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Mobile phone messaging reminders for attendance at healthcare appointmentsJosip Car
Global eHealth Unit, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 7:CD007458. 2012..Mobile phone messaging applications such as Short Message Service (SMS) and Multimedia Message Service (MMS) could provide an important, inexpensive delivery medium for reminders for healthcare appointments...
Trends in hospital admissions for adverse drug reactions in England: analysis of national hospital episode statistics 1998-2005Hitesh Patel
Charing Cross Hospital, London W6 8RF, UK
BMC Clin Pharmacol 7:9. 2007..We examined trends in hospital admissions associated with adverse drug reaction in English hospitals and the accuracy of national reporting...- SMS text message healthcare appointment reminders in EnglandJosip Car
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
J Ambul Care Manage 31:216-9. 2008..There is an urgent need for robust evaluation of critical quality, safety, cost implications, and acceptability before the large-scale rollout of SMS-based systems... - Telephone consultationsJosip Car
Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ
BMJ 326:966-9. 2003 - Urinary tract infections in women: diagnosis and management in primary careJosip Car
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, London W6 8RP
BMJ 332:94-7. 2006 - Recurrent urinary tract infection in womenJosip Car
Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, London SW7 2AZ
BMJ 327:1204. 2003 - Assessing the effectiveness of strategies to implement clinical guidelines for the management of chronic diseases at primary care level in EU Member States: a systematic reviewSerena Brusamento
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Health Policy 107:168-83. 2012..PURPOSE AND SETTING: This review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of strategies to implement clinical guidelines for chronic disease management in primary care in EU Member States... - Practice size, caseload, deprivation and quality of care of patients with coronary heart disease, hypertension and stroke in primary care: national cross-sectional studySonia Saxena
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 7:96. 2007.... - The uptake of integrated perinatal prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programs in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic reviewLorainne Tudor Car
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 8:e56550. 2013..The objective of this review was to assess the uptake of WHO recommended integrated perinatal prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV interventions in low- and middle-income countries... 
Computer-assisted history-taking systems (CAHTS) in health care: benefits, risks and potential for further developmentYannis Pappas
Imperial College London, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 19:155-60. 2011..Despite the many possible applications and even though CAHTS have been available for nearly three decades, these remain underused in routine clinical practice...- Clinical guidelines in the European Union: mapping the regulatory basis, development, quality control, implementation and evaluation across member statesHelena Legido-Quigley
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15 17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, UK
Health Policy 107:146-56. 2012..However, the regulatory basis of clinical guidelines, their development, quality control, implementation and use as well as evaluation within countries across the European Union is not systematically known... - Male involvement for increasing the effectiveness of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programmesSerena Brusamento
Global eHealth Unit, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 10:CD009468. 2012..A lack of male partner involvement in PMTCT services is a major barrier for women to access these services... - Telephone consultation for improving health of people living with or at risk of HIV: a systematic reviewMichelle H M M T Van Velthoven
Global eHealth Unit, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 7:e36105. 2012..The aim of this systematic review was to assess the effectiveness of telephone consultation for HIV/AIDS care... - Association of practice size and pay-for-performance incentives with the quality of diabetes management in primary careEszter P Vamos
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK
CMAJ 183:E809-16. 2011..We examined this association between 1997 and 2005, in addition to the impact of the Quality and Outcomes Framework, a pay-for-performance incentive scheme introduced in the United Kingdom in 2004, on diabetes management... - Email consultations in health care: 2--acceptability and safe applicationJosip Car
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College London, London W6 8RP
BMJ 329:439-42. 2004 - Email for the provision of information on disease prevention and health promotionPrescilla Sawmynaden
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 11:CD007982. 2012..This review assesses the use of email for the provision of information on disease prevention and health promotion... - Email for clinical communication between healthcare professionalsYannis Pappas
