Volume 2, Issue 2 (2015)
Editorial
One Final Goodbye
Dennis Baumgardner
Original Research
Albumin Administration in Patients With Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis at a Tertiary Hospital: A Retrospective Clinical Analysis
Padmavathi Mali, Rajan Kanth, and Sudheer Muduganti
Impact of the Heart WATCH Program on Patients at Risk of Developing Metabolic Syndrome, Prediabetes or Cardiovascular Disease
Jennifer T. Fink, Kathryn K. Havens, Julia A. Schumacher, Renee E. Walker, George L. Morris III, David A. Nelson, Maharaj Singh, and Ron A. Cisler
Review
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Transcendental Meditation: Current State of Research
Adam Holt
Medical Education
Use of Social Media to Promote Continuous Learning: A Phased Strategy for Graduate Medical Education Fellowship Implementation
Jaswant Singh Basraon, Deborah Simpson, and Anjan Gupta
Patient-Centered Essay/Creative Writing
My Time With E
Alyssa Mohorek
Supplements
Partnering to Improve Care: Highlights From the 21st Annual Conference of the HMO Research Network
Michael K. Gould
Diffusion of New Technologies for Patients With Prostate Cancer
Ramzi G. Salloum, Matthew N. Nielsen, Mark C. Hornbrook, Maureen O'Keefe Rosetti, Paul A. Fishman, Jennifer Elston Lafata, and Debra P. Ritzwoller
An Economic Evaluation of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Primary Care Practice
Richard T. Meenan, Jessica Chubak, Sally W. Vernon, Sharon Fuller, Ching-Yun Wang, and Beverly B. Green
Randomized Trial of In-Home Cervical Cancer Screening in Underscreened Women
Rachel L. Winer, Jasmin A. Tiro, Diana L. Miglioretti, Chris Thayer, Jane A. Dimer, John Lin, Hongyuan Gao, and Diana S. Buist
The CRN Scholars Program: Career Development Within CRN
Matthew P. Banegas, Diana S. Buist, Mara M. Epstein, Terry S. Field, Grace Clarke Hillyer, Jason P. Lott, and Pamala A. Pawloski
Using Natural Language Processing to Identify Health Plan Beneficiaries With Pulmonary Nodules
Farhood Farjah, Scott Halgrim, Steven B. Zeliadt, Michael K. Gould, David S. Carrell, Elizabeth T. Loggers, David R. Flum, and Diana S. Buist
Long-Term Medical Care Costs of Breast, Prostate, Lung and Colorectal Cancer for HMO Members
Matthew P. Banegas, K. Robin Yabroff, Maureen O'Keefe Rosetti, Debra P. Ritzwoller, Paul A. Fishman, Ramzi G. Salloum, Jennifer Elston Lafata, and Mark C. Hornbrook
Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Among Asian Subgroups in a Large Managed Care Organization
Nirupa R. Ghai, Douglas A. Corley, Chyke A. Doubeni, Christopher D. Jensen, Joanne E. Schottinger, Ann G. Zauber, Theodore R. Levin, and Virginia P. Quinn
Trends in Estrogen Receptor Testing and Tamoxifen Initiation After Ductal Carcinoma in Situ During 1996–2011
Hazel B. Nichols, Erin J. Bowles, Diem-Thy Tran, and Diana S. Buist
Tamoxifen and Antidepressant Drug Interactions in a Large Cohort of Breast Cancer Survivors
Reina Haque, Jiaxiao Shi, Suzanne Fletcher, Joanne E. Schottinger, Syed A. Ahmed, T Craig Cheetham, Joanie Chung, Chantal Avila, Laurel A. Habel, and Marilyn L. Kwan
Data Mining via the Electronic Medical Record to Identify Inherited Colorectal Cancer in an HMO Patient Population
Monica Alvarado, Hilary Kershberg, George Tiller, Patty Miller, Ivan Lizarraga, John Goff, and Carl Taganas
Use of Imaging for Staging of Localized Breast Cancer in Two Integrated Health Care Systems: Adherence to a Choosing Wisely Recommendation
