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Arizona |
Duke |
HMO Network |
UAB |
UNC |
UPenn |
Vanderbilt |
Publications |
Ongoing Projects
Ongoing Projects
Arizona CERTs (formerly Georgetown)
- International registry for drug-induced arrhythmias
- National medication-errors survey of third-year medical students, internal-medicine
clerkship, and residency programs
- Incidence of drug interactions
- Incidence of and education about drug interactions, especially in women
- Curriculum for therapeutics in women's health
- Role of heart rate correction in QT analysis of drug action
- Fourth-year medical school course on therapeutics
- Genetic predictors of drug-induced QT interval prolongation
Duke CERTs
- Prospective demonstration project to improve use of beta-blockers in
CHF
- Evaluation of antiarrhythmic prescribing patterns, including dofetilide,
in atrial fibrillation
- Evaluation of physicians' understanding of the QT interval and drugs
that can affect it
- The effect of beta-blockers in CHF: a meta-analysis
- Evaluation of the dofetilide risk management program-adherence to guidelines
- Educational module on QT-prolonging drugs
- Determine critical postmarketing surveillance (PS) questions, explore
novel PS solutions for cardiovascular devices
- PS of transmyocardial revascularization
- Evaluation of beta-blocker use in a VA medical center
- Economic implications of changes in treatment of cardiovascular disease
HMO Research Network CERTs
- Antibiotic use in children
- Antiasthma drug use
- Development of algorithms to identify patients with Churg-Strauss syndrome
- Systematic review of drug interventions in managed care
UAB CERTs
- Medical errors in the management of gout (with UPenn)
- Cost-effective treatments for osteoporosis
- Improving primary care with hand-held computers
- Monitoring the long-term safety and toxicity of NSAIDs
- Outcomes of elderly-onset RA
- Interactive CD-ROM for arthritis patient education
- Arthritis quality indicators
UNC CERTs
- Evidenced-based tools to assess pediatric populations
- Prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in childhood and adolescence
- Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) project
- Prescribing patterns of drugs for ADHD and depression in adolescents
- Reporting program for pediatric adverse drug events and reactions
- Skeletal effects of oral replacement of vitamin D and calcium in adolescents
with cystic fibrosis
- Optimizing prescribing and treatment for otitis media
- NC immunization registry
UPenn CERTs
- Reducing the outpatient use of antibiotics for acute bronchitis
- Effect of formulary changes on resistance patterns of E. coli and Klebsiella
- Use of tetracycline for acne in an outpatient clinic, effects on antibiotic
resistance patterns
- Risks of antibiotic use for drug-resistant S. pneumoniae infection
- Adherence to nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)
treatment for HIV
- Research sponsorship and the statistical power to detect adverse effects
of newly approved drugs
- Patient versus public health values in generalists' use of antibiotics
- Risk factors for drug-resistant pneumococcal pneumonia
- Expansion of curriculum on therapeutics in medical school
Vanderbilt CERTs
- Loss of Medicaid enrollment and asthma medication compliance
- Use of beta-blockers, aspirin, and lipid-lowering drugs after heart
attack
- Clinical outcomes of NSAIDs
- Effect of mental-health coverage changes on outcomes
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