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Articles of Interest

Articles of Interest

Articles of Interest is a weekly compilation of articles appearing in recently released journals and newsletters. It includes:

• Articles funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) or authored by AHRQ researchers.
• Articles mentioning or discussing AHRQ staff, activities, and publications/products.
• Articles related to AHRQ-funded Evidence-based Practice Centers.
• Articles related to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force or Put Prevention into Practice program.
• Articles mentioning the National Healthcare Disparities Report and National Healthcare Quality Report.
• Other research using AHRQ data or products.

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2012

Date	Top Item
10/19/12	Rethinking Adherence
10/12/12	Factors that Mediate Racial/ethnic Disparities in U.S. Fetal Death Rate
10/5/12	Study Protocol: the Back Pain Outcomes using Longitudinal Data (BOLD) Registry
9/28/12	Medication Adherence in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Evidence-based Review
9/21/12	Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin (NGAL) and Kidney Injury Molecule 1 (KIM-1) as Predictors of Incident CKD Stage 3; the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
9/14/12	Qualitative evaluation to explain success of multifaceted technology-driven hypertension intervention
9/7/12	Interpersonal Processes of Care and Cesarean Delivery in Two Health Care Settings
8/31/12	Long-term Care Facilities in Utah: a Description of Human and Information Technology Resources Applied to Infection Control Practice
8/24/12	Patient Medical Group Continuity and Healthcare Utilization
8/17/12	Cardiovascular Safety of Central Nervous System Stimulants in Children and Adolescents: Population Based Cohort Study
8/10/12	Mental Healthcare Need and Service Utilization in Older Adults Living in Public Housing
8/3/12	Race, Place, and Obesity: the Complex Relationships among Community Racial/Ethnic Composition, Individual Race/Ethnicity, and Obesity in the United States
7/27/12	Patient Safety-focused Medication Therapy Management: Challenges Affecting Future Implementation
7/20/12	Age-related Changes in Antidepressant Pharmacokinetics and Potential Drug-drug Interactions: A Comparison of Evidence-based Literature and Package Insert Information
7/13/12	Federally Qualified Health Centers and Private Practice Performance on Ambulatory Care Measures
7/6/12	Emergency Department Case Volume and Patient Outcomes in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
6/29/12	Hospital Burden of Unintentional Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in the United States, 2007
6/22/12	Automating Care Quality Measurement with Health Information Technology
6/15/12	A Call for Action on Primary Care and Public Health Integration
6/8/12	Patient-focused Intervention To Improve Long-term Adherence to Evidence-based Medications: a Randomized Trial
6/1/12	Toward Improving Patient Safety Through Voluntary Peer-to-peer Assessment
5/25/12	Infused Chemotherapy Use in the Elderly after Patent Expiration
5/18/12	Relations between QRS|T Angle, Cardiac Risk Factors, and Mortality in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)
5/11/12	Preventability of Adverse Drug Events Involving Multiple Drugs Using Publicly Available Clinical Decision Support Tools
5/4/12	The Role of the Geographic Information Systems Infrastructure in Childhood Obesity Prevention: Perspective from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
4/27/12	The Patient Handoff: a Comprehensive Curricular Blueprint for Resident Education to Improve Continuity of Care
4/20/12	Derivation and Validation of the Denver Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Risk Score for Targeted HIV Screening
4/13/12	Maternal Perceptions of Help from Home Visits by Nurse-community Health Worker Teams
4/6/12	Cardiovascular Disease and Risk in Primary Care Settings in the United States
3/30/12	Accuracy of Parental Report and Electronic Health Record Documentation as Measures of Diet and Physical Activity Counseling
3/23/12	Potentially Harmful Drug-drug Interactions in the Elderly: a Review
3/16/12	Predictors of Blood Pressure Control among Hypertensives in Community Health Centers
3/9/12	Comparing Different Measures of Retention in Outpatient HIV Care
3/2/12	Survival after Acute Myocardial Infarction (SAMI) Study: the Design and Implementation of a Positive Deviance Study
2/24/12	Early Evaluations of the Medical Home: Building on a Promising Start
2/17/12	Provider-patient Adherence Dialogue in HIV Care: Results of a Multisite Study
2/10/12	Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior with Antidepressant Treatment: Reanalysis of the Randomized Placebo-controlled Studies of Fluoxetine and Venlafaxine
2/3/12	Diabetes Data Group vs Carpenter-Coustan Criteria to Diagnose Gestational Diabetes
1/27/12	Prediction Is Very Hard, Especially about the Future
1/20/12	A Successful, Voluntary, Multicomponent Statewide Effort To Reduce Health Care-Associated Infections
1/13/12	Effects of Standardized Outreach for Patients Refusing Preventive Services: a Quasiexperimental Quality Improvement Study
1/6/12	Strategies for Strengthening the Evidence Base for Employee Health Promotion Programs

