This collection showcases the journal articles and other publications and presentations written by Meyers faculty.
Publications from 2009
Documentation and management of overweight and obesity in primary care, Molly E. Waring, Mary B. Roberts, Donna R. Parker, and Charles B. Eaton
Multidecade-long trends (1986-2005) in the utilization of coronary reperfusion and revascularization treatment strategies in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective, Jared Wasser, Robert J. Goldberg, Frederick A. Spencer, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Joel M. Gore
Changing trends (1986-2003) in the use of lipid lowering medication in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction: a community-based perspective., Jorge L. Yarzebski, Edgard A. Granillo, Frederick A. Spencer, Darleen M. Lessard, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg
Pilot study of the characteristics of acute stroke events in patients discharged from the Carolina University Hospital, Puerto Rico in 2007, Juan Carlos Zevallos, Juan Gonzalez, Fernando Santiago, Rafael Rodriguez, Ada Rivera, Ana Michelle Garcia, Felixa Flecha, Marielys Colon, and Jorge L. Yarzebski
Publications from 2008
Diffusion of aromatase inhibitors for breast cancer therapy between 1996 and 2003 in the Cancer Research Network., Erin J. Aiello, Diana S. M. Buist, Edward H. Wagner, Leah Tuzzio, Sarah M. Greene, Lois E. Lamerato, Terry S. Field, Lisa J. Herrinton, Reina Haque, Gene Hart, Kimberly J. Bischoff, and Ann M. Geiger
The role of the internal medicine subinternship director in the 21st century, Meenakshy K. Aiyer, Joel Appel, Melissa A. Fischer, Matthew Fitz, T. Robert Vu, Peter Gliatto, Michelle Sweet, Heather Harrell, Cynthia Ledford, Hugo Alvarez, and Mary Ann Kuzma
The subinternship curriculum in internal medicine: a national survey of clerkship directors, Meenakshy K. Aiyer, T. Robert Vu, Cynthia Ledford, Melissa A. Fischer, and Steven J. Durning
Outpatient use of cardiovascular drugs during pregnancy, Susan E. Andrade, Marsha A. Raebel, Jeffrey S. Brown, Kimberly Lane, James Livingston, Denise M. Boudreau, Sharon J. Rolnick, Douglas W. Roblin, David H. Smith, Gerald J. Dal Pan, Pamela E. Scott, and Richard Platt
Use of antidepressant medications during pregnancy: a multisite study, Susan E. Andrade, Marsha A. Raebel, Jeffrey S. Brown, Kimberly Lane, James Livingston, Denise M. Boudreau, Sharon J. Rolnick, Douglas W. Roblin, David H. Smith, Mary E. Willy, Judy A. Staffa, and Richard Platt
Care coordination for children and youth with special health care needs: a descriptive, multisite study of activities, personnel costs, and outcomes, Richard C. Antonelli, Christopher J. Stille, and Donna M. Antonelli
Magnitude and prognosis associated with ventricular arrhythmias in patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes (from the GRACE Registry), Alvaro Avezum, Leopoldo S. Piegas, Robert J. Goldberg, David Brieger, Martin K. Stiles, Richard Paolini, Wei Huang, and Joel M. Gore
Comparison of drug adherence rates among patients with seven different medical conditions, Becky A. Briesacher, Susan E. Andrade, Hassan Fouayzi, and K. Arnold Chan
Can pay-for-performance take nursing home care to the next level?, Becky A. Briesacher, Terry S. Field, Joann L. Baril, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Early loss of HIV-infected patients on potent antiretroviral therapy programmes in lower-income countries, Martin W. G. Brinkhof, Francios Dabis, Landon Myer, David R. Bangsberg, Andrew Boulle, Denis Nash, Mauro Schechter, Christian Laurent, Olivia Keiser, Margaret May, Eduardo Sprinz, Matthias Egger, and Xavier Anglaret
Impact of do-not-resuscitation orders on quality of care performance measures in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure, Joline L.T. Chen, Jonathan Sosnov, Darleen M. Lessard, and Robert J. Goldberg