Erin E. Hahn, Tania Tang, Janet S. Lee, Corrine Munoz-Plaza, Joyce O. Adesina, Ernest Shen, Braden Rowley, Jared L. Maeda, David M. Mosen, John C. Ruckdeshel, and Michael K. Gould
Implementing a Multisite, Transdisciplinary Case-Control Study to Assess Effectiveness of Screening Colonoscopy for Preventing Death From Colorectal Cancer (SCOLAR)
Tracy A. Becerra, Virginia P. Quinn, Douglas A. Corley, Michael Goodman, Ann G. Zauber, Christopher D. Jensen, Alexis Zebrowski, and Chyke A. Doubeni
Using Tumor Registry and Electronic Medical Record Databases to Determine Incidence of Uterine Sarcoma and Occult Malignancy Within an Integrated Health Care System
Ted E. Palen, Kimberly J. Bishoff, Lue-Yen Tucker, and Tina R. Raine-Bennet
Applying a Neutropenia Risk Model to Cancer Patients Using VDW Data: A CRN Pilot Study
Pamala A. Pawloski, Lois E. Lamerato, Diana S. Buist, Avis J. Thomas, Sheryl M. Kane, Robert Rasmussen, and Sharon Fuller
Adaptive Resources and Unmet Needs Related to Ostomy Self-Care Among Long-Term Rectal Cancer Survivors
Joanna Bulkley, Carmit K. McMullen, Mark C. Hornbrook, Marcia Grant, Christopher Wendel, Lisa J. Herrinton, and Robert S. Krouse
Applying a Model to Predict Neutropenia Risk in Patients With Cancer Using Electronic Data
Pamala A. Pawloski, Avis J. Thomas, Sheryl M. Kane, Diane B. Eggen, and Laurie L. VanArman
Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Treatment Decision-Making and Patient-Reported Outcomes: A Review of the Literature
Cecilia Portugal, Albert J. Farias, Erika L. Estrada, Janet Mora Marquez, and Aniket A. Kawatkar
The Effects of a Nonclinical Caregiver’s Presence When a Cancer Patient Is Receiving Highly Emetogenic Chemotherapy
Marisa P. Stevens
Developing an Algorithm to Identify History of Cancer Using the Electronic Medical Record
Christina L. Clarke, Heather S. Feigelson, and Michelle G. Wrenn
Lipid Management in Youth: What Are the Screening and Treatment Trends Within the Pediatric Cardiovascular Research Network?
Jamie L. Webb, Chanin Wright, Debra Tan, Sean Gregory, Catherine J. McNeal, Laurel A. Copeland, Justin P. Zachariah, Andrea E. Cassidy-Bushrow, Jeffrey O. Tom, Connie Mah Trinacty, Jeffrey J. VanWormer, and Eric A. Wright
Cardiovascular Toxicity Following Aromatase Inhibitor Use in 13,273 Women Cared for in an HMO
Reina Haque, Joanne E. Schottinger, Jiaxiao Shi, Joanie Chung, Chantal Avila, Britta Amundsen, and Rowan T. Chlebowski
A Proactive Diabetes Panel Management Approach: Can It Work and How Does It Work in a Health Care Delivery System?
Anny H. Xiang, Mayra P. Martinez, Xinhui Wang, Anita P. Joshua, Joanie Chung, Michael Thai, Gail Lindsay, Michael Kanter, and Steven J. Jacobsen
Design and Implementation of a Clinician-Focused Intervention to Improve Diagnosis and Management of Symptomatic Vulvovaginal Atrophy: Clinician-Reported Barriers
Kimberly K. Vesco, Joanna Bulkley, Amanda Clark, Kate Beadle, Ashley Borin, and Michael Leo
Problematic Events in Critically Ill Patients: The Perspectives of Surrogate Decision-Makers
Kimberly A. Fisher, Sumera Ahmad, Madeline Jackson, and Kathleen M. Mazor
System Alignment for VaccinE Delivery (SAVED): Qualitative Interviews Inform a Technology-Based Intervention to Improve Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates
Sarah L. Cutrona, Larry Garber, Lloyd Fisher, Peggy Preusse, Sarah L. Goff, Meera Sreedhara, Madeline Jackson, Devi Sundaresan, and Kathleen M. Mazor
An In-Depth Interview Study of Immunization Providers to Understand Practice Patterns, Barriers and Facilitators for Administering the 3-Dose HPV Vaccine Series
