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2018

Journal Articles

1. Barnett PG, Hong JS, Carey E, Grunwald GK, Joynt Maddox K, Maddox TM. Comparison of accessibility, cost, and quality of elective coronary revascularization between Veterans Affairs and community care hospitals. JAMA cardiology 2018;3:133-41.
2. Berger ER, Huffman KM, Fraker T, et al. Prevalence and Risk Factors for Bariatric Surgery Readmissions: Findings From 130,007 Admissions in the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program. Ann Surg 2018;267:122-31.
3. Cohen ME, Liu Y, Liu JB, Ko CY, Hall BL. Use of a Single CPT Code for Risk Adjustment in American College of Surgeons NSQIP Database: Is There Potential Bias with Practice-Pattern Differences in Multiple Procedures under the Same Anesthetic? J Am Coll Surg 2018;226:309-16.
4. Foong KS, Hsueh K, Bailey TC, et al. A Cluster of Cefepime-induced Neutropenia during Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy. Clin Infect Dis 2018.
5. Guth RM, Herring AA, Merz LR. Implementation of an Evidence-Based Care Program Within a Multihospital Health Care System. Am J Med Qual 2018:doi:10.1177/1062860618789360.
6. Hall BL. A Call for Resource Stewardship. Ann Surg 2018;268:908-10.
7. Hays AJ, Smith JR, Guth RM, Samet SE. Expediting Formulary Standardization in a Multihospital Health System Using Layered Learners. P T 2018;43:163-7.
8. Hess PL, Kennedy K, Cowherd M, et al. Implications of the FDA approval of PCSK9 inhibitors and FOURIER results for contemporary cardiovascular practice: An NCDR Research to Practice (R2P) project. Am Heart J 2018;195:151-2.
9. Hornor MA, Cohen ME, Hall BL, Ko CY. Using Confidential Clinical Data Registries for Public Reporting and Pay for Performance. Ann Surg 2018;267:231-2.
10. Liu JB, Berian JR, Liu Y, Cohen ME, Ko CY, Hall BL. Procedure-Specific Trends in Surgical Outcomes. J Am Coll Surg 2018;226:30-6.e4.
11. Liu JB, Pusic AL, Gibbons CJ, et al. Association of Patient-reported Experiences and Surgical Outcomes Among Group Practices: Retrospective Cohort Study. Ann Surg 2018.
12. Liu JB, Sosa JA, Grogan RH, et al. Variation of thyroidectomy-specific outcomes among hospitals and their association with risk adjustment and hospital performance. JAMA surgery 2018;153:e174593.
13. Maddox TM, Rumsfeld JS, Payne PRO. Questions for Artificial Intelligence in Health Care. JAMA 2018.
14. Stey AM, Vinocur CD, Moss RL, et al. Hospital variation in rates of concurrent fundoplication during gastrostomy enteral access procedures. Surg Endosc 2018;32:2201-11.
15. Waldo SW, O'Donnell CI, Prouse A, et al. Incidence, procedural management, and clinical outcomes of coronary in-stent restenosis: Insights from the National VA CART Program. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2018;91:425-33.
16. Yancy CW, Januzzi JL, Jr., Allen LA, et al. 2017 ACC expert consensus decision pathway for optimization of heart failure treatment: Answers to 10 pivotal issues about heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on expert consensus decision pathways. J Am Coll Cardiol 2018;71:201-30.
17. Yong CM, Liu Y, Apruzzese P, et al. Association of insurance type with receipt of oral anticoagulation in insured patients with atrial fibrillation: A report from the American College of Cardiology NCDR PINNACLE registry. Am Heart J 2018;195:50-9.

2018

Conference Presentations and Abstracts

1. Blank C. A new climate for an old friend: Understanding and managing Legionella in health care. Bi-State Infectious Disease Conference; 2018 October 12; St. Louis, MO.
2. Blank C, LaGarce T. Ready for anything: Applying all-hazards planning and experience to protect staff from Ebola and other high-consequence pathogens. Association of Occupational Health Professionals; 2018 September 7; Phoenix, AZ.
3. Blank C, Murray V. Mass prophylaxis: A role for occupational health to prepare for and respond to bioterrorism and influenza. Association of Occupational Health Professionals; 2018 September 8; Denver, CO.
4. Guth RM, Merz LR. Peripherally-inserted central catheters and risk of bloodstream infection. 51^st Annual Society for Epidemiologic Research Meeting; 2018 June 19-22; Baltimore, MD.
5. Guth RM, Merz LR. Peripherally-inserted central catheters and risk of bloodstream infection.  8^th Annual Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Symposium; 2018 April 25, 2018; St. Louis, MO.
6. Herring AA, Merz LR. Meta-analysis comparing infection risk for femoral and non-femoral central line insertion sites. 8^th Annual Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Symposium; 2018 April 25; St. Louis, MO.
7. Herring AA, Merz LR. Meta-analysis comparing infection risk for femoral and non-femoral central line insertion sites. 51^st Annual Society for Epidemiologic Research Meeting; 2018 June 18-22; Baltimore, MD.
8. Leone C, Keiffer P, Snyders RE. Stay in your lane: Should the IP get involved. APIC Annual Conference; 2018 June; Minneapolis, MN.
9. Simkins M, Tian D, Townley J, et al. Impact of organizational culture on voluntary nurse turnover. 24^th Institute for HealthCare Improvement Scientific Symposium; 2018 December 10; Orlando, FL.
10. Woeltje KF, Lozovatsky M. Maintaining EHR standards in a complex deployment. Epic User Group Meeting; 2018 August; Verona, WI.
11. Woeltje KF, Lozovatsky M. Maintaining EHR standards in a complex deployment. American Medical Informatics Association Clinical Informatics Conference; 2018 May; Scottsdale, AZ.

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2017

Journal Articles

1. Antal M. Building a NSQIP SCR team at BJC HealthCare. American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety; 2017 July 23; New York, NY.
2. ​​Antal M. Novice SCR- I've got data, now what? American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety; 2017 July 23; New York.
3. Gase KA, Babcock H. Review of a healthcare system's response to patient notification recommendation. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; 2017 March 29; St. Louis, MO.
4. ​Guth RM, Merz LR. Negative pressure wound therapy over closed abdominal incisions to reduce surgical site infection. 7th Annual Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Symposium; 2017 April 26; St. Louis, MO.
5. Guth RM, Merz LR. Negative pressure wound therapy over closed abdominal incisions to reduce surgical site infection (abstract #585). 50th Annual Society for Epidemiologic Research Meeting; 2017 June 20-23; Seattle, WA.
6. ​Herring AA, Merz LR. Clinical safety comparison of regadenoson and adenosine for use in cardiac stress tests: A systematic review of evidence. Society for Epidemiology Research; 2017 June 20; Seattle, WA.
7. Andreatos N, Amini N, Gani F, et al. Albumin-Bilirubin Score: Predicting short-term outcomes including bile leak and post-hepatectomy liver failure following hepatic resection. J Gastrointest Surg 2017;21:238-48. ​​
8. Arnold SV, Goyal A, Inzucchi SE, et al. Quality of care of the initial patient cohort of the Diabetes Collaborative Registry((R)). Journal of the American Heart Association 2017;6.
9. Arnold SV, Inzucchi SE, Tang F, et al. Real-world use and modeled impact of glucose-lowering therapies evaluated in recent cardiovascular outcomes trials: An NCDR(R) Research to Practice project. European journal of preventive cardiology 2017;24:1637-45.
10. ​​​Beane JD, House MG, Pitt SC, et al. Pancreatoduodenectomy with venous or arterial resection: A NSQIP propensity score analysis. HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association 2017;19:254-63.
11. Bhavnani SP, Parakh K, Atreja A, et al. 2017 Roadmap for innovation-ACC health policy statement on healthcare transformation in the era of digital health, big data, and precision health: A report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on health policy statements and systems of care. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017;70:2696-718.
12. ​​​​​Borne RT, O'Donnell C, Turakhia MP, et al. Adherence and outcomes to direct oral anticoagulants among patients with atrial fibrillation: findings from the veterans health administration. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2017;17:236.
13. Cohen ME, Hall BL, Liu Y, Ko CY. Response to "does participation in the ACS-NSQIP improve outcomes?". Ann Surg 2017;266:e33-e4.
14. ​Cohen ME, Liu Y, Ko CY, Hall BL. An examination of American College of Surgeons NSQIP surgical risk calculator accuracy. J Am Coll Surg 2017;224:787-95.e1.
15. Dolejs S, Zarzaur BL, Zyromski NJ, et al. Does hyperbilirubinemia contribute to adverse patient outcomes following pancreatoduodenectomy? J Gastrointest Surg 2017;21:647-56.
16. ​Gase KA. Chapter 13: Integrating infection prevention and control into patient safety and performance improvement. In: Soule B, Meehan Arias K, eds. The APIC/JCR Infection Prevention and Control Workbook. Third Edition ed: The Joint Commission; 2017.
17. Harris AD, Pineles L, Anderson D, et al. Which comorbid conditions should we be analyzing as risk factors for healthcare-associated infections? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:449-54.
18. ​Jackson SS, Leekha S, Magder LS, et al. Electronically available comorbidities should be used in surgical site infection risk adjustment. Clin Infect Dis 2017;65:803-10.
19. Jackson SS, Leekha S, Magder LS, et al. The effect of adding comorbidities to current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention central-line-associated bloodstream infection risk-adjustment methodology. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:1019-24.
20. ​Kantor O, Talamonti MS, Pitt HA, et al. Using the NSQIP Pancreatic Demonstration Project to derive a modified fistula risk score for preoperative risk stratification in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy. J Am Coll Surg 2017;224:816-25.
21. Kollef MH, Heard K, Chen Y, Lu C, Martin N, Bailey T. Mortality and length of stay trends following implementation of a rapid response system and real-time automated clinical deterioration alerts. Am J Med Qual 2017;32:12-8.
22. ​​Liu JB, Ban KA, Berian JR, etal. Concurrent bariatric operations and association with perioperative outcomes: registry based cohort study. BMJ 2017;358:j4244.
23. Liu JB, Berian JR, Ban KA, et al. Outcomes of concurrent operations: Results from the American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality improvement program. Ann Surg 2017;266:411-20.
24. ​Liu JB, Berian JR, Chen S, et al. Postoperative complications and hospital payment: Implications for achieving value. J Am Coll Surg 2017;224:779-86.e2.
25. Liu JB, Huffman KM, Palis BE, et al. Reliability of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer's quality of care measures for hospital and surgeon profiling. J Am Coll Surg 2017;224:180-90.e8.
26. Picker D, Dans M, Heard K, et al. A randomized trial of palliative care discussions linked to an automated early warning system alert. Crit Care Med 2017;45:234-40.
27. Pineda R, Guth R, Herring A, Reynolds L, Oberle S, Smith J. Enhancing sensory experiences for very preterm infants in the NICU: an integrative review. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2017;37:323-32.
28. ​Zureikat AH, Borrebach J, Pitt HA, et al. Minimally invasive hepatopancreatobiliary surgery in North America: an ACS-NSQIP analysis of predictors of conversion for laparoscopic and robotic pancreatectomy and hepatectomy. HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association 2017;19:595-602.

2017

Conference Presentations and Abstracts

1. Antal M. Building a NSQIP SCR team at BJC HealthCare. American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety; 2017 July 23; New York, NY.
2. ​​Antal M. Novice SCR- I've got data, now what? American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety; 2017 July 23; New York.
3. Gase KA, Babcock H. Review of a healthcare system's response to patient notification recommendation. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; 2017 March 29; St. Louis, MO.
4. ​Guth RM, Merz LR. Negative pressure wound therapy over closed abdominal incisions to reduce surgical site infection. 7th Annual Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Symposium; 2017 April 26; St. Louis, MO.
5. Guth RM, Merz LR. Negative pressure wound therapy over closed abdominal incisions to reduce surgical site infection (abstract #585). 50th Annual Society for Epidemiologic Research Meeting; 2017 June 20-23; Seattle, WA.
6. ​Herring AA, Merz LR. Clinical safety comparison of regadenoson and adenosine for use in cardiac stress tests: A systematic review of evidence. Society for Epidemiology Research; 2017 June 20; Seattle, WA.
7. Herring AA, Merz LR. Clinical safety comparison of regadenoson and adenosine for use in cardiac stress tests: a systematic review of the evidence. Patient Centered Outcomes Research Symposium; 2017 April 26; St. Louis, MO.
8. ​Juodenas M, Iqbal A, Konzen L, et al. Interrater reliability and impact of abstractor disagreements on APACHE IV predictions. 46th Critical Care Congress; 2017 Jan 23, 2017; Honolulu, HI.
9. Miller R, Kolovos N. A multi-hospital experience with change-strategies for success.  National Cardiology Data Registries; 2017 March 15; Washington DC.
10. ​​Milligan PE. Hitting grand SLAMS: starting a regional medication safety collaborative.  American Society of Health-System Pharmacists; 2017; Orlando, FL.
11. Milligan PE. Implementing capnography at BJC HealthCare. Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Complex Technology Conference; 2017 April; Annapolis, MD.
12. ​Milligan PE. Implementing capnography at BJC HealthCare. REMEDI Safety Conference; 2017 April; Chicago, IL.
13. Milligan PE. Continuous monitoring of patients on opioids: The BJC story. Missouri Baptist Medical Center Respiratory Conference; 2017 November; St. Louis, MO.
14. ​Simkins M, Iqbal A, Konzen L, et al. Inter-rater reliability and impact of abstractor disagreements on APACHE IV predictions. Patient Safety & Quality Symposium; 2017 March 24; St. Louis, MO.

