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Timely follow-up of abnormal diagnostic imaging test results in an outpatient setting: are electronic medical records achieving their potential?

Singh H, Thomas EJ, Mani S, Sittig D, Arora H, Espadas D, Khan MM, Petersen LA.

Arch Intern Med. 2009 Sep 28;169(17):1578-86.PMID: 19786677 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The association of medicare drug coverage with use of evidence-based medications in the Veterans Health Administration.

Johnson ML, Petersen LA, Sundaravaradan R, Byrne MM, Hasche JC, Osemene NI, Wei II, Morgan RO.

Ann Pharmacother. 2009 Oct;43(10):1565-75. Epub 2009 Aug 25.PMID: 19706740 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Missed opportunities to initiate endoscopic evaluation for colorectal cancer diagnosis.

Singh H, Daci K, Petersen LA, Collins C, Petersen NJ, Shethia A, El-Serag HB.

Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Oct;104(10):2543-54. Epub 2009 Jun 23.PMID: 19550418 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Will hypertension performance measures used for pay-for-performance programs penalize those who care for medically complex patients?

Petersen LA, Woodard LD, Henderson LM, Urech TH, Pietz K.

Circulation. 2009 Jun 16;119(23):2978-85. Epub 2009 Jun 1.PMID: 19487595 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prescription errors and outcomes related to inconsistent information transmitted through computerized order entry: a prospective study.

Singh H, Mani S, Espadas D, Petersen N, Franklin V, Petersen LA.

Arch Intern Med. 2009 May 25;169(10):982-9.PMID: 19468092 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The neglected purpose of comparative-effectiveness research.

Naik AD, Petersen LA.

N Engl J Med. 2009 May 7;360(19):1929-31. No abstract available. PMID: 19420362 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

VHA pharmacy use in veterans with Medicare drug coverage.

Morgan RO, Petersen LA, Hasche JC, Davila JA, Byrne MM, Osemene NI, Wei II, Johnson ML.

Am J Manag Care. 2009 Mar 16;15(3):e1-8.PMID: 19298095 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Using a multifaceted approach to improve the follow-up of positive fecal occult blood test results.

Singh H, Kadiyala H, Bhagwath G, Shethia A, El-Serag H, Walder A, Velez ME, Petersen LA.

Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Apr;104(4):942-52. Epub 2009 Mar 17.PMID: 19293786 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Method to develop health care peer groups for quality and financial comparisons across hospitals.

Byrne MM, Daw CN, Nelson HA, Urech TH, Pietz K, Petersen LA.

Health Serv Res. 2009 Apr;44(2 Pt 1):577-92. Epub 2008 Nov 4.PMID: 19178585 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Quality of depression care and its impact on health service use and mortality among veterans.

Cully JA, Zimmer M, Khan MM, Petersen LA.

Psychiatr Serv. 2008 Dec;59(12):1399-405.PMID: 19033166 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Does poorer familiarity with Medicare translate into worse access to health care?

Morgan RO, Teal CR, Hasche JC, Petersen LA, Byrne MM, Paterniti DA, Virnig BA.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Nov;56(11):2053-60.PMID: 19016939 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reducing diagnostic errors through effective communication: harnessing the power of information technology.

Singh H, Naik AD, Rao R, Petersen LA.

J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Apr;23(4):489-94.PMID: 18373151 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Knowledge and awareness of peripheral vascular disease are poor among women at risk for cardiovascular disease.

Bush RL, Kallen MA, Liles DR, Bates JT, Petersen LA.

J Surg Res. 2008 Apr;145(2):313-9. Epub 2008 Jan 28.PMID: 18222479 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pay for performance in myocardial infarction: are we reaping the rewards?

Petersen LA.

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008 Mar;5(3):134-5. Epub 2007 Dec 4. No abstract available. PMID: 18059383 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Chronic kidney disease is associated with angiographic coronary artery disease.

Chonchol M, Whittle J, Desbien A, Orner MB, Petersen LA, Kressin NR.

Am J Nephrol. 2008;28(2):354-60. Epub 2007 Nov 29.PMID: 18046083 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Errors in cancer diagnosis: current understanding and future directions.

Singh H, Sethi S, Raber M, Petersen LA.