Melissa Preciado, Sharon M. Hudson, June Rondinelli, Beth A. Glenn, and Chun Chao
Evaluation of Knee Arthroscopy as a Low-Value Intervention for Treatment of Meniscal Damage in Patients With Osteoarthritis
Mary Helen Black, Ronald A. Navarro, and Annette L. Adams
Value of Primary Care Diabetes Bundle Management: Long-Term Impact on Cost
Daniel D. Maeng, Yan Xiaowei, and Thomas R. Graf
Use of Low-Value Surveillance Services for Early Stage Breast Cancer Survivors
Erin E. Hahn, Tania Tang, Janet S. Lee, Corrine Munoz-Plaza, Joyce O. Adesina, Ernest Shen, Braden Rowley, Jared L. Maeda, David M. Mosen, John C. Ruckdeshel, and Michael K. Gould
Providing an Upstream Discussion in the Ambulatory Setting to Assist Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Considering Dialysis
Craig M. Nelson, Tuan K. Le, Mi Chang, Pushkar Chand, Julie Sortais, and Karen Tallman
Minimizing Medication Histories Errors for Patients Admitted to the Hospital Through the Emergency Department: A Three-Arm Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial of Adding Admission Medication History Interviews by Pharmacists or Pharmacist-Supervised Pharmacy Technicians to Usual Care
Joshua M. Pevnick, Caroline B. Nguyen, Cynthia A. Jackevicius, Katherine A. Palmer, Rita Shane, Catherine Bresee, Mackenzie E. Bear, Olga Zaitseva, David Seki, Anish Desai, Brian Doyle, and Douglas S. Bell
Comparing Implementation Models Across Two Kaiser Permanente Regions to Improve Outcomes for Patients With Comorbid Depression and Diabetes
Mark Dreskin, Arne Beck, Gabrielle F. Beaubrun, Nancy E. Brace, Alisa Aunskul, Jennifer M. Boggs, and Karen J. Coleman
Medically Complex Pediatric Patient Care Model: Coordinated Team-Based Care With Supporting Health Information Technology to Implement Best Practices and Address Care Gaps of Transitioning Age Patients and Family Caregivers
Susan R. Snyder, Thomas W. Davis, Rebecca A. Stametz, Deseraé N. Clarke, Amanda C. Bengier, and Jonathan D. Darer
Bridging the Gap: Evaluating Osteoporosis Therapy Medication Orders Versus Pharmacotherapy Prescription Fills Following an Osteoporotic Fracture
Jane R. Grafton
Participation in Quality Improvement: Provider Perceptions Regarding Documentation Audits
Cheryl D. Pearce and Dana N. Rutledge
Application of Performance Improvement Methods to Improve Timeliness of Lung Cancer Care
Erin E. Hahn, Robert M. Cooper, Hugo Danilo, Alice H. Park, Elizabeth P. Bell, Iman A. Abdalla, Kien Vuu, Luis M. Moreta-Sainz, and Michael K. Gould
Predicting, Recruiting and Tracking Enrollment of Young Adults to an Online Intervention to Support Healthy Eating
Michelle Groesbeck, Michael Sheehan, Noel Maddy, Viji Ramaswami, Margaret Rukstalis, Ashley Ryman, and Gwen L. Alexander
Choosing Wisely: Using the EHR to Identify Variability in Provider Ordering Behavior for High-End Imaging of the Head
Sharon Fuller, Roy Pardee, Eva Chang, Gabrielle Gundersen, Robert J. Reid, Matthew R. Handley, and Diana S. Buist
Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism Following Major Surgery: Opportunities for Care Improvement
Michael K. Gould, Yi-Lin Wu, Amy Liu, Joel Handler, Helen Lau, Angelika Clarke, Kathy J. Lin, and Tania Tang
Perioperative Morbidity in Cirrhotic Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery
Eric M. Nyberg, Michael Batech, T. Craig Cheetham, Mary Alice Chocas, and Anshuman Singh
Design and Implementation of a Clinician-Focused Intervention to Improve Diagnosis and Management of Symptomatic Vulvovaginal Atrophy in a Large Health System
