April 16, 2004
These articles appeared in recently released journals and newsletters. They include articles funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) or authored by AHRQ researchers; articles mentioning or discussing AHRQ; articles related to AHRQ-funded Evidence-based Practice Centers; articles mentioning the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force/Put Prevention into Practice; articles mentioning the Presidents Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry and Agency-supported activities relating to the Quality Interagency Task Force; and other research using AHRQ data.
Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
Poston WS, Foreyt JP. Sibutramine and the management of obesity. Expert Opin
Pharmacother 2004 Mar; 5(3):633-42. [Supported by Grant No. 3 R01 HS011282-02S1.]
JAMA
Orosz GM, Magaziner J, Hannan EL, et al. Association of timing of surgery for
hip fracture and patient outcomes. JAMA 2004 Apr 14; 291(14):1738-43.
[Supported by Grant No. U18 HS09459-0 and R01 HS09973.]
Landon BE, Zaslavsky AM, Bernard SL, et al. Comparison of performance of traditional Medicare vs. Medicare managed care. JAMA 2004 Apr 14; 291(14):1744-52. [Supported by Grant No. R01 HS09205-07; uses AHRQ's Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey (CAHPS®) data.]
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety
Berenholtz SM, Milanovich S, Faircloth A, et al. Improving care for the ventilated
patient. Jt Comm J Qual Saf 2004 Apr; 30(4):195-204. [Supported by Grant No. U18
HS11902-02.]
Journal of Clinical Psychology
Redd WH. Commentary: the evolution of evidence-based psychotherapy. J Clin Psychol 2004 Apr; 60(4):443-6. [Supported by Grant No. HS10547-01A2.]
Journal of Healthcare Information Management
Blewett LA, Parente ST, Finch MD, et al. National health data warehouse: issues to
consider. J Healthc Inf Manag 2004; 18(1):52-8. [Supported by Grant No. R13
HS10091-01.]
Journal of Medical Humanities
Luce J. Imaging bodies, imagining relations: narratives of queer women and
"assisted conception". J Med Humanit 2004 Spring; 25(1):47-56. [Supported by
Grant No. R03 HSI 1266.]
Medical Care
Weinick RM, Jacobs EA, Stone LC, et al. Hispanic healthcare disparities: challenging
the myth of a monolithic Hispanic population. Med Care 2004 Apr; 42(4):313-20.
[First author is researcher in AHRQ's Office of Performance Accountability, Resources,
and Technology; fifth author is Helen Burstin, director of AHRQ's Center for Primary
Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships.]
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
Feldman PH, McDonald MV. Conducting translation research in the home care setting:
lessons from a just-in-time reminder study. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs 2004 Mar;
1(1):49-59. [Supported by Grant No. HS10542.]
Academic Medicine
Henrich JB. Women's health education initiatives: why have they stalled? Acad Med 2004 Apr; 79(4):283-8. [Cites AHRQ publication, Women's Health Highlights,
on AHRQ Web site.]
Archives of Internal Medicine
Bobb A, Gleason K, Husch M, et al. The epidemiology of prescribing errors: the
potential impact of computerized prescriber order entry. Arch Intern Med 2004 Apr
12; 164(7):785-92. [Cites AHRQ-funded articles by Bates et al., JAMA, 1995, and
Leape et al., JAMA, 1995; cites article based on work by AHRQ-funded University of
California at San Francisco Evidence-based Practice Center in JAMA, 2002.]
Commonwealth Fund E-Mail Alert
Comprehensive report on the quality of children's health care. Commonwealth Fund
E-Mail Alert 2004 Apr 15. Available at http://www.cmwf.org. [Describes report
for which AHRQ Senior Advisor for Child Health Denise Dougherty was consultant/advisory
board member and policy briefing presenter, along with former AHRQ Deputy Director
Lisa Simpson.]
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety
Call for applicants—John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Awards. Jt Comm J Qual
Saf 2004 Apr; 30(4):inside front cover. [Announces acceptance of applications for
awards in honor of former AHRQ Director John Eisenberg.]
Goel A, MacLean CD, Walrath D, et al. Adapting root cause analysis to chronic medical conditions. Jt Comm J Qual Saf 2004 Apr; 30(4):175-86. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Bates et al., JAMA, 1995.]
