Published in N Engl J Med on October 11, 2012
CMS reimbursement reform and the incidence of hospital-acquired pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis. J Gen Intern Med (2014) 2.30
Declining incidence of candidemia and the shifting epidemiology of Candida resistance in two US metropolitan areas, 2008-2013: results from population-based surveillance. PLoS One (2015) 1.30
State-mandated reporting of health care-associated infections in the United States: trends over time. Am J Med Qual (2014) 1.14
Quality of care delivered to hospitalized inflammatory bowel disease patients. World J Gastroenterol (2013) 1.02
Nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals. N Engl J Med (2013) 0.97
Nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals. N Engl J Med (2013) 0.96
Medicare non-payment of hospital-acquired infections: infection rates three years post implementation. Medicare Medicaid Res Rev (2013) 0.90
Temporal trends of ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence and the effect of implementing health-care bundles in a suburban community. Chest (2013) 0.88
Beyond Measurement and Reward: Methods of Motivating Quality Improvement and Accountability. Health Serv Res (2015) 0.88
The evolving landscape of healthcare-associated infections: recent advances in prevention and a road map for research. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2014) 0.85
A qualitative study of senior hospital managers' views on current and innovative strategies to improve hand hygiene. BMC Infect Dis (2014) 0.83
Central line maintenance bundles and CLABSIs in ambulatory oncology patients. Pediatrics (2013) 0.80
The association of hospital prevention processes and patient risk factors with the risk of Clostridium difficile infection: a population-based cohort study. BMJ Qual Saf (2015) 0.79
Management of infections in critically ill patients. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2014) 0.78
Quality and innovations for caring hospitalized older persons in the unites States. Aging Dis (2013) 0.78
Bloodstream infection in paediatric cancer centres--leukaemia and relapsed malignancies are independent risk factors. Eur J Pediatr (2015) 0.77
Differences in identifying healthcare associated infections using clinical vignettes and the influence of respondent characteristics: a cross-sectional survey of Australian infection prevention staff. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control (2015) 0.77
State-Mandated Hospital Infection Reporting Is Not Associated With Decreased Pediatric Health Care-Associated Infections. J Patient Saf (2015) 0.77
Removing very low-performing therapists: A simulation of performance-based retention in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy (Chic) (2015) 0.77
Physician Motivation: Listening to What Pay-for-Performance Programs and Quality Improvement Collaboratives Are Telling Us. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2015) 0.75
Physician organization care management capabilities associated with effective inpatient utilization management: a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 0.75
Impact of laws aimed at healthcare-associated infection reduction: a qualitative study. BMJ Qual Saf (2015) 0.75
Qualitative study of views and experiences of performance management for healthcare-associated infections. J Hosp Infect (2016) 0.75
Pediatric surgeon-directed wound classification improves accuracy. J Surg Res (2015) 0.75
Impact of State Reporting Laws on Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates in U.S. Adult Intensive Care Units. Health Serv Res (2016) 0.75
Frequency of hospital acquired pneumonia and its microbiological etiology in medical intensive care unit. Pak J Med Sci (2016) 0.75
Re: effect of nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. Hospitals. J Urol (2013) 0.75
Trends in mortality, length of stay, and hospital charges associated with health care-associated infections, 2006-2012. Am J Infect Control (2016) 0.75
Nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals. N Engl J Med (2013) 0.75
Capsule commentary on Gidwani et al., CMS reimbursement reform and the incidence of hospital-acquired pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis. J Gen Intern Med (2015) 0.75
HAC-POA policy effects on hospitals, other payers, and patients. Medicare Medicaid Res Rev (2014) 0.75
False Dichotomies and Health Policy Research Designs: Randomized Trials Are Not Always the Answer. J Gen Intern Med (2016) 0.75
Implantable Device-Related Infection. Shock (2016) 0.75
Hospital-Acquired Conditions Are Associated with Worse Outcomes in Crohn's Disease-Related Hospitalizations. Dig Dis Sci (2017) 0.75
The Relationship Between Parenteral Nutrition and Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr (2017) 0.75
Near-perfect compliance with SCIP Inf-9 had no effect on catheter utilization or urinary tract infections at an academic medical center. Am J Surg (2017) 0.75
Invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in the United States. JAMA (2007) 26.98
NHSN annual update: antimicrobial-resistant pathogens associated with healthcare-associated infections: annual summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006-2007. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 13.49
Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection. N Engl J Med (2013) 13.05
Systematic review: the relationship between clinical experience and quality of health care. Ann Intern Med (2005) 12.70
Clinical practice guidelines by the infectious diseases society of america for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in adults and children. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 11.49
