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Van Hoof TJ, Meehan, Jr, TP, Kelvey-Albert M, Galusha D, Curry M, Barr JK, Meehan, Sr, TP. A comprehensive evaluation of a diabetes quality improvement project in privately-owned primary care practices that serve minority patients. (In press). Meehan TP Jr, Van Hoof TJ, Galusha D, Barr JK, Curry M, Kelvey-Albert M, Meehan, Sr, TP. Challenges in recruiting minority-serving private practice primary care physicians to a quality improvement project. Am J Med Qual. 2011 Sep-Oct;26(5):357-63. Epub 2011 Aug 10. DOI:10.1177/1062860611401011. Metersky ML, Hunt DR, Kliman R, Wang Y, Curry M, Verzier N, Lyder CH, Moy E. Racial disparities in the frequency of patient safety events: results from the National Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System. Med Care. 2011 May;49(5):504-10. Field TS, Tjia J, Mazor KM, Donovan JL, Kanaan AO, Harrold LR, Reed G, Doherty P, Spenard A, Gurwitz JH. Randomized trial of a warfarin communication protocol for nursing homes: an SBAR-based approach. Am J Med. 2011 Feb;124(2):179.e1-7. Van Hoof TJ, Ho SY, Curry M, Gacek P, Brooks AH, Meehan TP. Opportunities to improve colorectal cancer screening in Connecticut through Medicare claims data. Conn Med. 2011 Feb;75(2):69-82. Vorhies JS, Wang Y, Herndon J, Maloney WJ, Huddleston JI. Readmission and length of stay after total hip arthroplasty in a national Medicare sample. J Arthroplasty. 2011 Sep;26(6 Suppl):119-23. Epub 2011 July 1. DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2011.04.036. Van Hoof TJ, Mahier SE, Barr JK, Krause EM, Kelvey-Albert M, Curry M, Meehan TP. The Equity and Quality (EQual) Health-Care Project: A Connecticut Health Foundation initiative with Qualidigm. Conn Med. 2010 May;74(5):295-7. Hsu DJ, Stone RA, Obrosky DS, Yealy DM, Meehan TP, Fine JM, Graff LG, Fine MJ. Predictors of timely antibiotic administration for patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia from the cluster-randomized EDCAP trial. Am J Med Sci. 2010 Apr;339(4):307-13. Classen DC, Jaser L, Budnitz DS. Adverse drug events among hospitalized Medicare patients: epidemiology and national estimates from a new approach to surveillance. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010 Jan;36(1):12-21. Huddleston JI, Maloney WJ, Wang Y, Verzier N, Hunt DR, Herndon JH. Adverse events after total knee arthroplasty: a national Medicare study. J Arthroplasty. 2009 Sep;24(6 Suppl):95-100. Epub 2009 July 4. DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.05.001. Meehan TP, Van Hoof TJ, Giannotti TE, Tate JP, Elwell A, Curry M, Petrillo MK. A descriptive study of educational outreach to promote use of quality improvement tools in primary care private practice. Am J Med Qual. 2009 Mar-Apr;24(2):90-8. Epub 2009 Jan 30. DOI: 10.1177/1062860608329797. Tjia J, Mazor KM, Field T, Meterko V, Spenard A, Gurwitz JH. Nurse-physician communication in the long-term care setting: perceived barriers and impact on patient safety. J Patient Saf. 2009 Sep;5(3):145-52. Van Hoof TJ, Monson RJ, Majdalany GT, Giannotti TE, Meehan TP. Improving medical grand rounds: recommendations. Conn Med. 2009 Nov-Dec;73(10):601-7. Van Hoof TJ, Monson RJ, Majdalany GT, Giannotti TE, Meehan TP. Improving medical grand rounds: barriers to change. Conn Med. 2009 Oct;73(9):545-51. Van Hoof TJ, Monson RJ, Majdalany GT, Giannotti TE, Meehan TP. A case study of medical grand rounds: are we using effective methods? Acad Med. 2009 Aug;84(8):1144-51. Kashani A, Sallam T, Bheemreddy S, Mann DL, Wang Y, Foody JM. Review of side-effect profile of combination ezetimibe and statin therapy in randomized clinical trials. Am J Cardiol. 