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2016

Journal Articles

1. Bagante F, Spolverato G, Strasberg SM, et al. Minimally invasive vs. open hepatectomy: A comparative analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database. J Gastrointest Surg 2016; 20:1608-17.
2. Ban KA, Cohen ME, Ko CY, et al. Evaluation of the ProPublica Surgeon Scorecard "adjusted complication rate" measure specifications. Ann Surg 2016; 264:566-74.
3. Berger ER, Huffman KM, Fraker T, et al. Prevalence and risk factors for bariatric surgery readmissions: Findings from 130,007 admissions in the metabolic and bariatric surgery accreditation and quality improvement program. Ann Surg 2016.
4. Cohen ME, Liu Y, Huffman KM, Ko CY, Hall BL. On-demand reporting of risk-adjusted and smoothed rates for quality profiling in ACS NSQIP. Ann Surg 2016; 264:966-72.
5. Cohen ME, Liu Y, Ko CY, Hall BL. Improved surgical outcomes for ACS NSQIP hospitals over time: Evaluation of hospital cohorts with up to 8 years of participation. Ann Surg 2016; 263:267-73.
6. Dunlap NE, Ballard DJ, Cherry RA, et al. Observations from the field: Reporting quality metrics in health care. National Academy of Medicine, Washington DC 2016. https://nam.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Observations-from-the-Field-Reporting-Quality-Metrics-in-Health-Care.pdf
7. Gani F, Thompson VM, Bentrem DJ, Hall BL, Pitt HA, Pawlik TM. Patterns of hepatic resections in North America: Use of concurrent partial resections and ablations. HPB: the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association 2016; 18:813-20.
8. Gase KA, Reese SM. Journal Club: Impact of rapid screening for discontinuation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus contact precautions. Am J Infect Control 2016;44:475-6.
9. Harris AD, Pineles L, Anderson D, et al. Which comorbid conditions should we be analyzing as risk factors for healthcare-associated infections? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016:1-6.
10. Kraemer K, Cohen ME, Liu Y, et al. Development and evaluation of the American College of Surgeons NSQIP pediatric surgical risk calculator. J Am Coll Surg 2016;223:685-93.
11. Lawson EH, Louie R, Zingmond DS, et al. Using both clinical registry and administrative claims data to measure risk-adjusted surgical outcomes. Ann Surg 2016; 263:50-7.
12. Liu Y, Cohen ME, Hall BL, Ko CY, Bilimoria KY. Evaluation and enhancement of calibration in the American College of Surgeons NSQIP surgical risk calculator. J Am Coll Surg 2016; 223:231-9.
13. Liu Y, Cohen ME, Ko CY, Bilimoria KY, Hall BL. Considerations in releasing equations for the American College of Surgeons NSQIP surgical risk calculator: In reply to wanderer and Ehrenfeld. J Am Coll Surg 2016;223:674-5.
14. Micek ST, Samant M, Bailey T, et al. Real-time automated clinical deterioration alerts predict thirty-day hospital readmission. J Hosp Med 2016;11:768-72.
15. Pineda R, Guth R, Herring A, Reynolds L, Oberle S, Smith J. Enhancing sensory experiences for very preterm infants in the NICU: an integrative review. J Perinatol 2016.
16. Stey AM, Kenney BD, Cohen ME, et al. Estimating adverse events after gastrostomy tube placement. Acad Pediatr 2016; 16:129-35.
17. Stey AM, Vinocur CD, Moss RL, et al. variation in intraoperative and postoperative red blood cell transfusion in pediatric surgery. Transfusion 2016; 56:666-72.
18. Tamirisa NP, Parmar AD, Vargas GM, et al. Relative contributions of complications and failure to rescue on mortality in older patients undergoing pancreatectomy. Ann Surg 2016; 263:385-91.
19. Wakeam E, Hyder JA, Lipsitz SR, et al. Hospital-level variation in secondary complications after surgery. Ann Surg 2016; 263:493-501.​ 

2016

Conference Presentations and Abstracts

1. Bocox MC, Merz LR. Best practices to reduce in-hospital falls for newborns. Epidemiology Congress of the Americas Conference; 2016 June 21-24; Miami, FL.
2. Bocox MC, Merz LR. Patient outcomes with Hespan versus other fluids for volume expansion.  Patient Centered Outcomes Research Symposium; 2016 April 5-6; St. Louis, MO.
3. Gase KA, McMullen KM, Babcock HM. Comparing hospital compare ranking with hospital-acquired condition reduction program penalty status. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Conference; 2016 May 15; Atlanta, GA.
4. Guth RM, Bocox MC, Herring AA, Merz LR. Implementation of an evidence-based care team within a large healthcare system (abstract #PO B-65). Guidelines International Network Conference; 2016 Sept 27-30; Philadelphia, PA.
5. Guth RM, Merz LR. Liposomal bupivacaine for periarticular injection in knee arthroplasty.  6th Annual Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Symposium; 2016 April; St. Louis, MO.
6. Guth RM, Riethman MC, Merz LR. Radiofrequency spectroscopy for intraoperative margin assessment during lumpectomy. Epidemiology Congress of the Americas; 2016 June 21-24; Miami, FL.
7. Hays A, Samet S, Smith J. Expediting the standardization of formulary in a multi-hospital health system. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting; 2016 Dec 6; Las Vegas, NV.
8.  Herring AA, Merz LR. Effectiveness of betadine intra-operative wound irrigation for breast implant procedures. Patient Centered Outcomes Research Symposium; 2016 April 5-6; St. Louis, MO.
9. Herring AA, Merz LR. Effectiveness of ultraviolet disinfection on reduction of hospital acquired infection rates. Epidemiology Congress of the Americas; 2016 June 21-24; Miami, FL.
10. Juodenas M, Doerhoff B. Evaluation of near miss patient safety events using statistical process control. Patient Safety & Quality Symposium 2016 March 4; St. Louis, MO.
11. Juodenas M, Iqbal A, Konzen L, et al. Interrater reliability and impact of abstractor disagreements on APACHE IV predictions. Crit Care Med 2016; 44:353.
12. Kieffer P, Gase KA, Leone C, Babcock HM. The impact of "present at time of surgery" on colon surgical site infections. Association for Professionals in Infection Control Conference; 2016 June 12; Charlotte, NC.
13. Kolovos N, Gill J, Doctor A., Hartman M. Reduction in morbidity and mortality following pediatric rapid response team activation. 2016 June 8; Toronto, ON.
14. Leone C, Gase KA, Babcock HM. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection algorithm performance for ICU and non-ICU surveillance. Association for Professionals in Infection Control Conference; 2016 June 11; Charlotte, NC.
15. Milligan PE. The sooner the better: Applying an assessment tool for students early in advanced rotations. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists National Pharmacy Preceptors Conference; 2016 August 13; Washington DC.
16. Milligan PE. Putting medication safety best practices into action! American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Medication Safety Collaborative; 2016 June 13; Baltimore, MD.
17. Snyders RE. Creating and implementing a standardized environment of care rounds tool for a large healthcare system. Annual Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Conference; 2016 June 13; Charlotte, NC.
18. Snyders RE, Gase KA, Babcock HM. Validating electronically collected denominator data: Getting to the elusive +/- 5%. Annual Association for Professionals in Infections Control and Epidemiology Conference; 2016 June 11; Charlotte, NC.

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2015

Journal Articles 

1. Beane JD, House MG, Pitt SC, et al. Distal pancreatectomy with celiac axis resection: what are the added risks? HPB: the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association 2015; 17:777-84.
2. Behrman SW, Zarzaur BL, Parmar A, Riall TS, Hall BL, Pitt HA. Routine drainage of the operative bed following elective distal pancreatectomy does not reduce the occurrence of complications. J Gastrointest Surg 2015; 19:72-9; discussion 9.
3. Brauer DG, Hawkins WG, Strasberg SM, et al. Cost variation in a laparoscopic cholecystectomy and the association with outcomes across a single health system: implications for standardization and improved resource utilization. HPB: the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association 2015; 17:1113-8.
4. Cohen ME, Hall BL, Liu Y, Ko CY. Evaluating the Benefits of ACS-NSQIP. Ann Surg 2015.
5. Cooper AB, Parmar AD, Riall TS, et al. Does the use of neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma increase postoperative morbidity and mortality rates? J Gastrointest Surg 2015; 19:80-6; discussion 6-7.
6. Datta J, Lewis RS, Jr., Strasberg SM, et al. Quantifying the burden of complications following total pancreatectomy using the postoperative morbidity index: a multi-institutional perspective. J Gastrointest Surg 2015; 19:506-15.
7. Doerhoff R, Garrison B. Human Factors in the NICU: A Bedside Nurse Perspective. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs 2015; 29:162-9.
8. Elward A, Yegge J, Recktenwald A, et al. Risk Factors for Craniotomy or Spinal Fusion Surgical Site Infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2015; 34:1323-8.
9. Gase KA, Babcock HM. Is accounting for acute care beds enough? A proposal for measuring infection prevention personnel resources. Am J Infect Control 2015; 43:165-6.
10. Gase KA, Leone C, Khoury R, Babcock HM. Advancing the competency of infection preventionists. Am J Infect Control 2015; 43:370-9.
11. Guth RM, Storey PE, Vitale M, et al. Decision Analysis for Metric Selection on a Clinical Quality Scorecard. Am J Med Qual 2015.
12. Hall BL, Huffman KM, Hamilton BH, et al. Profiling Individual Surgeon Performance Using Information from a High-Quality Clinical Registry: Opportunities and Limitations. J Am Coll Surg 2015; 221:901-13.
13. Helwani MA, Avidan MS, Ben Abdallah A, et al. Effects of regional versus general anesthesia on outcomes after total hip arthroplasty: a retrospective propensity-matched cohort study. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2015; 97:186-93.
14. Huffman KM, Cohen ME, Ko CY, Hall BL. A Comprehensive Evaluation of Statistical Reliability in ACS NSQIP Profiling Models. Ann Surg 2015; 261:1108-13.
15. Ju MH, Ko CY, Hall BL, Bosk CL, Bilimoria KY, Wick EC. A comparison of 2 surgical site infection monitoring systems. JAMA surgery 2015; 150:51-7.
16. Ko CY, Hall BL, Hart AJ, Cohen ME, Hoyt DB. The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: achieving better and safer surgery. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2015; 41:199-204.
17. Kulkarni P, Smith LD, Woeltje KF. Assessing risk of hospital readmissions for improving medical practice. Health care management science 2015.
18. Lawson EH, Zingmond DS, Hall BL, Louie R, Brook RH, Ko CY. Comparison between clinical registry and medicare claims data on the classification of hospital quality of surgical care. Ann Surg 2015; 261:290-6.
19. Merkow RP, Ju MH, Chung JW, et al. Underlying reasons associated with hospital readmission following surgery in the United States. JAMA 2015; 313:483-95.
20. Milligan PE, Bocox MC, Pratt E, Hoehner CM, Krettek JE, Dunagan WC. Multifaceted approach to reducing occurrence of severe hypoglycemia in a large healthcare system. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2015; 72:1631-41.
21. O'Neil CA, Krauss MJ, Bettale J, et al. Medications and patient characteristics associated with falling in the hospital. Journal of patient safety 2015.
22. Picker D, Heard K, Bailey TC, Martin NR, LaRossa GN, Kollef MH. The number of discharge medications predicts thirty-day hospital readmission: a cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res 2015;15:282.
23. Snyders RE, Goris AJ, Gase KA, Leone CL, Doherty JA, Woeltje KF. Increasing the Reliability of Fully Automated Surveillance for Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015; 36:1396-400.
24. Spolverato G, Ejaz A, Kim Y, et al. Patterns of care among patients undergoing hepatic resection: a query of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-targeted hepatectomy database. J Surg Res 2015; 196:221-8.
25. Stey AM, Brook RH, Needleman J, et al. Hospital costs by cost center of inpatient hospitalization for medicare patients undergoing major abdominal surgery. J Am Coll Surg 2015; 220:207-17.e11.
26. Stey AM, Kenney BD, Moss RL, et al. A risk calculator predicting postoperative adverse events in neonates undergoing major abdominal or thoracic surgery. J Pediatr Surg 2015; 50:987-91.
27. Stey AM, Russell MM, Hall BL, et al. Is there hospital variation in long-term incisional hernia repair after abdominal surgery? J Am Coll Surg 2015; 220:313-22.e2.
28. Stey AM, Russell MM, Sugar CA, et al. Extending the value of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program claims dataset to study long-term outcomes: Rate of repeat ventral hernia repair. Surgery 2015; 157:1157-65.
29. Stey AM, Russell MM, Zingmond DS, et al. Using Merged Clinical and Claims Registry Data to Identify High Utilizers of Surgical Inpatient Care 1 Year after Colectomy. J Am Coll Surg 2015; 221:441-51.e1.
30. Thomas BS, Jafarzadeh SR, Warren DK, McCormick S, Fraser VJ, Marschall J. Temporal trends in the systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, and medical coding of sepsis. BMC Anesthesiol 2015; 15:169.
31. Vollmer CM, Jr., Lewis RS, Hall BL, et al. Establishing a quantitative benchmark for morbidity in pancreatoduodenectomy using ACS-NSQIP, the Accordion Severity Grading System, and the Postoperative Morbidity Index. Ann Surg 2015; 261:527-36.
32. Wang Y, Chen W, Heard K, et al. Mortality Prediction in ICUs Using A Novel Time-Slicing Cox Regression Method. AMIA Annual Symposium proceedings AMIA Symposium 2015; 2015:1289-95.

