Reduction and management of no-shows by family medicine residency practice exemplars

BJ Johnson, JW Mold… - The Annals of Family …, 2007 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE We wanted to describe the methods used by family medicine residency practices
with low no-show rates (rate exemplars) and those able to keep visit rates high despite no …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of a pharmacist-run refill and prior authorization program on physician workload

K Bhakta, KC Lee, T Luke, J Bouw - Journal of the American Pharmacists …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Pharmacist-led programs centralizing prescription renewals and prior
authorization processing have been implemented within health care systems; however, their …

[HTML][HTML] Adequate levels of adherence with controller medication is associated with increased use of rescue medication in asthmatic children

H Elkout, PJ Helms, CR Simpson, JS McLay - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background The role of asthma controller medication adherence and the level of asthma
control in children is poorly defined. Aims To assess the association between asthma …

Patterns of inhaled antiinflammatory medication use in young underserved children with asthma

AM Butz, M Tsoukleris, M Donithan, VD Hsu… - …, 2006 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND. Asthma guidelines advocate inhaled corticosteroids as the cornerstone
treatment of persistent asthma, yet several studies report underuse of inhaled corticosteroids …

[HTML][HTML] Leveraging and improving refill protocols at your health system

JT Tokazewski, M Peifer… - Applied Clinical …, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
Objectives Medication refill processing is a repetitive and predictable time-intensive task for
ambulatory primary and specialty care. Refill protocols are a clinical decision support (CDS) …

Improving mammography screening using best practices and practice enhancement assistants: an Oklahoma Physicians Resource/Research Network (OKPRN) study

CB Aspy, M Enright, LW Halstead… - The Journal of the …, 2008 - Am Board Family Med
Purpose: In 2004 only 68% of women in Oklahoma over the age of 40 reported having a
mammogram in the past 2 years, compared with 75% nationally. Strategies to improve …

Development and implementation of a centralized comprehensive refill authorization program in an academic health system

MH Rim, KC Thomas, B Hatch, M Kelly… - The Bulletin of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Purpose The development and implementation of a centralized, comprehensive, refill
authorization (CCRA) program within an academic health system are described. Summary …

Improving medication safety in primary care using electronic health records

LS Nemeth, AM Wessell - Journal of Patient Safety, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Electronic health record (EHR) systems offer promising tools to assist clinicians
and staff with improving medication safety, yet many of the decision support components …

Improving colorectal cancer screening in family medicine: an Oklahoma physicians resource/research network (OKPRN) study

DC Scheid, RM Hamm… - The Journal of the …, 2013 - Am Board Family Med
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe colorectal cancer screening (CRCS)
practices across a variety of primary care clinics and identify the methods used by primary …

[HTML][HTML] Variation in refill protocols and procedures in a family medicine residency network

J Guirguis-Blake, GA Keppel, RW Force… - Family …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
METHODS Structured telephone interviews with a key informant at each of 11 clinical
practices in a five-state (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) family …