Publications

Trendspotting: How IT Triggers Better Care in Nursing Homes (September 2011).  California HealthCare Foundation Issue Brief.   (Hudak S., Sharkey S.)

Leveraging Certified Nursing Assistant Documentation and Knowledge to Improve Clinical Decision Making: The On-Time Quality Improvement Program to Prevent Pressure Ulcers, (April 2011), Advances in Skin & Wound Care. (Sharkey S, Hudak S., Horn S. Spector B.)

Incorporating Clinical Decision Support Tools into Nursing Home Health Information Technology. A Focus on INTERACT II: Tools to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalization of Nursing Home Residents. Annals of Long Term Care (September 2011). (Handler S., Hudak S., Sharkey S., Ouslander J.)

Frontline Caregiver Daily Practices: A Comparison Study of Traditional Nursing Homes and The Green House Project Sites. (January 2011). Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 59: 126–131. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03209.x. (Sharkey, S. S., Hudak, S., Horn, S. D., James, B. and Howes, J.)

On-Time Quality Improvement Manual for Long-Term Care Facilities. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0028-EF, (January 2011). Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. (Sharkey S, Hudak S, Horn, S)

Beyond CMS Quality Measure Adjustments: Indentifying Key Resident and Nursing Home Facility Factors Associated with Quality Measures. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2010;11(7):500-505. (Horn SD, Sharkey SS, Hudak S, Smout RJ, Quinn CC, Yody B, Fleshner I.)

Pressure Ulcer Prevention in Nursing Homes: Integration into Daily PracticeAdvances in Wound Care (January 2009). (Horn SD, Sharkey SS, Hudak S, Gassaway J, et al.)

Pressure Ulcer Plan Is Working, Provider Magazine (May 2008). Hudak S, Sharkey SS, Engleman M, et al.

Healthcare Information Technology: Are Long Term Care Providers Ready? An Issue Brief prepared for California Health Care Foundation. (April 2007). (Hudak S, Sharkey SS.)

The National Pressure Ulcer Long-Term Care Study (NPULS): Outcomes of pressure ulcer treatments in long-term careJ. American Geriatrics Society(2005);53:1721-29. (Bergstrom N, Horn SD, Smout RJ, Bender SA, Ferguson ML, Taler G, Sauer AC, Sharkey SS, Voss AC.)

The National Pressure Ulcer Long-term Care Study (NPULS): Pressure ulcer development in long-term care residents. J. American Geriatrics Society (2004 March);52(3):359-367. (Horn SD, Bender SA, Ferguson ML, Smout RJ, Bergstrom N, Taler G, Cook AS, Sharkey SS, Voss AC.)

Description of the National Pressure Ulcer Long-Term Care Study (NPULS). J. Amer Geriatrics Society 50: (2002):1816-1825. (Horn SD, Bender SA, Bergstrom N, Cook AS, Ferguson ML, Rimmasch HL, Sharkey SS, Smout RJ, Taler G, Voss, AC.)

Clinical Practice Improvement: A Methodology to Improve Quality and Decrease Cost in Health Care, Oncology Issues 12:1 (Jan/Feb 1997): 16-20. (Horn SD, Sharkey SS, Rimmasch HL.)

Translating National Guidelines for Local Use, Chapter 7 in APhA Guide to Drug Treatment Protocols: A Resource for Creating and Using Disease-Specific Pathways. (1996). (Horn SD, Sharkey SS.)

Rake Report, ‘ Electronic Medical Record Systems’, (April 2003). (Hudak S, Sharkey S)

Clinical Practice Improvement Methodology: Implementation & Evaluation published by Faulkner & Gray, (1997). Chapters: Implement Dynamic Protocols, Evaluate Results and Continue to Improve the Process of Care, Development of an Abdominal Surgery Protocol, Care Management: Progressing Beyond Case Management to Care Management. (Sharkey S, Rimmasch H.)

Risk Identification, National Chronic Care Consortium, (1995) (Sharkey S, Rimmasch H)

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