Robert M Centor
Biographic Data
| ID | 5542899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert M Centor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert M |
| FAMILY NAME | Centor |
| SIGNATURE | CENTOR R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9104-5137 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Securing Patient Satisfaction
Over my 30-year career, I have delivered both outpatient and inpatient care—always in an academic setting. For the past 8 years, however, I have restricted my clinical work to inpatient attending as a hospitalist. The role has prompted me to be cautious about how my interaction with patients impacts their satisfaction with the health care system, their outpatient physician, and me. To my knowledge, data on these concerns are unobtainable, so I ne…
Evidence--an Input, Not an Answer
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has become a buzzword in medicine. Many authorities urge us to use EBM to make medical decisions. How can anyone oppose its logical and statistical guide to medical care? As I read the EBM literature, I see a good idea taken to extremes. EBM should be treated as another tool in the toolbox that we use to make medical decisions—not the only and final word. As physicians, we must always interpret the data ourselves and…
Nurse Staffing and Mortality for Medicare Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
CONTEXT: Recent hospital reductions in registered nurses (RNs) for hospital care raise concerns about patient outcomes. OBJECTIVE: Assess the association of nurse staffing with in-hospital mortality for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: Medical record review data from the 1994-1995 Cooperative Cardiovascular Project were linked with American Hospital Association data for 118,940 fee-for-service Medica…
Health-related Quality of Life and Virologic outcomes in an HIV Clinic
Physicians' Judgments of the Risks of Cardiac Procedures
OBJECTIVES: The authors compared judgments of the population risks of invasive cardiac procedures made by cardiologists and other internal medicine physicians. Our main hypotheses were that cardiologists' judgments would differ from those made by the other physicians and that cardiologists' judgments would be more accurate than those of other physicians. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional survey of senior staff and physician-trainees at two teac…
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Physicians' Judgments of the Risks of Cardiac Procedures
OBJECTIVES: The authors compared judgments of the population risks of invasive cardiac procedures made by cardiologists and other internal medicine physicians. Our main hypotheses were that cardiologists' judgments would differ from those made by the other physicians and that cardiologists' judgments would be more accurate than those of other physicians. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional survey of senior staff and physician-trainees at two teac…
Health-related Quality of Life and Virologic outcomes in an HIV Clinic
Nurse Staffing and Mortality for Medicare Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
CONTEXT: Recent hospital reductions in registered nurses (RNs) for hospital care raise concerns about patient outcomes. OBJECTIVE: Assess the association of nurse staffing with in-hospital mortality for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: Medical record review data from the 1994-1995 Cooperative Cardiovascular Project were linked with American Hospital Association data for 118,940 fee-for-service Medica…
Evidence--an Input, Not an Answer
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has become a buzzword in medicine. Many authorities urge us to use EBM to make medical decisions. How can anyone oppose its logical and statistical guide to medical care? As I read the EBM literature, I see a good idea taken to extremes. EBM should be treated as another tool in the toolbox that we use to make medical decisions—not the only and final word. As physicians, we must always interpret the data ourselves and…
Securing Patient Satisfaction
Over my 30-year career, I have delivered both outpatient and inpatient care—always in an academic setting. For the past 8 years, however, I have restricted my clinical work to inpatient attending as a hospitalist. The role has prompted me to be cautious about how my interaction with patients impacts their satisfaction with the health care system, their outpatient physician, and me. To my knowledge, data on these concerns are unobtainable, so I ne…
Medicine (5 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (1 works) · Alternative medicine (1 works) · Bioethics (1 works) · Cardiac Health and Mental Health (1 works) · Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (1 works) · Cohort (1 works) · Cohort study (1 works)