Published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol on November 01, 2007
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Improving blood pressure control through provider education, provider alerts, and patient education: a cluster randomized trial. Ann Intern Med (2006) 3.72
Diabetes patient education: a meta-analysis and meta-regression. Patient Educ Couns (2004) 3.69
Perspectives of physicians and nurse practitioners on primary care practice. N Engl J Med (2013) 3.36
The ethics of using quality improvement methods in health care. Ann Intern Med (2007) 3.25
Project BOOST: effectiveness of a multihospital effort to reduce rehospitalization. J Hosp Med (2013) 3.17
Hospital readmission as an accountability measure. JAMA (2011) 2.95
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A randomized trial of a primary care-based disease management program to improve cardiovascular risk factors and glycated hemoglobin levels in patients with diabetes. Am J Med (2005) 2.36
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Comparative effectiveness of sulfonylurea and metformin monotherapy on cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cohort study. Ann Intern Med (2012) 2.18
Predicting lung cancer prior to surgical resection in patients with lung nodules. J Thorac Oncol (2014) 2.17
Maternal morbidity and perinatal outcomes among pregnant women with respiratory hospitalizations during influenza season. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2003) 2.09
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Describing and modeling workflow and information flow in chronic disease care. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2009) 1.92
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Structured interdisciplinary rounds in a medical teaching unit: improving patient safety. Arch Intern Med (2011) 1.75
Trends in antibiotic prescribing for adults in the United States--1995 to 2002. J Gen Intern Med (2005) 1.75
The composition of intern work while on call. J Gen Intern Med (2012) 1.72
Colorectal cancer screening among men and women in the United States. J Womens Health (Larchmt) (2007) 1.71
Long-term cognitive and psychological outcomes in the awakening and breathing controlled trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2010) 1.70
Isoflurane therapy for severe refractory status asthmaticus in children. Intensive Care Med (2006) 1.65
The association between night or weekend admission and hospitalization-relevant patient outcomes. J Hosp Med (2010) 1.63
Effect of short call admission on length of stay and quality of care for acute decompensated heart failure. Circulation (2008) 1.62
Quality improvement initiatives improve hypertension care among veterans. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2009) 1.62
Patients' shame and attitudes toward discussing the results of literacy screening. J Health Commun (2007) 1.62
Placing physician orders at triage: the effect on length of stay. Ann Emerg Med (2010) 1.60
Direct-to-consumer drug advertisements on network television: an exploration of quantity, frequency, and placement. J Health Commun (2005) 1.58
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Variation in practices and attitudes of clinicians assessing PTSD-related disability among veterans. J Trauma Stress (2011) 1.58
Changes in intensive care unit nurse task activity after installation of a third-generation intensive care unit information system. Crit Care Med (2003) 1.58
Differences in antibiotic prescribing among physicians, residents, and nonphysician clinicians. Am J Med (2005) 1.58
The impact of aviation-based teamwork training on the attitudes of health-care professionals. J Am Coll Surg (2004) 1.55
Perioperative blood transfusion is predictive of poststernotomy surgical site infection: marker for morbidity or true immunosuppressant? Clin Infect Dis (2004) 1.54
Risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms following critical illness requiring mechanical ventilation: a prospective cohort study. Crit Care (2007) 1.53
Delirium in the emergency department: an independent predictor of death within 6 months. Ann Emerg Med (2010) 1.51
Computer-based insulin infusion protocol improves glycemia control over manual protocol. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2007) 1.50
Simulation study of rested versus sleep-deprived anesthesiologists. Anesthesiology (2003) 1.50
A three-part intervention to change the use of hormone replacement therapy in response to new evidence. Ann Intern Med (2004) 1.47
Dangers of postoperative opioids: is there a cure? Bull Am Coll Surg (2010) 1.47
Diagnosing delirium in older emergency department patients: validity and reliability of the delirium triage screen and the brief confusion assessment method. Ann Emerg Med (2013) 1.46
The comprehensiveness of family cancer history assessments in primary care. Community Genet (2007) 1.42
Reduction in elective delivery at <39 weeks of gestation: comparative effectiveness of 3 approaches to change and the impact on neonatal intensive care admission and stillbirth. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2010) 1.40
Integrating "best of care" protocols into clinicians' workflow via care provider order entry: impact on quality-of-care indicators for acute myocardial infarction. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2005) 1.40
Better transitions: improving comprehension of discharge instructions. Front Health Serv Manage (2009) 1.36
Evaluation of graphic cardiovascular display in a high-fidelity simulator. Anesth Analg (2003) 1.36
The impact of facecards on patients' knowledge, satisfaction, trust, and agreement with hospital physicians: a pilot study. J Hosp Med (2013) 1.35
A requirement to reduce readmissions: take care of the patient, not just the disease. JAMA (2013) 1.32
Bedside diagnosis of influenzavirus infections in hospitalized children. Pediatrics (2002) 1.32
Health literacy is a predictor of HIV/AIDS knowledge. Fam Med (2006) 1.29
Validation of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit in older emergency department patients. Acad Emerg Med (2014) 1.29
Low health literacy is associated with HIV test acceptance. J Gen Intern Med (2005) 1.28
Systematic review of time studies evaluating physicians in the hospital setting. J Hosp Med (2010) 1.27