Abstract:
:This Perspective discusses 12 key facts derived from 50 years of health services research and argues that this knowledge base can stimulate innovative thinking about how to make health care systems safer, more efficient, more cost effective, and more patient centered, even as they respond to the needs of diverse communities.
journal_name
J Gen Intern Medjournal_title
Journal of general internal medicineauthors
Brook RH,Vaiana MEdoi
10.1007/s11606-015-3298-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-10-01 00:00:00pages
1547-56issue
10eissn
0884-8734issn
1525-1497pii
10.1007/s11606-015-3298-2journal_volume
30pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:BACKGROUND:The Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act (hereafter, Choice Program) seeks to improve access to care by enabling eligible Veterans to receive care from community providers. Veterans Affairs (VA) primary care providers (PCPs) play a key role in making referrals to community specialists, but their fr...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11606-018-4810-2
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Numerous interventions are available to boost medication adherence, but the targeting of these interventions often relies on crude measures of poor adherence. Group-based trajectory models identify individuals with similar longitudinal prescription filling patterns. Identifying distinct adherence trajectorie...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11606-016-3747-6
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) and related models of medical tele-education are rapidly expanding; however, their effectiveness remains unclear. This systematic review examines the effectiveness of ECHO and ECHO-like medical tele-education models of healthcare delivery in terms of improve...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11606-019-05291-1
更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Patient-provider sexual risk behavior discussions occur infrequently but may be facilitated by high-quality sexual risk screening tools. OBJECTIVE:To develop the Sexual Risk Behavior Inventory (SRBI), a brief computer-administered patient-reported measure. DESIGN:Qualitative item development/quantitative i...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1007/s11606-018-4496-5
更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper was inadvertently published with open access; the authors have requested the copyright revert to the society. It has been re-published with appropriate licensing. ...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 已发布勘误
doi:10.1007/s11606-018-4692-3
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model is being implemented in health centers (HCs) that provide comprehensive primary care to vulnerable populations. OBJECTIVE:To identify characteristics associated with HCs' PCMH capability. DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis of a national dataset of Federally Quali...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11606-016-3729-8
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Studies show that measures of physician and medical students' empathy decline with clinical training. Presently, there are limited data relating self-reported measures to observed behavior. This study explores a self-reported measure and observed empathy in medical students. METHOD:Students in the Class of 200...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11606-009-1193-4
更新日期:2010-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The purpose of this paper is to address why the three dominant alternatives to compensating physicians (fee-for-service, capitation, and salary) fall short of what is needed to support enhanced primary care in the patient-centered medical home, and the relevance of such payment reforms as pay-for-performance and episo...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11606-010-1295-z
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Community physicians in the United States prescribe antibiotics to 80% to 90% of smokers with acute bronchitis. We performed a systematic review of the literature to determine the efficacy of antibiotics for smokers with acute bronchitis. DESIGN:A medline search was done using the keywords bronchitis, cough,...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.10405.x
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Concern about the link between clinical supervision and safe, quality health care has led to widespread increases in the supervision of medical trainees. The effects of increased supervision on patient care and trainee education are not known, primarily because the current multifacted and poorly operationali...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11606-007-0179-3
更新日期:2007-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The emotional investment required to construct a caring doctor-patient relationship can be justified on humane grounds. Can it also be justified as a direct physiologic intervention? Two lines of evidence point in this direction. People in an empathic relationship exhibit a correlation of indicators of autonomic activ...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.10640.x
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Because of the financial incentives of prepaid care, the quality of care for Medicare enrollees in Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) is a concern. Therefore, the care in 150 newly diagnosed cases of colorectal cancer in eight HMOs was compared with that in 180 similar fee-for-service (FFS) cases. As part of the ...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02600509
更新日期:1990-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The study of expressed proteins in neoplasia is undergoing a revolution with the advent of proteomic analysis. Unlike genomic studies where individual changes may have no functional significance, protein expression is closely aligned with cellular activity. This perspective will review proteomics as a method of detect...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s11606-007-0411-1
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The permanent supported housing model is known to improve housing outcomes, but there has been sparse research on the effects of supported housing on physical health. Various organizations including the National Academy of Sciences have called for research in this area. OBJECTIVE:This observational multi-si...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1007/s11606-019-05070-y
