Auerbach AD, Patel MS, Metlay JP, Schnipper JL, Williams MV, Robinson EJ, Kripalani S, Lindenauer PK Acad Med 2014 Mar;89(3):415-20 PMID: 24448050 Abstract Converting the health care delivery system into a learning organization is a key strategy for improving health outcomes. Although the collaborative learning organization approach has been successful in neonatal intensive care units
Delivery timing and cesarean delivery risk in women with mild gestational diabetes mellitus
Sutton AL, Mele L, Landon MB, Ramin SM, Varner MW, Thorp JM, Sciscione A, Catalano P, Harper M, Saade G, Caritis SN, Sorokin Y, Grobman WA, Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 2014 Mar; PMID: 24607755 Abstract OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between gestational age (GA) and induction of labor (IOL)
The impact of health information technology on staffing
Goldsack JC, Robinson EJ J Nurs Adm 2014 Feb;44(2):117-20 PMID: 24451450 Abstract Hospitals nationwide must demonstrate meaningful use by 2015 or face fines. For over 20 years, researchers have attempted to assess the impact of electronic record keeping technologies on the quality, safety, and efficiency of care, but results are inconclusive and hospital managers have
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A novel in vivo model for evaluating functional restoration of a tissue-engineered salivary gland
Pradhan-Bhatt S, Harrington DA, Duncan RL, Farach-Carson MC, Jia X, Witt RL Laryngoscope 2014 Feb;124(2):456-61 PMID: 23832678 Abstract OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: To create a novel model for development of a tissue-engineered salivary gland from human salivary gland cells that retains progenitor cell markers useful for treatment of radiation-induced xerostomia. STUDY DESIGN: A three-dimensional (3D) hyaluronic acid (HA)-based
Fever in a returning traveler: the importance of a good history, physical examination, and focused laboratory testing
Connolly E, Eppes SC Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2014 Feb;53(2):201-3 PMID: 24345999 Abstract
Intercavernous carotid artery aneurysm
Levy Z, Satti S, Grillo A J Emerg Med 2014 Feb;46(2):e63-4 PMID: 24238591 Abstract
Why we should care about global health
Khan O, Derman R, Testa K Del Med J 2014 Feb;86(2):49-51 PMID: 24783717 Abstract
Haptoglobin phenotype and abnormal uterine artery Doppler in a racially diverse cohort
Weissgerber TL, McGee PL, Myatt L, Hauth JC, Varner MW, Wapner RJ, Thorp JM, Mercer BM, Peaceman AM, Ramin SM, Samuels P, Sciscione AC, Harper M, Saade G, Sorokin Y, J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. 2014 Jan; PMID: 24345080 Abstract Abstract Objective: The anti-oxidant and proangiogenic protein haptoglobin (Hp) is believed to be important for
Early hospital readmission in the trauma population: are the risk factors different?
Morris DS, Rohrbach J, Sundaram LM, Sonnad S, Sarani B, Pascual J, Reilly P, Schwab CW, Sims C Injury 2014 Jan;45(1):56-60 PMID: 23726120 Abstract INTRODUCTION: Hospital readmission rates will soon impact Medicare reimbursements. While risk factors for readmission have been described for medical and elective surgical patients, little is known about their predictive value specifically
Instability of delay classification and determination of early intervention eligibility in the first two years of life
Lobo MA, Paul DA, Mackley A, Maher J, Galloway JC Res Dev Disabil 2014 Jan;35(1):117-26 PMID: 24176257 Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Third Edition (Bayley-III) to track development and classify delays in low- and high-risk infants across the first two years of