Kimberly K. Vesco, Amanda Clark, Kate Beadle, Joanna Bulkley, Ashley Borin, and Michael Leo
Ready to Quit: Predictive Analysis on Member Readiness of Enrolling Smoking Cessation Programs in Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Di Meng and Terhilda Garrido
Improving Engagement in Addiction Treatment: Translating Addiction Research Into Evidence-Based Practice
Rulin C. Hechter, Scott B. Sangsland, Grant R. Grissom, Jim R. Carter, Catherine F. Jervey, Sean E. Koon, and Ashley Hooker
Technical and Data Collection Challenges and Lessons Learned in the Pain Program for Active Coping and Training (PPACT) Pragmatic Trial
Reesa L. Laws and Alee Rowley
Impact of Comorbidity Dyads on Heart Failure Treatment in Older Persons
Jerry H. Gurwitz, Alan S. Go, Sue Hee Sung, Grace Tabada, Robert Goldberg, David J. Magid, David H. Smith, David McManus, Jane S. Saczynski, and Bruce Barton
Do Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions Experience the Same Care as Patients With Fewer Chronic Illnesses? Insights From Videos of Primary Care Office Visits
Ming Tai-Seale and Weimin Zhang
Higher Prevalence of Insulin Resistance Among Asian Americans Despite Lower Body Mass Index
Jia Pu, Robert Romanelli, Beinan Zhao, Sukyung Chung, Vani Nimbal, and Latha Palaniappan
Bisphosphonate Drug Holiday and Fracture Risk
Annette L. Adams, John L. Adams, Marsha A. Raebel, Beth T. Tang, Jennifer L. Kuntz, Vinutha Vijayadeva, Elizabeth A. McGlynn, and Wendolyn S. Gozansky
Improving Lifestyle Interventions for People With Serious Mental Illnesses: Qualitative Results from the STRIDE Study
Scott Stumbo, Bobbi Jo H. Yarborough, Micah T. Yarborough, Thomas J. Young, and Carla A. Green
Do Financial Incentives Encourage Health Plan Members to Complete Health Risk Assessments?
Jason P. Block, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Matthew W. Gillman, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Renata Smith, and Ken Kleinman
Should Pharmacists Be Included in a Core Team to Reduce Hospital Admissions and Mortality for Patients With Chronic Heart Failure?
Indubala Vardhan, Yvonne E. Grant, Carmela Astrea, Joanna Wolmer, and Paula Hinz
Medical Assistants as Health Coaches: Helping Obese Patients Set Goals
Paula Lozano, June BlueSpruce, Dori Rosenberg, Kim Wicklund, and Karen Severson
Defining Care Needs in Older Adults With a Particular Set of Multiple Chronic Conditions: Coexisting Visual, Auditory and Cognitive Impairments
Heather E. Whitson, Phillip Liu, Gerda G. Fillenbaum, Bruce M. Burchett, and Harvey J. Cohen
Factors Associated With Time to Diagnosis in Fibromyalgia
Gabriel Chodick, Daliah Weitzman, Yael Bar-On, Varda Shalev, and Howard Amital
The Need for New Care Strategies to Prevent A1c Relapse
JoAnn M. Sperl-Hillen, Heidi L. Ekstrom, Patrick J. O'Connor, Richard M. Bergenstal, Stephen E. Asche, Terese A. DeFor, Gerald H. Amundson, and Deepika Appana
Health Coaching for Patients With Diabetes and Hypertension: Filling a Gap for Patients and Physicians
Ellis C. Dillon, Laura Panattoni, Amy Meehan, Judith Chuang, Lisa McCormick, and Ming Tai-Seale
Dilated Eye Exam Compliance for Persons With Diabetes Mellitus in a Managed Care Setting
Jaejin An, Craig Cheetham, Fang Niu, Yamina Rajput, and Adam Turpcu
Home Monitoring: Patient and Provider Perceptions of and Use of Home Blood Sugar and Blood Pressure Measurements in Primary Care Practice
Ellis C. Dillon, Amy Meehan, Judith Chuang, and Ming Tai-Seale
