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Establishing Health Care Performance Standards in an Era of Consumerism by Kizer, Kenneth W

“…As the US health care system begins to reengineer itself to address the need for quality improvement, it also is being actively reshaped by the expectations of…”
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Relation of Surgical volume to outcome in eight common operations : Results from the VA National Surgical Quality Improvement Program by KHURI, S. F, DALEY, J, DEMAKIS, J, FABRI, P. J, GIBBS, J. O, GROVER, F, HAMMERMEISTER, K, MCDONALD, G, PASSARO, E, PHILLIPS, U, SCAMMAN, F, SPENCER, J, HENDERSON, W, STREMPLE, J. F, BRENNAN, M. F, GORDON, T. A, MUNOZ, E, CAMERON, J. L, DECOSSE, J. J, HUR, K, HOSSAIN, M, SOYBEL, D, KIZER, K. W, AUST, J. B, BELL, R. H, CHONG, V

“…To examine, in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the relation between surgical volume and outcome in eight commonly performed operations of…”
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Promoting Patient Safety by Preventing Medical Error by Leape, Lucian L, Woods, David D, Hatlie, Martin J, Kizer, Kenneth W, Schroeder, Steven A, Lundberg, George D

“…An editorial notes that to make health care safe, systems need to be redesigned to make errors difficult to commit and a culture needs to be created in which…”
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Geographic Variations in Utilization Rates in Veterans Affairs Hospitals and Clinics by Ashton, Carol M, Petersen, Nancy J, Souchek, Julianne, Menke, Terri J, Yu, Hong-Jen, Pietz, Kenneth, Eigenbrodt, Marsha L, Barbour, Galen, Kizer, Kenneth W, Wray, Nelda P

“…Geographic variation in hospital use across the United States is a persistent finding. 1 – 4 Contributory causes that have been explored include differences in…”
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A Survey of Assaultive Behavior in Veterans Health Administration Facilities by Lehmann, Laurent S., McCormick, Richard A., Kizer, Kenneth W.

“…OBJECTIVE: To more clearly define the scope and impact of violence in health care facilities, national data on assaults in VA medical centers and freestanding…”
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The National Quality Forum seeks to improve health care by Kizer, K W

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The “New VA”: Delivering Health Care Value Through Integrated Service Networks by Kizer, Kenneth W, Pane, Gregg A

“…In an effort to meet powerful societal and industry-wide forces of change, the Veterans Health Administration has initiated a fundamental reengineering of…”
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The health status of Gulf War veterans : Lessons learned from the Department of Veterans Affairs health registry by MURPHY, F. M, HAN KANG, DALAGER, N. A, LEE, K. Y, ALLEN, R. E, MATHER, S. H, KIZER, K. W

“…To describe the demographic characteristics and postwar health status of U.S. Gulf War veterans who participated in the Department of Veterans Affairs health…”
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Emergency department diagnosis of abdominal disorders in the elderly by Kizer, Kenneth W, Vassar, Mary J

“…To assess the accuracy of emergency department (ED) provisional diagnosis (ProDx) as compared with the hospital discharge diagnosis (HDDx) and the impact on…”
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California’s “5 a Day—for Better Health!” Campaign: An Innovative Population-Based Effort to Effect Large-Scale Dietary Change by Foerster, Susan B., Kizer, Kenneth W., DiSogra, Lorelei K., Bal, Dileep G., Krieg, Brian F., Bunch, Karen L.

“…The annual toll of diet-related diseases in the United States is similar to that taken by tobacco, but less progress has been achieved in reaching the Public…”
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Reinventing VA Health Care: Systematizing Quality Improvement and Quality Innovation by Kizer, Kenneth W., Demakis, John G., Feussner, John R.

“…The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) in the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) manages the largest fully integrated health care system in the United…”
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Pulmonary air leaks resulting from outdoor sports : A clinical series and literature review by KIZER, K. W, MACQUARRIE, M. B

“…The occurrence of pulmonary air leaks consequent to recreational sports is considered to be rare. We performed a retrospective records review for cases of…”
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Alcohol-related mortality in California, 1980 to 1989 by Sutocky, J W, Shultz, J M, Kizer, K W

“…This study sought to examine the impact of alcohol use and misuse on mortality in California during the 1980s. Alcohol-Related Disease Impact estimation…”
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Tuberculosis in the veterans healthcare system: a six-year review and evaluation of programme effectiveness by ROSELLE, G. A., DANKO, L. H., KRALOVIC, S. M., SIMBARTL, L. A., KIZER, K. W.

“…The Department of Veterans Affairs operates a large, centrally administered health care system consisting of 173 hospitals and 4 free standing outpatient…”
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The National Quality Forum enters the game by Kizer, Kenneth W.

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Physician perceptions of a national formulary by Glassman, P A, Good, C B, Kelley, M E, Bradley, M, Valentino, M, Ogden, J, Kizer, K W

“…To assess the perceptions of US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) physicians regarding effects of a National Formulary (NF) on patient care, access to drugs,…”
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Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI): A Collaboration between Research and Clinical Practice by Demakis, John G., McQueen, Lynn, Kizer, Kenneth W., Feussner, John R.

“…This article provides an overview of the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI), an ambitious attempt to develop a data-driven national…”
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Unexplained Illness Among Persian Gulf War Veterans in an Air National Guard Unit: Preliminary Report—August 1990-March 1995 by Kizer, K W, Joseph, S, Moll, M, Rankin, J T

“…A three-stage investigation was planned to verify and characterize signs and symptoms in Persian Gulf War (PGW) veterans attending a Veterans' Affairs medical…”
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Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH: health care quality evangelist. Interview by Brian Vastag by Kizer, K W

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Increased use of beta-blockers after acute myocardial infarction by Kizer, K W, Sawin, C T

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