J Gen Intern Med (2008) 1.10
Associations of diabetes mellitus, insulin, leptin, and ghrelin with gastroesophageal reflux and Barrett's esophagus. Gastroenterology (2013) 1.09
Population based trends in the surgical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. J Urol (2012) 1.09
More than a pain in the neck: how discussing chronic pain affects hypertension medication intensification. J Gen Intern Med (2009) 1.08
Use of urinary collection devices in skilled nursing facilities in five states. J Am Geriatr Soc (2008) 1.08
Barriers to constraining health care cost growth. Health Aff (Millwood) (2004) 1.07
Quality by any other name?: a comparison of three profiling systems for assessing health care quality. Health Serv Res (2007) 1.07
The University of Michigan Specialist-Hospitalist Allied Research Program: jumpstarting hospital medicine research. J Hosp Med (2008) 1.07
Assessing appropriateness of lipid management among patients with diabetes mellitus: moving from target to treatment. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2012) 1.06
Is acetylcysteine effective in preventing contrast-related nephropathy? A meta-analysis. Am J Med (2004) 1.06
5-Year mammography rates and associated factors for older women. Cancer (2003) 1.05
Preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia in the United States: a multicenter mixed-methods study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 1.02
Physician-level P4P--DOA? Can quality-based payment be resuscitated? Am J Manag Care (2007) 1.01
How do hospitalized patients feel about resident work hours, fatigue, and discontinuity of care? J Gen Intern Med (2008) 1.01
Work hour rules and contributors to patient care mistakes: a focus group study with internal medicine residents. J Hosp Med (2008) 1.01
Incidence of antibiotic-resistant infection in long-term residents of skilled nursing facilities. Am J Infect Control (2008) 1.00
Reduction of central line infections in Veterans Administration intensive care units: an observational cohort using a central infrastructure to support learning and improvement. BMJ Qual Saf (2011) 0.98
Risk factors for nosocomial urinary tract-related bacteremia: a case-control study. Am J Infect Control (2006) 0.97
Characteristics of primary care physicians and their practices associated with mammography rates for older women. Cancer (2003) 0.95
Personalized targeted mailing increases mammography among long-term noncompliant medicare beneficiaries: a randomized trial. Med Care (2003) 0.94
Does full disclosure of medical errors affect malpractice liability? The jury is still out. Jt Comm J Qual Saf (2003) 0.94
Translating infection prevention evidence into practice using quantitative and qualitative research. Am J Infect Control (2006) 0.94
Using search engine query data to track pharmaceutical utilization: a study of statins. Am J Manag Care (2010) 0.93
Infrastructure for quality transformation: measurement and reporting in veterans administration intensive care units. BMJ Qual Saf (2011) 0.93
Use of health IT for higher-value critical care. N Engl J Med (2013) 0.90
Review of evidence and explanations for suboptimal screening and treatment of dyslipidemia in women. A conceptual model. J Gen Intern Med (2003) 0.90
Case-mix adjusted hospital mortality is a poor proxy for preventable mortality: a modelling study. BMJ Qual Saf (2012) 0.90
Trends in the treatment of adults with ureteropelvic junction obstruction. J Endourol (2012) 0.89
The quality and impact of risk factor control in patients with stable claudication presenting for peripheral vascular interventions. Circ Cardiovasc Interv (2012) 0.89
Population-based trends in ambulatory surgery for urinary incontinence. Int Urogynecol J (2012) 0.89
Adult fat intake associated with the presence of children in households: findings from NHANES III. J Am Board Fam Med (2007) 0.88
Physician assessments of medication adherence and decisions to intensify medications for patients with uncontrolled blood pressure: still no better than a coin toss. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 0.88
Rates of infection for single-lumen versus multilumen central venous catheters: a meta-analysis. Crit Care Med (2003) 0.86
The impact of technology diffusion on treatment for prostate cancer. Med Care (2013) 0.85
Adoption of alcohol-based handrub by United States hospitals: a national survey. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 0.85
Accounting for clinical action reduces estimates of gender disparities in lipid management for diabetic veterans. J Gen Intern Med (2013) 0.85
Understanding the dissemination of sacral neuromodulation. Surg Innov (2013) 0.84
Medical expulsive therapy versus early endoscopic stone removal for acute renal colic: an instrumental variable analysis. J Urol (2013) 0.84
HITECH, electronic health records, and Facebook: a health information trifecta. Am J Med (2011) 0.84
Mobility and other predictors of hospitalization for urinary tract infection: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Geriatr (2008) 0.83
First Things First: Difficulty with Current Medications Is Associated With Patient Willingness to Add New Ones. Patient (2009) 0.83
How complete is the evidence for thromboembolism prophylaxis in general medicine patients? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Hosp Med (2009) 0.83
Differences in the reporting of care-related patient injuries to existing reporting systems. Jt Comm J Qual Saf (2003) 0.83
Effects of performance measure implementation on clinical manager and provider motivation. J Gen Intern Med (2014) 0.83
Treatment decisions for complex patients: differences between primary care physicians and midlevel providers. Am J Manag Care (2009) 0.82
Technology diffusion and diagnostic testing for prostate cancer. J Urol (2013) 0.81
Contribution of infection to increased mortality in women after cardiac surgery. Arch Intern Med (2006) 0.81
Overuse of testing in preoperative evaluation and syncope: a survey of hospitalists. Ann Intern Med (2015) 0.81
Marked variability in adherence to hand hygiene: a 5-unit observational study in Tuscany. Am J Infect Control (2009) 0.79