Health Care Improvement
This page lists 103 references in the Main Healthy Skepticism Library relevant to improvement of health care.
Click on the HSL (Health Skepticism Library) number for more details which may include an abstract or full text.
HSL6666
Carroll NV, Smith JC, Berringer RA, Oestreich GL.
Evaluation of an automated system for prior authorization: a COX-2 inhibitor example.
Am J Manag Care 2006 Sep 01;12(9):501-8
http://www.ajmc.com/Article.cfm?ID=3187&CFID=3768231&CFTOKEN=45537093
HSL6752
Kripalani S, Henderson LE, Chiu EY, Robertson R, Kolm P, Jacobson TA.
Predictors of medication self-management skill in a low-literacy population.
J Gen Intern Med 2006 Aug 01;21(8):852-6
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00536.x
HSL6200
White C.
Chief medical officer calls for rewards to improve clinical practice
BMJ 2006 Jul 29;33(7561):216
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/short/333/7561/216-a?etoc%3e
HSL6204
The Practice of Reform in Health, Medicine and Science, 1500-2000
BMJ 2006 Jul 29;333(7561):266
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/short/333/7561/266-a?etoc%3e
HSL5933
Davis S, Affatato A.
Blunt chest trauma: utility of radiological evaluation and effect on treatment patterns.
Am J Emerg Med 2006 Jul 01;24(4):482-6
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0735-6757(06)00071-4
HSL6778
Kesselman I, Elstein D, Israeli A, Chertkoff R, Zimran A.
National health budgets for expensive orphan drugs: Gaucher disease in Israel as a model.
Blood Cells Mol Dis 2006 Jul-Aug 01;37(1):46-9
Link to source with long URL
HSL5768
Millson DS.
Ethnic differences in risks of adverse reactions: is personalised drug treatment better with pharmacokinetic modelling?
BMJ 2006 Jun 10;332(7554):1393
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/short/332/7554/1393?etoc
HSL6614
Westerlund LT, Bjork HT.
Pharmaceutical care in community pharmacies: practice and research in Sweden.
Ann Pharmacother 2006 Jun 01;40(6):1162-9
http://www.theannals.com/cgi/content/full/40/6/1162
HSL6102
Electronic chip fights counterfeiting.
AIDS Patient Care STDS 2006 May 01;20(5):380-1
HSL5577
Hu A, Chow CM, Dao D, Errett L, Keith M.
Factors influencing patient knowledge of warfarin therapy after mechanical heart valve replacement.
J Cardiovasc Nurs 2006 May-Jun;21(3):169-75
Link to source with long URL
HSL5706
Davis RL, Khoury MJ.
A public health approach to pharmacogenomics and gene-based diagnostic tests.
Pharmacogenomics 2006 Apr 01;7(3):331-7
http://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/abs/10.2217/14622416.7.3.331
HSL5747
Sullivan EE.
The propofol controversy.
J Perianesth Nurs 2006 Apr 01;21(2):128-30
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1089-9472(06)00046-3
HSL5748
Odom-Forren J.
The propofol debate continues.
J Perianesth Nurs 2006 Apr 01;21(2):77-8
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1089-9472(06)00078-5
HSL5934
Cooke CE, Hammerash WJ Jr.
Retrospective review of sex differences in the management of dyslipidemia in coronary heart disease: an analysis of patient data from a Maryland-based health maintenance organization.
Clin Ther 2006 Apr 01;28(4):591-9
Link to source with long URL
HSL5962
Kline AD.
On complicity theory.
Sci Eng Ethics 2006 Apr 01;12(2):257-64
HSL6779
Alphs L.
An industry perspective on the NIMH consensus statement on negative symptoms.
Schizophr Bull 2006 Apr 01;32(2):225-30
http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/32/2/225
HSL5494
Boyce P.
Restoring wisdom to the practice of psychiatry.
Australas Psychiatry 2006 Mar 01;14(1):3-7
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1440-1665.2006.02241.x
HSL5688
Salerno RA, Lesko LJ.
Three years of promise, proposals, and progress on optimizing the benefit/risk of medicines: a commentary on the 3rd FDA-DIA-PWG-PhRMA-BIO pharmacogenomics workshop.
Pharmacogenomics J 2006 Mar-Apr 01;6(2):78-81
http://www.nature.com/tpj/journal/v6/n2/abs/6500345a.html
HSL5916
Ruiz JG, Mintzer MJ, Leipzig RM.
The impact of E-learning in medical education.
