April 20, 2011
Article
MANAGERIAL
The relationship between electronic medical record use and efficiency/productivity during office visits varied by type of service and reason for visit.
April 19, 2011
Article
POLICY
Communities led by health information organizations were more likely than those led by healthcare organizations to receive ongoing funding for implementing health information technology.
April 19, 2011
Article
CLINICAL
Anticoagulation clinics in an integrated healthcare system differed widely in their organization and management, but these differences were not consistently related to their performance.
April 19, 2011
Article
CLINICAL
Multivariate analyses associate increased emergency department volume with delayed nursing-dependent care for patients with pneumonia, despite high ratios of nurses to patients.
April 19, 2011
Article
CLINICAL
This qualitative study assesses patient, PCP, and oncologist views on primary care roles in shared cancer care, as well as patterns of communication between physicians.
April 14, 2011
Article
WEB EXCLUSIVE
Long-acting B-agonist (LABA) monotherapy among patients with asthma is rare. Of those with continued LABA monotherapy, most had missed opportunities for therapy change or education.
April 13, 2011
Article
WEB EXCLUSIVE
A multisite multimodal intervention of patient education, home monitoring, measurement reporting to an IVR system, and pharmacist follow-up achieved greater BP reductions vs usual care.
April 12, 2011
Article
WEB EXCLUSIVE
Even in communities with health information technology initiatives, consumer use of personal health records may be limited by the
April 11, 2011
Article
WEB EXCLUSIVE
Patterns of electronic health record adoption among highand low-quality hospitals indicated that high-quality institutions had far greater use of most electronic health record functions.