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2011

Date	Top Item
12/30/11	Comparing National Institutes of Health Funding of Emergency Medicine to Four Medical Specialties
12/23/11	Health Information Systems in Small Practices
12/16/11	Lower mortality in Sepsis Patients Admitted through the ED vs Direct Admission
12/9/11	Nystagmus Assessments Documented by Emergency Physicians in Acute Dizziness Presentations: a Target for Decision Support?
12/2/11	To Report or To Not Report: Examination of the Initial Primary Care Management of Suspicious Childhood Injuries
11/25/11	Variations in Ambulance Use in the United States: the Role of Health Insurance
11/18/11	Professional Challenges of Non-U.S.-born International Medical Graduates and Recommendations for Support during Residency Training
11/11/11	How to Get the Best Value for Your Health Insurance Plans: Do Homework during Open Enrollment to Save Money
11/4/11	Comparison of Different Approaches to Confounding Adjustment in a Study on the Association of Antipsychotic Medication with Mortality in Older Nursing Home Patients
10/28/11	Which Treatments Work Best for You? Information Helps with Right Care, Treatment Decisions
10/21/11	Interventions to Reduce 30-day Rehospitalization: A Systematic Review
10/14/11	A National Collaborative for Reducing Health Care-associated Infections: Current Initiatives, Challenges, and Opportunities
10/7/11	Patient-centered Integrated Networks of Emergency Care: Consensus-based Recommendations and Future Research Priorities
9/30/11	Quality Measurement of Medication Monitoring in the "Meaningful Use" Era
9/23/11	Quality of Care for Gastrointestinal Conditions: A Primer for Gastroenterologists
9/16/11	Eradicating Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections Statewide: The Hawaii Experience
9/9/11	Persons Newly Diagnosed with HIV Infection Are at High Risk for Depression and Poor Linkage to Care: Results from the Steps Study
9/2/11	The Utility of the Integrated Design of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to Inform Mortality Related Studies
8/26/11	Scaling Up Circumcision Programs in Southern Africa: The Potential Impact of Gender Disparities and Changes in Condom Use Behaviors on Heterosexual HIV Transmission
8/19/11	HIV Treatment Adherence, Drug Resistance, Virologic Failure: Evolving Concepts
8/12/11	Off-label Drug Use and Promotion: Balancing Public Health Goals and Commercial Speech
8/5/11	Characterizing and Fostering Charity Care in the Surgeon Workforce
7/29/11	Annual Report on Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Focus on Trends in Hospital Use and Quality
7/15/11	A Resident-led Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Obesity Screening
7/8/11	Resource Burden at Children's Hospitals Experiencing Surge Volumes During the Spring H1N1 Influenza Pandemic
7/1/11	Hospital-reported Data on the Pneumonia Quality Measure ‘Time to First Antibiotic Dose" are not Associated with Inpatient Mortality: Results of a Nationwide Cross-sectional Analysis
6/24/11	Research Priorities for Palliative and End-of-life Care in the Emergency Setting
6/17/11	A National Collaborative for Reducing Health Care-associated Infections: Current Initiatives, Challenges, and Opportunities
6/10/11	Annual Report on Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Focus on Trends in Hospital Use and Quality
6/3/11	Academic Health Centers and Comparative Effectiveness Research: Baggage, Buckets, Basics, and Bottles
5/27/11	Making the Right Thing the Easy Thing To Do
5/20/11	Advancing the Science of Patient Safety
5/13/11	Impact of NRTIs on Lipid Levels among a Large HIV-infected Cohort Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Clinical Care
5/6/11	Public Health Insurance in Oregon: Underenrollment of Eligible Children and Parental Confusion about Children's Enrollment Status
4/22/11	Leveraging Certified Nursing Assistant Documentation and Knowledge To Improve Clinical Decision Making: the On-time Quality Improvement Program To Prevent Pressure Ulcers
4/15/11	Screening Mammography Use in Medicare Beneficiaries Reflects 4-year Mortality Risk
4/8/11	Lower Mortality in Sepsis Patients Admitted Through the ED vs Direct Admission
4/1/11	Hepatic Steatosis Associated with Increased Central Body Fat by Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry and Uncontrolled HIV in HIV/Hepatitis C Co-infected Persons
3/25/11	Health Information Technology: Turning the Patient-centered Medical Home from Concept to Reality
3/18/11	Code Status Discussions at Hospital Admission Are Not Associated with Patient and Surrogate Satisfaction with Hospital Care: Results from the Multicenter Hospitalist Study
3/11/11	Trends in Comorbidity, Disability, and Polypharmacy in Heart Failure
3/4/11	Decreased Antibiotic Utilization after Implementation of a Guideline for Inpatient Cellulitis and Cutaneous Abscess
2/25/11	The Effect of Triage Diagnostic Standing Orders on Emergency Department Treatment Time
2/18/11	Learn the Signs and Treatments for Heart Disease
2/11/11	Associations between Minimum Wage Policy and Access to Health Care: Evidence from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1996-2007
2/4/11	Effects of Documentation-based Decision Support on Chronic Disease Management
1/28/11	Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction in 58 U.S. Emergency Departments
1/21/11	Culturally Appropriate Storytelling To Improve Blood Pressure: A Randomized Trial
1/14/11	Perioperative Pulmonary Outcomes in Patients with Sleep Apnea after Noncardiac Surgery
1/7/11	Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Children in the United States