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Black physicians are less likely to have implicit preferences for blacks or whites
Most Mexican patients prefer their rheumatologist to make treatment decisions for them
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AHRQ report finds teamwork and followup as strengths of medical offices but work pressure and pace are problematic
Accessible services in primary care practices promote preventive health screenings and care
Although the patient-centered medical home is a promising model of care, more studies are needed to assess its effectiveness
Beta blockers are underused in patients receiving implantable cardioverter defibrillators
Black and Hispanic Medicare patients with hip fracture wait longer for surgery than white patients
Black physicians are less likely to have implicit preferences for blacks or whites
Children with a medical home more likely to receive health screenings and advice
Contact isolation of new patients reduces adherence to process-of-care quality measures for pneumonia
Doctors underprescribe warfarin to prevent strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure
Duplicate medication order errors increase after computerized provider order entry is implemented
Emergency department treatment of asthma with systemic corticosteroids is not always timely
Experts call for integrating mental health into primary care
Failure to order and follow up medical tests are leading causes of diagnostic errors
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General hospitals are stepping up specialty services in response to competition from single specialty hospitals
Guideline familiarity does not equal guideline adherence
High performance on quality measures linked to financial benefits for nursing homes
Higher nurse-patient ratios result in societal cost benefits for some hospital areas
Higher scores as a patient-centered medical home linked to higher operating costs
Home visits help pregnant, Medicaid-insured women alleviate depressive symptoms
Hospitals with a teamwork culture have better patient safety climates
Mandated increases in nurse staffing levels unevenly affect uncompensated care growth rates in California hospitals
Many factors are likely to slow the adoption of pay for performance in dentistry
Medicaid drug restrictions may lead to adverse events for psychiatric patients
Medicare Advantage enrollees are admitted to hospitals with higher mortality rates than Medicare fee-for-service enrollees
Minority-serving hospitals have problems with quality of care and patient satisfaction
More than half of all hospital procedures are outpatient
Most Mexican patients prefer their rheumatologist to make treatment decisions for them
Most process-of-care events do not harm transplant patients, but they boost costs and lengthen hospital stays
Moving adolescents with sickle cell disease from pediatric to adult care hampered by lack of knowledgeable adult hematologists
Nearly one-third of emergency department visits involve nonideal care events
New study finds e-prescribing is safe and efficient, but barriers remain
Nurse-facilitated guided care for elders and their caregivers leads to improved perceptions of quality of care
Nursing home physicians and nurses struggle with communication barriers
Nursing homes using more agency staff have lower quality of care
Organizational culture distinguishes top-performing hospitals in patient outcomes from heart attack
Pain management in emergency departments has improved but can still be better
Patient flow strategies may help to address emergency department crowding
Patients admitted to the hospital on weekends wait for major procedures
Patients who are treated with empathy during office visits get over colds faster
Performance measures for gastroenterology can lead to improved accountability
Personality factors play a role in responsiveness to disease self-management programs
Physician-pharmacist teams can help lower blood pressure
Physicians in practices focused on quality improvement are less likely to be dissatisfied and stressed
Physicians' implicit racial attitudes influence prescribing of opioids for black children
Planting seeds for change in primary care practice
Practice setting, ownership, and specialty all affect volume of charity care provided by physicians
Primary care coordination is more difficult for patients who see many specialists
Primary care organizational characteristics are linked to the self-management behaviors of patients with diabetes
Primary care patients who see physician assistants and nurse practitioners are as complex as those who see doctors
Primary care physicians spend a fifth of their time in patient care activities outside of office visits
Primary care physicians' performance ratings depend on the makeup of their patient population
Provider's communication style boosts results for acupuncture on arthritic knees
Regional health information exchanges must do more to attract small practices
Review looks at outcomes of patients at different types of long-term care facilities
Rural and urban residents have similar perceptions of health care quality, despite differences in care delivery
Social media use is one of many innovations in care delivery transforming the frontlines of care
Study recommends disclosure of medical mistakes that affect multiple patients
Systems to detect adverse drug events need buy-in from leaders and staff to become part of hospital routine
Team-based care of patients with hypertension improves control of blood pressure
The stability of a usual source of care is important to the care of low-income children
Trauma triage system tends to overestimate injury severity
Two-thirds of State and local government workers get their health plans from their employers
Use of electronic prescribing has expanded among Massachusetts physicians
Various factors influence the adoption of ergonomics in health care organizations
When health plans share physicians, they may have less incentive to improve care quality
Women want clinicians to talk about the risk medications pose to an unborn child
Youths initially diagnosed with ADHD receive an array of medications