2008 Jun 1;101(11):1606-13. Zhan C, Elixhauser A, Richards CL Jr, Wang Y, Baine WB, Pineau M, Verzier N, Kliman R, Hunt D. Identification of hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections from Medicare claims: sensitivity and positive predictive value. Med Care. 2009 Mar;47(3):364-9. Barr JK, Giannotti TE, Van Hoof TJ, Mongoven J, Curry M. Understanding barriers to participation in mammography by women with disabilities. Am J Health Promot. 2008 Jul-Aug;22(6):381-5. Barr JK, Bernard SL, Sofaer S, Giannotti TE, Lenfestey NF, Miranda DJ. Physicians' views on public reporting of hospital quality data. Med Care Res Rev. 2008 Dec;65(6):655-73. Barr JK, Kelvey-Albert M. Reducing healthcare disparities: cultural diversity training for primary care physician office practice through continuing medical education. Conn Med. 2008 Jan;72(1):45-8. Giannotti TE, McDonnell J, Arrighi JA, Foody JM; Quality Partners. Hospital Payment Monitoring Program: the Rhode Island experience. Reducing admission denials through the promotion of hospital observation status. Med Health R I. 2008 Jan;91(1):29-32. Holmboe ES, Wang Y, Meehan TP, Tate JP, Ho SY, Starkey KS, Lipner RS. Association between maintenance of certification examination scores and quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries. Arch Intern Med. 2008 Jul 14;168(13):1396-403. Barr JK, Wang Y, Curry M, Kelvey-Albert M, Van Hoof TJ, Meehan TP. Understanding patterns of change over time to improve mammography rates. J Healthc Qual. 2007 May-Jun;29(3):30-6, 43. Bravata DM, Ho SY, Meehan TP, Brass LM, Concato J. Readmission and death after hospitalization for acute ischemic stroke: 5-year follow-up in the Medicare population. Stroke. 2007 Jun;38(6):1899-904. Gurwitz JH, Field TS, Radford MJ, Harrold LR, Becker R, Reed G, DeBellis K, Moldoff J, Verzier N. The safety of warfarin therapy in the nursing home setting. Am J Med. 2007 Jun;120(6):539-44. Ko DT, Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Foody JM, Masoudi FA, Havranek EP, You JJ, Alter DA, Stukel TA, Newman AM, Tu JV. Regional differences in process of care and outcomes for older acute myocardial infarction patients in the United States and Ontario, Canada. Circulation. 2007 Jan 16;115(2):196-203. Labarere J, Stone RA, Obrosky DS, Yealy DM, Meehan TP, Fine JM, Graff LG, Fine MJ. Comparison of outcomes for low-risk outpatients and inpatients with pneumonia: A propensity-adjusted analysis. Chest. 2007 Feb;131(2):480-8. Maglione M, Larson C, Giannotti T, Lapin P. Use of Medicare summary notice inserts to generate interest in the Medicare stop smoking program. Am J Health Promot. 2007 May-Jun;21(5):422-5. Marshall R, Frazzano A, Gifford D, Petrillo M, Sansonetti S, Stumpff J. Taking a social marketing approach to implementing clinical best practices: a pilot project. Med Health R I. 2007 Feb;90(2):59-61. Mattocks K, Lalime K, Tate JP, Giannotti TE, Carr K, Carrabba A, Blum T, Meehan TP. The state of physician office-based health information technology in Connecticut: current use, barriers and future plans. Conn Med. 2007 Jan;71(1):27-31. Meehan TP. Pay-for-performance: a new trend in health care. Conn Med. 2007 Apr;71(4):225-6. O'Mahony S, Mazur E, Charney P, Wang Y, Fine J. Use of multidisciplinary rounds to simultaneously improve quality outcomes, enhance resident education, and shorten length of stay. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Aug;22(8):1073-9. Wang Y, Melby N, Kim I. Profiling user behavior for intrusion detection using item response modeling. J Inf Priv & Sec. 2007;3(4). Barr JK, Giannotti TE, Sofaer S, Duquette CE, Waters WJ, Petrillo MK. Using public reports of patient satisfaction for hospital quality improvement. Health Serv Res. 2006 Jun;41(3 Pt 1):663-82. Foody JM, Rathore SS, Galusha D, Masoudi FA, Havranek EP, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitors in older persons with acute myocardial infarction: evidence for an age-statin interaction. