Published in JAMA on October 09, 2013
Association between hospital-level obstetric quality indicators and maternal and neonatal morbidity. JAMA (2014) 1.38
Secular trends in occurrence of acute venous thromboembolism: the Worcester VTE study (1985-2009). Am J Med (2014) 0.98
Validity of Using Inpatient and Outpatient Administrative Codes to Identify Acute Venous Thromboembolism: The CVRN VTE Study. Med Care (2016) 0.83
ICU director data: using data to assess value, inform local change, and relate to the external world. Chest (2015) 0.81
Making sense of the shadows: priorities for creating a learning healthcare system based on routinely collected data. BMJ Qual Saf (2015) 0.81
Development of second primary malignancy in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a nationwide population-based study. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol (2015) 0.80
Use of provider-level dashboards and pay-for-performance in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. J Hosp Med (2014) 0.79
Use of azathioprine for graft-vs-host disease is the major risk for development of secondary malignancies after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a nationwide population-based study. Br J Cancer (2014) 0.79
Effectiveness and safety of expanded perioperative thromboprophylaxis in complex gynecologic surgery. Gynecol Oncol (2015) 0.78
What can the national quality forum tell us about performance measurement in anesthesiology? Anesth Analg (2015) 0.78
Quantity Over Quality: How the Rise in Quality Measures is Not Producing Quality Results. J Gen Intern Med (2015) 0.77
Preoperative Chemoprophylaxis Is Safe in Major Oncology Operations and Effective at Preventing Venous Thromboembolism. J Am Coll Surg (2015) 0.77
Association between hospital imaging use and venous thromboembolism events rates based on clinical data. Ann Surg (2014) 0.77
Postoperative venous thromboembolism outcomes measure: analytic exploration of potential misclassification of hospital quality due to surveillance bias. Ann Surg (2015) 0.76
Case-crossover study to examine the change in postpartum risk of pulmonary embolism over time. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2017) 0.75
Venous Thromboembolic Complications in Colorectal Surgery. Ann Coloproctol (2015) 0.75
Postoperative venous thromboembolic disease: prevention, public reporting, and patient protection. JAMA (2013) 0.75
Post-Hospital Discharge Venous Thromboembolism in Colorectal Surgery. World J Surg (2016) 0.75
Readmission rates due to venous thromboembolism in cancer patients after abdominopelvic surgery, a retrospective chart review. Support Care Cancer (2014) 0.75
Initial Public Reporting of Quality at Veterans Affairs vs Non-Veterans Affairs Hospitals. JAMA Intern Med (2017) 0.75
Deficits in communication and information transfer between hospital-based and primary care physicians: implications for patient safety and continuity of care. JAMA (2007) 12.93
Colon cancer survival rates with the new American Joint Committee on Cancer sixth edition staging. J Natl Cancer Inst (2004) 10.61
Health literacy and knowledge of chronic disease. Patient Educ Couns (2003) 5.63
Health literacy and functional health status among older adults. Arch Intern Med (2005) 5.48
Health literacy and preventive health care use among Medicare enrollees in a managed care organization. Med Care (2002) 5.14
Association between helicopter vs ground emergency medical services and survival for adults with major trauma. JAMA (2012) 5.02
Extent of surgery affects survival for papillary thyroid cancer. Ann Surg (2007) 4.73
Disparities in health care are driven by where minority patients seek care: examination of the hospital quality alliance measures. Arch Intern Med (2007) 4.51
Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels. J Gen Intern Med (2006) 4.01
The National Cancer Data Base: a powerful initiative to improve cancer care in the United States. Ann Surg Oncol (2008) 3.82
National failure to operate on early stage pancreatic cancer. Ann Surg (2007) 3.65
Toward robust information: data quality and inter-rater reliability in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Am Coll Surg (2009) 3.55
Disparities in the utilization of high-volume hospitals for complex surgery. JAMA (2006) 3.35
Updated population-based review of carcinoid tumors. Ann Surg (2004) 3.21
Small bowel cancer in the United States: changes in epidemiology, treatment, and survival over the last 20 years. Ann Surg (2009) 3.07
Does surgical quality improve in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: an evaluation of all participating hospitals. Ann Surg (2009) 3.05
Gastric cancer, version 2.2013: featured updates to the NCCN Guidelines. J Natl Compr Canc Netw (2013) 3.03
