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Health-plan and employer-based wellness programs to reduce diabetes risk: The Kaiser Permanente Northern California NEXT-D StudyJulie A Schmittdiel
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 10:E15. 2013..Identifying effective approaches to preventing diabetes will be of value to health care systems, policy makers, and public health officials seeking to understand the roles systems and employers can play in preventing chronic illness...
Improving treatment intensification to reduce cardiovascular disease risk: a cluster randomized trialJoe V Selby
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 12:183. 2012..The purpose of this study is to evaluate provision of new information to non-physician outreach teams on need for treatment intensification in patients with increased CVD risk...- Study protocol: the Adherence and Intensification of Medications (AIM) study--a cluster randomized controlled effectiveness studyMichele Heisler
Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System 2215 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
Trials 11:95. 2010..Successful medication management requires an effective partnership between providers who initiate and increase doses of effective medications and patients who adhere to the regimen... - Patient-provider communication regarding drug costs in Medicare Part D beneficiaries with diabetes: a TRIAD StudyJulie A Schmittdiel
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 10:164. 2010.... 
The effectiveness of diabetes care management in managed careJulie A Schmittdiel
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Am J Manag Care 15:295-301. 2009....- Medicare Part D coverage gap and diabetes beneficiariesJulie A Schmittdiel
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, 2000 Broadway, Northern California, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Am J Manag Care 15:189-93. 2009..To examine drug costs and entry and exit rates into the Part D coverage gap for beneficiaries with diabetes in Medicare Advantage managed care plans... - The association of patient-physician gender concordance with cardiovascular disease risk factor control and treatment in diabetesJulie A Schmittdiel
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California, Oakland, California 94612, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:2065-70. 2009..Our objective was to examine associations between patient gender, physician gender, and their interaction with CVD risk factor control, medication adherence, and treatment intensification in diabetes... - Why don't diabetes patients achieve recommended risk factor targets? Poor adherence versus lack of treatment intensificationJulie A Schmittdiel
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:588-94. 2008..Despite the availability of effective hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and hyperglycemia therapies, target levels of systolic blood pressure (SBP), LDL-cholesterol (LDL-c), and hemoglobin A1c control are often not achieved... - Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) and improved patient-centered outcomes for chronic conditionsJulie Schmittdiel
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:77-80. 2008.... - Effect of primary health care orientation on chronic care managementJulie A Schmittdiel
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, Oakland, Calif 94612, USA
Ann Fam Med 4:117-23. 2006..This study examined the relationship between primary care orientation and the implementation of the CCM in physician organizations... - Missed opportunities in cardiovascular disease prevention?: low rates of hypertension recognition for women at medicine and obstetrics-gynecology clinicsJulie Schmittdiel
Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Division of Research, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Hypertension 57:717-22. 2011.... - The comparative effectiveness of mail order pharmacy use vs. local pharmacy use on LDL-C control in new statin usersJulie A Schmittdiel
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:1396-402. 2011..Previous studies have shown that mail order pharmacy use is associated with greater medication adherence; however, no studies have examined whether mail order pharmacy use is related to improved CVD risk factor outcomes... - System-based participatory research in health care: an approach for sustainable translational research and quality improvementJulie A Schmittdiel
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Ann Fam Med 8:256-9. 2010.... - Meaningful variation in performance: what does variation in quality tell us about improving quality?Joseph V Selby
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Med Care 48:133-9. 2010..However, the absolute amount of variation, expressed in clinically meaningful units, is less frequently reported. Moreover, changes in variance components have not been studied as quality improves... - Treatment intensification and risk factor control: toward more clinically relevant quality measuresJoseph V Selby
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, California 94612, USA
Med Care 47:395-402. 2009..Intensification of pharmacotherapy in persons with poorly controlled chronic conditions has been proposed as a clinically meaningful process measure of quality... - Adherence to cardiovascular disease medications: does patient-provider race/ethnicity and language concordance matter?Ana H Traylor
Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:1172-7. 2010..Patient-physician race/ethnicity and language concordance may improve medication adherence and reduce disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) by fostering trust and improved patient-physician communication... - The predictors of patient-physician race and ethnic concordance: a medical facility fixed-effects approachAna H Traylor
Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Health Serv Res 45:792-805. 2010..To examine the predictors of patient-physician race/ethnicity concordance among diabetes patients in an integrated delivery system... - Trends in time to confirmation and recognition of new-onset hypertension, 2002-2006Joe V Selby