Systemic antibiotics and tooth loss in periodontal disease, Joana Cunha-Cruz, Philippe P. Hujoel, Gerardo Maupome, and Barry G. Saver
Free drug samples in the United States: characteristics of pediatric recipients and safety concerns, Sarah L. Cutrona, Steffie Woolhandler, Karen E. Lasser, David H. Bor, David U. Himmelstein, William H. Shrank, and Neal S. LeLeiko
Characteristics of recipients of free prescription drug samples: a nationally representative analysis, Sarah L. Cutrona, Steffie Woolhandler, Karen E. Lasser, David H. Bor, Danny McCormick, and David U. Himmelstein
Risk of congenital malformations among infants exposed to antidepressants during pregnancy, Robert L. Davis, Susan E. Andrade, and Richard Platt
Comparison of 3 methods for identifying dietary patterns associated with risk of disease, Julia R. DiBello, Peter Kraft, Stephen T. McGarvey, Robert J. Goldberg, Hannia Campos, and Ana Baylin
Perceived accessibility as a predictor of youth smoking, Chyke A. Doubeni, Wenjun Li, Hassan Fouayzi, and Joseph R. DiFranza
Pneumonia, William J. Durbin Jr. and Christopher J. Stille
Under utilization of surveillance mammography among older breast cancer survivors., Terry S. Field, Chyke A. Doubeni, Matthew P. Fox, Diana S. M. Buist, Feifei Wei, Ann M. Geiger, Virginia P. Quinn, Timothy L. Lash, Marianne N. Prout, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Floyd J. Frost, and Rebecca A. Silliman
Costs associated with developing and implementing a computerized clinical decision support system for medication dosing for patients with renal insufficiency in the long-term care setting, Terry S. Field, Paula A. Rochon, Monica Lee, Linda Gavendo, Sujha Subramanian, Sonja Hoover, Joann L. Baril, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Impact of a 16-community trial to promote judicious antibiotic use in Massachusetts, Jonathan A. Finkelstein, Susan S. Huang, Kenneth P. Kleinman, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Christopher J. Stille, James Daniel, Nancy L. Schiff, Ron Steingard, Stephen B. Soumerai, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Donald A. Goldmann, and Richard Platt
Between two worlds: a multi-institutional qualitative analysis of students' reflections on joining the medical profession., Melissa A. Fischer, Heather E. Harrell, Heather-Lyn Haley, Adam S. Cifu, Eric J. Alper, Krista M. Johnson, and David S. Hatem
Learning patiently, Shira H. Fischer
The payer side: patient outcomes and cost, Leslie S. Fish and Bruce D. Nicholson
A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients., Phillip O. Fournier, Judith A. Savageau, and Robert A. Baldor
Survivorship research based in integrated healthcare delivery systems: the Cancer Research Network., Ann M. Geiger, Diana S. M. Buist, Sarah M. Greene, Andrea Altschuler, and Terry S. Field
The Cardiovascular Research Network: a new paradigm for cardiovascular quality and outcomes research, Alan S. Go, David J. Magid, Barbara Wells, Sue Hee Sung, Andrea E. Cassidy-Bushrow, Robert T. Greenlee, Robert D. Langer, Tracy A. Lieu, Karen L. Margolis, Frederick A. Masoudi, Catherine J. McNeal, Glen H. Murata, Katherine M. Newton, Rachel Novotny, Kristi Reynolds, Douglas W. Roblin, David H. Smith, Suma Vupputuri, Robert E. White, Jean Olson, John S. Rumsfeld, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Comparative effectiveness of different beta-adrenergic antagonists on mortality among adults with heart failure in clinical practice., Alan S. Go, Jingrong Yang, Jerry H. Gurwitz, John Hsu, Kimberly Lane, and Richard Platt