Building an Interactive Platform for Physical Activity Coaching
Angelika Clarke, Annette R. Gregson, Suzanne Furuya, Vincent Phung, Ricardo Yosy, Chris Foo, and Huong Q. Nguyen
Health Outcome Effects of Common Medications in Elders With Multiple Conditions
Heather G. Allore, Gail McAvay, and Mary Tinetti
Identification of Multiple Chronic Conditions That Yield the Highest Impact of Cognitive Screening
Leah R. Hanson, Terry R. Barclay, Ann M. Hanson, Logan H. Stuck, Jean M. Crow, and Michael H. Rosenbloom
The Group Health-University of Washington Adult Changes in Thought Study: A Living, Learning Laboratory for Aging and Multiple Chronic Conditions Research
Eric B. Larson, Paul K. Crane, Erin J. Bowles, Rod L. Walker, Melissa L. Anderson, Darlene White, KatieRose Richmire, Andrea LaCroix, Susan M. McCurry, Linda Teri, Shubhabrata Mukherjee, and Thomas J. Montine
Cluster Randomized Trial of Enhanced Versus Standard Implementation Strategy to Improve Collaborative Care Uptake and Patient-Level Utilization Outcomes
Jeanette A. Waxmonsky, Amy K. Kilbourne, David E. Goodrich, Hyungjin M. Kim, Lilia Verchinina, Zongshan Lai, Daniel Eisenberg, Julia T. Kyle, Kristina M. Nord, Jenny Han, Mark S. Bauer, and Marshall R. Thomas
Interviews With Patients Offered Lung Cancer Screening in Primary Care: Lessons in How Screening May Influence Smoking Cessation
Steven B. Zeliadt, Jaimee L Heffner, Deborah E. Klein, George Sayre, Lynn F. Reinke, Shuva Dawadi, and David H. Au
The Role of Cost Information in Health System Decisions to Adopt New Services
Frances L. Lynch, Gregory Clarke, Jennifer Schneider, Alison J. Firemark, and Megan M. Scheminske
System Alignment for VaccinE Delivery (SAVED): A Technology-Based Intervention to Improve Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination
Sarah L. Cutrona, Larry Garber, Lloyd Fisher, Peggy Preusse, Sarah L. Goff, Meera Sreedhara, Madeline Jackson, Devi Sundaresan, and Kathleen M. Mazor
Implementation of an Evidence-Based Breast Cancer Support Tool for Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients as Standard Care at Two Institutions: Use and Sustainability
Alanna Kulchak Rahm, Erica F. Morse, Helene McDowell, Breanne Barela, Jana Bolduan Lomax, Liza Reifler, Suzanne Pinegree, James Dearing, and Robert Hawkins
Barriers to Implementing and Disseminating an Intervention to Improve Hypertension Control With Home Monitoring and Uploading of Data Into an Electronic Health Record
Barry G. Saver, Jenna Marquard, Lawrence Garber, Brian D. Amster, Peggy Preusse, and DJ Gove
A Real-World Approach to a Value-Based Decision-Making Framework for Genetic Testing
Susan R. Snyder, James M. Pitcavage, and Jonathan A. Block
Community of Evaluation Practice Across HMORN Sites
Cristy R. Geno Rasmussen, Erica F. Morse, Carmen Luna, Heather Nuanes, Michelle Henton, Lisa Harner, and Breanne Barela
The Kaiser Permanente Biobank: A Multiregion Resource Linking Specimens and Electronic Medical Records for Broad Research in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System
Heather S. Feigelson, Lisa A. Croen, Katrina A. Goddard, Stacey A. Honda, Michael A. Horberg, Corinna Koebnick, Ashli Owen-Smith, Sara Rowell, Catherine Schaefer, Carol P. Somkin, and Karen M. Emmons
Do Clocks Move at Different Speeds? Cultural Variation in the Satisfaction of Wait Time in Outpatient Clinics
Sukyung Chung, Nicole E. Johns, Latha Palaniappan, and Harold S. Luft
Are Race/Ethnicity and Comorbid Conditions Associated With Pregnancy Intention Status?
