scholarly journals Predictors of Screening for Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, and Prostatic Cancer Among Community-Based Primary Care Practices

2000 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. T. Ruffin ◽  
D. W. Gorenflo ◽  
B. Woodman
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Prostatic Cancer ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Care Practices ◽  
Primary Care Practices

scholarly journals Translating Evidence-Based Depression Management Services to Community-Based Primary Care Practices

2004 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 631-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
AMY M. KILBOURNE ◽  
HERBERT C. SCHULBERG ◽  
EDWARD P. POST ◽  
BRUCE L. ROLLMAN ◽  
BEA HERBECK BELNAP ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Depression Management ◽  
Care Practices ◽  
Primary Care Practices ◽  
Management Services

Patients’ Perceptions of Electronic Monitoring Devices Affect Medication Adherence in Hypertensive African Americans

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 647-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoinette Schoenthaler ◽  
Gbenga Ogedegbe
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
African American ◽  
Medication Adherence ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Electronic Monitoring ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Monitoring Period ◽  
Care Practices ◽  
Primary Care Practices ◽  
Monitoring Devices

Background: Electronic monitoring devices (EMDs) are regarded as the gold standard for assessing medication adherence in clinical research. However, little is known about the effect of patients’ acceptance of EMDs on medication adherence in African Americans with hypertension who are followed in primary care practices Objective: To assess patients’ perceptions of EMDs, their acceptance of EMDs, and the relationship of these perceptions to medication adherence in African Americans with hypertension who are followed in community-based practices. Methods: Patients were recruited from a larger randomized controlled trial assessing the effect of motivational interviewing on medication adherence and blood pressure in hypertensive African American patients followed in 2 New York City primary care practices. Medication adherence was assessed with a Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) during a 12-month monitoring period. At the 12-month follow-up, patients’ perceptions of the MEMS were assessed with a 17-item questionnaire. ANOVA was used to compare patients’ responses (agree, neither, disagree) with the MEMS adherence over the monitoring period. Tukey's post hoc tests were used to determine whether there were significant differences among the 3 groups. Results: Participants were predominantly women, low-income, unemployed, had a high school education, and were a mean age of 53 years. Approximately two-thirds of the participants stated that the MEMS helped them remember to take their medications, 93% reported that the MEMS was easy to open, 85% did not find it stressful, and 75% liked the MEMS and used it everyday. One-third of patients preferred using a pillbox and 25% did not like traveling with the MEMS. Patients who stated that they used the MEMS every day, felt comfortable using it in front of others, and remembered to put refills in the MEMS had significantly better adherence over the study period than did those who disagreed (p ≤ 0.05). Conclusions: African American patients treated for hypertension in community-based practices held positive perceptions about a MEMS. Perceptions about the practicality of a MEMS may yield important information about actual medication-taking behavior.

scholarly journals The Contribution of Age and Weight to Blood Pressure Levels Among Blacks and Whites Receiving Care in Community-Based Primary Care Practices

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athena Wing-ga Kan ◽  
Tanvir Hussain ◽  
Kathryn A. Carson ◽  
Tanjala S. Purnell ◽  
Hsin-Chieh Yeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Blacks And Whites ◽  
Care Practices ◽  
Primary Care Practices

scholarly journals Electronic Health Record Impact on Work Burden in Small, Unaffiliated, Community-Based Primary Care Practices

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna Howard ◽  
Elizabeth C. Clark ◽  
Asia Friedman ◽  
Jesse C. Crosson ◽  
Maria Pellerano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Electronic Health Record ◽  
Health Record ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Care Practices ◽  
Electronic Health ◽  
Primary Care Practices ◽  
Work Burden
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