Spring 2002 - Volume 6 Number 2Original ResearchA Clinical Information System Research Landscape
Clinical ContributionsPain Management and Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs Win James A Vohs Awards
Vohs Award Winner- Multiple-Region Category: Chronic Disease Self-Management Program: From Development to Dissemination
Vohs Award Winner- Single-Region Category: KPNW Integrated Pain Management Program Corridor Consult: What a Busy Primary Care Provider Wants to Know About Pain Management
Multidisciplinary Group Intervention for Fibromyalgia: A Study of Psychiatric Symptom and Functional Disability Outcomes
Evidence-Based Clinical Vignettes from the Care Management Institute: Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Based on the Care Management Institute and Interregional Guideline Steering Committee-approved Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia, this article presents a case example highlighting key points in screening, diagnosis and treatment of patients with dementia.
Strengthening Self-Care, Self-Management, and Shared Decision-Making Practices Throughout Kaiser Permanente This position paper was written for use at an interregional symposium in September 2001. The paper is excerpted in this article with tables summarizing key aspects from various viewpoints.
Kaiser Permanente Medicine 50 Years Ago: The Development of Sex In 1959, Dr Schoen wrote of disorders in sex differentiation from the perspective of the scientific advances made in the previous decade. This Commentary, written by the original author, details the scientific advances since he wrote the original article.
Health SystemsCPC Corner: Improving Satisfaction for Physicians and Patients: Managing Patients' Perceptions of Appointment Time Based on physicians' experience and patient feedback, this "quick-tips" guide has been created to assist in managing patients' perception of their time with their physician and to improve the quality of interactions with patients.
Innovative KP Research in Clinician-Patient Communication: Deepening our Understanding of the Clinician-Patient Relationship. This article describes the four programs selected to study the effectiveness of various educational programs and services designed to improve clinician-patient communication.
CommentaryShame-Based Versus Pride-Based Reporting. Performance reporting can be described on a continuum from "shame-based" to "pride-based." This commentary describes the impact performance reporting systems have on an individual and on an organization's culture.
Editors' CommentsUsing Performance Reports to Build a Winning Team
AbstractsAbstracts of articles authored or coauthored by Permanente clinicians
Letters to the EditorLetters from our readers Book ReviewsWhat are you feeling, Doctor? Identifying and avoiding defensive patterns in the consultation
Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl? The Impact of Fatherlessness on Black Women
Blind Eye: How The Medical Establishment Let A Doctor Get Away With Murder
Soul of the HealerA Reflection
"Vanessa" "Martinez Waterfront" "Flowers in a Copper Vase" "Cloistered" "Be Sun Smart" Notes from the Valley of the Shadow
The Lighter Side of MedicineThe Humerus Zone |
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