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Enhancing medication use safety: benefits of learning from your peers.

Kazandjian VA, Ogunbo S, Wicker KG, Vaida AJ, Pipesh F.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2009 Oct;18(5):331-5.PMID: 19812093 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

[Measurement in public health: what pulmonary tuberculosis management has taught us]

Patrick Chaulk C, Kazandjian VA, Vallejo Gutiérrez P.

Gac Sanit. 2008 Jul-Aug;22(4):362-70. Spanish. PMID: 18755089 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Safety is part of quality: a proposal for a continuum in performance measurement.

Kazandjian VA, Wicker KG, Matthes N, Ogunbo S.

J Eval Clin Pract. 2008 Apr;14(2):354-9.PMID: 18324943 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Does a Cesarean section delivery always cost more than a vaginal delivery?

Kazandjian VA, Chaulk CP, Ogunbo S, Wicker K.

J Eval Clin Pract. 2007 Feb;13(1):16-20.PMID: 17286718 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Understanding safer practices in health care: a prologue for the role of indicators.

Kazandjian VA, Wicker K, Ogunbo S, Silverman N.

J Eval Clin Pract. 2005 Apr;11(2):161-70.PMID: 15813713 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Moving beyond randomized controlled trials.

Chaulk CP, Kazandjian VA.

Am J Public Health. 2004 Sep;94(9):1476. No abstract available. PMID: 15333296 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Local evaluation of quality using generic measurement tools]

Kazandjian VA, Vallejo P.

Gac Sanit. 2004 May-Jun;18(3):225-34. Review. Spanish. PMID: 15228922 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Does appropriate prescribing result in safer care?

Kazandjian VA.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2004 Feb;13(1):9-10. No abstract available. PMID: 14757791 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Are performance indicators generic? The international experience of the Quality Indicator Project.

Kazandjian VA, Matthes N, Wicker KG.

J Eval Clin Pract. 2003 May;9(2):265-76.PMID: 12787190 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Can the sum of projects end up in a program? The strategies that shape quality of care research.

Kazandjian VA.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2002 Sep;11(3):212-3. No abstract available. PMID: 12486982 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

When you hear hoofs, think horses, not zebras: an evidence-based model of health care accountability.

Kazandjian VA.

J Eval Clin Pract. 2002 May;8(2):205-13.PMID: 12180368 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Errors: can indicators measure the magnitude?

Kazandjian VA, Matthes N, Thomas T.

J Eval Clin Pract. 2001 May;7(2):253-60.PMID: 11489048 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Indicators of performance: are errors the initial driving force?

Kazandjian VA.

Md Med. 2000 Summer;1(3):19, 37. No abstract available. PMID: 10941241 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of risk adjusted clinical outcomes methodology--quality measures on hospital mortality data: a statistical and case study approach.

Lied TR, Kazandjian VA, Hohman SF.

Am J Med Qual. 1999 Nov-Dec;14(6):255-61.PMID: 10624030 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Performance: a multi-disciplinary and conceptual model.

Lied TR, Kazandjian VA.

J Eval Clin Pract. 1999 Nov;5(4):393-400. Review.PMID: 10579703 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A new learning environment: combining clinical research with quality improvement.

Pronovost PJ, Kazandjian VA.

J Eval Clin Pract. 1999 Feb;5(1):33-40.PMID: 10468382 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Power to the people: taking the assessment of physician performance outside the profession.

Kazandjian VA.

CMAJ. 1999 Jul 13;161(1):44-5. No abstract available. PMID: 10420865 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A Hawthorne strategy: implications for performance measurement and improvement.

Lied TR, Kazandjian VA.

Clin Perform Qual Health Care. 1998 Oct-Dec;6(4):201-4.PMID: 10351289 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Defining appropriateness: the challenge of knowing the difference.

Kazandjian VA.

Qual Health Care. 1998 Dec;7(4):228-31. No abstract available. PMID: 10339026 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cesarean section rates: effects of participation in a performance measurement project.

Kazandjian VA, Lied TR.

Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 1998 Apr;24(4):187-96.PMID: 9589331 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Directly observed therapy for treatment completion of pulmonary tuberculosis: Consensus Statement of the Public Health Tuberculosis Guidelines Panel.

Chaulk CP, Kazandjian VA.

JAMA. 1998 Mar 25;279(12):943-8. Review. Erratum in: JAMA 1998 Jul 8;280(2):134. PMID: 9544769 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The study of forests and ecosystems: how to grow better trees: a commentary on performance evaluation and improvement strategies in health care.

Kazandjian VA.

