CERTs Projects

Project Description: NC asthma improvement project
Year Begun: 1, Status: Complete, Center: UNC

Project Description: Drug metabolism in children with and without cystic fibrosis
Year Begun: 1, Status: Complete, Center: UNC

Project Description: Tailored implementation strategy for pediatric therapeutic guidelines
Year Begun: 1, Status: Complete, Center: UNC

Project Description: Evidence-based tools to assess pediatric population
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: UNC

Project Description: Efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of drugs in pediatric HIV
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: UNC

Project Description: Prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in childhood
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: UNC

Project Description: Prescribing patterns of psychotropic drugs for adolescents
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: UNC

Project Description: Fellowships and education programs: pediatric pharmacology, pediatric clinical trials, and public outreach
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: UNC

Project Description: CERTs Summer Institute: Using the Evidence on Therapeutics to Enhance Quality of Care
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: UNC

Project Description: MedMARx monitoring and surveillance project
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: UNC

Project Description: Aspirin use and nonuse in cardiovascular disease
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: Duke

Project Description: Beta-blocker use in heart failure
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: Duke

Project Description: Dofetilide in atrial fibrillation
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: Duke

Project Description: Transmyocardial laser revascularization devices
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: Duke

Project Description: Identification of, testing of, and education about drug interactions, especially in women
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: Georgetown

Project Description: International registry for drug-induced arrhythmias
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: Georgetown

Project Description: National medication-errors survey of third-year medical students, internal medicine clerkship, and residency programs
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: Georgetown

Project Description: Postmarketing/pharmacoeconomic study of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 anti-inflammatory drugs in Medicaid population
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: Vanderbilt

Project Description: Study of policy changes as they relate to quality of pharmacotherapy in Medicaid population: loss of coverage in pediatric asthma, change in third-party mental-health carrier, differences in drug formularies
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: Vanderbilt

Project Description: Effects of separate mental-health coverage on compliance in schizophrenia
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: Vanderbilt

Project Description: Use of beta-blocker, aspirin, and lipid-lowering therapy after heart attack
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: Vanderbilt

Project Description: Long-term safety and toxicity monitoring of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Year Begun: 1, Status: Ongoing, Center: UAB

Project Description: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) project
Year Begun: 2, Status: Ongoing, Center: UNC

Project Description: Pediatric adverse drug event and reaction reporting program
Year Begun: 2, Status: Ongoing, Center: UNC

Project Description: Skeletal effects of oral replacement of vitamin D and calcium in adolescents with cystic fibrosis
Year Begun: 2, Status: Ongoing, Center: UNC

Project Description: Prevalence of vitamin D-deficient rickets in minority infants
Year Begun: 2, Status: Ongoing, Center: UNC

Project Description: Optimizing prescribing and treatment for otitis media
Year Begun: 2, Status: Planned, Center: UNC

Project Description: Usefulness of large HMO databases in studying oral drugs for diabetes
Year Begun: 2, Status: Planned, Center: HMO Research

Project Description: Effect of provider profiling on management of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (GIOP)
Year Begun: 2, Status: Planned, Center: UAB

Project Description: Selecting cost-effective treatments for rheumatoid arthritis
Year Begun: 2, Status: Planned, Center: UAB

Project Description: Increasing adherence to drugs to prevent osteoporosis
Year Begun: 2, Status: Planned, Center: UAB

Project Description: Secondary prevention of fractures due to osteoporosis
Year Begun: 2, Status: Planned, Center: Duke/UAB

Project Description: Reducing the use of antibiotics for acute bronchitis in outpatients
Year Begun: 2, Status: Planned, Center: Penn

Project Description: Effect of formulary changes on the resistance patterns of E. coli and Klebsiella
Year Begun: 2, Status: Planned, Center: Penn

Project Description: Use of tetracycline for acne in an outpatient clinic: effects on antibiotic resistance patterns
Year Begun: 2, Status: Planned, Center: Penn

Project Description: Using a large database to study the epidemiology of resistant Pneumococcus pneumonia
Year Begun: 2, Status: Planned, Center: Penn

Project Description: Expanding the use of meta-analysis to study rare side effects of antibiotics
Year Begun: 2, Status: Planned, Center: Penn

Project Description: Usefulness of large HMO database for studying the safety and efficacy of antibiotics in children
Year Begun: 2, Status: Planned, Center: HMO Research

Project Description: Usefulness of a large HMO database for studying the safety and efficacy of drugs to prevent heart failure
Year Begun: 2, Status: Planned, Center: HMO Research

Project Description: NC immunization registry
Year Begun: 3, Status: Planned, Center: UNC

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