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2015

Conference Presentations and Abstracts

1. Bocox MC, Merz LR. Biologic mesh compared to synthetic mesh for ventral hernia repair. Comparative Effectiveness Research Symposium; 2015 April 14; St. Louis, MO.
2. Boyd A, Tellman L. Jumpstarting data governance initiatives: lessons learned. Data Governance and Information Quality (DGIQ); 2015 June 2015.
3. Guth RM, Merz LR. Antibiotic envelope for prevention of cardiac implantable electronic device infection. Patient Safety and Quality Symposium; 2015 02/20/2015; St. Louis, MO.
4. Guth RM, Merz LR. Cellular bone matrices versus allograft of autograft for bone graft. Comparative Effectiveness Research Center Fifth Annual Symposium; 2015 04/14/2015; St. Louis, MO.
5. Hays A. Rapid cycle formulary decision making.  American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy, Midyear Clinical Meeting; 2015 December 8, 2015; New Orleans, LA.
6. Herring AA, Merz LR. Comparative effectiveness of heparin therapy monitoring: activated partial thromboplastin time vs antifactor Xa. Comparative Effectiveness Research Center Fifth Annual Symposium; 2015 April 2015; St. Louis, MO.
7. Herring AA, Merz LR. Comparative effectiveness of biologic and synthetic skin substitutes for healing chronic wounds. Comparative Effectiveness Research Center Fifth Annual Symposium; 2015 April 2015; St. Louis, MO.
8. Milligan PE. Capnography. It's not just for PCA's anymore. American Society for Health Systems Pharmacy, Midyear Meeting; 2015 December 7; New Orleans, LA.
9. Milligan PE. Dosing practices of Zolpidem in hospitalized patients in a large Midwest health-care system. American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy, Midyear Conference; 2015 December 2015; New Orleans, LA.
10. Milligan PE. Application of a novel skills assessment tool, early demonstration of competency for advanced pharmacy practice students. American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy, Preceptors Conference; 2015 August 2015; Washington DC.
11. Milligan PE, Bocox MC, Pratt E, Krettek JE, Dunagan WC. An innovative approach to reducing severe hypoglecemia across a large healthcare system. 17th National Patient Safety Congress; 2015 April 30-May 1; Austin, TX.
12. Milligan PE, Hays A. Pharmacy practice model change-a medication safety prospective. Missouri Society of Health System Pharmacists; 2015 November 2015; Kansas City, MO.
13. Milligan PE, Olenski L. Accelerating change to improve outcomes. American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy Annual Meeting; 2015 June 2015; Denver, CO.
14. Pineda R, Guth RM, Herring AA, Smith J. Systematic review of sensory based interventions in the NICU. National Association of Neonatal Therapists; 2015 April 10-11; Phoenix, AZ. 

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2014

Journal Articles 

1. Cooper AB, Parmar AD, Riall TS, et al. Does the Use of Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Increase Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality Rates? J Gastrointest Surg 2014.
2. Donovan P, Cato K, Legaie R, et al. Hyperdiploid tumor cells increase phenotypic heterogeneity within Glioblastoma tumors. Mol Biosyst 2014;10:741-58.
3. Hassan HC, Howlin K, Jefferys A, et al. High-sensitivity troponin as a predictor of cardiac events and mortality in the stable dialysis population. Clin Chem 2014;60:389-98.
4. Huffman KM, Cohen ME, Ko CY, Hall BL. A Comprehensive Evaluation of Statistical Reliability in ACS NSQIP Profiling Models. Ann Surg 2014.
5. Hussain MI, Hall BM, Depczynski B, Connor SJ. Acute renal failure and metformin-associated lactic acidosis following colonoscopy. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2014;105:6-8.
6. Ju MH, Cohen ME, Bilimoria KY, et al. Effect of Wound Classification on Risk Adjustment in American College of Surgeons NSQIP. J Am Coll Surg 2014:371-81.
7. Kilpatrick CR, Elliott MB, Pratt E, et al. Prevention of inpatient hypoglycemia with a real-time informatics alert. J Hosp Med 2014;9:621-6. 
8. Koll BS, Ruiz RE, Calfee DP, et al. Prevention of hospital-onset Clostridium difficile infection in the New York metropolitan region using a collaborative intervention model. Journal of Healthcare Quality 2014;36:35-45. 
9. Kollef MH, Chen Y, Heard K, et al. A randomized trial of real-time automated clinical deterioration alerts sent to a rapid response team. J Hosp Med 2014;9:424-9. 
10. Lawson EH, Hall BL, Louie R, Zingmond DS, Ko CY. Identification of modifiable factors for reducing readmission after colectomy: a national analysis. Surgery 2014;155:754-66.
11. Lee MK, Lewis RS, Strasberg SM, et al. Defining the post-operative morbidity index for distal pancreatectomy. HPB (Oxford) 2014.
12. Lin MY, Woeltje KF, Khan YM, et al. Multicenter evaluation of computer automated versus traditional surveillance of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35:1483-90.
13. Lipstein S, Dunagan WC. The Risks of Not Adjusting Performance Measures for Patient Sociodemographic Factors. Ann Intern Med 2014.
14. Marchand R, Milligan P, Lenzini P, et al. Use of Pharmacogenetics to Guide Warfarin Interruption. Thromb Res 2014.
15. Micek ST, Heard KM, Gowan M, Kollef MH. Identifying critically ill patients at risk for inappropriate antibiotic therapy: a pilot study of a point-of-care decision support alert. Crit Care Med 2014;42:1832-8.
16. Nagasako E, Reidhead M, Waterman B, Dunagan WC. Adding Socioeconomic Data To Hospital Readmissions Calculations May Produce More Useful Results. Health Aff 2014;33:786-91.
17. Otani K, Deng Y, Waterman B, Dunagan WC. Increasing patient satisfaction: a new model development. Health Mark Q 2014;31:370-82. 
18. Pitt SC, Jin LX, Hall BL, Strasberg SM, Pitt HA. Incidental gallbladder cancer at cholecystectomy: when should the surgeon be suspicious? Ann Surg 2014;260:128-33.
19. Raval MV, Sakran JV, Medbery RL, Angelos P, Hall BL. Distinguishing QI projects from human subjects research: ethical and practical considerations. Bull Am Coll Surg 2014;99:21-7. 
20. Sanford DE, Woolsey CA, Hall BL, et al. Variations in Definition and Method of Retrieval of Complications Influence Outcomes Statistics after Pancreatoduodenectomy: Comparison of NSQIP with Non-NSQIP Methods. J Am Coll Surg 2014:407-15.
21. Stey AM, Ko CY, Hall BL, et al. Are procedures codes in claims data a reliable indicator of intraoperative splenic injury compared with clinical registry data? J Am Coll Surg 2014;219:237-44.
22. Tserenpuntsag B, Haley VB, Van Anterwerpen CV, et al. Surgical Site Infection Risk Factors Identified for Patients Undergoing Colon Procedures, New York State 2009–2010. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35:1006-12.
23. Verma ND, Hall BM, Plain KM, et al. Interleukin-12 (IL-12p70) Promotes Induction of Highly Potent Th1-Like CD4(+)CD25(+) T Regulatory Cells That Inhibit Allograft Rejection in Unmodified Recipients. Front Immunol 2014;5:190.
24. Wang TF, Milligan P, Wong C, Deal E, Thoelke M, Gage B. Efficacy and safety of high-dose thromboprophylaxis in morbidly obese inpatients. Thromb Haemost 2014;111:88-93. 
25. Wang TF, Wong CA, Milligan PE, Thoelke MS, Woeltje KF, Gage BF. Risk factors for inpatient venous thromboembolism despite thromboprophylaxis. Thromb Res 2014;133:25-9.
26. Waterman B, Sutter R, Burroughs T, Dunagan WC. Measurement: accounting for reliability in performance estimates. Physician leadership journal 2014;1:12-8. 
27. Woeltje KF, Lin MY, Klompas M, Wright MO, Zuccotti G, Trick WE. Data Requirements for Electronic Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35:1083-91.
28. Yegge JA, Gase KA, Hopkins-Broyles D, Leone CL, Trovillion EW, Babcock HM. Development of a standardized process improvement protocol to address elevated health care-associated infection rates on an incented quality scorecard. Am J Infect Control 2014;42:185-9. 

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2014

Conference Presentations and Abstracts

1. Bocox M. Effectiveness of amniotic tissue for diabetic foot ulcer therapy. Washington University School of Medicine Comparative Effectiveness Research Symposium; 2014 4/16/2014; Washington University St. Louis, MO.
2. Bocox M. Using polyp detection rate as a surrogate for adenoma detection rate to measure the quality of endoscopists. Patient Safety & Quality Symposium 2014; 2014 2/21/2014; Washington University St. Louis, MO.
3. Bocox MM, L. R. Use of Amniotic Tissue for Diabetic Foot Ulcers Therapy: An Evidence Review. Society for Epidemiologic Research; 2014 6/24/14; Seattle, WA.
4. Gase KA, Babcock HM. Is Accounting for Acute Care Beds Enough? A Proposal for Measuring Infection Prevention Personnel Resources. 2014 APIC Conference; 2014; Anaheim, CA.
5. Gase KA, Khoury R, Babcock HM. NHSN vs. CMS: How Changing the Risk Adjustment Model Changes the Results. 2014 ID Week Conference; 2014 October 9, 2014; Philadelphia, PH.
6. Gase KA, Khoury R, Babcock HM. Exclusion from SIR Analysis: Are Low Volume Hospitals Getting a Pass? 2014 ID Week Conference; 2014 October 10, 2014; Philadelphia, PA.
7. Gemeinhart N, Goris AJ. Health care personnel post-exposure management hotline: Thirteen years in review. Association of Occupational Health Professionals National Conference; 2014 September 10, 2014; New Orleans, LA.
8. Guth RM, Merz LR. Robotic vs. laproscopic hysterectomy for benign conditions. Washington University School of Medicine Comparative Effectiveness Research Symposium; 2014 4/16/2014; Washington University St. Louis, MO.
9. Guth RM, Merz LR. Robotic vs. laproscopic hysterectomy review. Society for Epidemiologic Research Conference; 2014 6/24/2014; Seattle, WA.
10. Kieffer P, Yegge JA, Gase K, Babcock H. An automated electronic isolation flagging system: promoting patient safety and enhancing efficiency for the infection preventionist. Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC) 41st Annual Educational Conference & International Meeting; 2014 06/07/2014-06/09/2014; Anaheim, CA.
11. Khoury R, Lamor R, Yegge JA, Gase K, Hohrein M, Babcock H. Colon surgical site infection case control risk factor analysis. Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC) 41st Annual Educaional Conference & International Meeting; 2014 06/07/2014-06/09/2014; Anaheim, CA.
12. Koski E, McAdams C, Yahasz G, Tellmann L. Data Governance Challenges in Healthcare (Panel). Data Quality and Information Governance Conference; 2014; San Diego, CA.
13. Leone C, Gase KA, Doherty JA, Khoury RR, Babcock H. Validation of a Completely Electronic System for Non-Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Surveillance. Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology; 2014.
14. Leone C, Gase KA, Yegge J, et al. Inter-rater Reliability of Infection Preventionists’ Colon Surgical Site Infection Determination Utilizing a User Assisted Electronic Surveillance System. Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology; 2014 2014.
15. Michniewicz K, Merz LR. Genomic sequencing for tailoring chemotherapy. Society for Epidemiologic Research; 2014 6/24/14; Seattle, WA.
16. Milligan PE, Hampton N, Anigolu CS, et al. Application of pediatric dosing rules across a diverse health care system. American Medical Informatics Association 2014 Annual Symposium; 2014 November 2014; Wasington, D. C.
17. Murphy T, Merz LR. Domo arigato, dr. roboto: comparative effectiveness of robot-assisted vs. conventional laparoscopic surgical techniques for retroperitoneal surgeries. Washington University School of Medicine Comparative Effectiveness Research Symposium; 2014 4/16/2014; Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
18. Nagasako E. Engaging community health center providers: Provider experience survey.  St Louis Integrated Health Network Transitions of Care Task Force; 2014 November 13, 2014; St. Louis, MO.
19. R. KR, Lumor R, Yegge J, Gase KA, Babcock HM. Colon Surgical Site Infection Case Control Risk Factor Analysis. Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology; 2014 June 7-9, 2014; Anaheim, CA. 
20. Reidhead M, Nagasako E. How much does where your patients live influence your readmissions scores? Duke Geomedicine Summit; 2014 October 13, 2014; Durham, North Carolina.
21. Resetar E, McMullen KM, Russo AJ, Doherty JA, Gase KA, Woeltje KF. Development, Implementation and Use of Electronic Surveillance for Ventilator-Associated Events (VAE) in Adults. American Medical Informatics Association; 2014 November 2014.
22. Resetar E, McMullen KM, Russo AJ, Doherty JA, Gase KA, Woeltje KF. Incorporating an Electronic Ventilator-Associated Event (VAE) Tool Within a Hospital’s Internal Electronic Surveillance System. American Medical Informatics Association; 2014 November 2014.
23. Tellman LB, A. Key Components of Data Governance Program Initiation (Panel Discussion). Enterprise Data Leadership Summit; 2014 March 19, 2014. 
24. Yegge JA, Gase KA, Hohrein M, Khoury R, Babcock H. Effect of National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) definition changes on colon surgical site infection (SSI) rates. Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC) 41st Annual Educational Conference & International Meeting; 2014 06/07/2014-06/09/2014; Anaheim, CA.
25. Yegge JA, Gase KA, Hohrein M, Xu H, Khoury R, Babcock H. Validation of an electronic algorithm to identify candidates for colon surgical site infection review. Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC) 41st Annual Educational Conference & International Meeting; 2014 06/07/2014-06/09/2014; Anaheim, CA.
26. Yegge JA, Hopkins-Broyles D, Rogers A, Gase KA, Krohn D, Babcock H. Choosing a surgical site infection reduction intervention in the absence of an outbreak or cluster. APIC 41st Annual Educational Conference & International Meeting; 2014 06/07/2014-06/09/2015; Anaheim, CA.

