This collection showcases the journal articles and other publications and presentations written by Meyers faculty.
Publications from 2010
Patients and providers view gout differently: a qualitative study, Leslie R. Harrold, Kathleen M. Mazor, Sarah J. Velten, Ira S. Ockene, and Robert A. Yood
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Abir O. Kanaan, Ahmed Fatouh, and George Abraham
Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Abir O. Kanaan, Katherine Tromp, and George Abraham
Race and colorectal cancer disparities: health-care utilization vs different cancer susceptibilities, Adeyinka O. Laiyemo, Chyke A. Doubeni, Paul F. Pinsky, V. Paul Doria-Rose, Robert Bresalier, Lois E. Lamerato, E. David Crawford, Paul Kvale, Mona N. Fouad, Thomas Hickey, Thomas Riley, Joel Weissfeld, Robert E. Schoen, Pamela M. Marcus, Philip C. Prorok, and Christine D. Berg
Lessons learned from a collaborative to improve care for patients with diabetes in 17 community health centers, Massachusetts, 2006, Celeste A. Lemay, Brianne M. Beagan, Warren J. Ferguson, and J. Lee Hargraves
A qualitative study of the meaning of fatherhood among young urban fathers, Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne B. Cashman, Dianne S. Elfenbein, and Marianne E. Felice
Satisfaction with dental case management among people living with HIV/AIDS, Celeste A. Lemay, Myrtise Kretsedemas, and John R. Graves
The dietary quality of persons with heart failure in NHANES 1999-2006, Stephenie C. Lemon, Barbara C. Olendzki, Robert P. Magner, Wenjun Li, Annie L. Culver, Ira S. Ockene, and Robert J. Goldberg
Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and mortality: NIH-AARP diet and health study, Jacqueline M. Major, Chyke A. Doubeni, Neal D. Freedman, Yikyung Park, Min Lian, Albert R. Hollenbeck, Arthur Schatzkin, Barry I. Graubard, and Rashmi Sinha
Media messages about cancer: what do people understand, Kathleen M. Mazor, Josephine Calvi, Rebecca Cowan, Mary E. Costanza, Paul K. J. Han, Sarah M. Greene, Laura Saccoccio, Erica Cove, Douglas W. Roblin, and Andrew Williams
Parents' perceptions of medical errors, Kathleen M. Mazor, Sarah L. Goff, Katherine S. Dodd, Sarah J. Velten, and Kathleen E. Walsh
Older women's views about prescription osteoporosis medication: a cross-sectional, qualitative study, Kathleen M. Mazor, Sarah J. Velten, Susan E. Andrade, and Robert A. Yood
Attitudes and behavior of peripheral arterial disease patients toward influencing their physician's prescription of cholesterol-lowering medication, Mary McGrae McDermott, Kathleen M. Mazor, George W. Reed, Sherry L. Pagoto, Rex Graff, Philip A. Merriam, Melina Kibbe, Philip Greenland, Judith K. Ockene, Barbara C. Olendzki, Huimin Tao, and Ira S. Ockene
Healthcare information technology interventions to improve cardiovascular and diabetes medication adherence, Alexander S. Misono, Sarah L. Cutrona, Niteesh K. Choudhry, Michael A. Fischer, Margaret R. Stedman, Joshua N. Liberman, Troyen Brennan, Sachin H. Jain, and William H. Shrank
Age and sex differences, and changing trends, in the use of evidence-based therapies in acute coronary syndromes: perspectives from a multinational registry., Hoa L. Nguyen, Robert J. Goldberg, Joel M. Gore, Keith A. A. Fox, Kim A. Eagle, Enrique P. Gurfinkel, Frederick A. Spencer, George W. Reed Ph.D., Ann L. Quill, and Frederick A. Anderson Jr.
