VA National Quality Scholars Publications

Use of mechanical and noninvasive ventilation in black and white

Cannon KT, Sarrazin MV, Rosenthal GE, Curtis AE, Thomas KW, Kaldjian LC. Use of Mechanical and Noninvasive Ventilation in Black and White Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients Within the Veterans Administration Health Care System. Medical Care. Volume 47(1), January 2009.

Prevention of venous thromboembolism in medical and surgical patients

Kaboli PJ, Brenner A, Dunn AS. Prevention of venous thromboembolism in medical and surgical patients. Cleve Clin J Med. 72 Suppl 1:S7-13, 2005.

Do patients followed in anticoagulation clinics for antiphospholipid syndrome meet criteria

Dunn AS, Kaboli P, Halfdanarson T, Chan H, Hubert R, Rosen S, White RH. Do patients followed in anticoagulation clinics for antiphospholipid syndrome meet criteria for the disorder? Thromb Haemost. 94(3):548-54, 2005.

Beta-Blocker therapy in veterans with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Barnett MJ, Milavetz G, Kaboli PJ. Beta-Blocker therapy in veterans with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Pharmacotherapy. 25(11):1550-9, 2005.

Comparison of rates of potentially inappropriate medication use according to the Zhan criteria

Barnett MJ, Perry PJ, Langstaff JD, Kaboli PJ. Comparison of rates of potentially inappropriate medication use according to the Zhan criteria for VA versus private sector medicare HMOs. J Manag Care Pharm. 12(5):362-70, 2006.

Risk of mortality associated with antipsychotic and other neuropsychiatric drugs in pneumonia

Barnett MJ, Perry PJ, Alexander B, Kaboli PJ. Risk of mortality associated with antipsychotic and other neuropsychiatric drugs in pneumonia patients. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 26(2):182-7, 2006.

Effect of the inpatient general medicine rotation on student pursuit of a generalist career

Arora V, Wetterneck TB, Schnipper JL, Auerbach AD, Kaboli P, Wachter RM, Levinson W, Humphrey HJ, Meltzer D. Effect of the inpatient general medicine rotation on student pursuit of a generalist career. J Gen Intern Med. 21(5):471-5, 2006.

Clinical pharmacists and inpatient medical care: a systematic review

Kaboli PJ, Hoth AB, McClimon BJ, Schnipper JL. Clinical pharmacists and inpatient medical care: a systematic review. Arch Intern Med. 166(9):955-64, 2006.

Anticholinergic medications in community-dwelling older veterans: prevalence

Ness J, Hoth A, Barnett MJ, Shorr RI, Kaboli PJ. Anticholinergic medications in community-dwelling older veterans: prevalence of anticholinergic symptoms, symptom burden, and adverse drug events. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 4(1):42-51, 2006.

Development and reliability testing of the clinical pharmacist recommendation taxonomy

Hoth AB, Carter BL, Ness J, Bhattacharyya A, Shorr RI, Rosenthal GE, Kaboli PJ. Development and reliability testing of the clinical pharmacist recommendation taxonomy. Pharmacotherapy. 27(5):639-46, 2007.

Patient and provider perceptions of hypertension treatment: do they agree?

Kaboli PJ, Shivapour DM, Henderson MS, Barnett MJ, Ishani A, Carter BL. Patient and provider perceptions of hypertension treatment: do they agree? J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 9(6):416-23, 2007.

Thyrotoxicosis associated Wernicke’s encephalopathy

Bonucchi J, Hassan I, Policeni B, Kaboli P. Thyrotoxicosis associated Wernicke's encephalopathy. J Gen Intern Med. 2008, 23, 1, 106-109, United States.

Preferences for a patient-centered role orientation: association with patient-information-seeking

Baldwin AS, Cvengros JA, Christensen AJ, Ishani A, Kaboli P. Preferences for a patient-centered role orientation: association with patient-information-seeking behavior and clinical markers of health. J Ann Behav Med. 2008, 35, 1, 80-86, United States.