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2013

Journal Articles

1. Apisarnthanarak A, Khawcharoenporn T, Woeltje KF, Warren DK. Hospital flood preparedness and flood-related psychological consequences in 15 provinces in central Thailand after implementation of a national guideline. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2013;34:6555-56.
2. Bruny JL, Hall BL, Barnhart DC, et al. American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric: a beta phase report. J Pediatr Surg 2013;48:74-80. 
3. Cohen ME, Ko CY, Bilimoria KY, et al. Optimizing ACS NSQIP modeling for evaluation of surgical quality and risk: patient risk adjustment, procedure mix adjustment, shrinkage adjustment, and surgical focus. J Am Coll Surg 2013;217:336-46. 
4. Dimick JB, Staiger DO, Hall BL, Ko CY, Birkmeyer JD. Composite measures for profiling hospitals on surgical morbidity. Ann Surg 2013;257:67-72.
5. Gase KA, Haley VB, Xiong K, Van Anterwerpen C, Stricof RL. Comparison of 2 Clostridium difficile surveillance methods: National Healthcare Safety Network's laboratory-identified event reporting module versus clinical infection surveillance. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2013;34:284-90.
6. Giri T, Newton D, Chaudhary O, et al. Dose-response of vitamin K2 on undercarboxylated osteocalcin in post menopausal women with osteoporosis: a nine-week, open-labeled prospective study. Br J Nutr 2013.
7. Hall BM, Tran GT, Verma ND, et al. Do Natural T Regulatory Cells become Activated to Antigen Specific T Regulatory Cells in Transplantation and in Autoimmunity? Front Immunol 2013;4:208.
8. Hazamy PA, Antwerpen CV, Tserenpuntsag B, et al. Trends in validity of central lineassociated bloodstream infection surveillance data, New York State, 2007-2010. Am J Infect Control 2013;41:1200-4.
9. Jin LX, Pitt SC, Hall BL, Pitt HA. Aggressive surgical management of gallbladder cancer: at what cost? Surgery 2013;154:266-73.
10. Lawson E, Hall BL, Louie R, et al. Association between occurrence of a postoperative complication and readmission: implications for quality improvement and cost savings. Ann Surg 2013;258:10-8.
11. Lawson EH, Hall BL, Ko CY. Risk factors for superficial vs deep/organ-space surgical site infections: implications for quality improvement initiatives. JAMA Surg 2013;148:849-58.
12. Lawson EH, Hall BL, Louie R, et al. Association between occurrence of a postoperative complication and readmission: implications for quality improvement and cost savings. Ann Surg 2013;258:10-8.
13. Lawson EH, Ko CY, Adams JL, Chow WB, Hall BL. Reliability of evaluating hospital quality by colorectal surgical site infection type. Ann Surg 2013;258:994-1000.
14. Merkow RP, Hall BL, Cohen ME, et al. Validity and feasibility of the american college of surgeons colectomy composite outcome quality measure. Ann Surg 2013;257:483-9.
15. Merkow RP, Hall BL, Ko CY. Reply to Letter: "Ability to Prevent Death as a Sequelae of Morbidity May Be an Additional Indicator of Hospital Quality". Ann Surg 2013. 
16. Parmar AD, Sheffield KM, Vargas GM, et al. Factors associated with delayed gastric emptying after pancreaticoduodenectomy. HPB (Oxford) 2013;15:763-72.
17. Plain KM, Verma ND, Tran GT, et al. Cytokines affecting CD4(+) T regulatory cells in transplant tolerance. Interleukin-4 does not maintain alloantigen specific CD4(+)CD25(+) Treg. Transpl Immunol 2013;29:51-9.
18. Rampersad SE, Martin LD, Geiduschek JM, Weiss GK, Bates SW, Martin LD. Video observation of anesthesia practice: a useful and reliable tool for quality improvement initiatives. Pediatric Anesthesia 2013:627-33.
19. Saito JM, Chen LE, Hall BL, et al. Risk-adjusted hospital outcomes for children's surgery. Pediatrics 2013;132:677-88. 
20. Wang TF, Wong C, Milligan P, Thoelke M, Woeltje K, Gage B. Risk factors for inpatient venous thromboembolism despite thromboprophylaxis. Thromb Res 2013:25-9.
21. Woeltje KF. Moving into the future: electronic surveillance for healthcare-associated infections. The Journal of hospital infection 2013:103-5. 
22. Woeltje KF, Babcock HM. Mandatory vaccination. Can Med Assoc J 2013;185:983-4. 
23. Wolf L, Constantinou E, Limbaugh C, Rensing K, Gabbart P, Matt P. Fall Prevention for Inpatient Oncology Using Lean and Rapid Improvement Event Techniques. Health Environments Research & Design (HERD) 2013;7:85-101. 

2013

Conference Presentations and Abstracts

1. Boyd A. Clinical Metadata Management at a Large Healthcare Organization. Data Governance & Information Quality Conference - 2013; 2013 June 19, 2013. 
2. Brighton B, Hall BL. Outcomes in pediatric orthopaedic surgery: analysis of the 2010-2011 american college of surgeons national surgical quality improvement program-pediatric data. Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; 2013 05/02/13; Toronto, Ontario.
3. Doherty JA, Matt P, Hall E, Woeltje KF. Electronic surveillance for pressure ulcers using data extracted from a nursing documentation system. American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium; 2013; Washington, D.C.
4. Gase K, McCormick S, Doherty JA, Woeltje KF, Babcock HM. Reducing infection prevention surveillance workload utilizing electronic data and algorithms. Association for Professionals in Infections Control and Epidemiology 40th Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting; 2013; Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
5. Guth RM, Merz LR. Using existing evidence to improve patient safety: best practices for the prevention of Clostridium difficile infection. Patient Safety & Quality Symposium; 2013 2/8/13.
6. Guth RM, Merz LR. Effectiveness of Firefly Fluorescence for Robotic Surgery. Washington University Multidisciplinary Research Conference 2013; 2013 10/25/2013; Washington University St. Louis, MO.
7. Guth RM, Merz LR. Effectiveness of Adjunct Technologies for Prevention of Surgical Sponge Retention. Washington University School of Medicine Comparative Effectiveness Research Conference 2013; 2013 4/16/2013; Washington University St. Louis, MO.
8. Guth RM, Merz LR. Using Existing Evidence to Improve Patient Safety: Best Practices for the Prevention of CDI. Patient Safety & Quality Symposium 2013; 2013 2/8/2013; Washington University St. Louis, MO.
9. Lawson EH, Hall BL, Ko CY. Perioperative Profile of Patients with Superficial vs. Deep/Organ-Space Surgical Site Infections: Implications for Quality Improvement Initiatives. Pacific Coast Surgical Association¹s 84th Annual Meeting; 2013 02/17/2013; Kauai, HI.
10. Michniewicz K, Merz L. Comparative Efficacy of Ankle, Knee, and Thigh-Length Intermittent Compression Devices for Preventing Deep Vein Thrombosis. WUSM Comparative Effectiveness Research Conference; 2013 4/16/13.
11. Michniewicz K, Merz LR. ICD for DVT prevention. Washington University School of Medicine Comparative Effectiveness Research Conference 2013; 2013 4/16/2013; Washington University St. Louis, MO.
12. Michniewicz K, Sutherland C, Schulte E. Innovations for Medication Adherence. Washington University Multidisciplinary Research Conference; 2013 10/24/13.
13. Ostmann E, Hampton N, Merz LR, Milligan PE, Gase K, Woeltje KF. Review of control programs to prevent probiotic related central line associataed blood stream infections. Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology 40th Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting; 2013; Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
14. Resetar E, McMullen KM, Woeltje KF, McCormick S. Development of electronic surveillance for ventilator-associated events (VAE) in adults. American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium; 2013; Washington, D.C.
15. Richmond AM, Kempf J, Fondahn E, Hipp P, Heard KM, Woeltje KF. Indentifying index admissions concurrently without an electronically available problem list. American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium; 2013; Washington, D.C.
16. Sevick D, Schulte L, Heard KM, Woeltje KF. Creating digital signage with live data feeds. American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium; 2013; Washington DC.
17. Stey A, Louie R, Lawson E, et al. Procedures codes are more reliable indicators of intra-operative colectomy complication than diagnosis codes. ACS Wangsensteen Surgical Forum, ACS Annual Clinical Congress; 2013 10/07/13; Washington DC.
18. Stey A, Louie R, Lawson E, et al. Reoperation as an intermediate outcome. ACS Wangensteen Surgical Forum, ACS Annual Clinical Congress; 2013 10/07/13; Washington DC.
19. Stey A, Louie R, Lawson E, et al. Using a hybrid NSQIP-claims dataset to study long term outcomes. ACS Wangensteen Surgical Forum, ACS Annual Clinical Congress; 2013 10/07/13; Washington DC.
20. Vollmer C, Hall BL, Lewis R, Strasberg SM. Comparing the impact of complications after major pancreatictomies using the postoperative morbidity index. 47th Annual Pancreas Club Meeting; 2013 05/17/13; Orlando, FL.
21. Wang S, Doherty JA, Gase K, Woeltje KF. Electronic submission of healthcare associated infections (HAI) to the national healthcare safety network (NHSN) by a hospital system--technical challenges. American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium; 2013; Washington, D.C.
22. Williams C, Merz LR. Elective deliver policy. Washington University Multidisciplinary Research Conference 2013; 2013 10/23/2013; Washington University St. Louis, MO.
23. Woolfolk CM, L. The Effect of an Elective Delivery Policy on Stillbirth. Washington University Multidisciplinary Research Conference; 2013 10/23/14.

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2012   

Journal Articles, Conference Presentations and Abstracts

1. Trovillion EW, Skyles J, Hopkins-Broyles D, Ostmann E, Rogers AD, Babcock H, Woeltje KF. Standardizing Environmental Cleaning Procedures and Measurement Across a 12-Hospital System. American Journal of Infection Control. 2012;40(5):2.
2. Shorr AF, Zilberberg MD, Reichley R, Kan J, Hoban A, Hoffman J, Micek ST, Kollef MH. Validation of a clinical score for assessing the risk of resistant pathogens in patients with pneumonia presenting to the emergency department. Clin Infect Dis. Jan 15 2012;54(2):193-198.
3. Nyazee HA, Finney KM, Sarikonda M, Towler DA, Johnson JE, Babcock HM. Diabetic foot osteomyelitis: Bone markers and treatment outcomes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Apr 27 2012.
4. Milligan P, Hampton N, Faulknera K, Hearda K, Hine R, Aurora S. Automation is key to identifying causative factors associated with hypoglycemia. American Medical Informatics Association. November 2012.
5. Micek S, Johnson MT, Reichley R, Kollef MH. An institutional perspective on the impact of recent antibiotic exposure on length of stay and hospital costs for patients with gram-negative sepsis. BMC Infect Dis. 2012;12:56.
6. Labelle A, Juang P, Reichley R, Micek S, Hoffmann J, Hoban A, Hampton N, Kollef M. The determinants of hospital mortality among patients with septic shock receiving appropriate initial antibiotic treatment. Crit Care Med. May 11 2012.
7. Labelle A, Juang P, Reichley R, Micek S, Hoffmann J, Hoban A, Hampton N, Kollef M. The determinants of hospital mortality among patients with septic shock receiving appropriate initial antibiotic treatment*. Crit Care Med. Jul 2012;40(7):2016-2021.
8. Kollef M, Micek S, Hampton N, Doherty JA, Kumar A. Septic shock attributed to Candida infection: importance of empiric therapy and source control. Clin Infect Dis. Jun 2012;54(12):1739-1746.
9. Henry TS, Lane MA, Weil GJ, Bailey TC, Bhalla S. Chest CT Features of North American Paragonimiasis. Am J Roentgenol. May 2012;198(5):1076-1083.
10. Arnold H, Micek S, Hollands J, Skrupky L, Smith J, Reichley R, Hampton N, Hoffman J, Hoban A, Kollef M. Prolonged vs. intermittent infusion of Meropenem, Piperacillin-Tazobactam, and Cefepime for the Treatment of Life Threatening Gram-Negative infections in the Intensive Care Unit. Society of Critical Care Medicine. February 2012.
11. Arnold H, Hollands J. Prolonged infusion of antibiotics for serious gram-negative infections in the ICU: a before-after study. August 2012.

