{"title":"Improving the primary care evaluation of infertility.","authors":"M Ostrov","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79628,"journal":{"name":"HMO practice","volume":"11 3","pages":"141-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21047204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Management of otitis media: the case for more judicious and targeted antibiotic use.","authors":"B Schwartz, S Dowell","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79628,"journal":{"name":"HMO practice","volume":"11 3","pages":"139-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21047203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C A McPhillips-Tangum, R Aubert, C M Bailey, J P Koplan
{"title":"Measuring pediatric immunization status in a managed care organization: agreement between medical charts and parent telephone interviews.","authors":"C A McPhillips-Tangum, R Aubert, C M Bailey, J P Koplan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To measure the agreement between pediatric immunization data obtained from medical charts and data provided by parents during telephone interviews and to assess the reliability of immunization information provided during parent telephone interviews.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Medical charts reviews and telephone interviews with parents.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Prudential HealthCare.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Children sampled for the 1993 HEDIS study and the parents of those children (n = 356).</p><p><strong>Main outcome measure: </strong>Overall agreement between immunization data obtained from medical charts and data provided by parents during telephone interviews.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Agreement between immunization data obtained from medical charts and data provided in parent telephone interviews varies from poor to good if the parent refers to a shot record during the interview. Agreement between the two data sources is better with single dose vaccines (i.e., 1 MMR) than multiple dose vaccines (i.e., 4 DTP). Although parents tend to report fewer immunizations than are indicated in the child's medical chart, the medical charts in this study contained too many vaccine omissions to be considered reliable \"gold standards\" of vaccine receipt. Parents who refer to a shot record when providing information about pediatric immunizations provide reliable data (r = .8807-1.0).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>When measuring completion of the immunization series, especially among parents who do not have access to a shot record, medical chart reviews remain the better approach in the managed care setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":79628,"journal":{"name":"HMO practice","volume":"11 3","pages":"104-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21046027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Closing the gap in trust: to refer out or not?","authors":"R J Fitzpatrick","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79628,"journal":{"name":"HMO practice","volume":"11 3","pages":"137-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21047202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How far will population-based medicine take us?","authors":"L A Katz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79628,"journal":{"name":"HMO practice","volume":"11 3","pages":"102-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21046026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Kaiser Permanente's Emergency Care Program to a collaboration with the American College of Emergency Physicians.","authors":"P R Salber, L Bedard","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79628,"journal":{"name":"HMO practice","volume":"11 3","pages":"118-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21046029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S R Salem-Schatz, L K Gottlieb, M A Karp, L Feingold
{"title":"Attitudes about clinical practice guidelines in a mixed model HMO: the influence of physician and organizational characteristics.","authors":"S R Salem-Schatz, L K Gottlieb, M A Karp, L Feingold","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study assesses physician attitudes toward clinical practice guidelines, in an organization where guidelines have long been incorporated into the clinical practice. Attitudes toward institutional guidelines and guidelines in general are explored, and are compared to a published study describing attitudes among a sample of American College of Physician (ACP) members.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Descriptive study.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>A large, mixed model HMO.</p><p><strong>Sample: </strong>Two hundred and three internists and family practice physicians.</p><p><strong>Measures: </strong>Attitudes toward perceived compliance with clinical practice guidelines were assessed. Summary measures of attitudes and anticipated impact of guidelines were created.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, attitudes toward practice guidelines among HMO physicians were very positive. Differences were observed by gender, practice model, years in practice and residency training. HMO physicians on average held more favorable attitudes toward guidelines compared with published results of an ACP survey. While HMO physicians in independent group practices viewed the concept of guidelines less favorably than staff model physicians, they were more likely to view the impact of guidelines positively than were the ACP physicians.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Exposure to practice guidelines in the context of clinical practice can lead to positive attitudes about those guidelines. While resentment toward a system which relies on practice supports such as guidelines may remain among some physicians, this need not be inconsistent with an appreciation of the potential value of guidelines for improving clinical quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":79628,"journal":{"name":"HMO practice","volume":"11 3","pages":"111-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21046028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L R Fischer, L I Solberg, T E Kottke, C A Calomeni
{"title":"A process IMPROVEment approach to preventive services: case studies of CQI demonstration projects in two primary care clinics.","authors":"L R Fischer, L I Solberg, T E Kottke, C A Calomeni","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The IMPROVE Project is a 4-year randomized controlled trial to test the hypothesis that HMOs can improve preventive services in their contracted primary clinics by assisting clinics to implement continuous quality improvement (CQI) and an organized system for preventive services. This paper describes findings from case studies of CQI teams in two demonstration sites where the CQI approach was tested. The case study analysis is based on interviews and observations conducted about 10 to 12 months after the CQI teams began. Initial responses of clinic staff to the IMPROVE Project included a mixture of interest in CQI, enthusiasm for prevention-oriented care, concern about the burden the project might impose, and skepticism. There were two formidable barriers to change: time and inertia. Environmental changes in the parent organizations also complicated and impeded the CQI process within the clinics. The thematic analysis identified four factors that appear to be important in implementing a CQI process in a clinic setting: awareness, momentum, ownership, and communication.</p>","PeriodicalId":79628,"journal":{"name":"HMO practice","volume":"11 3","pages":"123-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21046030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aligning organizational strategic planning and research priorities: the Kaiser experience.","authors":"B Miller, F J Crosson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Kaiser Permanente, the largest nonprofit HMO in the country, is a prepaid group practice program which provides comprehensive health benefits coverage to more than 8 million Americans in 17 states and the District of Columbia. The Northern California region of Kaiser Permanente is the largest region with more than 2.6 million members. This article describes the creation of a research effort in the Northern California region to develop a long-range strategic research plan. This effort was initiated in order to align research priorities with organizational strategic planning. The plan's aim was to better guide the process of using research to help the region meet its mission, goals and objectives. Twenty-seven strategic research areas were identified organized into four major categories. The top six strategic research areas are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":79628,"journal":{"name":"HMO practice","volume":"11 3","pages":"134-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21047201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}