Acad Med 2006 Mar 01;81(3):207-12
Link to source with long URL
HSL5368
Maclure M, Nguyen A, Carney G, Dormuth C, Roelants H, Ho K, Schneeweiss S.
Measuring prescribing improvements in pragmatic trials of educational tools for general practitioners.
Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2006 Mar;98(3):243-52
Link to source with long URL
HSL5090
Lenzer J.
US agency launches initiative on better prescribing for hypertension.
BMJ 2006 Feb 18;332(7538):379
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7538/379-a/DC1
HSL5273
Andre T, De Gramont A.
[A good cooperation between industry and French medical oncologists]
Bull Cancer. 2006 Feb 01;93(Supp 1):S3-4
Link to source with long URL
HSL5753
Sarek M.
Evident exception in clinical practice not sufficient to break traditional hypothesis.
PLoS Med 2006 Feb 01;3(2):e120
Link to source with long URL
HSL5757
Goldstein S.
Is ADHD a growth industry?
J Atten Disord 2006 Feb 01;9(3):461-4
http://jad.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/9/3/461
HSL5573
Genuis SK, Genuis SJ.
Exploring the continuum: medical information to effective clinical practice. Paper I: the translation of knowledge into clinical practice.
J Eval Clin Pract 2006 Feb;12(1):49-62
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2005.00609.x
HSL5236
Clarke JT.
Is the current approach to reviewing new drugs condemning the victims of rare diseases to death? A call for a national orphan drug review policy.
CMAJ 2006 Jan 17;174(2):189-90
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/174/2/189
HSL5033
Fuchs J, Hippius M, Schaefer M.
Analysis of German package inserts.
Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther 2006 Jan;44(1):8-13
HSL5434
Wolfson W.
Holding back the tide of antibiotic resistance.
Chem Biol 2006 Jan 01;13(1):1-3
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1074-5521(06)00005-6
HSL5652
Lyles A.
Creating alternative incentives for pharmaceutical innovation.
Clin Ther 2006 Jan 01;28(1):126-8
Link to source with long URL
HSL5686
Skiba M.
Strategies for identifying and minimizing medication errors in health care settings.
Health Care Manag (Frederick) 2006 Jan-Mar 01;25(1):70-7
Link to source with long URL
HSL5124
Seeman N, Brown AD.
Remembering Peter Drucker: inspiring the quality revolution in healthcare.
Healthc Q 2006;9(1):50-2,
HSL5399
Dutta-Bergman MJ.
A formative approach to strategic message targeting through soap operas: using selective processing theories.
Health Commun 2006;19(1):11-8
Link to source with long URL
HSL6974
Tonkin AL, Taverner D, Latte J, Doecke C.
The Effect of an Interactive Tutorial on the Prescribing Performance of Senior Medical Students
Med Educ. 2006
HSL4046
Brett AS, Zuger A.
The run on tamiflu--should physicians prescribe on demand?
N Engl J Med 2005 Dec 22;353(25):2636-7
Link to source with long URL
HSL5220
Tuohy N, Paparella S.
Look-alike and sound-alike drugs: errors just waiting to happen.
J Emerg Nurs 2005 Dec;31(6):569-71
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0099-1767(05)00437-X
HSL5327
Fonzo-Christe C, Herrmann F, Bonnabry P.
Quality assessment of the visits of pharmaceutical company representatives to hospital pharmacists.
Swiss Med Wkly 2005 Nov 19;135(45-46):666-73
Link to source with long URL
HSL5445
Small DH.
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of dementia in Alzheimer's disease: do we need new inhibitors?
Expert Opin Emerg Drugs 2005 Nov 01;10(4):817-25
Link to source with long URL
HSL5217
Santell JP, Cousins DD.
Medication errors related to product names.
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2005 Nov;31(11):649-54
HSL5066
Wright J.
Hormone replacement therapy: an example of McKinlay's theory on the seven stages of medical innovation.
J Clin Nurs 2005 Oct;14(9):1090-7
HSL5121
Davidoff F, Batalden P.
Toward stronger evidence on quality improvement. Draft publication guidelines: the beginning of a consensus project.
Qual Saf Health Care 2005 Oct;14(5):319-25
Link to source with long URL
HSL5920
Sittig DF, Krall M, Kaalaas-Sittig J, Ash JS.
Emotional aspects of computer-based provider order entry: a qualitative study.
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2005 Sep-Oct 01;12(5):561-7
http://www.jamia.org/cgi/content/full/12/5/561
HSL2732
Sharfstein SS.
