How Fast and What Type of Imaging Elderly Low-Back Pain Patients Get Linked to Patient/Physician Traits Not Clinical Indications
May 25, 2009 | News Release
Archives study underscores need for quality metrics to measure overuse of care.
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Older Adults Can Get Moving: New Screening Tool Tailors Activities to Individual Needs
September 16, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Texas A& M Health Science Center undertook a comprehensive overview of methods used to screen older people before they begin exercise regimens.
Scholar Expands Grassroots Prevention Program for Prostate Health
December 21, 2009 | Story
Potentially life-saving program increases outreach to educate black men about the pros and cons of prostate cancer screening, while providing a model for community-based participatory research.
A System for Spotting and Treating High-Risk Elderly Patients
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center refined and evaluated the Community Resource Connection, an administrative system that identified health care needs among elderly patients and linked them to appropriate services.
Vote & Vax: A Community-Based Strategy to Promote Adult Immunization
January 14, 2013 | Program Result Report
Vote & Vax increased access to influenza immunization and other preventive services for vulnerable populations through clinics provided at polling places on Election Day from 2004 though 2010.
Chronic Kidney Disease and Use of Dental Services in a United States Public Healthcare System
April 2, 2012 | Journal Article
As several studies have shown, an association between periodontal disease and chronic kidney disease (CKD), regular dental care may be an important strategy for reducing the burden of CKD.
Alcohol Screening Results in Elderly Male Veterans
September 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The purpose of this study was to help clarify the association between drinking alcohol—any alcohol use and problem drinking—and the health of elderly people.
Researchers Test Outcomes-Based Treatment Plan on Older Adults with Mental Health Issues in New Hampshire
September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
From 1998 to 2000, researchers at the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center under the direction of Stephen J. Bartels, M.D., M.S., tested the Outcomes-Based Treatment Plan.
Agency Tests Protocol for Depression Screening and Referral for Adult Day Center Clients
September 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 2001 to 2002, staff at North Country Aging Services in Edina, Minn., collaborated with four adult day centers to develop and test a screening and referral protocol for depression among elderly clients.
Rural Pennsylvania Geisinger Clinic Tracks Nutrition Problems Among the Elderly
January 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Geisinger Clinic, a nonprofit physician group practice serving northeastern and central Pennsylvania, screened more than 5,000 of its elderly, mostly rural enrollees to identify those at high risk for nutritional deficiency.