Mary Anne Armstrong, Jeanne A. Darbinian, and Debbie A. Postlethwaite
Assessment of Cultural Competence in an Ethnic Health Program: Evidence-Based Study
Miyoung Cho, Jane H. Kim, Sarah Hyun, Chul S. Hyun, and Dohyun Cho
Disparities in Glycemic Control Among Hispanic Adults With Diabetes
David M. Mosen, Adrianne Feldstein, and Ashley Borin
Embedding Patients, Providers, and Community Stakeholders in Research to Improve Transgender Health
Virginia P. Quinn, Tracy A. Becerra, Theresa Gillespie, Enid Hunkeler, Tisha Baird, Nancy M. Baisch, Ashli Owen-Smith, Douglas Roblin, Robert Stephenson, Vin Tangpricha, Cadence Valentine, and Michael Goodman
Measuring the Rise of Mobile and Online Care: Promises and Challenges in Big Data
Luesa L. Jordan, Eva Chang, Glen Kriekenbeck, and James D. Ralston
Categorizing Patient-Provider Secure Email Communications to Measure Substitutionary Effect on In-Person Services
Ted E. Palen, Di Meng, and Terhilda Garrido
ICD-10: A Transition That’s Already Happening
Alan E. Bauck, Michael Allison, Donald Bachman, Catherine Cleveland, Phillip Crawford, Suzanne Gillespie, and Weiming Hu
Sustaining Use of a Clinical Decision Support Tool for Primary Care Providers
A. L. Crain, JoAnn M. Sperl-Hillen, Heidi L. Ekstrom, Patrick J. O'Connor, Karen L. Margolis, William A. Rush, Gerald H. Amundson, and Deepika Appana
Moving to a Weekly Refresh for the Virtual Data Warehouse
Alan E. Bauck, Catherine Cleveland, Shannon Leitch, John Brandes, and Brenda Ackerson
Record Linkage With Washington State Cancer Registry
Arvind Ramaprasan
Evaluation of Provider Experience With an Electronic Health Record-Based Clinical Decision Support Tool
Heidi L. Ekstrom, Patrick J. O'Connor, Karen L. Margolis, William A. Rush, Gerald H. Amundson, Deepika Appana, A. L. Crain, and JoAnn M. Sperl-Hillen
Identifying Marijuana, Nicotine and Electronic Cigarette References Within a Free-Text Data Field in the Electronic Medical Record Using SAS
Bruce F. Folck, Stephen C. Waring, Christopher D. Mack, and Catherine Cleveland
Natural Language Processing of the Unstructured Electronic Health Record Data Using Regular Expressions and SAS Hash Objects
Paul J. Hitz, Mitch Juusola, Stephen C. Waring, and Irina V. Haller
A Lightweight Text Mining Tool for Multisite Research
David J. Cronkite and David S. Carrell
PopMedNet: Collecting and Using Metadata in Distributed Research Networks
Jessica M. Malenfant, Melanie Davies, Bruce Swan, and Jeffrey Brown
Increasing Preventive Care With Expanded Medicare Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act
Sukyung Chung, Lenard Lesser, Diane Lauderdale, Nicole E. Johns, Latha Palaniappan, and Harold S. Luft
Who Is Coming to Kaiser? A Comparison of the Characteristics of Estimated Eligible to Purchase Insurance Through Colorado’s Marketplace to Kaiser Permanente Colorado New Members
Jennifer Barrow, David J. Magid, Jennifer Ellis, and Susan Shetterly
Medicaid Expansion and the Affordable Care Act: Data From the First Year of Enrollment at Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Mark W. Lin, Zheng Zhu, Wendy Dyer, Julie A. Schmittdiel, and Alyce S. Adams
Race-Ethnic Differences in Kaiser Permanente Northern California Seniors’ Access and Preferences for Using the Web for Health Information and Health-Related Transactions, 2013
Nancy P. Gordon, Mark C. Hornbrook, and Teresa Y. Lin
Comparison of Organizational Context Across HMORN Members
Wayne Psek, Jing Hao, and James M. Pitcavage
Acceptance and Adoption of Lean Redesigns Among Frontline Providers in Primary Care
Dorothy Y. Hung, Caroline Gray, Meghan C. Martinez, Michael I. Harrison, and Julie A. Schmittdiel
Implementing a Transitional Care Program for Older Adults at High Risk for Readmission
Dorothy Y. Hung and Francesca Nicosia
Pragmatic and Adaptive Approaches Accelerate Recruitment of Adolescents in Asthma Intervention Trial (Puff City in the Clinic)
Christine L. Joseph, Dennis R. Ownby, Edward M. Zoratti, Talan Zhang, Christine Cole Johnson, and Mei Lu
