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Providing Continuity of Care for Chronic Diseases in the Aftermath of Katrina: From Field Experience to Policy Recommendations
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 10/30/09

Arrieta MI et al. – Contributing factors were inadequate information (inaccessible medical records, poor patient knowledge) and financial constraints. Implemented or suggested solutions included relaxation of insurance limitations preventing advance prescription refills; better predisaster patient education to improve medical knowledge; promotion of personal health records; support for information technology systems at community health centers, in particular electronic medical records; improved allocation of donated medications/medical supplies (centralized coordination, decentralized distribution); and networking between local responders and external aid.

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Oral Health Needs Among Adults in the United States With Chronic Diseases
The Journal of the American Dental Association, 10/05/09 Relevance Score: 70%

Maintenance of elevated versus physiological iron indices in non-anaemic patients with chronic kidney disease: a randomized controlled trial
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 11/17/09 Relevance Score: 69%

Increased relative mortality in women with severe oxygen-dependent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chest, 10/07/09 Relevance Score: 69%

So Just What Can I Eat? Nutritional Care in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease
Nephrology Nursing Journal, 10/06/09 Relevance Score: 69%

Increased relative mortality in women with severe oxygen-dependent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chest, 10/05/09 Relevance Score: 69%