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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...- 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.... - 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... 
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)... - 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)... 
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.... - Validation of a neighborhood SES index in a managed care organizationDouglas W Roblin
Center for Health Research Southeast, Kaiser Permanente Georgia, Atlanta, GA 30305, USA
Med Care 51:e1-8. 2013.... - 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.... - Extent of maternal morbidity in a managed care population in georgiaF Carol Bruce
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health The Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Southeast, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 26:497-505. 2012..Traditional attempts to monitor maternal morbidity have used hospital discharge data, which include data only on complications that resulted in hospitalisation, underestimating the frequency and scope of complications... - 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...