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Despite the importance of professionalism, little is known about how burnout relates to professionalism among practicing physicians. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relationship between burnout and professional behaviors and cost-conscious attitudes. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS:Cross-sectional study in a national sa...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11606-019-05376-x
更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To characterize prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing practices in a hospital-based primary care clinic, and to determine the outcomes of PSA testing, including urology referrals, biopsies, cancers detected, and cancer treatments. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. Data were obtained from computerized Dep...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00026.x
更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:We sought to examine the relationship between literacy and heart failure-related quality of life (HFQOL), and to explore whether literacy-related differences in knowledge, self-efficacy and/or self-care behavior explained the relationship. METHODS:We recruited patients with symptomatic heart failure (HF) fr...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/s11606-011-1668-y
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Imperfect sign-out of patient information between providers has been shown to contribute to medical error, but there are no standardized curricula to teach sign-out skills. At our institution, we identified several deficiencies in skills and a lack of any existing training. AIM:To develop a sign-out curri...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11606-007-0331-0
更新日期:2007-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare specialist and primary care physician participation in California's Medicaid fee-for-service and managed care programs. DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS:A probability sample stratified by county and by race of 962 specialist physicians and 713 primary care physicians practicing in the ...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Lack of regular physical activity is highly prevalent in U.S. adults and significantly increases mortality risk. OBJECTIVE:To examine the clinical impact of a newly implemented program ("Exercise as a Vital Sign" [EVS]) designed to systematically ascertain patient-reported exercise levels at the beginning o...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1007/s11606-013-2693-9
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:To practice Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM), physicians must quickly retrieve evidence to inform medical decisions. Internal Medicine (IM) residents receive little formal education in electronic database searching, and have identified poor searching skills as a barrier to practicing EBM. OBJECTIVE:To design a...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/s11606-007-0387-x
更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has become an important facet of HIV/AIDS research. Typically, the unit of analysis is either the total instrument score or subscale score. Developing a typology of responses across various HRQoL measures, however, may advance understating of patients' perspectives. ME...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00645.x
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of the New Haven Community Health Care Van (CHCV), a mobile needle exchange-based health care delivery system, in reducing emergency department (ED) use among out-of-treatment injection drug users (IDUs) between January 1, 1996 and December 31, 1998. DESIGN:A pre-post comparison of ED u...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Racial disparities in hypertension control contribute to higher rates of cardiovascular mortality among blacks. Patient-physician communication quality is associated with better health outcomes, including blood pressure (BP) control. Both race/ethnicity and BP control may adversely affect communication. OBJ...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/s11606-009-1051-4
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Our aim was to improve clinical reasoning skills by applying an established theory of memory, cognition, and decision making (fuzzy-trace theory) to instruction in evidence-based medicine. Decision-making tasks concerning chest pain evaluation in women were developed for medical students and internal medicine resident...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1525-1497.2001.00214.x
更新日期:2001-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Starfield and colleagues have suggested four overarching attributes of good primary care: "first-contact access for each need; long-term person- (not disease) focused care; comprehensive care for most health needs; and coordinated care when it must be sought elsewhere." As this series on reinventing primary care highl...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11606-016-3945-2
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In 2000 a diverse group of clinicians/educators at an inner-city safety-net hospital identified relational skills to reduce disparities at the point of care. DESCRIPTION:The resulting interviewing and precepting model helps build trust with patients as well as with learners. RESPECT adds attention to the re...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11606-010-1274-4
更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Sexual dysfunction is an important issue that affects many cancer survivors who are increasingly being cared for by internists. OBJECTIVE:To examine the attitudes and reported practices of internists regarding survivorship care as it pertains to sexual dysfunction. DESIGN:Surveys were sent to 406 physician...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11606-009-1026-5
更新日期:2009-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Middle-aged men are at high risk of suicide. While about half of those who kill themselves visit a primary care clinician (PCC) shortly before death, in current practice, few spontaneously disclose their thoughts of suicide during the visits, and PCCs seldom inquire about such thoughts. In a randomized controll...
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11606-020-05769-3
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:SPECIFIC AIM:Although the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has made significant organizational changes to improve diabetes care, diabetes self-management has received limited attention. The purpose of this study is to assess factors influencing diabetes self-management among veterans with poorly controlled diabetes....
journal_title:Journal of general internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11606-006-0053-8
更新日期:2007-04-01 00:00:00