Ability of practitioners to identify solid oral dosage tabletsGordon D Schiff
Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, John Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 63:838-43. 2006
..Physicians' and pharmacists' ability to correctly identify three commonly used oral dosage forms was assessed...
- Effects of type and level of training on variation in physician knowledge in the use and acquisition of blood cultures: a cross sectional survey
Jorge P Parada
Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Hines VA Hospital, Hines, IL, USA
BMC Infect Dis 5:71. 2005
..Little is known about physician training and BCX-related knowledge. We sought to assess variations in caregiver BCX-related knowledge, and their relation to medical training...
- Computerized prescribing: building the electronic infrastructure for better medication usage
G D Schiff
Department of Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Ill 60612, USA
JAMA 279:1024-9. 1998
..Development of this tool has been impeded by a number of conceptual, implementation, and policy barriers. Overcoming these constraints will require clinically and professionally guided vision and leadership...
- Introduction: Communicating critical test results
Gordon D Schiff
Department of Medicine, Cook County Stroger Hospital, Chicago, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 31:63-5, 61. 2005
..The need for improving the timeliness of the communication of critical test results is reflected in a Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal and is the basis for this special issue of the Journal...
- Missed hypothyroidism diagnosis uncovered by linking laboratory and pharmacy data
Gordon D Schiff
Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County, 1900 W Polk Street, Rm 901, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:574-7. 2005
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- Standardized pill imprint codes: a pharma fantasy
Gordon Schiff
Department of Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Department of Medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, USA
J Med Syst 28:1-7. 2004
..This paper presents a fictitious case study of an elderly patient succumbing to digoxin overdose illustrating the dilemmas posed in the tablet-imprint debate...
- Community health centers and the underserved: eliminating disparities or increasing despair
Gordon Schiff
Cook County Hospital, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60612-9985, USA
J Public Health Policy 24:307-11. 2003
- Decompensated heart failure: symptoms, patterns of onset, and contributing factors
Gordon D Schiff
Department of Medicine, Cook County Hospital, 1900 W Polk, Room 901 AX, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Am J Med 114:625-30. 2003
..To examine the time course, contributing factors, and patient responses to decompensated heart failure...
- Linking laboratory and pharmacy: opportunities for reducing errors and improving care
Gordon D Schiff
Department of Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:893-900. 2003
..While many guidelines, admonitions, and rules exist regarding drugs and the laboratory, substantial new knowledge and evidence in this area are needed. Focusing on these unmet needs and accompanying logistical challenges is a priority...
- High rates of adverse effects and patient unawareness of withdrawn lipid-lowering drug combination in a public hospital clinic
Gordon D Schiff
Departments of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cook County Hospital, 1900 W Polk Street, Room 901, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 11:643-5. 2002
..Examine use, patient awareness and outcomes of concurrent cerivastatin and gemfibrozil in a public hospital clinic system 2 weeks following cerivastatin withdrawal...
- An unsuspecting American with no Medicare coverage--me!
Gordon Schiff
Cook County Hospital, Department of Medicine, Chicago, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 21:202-6. 2002
- Computerized prescriber order entry: models and hurdles
Gordon D Schiff
Department of Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 59:1456-60. 2002
- Improving inpatient antibiotic prescribing: insights from participation in a national collaborative
G D Schiff
Department of Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Improv 27:387-402. 2001
..Institutions therefore have a special responsibility to ensure their efficient and judicious use. It is often easier to prescribe antibiotics than to exercise restraint...
- Evaluating physician performance at individualizing care: a pilot study tracking contextual errors in medical decision making
Saul J Weiner
Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Med Decis Making 27:726-34. 2007
..The purpose of this study was to develop and test a methodology for measuring physicians' performance at contextualizing care and compare it to their performance at planning biomedically appropriate care...
- Minimizing diagnostic error: the importance of follow-up and feedback
Gordon D Schiff
Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Med 121:S38-42. 2008
- Failure to recognize and act on abnormal test results: the case of screening bone densitometry
Peter Cram
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 31:90-7. 2005
..Failure to follow up on abnormal test results is common. A model was developed to capture the reasons why providers did not take action on abnormal test results...
- The who, what, when, where, whom, and how of hospitalist care
Gordon D Schiff
Ann Intern Med 139:76-7. 2003
