A nurse practitioner intervention model to maximize efficient use of telemetry resourcesPeter A Gross
Department of Internal Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center HUMC, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Improv 28:566-73. 2002
..The APN carried out concurrent monitoring and intervened with the attending physician when patients were on telemetry for longer than 48 hours and did not meet the local telemetry guidelines...
- Paradoxical response to a novel influenza virus vaccine strain: the effect of prior immunization
P A Gross
Department of Internal Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ 07601 1991, USA
Vaccine 17:2284-9. 1999
..repeated influenza immunization does not appear to adversely affect the serum antibody response to new influenza strains...
- Extending the nurse practitioner concurrent intervention model to community-acquired pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Peter A Gross
Department of Internal Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Saf 30:377-86. 2004
..A Nurse Practitioner (NP) Concurrent Intervention Model shown effective for controlling telemetry usage was extended to patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
- Vaccines for pneumonia and new antiviral therapies
P A Gross
Department of Internal Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
Med Clin North Am 85:1531-44. 2001
..Immunization should remain the primary tool for prevention. When influenza epidemics appear, practitioners should be aware that effective drugs are available to treat influenza A or B if given promptly after the onset of illness...
- Optimal methods for guideline implementation: conclusions from Leeds Castle meeting
P A Gross
Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey 07601, USA
Med Care 39:II85-92. 2001
..The current movement to write practice guidelines to attempt to correct these deviations from recommended medical practice has not solved the problem...
- Implementing practice guidelines for appropriate antimicrobial usage: a systematic review
P A Gross
Department of Internal Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey 07601, USA
Med Care 39:II55-69. 2001
..Antimicrobial resistance is increasing, apparently in part as a result of the inappropriate use of antimicrobial agents...
- Implementing evidence-based recommendations for health care: a roundtable comparing European and American experiences
P A Gross
Department of Internal Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Improv 26:547-53. 2000
..SUMMARY STATEMENT: Multifaceted approaches are clearly the most important method for improving care. Such approaches may include many improvement methods, none of which work well alone most of the time or any of the time...
- The business case for quality at a university teaching hospital
Peter A Gross
Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 33:163-70. 2007
- Reducing antibiotic overuse: a call for a national performance measure for not treating asymptomatic bacteriuria
Peter A Gross
Department of Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA
Clin Infect Dis 45:1335-7. 2007
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- Barriers to hyperglycemia control in hospitalized patients: a descriptive epidemiologic study
Joseph Giangola
Department of Internal Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA
Endocr Pract 14:813-9. 2008
..To identify barriers that prevent appropriate control of hyperglycemia in a university teaching hospital and to document their frequency in patients hospitalized for cardiothoracic surgery...
- Performance measurement in community-acquired pneumonia: consequences intended and unintended
Thomas M File
Clin Infect Dis 44:942-4. 2007
