Performance Measurement at a “Tipping Point”

Improving Perioperative Outcomes: My Journey into Risk, Patient Preferences, Guidelines, and Performance Measures

(2010) Lee A. Fleisher   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Risk Stratification Index

(2010) Norman A. Cohen et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Adherence to Surgical Care Improvement Project Measures and the Association With Postoperative Infections

(2010) Jonah J. Stulberg   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Regional Variations in Diagnostic Practices

(2010) Yunjie Song et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care

(2010) Christopher P. Landrigan et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Accountability Measures — Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement

(2010) Mark R. Chassin et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

The Survival Measurement and Reporting Trial for Trauma (SMARTT): Background and Study Design

(2010) Laurent G. Glance et al.   JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE

Too Much of a Good Thing Is Wonderful

(2009) Sachin Kheterpal et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

The Registry Imperative

(2009) Alexander A. Hannenberg et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Innocent Prattle

(2009) Robert S. Lagasse   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Epidemiology of Anesthesia-related Mortality in the United States, 1999–2005

(2009) Guohua Li et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Successful Implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Surgical Quality Improvement Program in the Private Sector: The Patient Safety in Surgery Study

(2009) Shukri F. Khuri et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Transformation of Health Care at the Front Line

(2009) Patrick H. Conway   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Scientific Evidence Underlying the ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guidelines

(2009) Pierluigi Tricoci   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Reassessment of Clinical Practice Guidelines

(2009) Terrence M. Shaneyfelt et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Use of Electronic Health Records in U.S. Hospitals

(2009) Ashish K. Jha et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Comparison of “Risk-Adjusted” Hospital Outcomes

(2008) David M. Shahian et al.   CIRCULATION

Validity of Selected AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators Based on VA National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Data

(2008) Patrick S. Romano et al.   HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

The “3T’s” Road Map to Transform US Health Care

(2008) Denise Dougherty et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

ACCF 2008 Health Policy Statement on Principles for Public Reporting of Physician Performance Data

(2008) Joseph P. Drozda et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Impact of the New York State Cardiac Surgery and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Reporting System on the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock

(2007) Renato A. Apolito et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL