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| Charles D MacLeanSummaryAffiliation: University of Vermont Country: USA Publications
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Association between cancer prevalence and use of thiazolidinediones: results from the Vermont Diabetes Information SystemMaria E Ramos-Nino
University of Vermont, Department of Pathology, Vermont 05405, USA
BMC Med 5:17. 2007..The effects of TZDs on cancer risk in humans needs to be resolved as these drugs are prescribed for long periods of time in patients with diabetes...- Patient preference for physician discussion and practice of spiritualityCharles D MacLean
University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington 05401, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:38-43. 2003..To determine patient preferences for addressing religion and spirituality in the medical encounter... - Diabetes decision support: initial experience with the Vermont diabetes information systemCharles D MacLean
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Am J Public Health 96:593-5. 2006..Currently, 7295 patients are cared for by 124 primary care providers in 62 practices and are enrolled in a randomized controlled trial to study its effects... - The Vermont Diabetes Information System (VDIS): study design and subject recruitment for a cluster randomized trial of a decision support system in a regional sample of primary care practicesCharles D MacLean
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA
Clin Trials 1:532-44. 2004..The Vermont Diabetes Information System (VDIS) is a registry-based decision support and reminder system based on the Chronic Care Model and targeted to primary care physicians and their patients with diabetes... - Limitations of diabetes pharmacotherapy: results from the Vermont Diabetes Information System studyCharles D MacLean
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, 371 Pearl Street, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
BMC Fam Pract 7:50. 2006.... - Literacy and health outcomes: a cross-sectional study in 1002 adults with diabetesNancy S Morris
College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
BMC Fam Pract 7:49. 2006..We evaluated the association between literacy, physiologic control and diabetes complications among adults with diabetes... - The use of insulin declines as patients live farther from their source of care: results of a survey of adults with type 2 diabetesBenjamin Littenberg
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
BMC Public Health 6:198. 2006..We sought to assess the role of travel burden as a barrier to the use of insulin in adults with diabetes... - The use of adherence aids by adults with diabetes: a cross-sectional surveyBenjamin Littenberg
General Internal Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05401, USA
BMC Fam Pract 7:1. 2006..We sought to describe the use of mnemonic devices and other adherence aids by adults with diabetes and to investigate their association with control of hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and hypertension... - The Single Item Literacy Screener: evaluation of a brief instrument to identify limited reading abilityNancy S Morris
College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
BMC Fam Pract 7:21. 2006..Our objective was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the Single Item Literacy Screener (SILS) to identify limited reading ability, one component of health literacy, as measured by the S-TOFHLA... - The Vermont diabetes information system: a cluster randomized trial of a population based decision support systemCharles D MacLean
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, 371 Pearl Street, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:1303-10. 2009..Optimal care for patients with diabetes is difficult to achieve in clinical practice... - Automated screening for at-risk drinking in a primary care office using interactive voice responseGail L Rose
Department of Psychiatry, UHC 457OH3, Fletcher Allen Health Care, The University of Vermont College of Medicine, 1 South Prospect Street, Burlington, Vermont 05401 3456, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 71:734-8. 2010..Using interactive voice response (IVR), we developed an automated screening tool (IVR Screen) for identifying alcohol misuse in outpatient primary care offices and evaluated its use rate and acceptability for both patients and providers... - Intra-cluster correlation coefficients in adults with diabetes in primary care practices: the Vermont Diabetes Information System field surveyBenjamin Littenberg
General Internal Medicine, University of Vermont, 371 Pearl Street, Burlington, VT, 05401, USA
BMC Med Res Methodol 6:20. 2006..Proper estimation of sample size requirements for cluster-based studies requires estimates of the intra-cluster correlation coefficient (ICC) for the variables of interest... 
The challenge of achieving national cholesterol goals in patients with diabetesAmanda G Kennedy
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, 371 Pearl Street, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Diabetes Care 28:1029-34. 2005....- Adapting root cause analysis to chronic medical conditionsAnupam Goel
Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Saf 30:175-86. 2004..Root cause analysis (RCA), used to study the conditions leading to acute accidents, was adapted to analyze adverse events in chronic medical conditions... - Passive consent for clinical research in the age of HIPAABenjamin Littenberg
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:207-11. 2006..Although these regulations allow for the waiver or alteration of usual consent procedures when the research meets certain specific criteria, waivers and alterations are rarely used in health care research... - The Vermedx Diabetes Information System reduces healthcare utilizationBenjamin Littenberg
Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, 371 Pearl St, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Am J Manag Care 15:166-70. 2009.... - Mandated diabetes registries will benefit persons with diabetesBenjamin Littenberg
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Vermont, 371 Pearl St, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:797-9; discussion 802-3. 2008 - The effect of medication samples on self-reported prescribing practices: a statewide, cross-sectional surveyRichard G Pinckney
The Office of Primary Care, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:40-4. 2011..Small studies have demonstrated that one of the marketing strategies, the distribution of free sample medications, is associated with increased use of brand name medication over generic medication... - Prevalence of antiplatelet therapy in patients with diabetesShaun R Miller
University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA
Cardiovasc Diabetol 4:18. 2005..To determine the prevalence of, and patient characteristics associated with, antiplatelet therapy in a cohort of primary care patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes... - Clinical inertia: errors of omission in drug therapyAmanda G Kennedy
Division of General Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 61:401-4. 2004 - Interactive voice response technology can deliver alcohol screening and brief intervention in primary careGail L Rose
The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:340-4. 2010..Automating BI using interactive voice response (IVR) may be an efficient way to expand patient access to needed information and advice... - Primary care physician preferences regarding spiritual behavior in medical practiceMichael H Monroe
Department of Internal Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC 28203, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:2751-6. 2003..This study was designed to determine the willingness of internists and family physicians to be involved with varying degrees of spiritual behaviors in varied clinical settings...