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| Morris WeinbergerSummaryAffiliation: University of North Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Study protocol: Couples Partnering for Lipid Enhancing Strategies (CouPLES) - a randomized, controlled trialCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Trials 10:10. 2009....- Comparison of a one-time educational intervention to a teach-to-goal educational intervention for self-management of heart failure: design of a randomized controlled trialDarren A DeWalt
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 9:99. 2009..This study compares a single session self-management HF training program against a multiple session training intervention and examines whether their effects differ by literacy level... - Variation in use of surveillance colonoscopy among colorectal cancer survivors in the United StatesTalya Salz
Health Outcomes Research Group, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 307 E, 63rd St, New York, NY 10065, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 10:256. 2010..Using data from a large, multi-regional, population-based cohort, we describe the rate of surveillance colonoscopy and its association with geographic, sociodemographic, clinical, and health services characteristics... - An organizing framework for informal caregiver interventions: detailing caregiving activities and caregiver and care recipient outcomes to optimize evaluation effortsCourtney Harold Van Houtven
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NC, USA
BMC Geriatr 11:77. 2011..In so doing, we characterize what has been measured in the published literature to date and what should be measured in future studies to enable comparisons across interventions and across time... 
Effectiveness of pharmacist care for patients with reactive airways disease: a randomized controlled trialMorris Weinberger
Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
JAMA 288:1594-602. 2002..It is not known whether patient outcomes are enhanced by effective pharmacist-patient interactions...- Assessing symptoms and peak expiratory flow rate as predictors of asthma exacerbationsWilliam M Tierney
Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1001 W 10th Street, Room M200 OPW, Indianapolis, IN 46256, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:237-42. 2004..To investigate peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) and quality of life scores for their ability to predict exacerbations of asthma... - Patient perspectives on research recruitment through cancer registriesLaura M Beskow
Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, CB 7411, McGavran Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7411, USA
Cancer Causes Control 16:1171-5. 2005..To gain preliminary insight into patients' levels of awareness and preferences about research recruitment through cancer registries... - Health-related quality of life in adults from 17 family practice clinics in North CarolinaLeigh F Callahan
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, 3300 Thurston Bldg, CB 7280, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7280, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 6:A05. 2009..We examined health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in white and African American patients based on their own and their community's socioeconomic status... - The quality of medication use in older adults: methods of a longitudinal studyMary T Roth
Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7360, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 6:220-33. 2008..Efforts to both measure and improve the quality of medication use often define quality too narrowly and fall short of addressing the complexity of an older adult's medication regimen... - Veterans Affairs primary care organizational characteristics associated with better diabetes controlGeorge L Jackson
Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27705, USA
Am J Manag Care 11:225-37. 2005..To examine organizational features of Veterans Affairs (VA) primary care programs hypothesized to be associated with better diabetes control, as indicated by hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) levels... - Accuracy of the pain numeric rating scale as a screening test in primary careErin E Krebs
Center on Implementing Evidence Based Practice, Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1453-8. 2007..Universal pain screening with a 0-10 pain intensity numeric rating scale (NRS) has been widely implemented in primary care... 
Health status and health care expenditures in a nationally representative sample: how do overweight and healthy-weight children compare?Asheley Cockrell Skinner
Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7411, USA
Pediatrics 121:e269-77. 2008..Our objective was to examine whether overweight children have (1) more chronic conditions, (2) poorer health, and (3) greater health care expenditures than healthy-weight children...- Accuracy of perceptions of overweight and relation to self-care behaviors among adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parentsAsheley Cockrell Skinner
Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7411, USA
Diabetes Care 31:227-9. 2008..To examine how adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parents/primary caregivers perceive the adolescents' weight and the relationship of those perceptions to diet and exercise behaviors and perceived barriers to healthy behaviors... - The effect of physician permission versus notification on research recruitment through cancer registries (United States)Laura M Beskow
Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Cancer Causes Control 17:315-23. 2006..To determine how physicians responded when investigators inquired about contacting patients identified through a central cancer registry, and to examine participation rates under physician permission versus notification approaches... - The influence of physicians' guideline compliance on patients' statin adherence: a retrospective cohort studyJoanne R Campione
Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 3:229-39. 2005..National cholesterol management guidelines recommend regular follow-up of patients and annual lipid evaluations to promote adherence to statin therapy... - Research recruitment through US central cancer registries: balancing privacy and scientific issuesLaura M Beskow
Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill 27599 7411, USA
