Sylvia Jenkins

Integrating MTM Services into the Patient-Centered Medical Home

11/29/2011

Atlanta—In providing medication therapy management (MTM) services, local pharmacists become a valuable resource for case management programs and patient-centered medical home (PCMH) models. Pharmacist–physician collaboration promotes...

Atlanta—In providing medication...

11/29/2011

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Effects of a Safety Checklist on Surgical Patient Outcomes

02/15/2011

Sylvia Jenkins ;

To date, efforts to prevent adverse events in surgical patients have primarily focused on safety interventions within the 4 walls of the operating room. Researchers in the Netherlands recently conducted a study designed to address patient...

To date, efforts to prevent...

02/15/2011

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Non–Evidence-Based ICD Implantations in the United States

03/21/2011

Sylvia Jenkins ;

Based on clinical and randomized controlled trials, practice guidelines for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy for primary prevention were established in 2006 and 2008. A 40-day period following a myocardial infarction (MI)...

Based on clinical and randomized...

03/21/2011

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The ClincalTrials.gov Results Database—Update and Issues

06/21/2011

Sylvia Jenkins ;

In use for more than a decade, the Clinical Trials.gov registry was expanded in 2008 to include a database for reporting results. The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act (FDAAA) mandates that summary results data for certain trials of...

In use for more than a decade,...

06/21/2011

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Utilization of Resources and Characteristics of Patients with Recurrent Readmissions to Children’s Hospitals

05/13/2011

Sylvia Jenkins ;

Hospital readmission is increasingly considered an indicator of quality care and a factor in rising healthcare costs. Children routinely cared for at children’s hospitals are at risk for readmission if they have complex chronic conditions.

Hospital readmission is...

05/13/2011

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