Primary Care

Division of Research Principal Investigator: John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE
Primary Source of Funding: Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
Total Project Period: January 2002 – December 2004
Description: The Guideline Adherence Predictors Study (GAPS I) is a qualitative, retrospective, longitudinal study on the patient, clinician, and visit factors associated with the choice of new medications for the treatment of hypertension, depression, and pain relief. Within this study, focus will be on acts of commission, i.e., treatment choices that are inconsistent with the existing guideline recommendations, rather than on acts of omission, i.e., treatments that were not prescribed.

Primary Source of Funding: Kaiser Permanente Garfield Memorial Fund
Total Project Period: October 1999 – October 2001
Division of Research Principal Investigator: Bruce Fireman, MA
Description: This study will evaluate the Adult Primary Care redesign, assessing its consequences for patient satisfaction, quality of care, use of services, cost and efficiency of care, and provider satisfaction.

Division of Research Principal Investigator: Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH
Primary Source of Funding: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Total Project Period: October 2001 – September 2002
Description: This study will evaluate the association of "rates prescribing events" (RPEs) with both structural and functional characteristics of primary care practices in two managed care organizations.

Division of Research Principal Investigator: John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE
Primary Source of Funding: Kaiser Permanente Garfield Memorial Foundation
Total Project Period: May 2001 – February 2003
Description: The goal of this study is to assess how clinical information systems, e.g., an electronic medical record, affect the topics, duration, and quality of communication between patients and primary care providers in the setting of an integrated managed care organization.