Impact of Clinical Complexity on the Quality of Diabetes Care
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Patients with chronic disease often have comorbid illness that presents challenges to achieve optimal control.
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Relationship Between Clinical Conditions and Use of Veterans Affairs Health Care Among Medicare-Enrolled Veterans
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Many veterans eligible for health care through Veterans Affairs (VA) and Medicare do use services from both certain factors determine which services they access from each system. Coordinating patient care between systems should be a policy priority.
Confronting the Diabetes Disparity
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study of diabetes prevention and management programs implemented by community-based organizations in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) of the Texas-Mexico border region finds 19 free or low-cost programs based on state and national guidelines.
The Diabetes Initiative
April 19, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Diabetes Initiative and its individual projects have contributed to the expansion of diabetes self-management at the state level and nationwide.
Method to Develop Health Care Peer Groups for Quality and Financial Comparisons Across Hospitals
April 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines a "nearest neighbor" methodology to provide peer groups for quality and financial comparisons between hospitals. The establishment of appropriate comparison groups is vital to making equitable comparisons across hospitals and networks.
Effectiveness of a Grant Program's Efforts to Promote Synergy Within its Funded Initiatives
December 18, 2008 | Journal Article
Participants of the Southern Rural Access Program (SRAP) generally perceived that the SRAP's deliberate strategies yielded synergies that added to the program's impact.
Texas Takes Community-Oriented Approach to Providing Rural Health Care
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Texas Department of Health established an initiative to build upon the state's primary health care program that funds selected sites that are providing primary and preventive care to low-income uninsured persons.
Health-Related Quality of Life Among Mexican Americans Living in Colonias at the Texas-Mexico Border
April 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Mexican Americans living in colonias along the Texas-Mexico border comprise one of the most disadvantaged and difficult to reach minority groups in the United States. This article examines health-related quality of life (HRQL) in Hispanics, specifically living in colonias.
New York Study Shows Telemedicine is Effective for Care of Low-Income Children in School-Based Settings
April 30, 2007 | Program Result Report
The University of Rochester Medical Center expanded a pilot project in Rochester called Health-E-Access, which they had created in 2001 to study the use of telemedicine to treat inner-city students.
Understanding Diagnostic Errors in Medicine
June 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The authors present a real-life case in which a patient's spinal cord compression was delayed to illustrate how "situational awareness" (SA) can be used to understand diagnostic errors in medicine. SA is defined as "a person's perception of the elem ...