School of Health Sciences, City University London, London, UK
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 9:CD007979. 2012..This review assesses the use of email for two-way clinical communication between healthcare professionals... - Integrating prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programs to improve uptake: a systematic reviewLorainne Tudor Car
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 7:e35268. 2012.... - Mobile phone messaging for communicating results of medical investigationsIpek Gurol-Urganci
Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 6:CD007456. 2012..Possible advantages of mobile phone messaging include convenience to both patients and healthcare providers, reduced waiting times for health services and healthcare costs... - Computer-assisted history-taking systems (CAHTS) in health care: benefits, risks and potential for further developmentYannis Pappas
Deputy Director of the eHealth Unit, Imperial College London, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 19:155-60. 2012..Despite the many possible applications and even though CAHTS have been available for nearly three decades, these remain underused in routine clinical practice... - Computer-assisted versus oral-and-written family history taking for identifying people with elevated risk of type 2 diabetes mellitusYannis Pappas
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, St Dunstan s Road, Hammersmith, London, UK, W6 8RP
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 12:CD008489. 2011..Although CAHTS were first described in the 1960s, there remains uncertainty about the impact of these methods on family history taking, clinical care and patient outcomes such as health-related quality of life. .. - The impact of eHealth on the quality and safety of health care: a systematic overviewAshly D Black
eHealth Unit, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
PLoS Med 8:e1000387. 2011.... - Impact of pay for performance on inequalities in health care: systematic reviewRiyadh Alshamsan
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK
J Health Serv Res Policy 15:178-84. 2010..To assess the impact of pay for performance programmes on inequalities in the quality of health care in relation to age, sex, ethnicity and socioeconomic status... - Apps for asthma self-management: a systematic assessment of content and toolsKit Huckvale
Global eHealth Unit, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, St Dunstan s Road, London W6 8RP, UK
BMC Med 10:144. 2012..We assessed the degree to which current smartphone and tablet apps for people with asthma offer content and tools of appropriate quality to support asthma self-management... - The North West London Integrated Care Pilot: innovative strategies to improve care coordination for older adults and people with diabetesMatthew Harris
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
J Ambul Care Manage 35:216-25. 2012..This article critically describes the ICP objectives, facilitating processes, and planned impact as well as the organizational and financial challenges that policy makers are facing in the implementation of the pilot program... - Effectiveness of mobile-phone short message service (SMS) reminders for ophthalmology outpatient appointments: observational studyElizabeth Koshy
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
BMC Ophthalmol 8:9. 2008..The use of Short Message Service (SMS) appointment reminders potentially offers a cost-effective and time-efficient strategy to decrease non-attendance and so improve the efficiency of outpatient healthcare delivery... - Communicating health promotion and disease prevention information to patients via email: a reviewHelen Atherton
e Health Unit, Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College London, Charing Cross Campus, St Dunstans Road, London, UK
J Telemed Telecare 16:172-5. 2010..Many articles discussed the potential use of email for health promotion and disease prevention but did not provide evidence. There is much scope for further research in this area... - Computer-assisted versus oral-and-written dietary history taking for diabetes mellitusIgor Wei
Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality, Imperial College London, St Mary s Campus, Medical School Building, London, UK, W2 1PG
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 12:CD008488. 2011..Although CAHTS were first described in the 1960s, there remains uncertainty about the impact of these methods on dietary history collection, clinical care and patient outcomes such as quality of life. .. - Integration of priority population, health and nutrition interventions into health systems: systematic reviewRifat Atun
Imperial College Business School, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
BMC Public Health 11:780. 2011.... - Information technology for patient safetyChristopher Huckvale
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK
Qual Saf Health Care 19:i25-33. 2010.... - Email consultations in health care: 1--scope and effectivenessJosip Car
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College London, London W6 8RP
