March 2012

March 19, 2012

Self-empowering team resource management, when aided by information technology, appears to help reduce adverse drug events in primary care offices.

March 16, 2012

This paper reports findings from a qualitative analysis of US Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals on factors affecting success in implementing 2 information technology systems.

March 16, 2012

In this database analysis, greater adherence was observed for once-daily dosing compared with twice-daily dosing with chronic-use prescription medications used by patients with cardiovascular disease.

March 16, 2012

ProvenHealth Navigator, Geisinger's version of advanced patient-centered medical homes, is associated with significant savings in total cost of care over time.

March 07, 2012

To set priorities for quality improvement in trauma triage, we compared the cost-effectiveness of current practice with interventions to improve physician adherence to clinical guidelines.

March 07, 2012

The TELEMACO project successfully used telemedicine to establish a healthcare continuity from hospital to territory in remote areas of the Lombardy region of Italy.

March 07, 2012

The majority of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications in state Medicaid programs are taking these agents for off-label indications.

March 07, 2012

Dawn Holcombe's recent article in Journal of Oncology Practice/The American Journal of Managed Care joint issue, entitled Oncology Managed Programs for Payers and Physicians: Evaluating Current Models and Diagnosing Successful Strategies for Payers and Physicians is addressed.

March 06, 2012

Healthcare forecasting could facilitate personalized insurance benefit design and clinical decision support systems, although increased socioeconomic disparities could result from selective disease management programs.

March 06, 2012

Online prescription management accounts may help promote medication adherence, as utilizing patients had a higher proportion of days covered than nonusers.