Publications

Cluster randomized trials to study the comparative effectiveness of therapeutics: stakeholders' concerns and recommendations.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Mazor KM, Sabin JE, Goff SL, Smith DH, Rolnick S, Roblin D, Raebel MA, Herrinton LJ, Gurwitz JH, Boudreau D, Meterko V, Dodd KS, Platt R

Use of Medicare claims to rank hospitals by surgical site infection risk following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Huang SS, Placzek H, Livingston J, Ma A, Onufrak F, Lankiewicz J, Kleinman K, Bratzler D, Olsen MA, Lyles R, Khan Y, Wright P, Yokoe DS, Fraser VJ, Weinstein RA, Stevenson K, Hooper D, Vostok J, Datta R, Nsa W, Platt R

Opportunity knocks: the electronic (public health) medical record.

Epidemiology
Platt R

Modeling the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreaks throughout the hospitals in Orange County, California.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Lee BY, McGlone SM, Wong KF, Yilmaz SL, Avery TR, Song Y, Christie R, Eubank S, Brown ST, Epstein JM, Parker JI, Burke DS, Platt R, Huang SS

Time for a culture change?

N. Engl. J. Med.
Platt R

Real-time surveillance to assess risk of intussusception and other adverse events after pentavalent, bovine-derived rotavirus vaccine.

Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.
Belongia EA, Irving SA, Shui IM, Kulldorff M, Lewis E, Yin R, Lieu TA, Weintraub E, Yih WK, Li R, Baggs J,

Enhancing patient safety by reducing healthcare-associated infections: the role of discovery and dissemination.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

Environmental cleaning intervention and risk of acquiring multidrug-resistant organisms from prior room occupants.

Arch. Intern. Med.
Datta R, Platt R, Yokoe DS, Huang SS

Cluster randomized trials in comparative effectiveness research: randomizing hospitals to test methods for prevention of healthcare-associated infections.

Med Care
Platt R, Takvorian SU, Septimus E, Hickok J, Moody J, Perlin J, Jernigan JA, Kleinman K, Huang SS

Timely detection of localized excess influenza activity in Northern California across patient care, prescription, and laboratory data.

Stat Med
Greene SK, Kulldorff M, Huang J, Brand RJ, Kleinman KP, Hsu J, Platt R

Charting the course for the future of science in healthcare epidemiology: results of a survey of the membership of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
, Sinaii N

Estimation of the period prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease among nine health plans using computerized diagnoses and outpatient pharmacy dispensings.

Inflamm. Bowel Dis.
Herrinton LJ, Liu L, Lafata JE, Allison JE, Andrade SE, Korner EJ, Chan KA, Platt R, Hiatt D, O'Connor S

Infection control practices to reduce airborne bacteria during total knee replacement: a hospital survey in four states.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Miner AL, Losina E, Katz JN, Fossel AH, Platt R

Laboratory monitoring of drugs at initiation of therapy in ambulatory care.

J Gen Intern Med
Raebel MA, Lyons EE, Andrade SE, Chan KA, Chester EA, Davis RL, Ellis JL, Feldstein A, Gunter MJ, Lafata JE, Long CL, Magid DJ, Selby JV, Simon SR, Platt R

Evaluating spatial surveillance: detection of known outbreaks in real data.

Stat Med
Kleinman K, Abrams A, Katherine Yih W, Platt R, Kulldorff M

Laboratory monitoring of potassium and creatinine in ambulatory patients receiving angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Raebel MA, McClure DL, Simon SR, Chan KA, Feldstein A, Andrade SE, Lafata JE, Roblin D, Davis RL, Gunter MJ, Platt R

Monitoring patient safety in health care: building the case for surrogate measures.

Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf
Gaynes RP, Platt R

Use of prescription medications with a potential for fetal harm among pregnant women.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Andrade SE, Raebel MA, Morse AN, Davis RL, Chan KA, Finkelstein JA, Fortman KK, McPhillips H, Roblin D, Smith DH, Yood MU, Platt R, H Gurwitz J

Monitoring of drugs with a narrow therapeutic range in ambulatory care.

Am J Manag Care
Raebel MA, Carroll NM, Andrade SE, Chester EA, Lafata JE, Feldstein A, Gunter MJ, Nelson WW, Simon SR, Chan KA, Davis RL, Platt R

Potential drug-drug interactions in the outpatient setting.

Med Care
Lafata JE, Schultz L, Simpkins J, Chan KA, Horn JR, Kaatz S, Long C, Platt R, Raebel MA, Smith DH, Xi H, Yood MU