Peter J. Pronovost

65.5k total citations · 17 hit papers
697 papers, 44.3k citations indexed

About

Peter J. Pronovost is a scholar working on Emergency Medical Services, General Health Professions and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter J. Pronovost has authored 697 papers receiving a total of 44.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 258 papers in Emergency Medical Services, 228 papers in General Health Professions and 128 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Peter J. Pronovost's work include Patient Safety and Medication Errors (222 papers), Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (117 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (106 papers). Peter J. Pronovost is often cited by papers focused on Patient Safety and Medication Errors (222 papers), Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (117 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (106 papers). Peter J. Pronovost collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Peter J. Pronovost's co-authors include Dale M. Needham, Sean M. Berenholtz, Todd Dorman, Christine A. Goeschel, Christine G. Holzmueller, Martin A. Makary, J. Bryan Sexton, Pedro A. Mendez-Tellez, Pamela A. Lipsett and Albert W. Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Peter J. Pronovost

674 papers receiving 42.2k citations

Hit Papers

An Intervention to Decrease Catheter-Related Bloodstream ... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2006 2010 2002 2018 2004 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. An Intervention to Decrease Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in the ICU
    2006 2.8k citations Peter J. Pronovost, Dale M. Needham et al. profile →
  2. Frailty as a Predictor of Surgical Outcomes in Older Patients
    2010 1.5k citations Peter J. Pronovost et al. profile →
  3. Physician Staffing Patterns and Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients
    2002 1.0k citations Peter J. Pronovost, Karen A. Robinson et al. JAMA profile →
  4. Teamwork in healthcare: Key discoveries enabling safer, high-quality care.
    2018 683 citations Peter J. Pronovost et al. profile →
  5. Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit*
    2004 666 citations Sean M. Berenholtz, Peter J. Pronovost et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
  6. Prescription Opioid Analgesics Commonly Unused After Surgery
    2017 663 citations Mark C. Bicket, Peter J. Pronovost et al. profile →
  7. Organizational Characteristics of Intensive Care Units Related to Outcomes of Abdominal Aortic Surgery
    1999 507 citations Peter J. Pronovost JAMA profile →
  8. Operating Room Teamwork among Physicians and Nurses: Teamwork in the Eye of the Beholder
    2006 489 citations J. Bryan Sexton, Peter J. Pronovost et al. profile →
  9. Long-term mortality and quality of life in sepsis: A systematic review*
    2010 450 citations Bradford D. Winters, Dale M. Needham et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
  10. Neuromuscular dysfunction acquired in critical illness: a systematic review
    2007 430 citations Pedro A. Mendez-Tellez, Peter J. Pronovost et al. profile →
  11. Physical Complications in Acute Lung Injury Survivors
    2013 427 citations Eddy Fan, Elizabeth Colantuoni et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
  12. Explaining Michigan: Developing an Ex Post Theory of a Quality Improvement Program
    2011 425 citations Christine A. Goeschel, Peter J. Pronovost et al. profile →
  13. Translating evidence into practice: a model for large scale knowledge translation
    2008 388 citations Peter J. Pronovost, Sean M. Berenholtz et al. profile →
  14. Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational study
    2010 368 citations Peter J. Pronovost, Christine A. Goeschel et al. profile →
  15. An Ethics Framework for a Learning Health Care System: A Departure from Traditional Research Ethics and Clinical Ethics
    2013 360 citations Peter J. Pronovost et al. profile →
  16. A targeted real-time early warning score (TREWScore) for septic shock
    2015 350 citations Peter J. Pronovost, Suchi Saria et al. profile →
  17. Patient safety incident reporting: a qualitative study of thoughts and perceptions of experts 15 years after ‘To Err is Human’
    2015 227 citations Peter J. Pronovost, Albert W. Wu et al. BMJ Quality & Safety profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter J. Pronovost United States 110 13.0k 9.1k 7.6k 7.1k 6.9k 697 44.3k
David W. Bates United States 122 19.0k 1.5× 13.9k 1.5× 4.1k 0.5× 7.6k 1.1× 7.8k 1.1× 930 67.6k
Albert W. Wu United States 87 4.0k 0.3× 8.5k 0.9× 4.4k 0.6× 2.6k 0.4× 7.3k 1.1× 434 32.4k
Stuart R. Lipsitz United States 93 5.1k 0.4× 4.2k 0.5× 2.8k 0.4× 9.7k 1.4× 6.2k 0.9× 767 39.7k
Holger J. Schünemann Canada 118 2.7k 0.2× 10.4k 1.1× 3.1k 0.4× 15.6k 2.2× 15.5k 2.2× 712 87.8k
Atul A. Gawande United States 73 7.2k 0.6× 4.5k 0.5× 2.7k 0.4× 7.7k 1.1× 5.2k 0.8× 258 26.5k
Carlos A. Camargo United States 118 2.1k 0.2× 4.7k 0.5× 6.9k 0.9× 6.5k 0.9× 8.2k 1.2× 1.4k 58.3k
Elie A. Akl Canada 86 4.2k 0.3× 5.4k 0.6× 1.7k 0.2× 10.0k 1.4× 7.7k 1.1× 439 51.3k
E. John Orav United States 95 2.0k 0.2× 8.0k 0.9× 3.3k 0.4× 4.8k 0.7× 3.4k 0.5× 446 33.5k
Harlan M. Krumholz United States 160 1.9k 0.1× 14.0k 1.5× 10.5k 1.4× 14.5k 2.0× 9.6k 1.4× 1.3k 96.5k
Sanjay Saint United States 74 7.1k 0.5× 3.8k 0.4× 1.9k 0.2× 3.5k 0.5× 2.2k 0.3× 448 24.8k

