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From the Editor
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 
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<br>Issue pub date:January/March 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:1                                                                                                    </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:21:34 EST</pubDate>
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<br>Norbert Goldfield MD, Editor</br>
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Guiding Principles for Payment System Reform Commentary on  Achieving Cost Control, Care Coordination, and Quality Improvement Through Incremental Payment System Reform 
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=954252</link>
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management <br>Abstract :The focus of healthcare payment reform must be on the  value equation  improving the quality of care while reducing or controlling costs.  Adhering to key principles related to value will yield successful payment transformation and result in more coordinated care and improved patient outcomes.  Action.... </br>
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<br>Issue pub date:January/March 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:1                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:29        -34         </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:22:28 EST</pubDate>
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<br>William Kelly MBA, MPH</br>
<br>Steven Wendt MBA</br>
<br>Barbara Vogel MS</br>
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Getting From Here to There in Payment Reform Necessary Practices and Policies
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=954319</link>
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 
<br>Article Price :$7. 95  </br>
<br>Issue pub date:January/March 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:1                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:52        -57         </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:22:01 EST</pubDate>
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<br>Stuart Guterman MA</br>
<br>Stephen Schoenbaum MD, MPH</br>
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Comment on  Achieving Cost Control, Care Coordination, and Quality Improvement Through Incremental Payment System Reform 
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=954334</link>
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 
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<br>Issue pub date:January/March 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:1                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:58        -58         </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:21:10 EST</pubDate>
<author>
<br>Raymond Sweeney </br>
<br>Kathy Ciccone MBA, RN</br>
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Building the Affordable Medical Home
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=954355</link>
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management <br>Abstract :Medical homes and accountable care organizations have become the great hope for many health industry stakeholders and policy makers seeking to reconstitute fragmented healthcare delivery within a coordinated cost-conscious framework.  The need to increase coordination has been evident to analysts for.... </br>
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<br>Issue pub date:January/March 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:1                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:71        -80         </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:20:28 EST</pubDate>
<author>
<br>Richard Fuller MS</br>
<br>Scott Clinton </br>
<br>Norbert Goldfield MD</br>
<br>William Kelly MPH</br>
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From the Editor
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=988942</link>
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 
<br>Article Price :Free  </br>
<br>Issue pub date:April/June 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:2                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:93        -93         </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:14:49 EST</pubDate>
<author>
<br>Norbert Goldfield MD, Editor</br>
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<title>
Introduction
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=988944</link>
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 
<br>Article Price :Free  </br>
<br>Issue pub date:April/June 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:2                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:94        -96         </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:17:13 EST</pubDate>
<author>
<br>Barry Greene PhD</br>
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A Conceptual Model for Transformational Clinical Leadership Within Primary Care Group Practice
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=988949</link>
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management <br>Abstract :The patient-centered medical home provides an operational framework for implementing the Institute of Medicine&amp;#700;s 6 quality aims within primary care.  Successful implementation of the patient-centered medical home necessitates transformation at the group practice level.  This article describes a c.... </br>
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<br>Issue pub date:April/June 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:2                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:97        -107        </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:14:03 EST</pubDate>
<author>
<br>Harry Taylor MD, MPH</br>
<br>Barry Greene PhD</br>
<br>Gary Filerman PhD</br>
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Toward Determining the Structure of Psychiatric Visit Nonadherence
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=988968</link>
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management <br>Abstract :Visit nonadherence, that is,  no shows,  in psychiatry costs the US healthcare $100 billion every year.  Nonadherent visits undermine healthcare quality improvement efforts and erode patients&amp;#700; health.  Previous research has focused on patient demographics or on redundant scheduling, rather than o.... </br>
<br>Article Price :$7. 95  </br>
<br>Issue pub date:April/June 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:2                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:108       -116        </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:23:26 EST</pubDate>
<author>
<br>Patricia Alafaireet MHA</br>
<br>Howard Houghton MD</br>
<br>Gregory Petroski PhD</br>
<br>Yang Gong MD, PhD</br>
<br>Grant Savage PhD</br>
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<title>
Implementing Successful Quality Outcome Programs in Ambulatory Care: Key Questions and Recommendations
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=989019</link>
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management <br>Abstract :With recent increasing attention to rising healthcare costs, both public and private sectors are demanding more value from the services and products they purchase.  To achieve this goal, programs such as pay-for-performance have been implemented with varying success.  One of the reasons behind the fai.... </br>
