Dellinger E, Hausmann S, Bratzler D, Johnson R, Daniel D, Bunt K, Baumgardner G, Sugarman, J. Hospitals collaborate to decrease surgical site infections. The American Journal of Surgery. 2005; 190(1): 9–15. See abstract and order full text of this article
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Daniel D, Norman J, Davis C, Lee H, Hindmarsh M, McCulloch D, WagnerE, Sugarman JR. A state-level application of the chronic illness breakthrough series: results from two collaboratives on diabetes in Washington State. Joint Commission Journal on Quality & Safety. February 2004; 30(2): 69-79. Order the full text of this article
McClellan WM, Frankenfeld DL, Frederick PR, Helgerson SD, Wish JB, Sugarman JR. Improving the case of ESRD patients: a success story. Health Care Financing Review. Summer 2003; 24(4):89-100. See abstract and order full text of this article
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Sugarman JR, Frederick PR, Frankenfeld DL, Owen WF Jr, McClellan WM. Developing clinical performance measures based on the Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative clinical practice guidelines: process, outcomes, and implications. Am J Kidney Dis. October 2003; 42:806-812. See full text of this article
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LeMaster JW, Sugarman JR, Baumgardner G, Reiber GE. Motivational brochures increase the numbers of Medicare-eligible persons with diabetes making therapeutic footware claims. Diabetes Care. June 2003; 26(6):1679-1684. See abstract and order full text of this article
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Sugarman JR, Connell FA, Hansen A, Helgerson SD, Jessup MC, Lee H. Hip fracture incidence in nursing home residents and community-dwelling older people, Washington State, 1993-1995. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002; 50:1638-1643. See abstract and order full text of this article
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Baldwin LM, Grossman DC, Casey S, Hollow W, Sugarman JR, Freeman WL, Hart LG. Perinatal and infant health among rural and urban American Indians/Alaska natives. Am J Public Health. 2002 Sep;92(9):1491-7. See abstract and order full text of this article
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Mayfield JA, Sugarman JR. The use of the Semmes-Weinstein monofilament and other threshold tests for preventing foot ulceration and amputation in persons with diabetes. J Fam Pract. 2000 Nov;49(11 Suppl):S17-29. See abstract and order full text of this article
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Frankenfield D, Sugarman JR, Presley RJ, Helgerson SD, Rocco MV. Impact of facility size and profit status on intermediate outcomes in chronic dialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis. August 2000; 36:318-326. See abstract and order full text of this article
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Every NR, Frederick D, Robinson M, Sugarman JR, Bowlby L, Barron HV. A comparison of the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2 with the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project. J MA Coll Cadiol. February 1999; 33:1886-1894. See abstract and order full text of this article
Garrett M. Understanding Medical Home: A New Opportunity for Case Managers. Professional Case Management. January/February 2009; 14(1):3-5. See full text of this article
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Rice L, Garrett M. Utilization Management in Workers' Compensation: A Strategy to Improve Quality While Managing Costs. Professional Case Management. November/December 2008; 13(6):347-351. See full text of this article
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Garrett M. Integrating Vendor Services to Keep Employees Healthier and on the Job. Risk & Insurance. August 1, 2008. See full text of this article
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Garrett M. Understanding Medicaid: what case managers need to know. CCMC News and Views. May/June 2008; 13(3): 123-126. See full text of this article
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Garrett M. Recognize value of certified case managers in managed healthcare. Managed Healthcare Executive. May 1, 2008. See full text of this article
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Garrett M. Promoting Governance, Professionalism, and Diversity. CCM Update. 2007/2008; 1 & 3-4. See full text of this article
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Garrett M. Health Care Vendor Summits Promote Integration of Services. Benefits & Compensation Digest. December 2007; 44(12): 1-6 See full text of this article
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Garrett M. Evaluating and Improving Disease Management Programs. Compensation Benefits Review. 2006; 38: 52-57 Order full text of this article
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Garrett M. Making the Case. Business and Health. March 17, 2004;22.
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Garrett M. Case managers and patient safety: understanding the concepts and changing practice. Care Management: Official Journal of the Academy of Certified Case Managers. April 2003: 14-18.
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Garrett M. Medical management book 4, case management. Washington (DC): Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA); 2003.
Lynn J, West J, Hausmann S, Gifford D, Nelson R, McGann P, et al. Collaborative Clinical Quality Improvement for Pressure Ulcers in Nursing Homes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2007 Oct; 55(10):1663-1669. See abstract and full text of this article
Barnette LJ Jr, Tran M, Salinas SK. Short-stay admissions: Preventing billing errors. Compliance Today. August 2008; 10(8): 21 - 22.
