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Quantitative Neuromuscular Monitoring in Clinical Practice: A Professional Practice Change Initiative by Weigel, Wade A., Williams, Barbara L., Hanson, Neil A., Blackmore, C. Craig, Johnson, Randy L., Nissen, Gary M., James, Andrew B., Strodtbeck, Wyndam M.

“…Residual neuromuscular blockade can be avoided with quantitative neuromuscular monitoring. The authors embarked on a professional practice initiative to attain…”
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Effectiveness of Clinical Decision Support in Controlling Inappropriate Imaging by Blackmore, C. Craig, MD, MPH, Mecklenburg, Robert S., MD, Kaplan, Gary S., MD

“…Background Decision support systems for advanced imaging are being implemented with increased frequency and are mandated under some new governmental health…”
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The Immediate, Hospital-Level Impact of Stay-at-Home Order on Diverticulitis Burden by Soriano, Celine, Kaplan, Jennifer A., Law, Joanna K., Williams, Barbara L., Blackmore, C. Craig, Simianu, Vlad V.

“…Diverticulitis is prevalent in the USA, with nearly 300,000 admissions, 1.5 million days of care, and $2 billion in costs annually across acute episodes,…”
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Changes in Provider Prescribing Patterns After Implementation of an Emergency Department Prescription Opioid Policy by Osborn, Scott R., MD, Yu, Julianna, MD, Williams, Barbara, PhD, Vasilyadis, Maria, MD, Blackmore, C. Craig, MD, MPH

“…Abstract Background Prescription opioid-associated abuse and overdose is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Opioid…”
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Applying Lean Methods to Improve Quality and Safety in Surgical Sterile Instrument Processing by Blackmore, C. Craig, Bishop, Robbi, Luker, Samuel, Williams, Barbara L.

“…Surgical instrument processing is critical to safe, high-quality surgical care but has received little attention in the medical literature. Typical hospitals…”
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Coupling Lean and Experience-Based Design for Measuring and Incorporating Patient Emotional Experience Into the Redesign of Health Care by London, Amy E., Blackmore, C. Craig, Tufano, Amy E., Quisenberry, Eli J., Plsek, Paul

“…Background and Objectives:Incorporation of Lean into health care requires consideration of the patient and other customer experience of care as well as final…”
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Systematic review: Computed tomography and ultrasonography to detect acute appendicitis in adults and adolescents by TERASAWA, Teruhiko, BLACKMORE, C. Craig, BENT, Stephen, KOHLWES, R. Jeffrey

“…Although clinicians commonly use computed tomography or ultrasonography to diagnose acute appendicitis, the accuracy of these imaging tests remains unclear. To…”
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Clearing the Cervical Spine in Obtunded Patients by HARRIS, Tyler J, BLACKMORE, C. Craig, MIRZA, Sohail K, JURKOVICH, Gregory J

“…Retrospective cohort study. To determine the frequency of injuries missed by initial computed tomography (CT) of the cervical spine in obtunded blunt trauma…”
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Using Lean to Improve Medication Administration Safety: In Search of the “Perfect Dose” by Ching, Joan M., Long, Christina, Williams, Barbara L., Blackmore, C. Craig

“…At Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle), the Collaborative Alliance for Nursing Outcomes (CALNOC) Medication Administration Accuracy Quality Study was used…”
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Using Lean tools to improve the efficiency of awake fibreoptic intubation setup by Weigel, Wade A, Lyons, Andrew B, Liberman, Justin S, Blackmore, C Craig

“…BackgroundAwake fibreoptic intubation is a complex advanced airway technique used by anaesthesiologists in the management of a difficult airway. The time to…”
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Implementation of a custom alert to prevent medication-timing errors associated with computerized prescriber order entry by Idemoto, Lori M, Williams, Barbara L, Ching, Joan M, Blackmore, Craig C

“…PURPOSE.The implementation of a custom alert to prevent medication-timing errors associated with the use of a computerized prescriber order-entry (CPOE) system…”
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Clinical Decision Support: Opportunity or Armageddon? by Blackmore, C Craig

“…The objective of this article is to discuss clinical decision support (CDS) and the article by Palen and colleagues in this issue of . The Palen et al. study…”
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Evidence-based Imaging and Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Cardiopulmonary Imaging by Blackmore, C Craig

“…Evidence-based imaging is a paradigm for using the best evidence to guide medical decision making. Evidence-based imaging centers on formulating a clinical…”
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Issues and Challenges With Integrating Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials Supported by the National Cancer Institute–Sponsored Clinical Trials Networks by Bruner, Deborah Watkins, Bryan, Charlene J, Aaronson, Neil, Blackmore, C Craig, Brundage, Michael, Cella, David, Ganz, Patricia A, Gotay, Carolyn, Hinds, Pamela S, Kornblith, Alice B, Movsas, Benjamin, Sloan, Jeff, Wenzel, Lari, Whalen, Giles

“…The objective of this report is to provide a historical overview of and the issues and challenges inherent in the incorporation of patient-reported outcomes…”
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Reduction of Inpatient Hospital Length of Stay in Lumbar Fusion Patients With Implementation of an Evidence-Based Clinical Care Pathway by Bradywood, Alison, Farrokhi, Farrokh, Williams, Barbara, Kowalczyk, Mark, Blackmore, C. Craig

“…STUDY DESIGN.Quality improvement with before and after evaluation of the intervention. OBJECTIVE.To improve lumbar spine post-operative care and quality…”
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The Success and Failure of a Radiology Quality Metric: The Case of OP-10 by Blackmore, C. Craig, MD, MPH, Watt, Douglas, MD, Sicuro, Paul L., MD

“…Abstract Purpose Medical quality metrics can serve various functions, including promoting quality improvement efforts within a medical system, and providing a…”
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Toward evidence-based decisions in diagnostic radiology: a research and rating process for multiple decision-makers by Ollendorf, Daniel A, Blackmore, C Craig, Lee, Janie M

“…The use of diagnostic imaging tests and the development of evidence-based guidelines, reviews, and other materials have both undergone substantial growth in…”
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Defining Quality in Radiology by Blackmore, C. Craig, MD, MPH

“…The introduction of pay for performance in medicine represents an opportunity for radiologists to define quality in radiology. Radiology quality can be defined…”
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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Follow-up Imaging for Adnexal Lesions by Hui, Jamie S., MD, Kramer, Dawna J., MD, Blackmore, C. Craig, MD, MPH, Hashimoto, Beverly E., MD, Coy, David L., MD, PhD

“…Our objective was to improve the quality of pelvic ultrasound reports and decrease the number of physiologic and benign adnexal lesions unnecessarily referred…”
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Association between combative behavior requiring intervention and delirium in hospitalized patients by Uldall, Karina, Williams, Barbara L., Dunn, Jessica D., Blackmore, C. Craig

“…BACKGROUND We hypothesized that delirium contributes to combative behavior requiring intervention in hospitalized patients. Delirium identification would…”
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