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Mar;54(3):421-30. Foody JM, Shah R, Galusha D, Masoudi FA, Havranek EP, Krumholz HM. Statins and mortality among elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure. Circulation. 2006 Feb 28;113(8):1086-92. Giannotti TE, Tate JP, Kelvey-Albert M, Barr JK, Ho SY, Elwell A, Meehan TP. Profiling variations in outpatient care for Medicare beneficiaries in Connecticut. Conn Med. 2006 Sep;70(8):509-14. Graff LG, Wang Y, Borkowski B, Tuozzo K, Foody JM, Krumholz HM, Radford MJ. Delay in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction: effect on quality of care and its assessment. Acad Emerg Med. 2006 Sep;13(9):931-8. Hersey DP. Reviving the corporate medical library: using technology to become a cost center. J Med Libr Assoc. 2006 Oct;94(4):456-8. Holmboe ES, Meehan TP, Lynn L, Doyle P, Sherwin T, Duffy FD. Promoting physicians' self-assessment and quality improvement: the ABIM diabetes practice improvement module. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2006 Spring;26(2):109-19. Holmboe ES, Wang Y, Tate JP, Meehan TP. The effects of patient volume on the quality of diabetic care for Medicare beneficiaries. Med Care. 2006 Dec;44(12):1073-7. Kelvey-Albert M. Qualidigm launches health information technology initiative with primary care physicians’ offices in Connecticut. Conn Med. 2006;70(2):123. Labarere J, Stone RA, Scott Obrosky D, Yealy DM, Meehan TP, Auble TE, Fine JM, Graff LG, Fine MJ. Factors associated with the hospitalization of low-risk patients with community-acquired pneumonia in a cluster-randomized trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Jul;21(7):745-52. Masoudi FA, Foody JM, Havranek EP, Wang Y, Radford MJ, Al man RM, Gold J, Wiblin RT, Krumholz HM. Trends in acute myocardial infarction in 4 US states between 1992 and 2001: clinical characteristics, quality of care, and outcomes. Circulation. 2006 Dec 19;114(25):2806-14. Meehan TP, Wang Y, Tate JP, Curry M, Elwell A, Petril o MK, Holmboe ES. Improving the quality of preventive cardiovascular care provided by primary care physicians: insights from a US Quality Improvement Organization. Int J Qual Health Care. 2006 Jun;18(3):186-94. Metersky ML, Sweeney TA, Getzow MB, Siddiqui F, Nsa W, Bratzler DW. Antibiotic timing and diagnostic uncertainty in Medicare patients with pneumonia: is it reasonable to expect all patients to receive antibiotics within 4 hours? Chest. 2006 Jul;130(1):16-21. Van Hoof TJ, Pearson DA, Giannotti TE, Tate JP, Elwell A, Barr JK, Meehan TP. Lessons learned from performance feedback by a quality improvement organization. J Healthc Qual. 2006 May-Jun;28(3):20-31. Wang Y, Kim I, Mbateng G, Ho SY. A latent class modeling approach to detect network intrusion. Comp Comm. 2006;30(1):93-100. Wang Y, Seidman L. Risk factors to retrieve anomaly intrusion information and profile user behavior. Int J Bus Data Comm Networking. 2006;2(1):41-57. Wang Y, Normand SLT. Determining the minimum sample size of audit data required to profile user behavior and detect anomaly intrusion. Int J Bus Data Comm Networking. 2006;2(3):31-45. Aujesky D, Stone RA, Obrosky DS, Yealy DM, Auble TE, Meehan TP, Graff LG, Fine JM, Fine MJ. Using randomized control ed trial data, the agreement between retrospectively and prospectively col ected data comprising the pneumonia severity index was substantial. J Clin Epidemiol. 2005 Apr;58(4):357-63. Aujesky D, Auble TE, Yealy DM, Stone RA, Obrosky DS, Meehan TP, Graff LG, Fine JM, Fine MJ. Prospective comparison of three validated prediction rules for prognosis in community-acquired pneumonia. Am J Med. 2005 Apr;118(4):384-92. Foody JM, Rathore SS, Wang Y, Herrin J, Masoudi FA, Havranek EP, Krumholz HM. Physician specialty and mortality among elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure. Am J Med. 2005 Oct;118(10):1120-5. Holmboe E, Kim N, Cohen S, Curry M, Elwell A, Petrillo MK, Meehan TP. Primary care physicians, office-based practice, and the meaning of quality improvement. Am J Med. 2005 Aug;118(8):917-22. Metersky ML, Sweeney TA, Getzow MB, Siddiqui F, Nsa W, Bratzler DW. Antibiotic timing and diagnostic uncertainty in Medicare patients with pneumonia: is it reasonable to expect al patients to receive antibiotics within 4 hours? Chest. 