Age and Sex Differences and 20-Year Trends (1986 to 2005) in Prehospital Delay in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Hoa L. Nguyen, Joel M. Gore, Jane S. Saczynski, Jorge L. Yarzebski, George W. Reed, Frederick A. Spencer, and Robert J. Goldberg
Age and sex differences in duration of prehospital delay in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review., Hoa L. Nguyen, Jane S. Saczynski, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg
Depressive symptoms and risk of dementia: The Framingham Heart Study, Jane S. Saczynski, Alexa Beiser, Sudha Seshadri, S. Auerbach, P. A. Wolf, and R. Au
Declining length of stay for patients hospitalized with AMI: impact on mortality and readmissions, Jane S. Saczynski, Darleen M. Lessard, Frederick A. Spencer, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Joel M. Gore, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Robert J. Goldberg
Management and outcomes of renal disease and acute myocardial infarction, Paul A. Santolucito, Dennis A. Tighe, David D. McManus, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Darleen M. Lessard, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg
One system for electronic health records, Barry G. Saver
Correlation of inhibition of platelet aggregation after clopidogrel with post discharge bleeding events: assessment by different bleeding classifications, Victor Serebruany, Sunil V. Rao, Matthew A. Silva, Jennifer L. Donovan, Abir O. Kanaan, Leonid Makarov, Shinya Goto, and Dan Atar
Accuracy assessment of pharmacogenetically predictive warfarin dosing algorithms in patients of an academic medical center anticoagulation clinic, Paul B. Shaw, Jennifer L. Donovan, Maichi T. Tran, Stephenie C. Lemon, Pamela Burgwinkle, and Joel M. Gore
A population-based study of inferior vena cava filters in patients with acute venous thromboembolism, Frederick A. Spencer, Shannon M. Bates, Robert J. Goldberg, Darleen M. Lessard, Cathy Emery, Alla Glushchenko, Joel M. Gore, and Richard H. White
Factors associated with adverse outcomes in outpatients presenting with pulmonary embolism: the Worcester Venous Thromboembolism Study, Frederick A. Spencer, Robert J. Goldberg, Darleen M. Lessard, George W. Reed, Cathy Emery, Joel M. Gore, Luigi Pacifico, and Jeff I. Weitz
Delay to reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction presenting to acute care hospitals: an international perspective, Frederick A. Spencer, Gilles Montalescot, Keith A. A. Fox, Shaun G. Goodman, Christopher B. Granger, Robert J. Goldberg, Gustavo B.F. Oliveira, Frederick A. Anderson, Kim A. Eagle, Gordon Fitzgerald, and Joel M. Gore
The family-centered medical home: specific considerations for child health research and policy, Christopher J. Stille, Renee M. Turchi, Richard Antonelli, Michael D. Cabana, Tina L. Cheng, Danielle Laraque, and James Perrin
Cardiology Drug Guide 2010, Dennis A. Tighe, Maichi T. Tran, Jennifer L. Donovan, and James R. Cook
Disparities in combination drug therapy use in older adults with coronary heart disease: a cross-sectional time-series in a nationally representative US sample, Jennifer Tjia, Becky A. Briesacher, Dawei Xie, Jason Fu, and Robert J. Goldberg
Development and pilot testing of guidelines to monitor high-risk medications in the ambulatory setting, Jennifer Tjia, Terry S. Field, Lawrence D. Garber, Jennifer L. Donovan, Abir O. Kanaan, Marsha A. Raebel, Yanfang Zhao, Jackie C. Fuller, Shawn J. Gagne, Shira H. Fischer, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Daily medication use in nursing home residents with advanced dementia, Jennifer Tjia, Margaret R. Rothman, Dan K. Kiely, Michele L. Shaffer, Holly M. Holmes, Greg A. Sachs, and Susan L. Mitchell
Progress in paediatric electronic prescribing: good, better, best, Kathleen E. Walsh
Correlates of weight patterns during middle age characterized by functional principal components analysis, Molly E. Waring, Charles B. Eaton, Thomas M. Lasater, and Kate L. Lapane
Incident diabetes in relation to weight patterns during middle age, Molly E. Waring, Charles B. Eaton, Thomas M. Lasater, and Kate L. Lapane
Bone density consequences of initiation and compliance with therapy for osteoporosis, Robert A. Yood, Susan E. Andrade, Kathleen M. Mazor, Hassan Fouayzi, Wing Chan, and Kristijan H. Kahler
Multiple imputation for estimating the risk of developing dementia and its impact on survival, Binbing Yu, Jane S. Saczynski, and Lenore J. Launer
Using standardized patients to assess professionalism: a generalizability study, Mary L. Zanetti, Lisa Keller, Kathleen M. Mazor, Michele M. Carlin, Eric J. Alper, David S. Hatem, Wendy L. Gammon, and Michele P. Pugnaire
Publications from 2009