J Eval Clin Pract. 1997 Aug;3(3):235-8. No abstract available. PMID: 9406112 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Genetic polymorphisms and breast cancer risk.

Kazandjian VA.

JAMA. 1997 Feb 19;277(7):533; author reply 534. No abstract available. PMID: 9032157 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Maryland Hospital Quality Indicator Project in the United Kingdom: an approach for promoting continuous quality improvement.

Thomson RG, McElroy H, Kazandjian VA.

Qual Health Care. 1997 Mar;6(1):49-55. No abstract available. PMID: 10166603 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The contribution of epidemiology to CQI: a commentary.

Kazandjian VA.

Int J Qual Health Care. 1996 Aug;8(4):351-7. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 8938496 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Do performance indicators make a difference?

Kazandjian VA, Thomson RG, Law WR, Waldron K.

Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 1996 Jul;22(7):482-91.PMID: 8858419 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The future of outcomes research may benefit from the evolution of medical critical thinking.

Kazandjian VA.

Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 1995 Oct;21(10):553-7. No abstract available. PMID: 8556113 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Balancing science and practice in indicator development: the Maryland Hospital Association Quality Indicator (QI) project.

Kazandjian VA, Wood P, Lawthers J.

Int J Qual Health Care. 1995 Mar;7(1):39-46.PMID: 7640917 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

From Red Adair to Smokey Bear: the renaissance of common sense in health care.

Kazandjian VA.

Clin Perform Qual Health Care. 1995 Jan-Mar;3(1):48-50. No abstract available. PMID: 10141399 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hysterectomy and race.

Kjerulff KH, Guzinski GM, Langenberg PW, Stolley PD, Moye NE, Kazandjian VA.

Obstet Gynecol. 1993 Nov;82(5):757-64.PMID: 8414322 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Relating outcomes to processes of care: the Maryland Hospital Association's Quality Indicator Project (QI Project).

Kazandjian VA, Lawthers J, Cernak CM, Pipesh FC.

Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 1993 Nov;19(11):530-8.PMID: 8313016 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Quality assurance is dead--long live quality improvement! (Or is it?).

Kazandjian VA.

Clin Perform Qual Health Care. 1993 Apr-Jun;1(2):101-4. No abstract available. PMID: 10135612 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Geographic variation in lumbar diskectomy: a protocol for evaluation.

Barron M, Kazandjian VA.

QRB Qual Rev Bull. 1992 Mar;18(3):98-107.PMID: 1603577 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Performance indicators: pointer dogs in disguise--a commentary.

Kazandjian VA.

J Am Med Rec Assoc. 1991 Sep;62(9):34-6.PMID: 10112933 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Characteristics of multiple admissions.

Corrigan JM, Kazandjian VA.

J Am Med Rec Assoc. 1991 Mar;62(3):37-47. No abstract available. PMID: 10113521 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Will the real QA please stand up?

Kazandjian VA.

J Am Med Rec Assoc. 1990 Jul;61(7):43-7.PMID: 10105159 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cesarean section guidelines: the Maryland experience.

Kazandjian VA, Summer SJ.

JAMA. 1990 Mar 16;263(11):1491. No abstract available. PMID: 2308175 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Standards and norms in small area analysis.

Kazandjian VA, Hudson J.

Md Med J. 1990 Mar;39(3):249-51.PMID: 2319912 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The extremal quotient in small-area variation analysis.

Kazandjian VA, Durance PW, Schork MA.

Health Serv Res. 1989 Dec;24(5):665-84.PMID: 2584039 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

In search of quality, Part IV: The Maryland Hospital Association Quality Indicator project. Interview by Ann E. Buckland.

Summer SJ, Kazandjian VA.

J Am Med Rec Assoc. 1989 Oct;60(10):34-8. No abstract available. PMID: 10295500 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluating the appropriateness of care: a study of cesarean section rates.

Kazandjian VA, Summer SJ.

QRB Qual Rev Bull. 1989 Jul;15(7):206-14. Erratum in: QRB Qual Rev Bull 1989 Sep;15(9):294-6. Kazandjian JA [corrected to Kazandjian VA]. PMID: 2771383 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

What physicians should know about small area variation analysis.

Kazandjian VA, Dans PE, Scherlis L.

Md Med J. 1989 Jun;38(6):477-81.PMID: 2739513 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Smoking, body weight, level of fatness.

Kazandjian VA.

Am J Public Health. 1987 Sep;77(9):1229-30. No abstract available. PMID: 3618865 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The epidemiology of infant deaths in the Armenian parish records of Lebanon.

Armenian HK, Zurayk HC, Kazandjian VA.

Int J Epidemiol. 1986 Sep;15(3):373-8.PMID: 3771075 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles