2015
Organizational culture in cardiovascular care in Chinese hospitals: a descriptive cross-sectional study
Yin ES, Downing NS, Li X, Singer SJ, Curry LA, Li J, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. Organizational culture in cardiovascular care in Chinese hospitals: a descriptive cross-sectional study. BMC Health Services Research 2015, 15: 569. PMID: 26689591, PMCID: PMC4685633, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1211-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdultAgedAttitude of Health PersonnelCardiac Care FacilitiesCardiovascular DiseasesChinaCross-Sectional StudiesEfficiencyFemaleHospitalsHumansLeadershipMaleMiddle AgedModels, OrganizationalOrganizational CultureQuality Assurance, Health CareQuality ImprovementQuality of Health CareRetrospective StudiesSurveys and Questionnaires
2012
Hospital strategies for reducing risk-standardized mortality rates in acute myocardial infarction.
Bradley EH, Curry LA, Spatz ES, Herrin J, Cherlin EJ, Curtis JP, Thompson JW, Ting HH, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Hospital strategies for reducing risk-standardized mortality rates in acute myocardial infarction. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2012, 156: 618-26. PMID: 22547471, PMCID: PMC3386642, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-9-201205010-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionLower risk-standardized mortality ratesMyocardial infarctionNurse championsMortality rateHospital strategiesHospital risk-standardized mortality ratesHospital-level factorsIntensive care unitAcute care hospitalsCardiac catheterization laboratoryCross-sectional surveyUnited Health FoundationCare hospitalCare unitCross-sectional designAMI casesAMI volumeCatheterization laboratoryHospital cliniciansHospitalMultivariate analysisPatientsHealth Foundation
2011
Inputs to quality: supervision, management, and community involvement in health facilities in Egypt in 2004
Cherlin EJ, Allam AA, Linnander EL, Wong R, El-Toukhy E, Sipsma H, Krumholz HM, Curry LA, Bradley EH. Inputs to quality: supervision, management, and community involvement in health facilities in Egypt in 2004. BMC Health Services Research 2011, 11: 282. PMID: 22014078, PMCID: PMC3216250, DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCommunity ParticipationCross-Sectional StudiesEgyptHealth FacilitiesHealth Facility AdministrationHumansOrganization and AdministrationQuality Assurance, Health CareConceptsHealth unitsMiddle-income countriesHealth facilitiesHealth Survey websiteService Provision Assessment surveyMinority of facilitiesQuality improvement initiativesRural health unitsUrban health unitsCross-sectional analysisHealth care deliveryMinistry of HealthHealth reformMeasure DemographicFinal sampleGeneral service hospitalsMore rural partsService hospitalsChild healthStandard frequency analysisCare deliveryFacility characteristicsHealth careStatistical significanceImprovement initiatives
2009
Qualitative and Mixed Methods Provide Unique Contributions to Outcomes Research
Curry LA, Nembhard IM, Bradley EH. Qualitative and Mixed Methods Provide Unique Contributions to Outcomes Research. Circulation 2009, 119: 1442-1452. PMID: 19289649, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.107.742775.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Organizational resiliency: how top-performing hospitals respond to setbacks in improving quality of cardiac care.
Webster TR, Curry L, Berg D, Radford M, Krumholz HM, Bradley EH. Organizational resiliency: how top-performing hospitals respond to setbacks in improving quality of cardiac care. Journal Of Healthcare Management 2008, 53: 169-81; discussion 181-2. PMID: 18546919, PMCID: PMC3203950, DOI: 10.1097/00115514-200805000-00007.Peer-Reviewed Original Research