Publications

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

Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf
Gaynes RP, Platt R

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

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 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

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

A beneficial side effect of the Medicare drug benefit.

N. Engl. J. Med.
Platt R, Ommaya A

Frequency of high-risk use of QT-prolonging medications.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Allen LaPointe NM, Curtis LH, Chan KA, Kramer JM, Lafata JE, Gurwitz JH, Raebel MA, Platt R

Post-PCV7 changes in colonizing pneumococcal serotypes in 16 Massachusetts communities, 2001 and 2004.

Pediatrics
Huang SS, Platt R, Rifas-Shiman SL, Pelton SI, Goldmann D, Finkelstein JA

Cluster randomized trials: opportunities and barriers identified by leaders of eight health plans.

Med Care
Mazor KM, Sabin JE, Boudreau D, Goodman MJ, Gurwitz JH, Herrinton LJ, Raebel MA, Roblin D, Smith DH, Meterko V, Platt R

Impact of an environmental cleaning intervention on the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci on surfaces in intensive care unit rooms.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Goodman ER, Platt R, Bass R, Onderdonk AB, Yokoe DS, Huang SS

Active drug safety surveillance: a tool to improve public health.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Platt R, Madre L, Reynolds R, Tilson H

Strain-relatedness of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from patients with repeated infection.

Clin. Infect. Dis.
Huang SS, Diekema DJ, Warren DK, Zuccotti G, Winokur PL, Tendolkar S, Boyken L, Datta R, Jones RM, Ward MA, Aubrey T, Onderdonk AB, Garcia C, Platt R

Comparing drug effectiveness at health plans: the ethics of cluster randomized trials.

Hastings Cent Rep
Sabin JE, Mazor K, Meterko V, Goff SL, Platt R

Risk of congenital malformations among infants exposed to antidepressants during pregnancy.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Davis RL, Andrade S, Platt R

Comparative effectiveness of different beta-adrenergic antagonists on mortality among adults with heart failure in clinical practice.

Arch. Intern. Med.
Go AS, Yang J, Gurwitz JH, Hsu J, Lane K, Platt R

A cohort study of the incidence of serious acute liver injury in diabetic patients treated with hypoglycemic agents.

Arch. Intern. Med.
Chan KA, Truman A, Gurwitz JH, Hurley JS, Martinson B, Platt R, Everhart JE, Moseley RH, Terrault N, Ackerson L, Selby JV

Adverse events associated with prolonged antibiotic use.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Meropol SB, Chan KA, Chen Z, Finkelstein JA, Hennessy S, Lautenbach E, Platt R, Schech SD, Shatin D, Metlay JP

Simulated anthrax attacks and syndromic surveillance.

Emerging Infect. Dis.
Nordin JD, Goodman MJ, Kulldorff M, Ritzwoller DP, Abrams AM, Kleinman K, Levitt MJ, Donahue J, Platt R

Antidepressant medication use and risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Andrade SE, McPhillips H, Loren D, Raebel MA, Lane K, Livingston J, Boudreau DM, Smith DH, Davis RL, Willy ME, Platt R

Supplementary table: epidemiology of neonatal infections: experience during and after hospitalization.

Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.
Sinha A, Yokoe D, Platt R