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Strategies for Improving Low Health Literacy by Kountz, David S.

“…More than 1 in 3 adults in the United States have low health literacy, which can adversely affect the quality and cost of health care. These individuals are…”
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Management of High Blood Pressure in Blacks: An Update of the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks Consensus Statement by Flack, John M, Sica, Domenic A, Bakris, George, Brown, Angela L, Ferdinand, Keith C, Grimm, Richard H, Hall, W. Dallas, Jones, Wendell E, Kountz, David S, Lea, Janice P, Nasser, Samar, Nesbitt, Shawna D, Saunders, Elijah, Scisney-Matlock, Margaret, Jamerson, Kenneth A

“…Since the first International Society on Hypertension in Blacks consensus statement on the “Management of High Blood Pressure in African American” in 2003,…”
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The use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension: a focus on African-American populations by Kountz, David S.

“…Diabetes, hypertension, and severe kidney disease are all disproportionately prevalent in African-Americans. Clinical trials data from type 2 diabetes (T2D)…”
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Learning Collaboratives in Medical Education: Exploring the Impact of Collaboratives’ Structure and Resources and Teams’ Experience by Dressler, Robert, Janek, Hania, Sager, Lauren, Kountz, David S., Gravdal, Judi

“…The Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers (AIAMC) organized and coordinated a multicenter learning collaborative, National Initiative V (NI V),…”
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Routine Screening for High Blood Pressure Outside of Primary Care: An Idea Whose Time Has Come by Kountz, David S.

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Improving Medication Routines and Adherence in Hypertensive African Americans: Finding the Needle in the Haystack by Kountz, David S., Kofman, Eugene

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Hypertension in Black Patients: An Update by Kountz, David S.

“…Black individuals are at high risk for hypertension and increased morbidity from cardiovascular and renal disease, in particular. Increased understanding of…”
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Management of Cardiovascular Disease by Primary Care Physicians in France: Lessons from the Seine by Kountz, David S.

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Efficacy and safety of the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor linagliptin in black/African American patients with type 2 diabetes: Pooled analysis from eight Phase III trials by Thrasher, James, Kountz, David S., Crowe, Susanne, Woerle, Hans-Juergen, von Eynatten, Maximilian

“…Background. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in black/African Americans from North and South America is high; yet data evaluating antidiabetic agents in this…”
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Are Tolerability Concerns a Class Effect of Beta-Blockers in Treating Patients with Hypertension? by Kountz, David S.

“…Beta-blockers (β-blockers) have demonstrated their value across the cardiovascular disease spectrum. Beta-blockers effectively lower blood pressure in patients…”
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Hospital length of stay and probability of acquiring infection by Hassan, Mahmud, Tuckman, Howard P., Patrick, Robert H., Kountz, David S., Kohn, Jennifer L.

“…Purpose - Hospital-acquired infection (HAI) poses important health and financial problems for society. Understanding the causes of infection in hospital care…”
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Chlorthalidone: The Forgotten Diuretic by Kountz, David S., Goldman, Andrew, Mikhail, John, Ezer, Mayer

“…Chlorthalidone's safety and efficacy in the management of hypertension has been demonstrated in landmark trials. Despite understanding the effects of thiazides…”
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Hypertension in African Americans Aged 60 to 79 Years: Statement From the International Society of Hypertension in Blacks by Egan, Brent M., Bland, Veita J., Brown, Angela L., Ferdinand, Keith C., Hernandez, German T., Jamerson, Kenneth A., Johnson, Wallace R., Kountz, David S., Li, Jiexiang, Osei, Kwame, Reed, James W., Saunders, Elijah

“…A 2014 hypertension guideline raised goal systolic blood pressure (SBP) from <140 mm Hg to <150 mm Hg for adults 60 years and older without diabetes mellitus…”
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Cost of Hospital-Acquired Infection by Hassan, Mahmud, Tuckman, Howard P., Patrick, Robert H., Kountz, David S., Kohn, Jennifer L.

“…The authors assessed the costs of hospital-acquired infections using rigorous econometric methods on publicly available data, controlling for the…”
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A Call for Appropriate Evidence and Outcomes-Based Use and Measurement of Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation: Moving the Population Towards Improved Health Via Multiple Stakeholders by Kountz, David S, Shaya, Fadia T, Gradman, Alan H, Puckrein, Gary A, Kim, Michael H, Wilbanks, Jennifer, Stevenson, James G, Larsen, David L, Wysong, Michael, Chirikov, Viktor, Pan, Wayne T, Xu, Liuo

“…A multidimensional approach involving consideration of available resources, individual patient characteristics, patient preferences, and cost of treatment is…”
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Hypertension in ethnic populations: Tailoring treatments by Kountz, David S.

“…The Hispanic population in the United States comprises different and distinct cultures and genetic backgrounds. Most of the data on hypertension in this…”
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Management of rheumatoid arthritis: A primary care perspective by Kountz, David S, Von Feldt, Joan Marie

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DURAL VENOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS: A RARE PRESENTING CONSEQUENCE OF COVID-19 by ILAGAN, JUSTIN, ODAK, MIHIR, MARARENKO, ANTON, DOUEDI, STEVEN, ELKHERPITAWY, ISLAM, S KOUNTZ, DAVID

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Treatment and management of early RA: A primary care primer by Costenbader, Karen H, Kountz, David S

“…Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex disease to diagnose and manage. The classes of drugs that are used to treat RA are directed at the immune response that…”
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ Process Improvement Training in Resident Education by Rattigan, Meghan I, Kountz, David S

“…Background: Patient safety and quality have become the major focus of healthcare, but residents are provided with little or no process improvement training…”
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