J Clin Oncol. 2007 Nov 1;25(31):5009-18. Review.PMID: 17971601 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Medical errors involving trainees: a study of closed malpractice claims from 5 insurers.

Singh H, Thomas EJ, Petersen LA, Studdert DM.

Arch Intern Med. 2007 Oct 22;167(19):2030-6.PMID: 17954795 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The effect of referral and transfer patients on hospital funding in a capitated health care delivery system.

Pietz K, Byrne MM, Daw C, Petersen LA.

Med Care. 2007 Oct;45(10):951-8.PMID: 17890992 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Do financial incentives in a globally budgeted healthcare payment system produce changes in the way patients are categorized? A five-year study.

Petersen LA, Urech TH, Byrne MM, Pietz K.

Am J Manag Care. 2007 Sep;13(9):513-22.PMID: 17803365 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pay for performance is growing up.

Profit J, Petersen LA.

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Jul;161(7):713-4. No abstract available. PMID: 17606837 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Estimating cost savings from regionalizing cardiac procedures using hospital discharge data.

Ho V, Petersen LA.

Cost Eff Resour Alloc. 2007 Jun 29;5:7.PMID: 17603890 [PubMed]Related articlesFree article

Implementing pay-for-performance in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Profit J, Zupancic JA, Gould JB, Petersen LA.

Pediatrics. 2007 May;119(5):975-82. Review.PMID: 17473099 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Communication outcomes of critical imaging results in a computerized notification system.

Singh H, Arora HS, Vij MS, Rao R, Khan MM, Petersen LA.

J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007 Jul-Aug;14(4):459-66. Epub 2007 Apr 25.PMID: 17460135 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Comparing self-reported health status and diagnosis-based risk adjustment to predict 1- and 2 to 5-year mortality.

Pietz K, Petersen LA.

Health Serv Res. 2007 Apr;42(2):629-43.PMID: 17362210 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Functional status outcomes among white and African-American cardiac patients in an equal access system.

Kressin NR, Glickman ME, Peterson ED, Whittle J, Orner MB, Petersen LA.

Am Heart J. 2007 Mar;153(3):418-25.PMID: 17307422 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A quasi-experimental test of an intervention to increase the use of thiazide-based treatment regimens for people with hypertension.

Ashton CM, Khan MM, Johnson ML, Walder A, Stanberry E, Beyth RJ, Collins TC, Gordon HS, Haidet P, Kimmel B, Kolpakchi A, Lu LB, Naik AD, Petersen LA, Singh H, Wray NP.

Implement Sci. 2007 Feb 13;2:5.PMID: 17298669 [PubMed]Related articlesFree article

Identifying diagnostic errors in primary care using an electronic screening algorithm.

Singh H, Thomas EJ, Khan MM, Petersen LA.

Arch Intern Med. 2007 Feb 12;167(3):302-8.PMID: 17296888 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Quality of life and peripheral arterial disease.

Liles DR, Kallen MA, Petersen LA, Bush RL.

J Surg Res. 2006 Dec;136(2):294-301. Epub 2006 Oct 13. Review.PMID: 17046794 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Health care funding levels and patient outcomes: a national study.

Byrne MM, Pietz K, Woodard L, Petersen LA.

Health Econ. 2007 Apr;16(4):385-93.PMID: 16998784 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A decision-theoretic approach to identifying future high-cost patients.

Pietz K, Byrne MM, Petersen LA.

Med Care. 2006 Sep;44(9):842-9.PMID: 16932136 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Propensity score analysis in observational studies: outcomes after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

Johnson ML, Bush RL, Collins TC, Lin PH, Liles DR, Henderson WG, Khuri SF, Petersen LA.

Am J Surg. 2006 Sep;192(3):336-43.PMID: 16920428 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Does pay-for-performance improve the quality of health care?

Petersen LA, Woodard LD, Urech T, Daw C, Sookanan S.

Ann Intern Med. 2006 Aug 15;145(4):265-72. Review.PMID: 16908917 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of using information from only one system for dually eligible health care users.

Byrne MM, Kuebeler M, Pietz K, Petersen LA.

Med Care. 2006 Aug;44(8):768-73.PMID: 16862039 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Understanding diagnostic errors in medicine: a lesson from aviation.