BMJ 329:435-8. 2004 - Negative health system effects of Global Fund's investments in AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria from 2002 to 2009: systematic reviewJosip Car
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London W6 8RP, UK
JRSM Short Rep 3:70. 2012..By using the Global Fund as a case example, we aim to critically evaluate the evidence generated from 2002 to 2009 for potential negative health system effects of Global Health Initiatives (GHI)... - Assessment of cardiovascular risk factors prior to NHS Health Checks in an urban setting: cross-sectional studyMacide Artac
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, 3 Floor, Reynolds Building, St Dunstan s Road, London, W6 8RP, UK
JRSM Short Rep 3:17. 2012..To assess the completeness of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor recording and levels of risk factors in patients eligible for the NHS Health Check... - Interventions for recruiting smokers into cessation programmesJosé S Marcano Belisario
Global eHealth Unit, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 12:CD009187. 2012..Much effort has been focused on establishing the effectiveness of different smoking cessation strategies. This review, however, aims to address the initial challenge faced by smoking cessation programmes: recruitment of smokers... - Systematic review of the methodological quality of clinical guideline development for the management of chronic disease in EuropeCécile Knai
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15 17 Tavistock Place, London, United Kingdom
Health Policy 107:157-67. 2012..We have conducted a systematic review of the methodological quality (as assessed by AGREE) of clinical guidelines developed in Europe for the management of chronic diseases published since 2000... - Health information for patients: time to look beyond patient information leafletsAnthea Colledge
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW72AZ, UK
J R Soc Med 101:447-53. 2008 - Interventions for enhancing consumers' online health literacyJosip Car
Global eHealth Unit, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, Reynolds Building, St Dunstans Road, London, UK, W6 8RP
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 6:CD007092. 2011..These barriers include inadequate skills to search, evaluate and use the information. It has not yet been demonstrated whether training consumers to use the internet for health information can result in positive health outcomes... - Acute low back painJosip Car
Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AZ
BMJ 327:541. 2003 - Diabetes prevalence, process of care and outcomes in relation to practice size, caseload and deprivation: national cross-sectional study in primary careChristopher Millett
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, Reynolds Building, St Dunstan s Road, London W6 8RP, UK
J R Soc Med 100:275-83. 2007..To examine the association between practice list size, deprivation and the quality of care of patients with diabetes... - Systematic review of primary healthcare interventions to improve diabetes outcomes in minority ethnic groupsSonia Saxena
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
J Ambul Care Manage 30:218-30. 2007..To systematically review the effectiveness of primary care interventions on glycaemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in minority ethnic groups with diabetes... - Transtheoretical model for dietary and physical exercise modification in weight loss management for overweight and obese adultsNik Aa Tuah
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, The Reynolds Building, Charing Cross Campus, St Dunstan s Road, London, UK, W6 8RP
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 10:CD008066. 2011.... - Management of lower urinary tract infection in women by Slovene GPsJosip Car
Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia, Trubarjeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Fam Pract 20:452-6. 2003..The influence of a heavier workload on management of LUTI and the impact of the accessibility of laboratory tests should be explored in future research... - Protecting patient confidentiality in telephone consultations in general practiceDaniel Sokol
Br J Gen Pract 56:384-5. 2006 - Trends in the prescription and cost of diabetic medications and monitoring equipment in England 1991-2004Hitesh Patel
Charing Cross Hospital, London W6 8RF, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 29:48-52. 2007..To report the trend in prescriptions and cost of antidiabetic drugs and glucose monitoring equipment in England from 1991 to 2004... - Patient-centrednessGeorge Freeman
Br J Gen Pract 54:868-9. 2004 - The journey towards patient-centrednessGeorge Freeman
Br J Gen Pract 54:651-2. 2004 - Accuracy and completeness of electronic patient records in primary careAzeem Majeed
Fam Pract 25:213-4. 2008 - National trends in the use and costs of anti-obesity medications in England 1998-2005Janakan Srishanmuganathan
St Mary s Hospital, London W2 1NY, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 29:199-202. 2007..To report the trends in the use and costs of anti-obesity medications in England from 1998 to 2005... - Telephone triage in out of hours call centresJosip Car
BMJ 337:a1167. 2008 - Diabetes care in developing countriesJosip Car
CMAJ 176:209-12. 2007