Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes

…, SD French, MA O'Brien… - Cochrane database …, 2012 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Audit and feedback is widely used as a strategy to improve professional practice
either on its own or as a component of multifaceted quality improvement interventions. This …

Changing provider behavior: an overview of systematic reviews of interventions

…, L Bero, R Grilli, E Harvey, A Oxman, MA O'Brien - Medical care, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Background. Increasing recognition of the failure to translate research findings into practice
has led to greater awareness of the importance of using active dissemination and …

Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes

L Forsetlund, MA O'Brien, L Forsén… - Cochrane database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Educational meetings are used widely by health personnel to provide
continuing medical education and to promote implementation of innovations or translate new …

Educational outreach visits: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes

MA O'Brien, S Rogers, G Jamtvedt… - Cochrane Database …, 2007 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Educational outreach visits (EOVs) have been identified as an intervention that
may improve the practice of healthcare professionals. This type of face‐to‐face visit has …

Local opinion leaders: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes

G Flodgren, MA O'Brien, E Parmelli… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Clinical practice is not always evidence‐based and, therefore, may not optimise
patient outcomes. Local opinion leaders (OLs) are individuals perceived as credible and …

[PDF][PDF] Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes

MA O'Brien, N Freemantle, AD Oxman, F Wolf… - … Database Syst Rev, 2001 - abderm.org
Background Educational meetings and printed educational materials are the two most
common types of continuing education for health professionals. An important aim of continuing …

Diffusion of technology: frequency of use for younger and older adults

KE Olson, MA O'Brien, WA Rogers, N Charness - Ageing international, 2011 - Springer
When we think of technology-savvy consumers, older adults are typically not the first persons
that come to mind. The common misconception is that older adults do not want to use or …

Effect of a decision aid on knowledge and treatment decision making for breast cancer surgery: a randomized trial

…, K Sanders, D Mirsky, S Chambers, MA O'Brien… - Jama, 2004 - jamanetwork.com
ContextThe long-term results of randomized trials have demonstrated equivalent survival
rates for mastectomy and breast-conserving therapy for the treatment of early stage breast …

Drosophila MEF2, a transcription factor that is essential for myogenesis.

BA Bour, MA O'Brien, WL Lockwood… - Genes & …, 1995 - genesdev.cshlp.org
mef2 encodes the only apparent Drosophila homolog of the vertebrate myocyte-specific
enhancer factor 2 (MEF2). We show herein that the Drosophila MEF2 protein is expressed …

Minimal residual disease monitoring by quantitative RT-PCR in core binding factor AML allows risk stratification and predicts relapse: results of the United Kingdom …

JAL Yin, MA O'Brien, RK Hills, SB Daly… - Blood, The Journal …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
The clinical value of serial minimal residual disease (MRD) monitoring in core binding factor
(CBF) acute myeloid leukemia (AML) by quantitative RT-PCR was prospectively assessed …