The Need to Improve

The need to improve.

I n this issue of Diabetes Care, Massing et al. (1) present the results of their review of Medicare claims from 13,660 diabetic patients who received regular outpatient care from a primary care physician (n ϭ 1,749). During a 24-month period, 31% received no lipid profile, 24% received only one lipid profile, and 45% of the diabetic patients received two or more lipid profiles. Further analysis...

The need to improve experimental design.

The urgent need to improve hypertension care.

Hypertension is the most prevalent health problem among adult primary care patients, but its recognition and treatment are suboptimal. Although there is ample evidence from several large-scale randomized, controlled studies that treatment of hypertension reduces morbidity and mortality, current management of hypertension is characterized by underdiagnosis, misdiagnosis, undertreatment, overtrea...

assessing nursing students’ need to improve nursing education

background and purpose: undergraduate education presents a period of transition and growth and requires the ability to adapt to many life changes. many applicants admitted to a nursing program, but high rates of attrition have been experienced. this study is an attempt to assess the nursing students’ need on their nursing education. methods: focus groups were used to investigate nursing student...

A Need to Improve Working Conditions

Pork producers have identified the indoor environment as one of their highest concerns within the industry, citing it as one of the adverse factors in recruiting and maintaining qualified people to work in swine facilities. Producers frequently name air quality problems as prime causes for high employee turnover in the swine production industry. Clearly, efforts to improve air quality in swine ...