Big Pharma and American Psychiatry: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Psychiatric News 2005 Aug 19;40(16):3
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/40/16/3
HSL2472
Kaye KI, Welch SA, Graudins LV, Graudins A, Rotem T, Davis SR, Day RO.
Pethidine in emergency departments: promoting evidence-based prescribing.
Med J Aust 2005 Aug 1;183(3):129-33
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/183_03_010805/kay10502_fm.html
HSL5390
Honebrink A.
Treatment of menopausal symptoms post-Women's Health Initiative: refinement of existing treatments and development of new therapies.
Expert Opin Emerg Drugs 2005 Aug;10(3):619-41
Link to source with long URL
HSL5852
Bates DW.
Computerized physician order entry and medication errors: finding a balance.
J Biomed Inform 2005 Aug;38(4):259-61
Link to source with long URL
HSL5658
Senior K.
Neglected diseases: getting less neglected?
Drug Discov Today 2005 Jul 1;10(13):878
Link to source with long URL
HSL3947
Lenzer J .
What can we learn from medical whistleblowers?
PLoS Med 2005 Jul;2(7):e209
Link to source with long URL
HSL5304
Wertheimer AI, Santella TM.
Counterfeit drugs: defining the problem and finding solutions.
Expert Opin Drug Saf 2005 Jul;4(4):619-22
Link to source with long URL
HSL5915
Rosenbloom ST, Geissbuhler AJ, Dupont WD, Giuse DA, Talbert DA, Tierney WM, Plummer WD, Stead WW, Miller RA.
Effect of CPOE user interface design on user-initiated access to educational and patient information during clinical care.
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2005 Jul-Aug;12(4):458-73
http://www.jamia.org/cgi/content/full/12/4/458
HSL1919
Pear R.
Medicare Officials Insisting on Wider Choices in Drug Benefits
The New York Times 2005 Jun 15
Link to source with long URL
HSL1911
Mandel M.
Smokin' family feud: Michele Mandel visits the home of the Kaczmarczyks. He's on a hunger strike because she won't quit smoking
The Toronto Sun 2005 Jun 12
HSL1913
Health Canada to receive FDA award
CNW Telbec 2005 Jun 10
HSL2475
Belongia EA, Knobloch MJ, Kieke BA, Davis JP, Janette C, Besser RE.
Impact of statewide program to promote appropriate antimicrobial drug use.
Emerg Infect Dis 2005 Jun;11(6):912-20
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol11no06/05-0118.htm
HSL1872
Dabade G.
Remembering a health campaigner
Deccan Herald 2005 May 23
HSL5451
Wurm P, De Caestecker J.
Emerging drugs for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
Expert Opin Emerg Drugs 2005 May 01;10(2):457-71
http://www.expertopin.com/doi/abs/10.1517/14728214.10.2.457
HSL5459
Litten RZ, Fertig J, Mattson M, Egli M.
Development of medications for alcohol use disorders: recent advances and ongoing challenges.
Expert Opin Emerg Drugs 2005 May 01;10(2):323-43
http://www.expertopin.com/doi/abs/10.1517/14728214.10.2.323
HSL5876
Garg AX, Adhikari NK, McDonald H, Rosas-Arellano MP, Devereaux PJ, Beyene J, Sam J, Haynes RB.
Effects of computerized clinical decision support systems on practitioner performance and patient outcomes: a systematic review.
JAMA 2005 Mar 9;293(10):1223-38
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/293/10/1223
HSL5885
Koppel R, Metlay JP, Cohen A, Abaluck B, Localio AR, Kimmel SE, Strom BL.
Role of computerized physician order entry systems in facilitating medication errors.
JAMA 2005 Mar 9;293(10):1197-203
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/293/10/1197
HSL1168
Raven M, Rogers W, Jureidini J.
Partnerships between academic psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry.
Australas Psychiatry 2005 Mar;13(1):83-4
Link to source with long URL
HSL1218
Lexchin J.
Prescribing errors
CMAJ 2005 Jan 18;172(2)
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/172/2/229
HSL5245
Abrahams E, Ginsburg GS, Silver M.
The Personalized Medicine Coalition: goals and strategies.
Am J Pharmacogenomics 2005;5(6):345-55
HSL5913
Regnier K, Kopelow M, Lane D, Alden E.
Accreditation for learning and change: quality and improvement as the outcome.
