National Registry of Myocardial Infarction

Trends in presenting characteristics and hospital mortality among patients with ST elevation and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction from 1990 to 2006
William J. Rogers, Paul D. Frederick, Edna Stoehr, John G. Canto, Joseph P. Ornato, C. Michael Gibson, Charles V. Pollack, Joel M. Gore, Nisha Chandra-Strobos, Eric D. Peterson, William J. French, for the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction Investigators
American Heart Journal, Volume 156, Issue 6, pages 1026-1034
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Trends in reperfusion strategies, door-to-needle and door-to-balloon times, and in-hospital mortality among patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction enrolled in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction from 1990 to 2006
C. Michael Gibson, Yuri B. Pride, Paul D. Frederick, Charles V. Pollack, John G. Canto, Alan J. Tiefenbrunn, W. Douglas Weaver, Costas T. Lambrew, William J. French, Eric D. Peterson, William J. Rogers, for the NRMI Investigators
American Heart Journal, Volume 156, Issue 6, pages 1035-1044
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Trends in quality of care for patients with acute myocardial infarction in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction from 1990 to 2006
Eric D. Peterson, Bimal R. Shah, Lori Parsons, Charles V. Pollack, William J. French, John G. Canto, C. Michael Gibson, William J. Rogers, for the NRMI Investigators
American Heart Journal, Volume 156, Issue 6, pages 1045-1055
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Interruptions in Medicaid Coverage and Risk for Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care–Sensitive Conditions

A. B. Bindman, A. Chattopadhyay and G. M. Auerback
Ann Intern Med 2008; 854-860.

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Measuring Hospital Inefficiency: The Effects of Controlling for Quality and Patient Burden of Illness

Ryan L. Mutter, Michael D. Rosko, Herbert S. Wong
Health Services Research Volume 43 Issue 6 (December 2008): p 1992-2013
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Physician Autonomy and Informed Decision Making: Finding the Balance for Patient Safety and Quality

Simon C. Mathews; Peter J. Pronovost
JAMA. 2008;300(24):2913-2915.
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Planning a patient’s discharge from hospital

Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Geoffrey Christopher Cloud
BMJ 2008;337:a2694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2694
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Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Report on Quality and Safety 2008.

http://www.jointcommissionreport.org/

An analysis of National Patient Safety Goal compliance and hospital quality measures related to heart attacks, heart failure, pneumonia, or surgical conditions, provides scientific evidence of improved patient care according to data gathered by the Joint Commission from nearly 1,500 institutions.

Finding order in heterogeneity: types of quality-improvement intervention publications

L V Rubenstein, S Hempel, M M Farmer, S M Asch, E M Yano, D Dougherty, and P W Shekelle
Qual Saf Health Care 2008; 17: 403-408.
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Falls in English and Welsh hospitals: a national observational study based on retrospective analysis of 12 months of patient safety incident reports

F Healey, S Scobie, D Oliver, A Pryce, R Thomson, and B Glampson
Qual Saf Health Care 2008; 17: 424-430.
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Do falls and falls-injuries in hospital indicate negligent care—and how big is the risk?

A retrospective analysis of the NHS Litigation Authority Database of clinical negligence claims, resulting from falls in hospitals in England 1995 to 2006
D Oliver, S Killick, T Even, and M Willmott
Qual Saf Health Care 2008; 17: 431-436.
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A model to evaluate quality and effectiveness of disease management

K M M Lemmens, A P Nieboer, C P van Schayck, J D Asin, and R Huijsman
Qual Saf Health Care 2008; 17: 447-453.
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Assessment of the implementation of a national patient safety alert to reduce wrong site surgery

P Rhodes, S J Giles, G A Cook, A Grange, R Hayton, M J Maxwell, T A Sheldon, and J Wright
Qual Saf Health Care 2008; 17: 409-415.
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Editorial

The egocentric surgeon or the roots of wrong side surgery
John W Senders and Regine Kanzki
Qual Saf Health Care 2008; 17: 396-400.
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Verifying patient identity and site of surgery: improving compliance with protocol by audit and feedback

