PPRNet Publications
Journal Articles:
2009:
Nemeth LS, Jenkins RG, Nietert PJ, Ornstein SM: Colorectal Cancer Screening in Primary Care: Theoretical Model to Improve Prevalence in the Practice Partner Research Network, Health Promotion Practice, 2009, March 18
Nietert PJ, Jenkins
RG, Nemeth LS, Ornstein SM (2009). An application of a modified constrained
randomization process to a practice-based cluster randomized trial to improve
colorectal cancer screening.
Contemporary Clinical Trials, 30:129-132.
48. 2008:
Rose HL, Miller PM, Nemeth LS, Jenkins RG, Nietert PJ, Wessell AM. Alcohol screening and brief counseling in a primary care hypertensive population: a quality improvement intervention. Addiction 2008; 103 (8): 1271-1280
Wessell
AM, Nietert PJ, Jenkins RG, Nemeth LS, Ornstein SM:
Inappropriate Medication Use in the Elderly: Results from a Quality
Improvement Project in 99 Primary Care Practices.
The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, 2008, 6(1):21-27
Wessell AM, Liszka HA, Nietert PJ, Jenkins RG,
Nemeth LS, Ornstein S: Achievable Benchmarks of Care for Primary Care Quality
Indicators in a Practice-Based Research Network. American Journal of Medical
Quality 2008,
23(1):39-46
Ornstein SM, Nietert PJ, Jenkins RG, Wessell AM, Nemeth LS, Roylance L, Liszka H: Improving the translation of research into primary care practice: results of a national quality improvement demonstration project. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 2008, 34(7); 379-390
2007:
Nemeth, Lynne S, Wessell, Andrea M, Jenkins, Ruth G, Nietert, Paul J, Liszka, Heather A, Ornstein, Steven M: Strategies to Accelerate Translation of Research into Primary Care Within Practices Using Electronic Medical Records. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 2007, 22(4): 343-349
Feifer C, Nemeth L, Nietert PJ, Wessell AM, Jenkins RG, Roylance LF, Ornstein SM: Different Paths to High-Quality Care: Three Archetypes of Top Performing Practice Sites. Annals of Family Medicine, 2007, 5(3): 233-241
Nietert PJ,
Wessell A, Jenkins RG, Feifer C, Nemeth LS, Ornstein SM. Using a summary
measure for multiple quality indicators in primary care: the Summary Quality
Index (SQUID). Implementation
Science 2007; 2:11.
Ornstein SM, Nietert PJ, Jenkins RG, Wessell AM, Feifer C, Corley ST: Improving Diabetes Care through a Multi-component Quality Improvement Model in a Practice-Based Research Network. American Journal of Medical Quality, 2007, 22(1): 34-41
2006:
Bradford
WD, Kleit AN, Nietert PJ, Ornstein SM:
Effects of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Hydroxymethylglutaryl Coenzyme A
Reductase Inhibitors on Attainment of LDL-C Goals, 2006, Clinical
Therapeutics, 28(12): 2105-2118
Miller PM, Stockdell R, Nemeth L, Feifer C, Jenkins R, Nietert PJ, Wessell A, Liszka H, Ornstein S: Initial steps by nine primary care practices to implement alcohol screening guidelines with hypertensive patients: The AA TRIP project, 2006, Substance Abuse, 27(1/2):61-70
Bradford W, Kleit A, Nietert P, Steyer T, McIlwain T, Ornstein S: How direct to consumer television advertising for osteoarthritis drugs affects physicians' prescribing behavior, 2006, Health Affairs, 25(5):1371-1377
Nietert Paul J, Wessell Andrea M, Feifer Chris, Ornstein Steven M: Effect of Terminal Digit Preference on Blood Pressure Measurement and Treatment in Primary Care, American Journal of Hypertension, 2006, 19(2): 147-152
Jenkins RG, Ornstein SM, Nietert PJ, Klockars SJ, Thiedke C: Quality Improvement for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in an Academic Family Medicine Center: Do Racial Differences in Outcome Exist? Ethnicity & Disease, 2006, 16: 132-137
Feifer C, Ornstein SM, Jenkins RG, Wessell AM, Corley ST, Nemeth LS, Roylance L, Nietert PJ, Liszka, H: The logic behind a multi-method intervention to improve adherence to clinical practice guidelines in a nationwide network of primary care practices. Evaluation & the Health Professions, 2006, 29(1): 65-88
2005:
Brewer B: Quality Rankings Can Work, For Patients and Doctors, The Wall Street Journal On-Line, November 2005
2004:
Ornstein
SM, Jenkins RG, Nietert PJ, Feifer C, Roylance LF, Nemeth L, Corley S, Dickerson
L, Bradford WD, Litvin, C: Multi-Method
Quality Improvement Intervention to Improve Cardiovascular Care: A Cluster
Randomized Trial, Annals of Internal
Medicine, 2004; 141(7):523-532
Nietert PJ, Ornstein SM, Jenkins RG, Roylance LF, Dickerson L, Feifer C. The effect of ethnicity on outcomes in a practice-based trial to improve cardiovascular disease prevention. International Journal for Equity in Health, 2004; 3:12
Feifer
C, Ornstein SM: Strategies for Increasing Adherence to Clinical Guidelines and
Improving Patient Outcomes in Small Primary Care Practices.
