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Thomas McGinn

Researcher at Hofstra University

Publications -  128
Citations -  12974

Thomas McGinn is an academic researcher from Hofstra University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Health care. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 123 publications receiving 10091 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas McGinn include Mount Sinai Hospital & Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: XXII: How to Use Articles About Clinical Decision Rules

TL;DR: Level 1 CDRs have the potential to inform clinical judgment, to change clinical behavior, and to reduce unnecessary costs, while maintaining quality of care and patient satisfaction.
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Medical errors related to discontinuity of care from an inpatient to an outpatient setting.

TL;DR: The prevalence of medical errors related to the discontinuity of care from the inpatient to the outpatient setting is high and may be associated with an increased risk of rehospitalization.
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Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 3. Measures of observer variability (kappa statistic)

TL;DR: Imagine that you're a busy family physician and that you've found a rare free moment to scan the recent literature and notice a study comparing emergency physicians' interpretation of chest radiographs with radiologists' interpretations.
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Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 1. Relative risk reduction, absolute risk reduction and number needed to treat

TL;DR: Depending on which measures of effect authors choose, the impact of an intervention may appear very large or quite small, even though the impact may be small in comparison with other interventions.