P Garnerin, M Arès, A Huchet, and F Clergue
Qual Saf Health Care 2008; 17: 454-458.
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Adverse-event-reporting practices by US hospitals: results of a national survey

D O Farley, A Haviland, S Champagne, A K Jain, J B Battles, W B Munier, and J M Loeb
Qual Saf Health Care 2008; 17: 416-423.
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Editorial

The frustrating case of incident-reporting systems
Kaveh G Shojania
Qual Saf Health Care 2008; 17: 400-402.
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Medical Acceptance of Quality Assurance in Health Care: The French Experience

Alexandra Giraud-Roufast; Jean Michel Chabot
JAMA. 2008;300(22):2663-2665.
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Do specialty cardiac hospitals have greater adherence to acute myocardial infarction and heart failure process measures?

An empirical assessment using Medicare quality measures: Quality of care in cardiac specialty hospitals
Ioana Popescu, M.D., M.P.H., Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, M.D., M.P.H., Mary S. Vaughan-Sarrazin, Ph.D., and Peter Cram, M.D., M.B.A.,
2008 American Heart Journal 156(1), pp. 155–160.
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How Many Nurses per Patient? Measurements of Nurse Staffing in Health Services Research

Joanne Spetz, Nancy Donaldson, Carolyn Aydin, Diane S. Brown
Health Services Research Volume 43 Issue 5p1 : p 1674-1692
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Hospital Quality, Efficiency, and Input Slack Differentials

Vivian G. Valdmanis, Michael D. Rosko, Ryan L. Mutter

2008 Health Services Research 43 (5, Part 2): p 1830-1848
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Examining quality improvement programs: The case of Minnesota hospitals

Olson, J.R., Belohlav, J.A., Cook, L.S., and Hays, J.M.
2008 Health Services Research 43 (5, Part 2): pp.1787-1806.
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Doctors, Dollars & Quality: A Health Affairs Web Exclusive Package

A package of papers and perspectives published on the Health Affairs Web site explore the relationships among the supply of doctors, the composition of the physician workforce, the quality of health care and overall health spending.

http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/hlthaff.28.1.w87/DC2

Choosing The Best Hospital: The Limitations Of Public Quality Reporting

Michael B. Rothberg, Elizabeth Morsi, Evan M. Benjamin, Penelope S. Pekow, and Peter K. Lindenauer
Health Affairs, November/December 2008; 27(6): 1680-1687.
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Focusing Measures for Performance-Based Privileging of Physicians on Improvement

Myers, Sarah S.; Clark, Marta D.; Russell, Jennifer A.; Graham, Camille C.; Stultz, Michelle B.; Reidy, Kevin M.
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety Volume 34, Number 12, December 2008 , pp. 724-733(10)
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IOM - Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety

This report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), asserts that revisions to medical residents’ workloads and duty hours are necessary to better protect patients against fatigue-related errors and to enhance the learning environment for doctors in training.

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Revisiting Duty-Hour Limits -- IOM Recommendations for Patient Safety and Resident Education

Iglehart, John K.
N Engl J Med 2008 0: NEJMp0808736
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Hospital-wide Code Rates and Mortality Before and After Implementation of a Rapid Response

TeamPaul S. Chan; Adnan Khalid; Lance S. Longmore; Robert A. Berg; Mikhail Kosiborod; John A. Spertus
JAMA. 2008;300(21):2506-2513.
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Information exchange among physicians caring for the same patient in the community

Carl van Walraven, MD MSc, Monica Taljaard, PhD, Chaim M. Bell, MD PhD, Edward Etchells, MD MSc, Kelly B. Zarnke, MD, Ian G. Stiell, MD MSc, and Alan J. Forster, MD MSc
CMAJ 2008 179: 1013-1018.
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Commentary

Strengthening primary care with better transfer of information
Robert J. Reid and Edward H. Wagner
CMAJ 2008 179: 987-988.
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Incidence of adverse events related to health care in Spain: results of the Spanish National Study of Adverse Events.

J M Aranaz-Andrés, C Aibar-Remón, J Vitaller-Murillo, P Ruiz-López, R Limón-Ramírez, E Terol-García, and the ENEAS work group
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 1022-1029.
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