Administrative data used to identify patients with irritable bowel syndrome., Sarah L. Goff, Andrew Feld, Susan E. Andrade, Lisa Mahoney, Sarah J. Beaton, Denise M. Boudreau, Robert L. Davis, Michael J. Goodman, Cynthia L. Hartsfield, Richard Platt, Douglas W. Roblin, David H. Smith, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Katherine S. Dodd, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Patients' beliefs and preferences regarding doctors' medication recommendations, Sarah L. Goff, Kathleen M. Mazor, Vanessa Meterko, Katherine S. Dodd, and James E. Sabin
Delays in seeking medical care in hospitalized patients with decompensated heart failure, Robert J. Goldberg, Jordan H. Goldberg, Sean Pruell, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Darleen M. Lessard, Frederick A. Spencer, and Joel M. Gore
Therapies for acute heart failure in patients with reduced kidney function: a community-based perspective, Robert J. Goldberg, Rovshan M. Ismailov, Vishnu Patlolla, Darleen M. Lessard, and Frederick A. Spencer
Prehospital transport of patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective, Robert J. Goldberg, Daniel G. Kramer, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Darleen M. Lessard, and Joel M. Gore
Long-term trends (1986-2003) in the use of coronary reperfusion strategies in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction in central Massachusetts, Robert J. Goldberg, Frederick A. Spencer, Joseph Okolo, Darleen M. Lessard, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Joel M. Gore
Thirty-year trends (1975-2005) in the magnitude, patient characteristics, and hospital outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular fibrillation, Robert J. Goldberg, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Frederick A. Spencer, Juan Carlos Zevallos, Darleen M. Lessard, and Joel M. Gore
Effect of computerized provider order entry with clinical decision support on adverse drug events in the long-term care setting., Jerry H. Gurwitz, Terry S. Field, Paula A. Rochon, James Judge, Leslie R. Harrold, Chaim M. Bell, Monica Lee, Kathleen White, Jane LaPrino, Janet Erramuspe-Mainard, Martin DeFlorio, Linda Gavendo, Joann L. Baril, George W. Reed, and David W. Bates
Polyarteritis nodosa presenting as pancytopenia: case report and review of the literature, Leslie R. Harrold and Nancy Y. N. Liu
Identification of patients with arthritis and arthritis-related functional limitation using administrative data., Leslie R. Harrold, Wenjun Li, Robert A. Yood, Jackie C. Fuller, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Applying patient perspectives on caring to curriculum development, David S. Hatem, Kathleen M. Mazor, Melissa A. Fischer, Mary Philbin, and Mark E. Quirk
Long-term use of medications and destructive periodontal disease, Philippe P. Hujoel, Joana Cunha-Cruz, Gerardo Maupome, and Barry G. Saver
Trends in Pharmaceutical Expenditures: The Impact on Drug Benefit Design, Joanne LaFleur, Leslie S. Fish, and Diana I. Brixner
Older patients' perceptions of medication importance and worth: an exploratory pilot study, Denys T. Lau, Becky A. Briesacher, Nathaniel D. Mercaldo, Leslie Halpern, E. Charles Osterberg, Mary Jarzebowski, June M. McKoy, and Kathleen M. Mazor
Diagnostic E-codes for commonly used, narrow therapeutic index medications poorly predict adverse drug events, Charles E. Leonard, Kevin Haynes, A. Russell Localio, Sean Hennessy, Jennifer Tjia, Abigail Cohen, Stephen E. Kimmel, Harold I. Feldman, and Joshua P. Metlay
Cost-related medication nonadherence and spending on basic needs following implementation of Medicare Part D., Jeanne M. Madden, Amy J. Graves, Fang Zhang, Alyce S. Adams, Becky A. Briesacher, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Marsha Pierre-Jacques, Dana Gelb Safran, Gerald S. Adler, and Stephen B. Soumerai
Creating a research data network for cardiovascular disease: the CVRN., David J. Magid, Jerry H. Gurwitz, John S. Rumsfeld, and Alan S. Go
