Rocco Perla EDD
Title Assistant Professor
Institution University of Massachusetts Medical School
Department Quantitative Health Sciences
Division Biostatistics And Health Services Research
Address Umass Memorial Health Care Inc.
11 Shattuck Street, Office of Quality and Patient Safet
Worcester MA 01605
Telephone 508-793-5355
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Institution UMMS - School of Medicine
Department Family Medicine & Community Health
Publications
1. Perla RJ, Provost LP, Murray SK. Sampling considerations for health care improvement. Qual Manag Health Care. 2013 Jan; 22(1):36-47.
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2. Perla RJ. Commentary: health systems must strive for data maturity. Am J Med Qual. 2013 May-Jun; 28(3):263-4.
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3. Perla RJ, Provost LP. Judgment sampling: a health care improvement perspective. Qual Manag Health Care. 2012 Jul; 21(3):169-75.
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4. Perla RJ, Bradbury E, Gunther-Murphy C. Large-scale improvement initiatives in healthcare: a scan of the literature. J Healthc Qual. 2013 Jan; 35(1):30-40.
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5. Perla RJ. The physics of health care improvement. JAMA. 2011 Jun 1; 305(21):2223-4.
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6. Perla RJ, Parry GJ. The epistemology of quality improvement: it's all Greek. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011 Apr; 20 Suppl 1:i24-i27.
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7. Colombo LM, Perla RJ, Carifio J, Bernhardt JM, Slayton VW. Organizational and leadership perceptions assessment: opportunities and challenges using the baldrige companion surveys. J Healthc Qual. 2011 Jan-Feb; 33(1):14-21.
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8. Perla RJ, Provost LP, Murray SK. The run chart: a simple analytical tool for learning from variation in healthcare processes. Qual Saf Health Care. 2011 Jan; 20(1):46-51.
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9. Perla RJ, Provost L, Lloyd R. Accountability measures to promote quality improvement. N Engl J Med. 2010 Nov 11; 363(20):1975; author reply 1975-6.
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10. Perla RJ, Allen BD. Balancing cost and precision in hospital accountability sampling. J Healthc Qual. 2011 May; 33(3):5-9.
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11. Stiefel MC, Perla RJ, Zell BL. A healthy bottom line: healthy life expectancy as an outcome measure for health improvement efforts. Milbank Q. 2010 Mar; 88(1):30-53.
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12. Allison GW, Perla RJ, Belliveau PP, Angelis SM. Elevated creatine phosphokinase levels associated with linezolid therapy. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009 Jun 15; 66(12):1097-100.
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13. McCannon CJ, Perla RJ. Learning networks for sustainable, large-scale improvement. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009 May; 35(5):286-91.
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14. Perla RJ, Peden CJ, Goldmann D, Lloyd R. Health care-associated infection reporting: the need for ongoing reliability and validity assessment. Am J Infect Control. 2009 Oct; 37(8):615-8.
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15. Perla RJ, Allen BD. A poisson-based prediction model and warning system for MRSA daily burden. Clin Lab Sci. 2009; 22(1):22-5.
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16. Allen BD, Perla RJ. A long-term forecast of MRSA daily burden using logistic modeling. Clin Lab Sci. 2009; 22(1):26-9.
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17. Carifio J, Perla R. Resolving the 50-year debate around using and misusing Likert scales. Med Educ. 2008 Dec; 42(12):1150-2.
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18. Perla RJ, Knutson EL, Belliveau PP. Emergence of fluoroquinolone only-resistant Escherichia coli in a community hospital. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 May 1; 44(9):1255.
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19. Perla RJ. Bacterial contamination of original microbiology culture reports in a community hospital. Am J Infect Control. 2005 Nov; 33(9):560-1.
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20. Perla RJ, Knutson EL, Fontana JL. Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin in a dialysis graft. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Aug 15; 41(4):566-7.
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21. Doern GV, Brueggemann AB, Perla R, Daly J, Halkias D, Jones RN, Saubolle MA. Multicenter laboratory evaluation of the bioMérieux Vitek antimicrobial susceptibility testing system with 11 antimicrobial agents versus members of the family Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Clin Microbiol. 1997 Aug; 35(8):2115-9.
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