Richard Platt

26.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
321 papers, 18.6k citations indexed

About

Richard Platt is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Surgery and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Platt has authored 321 papers receiving a total of 18.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Epidemiology, 67 papers in Surgery and 55 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Richard Platt's work include Surgical site infection prevention (42 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (36 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (34 papers). Richard Platt is often cited by papers focused on Surgical site infection prevention (42 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (36 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (34 papers). Richard Platt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Richard Platt's co-authors include Susan S. Huang, Susan E. Andrade, Bernard Rosner, K. Arnold Chan, Jeffrey S. Brown, Robert L. Davis, Deborah S. Yokoe, Ken Kleinman, Jonathan A. Finkelstein and B. Frank Polk and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Richard Platt

314 papers receiving 17.6k citations

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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.

Reducing Antibiotic Use in Children: A Randomized Trial in 12 Practices

2001 562 citations Jonathan A. Finkelstein, Robert L. Davis et al. profile →
Mortality Associated with Nosocomial Urinary-Tract Infection

1982 477 citations Richard Platt et al. profile →
Toward a science of learning systems: a research agenda for the high-functioning Learning Health System

2014 284 citations Richard Platt et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Developing a PRogram to Educate and Sensitize Caregivers to Reduce the Inappropriate Prescription Burden in the Elderly with Alzheimer’s Disease (D-PRESCRIBE-AD): Trial protocol and rationale of an open-label pragmatic, prospective randomized controlled trial 2024 ·PLoS ONE ·Sonal Singh, Noelle M. Cocoros, Xiaojuan Li, Kathleen M. Mazor, (unknown), Lauren E. Parlett, (unknown), Thomas Harkins, Yunping Zhou, Paula A. Rochon, Richard Platt, Inna Dashevsky, (unknown), (unknown), Sybil L. Crawford, Jerry H. Gurwitz	3
2	National validation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services strategy for identifying potential surgical-site infections following colon surgery and abdominal hysterectomy 2023 ·Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Michael S. Calderwood, Ken Kleinman, (unknown), (unknown), Rebecca E. Kaganov, Richard Platt, Susan S. Huang	0
3	Identifying prescribing cascades in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: The calcium channel blocker‐diuretic prescribing cascade 2021 ·Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety ·Sonal Singh, Noelle M. Cocoros, Kevin Haynes, Vinit Nair, Thomas Harkins, Paula A. Rochon, Richard Platt, Inna Dashevsky, (unknown), Kathleen M. Mazor, (unknown), (unknown), Sybil L. Crawford, Jerry H. Gurwitz	18
4	Antidopaminergic‐Antiparkinsonian Medication Prescribing Cascade in Persons with Alzheimer's Disease 2021 ·Journal of the American Geriatrics Society ·Sonal Singh, Noelle M. Cocoros, Kevin Haynes, Vinit Nair, Thomas Harkins, Paula A. Rochon, Richard Platt, Inna Dashevsky, (unknown), Kathleen M. Mazor, (unknown), (unknown), Sybil L. Crawford, Jerry H. Gurwitz	13
5	Rethinking ethical oversight in the era of the learning health system 2020 ·Healthcare ·David A. Asch, Steven Joffe, Barbara E. Bierer, Sarah M. Greene, Tracy A. Lieu, Jodyn Platt, Danielle Whicher, (unknown), Richard Platt	8
6	Prescribing cascades in persons with Alzheimer’s disease: engaging patients, caregivers, and providers in a qualitative evaluation of print educational materials 2020 ·Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety ·(unknown), (unknown), Noelle M. Cocoros, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Kevin Haynes, Vinit Nair, Richard Platt, Paula A. Rochon, Sonal Singh, Kathleen M. Mazor	13
