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| Douglas W RoblinSummaryAffiliation: Kaiser Permanente Country: USA Publications
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HCV screening practices and prevalence in an MCO, 2000-2007Douglas W Roblin
Kaiser Permanente Georgia, Atlanta, GA 30305, USA
Am J Manag Care 17:548-55. 2011..We studied anti-HCV screening rates, anti-HCV positivity, and demographic and risk factors associated with increased likelihood of anti-HCV screening or positivity in a managed care organization (MCO)...- An evaluation of the influence of primary care team functioning on the health of Medicare beneficiariesDouglas W Roblin
Kaiser Permanente Georgia, Atlanta, GA 30305, USA
Med Care Res Rev 68:177-201. 2011..Medicare beneficiaries empanelled to relatively high functioning PCTs had significantly better physical and emotional health at 2 years following baseline assessment than those empanelled to relatively low functioning PCTs... - The potential of cellular technology to mediate social networks for support of chronic disease self-managementDouglas W Roblin
Center for Health Research Southeast, Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, USA
J Health Commun 16:59-76. 2011..Some diabetes patients reported improved attention to self-monitoring; and, patient-selected supporters indicated improvements in emotional and instrumental support that should benefit diabetes patients' lifestyle and health... - Improved intermediate clinical outcomes from participation in a diabetes health education programDouglas W Roblin
Center for Health Research Southeast, Kaiser Permanente Georgia, Atlanta, GA 30305, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 30:64-73. 2007.... - Risk for incident renal dialysis in a managed care populationDouglas W Roblin
Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta, GA 30305, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 48:205-11. 2006..The influence of poorly controlled blood pressure (BP) on progression to end-stage renal disease typically has been studied in qualified populations. Few observational studies examined the influence of change in BP... - Effect of increased cost-sharing on oral hypoglycemic use in five managed care organizations: how much is too much?Douglas W Roblin
Research Department, Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, and the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Med Care 43:951-9. 2005..For patients with a chronic disease, increased cost-sharing for medications may lead to unintended consequences, including reduced use of medications essential for control of their disease... - Delivery of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in a managed care organizationDouglas Roblin
Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta, GA 30305, USA
J Cardiopulm Rehabil 24:157-64. 2004..This study aimed to assess referral and enrollment rates for postdischarge outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in a managed care organization... - Patient satisfaction with primary care: does type of practitioner matter?Douglas W Roblin
Research Department, Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, USA
Med Care 42:579-90. 2004..The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of patient satisfaction with type of practitioner attending visits in the primary care practice of a managed care organization (MCO)... - Patient dissatisfaction as a determinant of voluntary disenrollment in a managed care organizationDouglas W Roblin
The Center for Health Research Southeast, Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 33:163-72. 2010.... - Use of midlevel practitioners to achieve labor cost savings in the primary care practice of an MCODouglas W Roblin
Research Department, Kaiser Permanente, 3495 Piedmont Road NE, Building 9, Atlanta, GA 30305, USA
Health Serv Res 39:607-26. 2004..Future research should investigate the cost savings and cost-effectiveness potential of delivery designs that change staffing mix and division of labor among clinical disciplines... - Translating primary care practice climate into patient activation: the role of patient trust in physicianEdmund R Becker
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30345, USA
Med Care 46:795-805. 2008..Little is known about processes by which proactive primary care teams might activate their patients. We examine the role of trust in patient-physician relationships for translating practice teamwork into patient activation... - Disparities in use of a personal health record in a managed care organizationDouglas W Roblin
Center for Health Research Southeast, Kaiser Permanente Georgia, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 16:683-9. 2009..Personal health records (PHRs) can increase patient access to health care information. However, use of PHRs may be unequal by race/ethnicity... - The Cardiovascular Research Network: a new paradigm for cardiovascular quality and outcomes researchAlan S Go
Kaiser Permanente Northern California, University of California, San Francisco, Calif, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 1:138-47. 2008..More robust data are also needed on how well clinical trials are translated into contemporary community practice and the associated resource use, costs, and outcomes... - Diabetes and drug-associated hyperkalemia: effect of potassium monitoringMarsha A Raebel
Kaiser Permanente Colorado Institute for Health Research, Denver, CO 80237, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:326-33. 2010..Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors are associated with hyperkalemia, but there is little evidence demonstrating patients who receive potassium monitoring have a lower rate of hyperkalemia... - Increasingly restrictive definitions of hyperkalemia outcomes in a database study: effect on incidence estimatesMarsha A Raebel
Kaiser Permanente Colorado Institute for Health Research, Denver, CO 80237, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 19:19-25. 2010.... - Repeat experience with the doughnut hole in Medicare Part D: when the doughnut hole becomes a tunnelDouglas W Roblin
The Center for Health Research Southeast, Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta, GA, USA
Med Care 49:436-42. 2011.... - Primary health care teams. Opportunities and challenges in evaluation of service delivery innovationsDouglas W Roblin
Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 26:22-35; discussion 36-8. 2003..The article concludes with recommendations for evaluation of natural experiments in primary care redesign... - A randomized trial of direct-to-patient communication to enhance adherence to beta-blocker therapy following myocardial infarctionDavid H Smith
Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR 97227, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:477-83; discussion 483; quiz 447. 2008..We sought to test the hypothesis that a simple, direct-to-patient intervention can improve adherence to beta-blocker therapy following MI...