J Contin Educ Health Prof 2005 Sum;25(3):174-82
Link to source with long URL
HSL6132
Mansfield PR, Raven MK, Jureidini JN.
Depressed youth, suicidality and antidepressants
MJA 2005;183(5):275-276
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/183_05_050905/letters_050905_fm-1.html
HSL1927
Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
Drug labeling; sodium labeling for over-the-counter drugs.
Federal Register 2004 Nov 29;69(228)
Link to source with long URL
HSL6018
Mansfield PR.
Reform of incentives would help reduce harm from drug promotion
BMJ 2004 Oct 30;329
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/329/7473/998
HSL5255
Bensley RJ, Mercer N, Brusk JJ, Underhile R, Rivas J, Anderson J, Kelleher D, Lupella M, de Jager AC.
The eHealth Behavior Management Model: a stage-based approach to behavior change and management.
Prev Chronic Dis 2004 Oct;1(4):A14
Link to source with long URL
HSL2091
Andrews E, Dombeck M.
The role of scientific evidence of risks and benefits in determining risk management policies for medications.
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2004 Sep;13(9):599-608
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/105560406/ABSTRACT
HSL2082
Brieger WR, Osamor PE, Salami KK, Oladepo O, Otusanya SA.
Interactions between patent medicine vendors and customers in urban and rural Nigeria.
Health Policy Plan 2004 May;19(3):177-82
http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/19/3/177
HSL263
Meek C.
Spanish journal wins lawsuit over COX-2 drug editorial.
CMAJ 2004 Mar 16;170(6):940
http://http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/170/6/940-a
HSL5847
Sweet M.
Development of strategies to encourage adoption of best evidence into practice in Australia: workshop overview.
Med J Aust 2004 Mar 15;180(6)
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/180_06_150304/swe10882_fm.html
HSL5845
Sanson-Fisher RW, Grimshaw JM, Eccles MP.
The science of changing providers' behaviour: the missing link in evidence-based practice.
Med J Aust 2004 Mar 1;180(5):205-6
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/180_05_010304/san10013_fm.html
HSL5860
Berger RG, Kichak JP.
Computerized physician order entry: helpful or harmful?
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2004 Mar-Apr 01;11(2):100-3
http://www.jamia.org/cgi/content/full/11/2/100
HSL297
Gibson L.
Spanish drug editor wins case brought by Merck, Sharp Dohme.
BMJ 2004 Feb 7;328(7435):307
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/328/7435/307-b
HSL5122
Moss F, Thomson R.
A new structure for quality improvement reports.
Qual Saf Health Care 2004 Feb;13(1):6-7
Link to source with long URL
HSL5857
Bell DS, Cretin S, Marken RS, Landman AB.
A conceptual framework for evaluating outpatient electronic prescribing systems based on their functional capabilities.
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2004 Jan-Feb 01;11(1):60-70
http://www.jamia.org/cgi/content/full/11/1/60
HSL5912
Poon EG, Blumenthal D, Jaggi T, Honour MM, Bates DW, Kaushal R.
Overcoming barriers to adopting and implementing computerized physician order entry systems in U.S Hospitals
Health Aff. 2004;23:184-190
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/23/4/184
HSL6022
Mansfield PR.
Drug company sponsorship would endanger health care improvement
BMJ 2003 Oct 17;327
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/327/7420/924
HSL5873
Finkelstein JA, Stille C, Nordin J, Davis R, Raebel MA, Roblin D, Go AS, Smith D, Johnson CC, Kleinman K, Chan KA, Platt R.
Reduction in antibiotic use among US children, 1996-2000.
Pediatrics 2003 Sep 01;112(3)
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/112/3/620
HSL1454
Coleman B.
Producing an information leaflet to help patients access high quality drug information on the Internet: a local study.
Health Info Libr J 2003 Sep;20(3):160-71
Link to source with long URL
HSL5886
Kuperman GJ, Gibson RF.
Computer physician order entry: benefits, costs, and issues.
Ann Intern Med 2003 Jul 1;139(1):31-9
http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/139/1/31.pdf
HSL1414
Manima A.
Ethical issues in palliative care: considerations.
J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother 2003;17(3-4):141-9;
HSL2902
Bessell TL, Silagy CA, Anderson JN, Hiller JE, Sansom LN.
Quality of global e-pharmacies: can we safeguard consumers?
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2002 Dec;58(9):567-72
Link to source with long URL
HSL5867
Doolan DF, Bates DW.
Computerized physician order entry systems in hospitals: mandates and incentives.
