2007 James A Vohs Award for Quality
Collaborative Cardiac Care Service: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Caring for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.
Brian G Sandhoff, PharmD; Susan Kuca, RN; Jon Rasmussen, PharmD; John A Merenich, MD

A Collaborative Care Service has, through lifestyle modification, medication initiation and adjustment, patient education, laboratory monitoring, and management of adverse events improved cholesterol screening, and reduced low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level and all-cause mortality associated with CAD, and has improved patient and physician satisfaction.
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2007 James A Vohs Award for Quality -- Multiregion
The Kaiser Permanente National Total Joint Replacement Registry.
Elizabeth W Paxton, MA; Maria Inacio, MS; Tamara Slipchenko, PhD; Donald C Fithian, MD

As of March 31, 2007, the Total Joint Replacement Registry recorded 16,945 primary total hip arthroplasties (THA) and 2144 revisions (11.2%); and 30,815 total knee arthroplasties (TKA) and 1794 revisions (5.5%). Statistically significant findings include: older age, and higher American Society of Anesthesiology risk scores for revision THAs. Osteoarthritis is the most common diagnosis for THA and TKA, and aseptic loosening and instability are most common for revision THAs and TKAs.
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Incidence Rate of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructions.
Rick P Csintalan, MD; Maria C S Inacio, MS; Tadashi T Funahashi, MD

In a retrospective analysis of 4485 anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions, the incident rate rose significantly in females, especially ages 14 to 17 and 45 to 49. Previous US studies of only elite athlete populations lack the ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of the Kaiser Permanente patient population.
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Computed Tomography Findings of Unanticipated Prolonged Ileocolic Intussusception in Children.
Devin Puapong, MD; Steven L Lee, MD, FACS, FAAP; Gary Radner, MD; Peter I Tsai, MD; Douglas S Katz, MD; Maher A Abbas, MD, FACS, FASCRS; Harry Applebaum, MD

Attempted nonsurgical reduction of ileocolic intussusception after 48 hours is controversial because of the low probability of reduction and increased risk of perforation. CT findings of bowel-wall edema of the intussuscipiens and partial small-bowel obstruction were associated at surgery with intussusception that was nonreducible or difficult to reduce.
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A 36-Hospital Time and Motion Study: How Do Medical-Surgical Nurses Spend Their Time?
Ann Hendrich, RN, MSN, FAAN; Marilyn P Chow, DNSc, RN, FAAN; Boguslaw A Skierczynski, PhD; Zhenqiang Lu, PhD

In the first hospital environmental study to quantify how nurses spend their time, 767 nurses were randomized to two protocols at 36 hospital medical-surgical units within 17 health care systems and 15 states. Documentation consumed most nursing practice time (35.3%), followed by medication administration (17.2%), and care coordination (20.6%). Patient care activities only accounted for 19.3%.
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A randomized trial of a behaviorally based exercise support protocol, The Coach Approach--with and without a group-based nutrition education program--significantly lowered exercise dropout rates and improved attendance rates (which was significantly associated with reduction in body fat and BMI). Psychologic improvements were even more pronounced than the decreases in body fat and BMI.
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Teens who perceived that their clinician communicated with respect, explained information in ways that they could understand, and had time alone (confidentiality) with a clinician who asked about sex (at least for males) were more likely to cite their clinician as a source of sexual health information.
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