Background: The annual cost of morbidity and mortality due to medication errors in the US
has been estimated at $76.6 billion. Information technology implemented systematically has …

To determine the characteristics of the radiographic resolution of bacteremic Streptococcus
pneumoniae pneumonia we examined serial chest roentgenograms in 72 patients. …

Home blood pressure (BP) monitoring has been shown to be more effective than clinic BP
monitoring for diagnosing and treating hypertension. However, reimbursement of home BP …

As the modern medical system becomes increasingly complex, a debate has arisen over the
place of advocacy efforts within the medical profession. The authors argue that advocacy …

Poor adherence to drug therapy decreases the effectiveness of antihypertensive treatment.
Patients must take more than 80% of their antihypertensive drugs to maintain adequate blood …

Using a systematic approach based upon findings obtained from the patient's history,
physical examination, routine laboratory studies, and chest roentgenograms, the clinician will …

PURPOSE: To determine the effectiveness of a clinical-practice intervention in improving
the control of pain in outpatients with cancer. METHOD: Between July 5 and September 30, …

In order to study the relationship between physician networks and utilization of a computer-based
hospital information system (HIS), blockmodel analysis and multidimensional scaling …

A 37‐year‐old woman with a post‐traumatic seizure disorder had four well‐documented
episodes of postical acute pulmonary edema and respiratory failure. Subtherapeutic blood …

The course of fever was examined in 75 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis treated with
modern chemotherapy. Sixteen patients (21 %) were afebrile and differed from 59 febrile …