PATRICK J O'CONNOR

..We designed a qualitative case study to ascertain whether attitudes and views of diabetes differ between patients with diabetes who do and do not respond well to a diabetes care intervention...

..This study was designed to evaluate the impact of electronic medical record (EMR) implementation on quality of diabetes care...

..To assess the impact of a quality improvement (QI) intervention on the quality of diabetes care at primary care clinics...

..The objective was to determine whether systems of care implemented within a large medical group are associated with improved treatment and control of dyslipidemia in a high-risk group of coronary heart disease patients...

..To describe the demographics, health-related and preventive-health behaviors, health status, and health care charges of adults who do and do not pray for health...

..To test the hypothesis that patient readiness to change (RTC) predicts future changes in glycemic control in adults with diabetes...

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..To assess two physician learning interventions designed to improve safety and quality of diabetes care delivered by primary care physicians (PCPs)...

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..In this study, we hypothesized that adults age 65 and over receive lower quality diabetes care than adults age 45-64 years old...

..Clinical guidelines that are intended to improve hypertension care by making specific recommendations on drug use, frequency of follow-up care, and target levels of blood pressure have been developed...

..In this study, we compared the rate of depression diagnoses in adults with and without diabetes mellitus, while carefully controlling for number of primary care visits...

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..To ascertain factors related to readiness to change behavioral risk factors in members of a managed care organization (MCO)...

..Little is known about the cost, yield, or acceptability of this kind of screening...

..The study analyzes the effect of an advanced access program on quality of diabetes care...

..They have been successfully used to describe care quality changes for these patients over time. This starter set for the 6 IOM aims should be tested and expanded by others...

..We wanted to test whether improvements in care quality were correlated with changes in the Chronic Care Model (CCM) in a large medical group that attempted to implement the CCM...

..Such data may guide both clinical and health policy decision making and person-centered approaches to population health improvement...

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..We wanted to identify differences between diabetic patients who smoke and those who do not smoke to design more effective strategies to improve their diabetes care and encourage smoking cessation...

..To examine whether depressive symptoms are associated with achievement of recommended goals for control of glucose, lipids, and blood pressure among patients with diabetes...

..To assess whether providing customized clinical information to patients and physicians improves safety or quality of diabetes care...

..We wanted to determine whether a major improvement in access to primary care during 2000 was associated with changes in the quality of care for patients with depression...

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..To evaluate the efficacy at 6-, 12-, and 24-month follow-up of Keep Active Minnesota (KAM), a telephone and mail-based intervention designed to promote physical activity (PA) maintenance among currently active adults age 50 to 70...

..97, 0.95, and 0.95. This approach is feasible and necessary for those wanting to use administrative data for case identification for performance measurement or quality improvement...

..Moreover, data from this trial will inform our understanding of weight-loss maintenance, including predictors and behaviors that increase the likelihood of success over the long term...

..This study examines the prospective relationship of changes in physical activity status on short-term changes in health care charges for older adults...

..It is important to know whether medical groups have quality improvement (QI) priorities, approaches, activities, and congruence that will allow them to achieve major improvements in quality of care...

..Our objective was to assess the impact of an individualized simulated learning intervention on diabetes care provided by PCPs...

..We evaluate the 6-month efficacy of Keep Active Minnesota, a phone- and mail-based physical activity maintenance intervention designed for use with adults age 50 to 70 years who have increased their physical activity within the past year...

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..Our goal was to determine health plan interest in and ability to provide CMR control services...

..To build upon state-of-the-art theory and empirical data to estimate the strength of multiple mediators of the efficacious Keep Active Minnesota (KAM) physical activity (PA) maintenance intervention...

..S. health care system. This rigorous qualitative evaluation of transformational change for patient access in one large multispecialty group practice identifies the major issues facing organizations addressing the IOM challenge...

..Clinical strategies should be used to address cardiovascular risk while maintaining effective treatment of major depression. In light of these findings, attention to LDL-C values should accompany antidepressant use...

..The purpose of this study was to determine whether implementation of a multicomponent organizational intervention can produce significant change in diabetes care and outcomes in community primary care practices...

..Our study compared 2 whole grain oat-based cereals with 2 refined grain wheat-based cereals to determine their effects on the need for antihypertensive medications in people with high blood pressure (BP)...

..The objective of the PORTs was to reduce unnecessary clinical variation in medical treatment...

..This project will provide important missing information needed to improve the care of millions of people worldwide who suffer the devastating consequences of comorbid diabetes and depression. ..

..Results of this project will have significant clinical and policy implications. ..

..The results will be of great benefit to public health by providing a deeper understanding of the relationship between childhood hypertension and obesity and its' impact on health in adulthood. ..

..If successful, this decision support tool could be broadly used to both standardize and personalize care delivered by case managers, pharmacists, and other providers in a wide range of care delivery configurations. ..

..Results have the potential to improve the care of millions of Americans who silently suffer the ravages of one of the most devastating and hard to control chronic diseases of all time. ..

..Results will be relevant to policy makers, purchasers, health plans, medical groups, and clinics that are seeking to improve chronic disease care, and may suggest new intervention strategies worth further investigation. ..

..The study will have substantial impact on clinical practice and policy whether the results are positive or negative. If successful, the interventions will be easily disseminated to other primary care practice settings. ..

..The results will be of great benefit to public health by providing a deeper understanding of the relationship between childhood hypertension and obesity and its'impact on health in adulthood. ..