Am J Public Health 96:1920-6. 2006..Further discussion about balanced recruitment approaches that protect patient privacy and encourage beneficial research is needed... - Measuring the quality of medication use in older adultsMary T Roth
From the Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 7360, Kerr Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7360, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1096-102. 2009..The article concludes with recommendations for moving toward a more-comprehensive approach to measuring the quality of medication use in older adults... - Interpreting subgroup analyses: is a school-based asthma treatment program's effect modified by secondhand smoke exposure?David G Bundy
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 7105, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:469-71. 2004 - Long-term follow-up of participants in clinical studiesMorris Weinberger
Roudebush VAMC, Indianapolis, IN, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 55:230-4. 2002..The fact that the protocol can be easily implemented in most sites should encourage investigators to use these strategies to conduct similar studies... - Communication about depression during rheumatoid arthritis patient visitsBetsy Sleath
University of North Carolina, Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7630, USA
Arthritis Rheum 59:186-91. 2008..To examine whether rheumatologists and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with depressive symptoms communicate about depression... - Acute low back pain self-management intervention for urban primary care patients: rationale, design, and predictors of participationTeresa M Damush
Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
Arthritis Rheum 47:372-9. 2002..Issues related to recruitment and protocol delivery, and attendance patterns and predictors of program attendance are described... - Methodology of a pilot study to improve the quality of medication use in older adults: Enhancing Quality in Psychiatry Using Pharmacists (EQUIPP)Mary T Roth
Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7573, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 7:362-72. 2009.... - Using BMI to determine cardiovascular risk in childhood: how do the BMI cutoffs fare?Asheley Cockrell Skinner
Department of Health Policy and Management, School ofNursing, University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Pediatrics 124:e905-12. 2009..We examined whether the existing BMI percentile cutoffs are optimal for defining increased risk for dyslipidemia, dysglycemia, and hypertension... - Racial disparities in the quality of medication use in older adults: baseline findings from a longitudinal studyMary T Roth
Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 7360, Kerr Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7360, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:228-34. 2010..It has been suggested that racial differences exist in medication use. Most efforts to evaluate the quality of medication use target specific drugs or disease states, or a set of pre-defined quality indicators, rather than the patient... - A controlled trial of including symptom data in computer-based care suggestions for managing patients with chronic heart failureUsha Subramanian
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Am J Med 116:375-84. 2004..3 vs. 1.7 hospitalizations, P = 0.05). CONCLUSION: Adding symptom information to computer-generated care suggestions for patients with heart failure did not affect physician treatment decisions or improve patient outcomes... - Can guidelines impact the ordering of magnetic resonance imaging studies by primary care providers for low back pain?Jaya K Rao
Center for Health Services Research, Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
Am J Manag Care 8:27-35. 2002.... - The long-term effects of a self-management program for inner-city primary care patients with acute low back painTeresa M Damush
Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Regenstrief Institute Inc, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1050 Wishard Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46202 2872, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:2632-8. 2003..We evaluated the effect of a self-management program for low-income primary care patients with acute low back pain (ALBP) from inner-city neighborhood health centers... - Geographic variation in health care utilization and outcomes in veterans with acute myocardial infarctionUsha Subramanian
Health Services Research and Development Service, Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:604-11. 2002.... - Documentation of pain care processes does not accurately reflect pain management delivered in primary careErin E Krebs
Center on Implementing Evidence Based Practice, Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:194-9. 2010..Studies have found that primary care providers frequently fail to document pain assessment and management... - The Self-Management of OsteoArthritis in Veterans (SeMOA) Study: design and methodologyKelli D Allen
Health Services Research and Development Service, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705P, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 29:596-607. 2008..There is a need to implement effective self-management programs among the growing number of adults with OA... - Issues in conducting randomized controlled trials of health services research interventions in nonacademic practice settings: the case of retail pharmaciesMorris Weinberger
Indiana University Schol of Medicine, USA
Health Serv Res 37:1067-77. 2002..Pragmatic problems, although significant, can be successfully overcome... - Quality of pharmacotherapy and outcomes for older veterans discharged from the emergency departmentS Nicole Hastings
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:875-80. 2008..To determine whether suboptimal pharmacotherapy increases the risk of adverse outcomes in older adults discharged from the emergency department (ED)... - Pharmacist intervention to improve medication adherence in heart failure: a randomized trialMichael D Murray
Center for Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7360, USA
Ann Intern Med 146:714-25. 2007..Patients with heart failure who take several prescription medications sometimes have poor adherence to their treatment regimens. Few interventions designed to improve adherence to therapy have been rigorously tested... - Influence of patient literacy on the effectiveness of a primary care-based diabetes disease management programRussell L Rothman