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2011

Journal Articles, Conference Presentations and Abstracts

1. Yegge J, Anderson J, Hopkins-Broyles D, Rectenwald A, Babcock H. An Outbreak Investigation of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections in Home Care Patients. American Journal of Infection Control. 2011;39(5):2.
2. Wong CA, Recktenwald AJ, Jones ML, Waterman BM, Bollini ML, Dunagan WC. The cost of serious fall-related injuries at three Midwestern hospitals. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. Feb 2011;37(2):81-87.
3. Woeltje KF, McMullen KM, Butler AM, Goris AJ, Doherty JA. Electronic surveillance for healthcare-associated central line-associated bloodstream infections outside the intensive care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Nov 2011;32(11):1086-1090.
4. Woeltje KF, Lautenbach E. Informatics and epidemiology in infection control. Infect Dis Clin North Am. Mar 2011;25(1):261-270.
5. White AA, Bell SK, Krauss MJ, Garbutt J, Dunagan WC, Fraser VJ, Levinson W, Larson EB, Gallagher TH. How trainees would disclose medical errors: educational implications for training programmes. Med Educ. Apr 2011;45(4):372-380.
6. Strasberg SM, Hall BL. Postoperative morbidity index: a quantitative measure of severity of postoperative complications. J Am Coll Surg. Nov 2011;213(5):616-626.
7. Shorr AF, Micek ST, Welch EC, Doherty JA, Reichley RM, Kollef MH. Inappropriate antibiotic therapy in Gram-negative sepsis increases hospital length of stay. Crit Care Med. Jan 2011;39(1):46-51.
8. Mullins M, Cannarozzi AA, Bailey TC, Ranganathan P. Unrecognized fatalities related to colchicine in hospitalized patients. Clin Toxicol (Phila). Aug 2011;49(7):648-652.Micek ST, Welch EC, Khan J, Pervez M, Doherty JA, Reichley RM, Hoppe-Bauer J, Dunne WM, Kollef MH. Resistance to empiric antimicrobial treatment predicts outcome in severe sepsis associated with Gram-negative bacteremia. J Hosp Med. Sep 2011;6(7):405-410.
9. Micek ST, Reichley RM, Kollef MH. Health care-associated pneumonia (HCAP): empiric antibiotics targeting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa predict optimal outcome. Medicine (Baltimore). Nov 2011;90(6):390-395.
10. Micek ST, Hoban AP, Pham V, Doherty JA, Kollef MH. Institutional perspective on the impact of positive blood cultures on the economic and clinical outcomes of patients with complicated skin and skin structure infections: focus on gram-positive infections. Clin Ther. Nov 2011;33(11):1759-1768 e1751.
11. Klinkenberg WD, Boslaugh S, Waterman BM, Otani K, Inguanzo JM, Gnida JC, Dunagan WC. Inpatients' willingness to recommend: a multilevel analysis. Health Care Manage Rev. Oct-Dec 2011;36(4):349-358.
12. Khawcharoenporn T, Apisarnthanarak A, Sungkanuparph S, Woeltje KF, Fraser VJ. Tuberculin skin test and isoniazid prophylaxis among health care workers in high tuberculosis prevalence areas. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. Jan 2011;15(1):14-23.
13. Keune JD, Vig S, Hall BL, Matthews BD, Klingensmith ME. Taking disclosure seriously: disclosing financial conflicts of interest at the American College of Surgeons. J Am Coll Surg. Feb 2011;212(2):215-224.
14. Johnson MT, Reichley R, Hoppe-Bauer J, Dunne WM, Micek S, Kollef M. Impact of previous antibiotic therapy on outcome of Gram-negative severe sepsis. Crit Care Med. Aug 2011;39(8):1859-1865.
15. Deal EN, Hollands JM, Riney JN, Skrupky LP, Smith JR, Reichley RM. Evaluation of therapeutic anticoagulation with enoxaparin and associated anti-Xa monitoring in patients with morbid obesity: a case series. J Thromb Thrombolysis. Aug 2011;32(2):188-194.
16. Bucher BT, Hall BL, Warner BW, Keller MS. Intussusception in children: cost-effectiveness of ultrasound vs diagnostic contrast enema. J Pediatr Surg. Jun 2011;46(6):1099-1105.
17. Bucher BT, Guth RM, Elward AM, Hamilton NA, Dillon PA, Warner BW, Keller MS. Risk factors and outcomes of surgical site infection in children. J Am Coll Surg. Jun 2011;212(6):1033-1038 e1031.

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2010  

Journal Articles, Conference Presentations and Abstracts

1. Zilberberg MD, Shorr AF, Micek ST, Chen J, Ramsey AM, Hoban AP, Pham V, Doherty JA, Mody SH, Kollef MH. Hospitalizations with healthcare-associated complicated skin and skin structure infections: impact of inappropriate empiric therapy on outcomes. J Hosp Med. Nov-Dec 2010;5(9):535-540.
2. Woeltje KF, McMullen KM. Developing information technology for infection prevention surveillance. Crit Care Med. Aug 2010;38(8 Suppl):S399-404.
3. Voora D, Koboldt DC, King CR, Lenzini PA, Eby CS, Porche-Sorbet R, Deych E, Crankshaw M, Milligan PE, McLeod HL, Patel SR, Cavallari LH, Ridker PM, Grice GR, Miller RD, Gage BF. A polymorphism in the VKORC1 regulator calumenin predicts higher warfarin dose requirements in African Americans. Clin Pharmacol Ther. Apr 2010;87(4):445-451.
4. Trovillion EW DJ, McMullen K, Zack J, Dubowski M, Mattox P, Hopkins-Broyles D, Woeltje KF. Streamlining Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Surveillance Methods. American Journal of Infection Control. 2010;38(5):1.
5. Thiel SW, Rosini JM, Shannon W, Doherty JA, Micek ST, Kollef MH. Early prediction of septic shock in hospitalized patients. J Hosp Med. Jan 2010;5(1):19-25.
6. Sarikonda KV, Micek ST, Doherty JA, Reichley RM, Warren D, Kollef MH. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization is a poor predictor of intensive care unit-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections requiring antibiotic treatment. Crit Care Med. Oct 2010;38(10):1991-1995.
7. Porembka MR, Hall BL, Hirbe M, Strasberg SM. Quantitative weighting of postoperative complications based on the accordion severity grading system: demonstration of potential impact using the american college of surgeons national surgical quality improvement program. J Am Coll Surg. Mar 2010;210(3):286-298.
8. Perkins SD, Woeltje KF, Angenent LT. Endotracheal tube biofilm inoculation of oral flora and subsequent colonization of opportunistic pathogens. Int J Med Microbiol. Nov 2010;300(7):503-511.
9. Otani K, Waterman B, Faulkner KM, Boslaugh S, Dunagan WC. How patient reactions to hospital care attributes affect the evaluation of overall quality of care, willingness to recommend, and willingness to return. J Healthc Manag. Jan-Feb 2010;55(1):25-37; discussion 38.
10. Micek ST, Welch EC, Khan J, Pervez M, Doherty JA, Reichley RM, Kollef MH. Empiric combination antibiotic therapy is associated with improved outcome against sepsis due to Gram-negative bacteria: a retrospective analysis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. May 2010;54(5):1742-1748.
11. Micek ST, Hoban AP, Pham V, Doherty JA, Zilberberg MD, Shorr AF, Kollef MH. Bacteremia increases the risk of death among patients with soft-tissue infections. Surg Infect (Larchmt). Apr 2010;11(2):169-176.
12. Marschall J, Doherty J, Warren DK. The epidemiology of recurrent Gram-negative bacteremia in a tertiary-care hospital. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. Apr 2010;66(4):456-459.
13. Loren DJ, Garbutt J, Dunagan WC, Bommarito KM, Ebers AG, Levinson W, Waterman AD, Fraser VJ, Summy EA, Gallagher TH. Risk managers, physicians, and disclosure of harmful medical errors. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. Mar 2010;36(3):101-108.
14. Lin MY, Hota B, Khan YM, Woeltje KF, Borlawsky TB, Doherty JA, Stevenson KB, Weinstein RA, Trick WE. Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection rates. JAMA. Nov 10 2010;304(18):2035-2041.
15. Lenzini P, Wadelius M, Kimmel S, Anderson JL, Jorgensen AL, Pirmohamed M, Caldwell MD, Limdi N, Burmester JK, Dowd MB, Angchaisuksiri P, Bass AR, Chen J, Eriksson N, Rane A, Lindh JD, Carlquist JF, Horne BD, Grice G, Milligan PE, Eby C, Shin J, Kim H, Kurnik D, Stein CM, McMillin G, Pendleton RC, Berg RL, Deloukas P, Gage BF. Integration of genetic, clinical, and INR data to refine warfarin dosing. Clin Pharmacol Ther. May 2010;87(5):572-578.
16. Labelle AJ, Arnold H, Reichley RM, Micek ST, Kollef MH. A comparison of culture-positive and culture-negative health-care-associated pneumonia. Chest. May 2010;137(5):1130-1137.
17. Hota B, Lin M, Doherty JA, Borlawsky T, Woeltje K, Stevenson K, Khan Y, Young J, Weinstein RA, Trick W. Formulation of a model for automating infection surveillance: algorithmic detection of central-line associated bloodstream infection. J Am Med Inform Assoc. Jan-Feb 2010;17(1):42-48.
18. Honda H, Krauss MJ, Coopersmith CM, Kollef MH, Richmond AM, Fraser VJ, Warren DK. Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization and subsequent infection in intensive care unit patients: does methicillin resistance matter? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Jun 2010;31(6):584-591.
19. Hamilton BH, Ko CY, Richards K, Hall BL. Missing data in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program are not missing at random: implications and potential impact on quality assessments. J Am Coll Surg. Feb 2010;210(2):125-139 e122.
20. Ferder NS, Eby CS, Deych E, Harris JK, Ridker PM, Milligan PE, Goldhaber SZ, King CR, Giri T, McLeod HL, Glynn RJ, Gage BF. Ability of VKORC1 and CYP2C9 to predict therapeutic warfarin dose during the initial weeks of therapy. J Thromb Haemost. Jan 2010;8(1):95-100.
21. Deal EN, Hollands JM, Reichley RM, Micek ST. Characteristics of patients with morbid obesity at an academic medical center. Am J Health Syst Pharm. Oct 1 2010;67(19):1589-1590.
22. Camins BC, Richmond AM, Dyer KL, Zimmerman HN, Coyne DW, Rothstein M, Fraser VJ. A crossover intervention trial evaluating the efficacy of a chlorhexidine-impregnated sponge in reducing catheter-related bloodstream infections among patients undergoing hemodialysis. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Nov 2010;31(11):1118-1123.
23. Butler AM, Olsen MA, Merz LR, Guth RM, Woeltje KF, Camins BC, Fraser VJ. Attributable costs of enterococcal bloodstream infections in a nonsurgical hospital cohort. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Jan 2010;31(1):28-35.
24. Babcock HM, Gemeinhart N, Jones M, Dunagan WC, Woeltje KF. Mandatory influenza vaccination of health care workers: translating policy to practice. Clin Infect Dis. Feb 15 2010;50(4):459-464.
25. Alexander BT, Hladnik LM, Augustin KM, Casabar E, McKinnon PS, Reichley RM, Ritchie DJ, Westervelt P, Dubberke ER. Use of cytomegalovirus intravenous immune globulin for the adjunctive treatment of cytomegalovirus in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Pharmacotherapy. Jun 2010;30(6):554-561.
26. Ajenjo MC, Woeltje KF, Babcock HM, Gemeinhart N, Jones M, Fraser VJ. Influenza vaccination among healthcare workers: ten-year experience of a large healthcare organization. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Mar 2010;31(3):233-240.

