January 18, 2008
This weekly compilation of articles appearing in recently released journals and newsletters includes:
- Articles funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) or authored by AHRQ researchers.
- Articles mentioning or discussing AHRQ staff, activities, and publications/products.
- Articles related to AHRQ-funded Evidence-based Practice Centers.
- Articles related to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force or Put Prevention into Practice program.
- Articles mentioning the National Healthcare Disparities Report and National Healthcare Quality Report.
- Other research using AHRQ data or products.
AHRQ-Funded/Authored Articles
American Journal of Medical Quality
Clancy CM. Designing for safety: evidence-based design and hospitals. Am J Med Qual 2008 Jan-Feb; 23(1):66-69.
[Author is the AHRQ director.]
Wakefield DS, Ward MM, Groath D, et al. Complexity of medication-related verbal orders. Am J Med Qual 2008
Jan-Feb; 23(1):7-17. [Supported by grant 1 UC1 HS015196.]
Wessell AM, Liszka HA, Nietert PJ, et al. Achievable benchmarks of care for primary care quality indicators
in a practice-based research network. Am J Med Qual 2008 Jan-Feb; 23(1):39-46. [Supported by grant 1 U18
HS013716.]
American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Trautmann GM, Kip KE, Richter HE, et al. Do short-term markers of treatment efficacy predict long-term
equelae of pelvic inflammatory disease? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008 Jan; 198(1):30.e1-7. [Supported by
grant HS08358-05.]
Bailit JL, Love TE. The role of race in cesarean delivery rate case mix adjustment. Am J Obstet Gynecol
2008 Jan; 198(1):69.e1-5. [Supported by grant R-3 HS014352-01A1.]
AORN Journal
Hughes RG, Clancy CM. Research linking nurses' work hours to errors prompts more state restrictions. AORN
J 2008 Jan; 87(1):209-11. {Authors are researcher in AHRQ's Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and
Clinical Parternships and AHRQ director, respectively.]
Genetics in Medicine
Green NS, Rinaldo P, Brower A, Boyle C, Dougherty D, et al. for the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders
and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children. Committee report: advancing the current recommended panel
of conditions ofr newborn screening. Genet Med 2007 Nov; 9(11):792-96. [Fifth author is researcher in
AHRQ's Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations, and an ex-officio member of
the committee.]
Health Services Research
Wyrwich KW, Metz SM, Kroenke K, et al. Triangulating patient and clinician perspectives on clinically
important differences in health-related quality of life among patients with heart disease. Health Serv
Res 2007 Dec; 42(6 Pt 1):2257-74. [Supported by grants R01 HS10234 and K02 HS11635.]
Slonim AD, Marcin JP, Turenne W,et al. Pediatric patient safety events during hospitalization: approaches
to accounting for instiution-level effects. Health Serv Res 2007 Dec; 42(6 Pt 1):2275-93. [Supported
by grants K08 HS14009-01 and K08 HS13179-01.]
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Holmes WC, Bilker WB, Wang H, et al. HIV/AIDS-specific quality of life and adherence to antiretroviral
therapy over time. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2007 Nov 1; 46(3):323-27. [Supported by grant HS10399.]
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Carey EC, Covinsky KE, Lui LY, et al. Prediction of mortality in community-living frail elderly people
with long-term care needs. J Am Geriatr Soc 2008 Jan; 56(1):68-75. [Supported by grant K02 HS00006-01.]
Dy SM, Shugarman LR, Lorenz KA, et al. A systematic review of satisfaction with care at the end of life.
J Am Geriatr Soc 2008 Jan; 56(1):124-29. [Supported by contract 290-00-0003 to RAND-Southern California
Evidence-based Practice Center.]
Norris SL, High K, Gill TM, et al. Health care for older Americans with multiple chronic conditions: a
research agenda. J Am Geriatr Soc 2008 Jan; 56(1):149-59. [First author is former AHRQ researcher;
supported by contract HHSP-233-2005-00976P (previously publicized in AIA as Epub).]
AHRQ-Related Articles
BMC Health Services Research
Murray RL, Coleman T, Antoniak M, et al. The potential to improve ascertainment and intervention to reduce
smoking in primary care: a cross sectional survey. BMC Health Serv Res 2008 Jan 11; 8(1):6. [Cites PHS
guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, 2000.]
Current as of January 2008
Internet Citation:
Articles of Interest, January 18, 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/articles/art011808.htm
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