2017
Hospital Readmissions among Commercially Insured and Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries with Diabetes and the Impact of Severe Hypoglycemic and Hyperglycemic Events
McCoy RG, Lipska KJ, Herrin J, Jeffery MM, Krumholz HM, Shah ND. Hospital Readmissions among Commercially Insured and Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries with Diabetes and the Impact of Severe Hypoglycemic and Hyperglycemic Events. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2017, 32: 1097-1105. PMID: 28685482, PMCID: PMC5602759, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-017-4095-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiabetes Complications Severity IndexSevere dysglycemiaIndex hospitalizationMedicare Advantage beneficiariesRisk factorsBetter care transitionsComplications Severity IndexPost-discharge managementIndependent risk factorYounger patient ageOptumLabs Data WarehouseStrong risk factorYears of ageBackgroundHospital readmissionsDesignRetrospective analysisCause readmissionUnplanned readmissionPatient agePrior hospitalizationReadmission ratesYounger patientsHeart failureHospital readmissionSevere hypoglycemiaDiabetes complications
2014
Effect of Age on Survival Between Open Repair and Surveillance for Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Filardo G, Lederle FA, Ballard DJ, Hamilton C, da Graca B, Herrin J, Sass DM, Johnson GR, Powell JT. Effect of Age on Survival Between Open Repair and Surveillance for Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2014, 114: 1281-1286. PMID: 25159236, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.07.055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbdominal aortic aneurysmImmediate open repairAsymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysmSmall abdominal aortic aneurysmsOpen repairAortic aneurysmEffect of ageFirst-line management strategyPooled patient-level dataNonclinical risk factorsUnited Kingdom Small Aneurysm TrialPatient-level dataLack of benefitSignificant differencesAneurysm TrialRisk factorsTreatment groupsPatientsAneurysmsLack of differenceTrialsSurvivalAgeWomenManagement trials
2010
Telemonitoring in Patients with Heart Failure
Chaudhry SI, Mattera JA, Curtis JP, Spertus JA, Herrin J, Lin Z, Phillips CO, Hodshon BV, Cooper LS, Krumholz HM. Telemonitoring in Patients with Heart Failure. New England Journal Of Medicine 2010, 363: 2301-2309. PMID: 21080835, PMCID: PMC3237394, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1010029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedFemaleHeart FailureHome Care ServicesHospitalizationHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedMonitoring, PhysiologicPatient ReadmissionSeverity of Illness IndexTelemedicineConceptsPrimary end pointUsual care groupSecondary end pointsHeart failureEnd pointHeart failure outcomesNumber of hospitalizationsTelephone-based interactive voice response systemUsual careAdverse eventsPatient's clinicianMedian ageCare groupLarge trialsInteractive voice response systemPatientsSmall studyVoice response systemNumber of daysHospitalizationReadmissionTelemonitoringSignificant differencesCliniciansDeathMeasuring Team Process for Quality Improvement
Strasser DC, Burridge AB, Falconer JA, Herrin J, Uomoto J. Measuring Team Process for Quality Improvement. Topics In Stroke Rehabilitation 2010, 17: 282-293. PMID: 20826416, DOI: 10.1310/tsr1704-282.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Team functioning and patient outcomes in stroke rehabilitation
Strasser DC, Falconer JA, Herrin JS, Bowen SE, Stevens AB, Uomoto J. Team functioning and patient outcomes in stroke rehabilitation. Archives Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation 2005, 86: 403-409. PMID: 15759219, DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.04.046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMeasures of teamPatient outcomesRehabilitation teamPatients' functional improvementStroke patient outcomesAspects of teamProspective observational studyTeam members' perceptionsLength of rehabilitationCharacteristics of teamsOutcomes of interestRehabilitation team membersDischarge destinationTask orientationTeam functioningStroke patientsRehabilitation unitFunctional improvementObservational studyStroke rehabilitationTeam variablesRehabilitation outcomesProblem solvingMembers' perceptionsTreatment effectiveness
2002
The relation between methods and recommendations in clinical practice guidelines for hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
Fretheim A, Williams JW, Oxman AD, Herrin J. The relation between methods and recommendations in clinical practice guidelines for hypertension and hyperlipidemia. The Journal Of Family Practice 2002, 51: 963-8. PMID: 12485552.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedEvaluation Studies as TopicEvidence-Based MedicineFamily PracticeFemaleGuideline AdherenceHealth Planning GuidelinesHumansHyperlipidemiasHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedPractice Guidelines as TopicPractice Patterns, Physicians'Quality of Health CareRisk AssessmentSensitivity and SpecificitySeverity of Illness IndexVirginiaConceptsClinical practice guidelinesPractice guidelinesDrug selectionTreatment thresholdSpecialty societiesInitial drug selectionCholesterol screeningGuideline developersSystematic reviewHypertensionHyperlipidemiaAggressive recommendationsGuidelinesWide variationGuideline methodsRecommendationsCriteria