2010

• M S Stefan, J M  Blackwell, K M Crawford. Patients' Attitudes Toward and Factors Predictive of HIV Testing in Academic Medical Clinics. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences.  [In Press]

• S Hussain, M Stefan, M Rothberg. Why Do Physicians Prescribe Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis to General Medicine Patients. Southern Medical Journal.  [In Press]

• Rothberg MB, Pekow P, Lahti M, Brody O, Skiest D, Lindenauer P. Comparative Effectiveness of Macrolides and Quinolones for Patients Hospitalized with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. J. Hosp Med. [In Press]

• Auerbach AD, Hilton JF, Maselli J, Pekow PS, Rothberg MB, Lindenauer PK. Case-volume, quality of care, and care efficiency in coronary artery bypass surgery. Arch. Int. Med. [In Press]

• Hussein S, Stefan M, Rothberg MB. Why Do Physicians Prescribe Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis to General Medicine Patients? Southern Med. J. [In Press]

• Lindenauer PK, Pekow PS, Lahti MC, Lee Y, Benjamin EM, Rothberg MB. Association of corticosteroid dose and route of administration with risk of treatment failure in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. JAMA. 2010;303(23):2359-2367. PubMed

• Hinchey KT and Rothberg MB. Can residents learn to be good doctors without harming patients? J Gen Int Med. [In Press]

• Fitzgerald J. VTE: Are We Doing Enough? Journal of Orthopedic Nursing Vol 33 No 5. August/ Sept 2010. [In Press]  

• Stein BD, Charbeneau JT, Lee TA, Schumock GT, Lindenauer PK, Bautista A, Lauderdale DS, Naureckas ET, Krishnan JA. Hospitalizations for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: how you count matters. COPD. 2010 Jun; 7(3):164-71. [PubMed]

• Rothberg MB, Lahti M, Pekow PS, Lindenauer PK. Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis among Medical Patients at US Hospitals. J Gen Int Med. 2010 Jun; 25(6):489-94. [PubMed]

• Klugman R, Allen L,  Benjamin E, Fitzgerald J, Ettinger W. Mortality rates as a measure of quality and safety, “caveat emptor“. Am J Med Qual. 2010 May-Jun; 25(3):197-201. [PubMed]

• Rothberg MB, Pekow PS, Lahti M, Brody O, Skiest D, Lindenauer PK. Antibiotic Therapy and Treatment Failure in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. JAMA. 2010 May 26; 303(20):2035-42. [PubMed]

• Lagu T, Hannon NS, Rothberg MB, Lindenauer PK. Patients’ Evaluations of Health Care Providers in the Era of Social Networking: An Analysis of Physician-Rating Websites. J Gen Int Med. 2010 May 13. [PubMed]

• Jennings LA, Auerbach AD, Maselli J, Pekow PS, Lindenauer PK, Lee SJ. Missed opportunities for osteoporosis treatment in patients hospitalized for hip fracture. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Apr; 58(4):650-7. [PubMed]

• Rothberg MB, Haessler SD. Complications of seasonal and pandemic influenza. Crit Care Med. 2010 Apr; 38(4 Suppl):e91-7. Review. [PubMed]

• Lindenauer PK, Rothberg MB, Nathanson BH, Pekow PS, Steingrub JS. Activated Protein C and Hospital Mortality in Septic Shock: A Propensity Matched Analysis. Crit Care Med. 2010 Apr; 38(4):1101-7. [PubMed]

• Haessler, S, Connelly, NR, Kanter, G, Fitzgerald, J, Scales, ME, Golubchik, A, Albert, M, Gibson, C.  A Surgical Site Infection Cluster: The process and outcome of an investigation: impact of alcohol based surgical antisepsis product and human behavior. Anesth Analg. 2010 Apr 1; 110(4):1044-8. [PubMed] 

• Luciano GL, Brennan MJ, Rothberg MB. Postprandial hypotension. Am J Med. 2010 Mar; 123(3):281.e1-6. Review. [PubMed]

• Luciano G, Brennan MJ, Rothberg MB.  Postprandial Hypotension.  Am. J. Medicine, Am J Med. 2010 Mar;123(3):281.e1-6. [PubMed]

• Connelly NR, Raghunathan K. The value of the P-value. J Clin Anesth. 2010 Mar; 22(2):154-5. [PubMed]