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, Calif 94612, USA
Hypertension 56:605-11. 2010..Variability in office-based blood pressure readings suggests that further improvements in recognition and treatment may be achieved with more specific automated approaches to identifying hypertension... - Meaningful variation in performance: a systematic literature reviewVicki Fung
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, CA, USA
Med Care 48:140-8. 2010..Recommendations for directing quality improvement initiatives at particular levels (eg, patients, physicians, provider groups) have been made on the basis of empirical components of variance analyses of performance... - Falling into the coverage gap: Part D drug costs and adherence for Medicare Advantage prescription drug plan beneficiaries with diabetesVicki Fung
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, 2000 Broadway, 3rd Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Health Serv Res 45:355-75. 2010..To compare drug costs and adherence among Medicare beneficiaries with the standard Part D coverage gap versus supplemental gap coverage in 2006... - Patient race/ethnicity and patient-physician race/ethnicity concordance in the management of cardiovascular disease risk factors for patients with diabetesAna H Traylor
Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, California, and the Care Management Institute, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, USA
Diabetes Care 33:520-5. 2010..Further research should investigate other potential drivers of disparities in CVD care... - Health system factors and antihypertensive adherence in a racially and ethnically diverse cohort of new usersAlyce S Adams
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
JAMA Intern Med 173:54-61. 2013..The purpose of this study was to identify potential health system solutions to suboptimal use of antihypertensive therapy in a diverse cohort of patients initiating treatment... - Developing a policy-relevant research agenda for the patient-centered medical home: a focus on outcomesDiane R Rittenhouse
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, 500 Parnassus Avenue, MU 308 E, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:593-600. 2010..Pilot demonstration projects are underway in many states, sponsored by Medicare, Medicaid, major health plans and multi-payer coalitions... - New prescription medication gaps: a comprehensive measure of adherence to new prescriptionsAndrew J Karter
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Health Serv Res 44:1640-61. 2009..Describe a novel approach to comprehensively summarize medication adherence... - Detection and recognition of hypertension in anxious and depressed patientsJames B Byrd
aDepartment of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan bKaiser Institute for Health Research, Denver, Colorado cKaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, California dHealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota eKaiser Permanente Georgia, Center for Health Research Southeast, Atlanta, Georgia fDepartment of Medicine, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
J Hypertens 30:2293-8. 2012..Our objective was to determine whether disparities exist in detection of elevated BP and recognition (i.e. diagnosis or treatment) of hypertension in patients with depression and anxiety... - Brief report: The prevalence and use of chronic disease registries in physician organizations. A national surveyJulie Schmittdiel
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, Oakland, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:855-8. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Disease registries are not utilized by half of physician organizations. This finding is disturbing because registries have the potential to catalyze needed improvement in chronic care management... - Patient choice. A randomized controlled trial of provider selectionJohn Hsu
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research JH, TS, BF, JS, Oakland, Calif, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:319-25. 2003..To evaluate the impact of an intervention designed to help patients choose a new primary care provider (PCP) compared with the usual method of assigning patients to a new PCP... - An empirical assessment of high-performing medical groups: results from a national studyStephen M Shortell
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Med Care Res Rev 62:407-34. 2005..The findings hold a number of important implications for policy and practice, and the framework presented provides a foundation for future research... - Matching patients and practitioners based on beliefs about care: results of a randomized controlled trialEdward Krupat
Office of Educational Development, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Manag Care 10:814-22. 2004..To determine whether an intervention designed to inform and guide patients in choosing a primary care provider (PCP) could increase satisfaction and trust... - External incentives, information technology, and organized processes to improve health care quality for patients with chronic diseasesLawrence Casalino
Department of Health Studies, The University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 2007, Chicago, Ill 60637, USA
JAMA 289:434-41. 2003..Research is lacking about the extent to which POs use CMPs or about the degree to which incentives, IT, or other factors are associated with their use... - When more is not better: treatment intensification among hypertensive patients with poor medication adherenceMichele Heisler
Veterans Affairs Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, VA Ann Arbor Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Circulation 117:2884-92. 2008..We examined the prevalence of and relationship between patient adherence and provider treatment intensification... - As good as it gets? Chronic care management in nine leading US physician organisationsThomas G Rundall
University of California at Berkeley, School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Management, 140 Warren Hall, Berkeley, California, USA
BMJ 325:958-61. 2002