Do hospitalists or physicians with greater inpatient HIV experience improve HIV care

Schneider JA, Zhang Q, Auerbach A, Gonzales D, Kaboli P, Schnipper J, Wetterneck TB, Pitrak DL, Meltzer DO. Do hospitalists or physicians with greater inpatient HIV experience improve HIV care in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy? Results from a multicenter trial of academic hospitalists. Clin Infect Dis. 2008, 46, 7, 1085-1092, United States.

Evaluation of anticoagulation in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome

Horner KE, Phillips BB, Newkirk E, McDanel DL, Kaboli P. Evaluation of anticoagulation in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008, 65, 10, 964-967, United States.

Realizing the pharmacoeconomic benefit of clinical pharmacy

Kaboli P. Realizing the pharmacoeconomic benefit of clinical pharmacy. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008, 65, 12, 1123, United States.

Quality of Care for Decompensated Heart Failure: Comparable Performance between Academic Hospitalist

Vasilevskis EE, Meltzer D, Schnipper J, Kaboli P, Wetterneck T, Gonzales D, Arora V, Zhang J, Auerbach AD. Quality of Care for Decompensated Heart Failure: Comparable Performance between Academic Hospitalists and Non-hospitalists. J Gen Intern Med. 2008.

Polypharmacy and prescribing quality in older people

Steinman MA, Landefeld CS, Rosenthal GE, Berthenthal D, Sen S, Kaboli PJ. Polypharmacy and prescribing quality in older people. J Am Geriatr Soc. 54(10):1516-23, 2006.

Conflicts and concordance between measures of medication prescribing quality

Steinman MA, Rosenthal GE, Landefeld CS, Bertenthal D, Sen S, Kaboli PJ. Conflicts and concordance between measures of medication prescribing quality. Med Care. 45(1):95-9, 2007.

Certificate of need regulations and use of coronary revascularization after acute myocardial

Popescu I, Vaughan-Sarrazin MS, Rosenthal GE. Certificate of need regulations and use of coronary revascularization after acute myocardial infarction. JAMA. 295(18):2141-7, 2006.

Differences in mortality and use of revascularization in black and white patients with acute MI

Popescu I, Vaughan-Sarrazin MS, Rosenthal GE. Differences in mortality and use of revascularization in black and white patients with acute MI admitted to hospitals with and without revascularization services. JAMA. 297(22):2489-95, 2007.

Do specialty cardiac hospitals have greater adherence to acute myocardial infarction

Popescu I, Nallamothu BK, Vaughan-Sarrazin MS, Cram P. Do specialty cardiac hospitals have greater adherence to acute myocardial infarction and heart failure process measures? An empirical assessment using Medicare quality measures: quality of care in cardiac specialty hospitals. Am Heart J. 2008, 156, 1, 155-160, United States.

Are discharge summaries teachable? The effects of a discharge summary curriculum on the quality

Myers JS, Jaipaul CK, Kogan JR, Krekun S, Bellini LM, Shea JA. Are discharge summaries teachable? The effects of a discharge summary curriculum on the quality of discharge summaries in an internal medicine residency program. Acad Med. 81(10 Suppl):S5-8, 2006.

Inter-rater reliability of a classification system for hospital adverse drug event reports

Haynes K, Hennessy S, Morales KH, Gibson GA, Barnhart C, Jaipaul CK, Linkin DR. Inter-rater reliability of a classification system for hospital adverse drug event reports. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2008, 83, 3, 485-488, United States.

The relationship between hearing impairment and depression in older veterans

Abrams TE, Barnett MJ, Hoth A, Schultz S, Kaboli PJ. The relationship between hearing impairment and depression in older veterans. J Am Geriatr Soc. 54(9):1475-7, 2006.

Variations in the associations between psychiatric comorbidity and hospital mortality

Abrams TE, Vaughn-Sarrazin M, Rosenthal GE. Variations in the associations between psychiatric comorbidity and hospital mortality according to the method of identifying psychiatric diagnoses. J Gen Intern Med. 23(3):317-22, 2008.