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Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare
January / February 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare     Features

Emerging IT Enablers: Physician Practice Connections
Margaret E. O'Kane, MHA

Just What the Doctor Ordered:
Using an HIN to Improve Care
Ludwig A. Johnson, BA, MS

The Evolution of Evidence-based Medicine
Susan Walker, MBA

Ensuring Successful Care Management
Mark Roman

Improving Safety in Obstetrics with Decision Support and Clinical IT
Pamela J. Haswell, MS, RAC, CQA, CQE

Enhancing Access and Quality for Breast Health Services
Joseph Conte, MPA; Carolyn Raia, MD; Shalom Buchbinder, MD, FACR, FSBI

Improved Patient Care at a Glance
Gary York, PhD

Medication Errors: Focus on Legibility
Donna Lee Ettel, PhD; Christine Marie Wilson, PhD, ARNP, BC

Columns

Editor's Notebook
The Power of Language
Susan Carr

Perspective
Teens, Technology, and Transforming Healthcare
Maura M. Thoenes, Jennifer N. Travis, John C. Briggs, and George L. Ettel III

AHRQ
The New Effective Health Care Program
Carolyn M. Clancy, MD

Technology & Quality
Standardized Performance Measures: A GPS for Quality
Barry P. Chaiken, MD, FHIMSS

Consumers as Partners
Finally, Patient Safety Advocates Can Feel Good About Tort Reform
Doug Wojcieszak; Susan E. Sheridan, MIM, MBA; Martin J. Hatlie, JD

Ethics Toolbox
Medication Therapy Management: Challenge and Opportunity Joel V. Brill, MD; Dennis A. Robbins, PhD, MPH

What Really Ails Us?
Part III: Building a Comprehensive Safety Net
Richard Kremsdorf, MD

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