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2009  

Journal Articles, Conference Presentations and Abstracts

1. Zilberberg MD, Shorr AF, Micek ST, Hoban AP, Pham V, Doherty JA, Ramsey AM, Kollef MH. Epidemiology and outcomes of hospitalizations with complicated skin and skin-structure infections: implications of healthcare-associated infection risk factors. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Dec 2009;30(12):1203-1210.
2. Zilberberg MD, Shorr AF, Micek ST, Doherty JA, Kollef MH. Clostridium difficile-associated disease and mortality among the elderly critically ill. Crit Care Med. Sep 2009;37(9):2583-2589.
3. Yegge J H-BD, Leone C, Trovillion E, Woeltje K. Process Improvement Investigation Standards for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections. American Journal of Infection Control. 2009;38(5):e127.
4. Thiel SW, Asghar MF, Micek ST, Reichley RM, Doherty JA, Kollef MH. Hospital-wide impact of a standardized order set for the management of bacteremic severe sepsis. Crit Care Med. Mar 2009;37(3):819-824.
5. Skodric-Trifunovic V, Markovic-Denic L, Nagorni-Obradovic L, Vlajinac H, Woeltje KF. The risk of occupational tuberculosis in Serbian health care workers. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. May 2009;13(5):640-644.
6. Scheurich D, Woeltje K. Skin and soft tissue infections due to CA-MRSA. Mo Med. Jul-Aug 2009;106(4):274-276.
7. Richmond A, Becker C, Fields M, Thomas J, Warren D. Flash Sterilization Process Improvement and Correlation with Surgical Site Infections. American Journal of Infection Control. June 2009 2009;37(5):E124.
8. Otani K, Waterman B, Faulkner KM, Boslaugh S, Burroughs TE, Dunagan WC. Patient satisfaction: focusing on "excellent". J Healthc Manag. Mar-Apr 2009;54(2):93-102; discussion 102-103.
9. Murphy CV, Schramm GE, Doherty JA, Reichley RM, Gajic O, Afessa B, Micek ST, Kollef MH. The importance of fluid management in acute lung injury secondary to septic shock. Chest. Jul 2009;136(1):102-109.
10. Melman L, Quinlan JA, Hall BL, Brunt LM, Pierce RA, Halpin V, Eagon JC, Robertson B, Frisella M, Matthews BD. Clinical utility of routine barium esophagram after laparoscopic anterior esophageal myotomy for achalasia. Surg Endosc. Mar 2009;23(3):606-610.
11. McMullen KM, Warren DK, Woeltje KF. The changing susceptibilities of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a midwestern hospital: the emergence of "community-associated" MRSA. Am J Infect Control. Aug 2009;37(6):454-457.
12. McMullen K RA, Pratt E, Warren D. Surveillance for the Purpose of Discontinuing MRSA Contact Precautions on an Inpatient Medical Unit: An Exercise in Futility? American Journal of Infection Control. 2009;37(5):E195.
13. Martin MG, Augustin KM, Uy GL, Welch JS, Hladnik L, Goyal S, Tiwari D, Monahan RS, Reichley RM, Cashen AF, Stockerl-Goldstein K, Westervelt P, Abboud CN, Dipersio JF, Vij R. Salvage therapy for acute myeloid leukemia with fludarabine, cytarabine, and idarubicin with or without gemtuzumab ozogamicin and with concurrent or sequential G-CSF. Am J Hematol. Nov 2009;84(11):733-737.
14. Marschall J, Fraser VJ, Doherty J, Warren DK. Between community and hospital: healthcare-associated gram-negative bacteremia among hospitalized patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Nov 2009;30(11):1050-1056.
15. Kilbridge PM, Noirot LA, Reichley RM, Berchelmann KM, Schneider C, Heard KM, Nelson M, Bailey TC. Computerized surveillance for adverse drug events in a pediatric hospital. J Am Med Inform Assoc. Sep-Oct 2009;16(5):607-612.
16. Henderson KE, Recktenwald A, Reichley RM, Bailey TC, Waterman BM, Diekemper RL, Storey PE, Ireland BK, Dunagan WC. Clinical validation of the AHRQ postoperative venous thromboembolism patient safety indicator. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. Jul 2009;35(7):370-376.
17. Hall BL, Richards K, Ingraham A, Ko CY. New approaches to the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: the American College of Surgeons experience. Am J Surg. Nov 2009;198(5 Suppl):S56-62.
18. Hall BL, Bilimoria KY, Ko CY. Investigations using clinical data registries: observational studies and risk adjustment. Surgery. Jun 2009;145(6):602-610.
19. Elward AM, McAndrews JM, Young VL. Methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: preventing surgical site infections following plastic surgery. Aesthet Surg J. May-Jun 2009;29(3):232-244.
20. Devore S. Hardwiring process changes. Nursing Management. 2009;40(9):10-13.
21. Deal EN, Micek ST, Reichley RM, Ritchie DJ. Effects of an alternative cefepime dosing strategy in pulmonary and bloodstream infections caused by Enterobacter spp, Citrobacter freundii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a single-center, open-label, prospective, observational study. Clin Ther. Feb 2009;31(2):299-310.
22. Barsanti MC, Woeltje KF. Infection prevention in the intensive care unit. Infect Dis Clin North Am. Sep 2009;23(3):703-725.
23. Arnold HM, McKinnon PS, Augustin KM, Hladnik LM, Casabar E, Reichley RM, Dubberke ER, Westervelt P, Ritchie DJ. Assessment of an alternative meropenem dosing strategy compared with imipenem-cilastatin or traditional meropenem dosing after cefepime failure or intolerance in adults with neutropenic fever. Pharmacotherapy. Aug 2009;29(8):914-923.

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2008  

Journal Articles, Conference Presentations and Abstracts

1. Woeltje KF, Butler AM, Goris AJ, Tutlam NT, Doherty JA, Westover MB, Ferris V, Bailey TC. Automated surveillance for central line-associated bloodstream infection in intensive care units. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Sep 2008;29(9):842-846.
2. White AA, Gallagher TH, Krauss MJ, Garbutt J, Waterman AD, Dunagan WC, Fraser VJ, Levinson W, Larson EB. The attitudes and experiences of trainees regarding disclosing medical errors to patients. Acad Med. Mar 2008;83(3):250-256.
3. Trovillion E MK, Lucy J, Hopkins-Broyles D, Woeltje KF. Developing Best Practice Hand Hygiene Process Measures for a Large Healthcare System. American Journal of Infection Control. 2008;36(5):2.
4. Thacker SM, Grice GR, Milligan PE, Gage BF. Dosing anticoagulant therapy with coumarin drugs: is genotyping clinically useful? Yes. J Thromb Haemost. Sep 2008;6(9):1445-1449.
5. Marschall J AD, Fraser VJ, Doherty J, Warren DK. Gram-negative bacteraemia in non-ICU patients: factors associated with inadequate antibiotic therapy and impact on outcomes. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2008;61(6):8.
6. Loren DJ, Klein EJ, Garbutt J, Krauss MJ, Fraser V, Dunagan WC, Brownstein DR, Gallagher TH. Medical error disclosure among pediatricians: choosing carefully what we might say to parents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. Oct 2008;162(10):922-927.
7. Lenzini PA, Grice GR, Milligan PE, Dowd MB, Subherwal S, Deych E, Eby CS, King CR, Porche-Sorbet RM, Murphy CV, Marchand R, Millican EA, Barrack RL, Clohisy JC, Kronquist K, Gatchel SK, Gage BF. Laboratory and clinical outcomes of pharmacogenetic vs. clinical protocols for warfarin initiation in orthopedic patients. J Thromb Haemost. Oct 2008;6(10):1655-1662.
8. LaVoie DJ, Faulkner KM. Production and identification repetition priming in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. Jul 2008;15(4):523-544.
9. Kollef KE, Schramm GE, Wills AR, Reichley RM, Micek ST, Kollef MH. Predictors of 30-day mortality and hospital costs in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia attributed to potentially antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacteria. Chest. Aug 2008;134(2):281-287.
10. Kollef KE, Reichley RM, Micek ST, Kollef MH. The modified APACHE II score outperforms Curb65 pneumonia severity score as a predictor of 30-day mortality in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia. Chest. Feb 2008;133(2):363-369.
11. Holzmann-Pazgal G, Hopkins-Broyles D, Recktenwald A, Hohrein M, Kieffer P, Huddleston C, Anshuman S, Fraser V. Case-control study of pediatric cardiothoracic surgical site infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Jan 2008;29(1):76-79.
12. Grice GR, Milligan PE, Eby C, Gage BF. Pharmacogenetic dose refinement prevents warfarin overdose in a patient who is highly warfarin-sensitive. J Thromb Haemost. Jan 2008;6(1):207-209.
13. Garbutt J, Waterman AD, Kapp JM, Dunagan WC, Levinson W, Fraser V, Gallagher TH. Lost opportunities: how physicians communicate about medical errors. Health Aff (Millwood). Jan-Feb 2008;27(1):246-255.
14. Garbutt J, Milligan PE, McNaughton C, Highstein G, Waterman BM, Dunagan WC, Fraser VJ. Reducing medication prescribing errors in a teaching hospital. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. Sep 2008;34(9):528-536.
15. Gage BF, Eby C, Johnson JA, Deych E, Rieder MJ, Ridker PM, Milligan PE, Grice G, Lenzini P, Rettie AE, Aquilante CL, Grosso L, Marsh S, Langaee T, Farnett LE, Voora D, Veenstra DL, Glynn RJ, Barrett A, McLeod HL. Use of pharmacogenetic and clinical factors to predict the therapeutic dose of warfarin. Clin Pharmacol Ther. Sep 2008;84(3):326-331.
16. Finkelstein SE, Grigsby PW, Siegel BA, Dehdashti F, Moley JF, Hall BL. Combined [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) for detection of recurrent, 131I-negative thyroid cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. Jan 2008;15(1):286-292.
17. Babcock HM, Merz LR, Dubberke ER, Fraser VJ. Case-control study of clinical features of influenza in hospitalized patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Oct 2008;29(10):921-926.

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2007

Journal Articles, Conference Presentations and Abstracts 

1. Waterman AD, Garbutt J, Hazel E, Dunagan WC, Levinson W, Fraser VJ, Gallagher TH. The emotional impact of medical errors on practicing physicians in the United States and Canada. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. Aug 2007;33(8):467-476.
2. Millican EA, Lenzini PA, Milligan PE, Grosso L, Eby C, Deych E, Grice G, Clohisy JC, Barrack RL, Burnett RS, Voora D, Gatchel S, Tiemeier A, Gage BF. Genetic-based dosing in orthopedic patients beginning warfarin therapy. Blood. Sep 1 2007;110(5):1511-1515.
3. Micek ST, Kollef KE, Reichley RM, Roubinian N, Kollef MH. Health care-associated pneumonia and community-acquired pneumonia: a single-center experience. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. Oct 2007;51(10):3568-3573.
4. Marschall J, Hopkins-Broyles D, Jones M, Fraser VJ, Warren DK. Case-control study of surgical site infections associated with pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Nov 2007;28(11):1299-1304.
5. Lenzini PA, Grice GR, Milligan PE, Gatchel SK, Deych E, Eby CS, Burnett RS, Clohisy JC, Barrack RL, Gage BF. Optimal initial dose adjustment of warfarin in orthopedic patients. Ann Pharmacother. Nov 2007;41(11):1798-1804.
6. Krauss MJ, Nguyen SL, Dunagan WC, Birge S, Costantinou E, Johnson S, Caleca B, Fraser VJ. Circumstances of patient falls and injuries in 9 hospitals in a midwestern healthcare system. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. May 2007;28(5):544-550.
7. Kenneally C, Rosini JM, Skrupky LP, Doherty JA, Hollands JM, Martinez E, McKinzie WE, Murphy T, Smith JR, Micek ST, Kollef MH. Analysis of 30-day mortality for clostridium difficile-associated disease in the ICU setting. Chest. Aug 2007;132(2):418-424.
8. Jeffres MN, Isakow W, Doherty JA, Micek ST, Kollef MH. A retrospective analysis of possible renal toxicity associated with vancomycin in patients with health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia. Clin Ther. Jun 2007;29(6):1107-1115.
9. Jacobsen PA MP, Gatchel SK, Deych E, Eby C. Dose Refinement in Orthopedic Patients Beginning Warfarin Therapy. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2007.
10. Harris CB, Krauss MJ, Coopersmith CM, Avidan M, Nast PA, Kollef MH, Dunagan WC, Fraser VJ. Patient safety event reporting in critical care: a study of three intensive care units. Crit Care Med. Apr 2007;35(4):1068-1076.
11. Hall BL, Hirbe M, Yan Y, Khuri SF, Henderson WG, Hamilton BH. Thyroid and parathyroid operations in veterans affairs and selected university medical centers: results of the patient safety in surgery study. J Am Coll Surg. Jun 2007;204(6):1222-1234.
12. Hall BL, Hirbe M, Waterman B, Boslaugh S, Dunagan WC. Comparison of mortality risk adjustment using a clinical data algorithm (American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program) and an administrative data algorithm (Solucient) at the case level within a single institution. J Am Coll Surg. Dec 2007;205(6):767-777.
13. Green DW, Meyers BF, Bhalla S, Hall BL. Complete absence of the pericardium in a patient with multiple injuries. J Trauma. Sep 2007;63(3):E66-68.
14. Garbutt J, Brownstein DR, Klein EJ, Waterman A, Krauss MJ, Marcuse EK, Hazel E, Dunagan WC, Fraser V, Gallagher TH. Reporting and disclosing medical errors: pediatricians' attitudes and behaviors. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. Feb 2007;161(2):179-185.
15. Foglia EE, Fraser VJ, Elward AM. Effect of nosocomial infections due to antibiotic-resistant organisms on length of stay and mortality in the pediatric intensive care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Mar 2007;28(3):299-306.
16. Dubberke ER, Reske KA, Noble-Wang J, Thompson A, Killgore G, Mayfield J, Camins B, Woeltje K, McDonald JR, McDonald LC, Fraser VJ. Prevalence of Clostridium difficile environmental contamination and strain variability in multiple health care facilities. Am J Infect Control. Jun 2007;35(5):315-318.
17. Deal EN, Micek ST, Ritchie DJ, Reichley RM, Dunne WM, Jr., Kollef MH. Predictors of in-hospital mortality for bloodstream infections caused by Enterobacter species or Citrobacter freundii. Pharmacotherapy. Feb 2007;27(2):191-199.
18. Burroughs TE, Waterman AD, Gallagher TH, Waterman B, Jeffe DB, Dunagan WC, Garbutt J, Cohen MM, Cira J, Fraser VJ. Patients' concerns about medical errors during hospitalization. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. Jan 2007;33(1):5-14.
19. Bailey TC, Noirot LA, Blickensderfer A, Rachmiel E, Schaiff R, Kessels A, Braverman A, Goldberg A, Waterman B, Dunagan WC. An intervention to improve secondary prevention of coronary heart disease. Arch Intern Med. Mar 26 2007;167(6):586-590.

