AHRQ-Related Articles, January 9, 2015

American Journal of Public Health
Neta G, Glasgow RE, Carpenter CR, Grimshaw JM, Rabin BA, Fernandez ME, Brownson RC. A framework for enhancing the value of research for dissemination and implementation. Am J Public Health 2015 Jan; 105(1):49-57. [Cites AHRQ publication, Considering and Reporting Important Contextual Factors in Research on the Patient-Centered Medical Home, 2013.] Select to access the abstract.

BMJ Quality and Safety
Jones AC, Shipman SA, Ogrinc G. Key characteristics of successful quality improvement curricula in physician education: a realist review. BMJ Qual Saf 2015 Jan; 24(1):77-88. [Cites AHRQ-funded Institute of Medicine report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, 2001.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Yurkovich M, Avina-Zubieta JA, Thomas J, Gorenchtein M, Lacaille D. A systematic review identifies valid comorbidity indices derived from administrative health data. J Clin Epidemiol 2015 Jan; 68(1):3-14. [Reviews studies using AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998) and the AHRQ-funded adaptation of the Charlson comorbidity index described in AHRQ-funded article by Deyo, Cherkin, and Ciol (J Clin Epidemiol, 1992).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Grant RW, Ashburner JM, Jernigan MC, Chang J, Borowsky LH, Chang Y, Atlas SJ. Randomized trial of a health IT tool to support between-visit-based laboratory monitoring for chronic disease medication prescriptions. J Gen Intern Med 2015 May; 30(5):619-25. [Cites AHRQ-funded articles by Gandhi et al. (J Patient Saf, 2010) and Poon et al. (Arch Intern Med, 2004).] Select to access the abstract.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Balamuth F, Weiss SL, Neuman MI, Scott H, Brady PW, Paul R, Farris RW, McClead R, Hayes K, Gaieski D, et al. Pediatric severe sepsis in U.S. children's hospitals. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2014 Nov; 15(9):798-805. [Notes that fifth author's (Brady PW) institution received support for other work from Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) grant U19 HS21114 and that the institutions of the 12th (Shah SS) and 13th (Alpern ER) authors also received AHRQ grant support for other work.] Select to access abstract.

Pediatrics
Gorzkowski JA, Klein JD, Harris DL, Kaseeska KR, Whitmore Shaefer RM, Bocian AB, Davis JB, Gotlieb EM, Wasserman RC. Maintenance of Certification Part 4 Credit and recruitment for practice-based research. Pediatrics 2014 Oct; 134(4):747-53. [Cites AHRQ PBRN Resource Center Webinar, PBRN Workforce Strategies for Quality Improvement, 2013.] Select to access the abstract.

Kenyon CC, Fieldston ES, Luan X, Keren R, Zorc JJ. Safety and effectiveness of continuous aerosolized albuterol in the non-intensive care setting. Pediatrics 2014 Oct; 134(4):e976-82. [Cites findings from AHRQ publication, Hospital Stays for Children: 2008, 2011.] Select to access the abstract.

O'Leary ST, Lee M, Federico S, Barnard J, Lockhart S, Albright K, Shmueli D, Allison MA, Kempe A. School-based health centers as patient-centered medical homes. Pediatrics 2014 Nov; 134(5):957-64. [Cites AHRQ's Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Clinician & Group Surveys and Instructions, 2012.] Select to access the abstract.

Rivkees SA. The missing link of NIH funding in pediatric research training program restructuring.  Pediatrics 2014 Dec; 134(6):e1521-2. [Cites Research America Florida publication, NIH, CDC, NSF, AHRQ Funding by State, 2014.]