Articles by Arlene S. Ash, PhD

Incorporating data from functional status assessments, we developed a Medicaid payment model for long-term services and supports in a community-dwelling population of older adults.

How Pooling Fragmented Healthcare Encounter Data Affects Hospital Profiling
ByAmresh D. Hanchate, PhD,Arlene S. Ash, PhD,Ann Borzecki, MD, MPH,Hassen Abdulkerim, MS,Kelly L. Stolzmann, MS,Amy K. Rosen, PhD,Aaron S. Fink, MD,Mary Jo V. Pugh, PhD,Priti Shokeen, MS,Michael Shwartz, PhD Incomplete records of patient history can bias hospital profiling. Completing health records for Medicare-covered patients in VA hospitals resulted in modest changes in hospital performance.

Relevance of Current Guidelines for Organizing an Anticoagulation Clinic
ByAdam J. Rose, MD, MSc,Elaine M. Hylek, MD, MPH,Al Ozonoff, PhD,Arlene S. Ash, PhD,Joel I. Reisman, AB,Patricia P. Callahan, RPh,Margaret M. Gordon, PharmD,Dan R. Berlowitz, MD, MPH Anticoagulation clinics in an integrated healthcare system differed widely in their organization and management, but these differences were not consistently related to their performance.

The Relationship of System-Level Quality Improvement With Quality of Depression Care
ByAndrea Charbonneau, MD, MSc,Victoria Parker, DBA,Mark Meterko, PhD,Amy K. Rosen, PhD,Boris Kader, PhD,Richard R. Owen, MD,Arlene S. Ash, PhD,Jeffrey Whittle, MD, MPH,Dan R. Berlowitz, MD, MPH 
Can We Use Automated Data to Assess Quality of Hypertension Care?
ByAnn M. Borzecki, MD, MPH,Ashley T. Wong, MA,Elaine C. Hickey, RN, MS,Arlene S. Ash, PhD,Dan R. Berlowitz, MD, MPH