Center for Health Services Research, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn 37232 8300, USA
JAMA 292:1711-6. 2004..Low literacy is an important barrier for patients with diabetes, but interventions to address low literacy have not been well examined... - Contribution of the Veterans Health Administration in understanding racial disparities in access and utilization of health care: a spirit of inquiryEugene Z Oddone
Med Care 40:I3-13. 2002 - Predicting reports of unmet expectations among rheumatology patientsJaya K Rao
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Arthritis Rheum 51:215-21. 2004..Approximately 25% of patients report unmet expectations after their doctor visits. In a longitudinal study of rheumatology patients, we examined whether changes in health status could predict unmet expectations... - Socioeconomic position and health among persons with diabetes mellitus: a conceptual framework and review of the literatureArleen F Brown
Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1736, USA
Epidemiol Rev 26:63-77. 2004 - Integrating clinical nurse specialists into the treatment of primary care patients with depressionRalph W Swindle
Roudebush VAMC, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 33:17-37. 2003..Experienced CNSs often did not see the need for treatment in many primary care patients identified by the PRIME-MD. Integrating integrated care models in actual practice may prove challenging... - Methodology of an ongoing, randomized, controlled trial to improve drug use for elderly patients with chronic heart failureMichael D Murray
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Purdue University School of Pharmacy, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 2:53-65. 2004..However, patients may not adhere to therapy. Patients with complex medication regimens and low health literacy are at risk for nonadherence... - A randomized trial of a primary care-based disease management program to improve cardiovascular risk factors and glycated hemoglobin levels in patients with diabetesRussell L Rothman
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 8300, USA
Am J Med 118:276-84. 2005..To assess the efficacy of a pharmacist-led, primary care-based, disease management program to improve cardiovascular risk factors and glycated hemoglobin (A(1C)) levels in vulnerable patients with poorly controlled diabetes... - The Spoken Knowledge in Low Literacy in Diabetes scale: a diabetes knowledge scale for vulnerable patientsRussell L Rothman
Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenneessee 37232 8300, USA
Diabetes Educ 31:215-24. 2005..The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a new knowledge scale for patients with type 2 diabetes and poor literacy: the Spoken Knowledge in Low Literacy patients with Diabetes (SKILLD)... - Patient satisfaction and use of Veterans Affairs versus non-Veterans Affairs healthcare services by veteransKevin T Stroupe
Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois 60141, USA
Med Care 43:453-60. 2005..We examined whether patient satisfaction affected subsequent use of non-Veterans Affairs (VA) services among chronically ill veterans discharged from VA hospitals... - Simultaneous control of intermediate diabetes outcomes among Veterans Affairs primary care patientsGeorge L Jackson
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:1050-6. 2006..The degree to which these intermediate outcomes are simultaneously controlled has not been extensively described... - Race, ethnicity, socioeconomic position, and quality of care for adults with diabetes enrolled in managed care: the Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) studyArleen F Brown
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1736, USA
Diabetes Care 28:2864-70. 2005..To examine racial/ethnic and socioeconomic variation in diabetes care in managed-care settings... - Randomized trial of a self-management program for primary care patients with acute low back pain: short-term effectsTeresa M Damush
Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Regenstrief Institute, Inc and Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202 2872, USA
Arthritis Rheum 49:179-86. 2003..We evaluated the effect of a self-management program (SMP) on primary care patients with acute low back pain (ALBP) from low income, inner city neighborhood health centers and an emergency department of a public teaching hospital... - Rheumatology patients' use of complementary therapies: results from a one-year longitudinal studyJaya K Rao
Arthritis Rheum 49:619-25. 2003..To examine the natural history of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use and its impact on outcomes within a cohort of rheumatology patients... - A remarkable legacy of science: review of AHRQ-funded articles published in Medical Care during John Eisenberg's Directorship of AHRQ. Agency for Health care Research and QualityWilliam M Tierney
Med Care 40:1003-11. 2002 - A conceptual framework to study medication adherence in older adultsMichael D Murray
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Purdue University School of Pharmacy, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 2:36-43. 2004..Adults aged > or =50 years often have multiple chronic diseases requiring multiple medications. However, even drugs with well-documented benefits are often not taken as prescribed, for a variety of reasons... - Walking speed predicts health status and hospital costs for frail elderly male veteransJama L Purser
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center DUMC, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 42:535-46. 2005..Walking speed is useful for the functional assessment of acutely ill, hospitalized older adults. Measurement of walking speed over time may help predict those who will need and use more health-related services... - Adverse health outcomes after discharge from the emergency department--incidence and risk factors in a veteran populationS Nicole Hastings
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1527-31. 2007..An Emergency Department (ED) visit represents a time of significant risk for an older adult; however, little is known about adverse outcomes after an ED visit in the VA system... - The role of pharmacists in clinical care: where do we go from here?Russell Rothman
Eff Clin Pract 5:91-4. 2002