BACKGROUND
This study evaluated the effect of primary care providers' adherence with the AHCPR Smoking Cessation Guideline after receiving a multicomponent intervention.
METHODS
A… (More)
OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to assess whether the immediate availability of serum markers would increase the appropriate use of thrombolytic therapy.
BACKGROUND
Serum markers such as… (More)
PURPOSE
Mobile phone use increases social participation. People with the communication disorder of aphasia are disadvantaged in the use of information and communication technology such as mobile… (More)
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of…
1998
OBJECTIVE
To compare amounts of in-hospital time use by PGY1 residents during rotations in emergency medicine (EM), internal medicine (IM), and surgery. This article reports the general study… (More)
Since the first introduction of implantable pacemaker approximately 50 years ago, these devices have become increasingly more common and more complex. It is estimated that there are approximately 1… (More)
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of…
1999
OBJECTIVE
To compare in-hospital time uses by first-postgraduate-year (PGY1) residents during rotations in emergency medicine (EM), internal medicine (IM), and surgery (S). This article reports the… (More)
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES
To describe an intensive nurse practitioner (NP)-managed smoking cessation clinic that evolved from a primary-care quality-management initiative.
DATA SOURCE
Published articles,… (More)
Clinical excellence for nurse practitioners : the…
1999
Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death in our society. Each year, cigarettes kill more Americans than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, fires, illegal drugs, murders, and suicides… (More)