Journal ArticleContemp Clin Trials · April 2021
INTRODUCTION: The technologies used to treat the millions who receive care in intensive care unit (ICUs) each year have steadily advanced. However, the quality of ICU-based communication has remained suboptimal, particularly concerning for Black patients a ...
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Journal ArticleContemporary clinical trials · February 2021
BackgroundAsthma prevalence, morbidity, and mortality disproportionately impact African American/Black (AA/B) and Hispanic/Latinx (H/L) communities. Adherence to daily inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), recommended by asthma guidelines in all but the m ...
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Journal ArticleJ Allergy Clin Immunol Pract · January 2021
BACKGROUND: Internationally, adult asthma medication adherence rates are low. Studies characterizing variations in barriers by country are lacking. OBJECTIVE: To conduct a scoping review to characterize international variations in barriers to asthma medica ...
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Journal ArticleAcad Med · August 2019
Many academic institutions strive to promote more diverse and inclusive campuses for faculty, staff, and students. As part of this effort, these institutions seek to include individuals from historically underrepresented groups (URGs)-such as women, people ...
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Journal ArticleJ Allergy Clin Immunol Pract · April 2019
BACKGROUND: Inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) adherence rates are suboptimal among adult black/African Americans. Comprehensive studies characterizing the effectiveness and the methodological approaches to the development of interventions to improve ICS adheren ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS One · 2019
BACKGROUND: Cluster-randomized trials (CRTs) are being increasingly used to test a range of interventions, including medical interventions commonly used in clinical practice. Policies created by the NIH and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require th ...
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Journal ArticleClin Trials · February 2018
Background/aims The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act mandates that applicable clinical trials report basic summary results to the ClinicalTrials.gov database within 1 year of trial completion or termination. We aimed to determine the proportion ...
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Journal ArticleJ Am Med Inform Assoc · February 1, 2018
BACKGROUND: Electronic medical record (EMR) computed algorithms allow investigators to screen thousands of patient records to identify specific disease cases. No computed algorithms have been developed to detect all cases of human immunodeficiency virus (H ...
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Journal ArticleJ Am Med Inform Assoc · April 1, 2017
OBJECTIVE: We assessed the sensitivity and specificity of 8 electronic health record (EHR)-based phenotypes for diabetes mellitus against gold-standard American Diabetes Association (ADA) diagnostic criteria via chart review by clinical experts. MATERIALS ...
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Journal ArticleInt J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis · 2016
The global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) continues to grow in part due to better outcomes in other major diseases and in part because a substantial portion of the worldwide population continues to be exposed to inhalant toxins. How ...
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