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The Balanced Opioid Initiative
Rates of opioid prescribing tripled in the USA between 1999 and 2015 and were associated with significant increases in opioid…
Investigating lupus retention in care to inform interventions for disparities reduction: an observational cohort study
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that disproportionately impacts young women, patients of color, and the socioeconomically disadvantaged,…
The Importance of Health Insurance Claims Data in Creating Learning Health Systems: Evaluating Care for High-Need High-Cost Patients Using the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORNet)
Case management programs for high-need high-cost patients are spreading rapidly among health systems. PCORNet has substantial potential to support learning…
Small-Group, Community-Member Intervention for Urinary and Bowel Incontinence: A Randomized Controlled Trial
More than 60% of older U.S. women suffer from urinary incontinence, bowel incontinence, or both, the annual cost of which…
Anxiety and Hypertension: Is There a Link? A Literature Review of the Comorbidity Relationship Between Anxiety and Hypertension
There is increasing evidence of a positive association between comorbid anxiety and hypertension. This contemporaneous review by HIP Investigator, Dr.…
Rationale and study design of the MyHEART study: A young adult hypertension self-management randomized controlled trial
To address the unmet need in hypertensive care for young adults, we developed MyHEART (My Hypertension Education And Reaching Target),…
Variability in care management programs in Medicare ACOs
In this study co-authored by Dr. Maureen Smith and Peter Nordby, investigators surveyed medical directors and clinical leaders in 15 care management…
Sociodemographics and hypertension control among young adults
Young adults ages 18-39 have low hypertension control rates compared to young adults. Using electronic health record data, Dr. Heather Johnson et…
Risk prediction for heterogeneous populations with application to hospital admission prediction
There is an increasing need to model risk for large hospital and health care systems that provide services to diverse…
Frequency and predictors of communication about high blood pressure in RA visits
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a heightened risk of cardiovascular disease. Dr. Christie Bartels et al. conducted a retrospective cohort study…