Book Chapter: A comprehensive program for concurrent review
Schubert, A., Lacour, A., Dauterive, R., Stanley, C., Foley, J., Chighizola, J., Johnson, W. and Kaplan, V. (2022). A comprehensive program for concurrent review. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 53-65) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_7
Book Chapter: Centers for medicare and medicaid services hospital-acquired conditions
Stanley, C., Didier, S. and Schubert, A. (2022). Centers for medicare and medicaid services hospital-acquired conditions. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 197-202) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_23
Book Chapter: Central line-associated bloodstream infection (AHRQ patient safety indicator 7)
Schubert, A., Stanley, C., Didier, S., Baumgarten, K. and Truxillo, T. M. (2022). Central line-associated bloodstream infection (AHRQ patient safety indicator 7). Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 153-156) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_15
Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook
Schubert, A. and Kemmerly, S. eds. (2022). Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9
A comprehensive program for concurrent review
Schubert, A., Lacour, A., Dauterive, R., Stanley, C., Foley, J., Chighizola, J., Johnson, W. and Kaplan, V. (2022). A comprehensive program for concurrent review. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 53-65) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_7
Centers for medicare and medicaid services hospital-acquired conditions
Stanley, C., Didier, S. and Schubert, A. (2022). Centers for medicare and medicaid services hospital-acquired conditions. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 197-202) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_23
Central line-associated bloodstream infection (AHRQ patient safety indicator 7)
Schubert, A., Stanley, C., Didier, S., Baumgarten, K. and Truxillo, T. M. (2022). Central line-associated bloodstream infection (AHRQ patient safety indicator 7). Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 153-156) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_15
Concurrent review for risk-adjusted mortality: documentation and coding care process considerations
Flurry, N., Shyllon, A., Johnson, W. and Schubert, A. (2022). Concurrent review for risk-adjusted mortality: documentation and coding care process considerations. Optimizing widely reported hospital quality and safety grades: an Ochsner quality and value playbook. (pp. 227-232) edited by Armin Schubert and Sandra A. Kemmerly. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_27
Data review for false negatives
Harmatz, R. and Schubert, A. (2022). Data review for false negatives. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 15-19) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_3
Engaging the hospital's medical staff
Lacour, A., Brown, R., Bardot, S. F., Warren, S., Ciccotto, G., Dauterive, R., Akingbola, A., Davis, E. and Schubert, A. (2022). Engaging the hospital's medical staff. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 363-371) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_39
Iatrogenic pneumothorax (AHRQ patient safety indicator 6)
Schubert, A., Stanley, C., Didier, S. and Truxillo, T. M. (2022). Iatrogenic pneumothorax (AHRQ patient safety indicator 6). Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 147-152) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_14
Importance of risk-adjusted mortality in hospital quality rankings
Truxillo, T. M., Schubert, A. and Guthrie, R. (2022). Importance of risk-adjusted mortality in hospital quality rankings. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 209-215) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_25
Managing clinical selection risk
Loss, G., Cohen, A. J., Zweifler, R. M., Desai, S., Jenkins, J. S. and Schubert, A. (2022). Managing clinical selection risk. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 43-51) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_6
Managing populations, chronic conditions, and episodes of care
Oravetz, P., Foley, J., Guichard, K., Kaplan, V. and Schubert, A. (2022). Managing populations, chronic conditions, and episodes of care. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 315-326) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_36
Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on quality and value
Schubert, A., Gilkey LeBlanc, K. and Warren, S. (2022). Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on quality and value. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 253-261) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_30
Mortality AHRQ patient safety indicators 4 (failure to rescue) and 2 (death in low mortality DRGs)
Schubert, A., Brown, R., Stanley, C. and Truxillo, T. M. (2022). Mortality AHRQ patient safety indicators 4 (failure to rescue) and 2 (death in low mortality DRGs). Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 217-226) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_26
Organizing structure for quality reporting and improvement
Harmatz, R., Schubert, A. and Guthrie, R. (2022). Organizing structure for quality reporting and improvement. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 9-13) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_2
Schubert, A., Brown, R., Stanley, C., Didier, S. and Truxillo, T. M. (2022). PSIs of lesser frequency: Retained foreign items (AHRQ patient safety indicator 5), in-hospital falls with hip fracture (AHRQ patient safety indicator 8), and postoperative kidney injury requiring dialysis (AHRQ patient safety indicator 10). Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 139-145) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_13
Patient safety indicator-11 (acute perioperative respiratory failure)
Schubert, A., Brown, R., Stanley, C., Didier, S., Truxillo, T. M. and Kemmerly, S. (2022). Patient safety indicator-11 (acute perioperative respiratory failure). Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 163-169) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_17
Perioperative hemorrhage or hematoma (AHRQ patient safety indicator 9)
Brown, R., Mize, G., Didier, S. and Schubert, A. (2022). Perioperative hemorrhage or hematoma (AHRQ patient safety indicator 9). Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 157-162) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_16
