Publications

Medicare claims can be used to identify US hospitals with higher rates of surgical site infection following vascular surgery.

Med Care
Calderwood MS, Kleinman K, Bratzler DW, Ma A, Kaganov RE, Bruce CB, Balaconis EC, Canning C, Platt R, Huang SS, ,

Regulation and comparative effectiveness research--reply.

JAMA
Platt R, Kass NE, McGraw D

Planned Analyses of the REDUCE MRSA Trial.

Antimicrob. Agents Chemother.
Huang SS, Platt R

Ethics, regulation, and comparative effectiveness research: time for a change.

JAMA
Platt R, Kass NE, McGraw D

Embedding cardiovascular research into practice.

JAMA
Califf RM, Platt R

Targeted decolonization to prevent ICU infections.

N. Engl. J. Med.
Huang SS, Septimus E, Platt R

Big data in epidemiology: too big to fail?

Epidemiology
Toh S, Platt R

Is size the next big thing in epidemiology?

Epidemiology
Toh S, 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

Simulation shows hospitals that cooperate on infection control obtain better results than hospitals acting alone.

Health Aff (Millwood)
Lee BY, Bartsch SM, Wong KF, Yilmaz SL, Avery TR, Singh A, Song Y, Kim DS, Brown ST, Potter MA, Platt R, Huang SS

The organizational structure and governing principles of the Food and Drug Administration's Mini-Sentinel pilot program.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Forrow S, Campion DM, Herrinton LJ, Nair VP, Robb MA, Wilson M, Platt R

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Mini-Sentinel program: status and direction.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Platt R, Carnahan RM, Brown JS, Chrischilles E, Curtis LH, Hennessy S, Nelson JC, Racoosin JA, Robb M, Schneeweiss S, Toh S, Weiner MG

Collaborations in population-based health research: the 17th annual HMO Research Network Conference, March 23-25, 2011, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Clin Med Res
Lieu TA, Hinrichsen VL, Moreira A, 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

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

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

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

Quantifying interhospital patient sharing as a mechanism for infectious disease spread.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Huang SS, Avery TR, Song Y, Elkins KR, Nguyen CC, Nutter SK, Nafday AA, Condon CJ, Chang MT, Chrest D, Boos J, Bobashev G, Wheaton W, Frank SA, Platt R, Lipsitch M, Bush RM, Eubank S, Burke DS, Lee BY

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
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