Attaining Quality Matters Certification for a Registered Nurse-Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program.

Increased demand for nurses and improved technology have increased the development and popularity of online education programs over the past two decades; however, the online format has revealed numerous pedagogical and implementation challenges. One primary challenge is the lack of structural design standards across all courses in the program. The lack of standardization is linked to decreased student outcomes, satisfaction, and retention.

Relationships between sitting time and health indicators, costs, and utilization in older adults.

Objective: To examine whether self-reported sitting time is related to various health indicators, health costs, and utilization in adults over age 65.

Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional cohort study was conducted using the electronic health record (EHR) from an integrated health system in Washington State. Members who completed an online health risk assessment (HRA) between 2009 and 2011 (N = 3538) were eligible.

Organized Self-Management Support Services for Chronic Depressive Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: This study aimed to determine whether a self-management support service was more effective than treatment as usual in reducing depressive symptoms and major depressive episodes and increasing personal recovery among individuals with chronic or recurrent depressive symptoms.

Methods: The study was a randomized controlled trial of a self-management support service consisting of depression self-management training, recovery coaching, and care coordination. The 18-month intervention included regular telephone or in-person contacts with a care manager and a structured group program co-led by a professional therapist and a trained peer specialist.

Physician Communication Training and Parental Vaccine Hesitancy: A Randomized Trial.

Background And Objectives: Physicians have a major influence on parental vaccine decisions. We tested a physician-targeted communication intervention designed to (1) reduce vaccine hesitancy in mothers of infants seen by trained physicians and (2) increase physician confidence in communicating about vaccines.

Methods: We conducted a community-based, clinic-level, 2-arm cluster randomized trial in Washington State.

Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence and Use of an Electronic Shared Medical Record Among People Living with HIV.

Electronic shared medical records (SMR) are emerging healthcare technologies that allow patients to engage in their healthcare by communicating with providers, refilling prescriptions, scheduling appointments, and viewing portions of medical records. We conducted a pre-post cohort study of HIV-positive adults who used and did not use SMR in two integrated healthcare systems. We compared the difference in antiretroviral refill adherence between SMR users and age- and sex-frequency matched non-users from the 12-month period prior to SMR useto the 12-month period starting 6 months after initiation of SMR use.