SUMMARIES OF CLINICAL PRACTICE IMPROVEMENT STUDIES

Congestive Heart Failure

Continuity of Care: Is it Cost Effective?  Results from the MCOP

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts

Formulary Limitations and the Elderly:   Results from the Managed Care Outcomes Project

Implementing Antibiotic Practice Guidelines through Computer-Assisted Decision Support

Intended and Unintended Consequences of HMO Cost Containment Strategies:  Results from the Managed Care Outcomes Project

Intravenous Heparin Medication Errors Study

Long-Term Care Nurse Staffing Project

Measuring Pediatric Severity of Illness

National Hospice Outcomes Project

Newness of Drugs and Use of HMO Services by Asthma Patients

Nutritional Support in Abdominal Surgery

Optimal Ambulatory Type 2 Diabetes Care

Optimal Interventions for Labor and Delivery

PCA Pump Use in Bowel Surgery

Pediatric Asthma

Pediatric Bronchiolitis/RSV

Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Outcomes Project

Preventing and Treating Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals

Preventing Complications in Abdominal Surgery - Mountain State

Preventing Complications in Abdominal Surgery - West Coast

Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Long-Term Care Facilities

Prophylactic Antibiotics to Prevent Surgical Wound Infection

Real-Time Optimal Care Plans for Nursing Home Quality Improvement

Treatment of Depression in Older Primary Care Patients in HMOS:  Results from the Managed Care Outcomes Project

Treatment of LTC Residents with Agitation in Dementia:  Is Combination Therapy Associated with Better Outcomes?