Michael T Rapp
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Recent Articles
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Bozic K, Grosso L, Lin Z, Parzynski C, Suter L, Krumholz H, et al.
J Bone Joint Surg Am
. 2014 Apr;
96(8):640-7.
PMID: 24740660
Background: Little is known about the variation in complication rates among U.S. hospitals that perform elective total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) procedures. The purpose of this...
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Kulkarni V, Shah S, Bernheim S, Wang Y, Normand S, Han L, et al.
Med Care
. 2012 Mar;
50(5):406-9.
PMID: 22456113
Background: Risk-standardized measures of hospital outcomes reported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services include Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patients and exclude Medicare Advantage (MA) patients due to data availability....
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Chen J, Ross J, Carlson M, Lin Z, Normand S, Bernheim S, et al.
Am J Med
. 2011 Dec;
125(1):100.e1-9.
PMID: 22195535
Background: Substantial hospital-level variation in the risk of readmission after hospitalization for heart failure (HF) or acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been reported. Prior studies have documented considerable state-level variation...
4.
Herrin J, Miller L, Turkmani D, Nsa W, Drye E, Bernheim S, et al.
Arch Intern Med
. 2011 Nov;
171(21):1879-86.
PMID: 22123793
Background: Delays in treatment time are commonplace for patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction who must be transferred to another hospital for percutaneous coronary intervention. Experts have recommended that...
5.
Krumholz H, Herrin J, Miller L, Drye E, Ling S, Han L, et al.
Circulation
. 2011 Aug;
124(9):1038-45.
PMID: 21859971
Background: Registry studies have suggested improvements in door-to-balloon times, but a national assessment of the trends in door-to-balloon times is lacking. Moreover, we do not know whether improvements in door-to-balloon...
6.
Bratzler D, Normand S, Wang Y, ODonnell W, Metersky M, Han L, et al.
PLoS One
. 2011 May;
6(4):e17401.
PMID: 21532758
Background: Outcome measures for patients hospitalized with pneumonia may complement process measures in characterizing quality of care. We sought to develop and validate a hierarchical regression model using Medicare claims...
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Krumholz H, Lin Z, Drye E, Desai M, Han L, Rapp M, et al.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes
. 2011 Mar;
4(2):243-52.
PMID: 21406673
Background: National attention has increasingly focused on readmission as a target for quality improvement. We present the development and validation of a model approved by the National Quality Forum and...
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Bernheim S, Grady J, Lin Z, Wang Y, Wang Y, Savage S, et al.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes
. 2010 Aug;
3(5):459-67.
PMID: 20736442
Background: Patient outcomes provide a critical perspective on quality of care. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is publicly reporting hospital 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates (RSMRs) and risk-standardized...
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Lindenauer P, Bernheim S, Grady J, Lin Z, Wang Y, Wang Y, et al.
J Hosp Med
. 2010 Jul;
5(6):E12-8.
PMID: 20665626
Background: Pneumonia is a leading cause of hospitalization and death in the elderly, and remains the subject of both local and national quality improvement efforts. Objective: To describe patterns of...
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Krumholz H, Merrill A, Schone E, Schreiner G, Chen J, Bradley E, et al.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes
. 2009 Dec;
2(5):407-13.
PMID: 20031870
Background: In 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is publicly reporting hospital-level risk-standardized 30-day mortality and readmission rates after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure (HF). We...