7	Opportunities and barriers for pragmatic embedded trials: Triumphs and tribulations 2017 ·Learning Health Systems ·Joakim Ramsberg, Richard Platt	18
8	Objective surveillance definitions for ventilator-associated pneumonia* 2012 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Michael Klompas, Shelley S. Magill, Ari Robicsek, Judith Strymish, Ken Kleinman, R. Scott Evans, James F. Lloyd, Yosef Khan, Deborah S. Yokoe, Kurt Stevenson, Matthew H. Samore, Richard Platt	78
9	The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Mini‐Sentinel Program 2012 ·Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety ·Richard Platt, Ryan M. Carnahan	15
10	Gastrointestinal Disease Outbreak Detection Using Multiple Data Streams from Electronic Medical Records 2012 ·Foodborne Pathogens and Disease ·Sharon K. Greene, Jie Huang, Allyson M Abrams, (unknown), Mary Reed, Richard Platt, Susan S. Huang, Martin Kulldorff	17
11	A Maximized Sequential Probability Ratio Test for Drug and Vaccine Safety Surveillance 2011 ·Sequential Analysis ·Martin Kulldorff, Robert L. Davis, MARGARETTE S. KOLCZAK, Edwin Lewis, Tracy A. Lieu, Richard Platt	149
12	Translating Patient Safety Research Into Clinical Practice 2007 ·Journal of Medical Regulation ·David J. Magid, Paul A. Estabrooks, David W. Brand, Marsha A. Raebel, Ted E. Palen, John F. Steiner, Eli J. Korner, David W. Bates, Richard Platt, Russell E. Glasgow	2
13	Monitoring of drugs with a narrow therapeutic range in ambulatory care. 2006 ·The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network (American Medical Association) ·Marsha A. Raebel, Nikki M. Carroll, Susan E. Andrade, Elizabeth A. Chester, Jennifer Elston Lafata, Adrianne C. Feldstein, Marc J. Gunter, Winnie W. Nelson, Steven R. Simon, K. Arnold Chan, Robert L. Davis, Richard Platt	26
14	Potential Drug–Drug Interactions in the Outpatient Setting 2006 ·Medical Care ·Jennifer Elston Lafata, Lonni Schultz, (unknown), K. Arnold Chan, John R. Horn, Scott Kaatz, (unknown), Richard Platt, Marsha A. Raebel, David H. Smith, (unknown), Marianne Ulcickas Yood	30
15	Laboratory monitoring of drugs at initiation of therapy in ambulatory care 2005 ·Journal of General Internal Medicine ·Marsha A. Raebel, Ella E. Lyons, Susan E. Andrade, K. Arnold Chan, Elizabeth A. Chester, Robert L. Davis, Jennifer L. Ellis, Adrianne C. Feldstein, Marc J. Gunter, Jennifer Elston Lafata, (unknown), David J. Magid, Joseph V. Selby, Steven R. Simon, Richard Platt	51
16	Prescription drug use in pregnancy 2004 ·American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Susan E. Andrade, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Robert L. Davis, K. Arnold Chan, Jonathan A. Finkelstein, (unknown), Heather McPhillips, Marsha A. Raebel, Douglas W. Roblin, David H. Smith, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Abraham N. Morse, Richard Platt	430
17	Inhibitors of Hydroxymethylglutaryl-Coenzyme A Reductase and Risk of Fracture Among Older Women 2000 ·Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey ·K. Arnold Chan, Susan E. Andrade, Myde Boles, Diana S.M. Buist, Gary A. Chase, James G. Donahue, Michael J. Goodman, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Andrea Z. LaCroix, Richard Platt	16
18	Supplementing Tuberculosis Surveillance with Automated Data from Health Maintenance Organizations 1999 ·Emerging infectious diseases ·Deborah S. Yokoe, (unknown), Edward A. Nardell, (unknown), Eugene McCray, Richard Platt	8
19	Epidemiology of Sepsis Syndrome in 8 Academic Medical Centers 1998 ·Survey of Anesthesiology ·Kenneth Sands, David W. Bates, Paul N. Lanken, Paul Graman, Patricia L. Hibberd, Katherine L. Kahn, Julie Parsonnet, Robert J. Panzer, E. John Orav, David R. Snydman, Edgar Black, Joel Schwartz, Richard D. Moore, B. Lamar Johnson, Richard Platt	52
20	Intramuscular versus oral antibiotic therapy for the prevention of meningitis and other bacterial sequelae in young, febrile children at risk for occult bacteremia 1994 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·Gary Fleisher, NORMAN M. ROSENBERG, Robert J. Vinci, Joel Steinberg, (unknown), Cynthia Christy, Douglas A. Boenning, Gary D. Overturf, David M. Jaffe, Richard Platt	98

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