Category: Topics

RICH LIFE: Reducing Hypertension Disparities through Health System vs Multilevel Interventions

The RICH LIFE Study will help to lower blood pressure and heart disease risk among minority, low income, and rural populations, by comparing standard clinical performance feedback and education for providers and staff to a more comprehensive approach that includes workshops for health system leaders, a structured team approach to care, and access to subspecialists […]

Observational Study Overview and Design: An Instrumental Variable Based Approach

Observational Study aims to draw inference about the possible effect of a treatment on subjects from an empirical comparison of treated and controlled groups, which is widely used in all kinds of healthcare and medical research when clinical trials are not applicable in practice. In this presentation, I will focus on the overview of Observational […]

Piecewise Linear Mixed Effects Model in Tracking the Mean Response Trend

Modeling mean response over time and covariance among repeated measures on the same individuals are the main two aspects of longitudinal data analysis. Linear mixed effects models track the mean response as a combination of population characteristics that are assumed to be shared by all individuals and subject-specific effects that are unique to a particular […]

Trauma Research and Performance Improvement

Value Institute Scholars meet regularly to discuss ongoing research projects, various investigative techniques, and current issues from a variety of fields. Our scholars include Value Institute leadership and staff members, as well as clinicians practicing across a broad range of specialties within the Christiana Care Health System. We study pressing issues identified as part of […]

Shared Decision-Making: Beyond Informed Consent and Decision Aids

Health Reform and Transformation in Delaware

Misclassification of Sensitive Health Information

Observation Status: The Consequences of a Medicare Policy

Handoffs from Operating Room to Intensive Care Unit

Survival Analysis for Multiple Failure Time Data

Multiple failure-time data or multivariate survival data are frequently encountered in medical investigations. These data arise from time-to-occurrence studies when either of two or more events (failures) occur for the same subject, or from identical events occurring to related subjects such as family members or classmates. In these studies, failure times are correlated within cluster […]