Low Reach of Four Different Alcohol Screening Approaches in the Absence of Population-Based Screening: Results From One Large Integrated Health Care System
Gwen T. Lapham, Emily C. Williams, Julie E. Richards, Evette J. Ludman, Paula Lozano, Ryan Caldeiro, Amy Lee, and Katharine A. Bradley
Primary Care Provider Perspectives on Reducing Low-Value Care
Diana S. Buist, Matthew R. Handley, Eva Chang, Roy Pardee, Gabrielle Gundersen, Allen Cheadle, and Robert J. Reid
Risk Stratification and Population Management: Validation of the Patient Stratification Model Based on Electronic Health Record
Irina V. Haller, Brian P. Johnson, Michael Van Scoy, Catherine VonRueden, Paul J. Hitz, and Joseph Bianco
Linking Medication Orders to Prescription Fills: Lessons From HMO Enrollees Applicable to PPO Patients
Su-Ying Liang, Laura J. Eaton, Jia Pu, Tony Chen, and Harold S. Luft
Severe Obesity on Labor and Delivery: Variation in Hospital Resources Among California Hospitals
Daniele S. Feldman, Moshe Fridman, Lisa Bollman, Lisa Korst, Samia El Haj Ibrahim, Arlene Fink, and Kimberly D. Gregory
The Risk of Subsequent Concussion or Reconcussion Among Youth Participating in Sports
Debbie A. Postlethwaite, Diane Carpenter, Sarah Preiss-Farzanagan, and Catherine Broomand
Estimating the Human Resource Costs of Developing and Implementing Shared Medical Appointments in Primary Care
Cheryl D. Stults, Sean McClellan, Laura Panattoni, Mary Carol Mazza, and Ming Tai-Seale
Reductions in Medical Resource Use Among Primary Care Physicians Following the Adoption of Personalized, Transparent Reporting
Eva Chang, Diana S. Buist, Matthew R. Handley, Roy Pardee, Gabrielle Gundersen, and Robert J Reid
Adverse Effects of Fecal-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening
Grace Clarke Hillyer, Christopher D. Jensen, Wei K. Zhao, Alfred I. Neugut, Benjamin Lebwohl, and Douglas A. Corley
Using Systematic Review and Decision Modeling to Fill Gaps in Evidence: Application to Positron Emission Tomography Scan Use in Posttreatment Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx
Susan R. Snyder, Steven S. Chang, Jing Hao, James M. Pitcavage, Kevin Wang, Scott A. Kono, Daniel M. Saman, Thuy-Anh Melvin, and Gabriel G. Calzada
Variation in Pathology Examination of Extended Core Prostate Biopsies: A CRN Pilot Project
Mara M. Epstein, Christopher L. Owens, Daniel Peterson, Vanessa Neergheen, Valerie McManus, Deborah Multerer, and Robert T. Greenlee
Cost-Effectiveness of Taxanes in the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Review of the Literature
Erika L. Estrada, Albert J. Farias, Janet Mora Marquez, Cecilia Portugal, and Aniket A. Kawatkar
Inability of Primary Care Providers to Predict Medication Fulfillment of New Prescriptions
Eric A. Wright, Ryan P. VanLoan, Agnes S. Sundaresan, J. B. Jones, Jing Xie, and Michael A. Fischer
Consultation and Referral Patterns of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners
Michelle L. Cook, Lydia Riley, and Tyler Litsch
Evaluation of an Advanced Patient-Centered Medical Home Model at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
William N. Grice, Anthony L. Morena, Richard A. Mehlman, Zakiya N. Devine, Huong Q. Nguyen, Ernest Shen, and Angelika Clarke
Smoking Prevalence and Use of Cessation Medications Among Patients With Psychiatric Disorders in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System: A Case-Control Study
Kelly C. Young-Wolff, Andrea H. Kline-Simon, and Constance Weisner
Removing Barriers to Preventive Care for People With Serious Mental Illnesses: Preliminary Results From the PRIME Study
Bobbi Jo H. Yarborough, Scott Stumbo, Micah T. Yarborough, and Carla A. Green
Diabetes Mellitus and Rheumatoid Arthritis Predict Depression Disorder Diagnosis in Nonelderly Adults in Primary Care Settings
Euijung Ryu, Alanna M. Chamberlain, Richard S. Pendegraft, William V. Bobo, and Jyotishman Pathak
Single-Item Screens for Prescription and Illicit Drug Misuse Largely Identifies Primary Care Patients With Unrecognized Drug Use
Katharine A. Bradley, Gwen T. Lapham, Ryan Caldeiro, and Larry Marx