Results of the Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) study: an analysis of medication reconciliation errors and risk factors at hospital admission. J Gen Intern Med (2010) 2.94
Laparoscopic versus open left pancreatectomy: can preoperative factors indicate the safer technique? Ann Surg (2011) 2.87
Validation of the 6th edition AJCC Pancreatic Cancer Staging System: report from the National Cancer Database. Cancer (2007) 2.85
Race and insurance status as risk factors for trauma mortality. Arch Surg (2008) 2.79
Directing surgical quality improvement initiatives: comparison of perioperative mortality and long-term survival for cancer surgery. J Clin Oncol (2008) 2.74
A comparison of clinical registry versus administrative claims data for reporting of 30-day surgical complications. Ann Surg (2012) 2.72
The aging population and its impact on the surgery workforce. Ann Surg (2003) 2.70
American Society of Clinical Oncology/National Comprehensive Cancer Network Quality Measures. J Clin Oncol (2008) 2.69
Expression of RORγt marks a pathogenic regulatory T cell subset in human colon cancer. Sci Transl Med (2012) 2.62
Association of unconscious race and social class bias with vignette-based clinical assessments by medical students. JAMA (2011) 2.61
Evidence-based performance measures: preventing unintended consequences of quality measurement. Ann Intern Med (2011) 2.56
Effect of delay to operation on outcomes in adults with acute appendicitis. Arch Surg (2010) 2.53
Blueprint for a new American College of Surgeons: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Am Coll Surg (2008) 2.53
Lymph node evaluation as a colon cancer quality measure: a national hospital report card. J Natl Cancer Inst (2008) 2.46
A 10-year outcomes evaluation of mucinous and signet-ring cell carcinoma of the colon and rectum. Dis Colon Rectum (2005) 2.45
Assessing the validity of national quality measures for coronary artery disease using an electronic health record. Arch Intern Med (2006) 2.44
Development and evaluation of the universal ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator: a decision aid and informed consent tool for patients and surgeons. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 2.37
Rates of colon and rectal cancers are increasing in young adults. Am Surg (2003) 2.30
Readmissions following pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreas cancer: a population-based appraisal. Ann Surg Oncol (2008) 2.20
Do young colon cancer patients have worse outcomes? World J Surg (2004) 2.20
Changes in performance after implementation of a multifaceted electronic-health-record-based quality improvement system. Med Care (2011) 2.19
Validity and feasibility of the american college of surgeons colectomy composite outcome quality measure. Ann Surg (2013) 2.18
Factors predicting complication rates following total knee replacement. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2006) 2.15
Perioperative blood transfusion is associated with decreased survival in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a multi-institutional study. J Gastrointest Surg (2014) 2.15
Black children experience worse clinical and functional outcomes after traumatic brain injury: an analysis of the National Pediatric Trauma Registry. J Trauma (2007) 2.15
Quality improvement in surgery: the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program approach. Adv Surg (2010) 2.14
The influence of resident involvement on surgical outcomes. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 2.12
Risk adjustment for comparing hospital quality with surgery: how many variables are needed? J Am Coll Surg (2010) 2.12
Hospitalization before and after gastric bypass surgery. JAMA (2005) 2.12
Use and outcomes of laparoscopic-assisted colectomy for cancer in the United States. Arch Surg (2008) 2.10
Adrenocortical carcinoma in the United States: treatment utilization and prognostic factors. Cancer (2008) 2.09
Creating a better discharge summary: improvement in quality and timeliness using an electronic discharge summary. J Hosp Med (2009) 2.09
Cost-effectiveness of treatment strategies for pancreatic head adenocarcinoma and potential opportunities for improvement. Ann Surg Oncol (2012) 2.08
Disparities in enrollment and use of an electronic patient portal. J Gen Intern Med (2011) 2.08
An assessment of the impact of pregnancy on trauma mortality. Surgery (2011) 2.06
Esophageal and esophagogastric junction cancers. J Natl Compr Canc Netw (2011) 2.03
Malignancies of the appendix: beyond case series reports. Dis Colon Rectum (2005) 2.02
Surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma: does it improve survival? Ann Surg Oncol (2004) 2.01