2006 Jul;130(1):16-21. Metersky ML. Measuring the performance of performance measurement. Arch Intern Med. 2008 Feb 25;168(4):347-8. Metersky ML, Abend SL, Meehan TP. What have we learned about how to measure quality of care for patients with community-acquired pneumonia? Respir Care Clin N Am. 2005 Mar;11(1):87-98. Metersky ML. Community-acquired pneumonia: process of care studies. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2002 Apr;15(2):169-74. Metersky ML, Ma A, Houck PM, Bratzler DW. Antibiotics for bacteremic pneumonia: Improved outcomes with macrolides but not fluoroquinolones. Chest. 2007 Feb;131(2):466-73. Wang Y. A multinomial logistic regression modeling approach for anomaly intrusion detection. Computers & Security. 2005;24(8):662-674. Wang Y, Cannady J, Rosenbluth J. Foundations of computer forensics: a technology for fight against computer crime. Comp Law Security Rep. 2005;21(2):119-127. Yealy DM, Auble TE, Stone RA, Lave JR, Meehan TP, Graff LG, Fine JM, Obrosky DS, Mor MK, Whittle J, Fine MJ. Effect of increasing the intensity of implementing pneumonia guidelines: a randomized, control ed trial. Ann Intern Med. 2005 Dec 20;143(12):881-94. Barr JK, Buechner JS, Rocha JM, Duquette C, Roth KA. Hospital patient satisfaction: minority views of the hospital experience. Med Health R I. 2004 May;87(5):152-3. Barr JK, Banks S, Waters WJ, Petrillo M. Methodological issues in public reporting of patient perspectives on hospital quality. Jt Comm J Qual Saf. 2004 Oct;30(10):567-78. Forman DE, Butler J, Wang Y, Abraham WT, O'Connor CM, Gottlieb SS, Loh E, Massie BM, Rich MW, Stevenson LW, Young JB, Krumholz HM. Incidence, predictors at admission, and impact of worsening renal function among patients hospitalized with heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Jan 7;43(1):61-7. Lyder CH, Grady J, Mathur D, Petrillo MK, Meehan TP. Preventing pressure ulcers in Connecticut hospitals by using the plan-do-study-act model of quality improvement. Jt Comm J Qual Saf. 2004 Apr;30(4):205-14. Meehan TP, Tate JP, Holmboe ES, Teeple EA, Elwell A, Meehan RR, Petril o MK, Huot SJ. A col aborative initiative to improve the care of elderly Medicare patients with hypertension. Am J Med Qual. 2004 May-Jun;19(3):103-11. Metersky ML, Ma A, Bratzler DW, Houck PM. Predicting bacteremia in patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Feb 1;169(3):342-7. Metersky M, Ho SY, Petril o MK. Does hospital-based influenza vaccination result in unintended revaccination? Am J Med. 2004 Jun 15;116(12):854-5. Krumholz HM, Chen J, Rathore SS, Wang Y, Radford MJ. Regional variation in the treatment and outcomes of myocardial infarction: investigating New England's advantage. Am Heart J. 2003 Aug;146(2):242-9. Tu GS, Meehan TP, Fine JM, Wang Y, Holmboe ES, Mohsenifar Z, Weingarten SR. Which strategies facilitate improvement in quality of care for elderly hospitalized pneumonia patients? Jt Comm J Qual Saf. 2004 Jan;30(1):25-35. Van Hoof TJ, Sherwin TE, Baggish RC, Tacy PB, Meehan TP. Mental health services at selected private schools. J Sch Health. 2004 Apr;74(4):125-9. Vitagliano G, Curtis JP, Concato J, Feinstein AR, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Association between functional status and use and effectiveness of beta-blocker prophylaxis in elderly survivors of acute myocardial infarction. