Volume 4, Issue 4 (2017) -- Health Disparities and Inequities: Part I
From the Editor
Push for Progress Inspired Improved Outcomes
Jacob L. Bidwell
Original Research
Life Expectancy at Birth in Milwaukee County: A Zip Code-Level Analysis
Erica S. LeCounte and Geoffrey R. Swain
Patient-Centered Outcomes Measurement: Does It Require Information From Patients?
Leif I. Solberg, Stephen E. Asche, John Butler, David Carrell, Christine K. Norton, Jeffrey G. Jarvik, Rebecca Smith-Bindman, Juliana O. Tillema, Robin R. Whitebird, Ann M. Werner, and Jeanette Y. Ziegenfuss
Health Care Disparities Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors in Resident Physicians
Rebecca Hammarlund, Diana Hamer, Kathleen Crapanzano, Rachel Bernard, Carine Nzodom, Courtney James, Angie Johnson, Diane Kirby, Laura Hetzler, Chris Woodward, Jesse Sulzer, Lauren Rabalais, and Laurinda Calongne
Measuring the Impact of Patient-Engaged Research: How a Methods Workshop Identified Critical Outcomes of Research Engagement
Ellis C. Dillon, Leah Tuzzio, Sarah Madrid, Heather Olden, and Robert T. Greenlee
Quality Improvement
Improving Chronic Pain Management Processes in Primary Care Using Practice Facilitation and Quality Improvement: The Central Appalachia Inter-Professional Pain Education Collaborative
Roberto Cardarelli, Sarah Weatherford, Jennifer Schilling, Dana King, Sue Workman, Wade Rankin, Juanita Hughes, Jonathan Piercy, Amy Conley-Sallaz, Melissa Zook, Kendra Unger, Emma White, Barbara Astuto, and Bobbi Stover
Supplements
Assessment of Chronic Disease to Determine Appropriateness of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy
Bilal M. Omery, Maharaj Singh, Randy S. Turkel, Robyn Shearer, Arshad Jahangir, M. Eyman Mortada, Jasbir S. Sra, and Indrajit Choudhuri
Sensitivity of Current Methods for Diagnosing and Documenting Metabolic Syndrome Within a Large Community-Based Health Care System
Tiffany A. Mullen, Danielle M. Greer, Jennifer T. Fink, and Renee E. Walker
Improved Service Efficiency Improves Racial Disparity in Diabetic Care
Abel Irena, Kushal Patel, David Thompson, Gregory Schleis, Abiy Gesese, and Richard Battiola
Generation of a Patient-Derived Brain Metastasis Breast Cancer Cell Line via Novel Orthotopic Injection Placement and Serial Mouse Transplantation to Develop PDX Mouse Model
Amber L. LaCrosse, Denise M. Coley, Paul J. Mintz, Santhi D. Konduri, Richard A. Rovin, and Amin B. Kassam
Decreasing Time to Broad Spectrum Antibiotics for Septic Patients in the Emergency Department
Joseph J. Zieminski and Emily E. Bryant
Mechanisms of Left Ventricular Thrombus Formation in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: Novel Insights From Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Echocardiography
Dhruv Chawla, Tracy Hammonds, Tadele Mengesha, Matt Umland, Khawaja Afzal Ammar, and Vinay Thohan
Challenges in Delivering Refugee Health Services
Thy Vo and Fabiana Kotovicz
Identifying and Targeting Age-Related Colorectal Cancer Screening Rate Disparities in Family Medicine Residency Clinics
Jonathan J. Blaza, Jasmine R. Wiley, Matthew Gill, Alonzo Jalan, Will Lehmann, Deborah Simpson, and Jeffrey A. Stearns
Variations in Practice of Apnea Test for Brain Death: Review From a Multihospital Health Care System
Jeffrey Stein, Marvi V. Rijhwani, and Ernesto Brauer
Effects of Revision Surgery on Grade of Adverse Local Tissue Reaction Following Recall of a Modular Hip Implant
Joseph F. Davies, Danielle M. Greer, and Susan Truchan
Family Practice Resident Expectations by Year From Faculty and Resident Perspectives: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Alyssa Krueger, Devin Lee, Jessica J.F. Kram, Will Lehmann, and Dennis J. Baumgardner
The Lifestyle Initiative: An Innovative Coaching-Based Quality Improvement Study to Improve the Health of Aurora Health Care Caregivers and Family Members
Tiffany A. Mullen, Jessica J.F. Kram, and Dennis J. Baumgardner
Improving Obstetrics in Family Medicine Residency Clinics: A Quality Improvement Study
Garima Chawla, Jessica J.F. Kram, Bonnie Bobot, and Dennis J. Baumgardner
Brain Imaging in Older Patients With Delirium
Laila M. Hasan, Ariba Khan, Maharaj Singh, and Michael L. Malone
Quality Improvement Study for Postpartum Hypertension Readmissions
Molly K. Lepic, Sara M. Stanenas, Carla J. Kelly, Deborah Simpson, and Jeffrey A. Stearns
Robustness of a Newly Proposed Risk Schema for Lymphatic Dissemination in Endometrioid Endometrial Cancer
Danielle M. Greer, Jessica J.F. Kram, Callie M. Cox Bauer, and Scott A. Kamelle
FMT Placed by Colonoscopy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Nadia Huq, Veena Kumaravel, Aboud Affi, and Maharaj Singh
Six-Year Experience of Influenza Vaccination as a Condition of Employment for a Large Regional Health Care System
John R. Brill, Mark Hermanoff, Angela Tonozzi, Mary Jo Capodice, Jennifer Farrar, and Zarina Dawoodbhai
Positive Impact on Patient Satisfaction and Caregiver Identification Using Team Facecards: A Quality Improvement Study
Nicole M. Martin, Khalil Odeh, Lamya Boujelbane, Marvi V. Rijhwani, Susan Olet, Aijaz Noor, Colleen Nichols, and Richard Battiola
Relative Associations of Age, Height, and Weight on Sinus of Valsalva and Mid-Ascending Aorta: An Imaging and Epidemiology Study
Mirza Nubair Ahmad, Syed Haris Pir, Mirza Mujadil Ahmad, Sharmeen Hussaini, Bijoy K. Khandheria, A. Jamil Tajik, and Khawaja Afzal Ammar