• Raghunathan K, Connelly NR, Robbins LD, Ganim R, Hochheiser G, DiCampli R. Inhaled epoprostenol during one-lung ventilation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Mar; 89(3):981-3. [PubMed] 

• Belforti RK, Wall MS, Lindenauer PK, Pekow PS, Rothberg, MB.  International Outsourcing of Medical Research by High Income Countries: Changes from 1995 to 2005. J Investig Med. 2010 Feb; 58(2):287-94. [PubMed]

• Rothberg MB, Sivalingam S.  The new heart failure diet: less salt restriction, more micronutrients. J Gen Int Med, 2010 Feb 12. [PubMed]

2009

• Wartak SA, Lotfi A, Rothberg M. Ticagrelor versus Clopidogrel in Acute Coronary Syndromes. N Engl J Med. 2009 Dec 10; 361:2385. [PubMed]

• Raghunathan K, Schwartz DA, Connelly NR. The Need for Perspective. Anesthesiology. 2009 Dec; 111(6):1386. [PubMed]

• Rothberg MB, Benjamin EM, Lindenauer PK. Public Reporting of Hospital Quality: Recommendations to Benefit Patients and Hospitals. J Hosp Med. 2009 Nov; 4 (9):541-5. [Pubmed]

• Peto RP, Tenerowicz LM, Benjamin EM, Morsi DS. One system’s Journey in Creating a Disclosure and Apology Program. Joint Comm J Qual Pt Saf. 2009 Oct; 35(10):487-496. [PubMed]

• Edwards M, Benjamin EM. The Process of Peer Review in US Hospitals and Its Perceived Impact on Quality of Care. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management. 2009 Oct. [In Press]

• Bozic KJ, Vail TP, Pekow PS, Maselli JH, Lindenauer PK, Auerbach AD. Does Aspirin Have a Role in Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients? J Arthroplasty. 2009 Aug 11. [Pubmed]

• Fitzgerald, JL.  Using Standardized Processes to Improve Adherence to Evidence-Based Protocols for Heart Failure Patients. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Health Care Innovations Exchange Web site Aug 30. 2009

• Raghunathan K, Zuegge KL, Connelly NR, Lucas T. Maternal Hemodynamic Monitoring and the Vigileo Monitor. Anesthesiology. 2009 Jul; 111(1): 211-2. [PubMed]

• Lee DJ, Rothberg MB, McKiernan JM, Benson MC, Badani KK. Robot-assisted radical cystoprostatectomy in complex surgical patients: single institution report. Can J Urol. 2009 Jun;16(3):4664-9. [PubMed]

• Fitzgerald, JL.  Using Standardized Processes to Improve Adherence to Evidence-Based Protocols, Significantly Reducing Common Surgery-Related Complications. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Inaugural issue of the Health Care Innovations Exchange Web site update June, 2009.

• Auerbach AD, Hilton J, Maselli J, Pekow PS, Rothberg MB, Lindenauer PK. Shop for Quality or Volume? Volume, Quality, and Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2009 May; 150 (10): 696-704. [Pubmed]

• Fitzgerald JL. Resisting Surgical Infections, Cover Story; Case In Point. Journal of the Case Management Society of America. 2009;Feb/March 2-9.

• Arshad S, Rothberg M, Rastegar DA, Spooner L, Skiest D. Survey of physician knowledge regarding antiretroviral medications in hospitalized HIV-infected patients. J Int AIDS Soc. 2009 Feb 2; 12(1):1. [PubMed]

• Schwartz D, Raghunathan K. Difficult venous access. Pediatri Anaesth. 2009 Jan; 19(1):60. [PubMed]

• Schwartz D, Raghunathan K. Anesthesia and mitochondrial disorders. Pediatri Anaesth. 2009 Jan; 19(1):60-61. [PubMed]

• Benjamin EM, Abookire S, Sands K. Using hospital standardized mortality ratios for public reporting: a comment by the consortium of chief quality officers: consortium of chief quality officers. Am J Med Quality 2009; 24(2):164-5. [PubMed]

• Lagu T, Weiner MG, Hollenbeak CS, Eachus S, Tang SK, Schwartz JS, Turner BJ. Effect of patient comorbidities on filling of antihypertensive prescriptions. Am J Manag Care 2009; 15(1):24-30. [PubMed]

• Lindenauer PK.  Transparency as a Strategy to Improve the Value of Hospital Care. In The Healthcare Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes, Strategies that Work (IOM Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine). 2009 National Academies.