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004 Apr;52(4):495-501. Yealy DM, Auble TE, Stone RA, Lave JR, Meehan TP, Graff LG, Fine JM, Obrosky DS, Edick SM, Hough LJ, Tuozzo K, Fine MJ. The emergency department community-acquired pneumonia trial: Methodology of a quality improvement intervention. Ann Emerg Med. 2004 Jun;43(6):770-82. Barr JK, Kelvey-Albert M, Curry M, Gaudiosi A, Testa K, Elwell A, Petril o M, Meehan TP. Reducing disparities in utilization of mamography: reaching dually eligible women in Connecticut. J Health Hum Serv Adm. 2003 Winter;26(3):298-335. Berger AK, Duval S, Krumholz HM. Aspirin, beta-blocker, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy in patients with end-stage renal disease and an acute myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003 Jul 16;42(2):201-8. Bravata DM, Ho SY, Brass LM, Concato J, Scinto J, Meehan TP. Long-term mortality in cerebrovascular disease. Stroke. 2003 Mar;34(3):699-704. Burwen DR, Galusha DH, Lewis JM, Bedinger MR, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM, Foody JM. National and state trends in quality of care for acute myocardial infarction between 1994-1995 and 1998-1999: the Medicare health care quality improvement program. Arch Intern Med. 2003 Jun 23;163(12):1430-9. Foody JM, Ferdinand FD, Galusha D, Rathore SS, Masoudi FA, Havranek EP, Nilasena D, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Patterns of secondary prevention in older patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting during hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction. Circulation. 2003 Sep 9;108 Suppl 1:II24-8. Foody JM, Wang Y, Kiefe CI, Ellerbeck EF, Gold J, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Long-term prognostic importance of total cholesterol in elderly survivors of an acute myocardial infarction: the Cooperative Cardiovascular Pilot Project. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2003 Jul;51(7):930-6. Inouye SK, Bogardus ST Jr, Vitagliano G, Desai MM, Williams CS, Grady JN, Scinto JD. Burden of illness score for elderly persons: risk adjustment incorporating the cumulative impact of diseases, physiologic abnormalities, and functional impairments. Med Care. 2003 Jan;41(1):70-83. Krumholz HM, Gross CP, Peterson ED, Barron HV, Radford MJ, Parsons LS, Every NR. Is there evidence of implicit exclusion criteria for elderly subjects in randomized trials? Evidence from the GUSTO-1 study. Am Heart J. 2003 Nov;146(5):839-47. Martin A, Van Hoof T, Stubbe D, Sherwin T, Scahill L. Multiple psychotropic pharmacotherapy among child and adolescent enrol ees in Connecticut Medicaid managed care. Psychiatr Serv. 2003 Jan;54(1):72-7. Barr JK, Boni CE, Kochurka KA, Nolan P, Petrillo M, Sofaer S, Waters W. Public reporting of hospital patient satisfaction: the Rhode Island experience. Health Care Financ Rev. 2002 Summer;23(4):51-70. Fine JM, Fine MJ, Galusha D, Petrillo M, Meehan TP. Patient and hospital characteristics associated with recommended processes of care for elderly patients hospitalized with pneumonia: results from the Medicare quality indicator system pneumonia module. Arch Intern Med. 2002 Apr 8;162(7):827-33. Courtney JT, Petrillo M, Krumholz H, Meehan TP. Hospital performance measurement. Conn Med. 2002 Oct;66(10):633-4. Gould BE, Grey MR, Huntington CG, Gruman C, Rosen JH, Storey E, Abrahamson L, Conaty AM, Curry L, Ferreira M, Harrington KL, Paturzo D, Van Hoof TJ. Improving patient care outcomes by teaching quality improvement to medical students in community-based practices. Acad Med. 2002 Oct;77(10):1011-8. Harrold LR, Gurwitz JH, Tate JP, Becker R, Stuart T, Elwell A, Radford M. Physician attitudes concerning anticoagulation services in the long-term care setting. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2002 Aug;14(1):59-64. Krumholz HM, Rathore SS, Chen J, Wang Y, Radford MJ. Evaluation of a consumer-oriented internet health care report card: the risk of quality ratings based on mortality data. JAMA. 2002 Mar 13;287(10):1277-87. Lichtman JH, Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Radford MJ, Brass LM. Risk and predictors of stroke after myocardial infarction among the elderly: results from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project. Circulation. 2002 Mar 5;105(9):1082-7. Martin A, Sherwin T, Stubbe D, Van Hoof T, Scahill L, Leslie D. Datapoints: use of multiple psychotropic drugs by Medicaid-insured and privately insured children. Psychiatr Serv. 2002 Dec;53(12):1508. Metersky ML. Community-acquired pneumonia: process of care studies. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2002 Apr;15(2):169-74. Apter AJ, Van Hoof TJ, Sherwin TE, Casey BA, Petrillo MK, Meehan TP. Assessing the quality of asthma care provided to Medicaid patients enrolled in managed care organizations in Connecticut. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2001 Feb;86(2):211-8. Barr JK, Reisine S, Wang Y , Holmboe ES, Cohen KL, Van Hoof TJ, Petril o MK, Meehan TP. Barriers to preventive services in Medicare managed care. Prev Med Manag Care. 2001;2:111-120. Barr JK, Reisine S, Wang Y, Holmboe EF, Cohen KL, Van Hoof TJ, Meehan TP. Factors influencing mammography use among women in Medicare managed care. Health Care Financ Rev. 2001 Summer;22(4):49-61. Barr JK, Franks AL, Lee NC, Herther P, Schachter M. Factors associated with continued participation in mammography screening. Prev Med. 2001 Dec;33(6):661-7. Barr JK, Reisine S, Wang Y, Holmboe ES, Van Hoof TJ, Cohen KL, Doherty N, Petrillo MK, Meehan TP. Barriers to the use of preventive health services: views of primary care physicians in managed care. Prev Med Manag Care. 2001;2(2):87-96. Barr JK, Franks AL, Lee NC, Antonucci DM, Rifkind S, Schachter M. A randomized intervention to improve ongoing participation in mammography. Am J Manag Care. 2001 Sep;7(9):887-94. Bradley EH, Holmboe ES, Mattera JA, Roumanis SA, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. A qualitative study of increasing beta-blocker use after myocardial infarction: Why do some hospitals succeed? JAMA. 2001 May 23-30;285(20):2604-11. Brock J, Sauaia A, Ahnen D, Marine W, Schluter W, Stevens BR, Scinto JD, Karp H, Bratzler D. Process of care and outcomes for elderly patients hospitalized with peptic ulcer disease: results from a quality improvement project. JAMA. 2001 Oct 24-31;286(16):1985-93. Chen J, Rathore SS, Radford MJ, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Racial differences in the use of cardiac catheterization after acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med. 2001 May 10;344(19):1443-9. Chen J, Radford MJ, Wang Y, Marciniak TA, Krumholz HM. Effectiveness of beta-blocker therapy after acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001 Jun 1;37(7):1950-6. Chen YT, Wang Y, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor dosages in elderly patients with heart failure. Am Heart J. 2001 Mar;141(3):410-7. Druss BG, Bradford WD, Rosenheck RA, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Quality of medical care and excess mortality in older patients with mental disorders. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2001 Jun;58(6):565-72. Holmboe ES, Van Hoof TJ, Barr JB, Cohen KL, Reisine S, Natale M, Wang Y, Petrillo NK, Meehan TP. Barriers and facilitators to the use of preventive services by older adults enrolled in risk-based Medicare managed care plan: results of a patient survey. Prev Med Manag Care. 2001;2(1):25-33. Krumholz HM, Chen YT, Radford MJ. Aspirin and the treatment of heart failure in the elderly. Arch Intern Med. 2001 Feb 26;161(4):577-82. Krumholz HM, Chen YT, Wang Y, Radford MJ. Aspirin and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors among elderly survivors of hospitalization