EPC-Related Articles, August 8, 2014

Annals of Family Medicine
Gulliford MC, van Staa T, Dregan A, McDermott L, McCann G, Ashworth M, Charlton J, Little P, Moore MV, Yardley L. Electronic health records for intervention research: a cluster randomized trial to reduce antibiotic prescribing in primary care (eCRT study). Ann Fam Med 2014 Jul; 12(4):344-51. [Cites AHRQ technical review, Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies, Volume 4: Antibiotic Prescribing Behavior, 2006.] Select to access the abstract.

Annals of Internal Medicine
Qaseem A, Dallas P, Owens DK, Starkey M, Holty JE, Shekelle P; Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians. Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in adults: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med 2014 Aug 5; 161(3):210-20. [Based on AHRQ comparative effectiveness review, Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults, 2011, and AHRQ technology assessment report, Home Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome, 2007 (as accessed on the CMS Web site) , both performed by the Tufts EPC.] Select to access the abstract.

Health Affairs
Pringle JL, Boyer A, Conklin MH, McCullough JW, Aldridge A. The Pennsylvania Project: pharmacist intervention improved medication adherence and reduced health care costs. Health Aff 2014 Aug; 33(8):1444-52. [Cites AHRQ technical review, Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies, Volume 5: Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy, 2012, and EPC systematic review protocol, Medication Therapy Management, 2013.] Select to access the abstract.

Magaro P. Research on Alzheimer's disease. Health Aff 2014 Aug; 33(8):1491. [Cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Decline, 2010, prepared by the Duke EPC.]

Bor JS. Alzheimer's research: the author replies. Health Aff 2014 Aug; 33(8):1491. [Responds to comments on author’s article by Magaro cited above in this section and cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Decline, 2010, prepared by the Duke EPC.]

Ridgely MS, de Vries D, Bozic KJ, Hussey PS. Bundled payment fails to gain a foothold In California: the experience of the IHA bundled payment demonstration. Health Aff 2014 Aug; 33(8):1345-52. [Supported by grant R18 HS20098; summarizes results of the evaluation of an AHRQ-sponsored pilot project; cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Bundled Payment: Effects on Health Care Spending and Quality, 2012, as published on AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Health Services Research
Stuart B, Loh FE, Roberto P, Miller L. Incident user cohorts for assessing medication cost-offsets. Health Serv Res 2014 Aug; 49(4):1364-86. [Cites AHRQ Effective Health Care Program publications, The Incident User Design in Comparative Effectiveness Research, 2012, and Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Research: Grading the Strengths of a Body of Evidence when Comparing Medical Interventions, 2009.] Select to access the abstract.

Healthcare
Encinosa WE, Bae J. Meaningful use IT reduces hospital-caused adverse drug events even at challenged hospitals. Healthcare 2014 Aug 8; epub ahead of print. [First author is a researcher in AHRQ's Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets; uses 2010 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data for Florida, citing HCUP SID Database Documentation, 2013, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site; uses methodologies from HCUP publications, The Case for the Present-on-Admission (POA) Indicator, 2006, Hierarchical Modeling Using HCUP Data, 2007, and Medication-Related Adverse Outcomes in U.S. Hospitals and Emergency Departments, 2008, 2011, all published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site; also cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment,Enabling Medication Management Through Health Information Technology, 2011, and data from the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System Annual Report, 2011.]

JAMA Pediatrics
Flaherman VJ, Fuentes-Afflick E. Social and public health perspectives of promotion of breastfeeding. JAMA Pediatr 2014 Aug 4; epub ahead of print. [Cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Breastfeeding and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in Developed Countries, 2007.]