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Sean C Dowdy

Rochester
As seen in: BMJ Open, MDPI, JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association), The Lancet
Chief Value Officer, Associate Dean, Mayo Clinic. Professor, Surgeon, father, husband, and advocate for quality improvement in healthcare. Opinions are my own.
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Learned and Unlearned Lessons in Quality and Safety From Hospitals’ COVID-19 Burdens

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By Benjamin D. Pollock, Subashnie Devkaran, Sean C Dowdy
| JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association) Verified
Metersky et al1 present compelling evidence that adverse events (AEs), including medication errors and hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), increased among patients both with and without COVID-19 during weeks in which hospitals experienced greater COVID-19 admission burdens during the COVID-19 pandemic. The risk of AEs increased 9% with each 10% increase in COVID-19 burden, defined as the daily mean number of COVID-19 inpatients per 100 hospital beds.
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The Quality of Life after Endometrial Cancer Study: Baseline Characteristics and Patient-Reported Outcomes

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By Kathleen Yost, Andrea L. Cheville, Sean C Dowdy, Simrit Warring
| MDPI
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Missed opportunities in hospital quality measurement during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective investigation of US hospitals’ CMS Star Ratings and 30-day mortality during the early pandemic

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By Benjamin D. Pollock, Subashnie Devkaran, Sean C Dowdy
| BMJ Open Verified
Discussion Our results indicated a significant and clear dose–response increase in early pandemic 30-day mortality among both non-COVID and COVID encounters corresponding with decreasing CMS Hospital Star Ratings. The extent of this increase can be seen even at 4-star hospitals, which had nearly 20% greater odds of 30-day mortality for both COVID and non-COVID patients as compared with 5-star hospitals.
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