A novel role for otolaryngologists in the multidisciplinary Difficult Airway Response Team. Laryngoscope (2014) 2.00
Racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department analgesic prescription. Am J Public Health (2003) 1.99
Differences in leisure-time, household, and work-related physical activity by race, ethnicity, and education. J Gen Intern Med (2005) 1.98
Adherence with postdischarge venous thromboembolism chemoprophylaxis recommendations after colorectal cancer surgery among elderly Medicare beneficiaries. Ann Surg (2014) 1.97
Obtaining data on patient race, ethnicity, and primary language in health care organizations: current challenges and proposed solutions. Health Serv Res (2006) 1.94
Optimal preoperative assessment of the geriatric surgical patient: a best practices guideline from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and the American Geriatrics Society. J Am Coll Surg (2012) 1.94
Assessment of pancreatic cancer care in the United States based on formally developed quality indicators. J Natl Cancer Inst (2009) 1.92
Comparison of sentinel lymph node biopsy alone and completion axillary lymph node dissection for node-positive breast cancer. J Clin Oncol (2009) 1.90
Reliability of superficial surgical site infections as a hospital quality measure. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 1.90
Prognostic score predicting survival after resection of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: analysis of 3851 patients. Ann Surg (2008) 1.90
Changes in weight among a nationally representative cohort of adults aged 51 to 61, 1992 to 2000. Am J Prev Med (2004) 1.87
Association between occurrence of a postoperative complication and readmission: implications for quality improvement and cost savings. Ann Surg (2013) 1.87
Preoperative predictors of weight loss following bariatric surgery: systematic review. Obes Surg (2012) 1.86
Intermittent lack of health insurance coverage and use of preventive services. Am J Public Health (2003) 1.85
Thirty-day mortality statistics underestimate the risk of repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: a statewide experience. J Vasc Surg (2006) 1.84
Optimizing ACS NSQIP modeling for evaluation of surgical quality and risk: patient risk adjustment, procedure mix adjustment, shrinkage adjustment, and surgical focus. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 1.84
Identification of specific quality improvement opportunities for the elderly undergoing gastrointestinal surgery. Arch Surg (2009) 1.83
A multicenter analysis of distal pancreatectomy for adenocarcinoma: is laparoscopic resection appropriate? J Am Coll Surg (2010) 1.83
Development of an American College of Surgeons National Surgery Quality Improvement Program: morbidity and mortality risk calculator for colorectal surgery. J Am Coll Surg (2009) 1.83
Impact of tumor grade on prognosis in pancreatic cancer: should we include grade in AJCC staging? Ann Surg Oncol (2010) 1.82
Baseline health, socioeconomic status, and 10-year mortality among older middle-aged Americans: findings from the Health and Retirement Study, 1992 2002. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2007) 1.82
Cancer-directed surgery for localized disease: decreased use in the elderly. Ann Surg Oncol (2004) 1.80
Practice patterns and outcomes of retrievable vena cava filters in trauma patients: an AAST multicenter study. J Trauma (2007) 1.80
Lessons from the Johns Hopkins Multi-Disciplinary Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention Collaborative. BMJ (2012) 1.78
Association between hospitals caring for a disproportionately high percentage of minority trauma patients and increased mortality: a nationwide analysis of 434 hospitals. Arch Surg (2011) 1.77
Prompting physicians to address a daily checklist and process of care and clinical outcomes: a single-site study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2011) 1.77
Differences in self-reported health among Asians, Latinos, and non-Hispanic whites: the role of language and nativity. Ann Epidemiol (2007) 1.77
Comparison of outcomes after laparoscopic versus open appendectomy for acute appendicitis at 222 ACS NSQIP hospitals. Surgery (2010) 1.77
Underuse of axillary dissection for the management of sentinel node micrometastases in breast cancer. Arch Surg (2010) 1.76
Comparison of commission on cancer-approved and -nonapproved hospitals in the United States: implications for studies that use the National Cancer Data Base. J Clin Oncol (2009) 1.75
Comparison of 30-day outcomes after emergency general surgery procedures: potential for targeted improvement. Surgery (2010) 1.74
Literacy, cognitive function, and health: results of the LitCog study. J Gen Intern Med (2012) 1.73