Potential misinterpretations caused by collapsing upper categories of comorbidity indices: An illustration from a cohort of older breast cancer survivors, Thomas P. Ahern, Jaclyn L. F. Bosco, Rebecca A. Silliman, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Terry S. Field, Feifei Wei, and Timothy L. Lash
Patient safety education at U.S. and Canadian medical schools: results from the 2006 Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine survey, Eric J. Alper, Eric I. Rosenberg, Kevin E. O'Brien, Melissa A. Fischer, and Steven J. Durning
Antidepressant medication use and risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, Susan E. Andrade, Heather McPhillips, David Loren, Marsha A. Raebel, Kimberly Lane, James Livingston, Denise M. Boudreau, David H. Smith, Robert L. Davis, Mary E. Willy, and Richard Platt
Effects of review on medical students' recall of different types of neuroanatomical content, Susan Billings-Gagliardi and Kathleen M. Mazor
Medication adherence and use of generic drug therapies, Becky A. Briesacher, Susan E. Andrade, Hassan Fouayzi, and K. Arnold Chan
Pay-for-performance in nursing homes., Becky A. Briesacher, Terry S. Field, Joann L. Baril, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
A new measure of medication affordability, Becky A. Briesacher, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Alyce S. Adams, Anita K. Wagner, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Stephen B. Soumerai
Nursing Home Residents and Enrollment in Medicare Part D., Becky A. Briesacher, Stephen B. Soumerai, Terry S. Field, Hassan Fouayzi, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Early adverse drug event signal detection within population-based health networks using sequential methods: key methodologic considerations., Jeffrey S. Brown, Martin Kulldorff, Kenneth R. Petronis, Robert Reynolds, K. Arnold Chan, Robert L Davis, David J. Graham, Susan E. Andrade, Marsha A. Raebel, Lisa J. Herrinton, Douglas W. Roblin, Denise M. Boudreau, David H. Smith, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Margaret J. Gunter, and Richard Platt
Rare manifestations of Churg-Strauss syndrome: coronary artery vasospasm, temporal artery vasculitis, and reversible monocular blindness-a case report, Irina Buhaescu, Alice Williams, and Robert A. Yood
Referral, Receipt, and Completion of Chemotherapy in Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Older Than 65 Years and at High Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence., Diana S. M. Buist, Jessica Chubak, Marianne N. Prout, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Jaclyn L. F. Bosco, Soe Soe Thwin, Heather Taffet Gold, Cynthia Owusu, Terry S. Field, Virginia P. Quinn, Feifei Wei, and Rebecca A. Silliman
Exploring the effects of an "everyday" activity program on executive function and memory in older adults: Experience Corps, Michelle C. Carlson, Jane S. Saczynski, George W. Rebok, Teresa E. Seeman, Thomas A. Glass, Sylvia McGill, James Tielsch, Kevin D. Frick, Joel Hill, and Linda P. Fried
Obesity surgery and diabetes: does a chance to cut mean a chance to cure, Stuart R. Chipkin and Robert J. Goldberg
Socioeconomic and racial patterns of colorectal cancer screening among Medicare enrollees in 2000 to 2005, Chyke A. Doubeni, Adeyinka O. Laiyemo, George W. Reed, Terry S. Field, and Robert H. Fletcher
Perceived accessibility of cigarettes among youth: a prospective cohort study, Chyke A. Doubeni, Wenjun Li, Hassan Fouayzi, and Joseph R. DiFranza
Computerized Clinical Decision Support During Medication Ordering for Long-term Care Residents with Renal Insufficiency., Terry S. Field, Paula A. Rochon, Monica Lee, Linda Gavendo, Joann L. Baril, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Prescribers and pharmaceutical representatives: why are we still meeting?, Melissa A. Fischer, Mary Ellen Keough, Joann L. Baril, Laura Saccoccio, Kathleen M. Mazor, Elissa Ladd, Ann Von Worley, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Body mass index, treatment practices, and mortality in patients with acute heart failure, Timothy P. Fitzgibbons, Olga T. Hardy, Darleen M. Lessard, Joel M. Gore, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Robert J. Goldberg
A 30-year perspective (1975-2005) into the changing landscape of patients hospitalized with initial acute myocardial infarction: Worcester Heart Attack Study, Kevin C. Floyd, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Frederick A. Spencer, Darleen M. Lessard, James E. Dalen, Joseph S. Alpert, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg
To the Framingham data, turn, turn, turn, Robert J. Goldberg
Epidemiology of decompensated heart failure in a single community in the northeastern United States, Robert J. Goldberg, Chad E. Darling, Bernard Joseph, Jane S. Saczynski, Marcello Chinali, Darleen M. Lessard, Steven Pezzella, and Frederick A. Spencer
