Engagement With Project ECHO to Increase Medication-Assisted Treatment in Rural Primary Care

Rural CME in Iraq: SRPC Care to Care Project--2003.

Project ASSERT: an ED-based intervention to increase access to primary care, preventive services, and the substance abuse treatment system.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To test the feasibility and effectiveness of Project ASSERT, an innovative program developed by us to facilitate access to the substance abuse treatment system and to primary care and preventive services for emergency department patients with drug- and alcohol-related health problems. METHOD Multicultural health promotion advocates (HPAs) were trained by ED personnel to screen...

Translating sickle cell guidelines into practice for primary care providers with Project ECHO

BACKGROUND Approximately 100,000 persons with sickle cell disease (SCD) live in the United States, including 15,000 in the Midwest. Unfortunately, many patients experience poor health outcomes due to limited access to primary care providers (PCPs) who are prepared to deliver evidence-based SCD care. Sickle Treatment and Outcomes Research in the Midwest (STORM) is a regional network established ...

Successful paediatric HIV treatment in rural primary care in Africa

OBJECTIVE Clinical outcomes of HIV-infected children on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in a decentralised, nurse/counsellor-led programme. DESIGN Clinical cohort. SETTING KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PATIENTS HIV-infected children aged <or=15 years on ART, June 2004-2008. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Survival according to baseline characteristics including age, WHO clinical stage, haemoglobin ...

Environmental Factors Contributing to Medication Errors in Intensive Care Units

Introduction: Medication errors are one of the most common types of medical errors. In Intensive Care Units, because of its special circumstances, the risk of such errors is increasing. There are several causes for the medication errors of nurses, including environmental factors. Objective: The current study aimed at determining environmental factors contributing to medication errors based on ...