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deHart MP, Salinas SK, Barnett LJ Jr, Lewis KD, Mustin HD, Corbett C, Green PK. Project protect: pneumococcal vaccination in Washington State nursing homes. J AM Med Dir Assoc. 2005 Mar - Apr; 6(2):91-6. See abstract of this article
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Kissam S, Gifford D, Parks P, Patry G, Palmer L, Wilkes L, Fitzgerald M, Stollenwerk Petrulis A, Barnette L. Approaches to quality improvement in nursing homes: lessons learned from the six-state pilot of CMS’s Nursing Home Quality Initiative. BMC Geriatrics. 2003 May 16; 3:2. See the full text of this article
Kurt Stevenson, MD, MPHFormer Medical Director, Healthcare Improvement and Research, Idaho
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Stevenson KB, Moore JW, Colwell H, Sleeper B. Standardized infection surveillance in long-term care: interfacility comparisons from a regional cohort of facilities. (In Press) Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004.
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Loeb M, Stevenson KB, SHEA Long-Term-Care Committee. Pneumococcal immunization in older adults: implications for the long-term-care setting. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004; 25:985-994.
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Stevenson KB, Murphy CL, Samore MH, Hannah EL, Moore JW, Barbera J, Houck P, Gerberding JL. Assessing the status of infection control programs in small rural hospitals in the western United States. Am J Infect Control. 2004; 32:255-261.
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Stevenson KB, Samore M, Barbera J, Hannah E, Moore JW, Gerberding JL, Houck P. Pharmacist involvement in antimicrobial use at rural community hospitals in four western states. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2004; 61:787-792.
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Stevenson KB, Moore JW, Sleeper B. Validity of the minimum data set in identifying urinary tract infections in residents of long-term-care facilities. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004; 52:707-711.
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Stevenson K., Loeb M. Performance improvement in the long-term-care setting: building on the foundation of infection control. Infect Control and Hosp Epidemiol. 2004; 25: 72-79.
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Stevenson KB, Samore M, Barbera J, Moore JW, Hannah E, Houck P, Tenover FC, Gerberding JL. Detection of antimicrobial resistance by small rural hospital microbiology laboratories: comparison of survey responses with current NCCLS laboratory standards. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2003; 47: 303-311.
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Loeb M, Brazil K, Lohfeld L, McGeer A, Simor A, Stevenson K, Walter S, Zoutman D. Optimizing antibiotics in residents of nursing homes: protocol of a randomized trial. BMC Health Services Research. 2002; 2:17.
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Hannah EL, Stevenson KB, Lowder CA, Adcox MJ, Davidson RL, Mallea MC, Narasimhan N, Wagnild JP. Outbreak of hemodialysis vascular access site infections related to malfunctioning permanent tunneled catheters: making the case for active infection surveillance. Infect Cont Hosp Epidemiol. 2002; 23:538-541.
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Stevenson KB, Hannah EL, Lowder CA, Adcox MJ, Davidson RL, Mallea MC, Narasimhan N, Wagnild JP. Epidemiology of hemodialysis vascular access infections from longitudinal infection surveillance data: predicting the impact of NKF-DOQI clinical practice guidelines for vascular access. Am J Kidney Dis. 2002; 39:549-555.
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Stevenson KB. Management of hemodialysis vascular access infections. In Brey RJ, Sands JJ. Dialysis access: a multidisciplinary approach. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins; 2002: 98-106.
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Stevenson KB, McMahon JW, Harris J, Hillman JR, Helgerson SD. Increasing pneumococcal vaccination rates among residents of long-term-care facilities: provider-based improvement strategies implemented by peer-review organizations in four western states. Infect Cont Hosp Epidemiol. 2000; 21:705-710. Note: This paper was cited by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as the primary evidence supporting a change in their national policy supporting nursing home vaccination standing orders (Federal Register 67:61808-61814, 2002).
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Stevenson KB, Adcox MJ, Mallea MC, Narasimhan N, Wagnild JP. Standardized surveillance of hemodialysis vascular access infections: 18-month experience at an outpatient, multifacility hemodialysis center. Infect Cont Hosp Epidemiol. 2000; 21:200-203.
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Stevenson KB. Regional data set of infection rates for long-term-care facilities: description of a valuable benchmarking tool. Am J Infect Control. 1999; 27:20-26.
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