Health Aff (Millwood) 2002 Jul-Aug 01;21(4):180-8
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/reprint/21/4/180
HSL5851
Bailar JC 3rd.
The powerful placebo and the Wizard of Oz.
N Engl J Med 2001 May 24;344(21):1630-2
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/extract/344/21/1630
HSL2609
Roughead L, Semple S, Vitry A.
The Value of Pharmacist Professional Services in the Community: A systematic review of the literature 1990-2002
2000
HSL2158
Jackson C, Mcguire T, Dommers E, Nyst P.
A GP prescribing educational intervention involving a medication panel.
Aust Fam Physician 1999 Nov;28(11):1191-5
HSL5855
Bates DW, Teich JM, Lee J, Seger D, Kuperman GJ, Ma'Luf N, Boyle D, Leape L.
The impact of computerized physician order entry on medication error prevention.
J Am Med Inform Assoc 1999 Jul-Aug 01;6(4):313-21
http://www.jamia.org/cgi/content/full/6/4/313
HSL5854
Bates DW, Leape LL, Cullen DJ, Laird N, Petersen LA, Teich JM, Burdick E, Hickey M, Kleefield S, Shea B, Vander Vliet M, Seger DL.
Effect of computerized physician order entry and a team intervention on prevention of serious medication errors.
JAMA 1998 Oct 21;280(15):1311-6
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/280/15/1311
HSL2462
Frances A, Kahn D, Carpenter D, Frances C, Docherty J.
A new method of developing expert consensus practice guidelines.
Am J Manag Care 1998 Jul;4(7):1023-9
http://www.ajmc.com/Article.cfm?Menu=1&ID=1662
HSL5918
Schiff GD, Rucker TD.
Computerized prescribing: building the electronic infrastructure for better medication usage.
JAMA 1998 Apr 1;279(13):1024-9
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/279/13/1024
HSL5872
Evans RS, Pestotnik SL, Classen DC, Clemmer TP, Weaver LK, Orme JF Jr, Lloyd JF, Burke JP.
A computer-assisted management program for antibiotics and other antiinfective agents.
N Engl J Med 1998 Jan 22;338(4):232-8
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/338/4/232
HSL533
Lexchin J.
Improving the appropriateness of physician prescribing.
Int J Health Serv 1998;28(2):253-67
Nil
HSL5911
Pizor , TC .
A medical publisher reminds us: don't forget the gatekeepers
Med Mark Media 1998;33:65-67
HSL721
Herman AA, McCarthy BJ, Bakewell JM, Ward RH, Mueller BA, Maconochie NE, Read AW, Zadka P, Skjaerven R.
Data linkage methods used in maternally-linked birth and infant death surveillance data sets from the United States (Georgia, Missouri, Utah and Washington State), Israel, Norway, Scotland and Western Australia.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 1997 Jan;11
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/315/7106/480
HSL5853
Bates DW, Cullen DJ, Laird N, Petersen LA, Small SD, Servi D, Laffel G, Sweitzer BJ, Shea BF, Hallisey R, et al.
Incidence of adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events. Implications for prevention. ADE Prevention Study Group.
JAMA 1995 Jul 5;274(1):29-34
HSL817
Toal CB, Borkowski KR.
The pharmaceutical industry, the Canadian Society for Clinical Pharmacology and academe: a partnership in health care
Can J Clin Pharmacol 1995;2(2):49
HSL2160
Ekedahl A, Andersson SI, Hovelius B, Molstad S, Liedholm H, Melander A.
Drug prescription attitudes and behaviour of general practitioners. Effects of a problem-oriented educational programme
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 1995;47(5):381-7
HSL4711
Squires BP.
Stress and the ethical physician
Canadian Medical Association Journal 1991;145:1081
HSL2422
Landgren FT, Harvey KJ, Mashford ML, Moulds RF, Guthrie B, Hemming M.
Changing antibiotic prescribing by educational marketing.
Med J Aust 1988 Dec 5-19;149(11-12):595-9
HSL3985
International medical advertising
Lancet 1988;1:350
HSL3731
Putnam RW, Fox RD, Mazmanian PE.
Report to Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Canada: an analysis of drug prescribing changes by physicians
1985
HSL3633
Henderson IWD.
Pharmaceutical advertising in medical journals
Canadian Medical Association Journal 1984;131:546
HSL3361
Holmes JD.
Drug costs.
N Z Med J 1977 Jul 27;86(592):108-9