for an acute myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med. 2001 Feb 26;161(4):538-44. Lyder CH, Preston J, Grady JN, Scinto J, Allman R, Bergstrom N, Rodeheaver G. Quality of care for hospitalized medicare patients at risk for pressure ulcers. Arch Intern Med. 2001 Jun 25;161(12):1549-54. McCormick D, Gurwitz JH, Goldberg RJ, Becker R, Tate JP, Elwell A, Radford MJ. Prevalence and quality of warfarin use for patients with atrial fibrillation in the long-term care setting. Arch Intern Med. 2001 Nov 12;161(20):2458-63. Meehan TP, Weingarten SR, Holmboe ES, Mathur D, Wang Y, Petril o MK, Tu GS, Fine JM. A statewide initiative to improve the care of hospitalized pneumonia patients: The Connecticut Pneumonia Pathway Project. Am J Med. 2001 Aug 15;111(3):203-10. Metersky ML, Fine JM, Tu GS, Mathur D, Weingarten S, Petrillo MK, Meehan TP. Lack of effect of a pneumonia clinical pathway on hospital-based pneumococcal vaccination rates. Am J Med. 2001 Feb 1;110(2):141-3. Rathore SS, Chen J, Wang Y, Radford MJ, Vaccarino V, Krumholz HM. Sex differences in cardiac catheterization: the role of physician gender. JAMA. 2001 Dec 12;286(22):2849-56. Scinto JD, Gill TM, Grady JN, Holmboe ES. Screening mammography: Is it suitably targeted to older women who are most likely to benefit? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2001 Aug;49(8):1101-4. Scinto JD, Galusha DH, Krumholz HM, Meehan TP. The case for comprehensive quality indicator reliability assessment. J Clin Epidemiol. 2001 Nov;54(11):1103-11. Shahi CN, Rathore SS, Wang Y, Thakur R, Wu WC, Lewis JM, Petrillo MK, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Quality of care among elderly patients hospitalized with unstable angina. Am Heart J. 2001 Aug;142(2):263-70. Van Hoof TJ, Holmboe ES, Barr JK, Reisine S, Cohen KL, Wang Y, Petrillo MK, Meehan TP. Preventive service utilization in older adults: follow-up results of a quality improvement projects. Prev Med Manag Care. 2001;2(3):115-124. Wexler DJ, Chen J, Smith GL, Radford MJ, Yaari S, Bradford WD, Krumholz HM. Predictors of costs of caring for elderly patients discharged with heart failure. Am Heart J. 2001 Aug;142(2):350-7. Berger AK, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Factors associated with delay in reperfusion therapy in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction: analysis of the cooperative cardiovascular project. Am Heart J. 2000 Jun;139(6):985-92. Berger AK, Radford MJ, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Thrombolytic therapy in older patients. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000 Aug;36(2):366-74. Brass LM, Lichtman JH, Wang Y, Gurwitz JH, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Intracranial hemorrhage associated with thrombolytic therapy for elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction: results from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project. Stroke. 2000 Aug;31(8):1802-11. Chen J, Radford MJ, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Care and outcomes of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction by physician specialty: the effects of comorbidity and functional limitations. Am J Med. 2000 Apr 15;108(6):460-9. Chen J, Radford MJ, Wang Y, Marciniak TA, Krumholz HM. Are beta-blockers effective in elderly patients who undergo coronary revascularization after acute myocardial infarction? Arch Intern Med. 2000 Apr 10;160(7):947-52. Chen YT, Tuohy ER, Krumholz HM. Anti-thrombotic therapy for elderly patients with acute coronary syndromes. Coron Artery Dis. 2000 Jun;11(4):323-30. Druss BG, Bradford DW, Rosenheck RA, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Mental disorders and use of cardiovascular procedures after myocardial infarction. JAMA. 2000 Jan 26;283(4):506-11. 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