Kathryn M McDonald

Datos Biográficos

ID5535490
NOMBREKathryn M McDonald
NOMBRESKathryn M
APELLIDOMcDonald
FIRMAMCDONALD K M
AFILIACIONESStanford University
ORCID0000-0002-4049-5744
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS8
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR8
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2006
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Improving Diagnosis

    Kelly T Gleason, Kathryn M McDonald et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2026Referencias: 45

    BACKGROUND: Understanding patients' experiences with diagnosis is crucial for improving care. Clarifying how best to ask about these experiences is an essential step in doing so. OBJECTIVE: To elicit and then categorize diagnostic problems and mistakes in a national, population-based survey. METHODS: Drawing from a nationally representative panel, respondents were asked whether they had experienced (directly or as a care partner) a diagnostic pro…

  • Exploring sociodemographic disparities in diagnostic problems and mistakes in the quest for diagnostic equity

    Open AccessKathryn M McDonald, Kelly T Gleason et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Introduction: As part of building a platform for epidemiological research on diagnostic errors and problems that centers on patients and equity, this paper summarizes the development and analysis of data collected from fielding a survey in a nationally representative U.S. population to explore the prevalence and harm consequences of diagnostic problems or mistakes (referred to here as "diagnostic P&Ms") by respondent-reported sociodemographic cha…

  • Intensity, Characteristics, and Factors Associated With Receipt of Care Coordination Among High-Risk Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration

    Diana J Govier, Alex Hickok et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2024Referencias: 29

    BACKGROUND: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has initiatives underway to enhance the provision of care coordination (CC), particularly among high-risk Veterans. Yet, evidence detailing the characteristics of and who receives VHA CC is limited. OBJECTIVES: We examined intensity, timing, setting, and factors associated with VHA CC among high-risk Veterans. RESEARCH DESIGN: We conducted a retrospective observational cohort study, following V…

  • Organizational Influences on Time Pressure Stressors and Potential Patient Consequences in Primary Care

    Kathryn M McDonald, Hector P Rodriguez et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2018Referencias: 39

    BACKGROUND: Primary care teams face daily time pressures both during patient encounters and outside of appointments. OBJECTIVES: We theorize 2 types of time pressure, and test hypotheses about organizational determinants and patient consequences of time pressure. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cross-sectional, observational analysis of data from concurrent surveys of care team members and their patients. SUBJECTS: Patients (n=1291 respondents, 73.5% response r…

  • Performance Measures in Neurosurgical Patient Care

    Nuriel Moghavem, Kathryn Mcdonald et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2016Referencias: 26

    BACKGROUND: Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) are administratively coded identifiers of potentially preventable adverse events. These indicators are used for multiple purposes, including benchmarking and quality improvement efforts. Baseline PSI evaluation in high-risk surgeries is fundamental to both purposes. OBJECTIVE: Determine PSI rates and their impact on other outcomes in patients undergoing cranial neurosurgery compared with other surgerie…

  • Expanding the Uses of AHRQ's Prevention Quality Indicators

    Sheryl Davies, Sheryl M Davies et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2011Referencias: 24

    BACKGROUND: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's prevention quality indicators (PQIs) are used as a metric of area-level access to quality care. Recently, interest has expanded to using the measures at the level of payer or large physician groups, including public reporting or pay-for-performance programs. However, the validity of these expanded applications is unknown. RESEARCH DESIGN: We conducted a novel panel process to establish …

  • Why Rescue the Administrative Data Version of the “Failure to Rescue” Quality Indicator

    Kathryn M McDonald, Sheryl M Davies et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2007Referencias: 7

    McDonald, Kathryn M. MM/MBA; Davies, Sheryl M. MS; Geppert, Jeffrey JD, EDM; Romano, Patrick S. MD, MPH Author Information

  • Quality Improvement Strategies for Hypertension Management

    Judith M E Walsh, Kathryn M McDonald et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2006Referencias: 57

    BACKGROUND: Care remains suboptimal for many patients with hypertension. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of quality improvement (QI) strategies in lowering blood pressure. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, Cochrane databases, and article bibliographies were searched for this study. STUDY SELECTION: Trials, controlled before-after studies, and interrupted time series evaluating QI interventions targeting hypertension contro…