Background: Albumin is known as a human blood product, with high cost and limited availability. Several studies have demonstrated the extent in which albumin is being utilized in controversial indications not supported or weakly supported by the available literature. Objective: To rationalize the use of albumin and to decrease the inappropriate cost of this expensive drug. Methods: A two phase...

BACKGROUND Although absolute risk of death associated with raised blood pressure increases with age, the benefits of treatment are greater in older patients. However, fewer patients in this group are identified, treated, and controlled. AIM To evaluate the impact of the provision of different levels of feedback on identification, treatment, and control of older patients with hypertension. D...

background:     purpose:     methods:     results     conclusion     rug interactions , active training : drug interactions are common medical errors in gorgan province and training can decrease their rate. keywords. d   : overall prevalence of drug interactions was 8.93%, of which 6.55% were major, 65.58% moderate and 27.87% minor. interactions were mostly seen among male doctors. the physicia...

BACKGROUND Financial incentives and audit plus feedback on performance are two strategies commonly used by governments to motivate general practitioners (GP) to undertake specific healthcare activities. However, in recent years, governments have reduced or removed incentive payments without evidence of the potential impact on GP behaviour and patient outcomes. This trial (known as ACCEPt-able) ...

Sponsored by Pfizer Canada Inc. 2. Evaluation of a Prospective Audit and Feedback Program in Critical Care: A Controlled Interrupted Time Series Analysis (completed at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON) Marion Elligsen and Sandra A N Walker Safe Medication Practices Award Sponsored by Baxter Corporation 1. Extending Hospital-Based Medication Incident Reporting to Enhance Medication...

Background: Albumin is known as a human blood product, with high cost and limited availability. Several studies have demonstrated the extent in which albumin is being utilized in controversial indications not supported or weakly supported by the available literature. Objective: To rationalize the use of albumin and to decrease the inappropriate cost of this expensive drug. Methods: A two phase...

BACKGROUND Audit and feedback is one of the most widely used and promising interventions in implementation research, yet also one of the most variably effective. Understanding this variability has been limited in part by lack of attention to the theoretical and conceptual basis underlying audit and feedback. Examining the extent of theory use in studies of audit and feedback will yield better u...

In Phase IV of the human factors program, two distinct projects have been undertaken. The continuing involvement with Continental Airlines and SUNY at Buffalo on workcard design has now produced a portable computer-based system. This combines the successful improvements to the paper-based workcard (Phase III) with the advantages of a hypertext system allowing multi-level access to documentation...

BACKGROUND Innovations are needed to increase universal HIV screening by primary care providers. One potential intervention is self-audit feedback, which describes the process of a clinician reviewing their own patient charts and reflecting on their performance. METHODS The effectiveness of self-audit feedback was investigated using a mixed methods approach. A total of 2111 patient charts wer...