Search Results - "BLODGETT, Janet C"

Benchmarking outcomes on multiple contextual levels in lean healthcare: a systematic review, development of a conceptual framework, and a research agenda by Reponen, Elina, Rundall, Thomas G, Shortell, Stephen M, Blodgett, Janet C, Juarez, Angelica, Jokela, Ritva, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Torkki, Paulus

“…Reliable benchmarking in Lean healthcare requires widely relevant and applicable domains for outcome metrics and careful attention to contextual levels. These…”
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Validation of the Lean Healthcare Implementation Self-Assessment Instrument (LHISI) in the finnish healthcare context by Reponen, Elina, Jokela, Ritva, Blodgett, Janet C, Rundall, Thomas G, Shortell, Stephen M, Nuutinen, Mikko, Skants, Noora, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Torkki, Paulus

“…Lean management is growing in popularity in the healthcare sector worldwide, yet healthcare organizations are struggling with assessing the maturity of their…”
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Effectiveness of community-based condom distribution interventions to prevent HIV in the United States: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Malekinejad, Mohsen, Parriott, Andrea, Blodgett, Janet C, Horvath, Hacsi, Shrestha, Ram K, Hutchinson, Angela B, Volberding, Paul, Kahn, James G

“…Despite significant public health implications, the extent to which community-based condom distribution interventions (CDI) prevent HIV infection in the United…”
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Healthcare facility-based strategies to improve tuberculosis testing and linkage to care in non-U.S.-born population in the United States: A systematic review by Miller, Amanda P, Malekinejad, Mohsen, Horváth, Hacsi, Blodgett, Janet C, Kahn, James G, Marks, Suzanne M

“…An estimated 21% of non-U.S.-born persons in the United States have a reactive tuberculin skin test (TST) and are at risk of progressing to TB disease. The…”
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How effective is continuing care for substance use disorders? A meta-analytic review by Blodgett, Janet C., M.Sc, Maisel, Natalya C., Ph.D, Fuh, Ingrid L., B.S, Wilbourne, Paula L., Ph.D, Finney, John W., Ph.D

“…Abstract Given the often chronic nature of substance use disorders, patients sometimes receive less intensive continuing care following an initial period of…”
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Estimating the Efficacy of Alcoholics Anonymous without Self-Selection Bias: An Instrumental Variables Re-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials by Humphreys, Keith, Blodgett, Janet C., Wagner, Todd H.

“…Background Observational studies of Alcoholics Anonymous' (AA) effectiveness are vulnerable to self‐selection bias because individuals choose whether or not to…”
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Use of Lean and Related Transformational Performance Improvement Systems in Hospitals in the United States: Results From a National Survey by Shortell, Stephen M., Blodgett, Janet C., Rundall, Thomas G., Kralovec, Peter

“…The health care system in the United States is costly with high variance in quality. There is growing interest in transformational performance improvement…”
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Meta-analysis of naltrexone and acamprosate for treating alcohol use disorders: when are these medications most helpful? by Maisel, Natalya C., Blodgett, Janet C., Wilbourne, Paula L., Humphreys, Keith, Finney, John W.

“…Aims Although debates over the efficacy of oral naltrexone and acamprosate in treating alcohol use disorders tend to focus on their global efficacy relative to…”
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The exclusion of people with psychiatric disorders from medical research by Humphreys, Keith, Blodgett, Janet C, Roberts, Laura Weiss

“…Abstract People with psychiatric disorders are excluded from medical research to an unknown degree with unknown effects. We examined the prevalence of reported…”
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A Meta-Analysis of Topiramate's Effects for Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorders by Blodgett, Janet C., Del Re, A. C., Maisel, Natalya C., Finney, John W.

“…Background Influenced by several trials and reviews highlighting positive outcomes, topiramate is increasingly prescribed as a treatment for alcohol use…”
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Lean Management and Hospital Performance: Adoption vs. Implementation by Shortell, Stephen M., Blodgett, Janet C., Rundall, Thomas G., Henke, Rachel Mosher, Reponen, Elina

“…The Lean management system is being adopted and implemented by an increasing number of US hospitals. Yet few studies have considered the impact of Lean on…”
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Lean Management and U.S. Public Hospital Performance: Results From a National Survey by Po, Justine, Rundall, Thomas G, Shortell, Stephen M, Blodgett, Janet C

“…Many public hospitals have adopted Lean management methodology, but little is known about the extent of Lean adoption or the relationship between Lean adoption…”
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Adoption of Lean management and hospital performance: Results from a national survey by Rundall, Thomas G., Shortell, Stephen M., Blodgett, Janet C., Henke, Rachel Mosher, Foster, David

“…Background Despite being adopted by a large number of hospitals, the relationship between Lean management and hospital performance is mixed and not well…”
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Assessing the relationship of the human resource, finance, and information technology functions on reported performance in hospitals using the Lean management system by Shortell, Stephen M., Rundall, Thomas G., Blodgett, Janet C.

“…Given pressures to control costs and improve quality of care, one of the most prevalent transformational performance improvement approaches in health care is…”
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The cross-national applicability of lean implementation measures and hospital performance measures: a case study of Finland and the USA by Reponen, Elina, Rundall, Thomas G, Shortell, Stephen M, Blodgett, Janet C, Jokela, Ritva, MÄkijÄrvi, Markku, Torkki, Paulus

“…Abstract Background Health-care organizations around the world are striving to achieve transformational performance improvement, often through adopting process…”
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Lean Management and Breakthrough Performance Improvement in Health Care by Ahn, Christie, Rundall, Thomas G., Shortell, Stephen M., Blodgett, Janet C., Reponen, Elina

“…Lean management in health care organizations attempts to empower staff to generate continuous improvement through incremental but regular improvements in work…”
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Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders Among Justice-Involved Veterans by Blodgett, Janet C., Avoundjian, Tigran, Finlay, Andrea K., Rosenthal, Joel, Asch, Steven M., Maisel, Natalya C., Midboe, Amanda M.

“…Justice-involved veterans are a special population with unique mental health needs compared with other veterans or justice-involved adults. Prevalence…”
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Examining the Relationship Between the Lean Management System and Quality Improvement Care Management Processes by Tierney, Aaron A., Shortell, Stephen M., Rundall, Thomas G., Blodgett, Janet C., Reponen, Elina

“…The United States has an underperforming health care system on both cost and quality criteria in comparison with other developed countries. One approach to…”
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Sex Differences in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders and Treatment Entry Among Justice-involved Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration by Finlay, Andrea K., Binswanger, Ingrid A., Smelson, avid, Sawh, Leon, McGuire, Jim, Rosenthal, Joel, Blue-Howells, Jessica, Timko, Christine, Blodgett, Janet C., Harris, Alex H. S., Asch, Steven M., Frayne, Susan

“…BACKGROUND:Over half of veterans in the criminal justice system have mental health or substance use disorders. However, there is a critical lack of information…”
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Expert-Identified Practices for Achieving Measurable Performance Improvements With Lean Implementation by Reponen, Elina, Rundall, Thomas G., Shortell, Stephen M., Blodgett, Janet C., Jokela, Ritva, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Torkki, Paulus

“…Despite the rapid spread of Lean management in health care, few organizations have achieved measurable overall performance improvements with Lean. What…”
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