Consumption of Mother's Own Milk by Infants Born Extremely Preterm Following Implementation of a Donor Human Milk Program: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Objective: To compare mothers' own milk (MOM) consumption by infants born extremely preterm before and after implementation of a donor human milk (DHM) program and determine healthcare provider's knowledge and practices regarding DHM.

Study Design: One hundred fifty-seven infants born at <30 weeks of gestation were enrolled during 3 time-periods. Group 1: before DHM program implementation, Group 2: the year following implementation, and Group 3: the second year after implementation.

Trends in Warfarin Monitoring Practices Among New York Medicare Beneficiaries, 2006-2011.

Anticoagulation with warfarin requires frequent evaluation of the international normalized ratio (INR), and less invasive testing devices are available for use by clinicians at the point-of-care (POC) and by patients who self-test (PST). Despite commercial availability and positive results of published studies, evidence suggests that adoption of less invasive (POC/PST) testing in the United States is slow. Considering the equivalence of results and logistical advantages of POC/PST testing, slow uptake may indicate a gap in quality of care warranting evaluation and possibly intervention.

Improving warfarin safety in long-term care.

Objective: To assess the impact of a multidisciplinary warfarin safety intervention on objective quality measurements.

Design: A pre-post comparison of aggregate performance following 12 months of intervention activities.

Setting: Long-term care facilities.