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and
Safety 2004; 30(8): 432-441
Miller PM, Ornstein SM, Nietert PJ, Anton RF: Self-report and biomarker alcohol screening by primary care
physicians: The need to translate research into guidelines and practice. Alcohol
and Alcoholism, 2004; 39(4): 325-328
Feifer C, Fifield J, Ornstein S, et al: From Research to Daily Clinical Practice: What Are the Challenges in “Translation?” The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety, 2004; 30(5):235-245
Ornstein SM, Nietert PJ, Dickerson LM: Hypertension Management and Control in Primary Care: A Study of 20 Practices in 14 States, Pharmacotherapy, 2004; 24(4): 500-507
2003:
Stuart
GW,
Ornstein
SM: Practicing Beautiful Medicine Beautifully: Hiram Curry’s Vision in the 21st Century Journal of the SC
Medical Association 2003; 99: 227-232
Nietert
PJ, Ornstein SM, Dickerson LM, Rothenberg RJ: Comparison of Changes in Blood
Pressure Measurements and Anti-hypertensive Therapy in Older Hypertensive
Ambulatory Care Patients Prescribed Celecoxib or Rofecoxib.
Pharmacotherapy 2003;23:1416-1423
Wessell AM, Ornstein SM, Nietert PJ, Wilson JP, Brooks A: Achieving Blood Pressure Control in Patients with Diabetes. A Case Study in Primary Care. Topics in Health Information Management, 2003; 24(1): 3-7
2001:
Nietert PJ, Jenkins RG, Ornstein SM:
Improving patient cardiovascular outcomes through physician
practice-level intervention: power, sample size, and analysis considerations.
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2001; 153(11):S264.
Ornstein, SM: Translating Research into Practice Using Electronic Medical Records. The PPRNet-TRIP Project: Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke. Topics in Health Information Management, 2001; 22(2): 52-58
Litvin CB, Ornstein SM, Anthony WE, Tanner D: Quality Improvement Using Electronic Medical Records: A Case Study of a High-Performing Practice. Topics in Health Information Management, 2001; 22(2): 59-64
Feifer C, Ornstein SM, Nietert PJ, Jenkins RG: System Supports for Chronic Illness Care and Their Relationship to Clinical Outcomes. Topics in Health Information Management, 2001; 22(2): 65-72
Ornstein SM, Hanson RM, Corley ST, Jenkins RG: High Performance of Clinical Preventive Services: Approaches of “Best Practices”, Preventive Medicine in Managed Care, 2001; 2(2): 79-84
2000:
Hueston WJ, Jenkins RG, Mainous AG: Does Drug Treatment of Patients with Acute Bronchitis Reduce Additional Care Seeking? Arch Fam Med 2000; 9:997-1001
Wager KA, Lee FW, White AW, Ward DM, Ornstein SA. Impact of an Electronic Medical Record System on Community-Based Primary Care Practices. J Am Board Fam Pract 2000;13:338-48
Pan Q, Ornstein SM, Gross A, Hueston WJ, Jenkins RG, Mainous AG, Silverstein MD: Antibiotics and Return Visits for Respiratory Illness: A Comparison of Pooled versus Hierarchical Statistical Methods. The American Journal of Medical Sciences 2000; 319(6):560-365
Gauthier BM, Hickner JM, Ornstein SM: High Prevalence of Overweight Children and Adolescents in the Practice Partner Research Network. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2000; 154:625-628
Jenkins RG, Ornstein SM: Preventive Services in the Primary Care Practices of the Practice Partner Research Network. Topics in Health Information Management 2000; 20(3):80-84
Ornstein SM, Stuart G, Jenkins RG: Depression and Antidepressants in Primary Care Practice. A Study from the Practice Partner Research Network (PPRNet). The Journal of Family Practice. 2000; 49(1):68-72
1999:
Hueston WJ, Mainous AG, Ornstein S, Pan Q, Jenkins RG: Antibiotics for Upper Respiratory Infections. Follow-up Utilization and Antibiotic Use. Arch Fam Med. 1999; 8:426-430
Ornstein SM, Jenkins RG: Quality of Care for Chronic Illness in Primary Care: Opportunity for Improvement in Process and Outcome Measures. The American Journal of Managed Care. 1999; 5(5):621-627
Hueston WJ, Ornstein SM, Jenkins RG, Pan Q, Wulfman JS: Treatment of Recurrent Otitis Media After a Previous Treatment Failure - Which Antibiotics Work Best? The Journal of Family Practice. 1999; 48(1):43-46
1998:
Ornstein SM, Jenkins RG, MacFarlane L, Glaser A, Snyder K, Gundrum T: Electronic Medical Records as Tools for Quality Improvement in Ambulatory Practice: Theory and a Case Study. Topics in Health Information Management. 1998; 19(2):35-43
Ornstein SM, Ury A, Corley S: Using the EMR - Electronic Medical Record is Critical tool in Primary Care Research. Physician and Computers. 1998; 16(4):10-15
1997:
Wager KA, Ornstein SM, Jenkins RG: The Perceived Value of Computer Based Patient Records Among Clinician Users. MD Computing, September 1997; 14(5)
Ornstein SM, Jenkins RG: The Practice Partner Research Network: Description of a Novel National Research Network of Computer-based Patient Records Users. Carolina Health Services and Policy Review. 1997, 4:145-151