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Laura A Petersen

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Top papers

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1 Medical errors involving trainees: a study of closed malpractice claims from 5 insurers. Arch Intern Med 2007 5.43
2 Racial and ethnic disparities in the use of health services: bias, preferences, or poor communication? J Gen Intern Med 2003 4.11
3 Timely follow-up of abnormal diagnostic imaging test results in an outpatient setting: are electronic medical records achieving their potential? Arch Intern Med 2009 3.63
4 Measuring errors and adverse events in health care. J Gen Intern Med 2003 3.63
5 Notification of abnormal lab test results in an electronic medical record: do any safety concerns remain? Am J Med 2010 3.48
6 Correlates of repeat lipid testing in patients with coronary heart disease. JAMA Intern Med 2013 3.30
7 Missed opportunities to initiate endoscopic evaluation for colorectal cancer diagnosis. Am J Gastroenterol 2009 2.60
8 Prescription errors and outcomes related to inconsistent information transmitted through computerized order entry: a prospective study. Arch Intern Med 2009 2.45
9 Errors in cancer diagnosis: current understanding and future directions. J Clin Oncol 2007 2.31
10 Communication outcomes of critical imaging results in a computerized notification system. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2007 2.31
11 Barriers to proliferation of electronic medical records. Inform Prim Care 2004 2.28
12 Identifying diagnostic errors in primary care using an electronic screening algorithm. Arch Intern Med 2007 2.03
13 Passive monitoring versus active assessment of clinical performance: impact on measured quality of care. Med Care 2011 1.74
14 Racial differences in how patients perceive physician communication regarding cardiac testing. Med Care 2002 1.58
15 Patient-to-nurse ratios and outcomes of moderately preterm infants. Pediatrics 2010 1.56
16 Correlation of neonatal intensive care unit performance across multiple measures of quality of care. JAMA Pediatr 2013 1.55
17 Preoperative statin therapy decreases risk of postoperative renal insufficiency. Cardiovasc Ther 2010 1.47
18 Racial differences in cardiac catheterization as a function of patients' beliefs. Am J Public Health 2004 1.47
19 Racial differences in trust: reaping what we have sown? Med Care 2002 1.47
20 Using a multifaceted approach to improve the follow-up of positive fecal occult blood test results. Am J Gastroenterol 2009 1.46
21 Follow-up actions on electronic referral communication in a multispecialty outpatient setting. J Gen Intern Med 2010 1.37
22 Getting funded. Career development awards for aspiring clinical investigators. J Gen Intern Med 2004 1.32
23 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
24 The neglected purpose of comparative-effectiveness research. N Engl J Med 2009 1.26
25 Reducing referral delays in colorectal cancer diagnosis: is it about how you ask? Qual Saf Health Care 2010 1.23
26 Effect of using information from only one system for dually eligible health care users. Med Care 2006 1.21
27 Exploring situational awareness in diagnostic errors in primary care. BMJ Qual Saf 2011 1.17
28 Method to develop health care peer groups for quality and financial comparisons across hospitals. Health Serv Res 2008 1.17
29 Impact of comorbidity type on measures of quality for diabetes care. Med Care 2011 1.17
30 Racial differences in health-related beliefs, attitudes, and experiences of VA cardiac patients: scale development and application. Med Care 2002 1.16
31 Does resident hours reduction have an impact on surgical outcomes? J Surg Res 2005 1.16
32 Chronic kidney disease is associated with angiographic coronary artery disease. Am J Nephrol 2007 1.15
33 Implementing pay-for-performance in the neonatal intensive care unit. Pediatrics 2007 1.10
34 Does poorer familiarity with Medicare translate into worse access to health care? J Am Geriatr Soc 2008 1.09
35 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
36 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
37 The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire as a tool for benchmarking safety culture in the NICU. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2012 1.05
38 Importance of patient, provider, and facility predictors of hepatitis C virus treatment in veterans: a national study. Am J Gastroenterol 2010 1.03
39 Are primary care services a substitute or complement for specialty and inpatient services? Health Serv Res 2005 1.03
40 Comparing self-reported health status and diagnosis-based risk adjustment to predict 1- and 2 to 5-year mortality. Health Serv Res 2007 1.01
41 Barriers to non-HDL cholesterol goal attainment by providers. Am J Med 2011 1.01