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All Works

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Rajagopalan, Sanjay, John Pastor Ansah, H. Osborne, et al.. (2025). The community health worker model for cardiovascular kidney metabolic syndrome: A new paradigm for high value care. American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 21. 100944–100944.
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Waddell, Kimberly J., Shivan J. Mehta, Joshua M. Liao, et al.. (2024). Increasing screening for breast cancer using a randomized evaluation of electronic health record nudges: Design and rationale of the I-screen clinical trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 148. 107753–107753. 2 indexed citations
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Penman, J., et al.. (2023). A Conceptual Framework for Building Individual and Team Capabilities to Provide Effective Longitudinal, Relationship-Based Clinical Case Management. Population Health Management. 26(6). 408–412. 1 indexed citations
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Neeland, Ian J., Sadeer Al‐Kindi, Nour Tashtish, et al.. (2022). Lessons Learned From a Patient‐Centered, Team‐Based Intervention for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes at High Cardiovascular Risk: Year 1 Results From the CINEMA Program. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(15). e024482–e024482. 10 indexed citations
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Pronovost, Peter J., et al.. (2021). Stratifying for Value: An Updated Population Health Risk Stratification Approach. Population Health Management. 25(1). 91–99. 3 indexed citations
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Bicket, Mark C., Elizabeth White, Peter J. Pronovost, et al.. (2018). Opioid Oversupply After Joint and Spine Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 128(2). 358–364. 64 indexed citations
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Mathioudakis, Nestoras, Estelle Everett, Peter J. Pronovost, et al.. (2018). Development and validation of a prediction model for insulin-associated hypoglycemia in non-critically ill hospitalized adults. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 6(1). e000499–e000499. 36 indexed citations
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Frank, Steven M., Rajiv N. Thakkar, Leo Rotello, et al.. (2017). Implementing a Health System–wide Patient Blood Management Program with a Clinical Community Approach. Anesthesiology. 127(5). 754–764. 55 indexed citations
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Shahian, David M., Sharon‐Lise T. Normand, Mark W. Friedberg, Matthew M. Hutter, & Peter J. Pronovost. (2016). Rating the Raters. Annals of Surgery. 264(1). 36–38. 16 indexed citations
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Mulvey, Carolyn L., Peter J. Pronovost, & Christine G. Gourin. (2015). Hospital Volume and Failure to Rescue after Head and Neck Cancer Surgery. Otolaryngology. 152(5). 783–789. 32 indexed citations
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Needham, Dale M., Ting Yang, Victor D. Dinglas, et al.. (2014). Timing of Low Tidal Volume Ventilation and Intensive Care Unit Mortality in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. A Prospective Cohort Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 191(2). 177–185. 162 indexed citations
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Winters, Bradford D., Jason W. Custer, Samuel M. Galvagno, et al.. (2012). Diagnostic errors in the intensive care unit: a systematic review of autopsy studies. BMJ Quality & Safety. 21(11). 894–902. 184 indexed citations
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Fan, Eddy, et al.. (2012). The functional comorbidity index had high inter-rater reliability in patients with acute lung injury. BMC Anesthesiology. 12(1). 21–21. 34 indexed citations
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Bienvenu, O. Joseph, Elizabeth Colantuoni, Pedro A. Mendez-Tellez, et al.. (2011). Depressive Symptoms and Impaired Physical Function after Acute Lung Injury: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 185(5). 517–524. 170 indexed citations
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Pronovost, Peter J. & Christine A. Goeschel. (2011). Time to Take Health Delivery Research Seriously. JAMA. 306(3). 310–1. 23 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Mary‐Claire, Eduardo Salas, Albert W. Wu, et al.. (2009). Beyond “see one, do one, teach one”: toward a different training paradigm. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 85(1003). 244–249. 200 indexed citations
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Hunt, Elizabeth A., Allen Walker, Donald H. Shaffner, Marlene R. Miller, & Peter J. Pronovost. (2007). Simulation of In-Hospital Pediatric Medical Emergencies and Cardiopulmonary Arrests: Highlighting the Importance of the First 5 Minutes. PEDIATRICS. 121(1). e34–e43. 209 indexed citations
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Beckmann, Ursula, et al.. (2003). Evaluation of two methods for quality improvement in intensive care: Facilitated incident monitoring and retrospective medical chart review*. Critical Care Medicine. 31(4). 1006–1011. 130 indexed citations
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Wu, Christopher L., Sean M. Berenholtz, Peter J. Pronovost, & Lee A. Fleisher. (2002). Systematic Review and Analysis of Postdischarge Symptoms after Outpatient Surgery. Anesthesiology. 96(4). 994–1003. 236 indexed citations

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