Publications

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, Weinberg DA, eds. Advances in the Prevention and Control of Healthcare-Associated Infections. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US).

Reichert H, Welch K. Conceptualizing statistics: A heuristic approach. Presented at the University of Michigan’s Division of General Medicine Spring Retreat, Ann Arbor, MI, May 2014.

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, San Diego, CA, April 2014.

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, San Diego, CA, April 2014.

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

Reichert H, Welch K. Conceptualizing statistics: A heuristic approach. Presented at the 2014 American Statistical Association (ASA) Conference on Statistical Practice, Tampa, FL, February 2014.

Reichert H, Meddings J. What’s so standard about risk standardization? Presented at the 2014 American Statistical Association (ASA) Conference on Statistical Practice, Tampa, FL, February 2014.

Meddings J, Reichert H, Hofer T, McMahon L. 2013. Hospital report cards for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers: How good are the grades? Ann Internal Med 159(8):505–513; doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-8-201310150-00003. PMID: 24126644.

Meddings J, Reichert H, Grazier KL, Rogers MAM, Hofer T, McMahon LF. Effect of payment changes for pressure ulcers from the hospital-acquired conditions initiative: A statewide analysis. Presented at the 2013 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore, MD, June 2013.

Meddings J, Reichert H, Rogers MAM, Hofer T, McMahon LF. Risk-adjusting hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates from claims data: Teaching hospitals beware. Presented at the 2013 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore, MD, June 2013.

Reichert H. Risk standardization. Presented at the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI) Methods Seminar, Ann Arbor, MI, June 2013.

Meddings J, Reichert H, Rogers MAM, Hofer T, McMahon LF. Risk-adjusting hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates from claims data: Teaching hospitals beware. Presented at the 2013 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, April 2013.

Meddings J, Reichert H, Saint S, McMahon LF. Why are hospital rates of catheter-associated UTIs so low in claims data? Presented at the 2012 Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America / ID Week, San Diego, CA, October 2012.

Meddings J, Reichert H, McMahon L. Hospital report cards for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers: How good are the grades? Presented at the 2012 Academy Health Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, June 2012.

Meddings J, Reichert H, Rogers MAM, Hofer TP, McMahon L. Adjusting for patients’ clinical risk of urinary tract infections: A necessary step in pay-for-performance when comparing by hospital-acquired complication rates. Presented at the 2012 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 2012.

Meddings J, Reichert H, McMahon L. Hospital report cards for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers: How good are the grades? Presented at the 2012 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 2012.

Meddings J, Reichert H, Rogers MAM, Iwashyna TJ, McMahon L. Hospitals reporting better adherence to perioperative blood clot prophylaxis do not report lower rates of hospital-acquired post-operative blood clots. Presented at the 2012 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 9-12, 2012.

Volk M, Reichert H, Lok A, Hayward R. 2011. Variation in organ quality between liver transplant centers. Am J Transplant 11(5):958–964; doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03487.x. PMID: 21466651.

Chung KC, Burns PB, Reichert H, Fox DA, Wilgis EFS, Burke FD, Regan M, Kim HM. 2011. Properties of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health in assessing hand outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Rehab Med 43(4):292–298; doi: 10.2340/16501977-0671. PMID: 21267527.

Gillespie BW, Chen Q, Reichert H, Franzblau A, Hedgeman E, Lepkowski J, Adriaens P, Demond A, et al. 2010. Estimating population distributions when some data are below a limit of detection by using a reverse Kaplan-Meier estimator. Epidemiology 21 (Suppl 4):S64-S70; doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181ce9f08. PMID: 20386104.