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MyHEART: Development and dissemination of a patient-centered website for young adults with hypertension
In this article, Dr. Heather Johnson and team discuss the development of the MyHEART website and toolkit for young adults…
Validation of an instrument to assess barriers to care-seeking for accidental bowel leakage
Despite the existence of effective, minimally invasive therapies for accidental bowel leakage, fewer than 30% of women with the condition…
Insurance Coverage for CT Colonography Screening: Impact on Overall Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates.
Dr. Maureen Smith et al. compared colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates for patients with and without insurance coverage for CT colonography.…
Diabetic eye screening: knowledge and perspectives from providers and patients
In this review, Dr. Yao Liu and Rebecca Swearingen summarize current knowledge and perspectives on screening for diabetic retinopahty to…
Building the learning health system: describing an organizational infrastructure to support continuous learning
To become learning health systems, academic health centers seek to understand performance across the continuum of care and use that…
Using chief complaint in addition to diagnosis codes to identify falls in the ED
Dr. Brian Patterson et al. compared the incidence of falls in an emergency department cohort using ICD-9 codes and an expanded…
PCOR: Brave new world meets old institutional policies
A recent article by PROKids team member Jessica Chung, et al., discusses the tensions between the engagement of patient stakeholders in research and the…
Strategies to reduce hospitalizations of children with medical complexity through complex care
In this article, Dr. Ryan Coller et al. describe the process used by a complex care medical home program to develop intervention…
Utilization of preoperative endoscopic ultrasound for pancreatic adenocarcinoma
In this study, Dr. Ryan Schmocker et al. examined patterns of preoperative endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) for pancreatic adenocarcinoma and the…
A family-centered rounds checklist, family engagement, and patient safety
In a recent randomized clinical trial led by Dr. Elizabeth Cox, implementing a checklist during family-centered rounds increased family engagement and the safety…