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| Thusitha MabotuwanaSummaryAffiliation: University of Auckland Country: New Zealand Publications
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A framework for assessing adherence and persistence to long-term medicationThusitha Mabotuwana
Department of Computer Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Stud Health Technol Inform 150:547-51. 2009....- A computational framework to identify patients with poor adherence to blood pressure lowering medicationThusitha Mabotuwana
Department of Computer Science Tamaki Campus, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Int J Med Inform 78:745-56. 2009..Analysis of patterns in electronic prescribing from electronic medical records (EMRs) may have the potential to reveal cohorts of patients with significant adherence problems... - ChronoMedIt--a computational quality audit framework for better management of patients with chronic conditionsThusitha Mabotuwana
Department of Computer Science, Tamaki Campus, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
J Biomed Inform 43:144-58. 2010..However, due to the complex temporal relationships associated with the nature of chronic illness, formulating clinically relevant queries within the context of a specific evaluation period is difficult... - An ontology-based approach to enhance querying capabilities of general practice medicine for better management of hypertensionThusitha Mabotuwana
Department of Computer Science Tamaki, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
Artif Intell Med 47:87-103. 2009.... - Towards a framework for better management of patients with hypertensionThusitha Mabotuwana
Department of Computer Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Stud Health Technol Inform 150:438. 2009..Identified patients would benefit from an immediate follow-up by a practice nurse... - Quality indicators to measure blood pressure management over a time intervalThusitha Mabotuwana
School of Population Health, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Inform Prim Care 18:149-56. 2010..There is a larger space of possible measurements, including ones that more explicitly consider management over an interval of time... - Prescribing history to identify candidates for chronic condition medication adherence promotionJim Warren
National Institute for Health Innovation, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Stud Health Technol Inform 169:634-8. 2011..52% (95% CI 56.9-66.1) for the Pacific practice; PPV is 61.38% (95% CI 54.6-68.2) and NPV is 82.19% (95% CI 79.2-85.2) for the other practice. The results indicate good potential for decision support tools to target adherence promotion... - Utilising practice management system data for quality improvement in use of blood pressure lowering medications in general practiceJim Warren
Section for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
N Z Med J 121:53-62. 2008..To assess use of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) to identify patient cases for potential quality improvement in use of blood pressure-lowering medications in general practice... - Use of interval based quality indicators in blood pressure management to enhance quality of pay for performance incentives: comparison to two indicators from the Quality and Outcomes FrameworkThusitha Mabotuwana
Department of Computer Science Tamaki Campus and National Institute for Health Innovation Section for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Qual Prim Care 18:93-101. 2010..Pay for performance incentives are becoming increasingly popular, but are typically based on only a single point-in-time measurement as an indicator of chronic condition management... - What can primary care prescribing data tell us about individual adherence to long-term medication?-comparison to pharmacy dispensing dataThusitha Mabotuwana
Department of Computer Science, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 18:956-64. 2009..To assess the predictive value of general practice electronic prescribing records with respect to adherence to long-term medications as compared to claims-based pharmacy dispensing data... - Using primary care prescribing data to improve GP awareness of antidepressant adherence issuesThusitha Mabotuwana
School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Inform Prim Care 19:7-15. 2011..Most people with depression are treated in a general practice setting, but many stop taking antidepressants before completing a six-month course as recommended by guidelines... - Perspectives on adherence to blood pressure-lowering medications among Samoan patients: qualitative interviewsKuinileti Chang Wai
Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, PB 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
J Prim Health Care 2:217-24. 2010..To explore influences on adherence to taking long-term medications among Samoan patients in an Auckland general practice...