Clinical pharmacist home visits and 30-day readmissions in Medicare Advantage beneficiaries.

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the commonest primary hepatic malignancy and the third most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Incidence remains highest in the developing world and is steadily increasing across the developed world. The majority of HCC occurs on a background of cirrhosis, principally cau...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Patel M,Shariff MI,Ladep NG,Thillainayagam AV,Thomas HC,Khan SA,Taylor-Robinson SD

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Outcome of the first-trimester Down syndrome screening in younger population was less reported before. We present the outcome of this screening in Taiwanese women younger than 35 years old. We also test whether or not the first-trimester Down syndrome screening of women <35 years of age and women >35 years o...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Chou CY,Hsieh FJ,Cheong ML,Lee FK,She BQ,Tsai MS

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated whether providing participants in an exercise programme with regular feedback on their exercise progress affected their adherence to the programme regimen. METHOD:We conducted a randomized controlled trial. Adult men and women with borderline hypertension and a body mass index ≥ 25.0 were ran...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Shakudo M,Takegami M,Shibata A,Kuzumaki M,Higashi T,Hayashino Y,Suzukamo Y,Morita S,Katsuki M,Fukuhara S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for knee osteoarthritis (OA) guide the provision of high-quality healthcare for people with knee OA, which may improve outcomes. Our aim was to evaluate the quality of and content within recently published CPGs for people with knee OA. METHODS:CPGs (2...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Tittlemier BJ,Wittmeier KD,Webber SC

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacoeconomic evaluations are often based on computer models which simulate the course of disease with and without medical interventions. The purpose of this study is to propose and illustrate a rigorous approach for validating such disease models. For illustrative purposes, we applied this approach to a computer-b...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Sendi PP,Craig BA,Pfluger D,Gafni A,Bucher HC

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For over 30 years, "evidence-based" clinical guidelines remained entrenched in an oversimplified, design-based, framework for rating the strength of evidence supporting clinical recommendations. The approach frequently equated the rating of evidence with that of the recommendations themselves. "Grading Recommendations...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Wyer PC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine IMR trends and regional variations among 47 prefectures in Japan and to identify associated population-based factors. METHODS:We conducted an ecological study of infant mortality rate (IMR) by analyzing publicly available data from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. Outcome me...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Mishina H,Hilton JF,Takayama JI

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Little is known about the quality of occupational health care provided to National Health Service (NHS) staff. We designed the first national clinical audits of occupational health care in England. We chose to audit depression and back pain as health care workers have high levels of both ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Williams S,Rogers C,Peel P,Harvey SB,Henderson M,Madan I,Smedley J,Grant R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:The main purpose of this paper is to measure the efficiency and ranking of medical diagnostic laboratories by applying a network data envelopment analysis (NDEA). METHODS:In this study, each medical diagnostic laboratory is considered as a decision-making unit (DMU), and an NDEA model i...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ghafari Someh N,Pishvaee MS,Sadjadi SJ,Soltani R

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical malpractice claims can be analysed to gain insights aimed at improving quality of care. However, using medical malpractice claims in medical research raises epistemological and methodological concerns related to certain features of the litigation process. Medical research should therefore approach medical malp...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Garon-Sayegh P

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American College of Radiology develops evidence-based practice guidelines to aid appropriate utilization of radiological procedures. Panel members use expert opinion to weight trade-offs and consensus methods to rate appropriateness of imaging tests. These ratings include an equivocal range, assigned when there is...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Agapova M,Bresnahan BB,Higashi M,Kessler L,Garrison LP Jr,Devine B

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:It is suspected that childhood urinary tract infection (UTI) remains under-diagnosed in primary care, and is consequently the cause of subsequent morbidity from renal scarring, hypertension and eventual renal failure. Practice-based education and service developments were undertaken to tr...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Cunningham AM,Edwards A,Jones KV,Bourdeaux K,Willock J,Barnes R

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper proposes that frameworks typical to metaphysics and art could be used in clinical treatment in somatic and psychiatric contexts to ensure improved care. The concept of the "body electric" of somatic patients which I introduced in previous work is developed further and paired with the "mind electric" of psych...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Pârvan A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time and timeliness are key issues in appraising and ensuring the clinical relevance of systematic reviews. Time considerations entering the systematic review process include the history of the clinical problem, disease, or treatment that is the target of the review, and the history of the research conducted to addres...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Barroso J,Sandelowski M,Voils CI

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The prevailing view on implementation interventions to improve the organization and management of health care is that the interventions should be tailored to potential barriers. Ideally, possible barriers are analysed before the quality improvement interventions are developed to influence...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Bosch M,van der Weijden T,Wensing M,Grol R