Perioperative pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis (AHRQ patient safety indicator 12)
Schubert, A., Stanley, C., Didier, S. and Truxillo, T. M. (2022). Perioperative pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis (AHRQ patient safety indicator 12). Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 171-174) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_18
Postoperative sepsis (AHRQ patient safety indicator 13)
Schubert, A., Brown, R., Didier, S., Stanley, C. and Truxillo, T. M. (2022). Postoperative sepsis (AHRQ patient safety indicator 13). Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 175-180) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_19
Postoperative wound dehiscence (AHRQ patient safety indicator 14)
Brown, R., Mize, G., Didier, S., Stanley, C. and Schubert, A. (2022). Postoperative wound dehiscence (AHRQ patient safety indicator 14). Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 181-184) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_20
Public reporting as a quality improvement strategy: CMS and other rating agencies
Chacko, E. K., Kosydar, D. and Schubert, A. (2022). Public reporting as a quality improvement strategy: CMS and other rating agencies. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 83-94) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_9
Quality improvement partnership between nursing and the medical staff
Ford, D., Norman, L. and Schubert, A. (2022). Quality improvement partnership between nursing and the medical staff. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 387-395) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_42
Davies, L., Schubert, A., Guthrie, R. and Oravetz, P. (2022). Reducing readmission penalty and cost risks through comprehensive care transition and accurate documentation. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 337-360) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_38
Schubert, A., Arrington, T., Stanley, C., Dauterive, R. and Kemmerly, S. (2022). Risk-adjusted complications. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 111-126) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_11
Severe hospital-acquired pressure injury (AHRQ patient safety indicator 3)
Schubert, A., Stanley, C., Didier, S., Bolton, D., Clesi, T. and Fleming, B. (2022). Severe hospital-acquired pressure injury (AHRQ patient safety indicator 3). Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 127-138) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_12
The power of the driver diagram: A conceptual approach
Schubert, A., Truxillo, T. M. and Guthrie, R. (2022). The power of the driver diagram: A conceptual approach. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 21-29) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_4
Unrecognized abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration (AHRQ patient safety indicator 15)
Brown, R., Mize, G., Didier, S., Stanley, C. and Schubert, A. (2022). Unrecognized abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration (AHRQ patient safety indicator 15). Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 185-190) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_21
Schubert, A. and Wells, S. (2022). Why quality pays. Optimizing Widely Reported Hospital Quality and Safety Grades: An Ochsner Quality and Value Playbook. (pp. 3-7) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04141-9_1
Toledo, Paloma, McLean, Shakir, Duce, Lorent, Wong, Cynthia A., Schubert, Armin and Ward, Denham S. (2016). Evaluation of the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship Program Participants’ Scholarly Activity and Career Choices. Anesthesiology, 124 (5), 1168-1173. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001068
Dauterive, F. Ralph and Schubert, Armin (2013). Bioethics in practice - a quarterly column about medical ethics: ethics, quality, safety, and a just culture: the link is evident. Ochsner Journal, 13 (3), 293-294.
Is 64 the New 57? Probably Not! Reply
Orkin, Fredrick K., Forte, Gaetano J., McGinnis, Sandra L., Peterson, Mary Dale, Garfield, Joseph M., Katz, Jonathan D., Jackson, Stephen H., Cohen, Norman A., Holzman, Robert S., Martin, Donald E., Schubert, Armin and Berry, Arnold J. (2013). Is 64 the New 57? Probably Not! Reply. Anesthesiology, 118 (6), 1484-1485. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318291d93b
Possible Leading Indicator for Decreased Demand for Anesthesiologists Response
Schubert, Armin, Eckhout, Gifford V., Ngo, Anh L., Tremper, Kevin K. and Peterson, Mary D. (2013). Possible Leading Indicator for Decreased Demand for Anesthesiologists Response. Anesthesia and Analgesia, 116 (6), 1390-1390. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31828f8ebe
Update on the current outlook of the Anesthesiologist Assistant Workforce response
Schubert, Armin, Eckhout, Gifford V., Ngo, Anh L., Tremper, Kevin K. and Peterson, Mary D. (2013). Update on the current outlook of the Anesthesiologist Assistant Workforce response. Anesthesia and Analgesia, 116 (4), 949-950. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182861154
Cellular mechanisms of brain injury and cell death
Schubert, Armin and Emory, Logan (2012). Cellular mechanisms of brain injury and cell death. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 18 (38), 6325-6330. doi: 10.2174/138161212803832425
United States anesthesiologists over 50 retirement decision making and workforce implications
Orkin, Fredrick K., McGinnis, Sandra L., Forte, Gaetano J., Peterson, Mary Dale, Schubert, Armin, Katz, Jonathan D., Berry, Arnold J., Cohen, Norman A., Holzman, Robert S., Jackson, Stephen H., Martin, Donald E. and Garfield, Joseph M. (2012). United States anesthesiologists over 50 retirement decision making and workforce implications. Anesthesiology, 117 (5), 953-963. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3182700c72
Status of the anesthesia workforce in 2011: evolution during the last decade and future outlook
Schubert, Armin, Eckhout, Gifford V., Ngo, Anh L., Tremper, Kevin K. and Peterson, Mary D. (2012). Status of the anesthesia workforce in 2011: evolution during the last decade and future outlook. Anesthesia and Analgesia, 115 (2), 407-427. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182575b4e