Singh H, Petersen LA, Thomas EJ.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2006 Jun;15(3):159-64.PMID: 16751463 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Racial differences in prevalence of coronary obstructions among men with positive nuclear imaging studies.

Whittle J, Kressin NR, Peterson ED, Orner MB, Glickman M, Mazzella M, Petersen LA.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 May 16;47(10):2034-41. Epub 2006 Apr 24.PMID: 16697322 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Outcomes after acute coronary syndrome admission to primary versus tertiary Veterans Affairs medical centers: the Veterans Affairs Access to Cardiology study.

Rumsfeld JS, Magid DJ, Peterson ED, Plomondon ME, Petersen LA, Grunwald GK, Every NR, Sales AE.

Am Heart J. 2006 Jan;151(1):32-8.PMID: 16368288 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Are primary care services a substitute or complement for specialty and inpatient services?

Fortney JC, Steffick DE, Burgess JF Jr, Maciejewski ML, Petersen LA.

Health Serv Res. 2005 Oct;40(5 Pt 1):1422-42.PMID: 16174141 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Does resident hours reduction have an impact on surgical outcomes?

Kaafarani HM, Itani KM, Petersen LA, Thornby J, Berger DH.

J Surg Res. 2005 Jun 15;126(2):167-71.PMID: 15919415 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Racial differences in attitudes regarding cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment: a qualitative study.

Woodard LD, Hernandez MT, Lees E, Petersen LA.

Patient Educ Couns. 2005 May;57(2):225-31.PMID: 15911197 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of the predictive validity of diagnosis-based risk adjusters for clinical outcomes.

Petersen LA, Pietz K, Woodard LD, Byrne M.

Med Care. 2005 Jan;43(1):61-7.PMID: 15626935 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Is lipid-lowering therapy underused by African Americans at high risk of coronary heart disease within the VA health care system?

Woodard LD, Kressin NR, Petersen LA.

Am J Public Health. 2004 Dec;94(12):2112-7.PMID: 15569962 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Racial differences in cardiac catheterization as a function of patients' beliefs.

Kressin NR, Chang BH, Whittle J, Peterson ED, Clark JA, Rosen AK, Orner M, Collins TC, Alley LG, Petersen LA.

Am J Public Health. 2004 Dec;94(12):2091-7.PMID: 15569959 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Use of smoking cessation interventions and aspirin for secondary prevention: are there racial disparities?

Ambriz EH, Woodard LD, Kressin NR, Petersen LA.

Am J Med Qual. 2004 Jul-Aug;19(4):166-71.PMID: 15368781 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Barriers to proliferation of electronic medical records.

Valdes I, Kibbe DC, Tolleson G, Kunik ME, Petersen LA.

Inform Prim Care. 2004;12(1):3-9.PMID: 15140347 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Getting funded. Career development awards for aspiring clinical investigators.

Gill TM, McDermott MM, Ibrahim SA, Petersen LA, Doebbeling BN.

J Gen Intern Med. 2004 May;19(5 Pt 1):472-8.PMID: 15109347 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Metcalfe's law predicts reduced power of Electronic Medical Record software.

Valdes I, Kibbe D, Tolleson G, Kunik M, Petersen LA.

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2003:1038.PMID: 14728541 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Regionalization and the underuse of angiography in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System as compared with a fee-for-service system.

Petersen LA, Normand SL, Leape LL, McNeil BJ.

N Engl J Med. 2003 May 29;348(22):2209-17.PMID: 12773649 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Process of care and outcome after acute myocardial infarction for patients with mental illness in the VA health care system: are there disparities?

Petersen LA, Normand SL, Druss BG, Rosenheck RA.

Health Serv Res. 2003 Feb;38(1 Pt 1):41-63.PMID: 12650380 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Racial and ethnic disparities in the use of health services: bias, preferences, or poor communication?

Ashton CM, Haidet P, Paterniti DA, Collins TC, Gordon HS, O'Malley K, Petersen LA, Sharf BF, Suarez-Almazor ME, Wray NP, Street RL Jr.

J Gen Intern Med. 2003 Feb;18(2):146-52.PMID: 12542590 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Measuring errors and adverse events in health care.

Thomas EJ, Petersen LA.

J Gen Intern Med. 2003 Jan;18(1):61-7.PMID: 12534766 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article