Prehospital Delay in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes (from the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events [GRACE]), Robert J. Goldberg, Frederick A. Spencer, Keith A. A. Fox, David Brieger, Phillippe Gabriel Steg, Enrique P. Gurfinkel, Rebecca Dedrick, and Joel M. Gore
Thirty-year trends (1975 to 2005) in the magnitude of, management of, and hospital death rates associated with cardiogenic shock in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective, Robert J. Goldberg, Frederick A. Spencer, Joel M. Gore, Darleen M. Lessard, and Jorge L. Yarzebski
Delayed radiotherapy for breast cancer patients in integrated delivery systems, Heather Taffet Gold, Soe Soe Thwin, Diana S. M. Buist, Terry S. Field, Feifei Wei, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Timothy L. Lash, Virginia P. Quinn, Ann M. Geiger, and Rebecca A. Silliman
The expanded Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events: Baseline characteristics, management practices, and hospital outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes, Shaun G. Goodman, Wei Huang, Andrew T. Yan, Andrzej Budaj, Brian M. Kennelly, Joel M. Gore, Keith A. A. Fox, Robert J. Goldberg, Frederick A. Anderson, and Expanded Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE2) Investigators
Evaluation of composite measures of treatment response without acute-phase reactants in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, Jeffrey D. Greenberg, Leslie R. Harrold, Mary Jane Bentley, Joel Kremer, George W. Reed, and Vibeke Strand
Can anticoagulation care be improved with technology?, Jerry H. Gurwitz
Medication adherence of patients with selected rheumatic conditions: a systematic review of the literature, Leslie R. Harrold and Susan E. Andrade
Adherence with urate-lowering therapies for the treatment of gout, Leslie R. Harrold, Susan E. Andrade, Becky A. Briesacher, Marsha A. Raebel, Hassan Fouayzi, Robert A. Yood, and Ira S. Ockene
Use of beta-blockers and effects on heart rate and blood pressure post-acute coronary syndromes: are we on target, Michael Herman, Jennifer Donovan, Maichi Tran, Brigid McKenna, Joel M. Gore, Robert J. Goldberg, and Dennis A. Tighe
Trends in the use of echocardiography and left ventriculography to assess left ventricular ejection fraction in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, Samuel W. Joffe, Armen Chalian, Dennis A. Tighe, Gerard P. Aurigemma, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Darleen M. Lessard, and Robert J. Goldberg
Are ejection fraction measurements by echocardiography and left ventriculography equivalent, Samuel W. Joffe, Jarrod Ferrara, Armen Chalian, Dennis A. Tighe, Gerard P. Aurigemma, and Robert J. Goldberg
Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Review of Pharmacotherapy, Abir O. Kanaan and A. Samer Al-Homsi
Eating and Nutrition, Neal S. LeLeiko and Sarah L. Cutrona
Infant Feeding, Neal S. LeLeiko and Sarah L. Cutrona
Malnutrition, Neal S. LeLeiko and Sarah L. Cutrona
Abdominal obesity and peripheral vascular disease in men and women: a comparison of waist-to-thigh ratio and waist circumference as measures of abdominal obesity, Bing Lu, Jing Zhou, Molly E. Waring, Donna R. Parker, and Charles B. Eaton
A qualitative study of consumers' views on public reporting of health care-associated infections, Kathleen M. Mazor and Katherine S. Dodd
Communicating hospital infection data to the public: a study of consumer responses and preferences, Kathleen M. Mazor, Katherine S. Dodd, and Laureen Kunches
Understanding patients' perceptions of medical errors, Kathleen M. Mazor, Sarah L. Goff, Katherine S. Dodd, and Eric J. Alper
Cluster randomized trials to study the comparative effectiveness of therapeutics: stakeholders' concerns and recommendations., Kathleen M. Mazor, James E. Sabin, Sarah L. Goff, David H. Smith, Sharon J. Rolnick, Douglas W. Roblin, Marsha A. Raebel, Lisa J. Herrinton, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Denise M. Boudreau, Vanessa Meterko, Katherine S. Dodd, and Richard Platt
New workforce, practice, and payment reforms essential for improving access to pediatric subspecialty care within the medical home, Margaret McManus, Harriette Fox, Stephanie Limb, Polly Arango, Peter Armstrong, Richard Azizkhan, Richard Behrman, Russell Chesney, Atul Grover, Vidya Bhushan Gupta, Ethan Jewett, M. Douglas Jones Jr., Wun Jung Kim, John Lewy, Donald Lighter, Holly Mulvey, Richard Pan, Robert Schwartz, Calvin Sia, Christopher J. Stille, James Stockman, Vera Tait, Thomas Tonniges, and Peters Willson
A new measure of the cognitive, metacognitive, and experiential aspects of residents' learning, Rudolph Mitchell, Martha Regan-Smith, Melissa A. Fischer, Isabella Knox, and David R. Lambert
Ventricular dilation: association with gait and cognition, Walter M. Palm, Jane S. Saczynski, J. van der Grond, Sigurdur Sigurdsson, Olafur Kjartansson, Palmi V. Jonsson, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Vilmundur Gudnason, Faiza Admiraal-Behloul, Lenore J. Launer, and Mark A. van Buchem
Clinical features, treatment practices, and hospital and long-term outcomes of older patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure: The Worcester Heart Failure Study, Jane S. Saczynski, Chad E. Darling, Frederick A. Spencer, Darleen M. Lessard, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg
Trends in atrial fibrillation complicating acute myocardial infarction, Jane S. Saczynski, David D. McManus, Zheng Zhou, Frederick A. Spencer, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Darleen M. Lessard, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg
Glycemic status and brain injury in older individuals: the age gene/environment susceptibility-Reykjavik study, Jane S. Saczynski, Sigurdur Siggurdsson, Palmi V. Jonsson, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Elin Olafsdottir, Olafur Kjartansson, Tamara B. Harris, Mark A. van Buchem, Vilmundur Gudnason, and Lenore J. Launer
Cerebral infarcts and cognitive performance: importance of location and number of infarcts, Jane S. Saczynski, Sigurdur Sigurdsson, Maria K. Jonsdottir, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Palmi V. Jonsson, Melissa E. Garcia, Olafur Kjartansson, Oscar Lopez, Mark A. van Buchem, Vilmundur Gudnason, and Lenore J. Launer
Racial disparities in diabetes and physicians: lack of association does not indicate cause or cure, Barry G. Saver
No pain, but no gain? The disappearance of angina hospitalizations, 1992-1999, Barry G. Saver, Sharon A. Dobie, Pamela K. Green, Ching-Yun Wang, and Laura-Mae Baldwin
Incidence rates, clinical profile, and outcomes of patients with venous thromboembolism. The Worcester VTE study, Frederick A. Spencer, Cathy Emery, Samuel W. Joffe, Luigi Pacifico, Darleen M. Lessard, George W. Reed, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg
Interatrial block: correlation with P-terminal force, David H. Spodick, Vignendra Ariyarajah, and Robert J. Goldberg
Communication, comanagement, and collaborative care for children and youth with special healthcare needs, Christopher J. Stille
Building communication between professionals at children's specialty hospitals and the medical home, Christopher J. Stille, Jennifer Frantz, Lawrence C. Vogel, and Donald Lighter
Effect of socioeconomic factors on long-term mortality in men with clinically localized prostate cancer., Ashutosh K. Tewari, Heather Taffet Gold, Raymond Y. Demers, Christine Cole Johnson, Rajiv Yadav, Edward H. Wagner, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Terry S. Field, George Divine, and Mani Menon
Nursing time devoted to medication administration in long-term care: clinical, safety, and resource implications., Mary S. Thomson, Andrea Gruneir, Monica Lee, Joann L. Baril, Terry S. Field, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Paula A. Rochon
Medication discrepancies upon hospital to skilled nursing facility transitions, Jennifer Tjia, Alice F. Bonner, Becky A. Briesacher, Sarah M. McGee, Eileen F. Terrill, and Kathleen H. Miller
Nurse-physician communication in the long-term care setting: perceived barriers and impact on patient safety, Jennifer Tjia, Kathleen M. Mazor, Terry S. Field, Vanessa Meterko, Ann Spenard, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Traffic particles and occurrence of acute myocardial infarction: a case-control analysis, Cathryn Tonne, Jeffrey Yanosky, Alexandros Gryparis, Steven J. Melly, Murray A. Mittleman, Robert J. Goldberg, Stephanie von Klot, and Joel Schwartz
Elemental carbon exposure at residence and survival after acute myocardial infarction, Stephanie von Klot, Alexandros Gryparis, Cathryn Tonne, Jeffrey Yanosky, Brent A. Coull, Robert J. Goldberg, Darleen M. Lessard, Steven J. Melly, Helen H. Suh, and Joel Schwartz
Medication errors among adults and children with cancer in the outpatient setting., Kathleen E. Walsh, Katherine S. Dodd, Kala Seetharaman, Douglas W. Roblin, Lisa J. Herrinton, Ann Von Worley, G. Naheed Usmani, David Baer, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Physician quality officer: a new model for engaging physicians in quality improvement, Kathleen E. Walsh, Walter H. Ettinger, and Robert A. Klugman
The contribution of longitudinal comorbidity measurements to survival analysis, C. Y. Wang, Laura-Mae Baldwin, Barry G. Saver, Sharon A. Dobie, Pamela K. Green, Yong Cai, and Carrie N. Klabunde
