Context Organized care management processes (CMPs) can improve health care quality for
patients with chronic diseases. The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of …

OBJECTIVE Adults with diabetes typically take multiple medications for hyperglycemia,
diabetes-associated conditions, and other comorbidities. Medication adherence is associated …

Background Patient–physician race/ethnicity and language concordance may improve
medication adherence and reduce disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) by fostering trust …

Background Despite the availability of effective hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and hyperglycemia
therapies, target levels of systolic blood pressure (SBP), LDL-cholesterol (LDL-c), and …

Objective. Describe a novel approach to comprehensively summarize medication adherence.
Data Sources/Study Setting. Kaiser Permanente Northern California Diabetes Registry (n∼…

Background Shared decision making (SDM) is a potentially valuable but underexplored
approach to contraceptive counseling. Methods We determined the correlation between patient …

Background— Hypertension may be poorly controlled because patients do not take their
medications (poor adherence) or because providers do not increase medication when …

About 125 million of the 276 million people living in the United States have some type of
chronic illness (table 1). 1 Four chronic conditions affect nearly half of Americans with a chronic …

BACKGROUND Lack of regular physical activity is highly prevalent in US adults and
significantly increases mortality risk. OBJECTIVE To examine the clinical impact of a newly …

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of diabetes prevention strategies addressing
postpartum weight retention for women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) delivered at the …