Collecting validity evidence for an assessment of professionalism: findings from think-aloud interviews, Kathleen M. Mazor, Colleen Canavan, Margaret Farrell, Melissa J. Margolis, and Brian E. Clauser
Initial acceptance of treatment with antihypertensive medication: The importance of communication, trust and beliefs, Kathleen M. Mazor, Melissa A. Fischer, and Susan Billings-Gagliardi
Improving transition from pediatric to adult cystic fibrosis care: lessons from a national survey of current practices, Suzanne Elizabeth McLaughlin, Marie Diener-West, Alka Indurkhya, Haya Rubin, Rebekah Heckmann, and Michael Patrick Boyle
Residential exposure to traffic-related air pollution and survival after heart failure, Mercedes Medina-Ramón, Robert J. Goldberg, Steven J. Melly, Murray A. Mittleman, and Joel Schwartz
Hormone therapy initiation after the Women's Health Initiative, Katherine M. Newton, Diana S. M. Buist, Onchee Yu, Cynthia L. Hartsfield, Susan E. Andrade, Feifei Wei, Maureen T. Connelly, and K. Arnold Chan
Thirty-year trends (1975-2005) in the magnitude and hospital death rates associated with complete heart block in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective, Hoa L. Nguyen, Darleen M. Lessard, Frederick A. Spencer, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Juan Carlos Zevallos, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg
Predictors of tamoxifen discontinuation among older women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer., Cynthia Owusu, Diana S. M. Buist, Terry S. Field, Timothy L. Lash, Soe Soe Thwin, Ann M. Geiger, Virginia P. Quinn, Floyd J. Frost, Marianne N. Prout, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Feifei Wei, and Rebecca A. Silliman
Reliability of new measures of cost-related medication nonadherence, Marsha Pierre-Jacques, Dana Gelb Safran, Fang Zhang, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Alyce S. Adams, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Donna Rusinak, and Stephen B. Soumerai
How patients perceive a doctor's caring attitude, Mark E. Quirk, Kathleen M. Mazor, Heather-Lyn Haley, Mary Philbin, Melissa A. Fischer, Kate Sullivan, and David S. Hatem
Antipsychotic therapy and short-term serious events in older adults with dementia., Paula A. Rochon, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Tara Gomes, Sudeep S. Gill, Geoffrey M. Anderson, Magda Melo, Kathy Sykora, Lorraine Lipscombe, Chaim M. Bell, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Comparing drug effectiveness at health plans: the ethics of cluster randomized trials, James E. Sabin, Kathleen M. Mazor, Vanessa Meterko, Sarah L. Goff, and Richard Platt
Cognitive impairment: an increasingly important complication of type 2 diabetes: the age, gene/environment susceptibility--Reykjavik study, Jane S. Saczynski, Maria K. Jonsdottir, Melissa E. Garcia, Palmi V. Jonsson, Rita Peila, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Elin Olafsdottir, Tamara B. Harris, Vilmundur Gudnason, and Lenore J. Launer
White matter lesions and cognitive performance: the role of cognitively complex leisure activity, Jane S. Saczynski, Maria K. Jonsdottir, Sigurdur Sigurdsson, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Palmi V. Jonsson, Melissa E. Garcia, Olafur Kjartansson, Mark A. van Buchem, Vilmundur Gudnason, and Lenore J. Launer
Twenty-year trends in the incidence of stroke complicating acute myocardial infarction: Worcester Heart Attack Study., Jane S. Saczynski, Frederick A. Spencer, Joel M. Gore, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Darleen M. Lessard, and Robert J. Goldberg
Trends in prehospital delay in patients with acute myocardial infarction (from the Worcester Heart Attack Study)., Jane S. Saczynski, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Darleen M. Lessard, Frederick A. Spencer, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg
Changing trends in the evaluation of ejection fraction in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction: the Worcester Heart Attack Study, Paul A. Santolucito, Dennis A. Tighe, Darleen M. Lessard, Rovshan M. Ismailov, Joel M. Gore, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Robert J. Goldberg
Retrospective evaluation of a computerized physician order entry adaptation to prevent prescribing errors in a pediatric emergency department, Brian E. Sard, Kathleen E. Walsh, Gheorghe Doros, Megan Hannon, Wayne Moschetti, and Howard Bauchner
Healthcare preferences among lesbians: a focus group analysis, Margaret R. Seaver, Karen M. Freund, Leslie M. Wright, Jennifer Tjia, and Susan M. Frayne
The Roles of Health Professionals in Postconflict Situations, Susannah Sirkin, Susanna Facci Cali, and Mary Ellen Keough
Cardiology clinical trial participation in community-based healthcare systems: obstacles and opportunities, Carol Somkin, Andrea Altschuler, Lynn Ackerson, Dennis Tolsma, Sharon J. Rolnick, Robert A. Yood, W. Douglas Weaver, Ann Von Worley, Mark C. Hornbrook, David J. Magid, and Alan S. Go
Patient outcomes after deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: the Worcester Venous Thromboembolism Study, Frederick A. Spencer, Joel M. Gore, Darleen M. Lessard, James D. Douketis, Cathy Emery, and Robert J. Goldberg
Venous thromboembolism in the elderly. A community-based perspective., Frederick A. Spencer, Joel M. Gore, Darleen M. Lessard, Cathy Emery, Luigi Pacifico, George W. Reed, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Robert J. Goldberg
Physician responses to a community-level trial promoting judicious antibiotic use, Christopher J. Stille, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Ken P. Kleinman, Jamie B. Kotch, and Jonathan A. Finkelstein
Prescription drug benefits and use of guideline recommended medications by elderly Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes mellitus, Jennifer Tjia and Becky A. Briesacher
Medicare beneficiaries and free prescription drug samples: a national survey., Jennifer Tjia, Becky A. Briesacher, Stephen B. Soumerai, Marsha Pierre-Jacques, Fang Zhang, Dennis Ross-Degnan, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Interest in breast cancer chemoprevention among older women, Jennifer Tjia, Ellyn Micco, and Katrina Armstrong
Medical abbreviations: writing little and communicating less., Kathleen E. Walsh and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Effect of computer order entry on prevention of serious medication errors in hospitalized children, Kathleen E. Walsh, Christopher P. Landrigan, William G. Adams, Robert J. Vinci, John B. Chessare, Maureen R. Cooper, Pamela M. Hebert, Elisabeth G. Schainker, Thomas J. McLaughlin, and Howard C. Bauchner
Using Home Visits to Understand Medication Errors in Children, Kathleen E. Walsh, Christopher J. Stille, Kathleen M. Mazor, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Alzheimer's disease: epidemiology, genetics, and beyond, Xiao-Ping Wang and Hongliu Ding
Waits to see an emergency department physician: U.S. trends and predictors, 1997-2004, Andrew P. Wilper, Steffie Woolhandler, Karen E. Lasser, Danny McCormick, Sarah L. Cutrona, David H. Bor, and David U. Himmelstein
The effect of computerized physician order entry with clinical decision support on the rates of adverse drug events: a systematic review., Jesse I. Wolfstadt, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Terry S. Field, Monica Lee, Sunila Kalkar, Wei Wu, and Paula A. Rochon
Is coronary artery disease a multifactorial inherited disorder with a sex-influenced trait, Changsheng Yang, Xiao-Ping Wang, and Hongliu Ding
Mortality impact of less-than-standard therapy in older breast cancer patients., Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Cynthia Owusu, Diana S. M. Buist, Ann M. Geiger, Terry S. Field, Soe Soe Thwin, Timothy L. Lash, Marianne N. Prout, Feifei Wei, Virginia P. Quinn, Floyd J. Frost, and Rebecca A. Silliman
Patient decision to initiate therapy for osteoporosis: the influence of knowledge and beliefs, Robert A. Yood, Kathleen M. Mazor, Susan E. Andrade, Srinivas Emani, Wing Chan, and Kristijan H. Kahler
Publications from 2007
Dear patient: association is not synonymous with causality, Joseph S. Alpert and Robert J. Goldberg
Depression and cost-related medication nonadherence in Medicare beneficiaries, Kara Zivin Bambauer, Dana Gelb Safran, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Fang Zhang, Alyce S. Adams, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Marsha Pierre-Jacques, and Stephen B. Soumerai
Student decisions about lecture attendance: do electronic course materials matter, Susan Billings-Gagliardi and Kathleen M. Mazor
Heart failure in the "oldest old": clinical and echocardiographic insights, Joseph L. Bouchard, Gerard P. Aurigemma, Robert J. Goldberg, John B. Fournier, Craig S. Vinch, Jeffrey C. Hill, Cynthia A. Ennis, Dennis A. Tighe, and Theo E. Meyer
U.S. medical students' knowledge about the military draft, the Geneva Conventions, and military medical ethics, J. Wesley Boyd, David U. Himmelstein, Karen E. Lasser, Danny McCormick, David H. Bor, Sarah L. Cutrona, and Steffie Woolhandler
Consequences of poor compliance with bisphosphonates, Becky A. Briesacher, Susan E. Andrade, Robert A. Yood, and Kristijan H. Kahler
Patients at-risk for cost-related medication nonadherence: a review of the literature, Becky A. Briesacher, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Stephen B. Soumerai
Early detection of adverse drug events within population-based health networks: application of sequential testing methods., Jeffrey S. Brown, Martin Kulldorff, K. Arnold Chan, Robert L. Davis, David J. Graham, Parker T. Pettus, 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
Receipt of appropriate primary breast cancer therapy and adjuvant therapy are not associated with obesity in older women with access to health care., Diana S. M. Buist, Laura Ichikawa, Marianne N. Prout, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Terry S. Field, Cynthia Owusu, Ann M. Geiger, Virginia P. Quinn, Feifei Wei, and Rebecca A. Silliman
Symptom presentation of women with acute coronary syndromes: myth vs reality, John G. Canto, Robert J. Goldberg, Mary M. Hand, Robert O. Bonow, George Sopko, Carl J. Pepine, and Terry Long
Incorporating Reflective Writing into the Clerkship, Adam S. Cifu, Melissa A. Fischer, Heather E. Harrell, and Eric J. Alper
The Revised Observed Tasks of Daily Living: A Performance-Based Assessment of Everyday Problem Solving in Older Adults, Manfred Diehl, Michael Marsiske, Ann L. Horges, Adrienne Rosenberg, Jane S. Saczynski, and Sherry L. Willis
Bone health in postmenopausal women with early breast cancer: how protective is tamoxifen, Hongliu Ding and Terry S. Field
Racial differences in tumor stage and survival for colorectal cancer in an insured population, Chyke A. Doubeni, Terry S. Field, Diana S. M. Buist, Eli J. Korner, Carol Bigelow, Lois E. Lamerato, Lisa J. Herrinton, Virginia P. Quinn, Gene Hart, Mark C. Hornbrook, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Edward H. Wagner
Adverse drug events resulting from patient errors in older adults., Terry S. Field, Kathleen M. Mazor, Becky A. Briesacher, Kristin R. Debellis, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Recurrences and second primary breast cancers in older women with initial early-stage disease., Ann M. Geiger, Soe Soe Thwin, Timothy L. Lash, Diana S. M. Buist, Marianne N. Prout, Feifei Wei, Terry S. Field, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Floyd J. Frost, Shelley M. Enger, and Rebecca A. Silliman