Temporal trends in rates of patient harm resulting from medical care. N Engl J Med (2010) 8.78
Multistate point-prevalence survey of health care-associated infections. N Engl J Med (2014) 8.78
Burden of Clostridium difficile infection in the United States. N Engl J Med (2015) 8.17
Infection with vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus containing the vanA resistance gene. N Engl J Med (2003) 7.52
Intervention to reduce transmission of resistant bacteria in intensive care. N Engl J Med (2011) 7.07
Thirty-day readmission rates for Medicare beneficiaries by race and site of care. JAMA (2011) 7.04
Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in the United States, 2001-2002. J Infect Dis (2005) 6.78
Clinical practice guidelines by the infectious diseases society of america for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in adults and children: executive summary. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 6.71
The prevalence and geographic distribution of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in the United States. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (2007) 6.19
A research agenda for personal health records (PHRs). J Am Med Inform Assoc (2008) 5.61
Recommendations for surveillance of Clostridium difficile-associated disease. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2007) 5.37
Variation in surgical-readmission rates and quality of hospital care. N Engl J Med (2013) 5.27
Incidence of hospitalized rhabdomyolysis in patients treated with lipid-lowering drugs. JAMA (2004) 5.25
Prescription drug use in pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2004) 4.92
Health care-associated invasive MRSA infections, 2005-2008. JAMA (2010) 4.79
Cost-related medication nonadherence and spending on basic needs following implementation of Medicare Part D. JAMA (2008) 4.74
Changes in the epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units in US hospitals, 1992-2003. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 4.52
The intensity and variation of surgical care at the end of life: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet (2011) 4.44
Design of a national distributed health data network. Ann Intern Med (2009) 4.09
Outcomes of reference pricing for angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors. N Engl J Med (2002) 4.07
Quality of care and patient outcomes in critical access rural hospitals. JAMA (2011) 4.04
The costs of a national health information network. Ann Intern Med (2005) 3.93
Maternal intake of vitamin D during pregnancy and risk of recurrent wheeze in children at 3 y of age. Am J Clin Nutr (2007) 3.89
Use of automated ambulatory-care encounter records for detection of acute illness clusters, including potential bioterrorism events. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 3.79
A generalized linear mixed models approach for detecting incident clusters of disease in small areas, with an application to biological terrorism. Am J Epidemiol (2004) 3.71
Contribution of preventable acute care spending to total spending for high-cost Medicare patients. JAMA (2013) 3.70
Mortality rates for Medicare beneficiaries admitted to critical access and non-critical access hospitals, 2002-2010. JAMA (2013) 3.67
Post-PCV7 changes in colonizing pneumococcal serotypes in 16 Massachusetts communities, 2001 and 2004. Pediatrics (2005) 3.42
Epidemiology and predictors of mortality in cases of Candida bloodstream infection: results from population-based surveillance, barcelona, Spain, from 2002 to 2003. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 3.41
Thirty-day readmissions--truth and consequences. N Engl J Med (2012) 3.38
Healthcare-associated infections studies project: an American Journal of Infection Control and National Healthcare Safety Network data quality collaboration. Am J Infect Control (2010) 3.34
Patients at-risk for cost-related medication nonadherence: a review of the literature. J Gen Intern Med (2007) 3.34
Continued impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on carriage in young children. Pediatrics (2009) 3.32
Emergency department use and subsequent hospitalizations among members of a high-deductible health plan. JAMA (2007) 3.30
Effect of pay for performance on the management and outcomes of hypertension in the United Kingdom: interrupted time series study. BMJ (2011) 3.29
Distributed health data networks: a practical and preferred approach to multi-institutional evaluations of comparative effectiveness, safety, and quality of care. Med Care (2010) 3.29
Risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection after previous infection or colonization. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 3.24
Hospital-acquired neonatal infections in developing countries. Lancet (2005) 3.17
Pediatric readmission prevalence and variability across hospitals. JAMA (2013) 3.17
Immunochemical properties of the staphylococcal poly-N-acetylglucosamine surface polysaccharide. Infect Immun (2002) 3.14
Multistate outbreak of Fusarium keratitis associated with use of a contact lens solution. JAMA (2006) 3.11
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus central line-associated bloodstream infections in US intensive care units, 1997-2007. JAMA (2009) 3.06
A changing landscape of physician quality reporting: analysis of patients' online ratings of their physicians over a 5-year period. J Med Internet Res (2012) 3.05
Electronic health records in small physician practices: availability, use, and perceived benefits. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2011) 2.98
Characteristics of hospitals receiving penalties under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. JAMA (2013) 2.96
