Future Directions in Primary Care Research
References
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (1997, August 25). Nurse Staffing and Quality of Care in Health Care Organizations Research Agenda.
Institute of Medicine (1999). To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. Available online
Quality Interagency Task Force (2000). Doing What Counts for Patient Safety: Federal Actions to Reduce Medical Errors and Their Impact. Rockville, MD: Quality Interagency Task Force. Available online
Wunderlich GS, Sloan FA, and Davis, CK (1996). Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes: Is It Adequate? Washington, DC: National Academy Press. Available online
Helen Burstin, M.D., M.P.H., is the director of the Center for Primary Care Research (CPCR) at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Prior to her appointment at AHRQ, Dr. Burstin was an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and director of quality measurement at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Her research has focused on such primary care topics as access, patient-provider communication, quality, screening, and patient satisfaction.
David I. Lewin, M.Phil., received degrees in developmental biology and genetics from Caltech and Yale before turning to science writing and editing. Before joining AHRQ in 1999 as a technical publications writer-editor, he served as senior editor of The Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Previously, he was a staff writer for The Journal of NIH Research and Washington editor of Mechanical Engineering magazine.
Heddy Hubbard, R.N., M.P.H., is a graduate of the Presbyterian Hospital/Bloomfield College School of Nursing, the University of Maryland School of Nursing, and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. She is the supervisory health scientist administrator and special assistant to the director, Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research with AHRQ, and serves as the Agency's senior advisor for nursing.
Current as of September 2001
Internet Citation:
Future Directions in Primary Care Research: Special Issues for Nurses. May 2001. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