2008

• Sabin JE, Mazor K, Meterko V, Goff SL, Platt R. Comparing drug effectiveness at health plans: the ethics of cluster randomized trials. Hastings Cent Rep 2008;Sep-Oct;38(5):39-48. PubMed

• Goff, SL, Feld A, Andrade SE, et al. Use of administrative data to identify patients with irritable bowel syndrome. J Clin Epidemiol 2008;Jun;61(6):617-621. PubMed

• Rothberg MB, Bonner AB,  Rajab MH, Kim HS, Stechenberg BW, Rose DN. Do pediatricians manage influenza differently than internists? BMC Pediatrics 2008;8:15 (24Apr2008). PubMed

• Brotman DJ, Lindenauer PK. Length of stay in pulmonary embolism; High time for evidence based discharge criteria [editorial]. Arch Intern Med 2008;Apr 14;168(7):683-684. PubMed

• Lagu T, Weiner MG, Hollenbeak CS, Eachus S, Roberts CS, Schwartz JS, Turner BJ. The impact of concordant and discordant conditions on the quality of care for hyperlipidemia. J Gen Intern Med 2008;23(8):1208-1213. PubMed

• Lagu T, Kaufman EJ, Asch DA, Armstrong K. Content of weblogs written by health professionals. J Gen Intern Med 2008;23(10):1642-1646. PubMed

• Lindenauer PK. Who do you want caring for your parent [editorial]? J Hosp Med 2008;3(3):179-180. PubMed

• Lindenauer PK, Shojania K. The era of big performance measurement. Here at last [editorial]? Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2008;34(6):307-308. PubMed

• Lindenauer PK. Effects of quality improvement collaboratives [editorial].  BMJ 2008;336:1448-1449.  PubMed

• Rothberg MR, Pekow PS, Liu F, Korc-Grodzicki B, Brennan MJ, Bellantonio S, Heelon M, Lindenauer PK. Potentially inappropriate medication use in hospitalized elders. J Hosp Med 2008;3:91-102. PubMed

• Rothberg MB, Morsi E, Benjamin EM, Pekow PS, Lindenauer PK. Choosing the best hospital: The limitations of public reporting of hospital quality. Health Affairs 2008;27(6):1680-1687. PubMed

2007

• Fitzgerald J, Kanter G, Trelease R, Benjamin EM.  Reducing surgical complications. Nurs Manage 2007;Nov;38(11):35-39. PubMed

• Fitzgerald J, Kanter G, Benjamin E. Preventing surgical complications. Joint Comm J Pt Qual Pt Saf 2007 Nov;22(11):666-671. PubMed

• Heelon M, Skeist D, Tereso G, Meade L, Weeks J, Pekow P, Rothberg MB. A clinical pharmacist intervention reduces duration of antiretroviral errors in hospitalized patients. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2007;Oct 1;64(19):2064-2068. PubMed

• Rothberg MB, Virapongse A, Smith KJ. Cost-effectiveness of a vaccine to prevent herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in older adults. Clin Infect Dis 2007;May 15;44(10):1280-1288. PubMed

• Kanter G, Connelly N, Fitzgerald J. Antibiotics in one hour- the clock is ticking [invited commentary]. Anaesth Newsl 2007;May;71(5). ASA

• Lindenauer PK, Remus D, Roman S, Rothberg MB, Benjamin EM, Ma A, Bratzler DW. The impact of public reporting and pay-for-performance on hospital quality improvement. New Engl J Med 2007;Feb 1;356:486-496. PubMed

• Gania S, Lee, KF, Merrill A, Lee MH, Bellantonio S, Brennan M, Lindenauer PK. Adverse outcomes of geriatric abdominal surgical patients at high risk for delirium. Arch Surg 2007;142(11):1072-1078. PubMed

• Lindenauer PK, Rothberg MB, Pekow PS, Kenwood C, Benjamin EM, Auerbach AD. Outcomes of patients treated by hospitalists, general internists and family physicians. N Engl J Med 2007;357:2589-2600. PubMed

2006

• Kanter G, Connelly N, Fitzgerald J. System redesign to optimize antibiotic delivery. Anesth Analg. 2006 Dec;103(6):1517-1521. PubMed

