NHQR/NHDR-Related Articles, January 2, 2015

Medical Care
Lau BD, Haider AH, Streiff MB, Lehmann CU, Kraus PS, Hobson DB, Kraenzlin FS, Zeidan AM, Pronovost PJ, Haut ER. Eliminating health care disparities with mandatory clinical decision support: the venous thromboembolism (VTE) example. Med Care 2015 Jan; 53(1):18-24. [Cites AHRQ's NHDR, 2012; mentions AHRQ's characterization of strategies to improve VTE prophylaxis as "one of the top patient safety practices that should be implemented…and the number one patient safety practice to prevent in-hospital death,," citing AHRQ publication, Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism: A Guide for Effective Quality Improvement, 2008, and AHRQ-funded article by Shekelle, Pronovost, and Wachter (Ann Intern Med, 2013) summarizing AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Making Health Care Safer II: An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices, 2013. Select to access the abstract.

Law and Contemporary Problems
Cook PJ, Krawiec KD. A primer on kidney transplantation: anatomy of the shortage. Law Contemp Probl 2014 Jun; 77(1):1-23. [Cites AHRQ's NHQR, 2010.]