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALES, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The increasing dispensing of statins has raised concern about the appropriateness of prescribing to various population groups. We aimed to (1) investigate incident and prevalent statin prescribing according to indication, gender and age and (2) relate prescribing patterns to evidence on ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Wallach-Kildemoes H,Stovring H,Holme Hansen E,Howse K,Pétursson H

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One knowledge translation method, of putting evidence into practice, is the use of clinical practice guidelines (CPG). The purpose of this brief report is to describe an 8-step process of "how to" contextualize a training programme to increase CPG-uptake for a targeted audience in a clearly defined setting. This proce...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Stander J,Grimmer K,Brink Y

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:There is growing interest in validating tools aimed at supporting the clinical decision-making process and research. However, an increased bureaucratization of clinical practice and redundancies in the measures collected have been reported by clinicians. Redundancies in clinical assessments affect negatively ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Palese A,Marini E,Guarnier A,Barelli P,Zambiasi P,Allegrini E,Bazoli L,Casson P,Marin M,Padovan M,Picogna M,Taddia P,Chiari P,Salmaso D,Marognolli O,Canzan F,Ambrosi E,Saiani L,Grassetti L

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Patient safety culture may have a significant influence on safety processes and outcomes. Therefore, it is important to have valid tools to measure patient safety culture in order to identify potential levers for cultural change that could improve patient safety. The 65-item Department of...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Shiner B,Ronconi JM,McKnight S,Young-Xu Y,Mills PD,Watts BV

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals of medical ethics education comprise several dimensions: legal duties to secure informed consent, tell the truth and protect confidentiality; objective competencies that include an understanding of DNR regulations and surrogate decision-making procedures; discursive moral skills such as moral sensitivity, re...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Gross ML

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a court in Belgium awarded a sum of 400 000 euros to the parents of a child with disability who at that point had already died of Sanfilippo syndrome. Their charge was not that the baby was born with disability, but that the child was born. The charge was brought in the child's name, and so effectively, the ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Devisch I

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Diagnostic reasoning is a critical aspect of clinical performance, having a high impact on quality and safety of care. Although diagnosis is fundamental in medicine, we still have a poor understanding of the factors that determine its course. According to traditional understanding, all information used in dia...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Lucchiari C,Pravettoni G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Short-term intensive insulin therapy (IIT) early in the course of type 2 diabetes can improve pancreatic beta-cell function and even induce normoglycemia that persists post-therapy. In spite of this benefit, insulin is often delayed until late in the course of disease partly because of it...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Opsteen C,Qi Y,Zinman B,Retnakaran R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to determine whether there are differences among family physicians (FPs) and general practitioners (GPs) in terms of their preference for different classes of antihypertensives, either alone or in combinations, in uncomplicated cases of hypertension and to determine the extent of adherence to WHO/ISH guide...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Sequeira RP,Jassim KA,Damanhori AH,Mathur VS

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doctors often use theory to inform medical practice. The current bio-psycho-social model of health may be advanced still further with theoretical rigour. Traditional fields of thermodynamics and newer fields of non-linear dynamics including chaos theory and complex systems science can inform our understanding of the c...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Topolski S

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escalating costs, increasing multi-morbidity, medically unexplained health problems, complex risk, poly-pharmacy and antibiotic resistance can be regarded as artefacts of the traditional knowledge production in Western medicine, arising from its particular worldview. Our paper presents a historically grounded critical...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Kirkengen AL,Ekeland TJ,Getz L,Hetlevik I,Schei E,Ulvestad E,Vetlesen AJ

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this paper were to investigate quality of care for individuals with osteoarthritis (OA) and to determine if those most in need had the outcome of a total joint replacement (TJR). Key quality indicators were involvement in treatment decisions, appropriate information provision and outcomes o...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： McHugh GA,Campbell M,Luker KA

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) usually entails regular hospital reviews with a specialist often when the patient is well rather than during a period of exacerbation. An alternative approach where patients initiate appointments when they need them can improve patient satisfact...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Goodwin VA,Paudyal P,Perry MG,Day N,Hawton A,Gericke C,Ukoumunne OC,Byng R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Heterogeneity is a critical issue in meta-analysis, because it implies the appropriateness of combining the collected studies and impacts the reliability of the synthesized results. The Q test is a traditional method to assess heterogeneity; however, because it does not have an intuitive...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Lin L

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To use structured implicit review following large-scale explicit audit of antipsychotic polyprescribing to: (1) determine the true rate of antipsychotic polytherapy that deviated from best practice for schizophrenia treatment; and (2) assess whether explicit antipsychotic polytherapy criterion was appropriate...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Wheeler A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00