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2006

Journal Articles, Conference Presentations and Abstracts  

1. Woeltje KF. Theory and practice. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Aug 2006;27(8):791-793.
2. Warren DK, Quadir WW, Hollenbeak CS, Elward AM, Cox MJ, Fraser VJ. Attributable cost of catheter-associated bloodstream infections among intensive care patients in a nonteaching hospital. Crit Care Med. Aug 2006;34(8):2084-2089.
3. Schuerer DJ, Nast PA, Harris CB, Krauss MJ, Jones RM, Boyle WA, Buchman TG, Coopersmith CM, Dunagan WC, Fraser VJ. A new safety event reporting system improves physician reporting in the surgical intensive care unit. J Am Coll Surg. Jun 2006;202(6):881-887.
4. Schramm GE, Johnson JA, Doherty JA, Micek ST, Kollef MH. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sterile-site infection: The importance of appropriate initial antimicrobial treatment. Crit Care Med. Aug 2006;34(8):2069-2074.
5. Reddy RM, Grigsby PW, Moley JF, Hall BL. Lymph node metastases in differentiated thyroid cancer under 2 cm. Surgery. Dec 2006;140(6):1050-1054; discussion 1054-1055.
6. Paxton ES, Hamilton BH, Boyd VR, Hall BL. Impact of isolated clinical performance feedback on clinical productivity of an academic surgical faculty. J Am Coll Surg. May 2006;202(5):737-745.
7. Lavoie DJ, Willoughby L, Faulkner K. Frontal lobe dysfunction and false memory susceptibility in older adults. Exp Aging Res. Jan-Mar 2006;32(1):1-21.
8. Kuperman GJ, Reichley RM, Bailey TC. Using commercial knowledge bases for clinical decision support: opportunities, hurdles, and recommendations. J Am Med Inform Assoc. Jul-Aug 2006;13(4):369-371.
9. Klingensmith ME, Winslow ER, Hamilton BH, Hall BL. Impact of resident duty-hour reform on faculty clinical productivity. Curr Surg. Jan-Feb 2006;63(1):74-79.
10. Jeffres MN, Isakow W, Doherty JA, McKinnon PS, Ritchie DJ, Micek ST, Kollef MH. Predictors of mortality for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus health-care-associated pneumonia: specific evaluation of vancomycin pharmacokinetic indices. Chest. Oct 2006;130(4):947-955.
11. Hall BL, Campbell DA, Jr., Phillips LR, Hamilton BH. Evaluating individual surgeons based on total hospital costs: evidence for variation in both total costs and volatility of costs. J Am Coll Surg. Apr 2006;202(4):565-576.
12. Grigsby PW, Reddy RM, Moley JF, Hall BL. Contralateral papillary thyroid cancer at completion thyroidectomy has no impact on recurrence or survival after radioiodine treatment. Surgery. Dec 2006;140(6):1043-1047; discussion 1047-1049.
13. Garbutt JM, DeFer TM, Highstein G, McNaughton C, Milligan P, Fraser VF. Safe prescribing: an educational intervention for medical students. Teach Learn Med. Summer 2006;18(3):244-250.
14. Gallagher TH, Waterman AD, Garbutt JM, Kapp JM, Chan DK, Dunagan WC, Fraser VJ, Levinson W. US and Canadian physicians' attitudes and experiences regarding disclosing errors to patients. Arch Intern Med. Aug 14-28 2006;166(15):1605-1611.
15. Gallagher TH, Garbutt JM, Waterman AD, Flum DR, Larson EB, Waterman BM, Dunagan WC, Fraser VJ, Levinson W. Choosing your words carefully: how physicians would disclose harmful medical errors to patients. Arch Intern Med. Aug 14-28 2006;166(15):1585-1593.
16. Gage BF, Yan Y, Milligan PE, Waterman AD, Culverhouse R, Rich MW, Radford MJ. Clinical classification schemes for predicting hemorrhage: results from the National Registry of Atrial Fibrillation (NRAF). Am Heart J. Mar 2006;151(3):713-719.
17. Elward AM, Fraser VJ. Risk factors for nosocomial primary bloodstream infection in pediatric intensive care unit patients: a 2-year prospective cohort study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Jun 2006;27(6):553-560.
18. Babcock HM, Merz LR, Fraser VJ. Is influenza an influenza-like illness? Clinical presentation of influenza in hospitalized patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Mar 2006;27(3):266-270.

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2005 

Journal Articles, Conference Presentations and Abstracts

1. Voora D, Eby C, Linder MW, Milligan PE, Bukaveckas BL, McLeod HL, Maloney W, Clohisy J, Burnett RS, Grosso L, Gatchel SK, Gage BF. Prospective dosing of warfarin based on cytochrome P-450 2C9 genotype. Thromb Haemost. Apr 2005;93(4):700-705.
2. Trovillion E, Carroll C, McDonald J, Woeltje K. Developing Indicators to Suit the Needs of Small Hospitals in a Large Multi-Hospital System. American Journal of Infection Control. 2005;33(5):1.
3. Thomas M, Gillespie W, Krauss J, Harrison S, Medeiros R, Hawkins M, Maclean R, Woeltje KF. Focus group data as a tool in assessing effectiveness of a hand hygiene campaign. Am J Infect Control. Aug 2005;33(6):368-373.
4. Nast PA, Avidan M, Harris CB, Krauss MJ, Jacobsohn E, Petlin A, Dunagan WC, Fraser VJ. Reporting and classification of patient safety events in a cardiothoracic intensive care unit and cardiothoracic postoperative care unit. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. Oct 2005;130(4):1137.
5. Micek ST, Lloyd AE, Ritchie DJ, Reichley RM, Fraser VJ, Kollef MH. Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection: importance of appropriate initial antimicrobial treatment. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. Apr 2005;49(4):1306-1311.
6. McCollegan JL, Markovitz B. Reducing the Specimen Redraw Rate in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Pediatric Crtical Care Medicine. January 2005 2005;6(1):108.
7. Krauss MJ, Evanoff B, Hitcho E, Ngugi KE, Dunagan WC, Fischer I, Birge S, Johnson S, Costantinou E, Fraser VJ. A case-control study of patient, medication, and care-related risk factors for inpatient falls. J Gen Intern Med. Feb 2005;20(2):116-122.
8. Hall BL, Buchman TG. A visual, timeline-based display of evidence for emergency thoracotomy. J Trauma. Sep 2005;59(3):773-777.
9. Garbutt JM, Highstein G, Jeffe DB, Dunagan WC, Fraser VJ. Safe medication prescribing: training and experience of medical students and housestaff at a large teaching hospital. Acad Med. Jun 2005;80(6):594-599.
10. Garbutt J MP, McNaughton C, Waterman BM, Dunagan WC, Fraser WJ. A Practical Approach to Measure the Quality of Hand Written Medication Orders: A Tool for Improvement. Journal of Patient Safety. 2005;1:5.
11. Gage BF, Milligan PE. Pharmacology and pharmacogenetics of warfarin and other coumarins when used with supplements. Thromb Res. 2005;117(1-2):55-59; discussion 65-57.
12. Fischer ID, Krauss MJ, Dunagan WC, Birge S, Hitcho E, Johnson S, Costantinou E, Fraser VJ. Patterns and predictors of inpatient falls and fall-related injuries in a large academic hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Oct 2005;26(10):822-827.
13. Elward AM, Hollenbeak CS, Warren DK, Fraser VJ. Attributable cost of nosocomial primary bloodstream infection in pediatric intensive care unit patients. Pediatrics. Apr 2005;115(4):868-872.
14. Dunagan WC, Littenberg B, Ewald GA, Jones CA, Emery VB, Waterman BM, Silverman DC, Rogers JG. Randomized trial of a nurse-administered, telephone-based disease management program for patients with heart failure. J Card Fail. Jun 2005;11(5):358-365.
15. Desikan R, Krauss MJ, Dunagan WC, Rachmiel EC, Bailey T, Fraser VJ. Reporting of Adverse Drug Events: Examination of a Hospital Incident Reporting System Findings). Feb 2005.
16. Cosgrove SE, Fishman NO, Talbot TR, Woeltje KF, Schaffner W, Fraser VJ, McMillan JA, Perl TM. Strategies for use of a limited influenza vaccine supply. JAMA. Jan 12 2005;293(2):229-232.
17. Checchia PA, McCollegan J, Daher N, Kolovos N, Levy F, Markovitz B. The effect of surgical case volume on outcome after the Norwood procedure. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. Apr 2005;129(4):754-759.
18. Burroughs TE, Waterman BM, Gilin D, Adams D, McCollegan J, Cira J. Do on-site patient satisfaction surveys bias results? Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. Mar 2005;31(3):158-166.
19. Burroughs TE, Waterman AD, Gallagher TH, Waterman B, Adams D, Jeffe DB, Dunagan WC, Garbutt J, Cohen MM, Cira J, Inguanzo J, Fraser VJ. Patient concerns about medical errors in emergency departments. Acad Emerg Med. Jan 2005;12(1):57-64.
20. Bratton SL. Variation in Practice for Severe Asthma. Pediatric Crtical Care Medicine. January 2005 2005;6(1):1.

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2004

Journal Articles, Conference Presentations and Abstracts 

1. Waterman AD, Milligan PE, Bayer L, Banet GA, Gatchel SK, Gage BF. Effect of warfarin nonadherence on control of the International Normalized Ratio. Am J Health Syst Pharm. Jun 15 2004;61(12):1258-1264.
2. Osmon S, Harris CB, Dunagan WC, Prentice D, Fraser VJ, Kollef MH. Reporting of medical errors: an intensive care unit experience. Crit Care Med. Mar 2004;32(3):727-733.
3. McCollegan JL, Levy FH. Improving the Accuracy of Medication Delivery in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Critical Care Medicine. December 2004 2004;32(12).
4. Kennedy AM, Elward AM, Fraser VJ. Survey of knowledge, beliefs, and practices of neonatal intensive care unit healthcare workers regarding nosocomial infections, central venous catheter care, and hand hygiene. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Sep 2004;25(9):747-752.
5. Jeffe DB, Dunagan WC, Garbutt J, Burroughs TE, Gallagher TH, Hill PR, Harris CB, Bommarito K, Fraser VJ. Using focus groups to understand physicians' and nurses' perspectives on error reporting in hospitals. Jt Comm J Qual Saf. Sep 2004;30(9):471-479.
6. Gage BF, Eby C, Milligan PE, Banet GA, Duncan JR, McLeod HL. Use of pharmacogenetics and clinical factors to predict the maintenance dose of warfarin. Thromb Haemost. Jan 2004;91(1):87-94.
7. Checchia P MJ, et al. The effect of surgical case volume on outcome following the Norwood Procedure: an analysis of 29 hospitals. Society of Critical Care Medicine. February 2004 2004.
8. Babcock HM, Zack JE, Garrison T, Trovillion E, Jones M, Fraser VJ, Kollef MH. An educational intervention to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in an integrated health system: a comparison of effects. Chest. Jun 2004;125(6):2224-2231.

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2003

Journal Articles, Conference Presentations and Abstracts  

1. Schnitzler MA, Lowell JA, Hardinger KL, Boxerman SB, Bailey TC, Brennan DC. The association of cytomegalovirus sero-pairing with outcomes and costs following cadaveric renal transplantation prior to the introduction of oral ganciclovir CMV prophylaxis. Am J Transplant. Apr 2003;3(4):445-451. 
2. Olsen MA, Sundt TM, Lawton JS, Damiano RJ, Jr., Hopkins-Broyles D, Lock-Buckley P, Fraser VJ. Risk factors for leg harvest surgical site infections after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. Oct 2003;126(4):992-999.
3. Mundy LM, Leet TL, Darst K, Schnitzler MA, Dunagan WC. Early mobilization of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. Chest. Sep 2003;124(3):883-889.
4. Milligan PE, Banet GA, Gage BF. Perioperative reduction of the warfarin dose. Am J Med. Dec 15 2003;115(9):741-742.
5. Markovitz B, McCollegan J. Variability in management of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: 33 Hospital Analysis. Pediatric World Congress. July 2003 2003;4(3).
6. Markovitz B, McCollegan J. Variability in outcomes following the Norwood procedure: a 29 hospital analysis. Society of Critical Care Medicine. February 2003.
7. Fisher JF, Woeltje K, Espinel-Ingroff A, Stanfield J, DiPiro JT. Efficacy of a single intravenous dose of amphotericin B for Candida urinary tract infections: further favorable experience. Clin Microbiol Infect. Oct 2003;9(10):1024-1027.
8. Elward AM. Pediatric ventilator-associated pneumonia. Pediatr Infect Dis J. May 2003;22(5):445-446.
9. Bell GW, Rodgers JM, Grime RJ, Edwards KL, Hahn MR, Dorman ML, Keen WD, Stewart DJ, Hampton N. The accuracy of dental panoramic tomographs in determining the root morphology of mandibular third molar teeth before surgery. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. Jan 2003;95(1):119-125.
10. Banet GA, Waterman AD, Milligan PE, Gatchel SK, Gage BF. Warfarin dose reduction vs watchful waiting for mild elevations in the international normalized ratio. Chest. Feb 2003;123(2):499-503.
11. Bailey TC, Noirot LA, Christensen EM, Milligan PE, Kimmel NL, Fraser VJ, Dunagan WC. Validation of automated event triggers using laboratory values related to two problem-prone drugs. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2003:781.
12. Babcock HM, Zack JE, Garrison T, Trovillion E, Kollef MH, Fraser VJ. Ventilator-associated pneumonia in a multi-hospital system: differences in microbiology by location. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Nov 2003;24(11):853-858.
13. Babcock HM, Fraser V. Differences in percutaneous injury patterns in a multi-hospital system. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Oct 2003;24(10):731-736.
14. Babcock HM, Carroll C, Matava M, L'Ecuyer P, Fraser V. Surgical site infections after arthroscopy: Outbreak investigation and case control study. Arthroscopy. Feb 2003;19(2):172-181.