Medicine and Health
So much for becoming sophisticated consumers of health data: nearly half of US
adults have difficulty reading even basic health information, says IOM panel. Med Health 2004 Apr 12; 58(15):5. [Mentions release of AHRQ report on health literacy.]
Milbank Quarterly
Spillman BC. Changes in elderly disability rates and the implications for health
care utilization and cost. Milbank Q 2004; 82(1):157-94. [Cites AHRQ report,
Nursing Home Trends, 1987 and 1996, MEPS Chartbook No. 3, 1999.]
Nursing Outlook
Mark BA, Hughes LC, Jones CB. The role of theory in improving patient safety and
quality health care. Nurs Outlook 2004 Jan-Feb; 52(1):11-6. [Cites AHRQ-authored
articles by Kovner and Gergen (former AHRQ researchers), Image: J Nurs Schol, 1998,
and Kovner et al., Health Serv Res, 2002; cites AHRQ-funded article by Needleman et
al., N Engl J Med, 2002.]
Rantz MJ, Connolly RP. Measuring nursing care quality and using large data sets in nonacute care settings: state of the science. Nurs Outlook 2004 Jan-Feb; 52(1):23-37. [Cites AHRQ-authored articles by Mukamel and Spector (researcher in AHRQ's Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets), Med Care, 2000, and Spector and Mukamel, Eval Health Prof, 1998.]
Ryan J, Stone RI, Raynor CR. Using large data sets in long-term care to measure and improve quality. Nurs Outlook 2004 Jan-Feb; 52(1):38-44. [Cites AHRQ reports, Nursing Homes—Structure and Selected Characteristics, 1996, and Future Directions for Residential Long-term Care Health Services Research, 1999.]
Brooten D, Youngblut JM, Kutcher J, et al. Quality and the nursing workforce: APNs, patient outcomes and health care costs. Nurs Outlook 2004 Jan-Feb; 52(1):45-52. [Describes and cites AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) databases and Quality Indicators.]
Dunton N, Gajewski B, Taunton RL, et al. Nurse staffing and patient falls on acute care hospital units. Nurs Outlook 2004 Jan-Feb; 52(1):53-9. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by Kovner and Gergen (former AHRQ researchers), Image: J Nurs Schol, 1998.]
Jennings BM. Translational research: disrupting the status quo. Nurs Outlook 2004 Jan-Feb; 52(1):66. [Describes AHRQ as "a forerunner in the field as reflected in its funding of 2 Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) programs".]
Pediatrics
Lehmann CU, Conner KG, Cox JM. Preventing provider errors: online total parenteral
nutrition calculator. Pediatrics 2004 Apr; 113(4):748-53. [Cites AHRQ-funded
articles by Leape et al., JAMA, 1995, and Kaushal, et al., JAMA, 2001.]
Pink Sheet
AHRQ comparative research agenda due June 8; HHS priorities will be key. Pink Sheet 2004 Apr 12; 66(15):28. [Quotes remarks by AHRQ Director Carolyn Clancy at AHRQ
advisory council meeting and reviews AHRQ taskings under Medicare prescription drug law.]
Report on Medical Guidelines and Outcomes Research
Levenson D. Studies evaluate hysterectomy as treatment for abnormal uterine bleeding.
Rep Med Guidelines Outcomes Res 2004 Apr 16; 15(8):1, 6-7. [Reviews AHRQ-funded
article by Kuppermann et al., JAMA, 2004.]
Social Science and Medicine
Borrell C, Muntaner C, Benach J, et al. Social class and self-reported health status
among men and women: what is the role of work organization, household material standards
and household labour? Soc Sci Med 2004 May; 58(10):1869-87. [Cites AHRQ-funded
article by Marmot et al., Lancet 1997.]
Zimmerman FJ, Christakis DA, Vander Stoep A. Tinker, tailor, soldier, patient: work attitudes and depression disparities among young adults. Soc Sci Med 2004 May; 58(10):1889-901. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Sherbourne et al., J Gen Intern Med, 1997.]
Vaananen A, Pahkin K, Kalimo R, et al. Maintenance of subjective health during a merger: the role of experienced change and pre-merger social support at work in white- and blue-collar workers. Soc Sci Med 2004 May; 58(10):1903-15. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Marmot et al., J Epidemiol Community Health, 1995.]