• Lindenauer PK. Unintended consequences of public reporting of hospital quality [editorial].  AHRQ Web M & M; Spotlight case. November 2006. Available at http://webmm.ahrq.gov. AHRQ

• Lindenauer PK, Ling D, Hoople N, Crawford AS, Pekow P, Fitzgerald J, Benjamin EM.  Physician characteristics, attitudes, and use of computerized order entry. J Hosp Med 2006;Aug;1(4)221-230. PubMed

• Lindenauer PK, Pekow P, Gao S, Crawford, AS, Benjamin G, Benjamin EM. Quality of care for patients hospitalized for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Ann Intern Med 2006;June;144(12):894-903. PubMed

• Rothberg M. Savings from canadian internet pharmacies are limited. Ann Intern Med 2006;Feb 7;144(3):224. PubMed

• Rothberg MB, Bonner AB, Rajab MH, Kim HS, Stechenberg BW, Rose DN. Effects of local variation, specialty and beliefs on antiviral prescribing for influenza. Clin Infect Dis 2006;Jan 1;42(1):95-99. PubMed

• Lindenauer PK, Behal R, Murray CK, Nsa W, Houk P, Bratzler D. Volume, quality of care, and outcome in pneumonia. Ann Intern Med 2006;144:262-269. PubMed

2005

• Carr PL,* Rothberg MB,* Pliskin JS, Felsenstein D, Friedman RH. "Shotgun" versus sequential testing. Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies for vaginitis. J Gen Intern Med. 2005;Sep;20(9):793-799. *co-first authors PubMed

• Lindenauer PK. Moved too soon [editorial]. AHRQ Web M&M. October 2004. AHRQ

• Rothberg MB, Rose, DN. Vaccination versus treatment of influenza in working adults: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Am J Med 2005;118(1):68-77. PubMed

• Rothberg MB. Cost-effective approaches to influenza prevention and treatment. Expert Rev. Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes Res 2005;5(2):141-152.

• Rothberg MB, Abraham I, Lindenauer PK, Rose DN. Improving nurse to patient staffing ratios as a cost-effective safety intervention. Med Care 2005;43(8):785-791. PubMed

• Rothberg MB, Celestin C, Fiore LD, Lawler E, Cook J. Warfarin plus aspirin for patients with history of myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndrome: Meta-analysis with estimates of risk and benefit. Ann Int Med 2005;143:241-250. PubMed

• Rothberg MB. Cost-effectiveness of clopidogrel plus aspirin versus aspirin alone. Ann Int Med 2005;143:464. PubMed

• Rothberg MB, Fisher D, Kelly B, Rose DN. Management of influenza symptoms in children: Cost-effectiveness of rapid testing and antiviral therapy. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159(11):1055-1062. PubMed

• Henneman PL, Blank, FSJ, Smithline, HA, Haiping L, Santoro, JS, Schmidt, J, Benjamin, EM, Henneman, EA. Voluntarily reported emergency department errors. J of Patient Safety 2005;126-132.

• Lindenauer PK, Pekow P, Wang K, Mamidi DK, Gutierrez B, Benjamin EM. Perioperative beta blocker therapy and mortality after major noncardiac surgery. N Engl J Med 2005;353:349-361. PubMed

2004

• Mertens WC, Hoople NE, Rodrigues C, Lindenauer PK, Benjamin EM. Association of admission date with cancer patient survival at a regional hospice: Utility of a statistical process control analysis. Am J Hosp Palliat Care 2004 Jul/Aug;21(4):275-84. PubMed

• Lindenauer PK, Mathews, MC, Ntuli, TS, Pekow P, Fitzgerald, J, Benjamin, EM.  Use of antihypertensive agents in the management of patients with acute ischemic stroke. Neurology 2004;Jul;63:318-323. PubMed

• Rothberg MB, Wong JB. All dysuria is local: A cost-effectiveness model for designing site-specific management algorithms. J Gen Int Med 2004;19:433-443. PubMed

• Rothberg M. Prioritizing influenza vaccination. JAMA 2004;292:2582-2583. PubMed

• Lindenauer PK, Pekow, P, Gutierrez, B, Benjamin E. Lipid treatment and mortality among patients undergoing major non cardiac surgery. JAMA 2004;291:2092-2099. PubMed

• Lindenauer PK  Industrialization and Its Discontents [editorial]. Commentary on rastegar d. Health care becomes an industry. Ann Fam Med 2004(2):79-83. AFM