<br>Article Price :$7. 95  </br>
<br>Issue pub date:April/June 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:2                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:117       -123        </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:15:20 EST</pubDate>
<author>
<br>Joel Shalowitz MD, MBA, FACP</br>
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Improving Timeliness and Efficiency in the Referral Process for Safety Net Providers: Application of the Lean Six Sigma Methodology
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=989045</link>
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management <br>Abstract :Designated primary care clinics largely serve low-income and uninsured patients who present a disproportionate number of chronic illnesses and face great difficulty in obtaining the medical care they need, particularly the access to specialty physicians.  With limited capacity for providing specialty.... </br>
<br>Article Price :$7. 95  </br>
<br>Issue pub date:April/June 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:2                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:124       -130        </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:16:26 EST</pubDate>
<author>
<br>Gloria Deckard PhD</br>
<br>Nancy Borkowski DBA</br>
<br>Deisell Diaz PhD</br>
<br>Carlos Sanchez MBA</br>
<br>Serge Boisette MHSA</br>
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Improving Antibiotic Stewardship Order Set Implementation to Improve Prophylactic Antimicrobial Prescribing in the Outpatient Surgical Setting
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=989106</link>
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management <br>Abstract :In the landmark document Crossing the Quality Chasm, the Institute of Medicine lists 6 aims of healthcare, one of which is that healthcare has to be effective.  One means of improving the effectiveness of healthcare includes the creation of evidence-based guidelines to help streamline processes, decr.... </br>
<br>Article Price :$7. 95  </br>
<br>Issue pub date:April/June 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:2                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:131       -140        </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:15:48 EST</pubDate>
<author>
<br>Carla Braxton MD, MBA, FACS</br>
<br>Patricia Gerstenberger BSN</br>
<br>Glendon Cox MD, MHSA, MBA</br>
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Rising to the Task: Commemorating Community Health Centers' 45 Years of Success
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=989125</link>
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 
<br>Article Price :Free  </br>
<br>Issue pub date:April/June 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:2                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:141       -142        </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:17:56 EST</pubDate>
<author>
<br>Michelle Proser MPP</br>
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Staffing Time Required to Increase Cancer-Screening Rates Through Telephone Support
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=989128</link>
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management <br>Abstract :We describe the staff time required by the prevention care manager tailored telephone support intervention, which significantly increased breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening rates among female patients of Community Health Centers in New York City.  For a sample of 38 women whose interve.... </br>
<br>Article Price :$7. 95  </br>
<br>Issue pub date:April/June 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:2                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:143       -154        </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:22:54 EST</pubDate>
<author>
<br>Christina Robinson MS</br>
<br>Michael Beach MD, PhD</br>
<br>Mary Greene MS</br>
<br>Andrea Cassells MPH</br>
<br>Jonathan Tobin PhD</br>
<br>Allen Dietrich MD</br>
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Community Screening Outcomes for Diabetes, Hypertension, and Cholesterol: Nashville REACH 2010 Project
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=989195</link>
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management <br>Abstract :Heart disease and diabetes affect millions of individuals in the United States and are among the leading causes of mortality for all racial groups.  They share common key risk factors including hypertension and high cholesterol.  Community health screenings may play a vital role in identifying, preven.... </br>
<br>Article Price :$7. 95  </br>
<br>Issue pub date:April/June 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:2                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:155       -162        </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:14:43 EST</pubDate>
<author>
<br>Kushal Patel PhD</br>
<br>Celia Larson PhD</br>
<br>Margaret Hargreaves PhD</br>
<br>David Schlundt PhD</br>
<br>Hong Wang MS</br>
<br>Corey Jones PhD, MBA</br>
<br>Katina Beard MS</br>
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<title>
Patient Dissatisfaction as a Determinant of Voluntary Disenrollment in a Managed Care Organization
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=989294</link>
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management <br>Abstract :An unsatisfactory patient experience during care may lead to a higher probability of disenrollment from a managed care organization (MCO).  Compared with previous studies of general dissatisfaction, we examined the effects of specific outpatient visit dissatisfaction on subsequent voluntary disenroll.... </br>
<br>Article Price :$7. 95  </br>
<br>Issue pub date:April/June 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:2                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:163       -172        </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:17:19 EST</pubDate>
<author>
<br>Douglas Roblin PhD</br>
<br>Melissa Roberts MS</br>
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What if . . .   A Patient of the Opposite sex Doesn't Want You in the Exam Room?
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=989329</link>
<description>
Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 
<br>Article Price :$7. 95  </br>
<br>Issue pub date:April/June 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:2                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:173       -174        </br>
</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:27:24 EST</pubDate>
<author>
<br>Ron Goodspeed MD, MPH</br>
<br>Bruce Lee MD, MBA</br>
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<title>
TROT Line: Live and Direct From the Republic of Texas
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<link>http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=989340</link>
<description>
Journal Title: 
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 
<br>Article Price :$3. 95  </br>
<br>Issue pub date:April/June 2010 </br>
<br>Volume:33        
Number:2                                                                                                    </br>
<br>Pages:175       -176        </br>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:23:01 EST</pubDate>
<author>
<br>Mark Holt MD</br>
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