Publication Year

Alexander DD, Jiang X, Bylsma LC, Garabrant DH, Irvin SR, Fryzek JP. 2014. Historical cancer incidence and mortality assessment in an Illinois community proximal to a former manufactured gas plant. BMJ Open 4(12):e006713. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006713.

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.

Cohen SS, Sadoff MM, Jiang X, Fryzek JP, Garabrant DH. A review and meta-analysis of cancer risks in relation to Portland cement exposure. Occup Environ Med. 2014 Nov;71(11):796-802.

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.

Meddings J, Reichert H, McMahon LF. 2014. Challenges and proposed improvements for reviewing symptoms and catheter use to identify National Healthcare Safety Network catheter-associated urinary tract infections.  Am J Infect Cont 42(10):S236-S241.

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.

Budelmann C, Reichert H, Meddings J. Are you ex-Foley-ating? A hospital-wide intervention to decrease urinary catheter use, including nurse-directed positive-reinforcement strategies. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, April 23-26, 2014, San Diego, CA.

Meddings J, Reichert H, Dueweke E, Rhyner J. 2014. Issues regarding identification of urinary catheter use from medical records. In: Battles JB, Cleeman JI, Kahn KK, and Weinberg DA, eds. Advances in the Prevention and Control of Healthcare-Associated Infections. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US).

Reichert H, McMahon LF, Meddings J. Hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections: reported by mandate to the National Healthcare Safety Network, but rarely listed as diagnoses in claims data. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, April 23-26, 2014, San Diego, CA.

Cohen SS, Skovbo S, Vestergaard H, Kristensen T, Moller M, Bindslev-Jensen C, Fryzek JP, Broesby-Olsen S.  2014. Epidemiology of systemic mastocytosis in Denmark. Br J Haematol 166(4):521-528.

Hedgeman E, Lipworth L, Lowe K, Saran R, Do T, Fryzek J. International burden of chronic kidney disease: review of the literature and online data systems. National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting, April 22-26, 2014, Las Vegas, NV.

Proctor DM, Suh M, Tachovsky JA, Abraham L, Hixon JG, Brorby GP, Campleman SL. 2014. Cumulative risk assessment of urban air toxics: A pilot study in San Antonio, Texas. Presented at the Society of Toxicology’s 53rd Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, March 23-27, 2014.

Suh M, Abraham L, Hixon JG, Proctor D. 2014. The effects of perchlorate, nitrate, and thiocyanate on free thyroxine for potentially sensitive subpopulations of the 2001–2002 and 2007–2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. J Expos Sci Epidemiol 24:579-587.

Reichert H, Welch K. Conceptualizing Statistics: A Heuristic Approach. Presented at the 2014 American Statistical Association (ASA) Conference on Statistical Practice, February 20-22, 2014, Tampa, FL.

Reichert H, Meddings J. What’s so Standard About Risk Standardization? Presented at the 2014 American Statistical Association (ASA) Conference on Statistical Practice, February 20-22, 2014, Tampa, FL.

Greene T, Kiyoshi-Teo H, Reichert H, Krein S, Saint S. 2014. Urinary catheter indications in the United States: Results from a national survey of acute care hospitals. Infect Contr Hosp Epidemiol Oct:S96-S98.

Reichert, H. Qualtrics (and other survey tools): Beyond Opinion Surveys. Presented at the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policty and Innovation (IHPI) Methods Seminar, February 1, 2014, Ann Arbor, MI.

Mehta J, Wang H, Fryzek JP, Iqbal SU, Mesa R. 2014. Health resource utilization and cost associated with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) in a large United States health plan. Leuk Lymphoma 55(10), DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2013.879127.