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
11/16/12	Projecting U.S. Primary Care Physician Workforce Needs: 2010-2025
11/9/12	Comparative Effectiveness of Sulfonylurea and Metformin Monotherapy on Cardiovascular Events in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: a Cohort Study
11/2/12	Cost-effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination of Older Adults in the ED Setting
10/26/12	Geographic Variation in Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Among Older Adults
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