Published in Health Serv Res on April 01, 2007
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Communication outcomes of critical imaging results in a computerized notification system. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2007) 2.31
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Identifying diagnostic errors in primary care using an electronic screening algorithm. Arch Intern Med (2007) 2.03
Passive monitoring versus active assessment of clinical performance: impact on measured quality of care. Med Care (2011) 1.74
Racial differences in how patients perceive physician communication regarding cardiac testing. Med Care (2002) 1.58
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Preoperative statin therapy decreases risk of postoperative renal insufficiency. Cardiovasc Ther (2010) 1.47
Racial differences in cardiac catheterization as a function of patients' beliefs. Am J Public Health (2004) 1.47
Racial differences in trust: reaping what we have sown? Med Care (2002) 1.47
Using a multifaceted approach to improve the follow-up of positive fecal occult blood test results. Am J Gastroenterol (2009) 1.46
Follow-up actions on electronic referral communication in a multispecialty outpatient setting. J Gen Intern Med (2010) 1.37
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Improving follow-up of abnormal cancer screens using electronic health records: trust but verify test result communication. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak (2009) 1.28
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Reducing referral delays in colorectal cancer diagnosis: is it about how you ask? Qual Saf Health Care (2010) 1.23
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Exploring situational awareness in diagnostic errors in primary care. BMJ Qual Saf (2011) 1.17
Method to develop health care peer groups for quality and financial comparisons across hospitals. Health Serv Res (2008) 1.17
Impact of comorbidity type on measures of quality for diabetes care. Med Care (2011) 1.17
Racial differences in health-related beliefs, attitudes, and experiences of VA cardiac patients: scale development and application. Med Care (2002) 1.16
Does resident hours reduction have an impact on surgical outcomes? J Surg Res (2005) 1.16
Chronic kidney disease is associated with angiographic coronary artery disease. Am J Nephrol (2007) 1.15
Implementing pay-for-performance in the neonatal intensive care unit. Pediatrics (2007) 1.10
Does poorer familiarity with Medicare translate into worse access to health care? J Am Geriatr Soc (2008) 1.09
Improving benchmarking by using an explicit framework for the development of composite indicators: an example using pediatric quality of care. Implement Sci (2010) 1.08
Institutional, provider, and patient correlates of low-density lipoprotein and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment according to the Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines. Am Heart J (2011) 1.06
The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire as a tool for benchmarking safety culture in the NICU. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed (2012) 1.05
Importance of patient, provider, and facility predictors of hepatitis C virus treatment in veterans: a national study. Am J Gastroenterol (2010) 1.03
Are primary care services a substitute or complement for specialty and inpatient services? Health Serv Res (2005) 1.03
Barriers to non-HDL cholesterol goal attainment by providers. Am J Med (2011) 1.01
Racial differences in attitudes regarding cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment: a qualitative study. Patient Educ Couns (2005) 1.00
Quality of life and peripheral arterial disease. J Surg Res (2006) 1.00
Frequency and correlates of treatment intensification for elevated cholesterol levels in patients with cardiovascular disease. Am Heart J (2011) 0.99
Neonatal intensive care unit safety culture varies widely. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed (2011) 0.99
Estimating cost savings from regionalizing cardiac procedures using hospital discharge data. Cost Eff Resour Alloc (2007) 0.98
VHA pharmacy use in veterans with Medicare drug coverage. Am J Manag Care (2009) 0.98
Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol calculation and goal awareness among physicians-in-training. J Clin Lipidol (2011) 0.96
Contribution of the Veterans Health Administration in understanding racial disparities in access and utilization of health care: a spirit of inquiry. Med Care (2002) 0.95
Is lipid-lowering therapy underused by African Americans at high risk of coronary heart disease within the VA health care system? Am J Public Health (2004) 0.95
Variations in definitions of mortality have little influence on neonatal intensive care unit performance ratings. J Pediatr (2012) 0.95
Financial incentives and physician commitment to guideline-recommended hypertension management. Am J Manag Care (2012) 0.94
Racial differences in prevalence of coronary obstructions among men with positive nuclear imaging studies. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 0.94
Impact of clinical complexity on the quality of diabetes care. Am J Manag Care (2012) 0.93
Quality of depression care and its impact on health service use and mortality among veterans. Psychiatr Serv (2008) 0.90
Improving the performance of performance measurement. J Gen Intern Med (2010) 0.89
Treating chronically ill people with diabetes mellitus with limited life expectancy: implications for performance measurement. J Am Geriatr Soc (2012) 0.87
Children with chronic illness return to their baseline functional status after organ dysfunction on the first day of admission in the pediatric intensive care unit. J Pediatr (2010) 0.87
A quasi-experimental test of an intervention to increase the use of thiazide-based treatment regimens for people with hypertension. Implement Sci (2007) 0.83
Functional status outcomes among white and African-American cardiac patients in an equal access system. Am Heart J (2007) 0.83
The effect of referral and transfer patients on hospital funding in a capitated health care delivery system. Med Care (2007) 0.82
Pay for performance is growing up. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2007) 0.81
Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol reporting and goal attainment in primary care. J Clin Lipidol (2012) 0.80
Publishing protocols for partnered research. J Gen Intern Med (2014) 0.80
Comparing performance of multinomial logistic regression and discriminant analysis for monitoring access to care for acute myocardial infarction. J Clin Epidemiol (2002) 0.80
Calculations of Financial Incentives for Providers in a Pay-for-Performance Program: Manual Review Versus Data From Structured Fields in Electronic Health Records. Med Care (2015) 0.80
Practice-Level Variation in Statin Use Among Patients With Diabetes: Insights From the PINNACLE Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol (2016) 0.79
The association of Medicare drug coverage with use of evidence-based medications in the Veterans Health Administration. Ann Pharmacother (2009) 0.79
Obesity: an independent predictor of in-hospital postoperative renal insufficiency among patients undergoing cardiac surgery? Tex Heart Inst J (2009) 0.79
Use of smoking cessation interventions and aspirin for secondary prevention: are there racial disparities? Am J Med Qual (2004) 0.79
A decision-theoretic approach to identifying future high-cost patients. Med Care (2006) 0.78
Health care funding levels and patient outcomes: a national study. Health Econ (2007) 0.78
Propensity score analysis in observational studies: outcomes after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Am J Surg (2006) 0.78
Knowledge and awareness of peripheral vascular disease are poor among women at risk for cardiovascular disease. J Surg Res (2008) 0.78
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Metcalfe's law predicts reduced power of Electronic Medical Record software. AMIA Annu Symp Proc (2003) 0.75
Outcomes after acute coronary syndrome admission to primary versus tertiary Veterans Affairs medical centers: the Veterans Affairs Access to Cardiology study. Am Heart J (2006) 0.75
National Quality Forum Colon Cancer Quality Metric Performance: How Are Hospitals Measuring Up? Ann Surg (2017) 0.75
Creating peer groups for assessing and comparing nursing home performance. Am J Manag Care (2013) 0.75
Association of Internet Use With the Use of Addictive Substances in The United States. Am J Cardiol (2020) 0.75