American Family Physician
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for obesity in adults: recommendations
and rationale. Am Fam Physician 2004 Apr 15; 69(8):1973-1976. [Summarizes
USPSTF recommendations on obesity screening as posted on AHRQ Web site.]
Annals of Internal Medicine
Fowler-Brown A, Pignone M, Pletcher M, et al. Exercise tolerance testing to screen
for coronary heart disease; a systematic review for the technical support for the
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med 2004 Feb 17; 140(4):W9-W24.
Epub Mar 1. [Supported by Contract No. 290-97-0011, Task Order No. 3, to University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Evidence-based Practice Center.]
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening and behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce alcohol misuse: recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med 2004 Apr 6; 140(7):554-6. [Summarizes USPSTF recommendations on behavioral counseling interventions to reduce alcohol misuse as published on AHRQ Web site.]
Whitlock EP, Polen MR, Green CA, et al. Behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce risky/harmful alcohol use by adults: a summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med 2004 Apr 6; 140(7):557-68. [Supported by Contract No. 290-97-0018, Task Order No. 2, to Oregon Health & Science University Evidence-based Practice Center.]
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for coronary heart disease: recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med 2004 Apr 6; 140(7):569-72. [Summarizes USPSTF recommendations on screening for coronary heart disease as posted on the AHRQ Web site.]
Geriatrics
New USPSTF recommendations on CHD issues. Geriatrics 2004 Apr; 59(4):10.
[Summarizes and reviews USPSTF recommendations on coronary heart disease as published
in Ann Intern Med, 2004.]
JAMA
Nelson HD. Commonly used types of postmenopausal estrogen for treatment of hot
flashes: scientific review. JAMA 2004 Apr 7; 291(13):1610-20. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy as published in Ann Intern
Med, 2002.]
Nelson HD. Postmenopausal estrogen for treatment of hot flashes: clinical applications. JAMA 2004 Apr 7; 291(13):1621-5. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy as published in Ann Intern Med, 2002.]
Report on Medical Guidelines and Outcomes Research
Task force recommends alcohol abuse screening. Rep Med Guidelines Outcomes Res 2004 Apr 16; 15(8):3. [Summarizes USPSTF recommendations on alcohol screening as
cited in Ann Intern Med, 2004.]
HCV testing is recommended for high-risk patients. Rep Med Guidelines Outcomes Res 2004 Apr 16; 15(8):3. [Summarizes USPSTF recommendations on hepatitis C virus infection screening as published in Ann Intern Med, 2004.]
Nursing Outlook
Lang NM, Mitchell PH. Guest editorial: quality as an enduring and encompassing concept.
Nurs Outlook 2004 Jan-Feb; 52(1):1-2. [Cites AHRQ evidence report, Making Health Care
Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices, 2001, as an example of recent
examinations of the evidence base for quality improvement.]
Nursing Outlook
Jennings BM, McClure ML. Strategies to advance health care quality. Nurs Outlook 2004 Jan-Feb; 52(1):17-22. [Cites Commission's final report, Quality First: Better
Health Care for All Americans, 1998; cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessments,
The Effect of Health Care Working Conditions on Patient Safety, 2003, and Making
Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices, 2001; cites
AHRQ-authored articles by Meyer (former AHRQ center director) and Massagli, Jt Comm
J Qual Improv, 2001, and Tunis et al., JAMA, 2003.]
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety
Lyder CH, Grady J, Mathur D, et al. Preventing pressure ulcers in Connecticut
hospitals by using the plan-do-study-act model of quality improvement. Jt Comm
J Qual Saf 2004 Apr; 30(4):205-14. [Uses AHRQ guideline, Pressure Ulcers in Adults:
Prediction and Prevention, 1992, as basis of selection of study performance measures.]
Social Science and Medicine
Meer J, Rosen HS. Insurance and the utilization of medical services. Soc Sci Med 2004 May; 58(9):1623-32. [Uses Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data from
1996 to 1998.]
Joyce T. Un-assured instruments: a comment on "insurance and the utilization of medical services". Soc Sci Med 2004 May; 58(9):1633-34. [Uses Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data from 1996 to 1998.]
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