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2002  

Journal Articles, Conference Presentations and Abstracts

1. Yogaraj JS, Elward AM, Fraser VJ. Rate, risk factors, and outcomes of nosocomial primary bloodstream infection in pediatric intensive care unit patients. Pediatrics. Sep 2002;110(3):481-485.
2. Shukla SJ, Warren DK, Woeltje KF, Gruber CA, Fraser VJ. Factors associated with the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection among health-care workers at a midwestern teaching hospital. Chest. Nov 2002;122(5):1609-1614.
3. Olsen MA, Lock-Buckley P, Hopkins D, Polish LB, Sundt TM, Fraser VJ. The risk factors for deep and superficial chest surgical-site infections after coronary artery bypass graft surgery are different. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. Jul 2002;124(1):136-145.
4. Milligan PE, Banet GA, Waterman AD, Gatchel SK, Gage BF. Substitution of generic warfarin for Coumadin in an HMO setting. Ann Pharmacother. May 2002;36(5):764-768.
5. McConkey SJ, Williams M, Weiss D, Adams H, Cave MD, Yang Z, Lindner T, Bailey TC. Prospective use of molecular typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by use of restriction fragment-length polymorphism in a public tuberculosis-control program. Clin Infect Dis. Mar 1 2002;34(5):612-619.
6. Hollenbeak CS, Murphy D, Dunagan WC, Fraser VJ. Nonrandom selection and the attributable cost of surgical-site infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Apr 2002;23(4):177-182.
7. Hall BL. Nostalgia, manufacturing principles, and the future of surgery. Am J Surg. Sep 2002;184(3):261-262.
8. Elward AM, Warren DK, Fraser VJ. Ventilator-associated pneumonia in pediatric intensive care unit patients: risk factors and outcomes. Pediatrics. May 2002;109(5):758-764.
9. Dunagan WC, Murphy DM, Hollenbeak CS, Miller SB. Making the business case for infection control: pitfalls and opportunities. Am J Infect Control. Apr 2002;30(2):86-92.
10. Beyth RJ, Milligan PE, Gage BF. Risk factors for bleeding in patients taking coumarins. Curr Hematol Rep. Sep 2002;1(1):41-49.
11. Babcock HM, Matava MJ, Fraser V. Postarthroscopy surgical site infections: review of the literature. Clin Infect Dis. Jan 1 2002;34(1):65-71.

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2001

Journal Articles, Conference Presentations and Abstracts  

1. Waterman AD, Milligan PE, Banet GA, Gatchel SK, Gage BF. Establishing and running an effective telephone-based anticoagulation service. J Vasc Nurs. Dec 2001;19(4):126-132; quiz 133-124.
2. Waterman AD, Banet G, Milligan PE, Frazier A, Verzino E, Walton B, Gage BF. Patient and physician satisfaction with a telephone-based anticoagulation service. J Gen Intern Med. Jul 2001;16(7):460-463.
3. Warren DK, Zack JE, Elward AM, Cox MJ, Fraser VJ. Nosocomial primary bloodstream infections in intensive care unit patients in a nonteaching community medical center: a 21-month prospective study. Clin Infect Dis. Oct 15 2001;33(8):1329-1335.
4. Bailey TC, Troy McMullin S. Using information systems technology to improve antibiotic prescribing. Crit Care Med. Apr 2001;29(4 Suppl):N87-91.
5. Babcock HM, Ritchie DJ, Christiansen E, Starlin R, Little R, Stanley S. Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus endocarditis with oral linezolid. Clin Infect Dis. May 1 2001;32(9):1373-1375.

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2000

Journal Articles, Conference Presentations and Abstracts  

1. Hollenbeak CS, Murphy DM, Koenig S, Woodward RS, Dunagan WC, Fraser VJ. The clinical and economic impact of deep chest surgical site infections following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Chest. Aug 2000;118(2):397-402.
2. Burroughs TE, Cira JC, Chartock P, Davies AR, Dunagan WC. Using root cause analysis to address patient satisfaction and other improvement opportunities. Jt Comm J Qual Improv. Aug 2000;26(8):439-449.
3. Bailey TC. Real-time notification of medication errors. Health Manag Technol. Jun 2000;21(6):24-26.

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1990s  

Journal Articles, Conference Presentations and Abstracts

1. McMullin ST, Reichley RM, Watson LA, Steib SA, Frisse ME, Bailey TC. Impact of a Web-based clinical information system on cisapride drug interactions and patient safety. Arch Intern Med. Sep 27 1999;159(17):2077-2082.
2. McMullin ST, Hennenfent JA, Ritchie DJ, Huey WY, Lonergan TP, Schaiff RA, Tonn ME, Bailey TC. A prospective, randomized trial to assess the cost impact of pharmacist-initiated interventions. Arch Intern Med. Oct 25 1999;159(19):2306-2309.
3. Burroughs TE, Davies AR, Cira JC, Dunagan WC. Understanding patient willingness to recommend and return: a strategy for prioritizing improvement opportunities. Jt Comm J Qual Improv. Jun 1999;25(6):271-287.
4. Woeltje KF, Mathew A, Rothstein M, Seiler S, Fraser VJ. Tuberculosis infection and anergy in hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis. May 1998;31(5):848-852.
5. Woeltje KF, Fraser VJ. Preventing nosocomial infections in the intensive care unit--lessons learned from outcomes research. New Horiz. Feb 1998;6(1):84-90.
6. Woeltje KF. Tuberculosis: what you don't know can hurt you. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Sep 1998;19(9):626-628.
7. L'Ecuyer PB, Woeltje KF, Seiler SM, Fraser VJ. Management and outcome of tuberculosis in two St Louis hospitals, 1988 to 1994. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Nov 1998;19(11):836-841.
8. Woeltje KF, L'Ecuyer PB, Seiler S, Fraser VJ. Varied approaches to tuberculosis control in a multihospital system. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Aug 1997;18(8):548-553.
9. Woeltje KF, Kilo CM, Johnson K, Primack J, Fraser VJ. Tuberculin skin testing of hospitalized patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Aug 1997;18(8):561-565.
10. Schnitzler MA, Woodward RS, Mundy LM, Sutter RD, Boxerman SB, Dunagan WC. Impact of risk adjustment estimators on ranking physician costs for pneumonia. Best Pract Benchmarking Healthc. Mar-Apr 1997;2(2):82-87.
11. Schnitzler MA, Woodward RS, Brennan DC, Spitznagel EL, Dunagan WC, Bailey TC. Impact of cytomegalovirus serology on graft survival in living related kidney transplantation: implications for donor selection. Surgery. May 1997;121(5):563-568.
12. Schnitzler MA, Woodward RS, Brennan DC, Spitznagel EL, Dunagan WC, Bailey TC. The effects of cytomegalovirus serology on graft and recipient survival in cadaveric renal transplantation: implications for organ allocation. Am J Kidney Dis. Mar 1997;29(3):428-434.
13. Schnitzler MA, Woodward RS, Brennan DC, Phelan DL, Spitznagel EL, Boxerman SB, Dunagan WC, Bailey TC. Cytomegalovirus and HLA-A, B, and DR locus interactions: impact on renal transplant graft survival. Am J Kidney Dis. Dec 1997;30(6):766-771.
14. McMullin ST, Reichley RM, Kahn MG, Dunagan WC, Bailey TC. Automated system for identifying potential dosage problems at a large university hospital. Am J Health Syst Pharm. Mar 1 1997;54(5):545-549.
15. Bailey TC, Ritchie DJ, McMullin ST, Kahn M, Reichley RM, Casabar E, Shannon W, Dunagan WC. A randomized, prospective evaluation of an interventional program to discontinue intravenous antibiotics at two tertiary care teaching institutions. Pharmacotherapy. Mar-Apr 1997;17(2):277-281.
16. Bailey TC, Little JR, Littenberg B, Reichley RM, Dunagan WC. A meta-analysis of extended-interval dosing versus multiple daily dosing of aminoglycosides. Clin Infect Dis. May 1997;24(5):786-795.
17. Woodward RS, Boxerman SB, Schnitzler MA, Dunagan WC. Optimum investments in project evaluations: when are cost-effectiveness analyses cost-effective? J Med Syst. Dec 1996;20(6):385-393.
18. Kahn MG, Steib SA, Dunagan WC, Fraser VJ. Monitoring expert system performance using continuous user feedback. J Am Med Inform Assoc. May-Jun 1996;3(3):216-223.
19. Kahn MG, Bailey TC, Steib SA, Fraser VJ, Dunagan WC. Statistical process control methods for expert system performance monitoring. J Am Med Inform Assoc. Jul-Aug 1996;3(4):258-269.
20. Steib SA, Reichley RM, McMullin ST, Marrs KA, Bailey TC, Dunagan WC, Kahn MG. Supporting ad-hoc queries in an integrated clinical database. Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. 1995:62-66.
21. Reichley RM, Ritchie DJ, Bailey TC. Analysis of various creatinine clearance formulas in predicting gentamicin elimination in patients with low serum creatinine. Pharmacotherapy. Sep-Oct 1995;15(5):625-630.
22. Jett BD, Ritchie DJ, Reichley R, Bailey TC, Sahm DF. In vitro activities of various beta-lactam antimicrobial agents against clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. resistant to oxyimino cephalosporins. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. May 1995;39(5):1187-1190.
23. Bailey TC, Fraser VJ, Spitznagel EL, Dunagan WC. Risk factors for a positive tuberculin skin test among employees of an urban, midwestern teaching hospital. Ann Intern Med. Apr 15 1995;122(8):580-585.
24. Bailey TC, Buller RS, Ettinger NA, Trulock EP, Gaudreault-Keener M, Langlois TM, Fornoff JE, Cooper JD, Storch GA. Quantitative analysis of cytomegalovirus viremia in lung transplant recipients. J Infect Dis. Apr 1995;171(4):1006-1010.
25. Storch GA, Buller RS, Bailey TC, Ettinger NA, Langlois T, Gaudreault-Keener M, Welby PL. Comparison of PCR and pp65 antigenemia assay with quantitative shell vial culture for detection of cytomegalovirus in blood leukocytes from solid-organ transplant recipients. J Clin Microbiol. Apr 1994;32(4):997-1003.
26. Fichtenbaum CJ, Woeltje KF, Powderly WG. Serious Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: a case-control study. Clin Infect Dis. Sep 1994;19(3):417-422.
27. Kahn MG, Steib SA, Fraser VJ, Dunagan WC. An expert system for culture-based infection control surveillance. Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. 1993:171-175.
28. Ettinger NA, Bailey TC, Trulock EP, Storch GA, Anderson D, Raab S, Spitznagel EL, Dresler C, Cooper JD. Cytomegalovirus infection and pneumonitis. Impact after isolated lung transplantation. Washington University Lung Transplant Group. Am Rev Respir Dis. Apr 1993;147(4):1017-1023.
29. Bailey TC, Powderly WG, Storch GA, Miller SB, Dunkel JD, Woodward RS, Spitznagel E, Hanto DW, Dunagan WC. Symptomatic cytomegalovirus infection in renal transplant recipients given either Minnesota antilymphoblast globulin (MALG) or OKT3 for rejection prophylaxis. Am J Kidney Dis. Feb 1993;21(2):196-201.
30. Bailey TC, Ettinger NA, Storch GA, Trulock EP, Hanto DW, Dunagan WC, Jendrisak MD, McCullough CS, Kenzora JL, Powderly WG. Failure of high-dose oral acyclovir with or without immune globulin to prevent primary cytomegalovirus disease in recipients of solid organ transplants. Am J Med. Sep 1993;95(3):273-278.
31. Bailey TC. Prevention of cytomegalovirus disease. Semin Respir Infect. Sep 1993;8(3):225-232.
32. Buller RS, Bailey TC, Ettinger NA, Keener M, Langlois T, Miller JP, Storch GA. Use of a modified shell vial technique to quantitate cytomegalovirus viremia in a population of solid-organ transplant recipients. J Clin Microbiol. Oct 1992;30(10):2620-2624.
33. Bailey TC, Trulock EP, Ettinger NA, Storch GA, Cooper JD, Powderly WG. Failure of prophylactic ganciclovir to prevent cytomegalovirus disease in recipients of lung transplants. J Infect Dis. Mar 1992;165(3):548-552.
34. Bailey TC, Reichley RM. Investigation of a computer virus outbreak in the pharmacy of a tertiary care teaching hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Oct 1992;13(10):594-598.
35. McGarry JD, Sen A, Esser V, Woeltje KF, Weis B, Foster DW. New insights into the mitochondrial carnitine palmitoyltransferase enzyme system. Biochimie. Jan 1991;73(1):77-84.
36. Woeltje KF, Esser V, Weis BC, Sen A, Cox WF, McPhaul MJ, Slaughter CA, Foster DW, McGarry JD. Cloning, sequencing, and expression of a cDNA encoding rat liver mitochondrial carnitine palmitoyltransferase II. J Biol Chem. Jun 25 1990;265(18):10720-10725.
37. Woeltje KF, Esser V, Weis BC, Cox WF, Schroeder JG, Liao ST, Foster DW, McGarry JD. Inter-tissue and inter-species characteristics of the mitochondrial carnitine palmitoyltransferase enzyme system. J Biol Chem. Jun 25 1990;265(18):10714-10719.
38. McGarry JD, Woeltje KF, Schroeder JG, Cox WF, Foster DW. Carnitine palmitoyltransferase--structure/function/regulatory relationships. Prog Clin Biol Res. 1990;321:193-208.
39. Bailey TC. Viral infection and HIV disease. Mo Med. May 1990;87(5):287-290.
40. McGarry JD, Woeltje KF, Kuwajima M, Foster DW. Regulation of ketogenesis and the renaissance of carnitine palmitoyltransferase. Diabetes Metab Rev. May 1989;5(3):271-284.
41. Woeltje KF, Kuwajima M, Foster DW, McGarry JD. Characterization of the mitochondrial carnitine palmitoyltransferase enzyme system. II. Use of detergents and antibodies. J Biol Chem. Jul 15 1987;262(20):9822-9827.
42. Apisarnthanarak A, Khawcharoenporn T, Woeltje KF, Warren DK. Hospital flood preparedness: a survey of 15 provinces in central Thailand. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Sep 2012;33(9):952-954.
43. Kirmani N WK, Babcock H. The Washington Manual of Infectious Diseases, 2nd Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2012.
44. Wieland WB WKEM. Endemic Mycoses. In: Kirmani N WK, Babcock H, ed. The Washington Manual of Infectious Diseases, 2nd Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2012.

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