• Lindenauer PK, Fitzgerald J, Hoople N, Benjamin EM. The potential preventability of postoperative myocardial infarction: Underuse of perioperative beta adrenergic blockade. Arch Intern Med 2004;164:762-766. PubMed

• Lindenauer PK.  Commentary on Ferguson TB Jr, Peterson ED, Coombs LP, Eiken MC, Carey ML, Grover FL, DeLong ER; Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the National Cardiac Database. Use of continuous quality improvement to increase use of process measures in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A randomized controlled trial [editorial]. JAMA. 2003 Jul 2;290(1):49-56. Evid Based Health Care 2004;8:1-3.

2003

• Rothberg MB, Bellantonio S, Rose DN.  Management of influenza in older adults: Cost-effectiveness of rapid testing and antiviral therapy. Ann Intern Med 2003;39:321-329. [Summarized in ACP annual Update in General Medicine and in Mosby’s 2004 Yearbook of Medicine] PubMed

• Rothberg MB, He S, Rose DN. Management of influenza symptoms in healthy adults: Cost-effectiveness of rapid testing and antiviral therapy. J Gen Int Med 2003:18(10):807-814. [Summarized in Mosby’s 2005 Yearbook of Family Medicine]. PubMed

• Fordyce J, Blank D, Benjamin E, Henneman P. Errors in a busy emergency department.  Ann Emerg Med 2003;4-33. PubMed

• Mertens WC, Higby DJ, Brown D, Parisi R, Fitzgerald J, Benjamin E, Lindenauer PK. Improving the care of patients with chemotherapy-induced nausea and emesis: The effect of feedback to clinicians on adherence to antiemetic prescribing guidelines. Am J Clin Oncol 2003;21:1373-1378. PubMed

2002

• Lindenauer PK, Chehabeddine R, Fitzgerald J, Pekow P, Benjamin EM. Quality of care for patients hospitalized with heart failure: Assessing the impact of hospitalists. Arch Intern Med 2002;June 10;162(11):1251-1256. PubMed

• Rothberg M, Bennish ML, Wong JB. Do the benefits of varicella vaccination outweigh the long-term risks? A decision-analytic model for policymakers and pediatricians. Clin Infect Dis 2002;Apr 1;34(7):885-894. PubMed

• Benjamin EM, Bradley R. Systematic implementation of customized guidelines: The staged diabetes management approach. JCOM 2002 Feb;9(2):81-86.

• Schmidt M, Lindenauer PK, Fitzgerald JL, Benjamin EM. Forecasting the clinical impact of a practice guideline for perioperative beta blockers to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:63-69. PubMed

• Lindenauer PK, Benjamin EM, Naglieri-Prescod D, Fitzgerald J, Pekow P. The role of the institutional review board in quality improvement; A survey of quality officers, IRB chairs and journal editors. Am J Med 2002;113(7):575-579. PubMed

2001

• Rolka DB, Narayan V, Thompson TJ,Goldman D, Lindenmayer J, Alich K, Bacall D, Benjamin E, Lamb B, Stuart D, Engelgau M. Performance of recommended screening tests for undiagnosed diabetes and dysglycemia. Diabetes Care 2001 Nov;24(11):1899-1903. PubMed

• Pantilat SZ, Lindenauer PK, Katz PP, Wachter RM.  Primary care physician attitudes regarding communication with hospitalists. Amer J Med 2001;111(9B):15-20. PubMed

2000

• Auerbach AD, Nelson EA, Lindenauer PK, Pantilat SZ, Katz PP, Wachter RM. Physician attitudes toward and prevalence of the hospitalist model of care: Results of a national survey. Am J Med 2000;109:548-653. PubMed

1999

• Benjamin EM, Schneider M, Hinchey KT. Implementing clinical practice guidelines for diabetes. Diabetes Care 1999 Oct;22(10):1672-1678. PubMed

• Lindenauer PK, Pantilat SZ, Wachter RM. Hospitalists and the practice of inpatient medicine; results of a survey of the national association of inpatient physicians. Ann Intern Med 1999;130:343-349. PubMed

• Lurie JD, Miller DP, Lindenauer PK, Wachter RM, Sox HC. The potential size
  of the hospitalist workforce. Am J Med 1999;106:441-445. PubMed