PUBLICATIONS

Forthman, M.T., Dove, H.G., Forthman, C.L., & Henderson, R.D. “Beyond Severity of Illness: Evaluating Differences in Patient Intensity and Complexity for Valid Assessment of Medical Practice Pattern Variation.” Managed Care Quarterly, Volume 13, No. 4, Fall 2005, pp. 9-17.
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Forthman, M.T., DesHarnais, S.I., Gold, R.S., Phillips, K.T., & Henderson, R.D. “Measuring the Quality of Inpatient Care: Risk-Adjusted Indexes for Comparing Rates of Mortality, Complications, and Readmissions.” White Paper, Summer 2005, pp. 1-15.
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Forthman. M.T., Wooster, L.D., Hill, W.C., Homa-Lowry, J.M. & DesHarnais, S.D. “Insights into Successful Change Management: Empirically-Supported Techniques for Improving Medical Practice Patterns.” American Journal of Medical Quality , Volume 18, No. 5, Sept./Oct. 2003, pp. 181-189.
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Forthman, M.T., Dove, H.G. & Wooster, L.D. "Episode Treatment Groups (ETGs): A Patient Classification System for Measuring Outcomes Performance by Episode of Illness." Topics in Health Information Management, Volume 28, No. 1, Fall 2000, pp. 51-61.
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DesHarnais, S.I., Forthman, M.T., Homa-Lowry, J.M. & Wooster, L.D. "Risk-Adjusted Clinical Quality Indicators: Indices for Measuring and Monitoring Rates of Mortality, Complications, and Readmissions." Quality Management in Health Care, Volume 9, No. 1, Fall 2000, pp. 14-22.
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Wooster, L.D. & Forthman, M.T. "Clinical Improvement: Commentary on Developing Healthy Physician-Hospital Relationships." Managed Care Quarterly, Volume 5, No.1, Winter 1997, pp. 83-85.
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DesHarnais, S. I., Forthman, M.T., Homa-Lowry, J.M. & Wooster, L.D. "Risk-Adjusted Quality Outcome Measures: Indexes for Benchmarking Rates of Mortality, Complications, and Readmissions." Quality Mangement in Health Care, Volume 5, No. 2, Winter 1997, pp. 80-87.

DesHarnais, S. I., Forthman, M.T., Homa-Lowry, J.M. & Wooster, L.D. "How to Use Risk-Adjusted Quality Indicators to Assess Hospitals." QRC Advisor, Volume 13, No. 5, March 1997.

Leary, R.S., Johantgen, M.E., Farley, D., Forthman, M.T., & Wooster, L.D. "All Payer Severity-Adjusted DRGs: A Uniform Method to Severity-Adjust Discharge Data." Topics in Health Information Management, Volume 17, No. 3, Winter 1997, pp. 60-71.
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Wooster, L.D. & Forthman, M.T. "Establishing a Proper Perspective on Clinical Pathways Before Implementing a Clinical Improvement Program." Best Practices and Benchmarking in Healthcare, Volume 1, No. 2, March/April 1996, pp. 84-88.

Dove, H. & Forthman, T. "Helping Financial Analysts Communicate Variance Analysis." Healthcare Financial Management, April 1995, pp. 52-54.

Hacker, J.O., Dodson, D.C., & Forthman, M.T. A Marketing Approach to Physician Recruitment. Binghamton: Haworth Press, 1994.

Dove, H. "Use of Resource-Based Relative Value Scale for Private Insurers." Health Affairs, Vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 193-201, 1994.

Hacker, J.O., Dodson, D.C., & Forthman, M.T., "Physician Recruiting and Marketing: A Summary Guide for Hospitals." Journal of Hospital Marketing, Volume 7, No. 1, 1992, pp. 9-27.

Leary, R., Leary, B. & Dove, H. "Refined Diagnosis-Related Groups -- A New Perspective on Patient Classification." Topics in Health Information Management, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1993.

DesHarnais, S., McMahon, Jr., L.F. & Wroblewski, R. "Measuring Outcomes of Hospital Care Using Multiple Risk-Adjusted Indexes." Health Services Research, Vol. 26:4, October 1991, pp. 425-445.

DesHarnais, S.I., McMahon, Jr., L.F., Wroblewski, R.T. & Hogan, A.J. "Measuring Hospital Performance: The Development and Validation of Risk-Adjusted Indexes of Mortality, Readmissions, and Complications." Medical Care, Vol. 28:12, December 1990, pp. 1127-1141.