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| A M WessellSummaryAffiliation: Medical University of South Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Medication Safety in Primary Care Practice: results from a PPRNet quality improvement interventionAndrea M Wessell
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Am J Med Qual 28:16-24. 2013....- Medication prescribing and monitoring errors in primary care: a report from the Practice Partner Research NetworkA M Wessell
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 295 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Qual Saf Health Care 19:e21. 2010..In this article, a study is presented in which a set of medication prescribing and monitoring quality indicators were developed, and adherence to them was assessed among a group of US primary care practices... - Inappropriate medication use in the elderly: results from a quality improvement project in 99 primary care practicesAndrea M Wessell
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcome Sciences, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 6:21-7. 2008..The use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in the elderly population is common. Interventions to decrease PIM use in primary care settings are needed... - Achievable benchmarks of care for primary care quality indicators in a practice-based research networkAndrea M Wessell
South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina Campus, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
Am J Med Qual 23:39-46. 2008..Primary care practices can achieve high performance across a number of quality indicators, and PPRNet ABCs can serve as benchmarks for primary care practitioners and payers... 
Achieving blood pressure control in patients with diabetes: a case study in primary careAndrea M Wessell
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Top Health Inf Manage 24:3-7. 2003..Blood pressure control is achieved in a majority of patients in this practice secondary to their focus on guidelines, involvement of nursing staff in case management, and medication use consistent with recommendations...- The association of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency with diabetic nephropathy: implications for health disparitiesVanessa A Diaz
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 22:521-7. 2009..To evaluate the association between vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency with diabetic nephropathy across racial/ethnic groups... - Two pharmacy interventions to improve refill persistence for chronic disease medications: a randomized, controlled trialPaul J Nietert
Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Med Care 47:32-40. 2009..Despite the proven effectiveness of many medications for chronic diseases, many patients do not refill their prescriptions in the required timeframe... - Improving the translation of research into primary care practice: results of a national quality improvement demonstration projectSteven Ornstein
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 34:379-90. 2008.... - Alcohol screening and brief counseling in a primary care hypertensive population: a quality improvement interventionHeather Liszka Rose
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Addiction 103:1271-80. 2008..To determine the effect of an intervention to improve alcohol screening and brief counseling for hypertensive patients in primary care... - Effectiveness of pharmacist-administered diabetes mellitus education and management servicesKelly R Ragucci
Department of Pharmacy and Clinical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
Pharmacotherapy 25:1809-16. 2005..Additional goals were to compare outcomes with goals specified for patients with diabetes by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and identify areas for improvement... - Effect of terminal digit preference on blood pressure measurement and treatment in primary carePaul J Nietert
Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
Am J Hypertens 19:147-52. 2006..This article examines the prevalence of terminal digit preference (TDP) in primary care practices and the effect that a practice's level of TDP influences patients' BP measurements and management... - Strategies to accelerate translation of research into primary care within practices using electronic medical recordsLynne S Nemeth
The College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
J Nurs Care Qual 22:343-9. 2007..Quantitative survey results provide mean scores reflecting the integration of these strategies by practices. Nursing staff plays important roles to facilitate quality improvement within collaborative primary care practices... 
Different paths to high-quality care: three archetypes of top-performing practice sitesChris Feifer
Department of Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif 90033, USA
Ann Fam Med 5:233-41. 2007..The aim of this study was to examine variations in the adoption of improvements among sites achieving the best outcomes...- Improving diabetes care through a multicomponent quality improvement model in a practice-based research networkSteven Ornstein
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 295 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Am J Med Qual 22:34-41. 2007..The findings suggest that a multicomponent intervention can have a robust impact on quality of care for diabetes... - Pharmacy practice, research, education, and advocacy for older adultsSunny A Linnebur
Pharmacotherapy 25:1396-430. 2005..Although it can be challenging, funding for this type of research is available. Patient and political advocacy is also important to support this growing population...