Duke General Internal Medicine Practice Update
To our family of patients: We hope this monthly brief update of current activities going on within Duke General Internal Medicine (DGIM) at Pickett Road will be helpful to you, and we are happy to have you as part of our medical home.
July 2007
DGIM News
Duke General Internal Medicine is on the Web! Please go to http://dukehealth.org, and search “Duke General Internal Medicine.” Information about our practice and physicians, and treatments and diagnostic tests recommended by our internal medicine physicians can now be found on this website.
*New!* View your actual results on a secure Duke Medicine internet site!
As part of a pilot project within Duke General Internal Medicine and Duke Medicine, starting on July 9, 2007, you will be able to view your actual test results on a secure website seven days after they are provided to your physician. The Web site, known as Duke Medicine HealthView, can be found at: http://healthview.dukehealth.org.
Three quick steps to access your results on the Duke Medicine HealthView:
1. Create your account. Go to http://healthview.dukehealth.org and click on “Create an account” and walk through the steps. Skip this if you already have created an account.
2. One time activation. Login to http://healthview.dukehealth.org and activate your clinical access by going to the left hand column and clicking first on Preferences and then Clinical Activation. On the Clinical Activation page, enter the code: DUKEGIMPILOTOPCA and click “ACTIVATE”. Then log off and log back in.
3. View your results. On the left hand column, click Clinical and then Medical Records to see a list of recent tests. Click on the test name to view the test. Remember that no test results will be visible until seven days after it was provided to your doctor.
Your participation in accessing your clinical results online during this pilot project is voluntary. All patients having tests performed by DGIM providers will continue to receive a letter via US mail discussing their results.
DGIM Recognition
Congratulations to Dr. Martha Adams for her recent publication in the journal BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making titled “Utilization of the PICO framework to improve searching PubMed for clinical questions.”
June 2007
Duke General Internal Medicine is on the Web! Please go to http://dukehealth.org, and search “Duke General Internal Medicine.”
Information about our practice and physicians, and treatments and diagnostic tests recommended by internal medicine physicians can now be found on this website. Within the last month, frequently asked questions (FAQ’s) about our practice, including our hours of operations, how to schedule appointments, how to obtain test results and medical records, and how to handle prescription refill requests have been added to our web site.
We are also encouraging our patients to create an account on http://healthview.dukehealth.org, which will allow our patient to review their billing history and to request an appointment online.
DGIM Clinical Care and Quality Improvement
A recent study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that the percentage of American women who reported getting mammograms in the previous two years slipped from 76.4 percent to 74.6 percent between 2000 and 2005. A recent analysis by Duke Prospective Health of women receiving care in 2005 within Duke General Internal Medicine showed that 87 percent had received recommended screening for breast cancer. Duke General Internal Medicine recommends that all women over age 40 receive a screening mammogram once a year.
DGIM Clinical Research (Primary Care Research Consortium)
If you have Type 2 diabetes and are not currently being treated with anti-diabetic medication, a 24-week study comparing fixed or individual medication treatments is currently enrolling DGIM patients. (Dr. Joy, investigator, Novartis, sponsor)
For patients with elevated cholesterol, a 12-week research study to test the effect of a research study drug, MK-0542B, compared to atorvastatin is currently enrolling DGIM patients. (Dr. Lausier, investigator, Merck, sponsor)
If you are interested in participating in these studies, please speak with your DGIM physician or call research coordinator Lynn Harrington, RN, at 919-419-5957.
If you have Type 2 diabetes, and are taking four shots of insulin a day, a study to use an algorithm to adjust your insulin is currently enrolling DGIM patients (Dr. Crowley, investigator, Duke Department of Medicine, sponsor, contact 919-970-8465)
DGIM Recognition
DGIM would like to thank Matt Oakley, Medical Clerk at Pickett Road, for his excellent work and service on behalf of our practice and our patients. Matt will be obtaining his degree in Physical Therapy at Emory University in Atlanta beginning in June 2007.
May 2007
Duke General Internal Medicine is on the Web! Please go to http://dukehealth.org, and search “Duke General Internal Medicine.” Information about our practice and physicians, and treatments and diagnostic tests recommended by internal medicine physicians can now be found on this Web site.
Soon, frequently asked questions (FAQ’s) about our practice, and our nursing telephone triage protocols used for common conditions will be online for your review and convenience.
We are also encouraging our patients to create an account on http://healthview.dukehealth.org, which will allow our patients to review their billing history and to request an appointment online.
DGIM Clinical Care and Quality Improvement
DGIM is pleased to announce that our practice has been chosen to participate in the Blue Cross/Blue Shield or North Carolina Bridges to Excellence Program. Bridges to Excellence is a not-for-profit organization developed by employers, physicians, health care services, researchers and other industry experts with a mission to create significant leaps in the quality of care by recognizing and rewarding health care providers who demonstrate that they have implemented comprehensive solutions in the management of patients and deliver safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient-centered care.
DGIM Clinical Research (Primary Care Research Consortium)
If you have Type 2 diabetes and are not currently being treated with anti-diabetic medication, a 24-week study comparing fixed or individual medication treatments is currently enrolling DGIM patients. (Dr Joy, investigator, Novartis, sponsor)
For patients with elevated cholesterol, a 12-week research study to test the effect of a research study drug, MK-0542B, compared to atorvastatin is currently enrolling DGIM patients. (Dr Lausier, investigator, Merck, sponsor)
If you are interested in participating in these studies, please speak with your DGIM physician or call research coordinator Lynn Harrington, RN, at 919-419-5957.
If you have Type 2 diabetes, and are taking 4 shots of insulin a day, a study to use an algorithm to adjust your insulin is currently enrolling DGIM patients (Dr Crowley, investigator, Duke Department of Medicine, sponsor, contact 919-970-8465)
DGIM Recognition
Congratulations to Kathy Waite, MD, on her research “The Role of Ethnicity in the Screening for Osteoporosis and Recommendations for Treatment”, presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Clinical Densitometry in Tampa, Florida, March 2007.
April 2007
Duke General Internal Medicine is on the Web! Please go to http://dukehealth.org, and search “Duke General Internal Medicine.”DGIM Clinical Research (Primary Care Research Consortium)
If you have Type 2 diabetes and are not currently being treated with anti-diabetic medication, a 24-week study comparing fixed or individual medication treatments is currently enrolling DGIM patients. (Dr. Joy, investigator; Novartis, sponsor)
For patients with elevated cholesterol, a 12-week research study to test the effect of a research study drug, MK-0542B, compared to atorvastatin is currently enrolling DGIM patients. (Dr Lausier, investigator; Merck, sponsor)
If you are interested in participating in these studies, please speak with your DGIM physician or call research coordinator Lynn Harrington, RN, at 919-419-5957.
DGIM Recognition
Congratulations to Sabina Lee, MD, who was recently elected as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Congratulations to Anne Phelps, MD, who has been named the DGIM director of Graduate Medical Education at Pickett Road.
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Published: May 3, 2007Updated: Oct. 7, 2008
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