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Research ProgramsActive research initiatives in...
Improving Adolescent Care in Internal Medicine Training This study is designed to determine the impact of a college-based ambulatory clinic on Internal Medicine residency training in adolescent medicine. The questionnaire used can be found here. For further information, contact Jim Lewis, MD, primary investigator. TLC Insulin Resistance Prevention Project This study seeks to determine whether a health plan wide intervention to encourage lifestyle modification including increasing activity and healthful eating habits can reduce the onset of diabetes and other co-morbidities associated with the metabolic syndrome in a vulnerable Medicaid managed care population. For more information, click here or contact Deborah Gibson, Project Coordinator. Church Health Initiative - Short summary here. For more information contact Owita Mays or Carole Dickens. The Memphis Community Access Program This project, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration, intends to improve and expand care to the uninsured population of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee, by coordinating the health care delivery activities of Memphis' major safety net providers in order to guarantee primary care access for all Shelby County citizens. For more information contact: Grant Somes, PhD, Co-Investigator Jim Bailey, MD, MPH Katie Vick, Evaluator Quality of Care for Hypertension and Risk Factors for Stroke and Cardiovascular Events under Medicaid Managed Care Physicians' practice patterns and patients' health services exposures can have substantial impact on clinical outcomes for patients with hypertension. This study, funded for 4 years through an American Heart Association Established Investigator Grant, seeks to demonstrate conclusively the health services exposures and physician practice patterns associated with the best clinical outcomes for hypertension for vulnerable patients under Medicaid managed care. For more information contact Jim Bailey, MD, MPH, Principal Investigator. Quality and Outcomes of HIV/AIDS Care in Tennessee's Medicaid Managed Care System Health services exposures can have substantial impact on clinical outcomes for people living with HIV and AIDS. This research initiative funded through grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health System Change and the Infectious Disease Society of America seeks to demonstrate the patterns of care experienced by vulnerable patients living with HIV in a statewide Medicaid managed care system. Further, this ongoing study is determining the patterns of care associated with the best clinical outcomes for patients with this difficult chronic disease. For more information contact Jim Bailey, MD, MPH, Principal Investigator. Click here to download the PDF document "Access and Quality of Care in HIV and AIDS in Tennessee's TennCare Program, 1992-1997". Also available at http://www.state.tn.us/tenncare/reports.htm Addressing the Diabetes Epidemic in Tennessee This study, funded by the Diabetes Control Program of the Tennessee Department of Health, seeks to track the epidemiology of diabetes in Tennessee and to identify variations and disparities in patterns of care and diabetes outcomes in Tennessee. Ultimately, this study seeks to help guide statewide efforts to turn the tide of the diabetes epidemic in Tennessee and raise the standards of preventive and palliative care for persons suffering from this disease. Future studies will seek to identify the patterns of care associated with the best clinical outcomes in community settings. For more information contact Jim Bailey, MD, MPH, Principal Investigator. TennCare Quality Assurance and Outcomes Research This research initiative, funded through the Tennessee Bureau of TennCare's contract with the UT College of Pharmacy for Medicaid Drug Utilization Review (DUR), is designed to monitor health care and drug utilization patterns and outcomes of care for the approximately 1.5 million Tennesseans served by the state's innovative Medicaid managed care program (TennCare). Ongoing research focuses on identifying disparities in processes and outcomes of care for chronic diseases and determining best methods for feeding back data to providers and patients to improve quality of care. For more information contact Jim Bailey, MD, MPH, Medical Review Officer or Walter Fitzgerald, PharmD, Principal Investigator. Kathy Ryder - 5 year funding through NIH K23 Grant The Health Loop Information Project This project, funded by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, seeks to develop health information systems to improve data collection, feedback and utilization in a large inner city network of public health and community health clinics to improve quality of preventive and chronic disease care for some of Memphis' most vulnerable citizens. For more information contact: Grant Somes, PhD, Co-Investigator Jim Bailey, MD, MPH Katie Vick, Evaluator Scott Russell, MD, Informatics |
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