- ►annals.org [PDF] N Rodondi, T Peng, AJ Karter, DC Bauer, E … - Annals of internal medicine, 2006 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Poorly controlled cardiovascular risk factors are com- mon.
Evaluating whether physicians respond appropriately to poor risk factor control
in patients may better reflect quality of care than measuring proportions ... Cited by 74 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
DR Berlowitz, AS Ash, M Glickman, RH … - Health Services Research, 2005 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Address correspondence to Dan R. Berlowitz, MD, MPH, CHQOER, ENRM VA Hospital,
200 Springs Road, Bedford, MA 01730. Dan R. Berlowitz, Director, Mark Glickman,
Ph.D., and Ashley T. Wong, MA, are with the Center for Health Quality, ... Cited by 48 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
EA Kerr, DM Smith, MM Hogan, TP Hofer, SL … - Medical care, 2003 - jstor.org BACKGROUND. National performance mea- sures monitor the proportion of diabetic
pa- tients with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) lev- els 2130 mg/dL, but such
simple intermediate outcomes measure poor control, not necessar- ily poor ... Cited by 76 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org RW Grant, JB Buse, JB Meigs - Diabetes Care, 2005 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS— In this ethnically and economically diverse cohort, annual testing
rates were very high (97.4% for HbA 1c , 96.6% for blood pressure, and 87.6% for
total cholesterol). Fewer patients were at HbA 1c goal (34.0% <7.0%) or ... Cited by 119 - Related articles - All 13 versions
CM Mangione, RB Gerzoff, DF Williamson, WN … - Annals of internal medicine, 2006 - Am Coll Physicians Objective: To determine whether disease management by physician groups is
associated with diabetes care processes, control of intermediate outcomes, or
the amount of medication used when intermediate outcomes are above target ... Cited by 46 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
RW Grant, E Cagliero, AK Dubey, C … - Diabetic Medicine, 2004 - vdc.partners.org Methods Prospective cohort study of 598 adults with Type 2 diabetes receiv- ing
primary care in an academic medical centre from May 1997 to April 1999. We
assessed whether patients failing to achieve standard treatment goals for ... Cited by 86 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org [PDF] CB Cook, DC Ziemer, IM El-Kebbi, DL Gallina, … - Diabetes Care, 1999 - Am Diabetes Assoc Recent clinical trials have confirm ed that optimizing glycemic control is
critical to reducing the risk of onset and pro g ression of the microvascular
com- plications of diabetes (1–4). There fo re , together with ancillary ... Cited by 57 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
RA Hayward - American Journal of Managed Care, 2007 - ajmc.com Last year, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) approved 2 new
Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures for people with
diabetes mellitus (DM): to achieve a glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C) level ... Cited by 41 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org R Grant, AS Adams, CM Trinacty, F Zhang, K … - Diabetes care, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We analyzed an inception cohort of 2,065 insured
patients with type 2 diabetes who were newly started on hypoglycemic therapy and
were followed for at least 3 years between 1992 and 2001. Medication ... Cited by 32 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
PJ O'Connor, JAM Sperl-Hillen, PE Johnson, …, 2005 - origin.www.ahrq.gov Clinical inertia is defined as lack of treatment intensification in a patient
not at evidence-based goals for care. Clinical inertia is a major factor that
contributes to inadequate chronic disease care in patients with diabetes ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - View as HTML - All 13 versions
