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Meddings J, Reichert H, Smith SN, McMahon LF Jr. How do hospital grades publicly displayed on Medicare’s Hospital Compare website compare to whether a hospital was penalized for readmissions and hospital-acquired conditions? Presented at the 2015 Agency for Heathcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Research Conference, October 4-6, 2015, Crystal City, VA.

Lipworth LL, Shirey-Rice J, Wei WQ, Hardin J, Shi G, Monda K, Fryzek JP, Fazio S, Cohen SS, Denny JC. Identification and characterization of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia patients using the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Synthetic Derivative database. Presented at the European Society for Cardiology Congress, August 29 – September 1, 2015, London, United Kingdom.

Doucette A, Hedgeman E, Fryzek J. Assessing the Agreement of Hospitalization Estimates Between Three Nationally Representative US Hospital Discharge Databases, the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), the National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) and the Kid’s Inpatient Database (KID). Presented at the International Conference of Pharmacoepidemiology, August 24-26 2015, Boston, MA.

Meddings J, Reichert H, Smith S, Iwashyna T, Langa K, Hofer T, McGuirk H, McMahon LF Jr. Functional status, social support and wealth impact readmissions for pneumonia and heart failure beyond standard Medicare risk-adjustors. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, June 14-15, 2015, Minneapolis, MN.

Liu B, Karath SM, Sekeres MA, Fryzek JP, Mutetwa BT, Sreekantaiah C, Mason C, Kolitz, Taioli E. Insights into the spatial clustering and disease etiology of myelodysplastic syndromes. Presented at the New York City Epidemiology Forum, February 27, 2015, New York City, NY.

Kerath SM, Sekeres MA, Fryzek JP, Mutetwa BT, Sreekantaiah C, Mason CR, Kolitz J, Taioli E. Clinical characteristics and outcomes in a large sample of MDS patients. Presented at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Exposition, November 15-19 2014, New Orleans, LA.

Meddings J, Saint S, Krein S, Gaies E, Reichert H, Hickner A, McNamara S, Mody L. Systematic review of interventions to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the long-term care setting. Presented at ID Week, October 10, 2014, Philadelphia, PA.

Reichert H, McMahon LF, Meddings J. Did hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates decrease after implementation of non-payment as a comorbidity with the 2008 Hospital-Acquired Conditions Initiative? Presented at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, June 8-10, 2014, San Diego, CA.

Reichert H, McMahon LF, Meddings J. Risk-adjusting hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates from administrative data: how do hospitals perform by the risk-adjusted AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator 3 compared to a proposed measure using risk-standardization applied by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for other outcomes? Presented at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, June 8-10, 2014, San Diego, CA.

Reichert H, Welch K. Conceptualizing Statistics: A Heuristic Approach. Presented at the University of Michigan’s Division of General Medicine Spring Retreat, May 1, 2014, Ann Arbor, MI.