Future of board certification in a new era of public accountabilityKevin B Weiss
American Board of Medical Specialties, Chicago, Illinois 60601, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 23:S32-9. 2010
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- The association between community crime and childhood asthma prevalence in Chicago
Ruchi S Gupta
Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ilinois, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 104:299-306. 2010
..Little attention has been given to exposure to crime as a possible socioenvironmental contributor to variability in urban childhood asthma prevalence...
Obesity and asthma morbidity in a community-based adult cohort in a large urban area: the Chicago Initiative to Raise Asthma Health Equity (CHIRAH)Leslie C Grammer
Division of Allergy Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
J Asthma 47:491-5. 2010
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- Improving asthma self-efficacy: developing and testing a pilot community-based asthma intervention for African American adults
Molly A Martin
Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 123:153-159.e3. 2009
..Interventions that improve asthma self-efficacy for appropriate self-management behaviors might ultimately improve asthma control in this population...
- A community-based study of tobacco smoke exposure among inner-city children with asthma in Chicago
Rajesh Kumar
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 122:754-759.e1. 2008
..Little is known about the level of tobacco exposure and the factors that influence exposure in children with persistent asthma...
- Patterns of healthcare utilization by COPD severity: a pilot study
Min J Joo
Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 S Wood St, M C 719, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Lung 186:307-12. 2008
..Patients in the "at risk" group had a decrement in health status, significant utilization of healthcare services, and were often receiving medications not consistent with guidelines...
- The impact of health literacy and socioeconomic status on asthma disparities
Laura M Curtis
Health Literacy and Learning Program, Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
J Asthma 49:178-83. 2012
..The purpose of this study was to examine the independent contributions of SES and health literacy in explaining asthma disparities...
- The 2007 National Asthma Education and Prevention Program asthma guidelines: accelerating their implementation and facilitating their impact on children with asthma
Ruchi S Gupta
Institute for Healthcare Studies and Department of Pediatrics, Children s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2300 Children s Plaza, Box 157, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
Pediatrics 123:S193-8. 2009
..The goals of this report are to examine the adoption of earlier versions of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guidelines and to suggest opportunities for rapid adoption of the newly released guidelines...
- Commentary: Building the evidence base in support of the American Board of Medical Specialties maintenance of certification program
Richard E Hawkins
American Board of Medical Specialties, Chicago, Illinois 60601, USA
Acad Med 86:6-7. 2011
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- Eliminating asthma disparities: is there evidence of progress?
Ruchi S Gupta
Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Curr Opin Pulm Med 15:72-8. 2009
..This review assesses the current status of asthma inequities from the perspective of disease development, progression, and outcomes...
- The Back to School asthma study: the effect of montelukast on asthma burden when initiated prophylactically at the start of the school year
Kevin B Weiss
Institute for Healthcare Studies and Department of Medicine, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 105:174-81. 2010
..Pediatric asthma hospitalizations peak in early autumn...
- Commentary: shifting the focus of physician assessment in the United States
Kevin B Weiss
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Chicago, IL 60654, USA
Acad Med 87:1660-1. 2012
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- Adult emergency department patients with sickle cell pain crisis: a learning collaborative model to improve analgesic management
Paula Tanabe
Department of Emergency Medicine, the Institute for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Acad Emerg Med 17:399-407. 2010
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- The protective effect of community factors on childhood asthma
Ruchi S Gupta
Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 123:1297-304.e2. 2009
..Asthma burden in the US is not evenly distributed. Although asthma prevalence varies widely across urban neighborhoods, little attention has been paid to the community as a key contributor...
- Effect of depression care on outcomes in COPD patients with depression
Neil Jordan
Northwestern University, 710 N Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Chest 135:626-32. 2009
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Gaps in pediatric clinician communication and opportunities for improvementDonna M Woods
Institute for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
J Healthc Qual 30:43-54. 2008
..Results of this investigation highlighted gaps in pediatric clinician communication and opportunities for improvement...
- Evaluating physician performance at individualizing care: a pilot study tracking contextual errors in medical decision making
Saul J Weiner
Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Med Decis Making 27:726-34. 2007
..The purpose of this study was to develop and test a methodology for measuring physicians' performance at contextualizing care and compare it to their performance at planning biomedically appropriate care...