42 Racial differences in attitudes regarding cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment: a qualitative study. Patient Educ Couns 2005 1.00
43 Quality of life and peripheral arterial disease. J Surg Res 2006 1.00
44 Frequency and correlates of treatment intensification for elevated cholesterol levels in patients with cardiovascular disease. Am Heart J 2011 0.99
45 Neonatal intensive care unit safety culture varies widely. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2011 0.99
46 Estimating cost savings from regionalizing cardiac procedures using hospital discharge data. Cost Eff Resour Alloc 2007 0.98
47 VHA pharmacy use in veterans with Medicare drug coverage. Am J Manag Care 2009 0.98
48 Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol calculation and goal awareness among physicians-in-training. J Clin Lipidol 2011 0.96
49 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
50 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
51 Variations in definitions of mortality have little influence on neonatal intensive care unit performance ratings. J Pediatr 2012 0.95
52 Financial incentives and physician commitment to guideline-recommended hypertension management. Am J Manag Care 2012 0.94
53 Racial differences in prevalence of coronary obstructions among men with positive nuclear imaging studies. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 0.94
54 Impact of clinical complexity on the quality of diabetes care. Am J Manag Care 2012 0.93
55 Quality of depression care and its impact on health service use and mortality among veterans. Psychiatr Serv 2008 0.90
56 Improving the performance of performance measurement. J Gen Intern Med 2010 0.89
57 Treating chronically ill people with diabetes mellitus with limited life expectancy: implications for performance measurement. J Am Geriatr Soc 2012 0.87
58 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
59 Is high-intensity statin therapy associated with lower statin adherence compared with low- to moderate-intensity statin therapy? Implications of the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Cholesterol Management Guidelines. Clin Cardiol 2014 0.85
60 Functional status outcomes among white and African-American cardiac patients in an equal access system. Am Heart J 2007 0.83
61 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
62 The effect of referral and transfer patients on hospital funding in a capitated health care delivery system. Med Care 2007 0.82
63 Pay for performance is growing up. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2007 0.81
64 Comparing performance of multinomial logistic regression and discriminant analysis for monitoring access to care for acute myocardial infarction. J Clin Epidemiol 2002 0.80
65 Publishing protocols for partnered research. J Gen Intern Med 2014 0.80
66 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
67 Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol reporting and goal attainment in primary care. J Clin Lipidol 2012 0.80
68 Practice-Level Variation in Statin Use Among Patients With Diabetes: Insights From the PINNACLE Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol 2016 0.79
69 Obesity: an independent predictor of in-hospital postoperative renal insufficiency among patients undergoing cardiac surgery? Tex Heart Inst J 2009 0.79
70 Use of smoking cessation interventions and aspirin for secondary prevention: are there racial disparities? Am J Med Qual 2004 0.79
71 The association of Medicare drug coverage with use of evidence-based medications in the Veterans Health Administration. Ann Pharmacother 2009 0.79
72 Propensity score analysis in observational studies: outcomes after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Am J Surg 2006 0.78
73 Health care funding levels and patient outcomes: a national study. Health Econ 2007 0.78
74 A decision-theoretic approach to identifying future high-cost patients. Med Care 2006 0.78
75 Knowledge and awareness of peripheral vascular disease are poor among women at risk for cardiovascular disease. J Surg Res 2008 0.78
76 Reply: Frequency of inappropriate and nonrecommended prasugrel prescription: great variations. J Am Coll Cardiol 2014 0.75
77 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
78 National Quality Forum Colon Cancer Quality Metric Performance: How Are Hospitals Measuring Up? Ann Surg 2017 0.75
79 Creating peer groups for assessing and comparing nursing home performance. Am J Manag Care 2013 0.75
80 Metcalfe's law predicts reduced power of Electronic Medical Record software. AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2003 0.75
81 Association of Internet Use With the Use of Addictive Substances in The United States. Am J Cardiol 2020 0.75