LP Casalino - Jama, 2005 - Am Med Assoc There is a large gap between what physicians do for patients with chronic diseases and what
should be done. 1 Most physicians lack the time, information technology, and financial incentives
to develop organized processes to systematically improve the quality of care provided to ... Cited by 97 - Related articles - All 5 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] BG Vickrey, BS Mittman, KI Connor, ML … - Annals of Internal …, 2006 - Am Coll Physicians Barbara G. Vickrey, MD, MPH; Brian S. Mittman, PhD; Karen I. Connor, RN, MBA; Marjorie L.
Pearson, PhD; Richard D. Della Penna, MD; Theodore G. Ganiats, MD; Robert W. DeMonte
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DSF Yu, DR Thompson, DTF Lee - European heart journal, 2006 - Eur Soc Cardiology Aims Disease management programmes (DMPs) have evolved as an innovative clinical practice
system to enhance the discharge outcomes of older people with heart failure. Yet, clinical trials
which have exam- ined their effectiveness have reported inconsistent findings. This may ... Cited by 53 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
T Bodenheimer, A Fernandez - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians An example of a cost-reducing, quality-enhancing program is post-hospital nurse monitoring
and intervention for patients at high risk for repeated hospitalization for congestive heart
failure. Disease management programs that target groups with a chronic condition rather ... Cited by 52 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
PS Heppner, C Morgan, RM Kaplan, AL … - Journal of …, 2006 - journals.lww.com BACKGROUND: Empirical evidence supports the role of exercise as part of pulmonary rehabilitation
in improving symptoms of breathlessness (dyspnea), health-related quality of life, and exercise
tolerance among patients with chronic lung disease. However, many studies show that ... Cited by 34 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] JE Sisk, PL Hebert, CR Horowitz, MA … - Annals of internal …, 2006 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Despite therapies proven effective for heart failure with systolic dysfunction, the
condition continues to cause substan- tial hospitalization, disability, and death, especially among
African- American and other nonwhite populations. ... Objective: To compare the effects ... Cited by 32 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
DA DeWalt, RM Malone, ME Bryant, MC … - BMC Health Services …, 2006 - biomedcentral.com We performed a 12-month randomized controlled trial. From November 2001 to April 2003, we
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- ►ahajournals.org LW Stevenson, TH Le Jemtel, EU Alt - Circulation, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc The diversity of patient profiles and responses precludes a one-size-fits-all approach to heart
failure. The randomized trials have provided us with some therapies that must be tried and others
that can be tried. Offering significant although small benefits averaged over a population, ... Cited by 27 - Related articles - All 5 versions
- ►ahajournals.org GC Fonarow - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc Heart failure (HF) remains a major public health problem that affects 5 million patients in the
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Hollenberg, MD 1 ... 1 Division of General Internal Medicine, Executive Director, Center for Complementary
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