The Utilization of the Search Function of the Scoring Website for the Handbook of Normative Data for Neuropsychological Assessment for Research of Underserved Populations
Katherine W. Smith, Ariella Benji, Nardos Bellete, Payam Kharazi, Hussan Al-Kharafi, Rodger Questin, Marcia Nimmer, Paula Credillo, and Enrique Lopez
Best Practices in Patient Engagement in Research: Creating an Engagement Checklist
Sarah D. Madrid and Leslie A. Wright
Building Infrastructure to Engage Patients, Families and Members in Research Within a Learning Health Organization
Jane E. Duncan
Developing a Patient-Facing Report for Delivering Results After Whole Genome Sequencing
Alanna Kulchak Rahm, Janet L. Williams, Audrey L. Fan, Heather L. Stuckey, Doris T. Zallen, Jamie Green, Michele Bonhag, Lynn Feldman, Michael Segal, and Marc S. Williams
Partnering With Patient Advisors in the PORTAL Clinical Data Research Network
Carmit K. McMullen, Maureen H. Rumptz, Ameerah Thomas, Julie N. Harris, Stephanie R. Prausnitz, and Carol P. Somkin
Engaging Patients as Stakeholders to Foster More Open Communication With Primary Care Providers
Cheryl D. Stults, Ellis C. Dillon, Amy Meehan, Judith Chuang, and Ming Tai-Seale
A Systematic Review of the Measurement Properties of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-BR23 Quality-of-Life Instrument
Janet Mora Marquez, Albert J. Farias, Cecilia Portugal, Erika L. Estrada, and Aniket A. Kawatkar
A Pharmacy Counseling and Postdischarge Intervention to Improve Initial Adherence for High-Risk Medications
John E. Zeber, Disha Shah, and Angel Trieu
Assessing Current Practices in the Evaluation and Treatment of Acute Sinusitis: A Comparison of Primary Care, Urgent Care and Emergency Department Care
Adam L. Sharp, Marc Klau, David Keschner, Eric Macy, Tania Tang, Ernest Shen, Corrine Munoz-Plaza, Michael Kanter, Matthew A. Silver, Brian Mittman, and Michael K. Gould
Building Infrastructure to Recruit, Hire and Engage Patient Partners in Research Collaborations
Leah Tuzzio, Julie E. Richards, Evette J. Ludman, and Clarissa Hsu
Delivery System Partnerships Empower Large Pragmatic Trials: The Case of Diabetes Prevention in Kaiser Permanente
William M. Vollmer, Carmit K. McMullen, Ashli Owen-Smith, Steve Fortmann, Harry Glauber, David H. Smith, Cynthia Rand, Victor Stevens, Beth Waitzfelder, Jocelyn Audelo, Corliss McKeever, and Nangel M. Lindberg
Increasing Efficiency in Creating High-Level Site Comparisons and Populating Cohort Flow Diagrams: The “Cohort Diagram” Macro
Heather M. Tavel, Nikki M. Carroll, Heather S. Feigelson, and Marsha A. Raebel
Characterizing Longitudinal Patterns of Breast Cancer Care
Caroline A. Thompson and Harold S. Luft
Increasing the Efficiency of Presenting Study Population Descriptive Characteristics: The “Table 1” Macro
Nikki M. Carroll, Heather M. Tavel, Christina L. Clarke, J. David Powers, Heather S. Feigelson, and Marsha A. Raebel
A Bayesian Approach to Modeling Risk of Hospital Admissions Associated With Schizophrenia Accounting for Underdiagnosis of the Disorder
Eileen M. Stock, James D. Stamey, John E. Zeber, Alexander W. Thompson, and Laurel A. Copeland
The State of the Census
Christopher D. Mack
Using HMORN’s Virtual Data Warehouse From Two Health Systems to Identify Risk Factors for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Diane T. Smelser, Annemarie G. Hirsch, Meredith W. Lewis, Jove Graham, Paul J. Hitz, Catherine A. McCarty, Jonathan A. Bock, Kenneth M. Borthwick, Gerardus Tromp, Jacob Mowrey, Evan Ryer, and James Elmore
Interventions to Reduce Hospital-Associated Infections: Comparative Efforts at One HMORN Site and a Local Veterans Affairs Facility
John E. Zeber, Laurel A. Copeland, Chetan Jinadatha, Eileen M. Stock, Karen Brust, and John K. Midturi
Rapid, Active Surveillance for Medically Attended Acute Gastroenteritis and Norovirus Infection in a Managed Care Environment
Mark A. Schmidt, Allison L. Naleway, Elizabeth J. Esterberg, Emilio E. DeBess, Christianne Biggs, and Aron J. Hall