Return on investment for a computerized physician order entry system. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2006) 2.95
Did hospital engagement networks actually improve care? N Engl J Med (2014) 2.95
Patient experience in safety-net hospitals: implications for improving care and value-based purchasing. Arch Intern Med (2012) 2.93
Developing the Sentinel System--a national resource for evidence development. N Engl J Med (2011) 2.93
Guidelines for the selection of anti-infective agents for complicated intra-abdominal infections. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 2.92
Prioritizing strategies for preventing medication errors and adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients. Pediatrics (2003) 2.90
Who has higher readmission rates for heart failure, and why? Implications for efforts to improve care using financial incentives. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2010) 2.89
Hospital cost of care, quality of care, and readmission rates: penny wise and pound foolish? Arch Intern Med (2010) 2.89
Effect of age on the risk of Fever and seizures following immunization with measles-containing vaccines in children. JAMA Pediatr (2013) 2.86
Cancer screening before and after switching to a high-deductible health plan. Ann Intern Med (2008) 2.80
Assessing the level of healthcare information technology adoption in the United States: a snapshot. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak (2006) 2.76
Racial/ethnic differences in early-life risk factors for childhood obesity. Pediatrics (2010) 2.73
Impact of adverse events on prescribing warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation: matched pair analysis. BMJ (2006) 2.71
Potential bias of instrumental variable analyses for observational comparative effectiveness research. Ann Intern Med (2014) 2.63
Use of antidepressant medications during pregnancy: a multisite study. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2007) 2.61
Decreasing prevalence of obesity among young children in Massachusetts from 2004 to 2008. Pediatrics (2012) 2.58
Impact of routine intensive care unit surveillance cultures and resultant barrier precautions on hospital-wide methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis (2006) 2.57
U.S. Regional health information organizations: progress and challenges. Health Aff (Millwood) (2009) 2.54
Costs and consequences of direct-to-consumer advertising for clopidogrel in Medicaid. Arch Intern Med (2009) 2.54
Sociodemographic predictors of antenatal and postpartum depressive symptoms among women in a medical group practice. J Epidemiol Community Health (2006) 2.47
The state of regional health information organizations: current activities and financing. Health Aff (Millwood) (2007) 2.46
Health and economic impact of surgical site infections diagnosed after hospital discharge. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 2.45
Automated identification of acute hepatitis B using electronic medical record data to facilitate public health surveillance. PLoS One (2008) 2.45
Electronic Support for Public Health: validated case finding and reporting for notifiable diseases using electronic medical data. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2008) 2.44
Intussusception risk after rotavirus vaccination in U.S. infants. N Engl J Med (2014) 2.41
Effects of a law against early postpartum discharge on newborn follow-up, adverse events, and HMO expenditures. N Engl J Med (2002) 2.41
The association between hospital volume and processes, outcomes, and costs of care for congestive heart failure. Ann Intern Med (2011) 2.40
Comparative opsonic and protective activities of Staphylococcus aureus conjugate vaccines containing native or deacetylated Staphylococcal Poly-N-acetyl-beta-(1-6)-glucosamine. Infect Immun (2005) 2.37
Effect of increased cost-sharing on oral hypoglycemic use in five managed care organizations: how much is too much? Med Care (2005) 2.33
Is size the next big thing in epidemiology? Epidemiology (2013) 2.31
The relationship between hospital admission rates and rehospitalizations. N Engl J Med (2011) 2.31
Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the absence of vancomycin exposure. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 2.30
Mucosal barrier injury laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection: results from a field test of a new National Healthcare Safety Network definition. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2013) 2.28
Multivariate scan statistics for disease surveillance. Stat Med (2007) 2.27
Do newer prescription drugs pay for themselves? A reassessment of the evidence. Health Aff (Millwood) (2007) 2.27
Adoption of electronic health records grows rapidly, but fewer than half of US hospitals had at least a basic system in 2012. Health Aff (Millwood) (2013) 2.27
Effect of New York State regulatory action on benzodiazepine prescribing and hip fracture rates. Ann Intern Med (2007) 2.27
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and healthcare risk factors. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 2.25
Developing a new, national approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events*. Crit Care Med (2013) 2.24
Relationship between patient medication adherence and subsequent clinical inertia in type 2 diabetes glycemic management. Diabetes Care (2007) 2.22
Failure of automated telephone outreach with speech recognition to improve colorectal cancer screening: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med (2010) 2.21
Low frequency of treatment of osteoporosis among postmenopausal women following a fracture. Arch Intern Med (2003) 2.19
A survey of health information exchange organizations in the United States: implications for meaningful use. Ann Intern Med (2011) 2.18