This collection showcases the journal articles and other publications authored by faculty and researchers in the Division of General Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Publications from 2015
A comparison of individual- versus practice-level measures of the medical home, Webb E. Long and Arvin Garg
Publications from 2013
Trends in Medical Error Education: Are We Failing Our Residents, Corey K. Bradley, Melissa A. Fischer, and Kathleen E. Walsh
Is there a psychiatrist in the house? Integrating child psychiatry into the pediatric medical home, David M. Keller and Barry Sarvet
Patients' and family members' views on patient-centered communication during cancer care, Kathleen M. Mazor, Renee L. Beard, Gwen L. Alexander, Neeraj K. Arora, Cassandra L. Firneno, Bridget Gaglio, Sarah M. Greene, Celeste A. Lemay, Brandi E. Robinson, Douglas W. Roblin, Kathleen E. Walsh, Richard L. Street Jr., and Thomas H. Gallagher
Assessing patient-centered communication in cancer care: stakeholder perspectives, Kathleen M. Mazor, Bridget Gaglio, Larissa Nekhlyudov, Gwen L. Alexander, Azadeh Stark, Mark C. Hornbrook, Kathleen E. Walsh, Jennifer Boggs, Celeste A. Lemay, Cassandra L. Firneno, Colleen Biggins, Mary Ann Blosky, and Neeraj K. Arora
Parent partnerships in communication and decision making about subspecialty referrals for children with special needs, Christopher J. Stille, Shira H. Fischer, Nancy R. LaPelle, Beth Dworetzky, Kathleen M. Mazor, and W. Carl Cooley
Validation of anaphylaxis in the Food and Drug Administration's Mini-Sentinel, Kathleen E. Walsh, Sarah L. Cutrona, Sarah Foy, Meghan A. Baker, Susan Forrow, Azadeh Shoaibi, Pamala A. Pawloski, Michelle Conroy, Andrew M. Fine, Lise E. Nigrovic, Nandini Selvam, Mano S. Selvan, William O. Cooper, and Susan E. Andrade
Multisite parent-centered risk assessment to reduce pediatric oral chemotherapy errors, Kathleen E. Walsh, Kathleen M. Mazor, Douglas W. Roblin, Colleen Biggins, Joann L. Wagner, Kathleen E. Houlahan, Justin W. Li, Christopher P. Keuker, Karen Wasilewski-Masker, Jennifer L. Donovan, Abir O. Kanaan, and Saul N. Weingart
Medication errors in the home: a multisite study of children with cancer, Kathleen E. Walsh, Douglas W. Roblin, Saul N. Weingart, Kathleen E. Houlahan, Barbara Degar, Amy Billett, Christopher P. Keuker, Colleen Biggins, Justin W. Li, Karen Wasilewski-Masker, and Kathleen M. Mazor
Fever in the pediatric patient, Robyn Wing, Maya R. Dor, and Patricia A. McQuilkin
Publications from 2012
Medication Errors in the Home: A Multisite Study of Children with Cancer, Kathleen E. Walsh, Douglas W. Roblin, Saul N. Weingart, Kathleen E. Houlahan, Barbara Degar, Amy Billett, Christopher P. Keuker, Colleen Biggins, Justin Li, Karen Wasilewski, and Kathleen M. Mazor
Publications from 2011
Meeting Summary: Embracing Mental Health Care: Lessons Learned for Success, Jeffrey Brown and David M. Keller
Medication errors in the homes of children with chronic conditions, Kathleen E. Walsh, Kathleen M. Mazor, Christopher J. Stille, Irma Torres, Joann L. Wagner, Juliet Moretti, Kevin Chysna, Christy D. Stine, G. Naheed Usmani, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
Publications from 2010
Parents' perceptions of medical errors, Kathleen M. Mazor, Sarah L. Goff, Katherine S. Dodd, Sarah J. Velten, and Kathleen E. Walsh
Identifying what pediatric residents are taught about children and youth with special health care needs and the medical home, Beverly L. Nazarian, Laurie Glader, Roula Choueiri, Deborah L. Shipman, and Matthew D. Sadof
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
Progress in paediatric electronic prescribing: good, better, best, Kathleen E. Walsh
Publications from 2009
Medical, Developmental, and Mental Health Considerations, Heather Forkey and Linda D. Sagor
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
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
Publications from 2008
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
Pneumonia, William J. Durbin Jr. and Christopher J. Stille
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
Development of a brief questionnaire to identify families in need of legal advocacy to improve child health, David Keller, Nathan Jones, Judith A. Savageau, and Suzanne B. Cashman
Evaluation of community-based health projects: the healthy tomorrows experience, Holly Ruch-Ross, David M. Keller, Nicole Miller, Jane Bassewitz, and Paul Melinkovich
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
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
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
Publications from 2007
Parental knowledge about antibiotic use: results of a cluster-randomized, multicommunity intervention, Susan S. Huang, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Ken P. Kleinman, Jamie B. Kotch, Nancy L. Schiff, Christopher J. Stille, Ron Steingard, and Jonathan A. Finkelstein
Using the Community as Teacher (Starter Kit for Community Preceptors), David M. Keller
Caring for children who have special health-care needs: a practical guide for the primary care practitioner, Matthew D. Sadof and Beverly L. Nazarian
Parents as information intermediaries between primary care and specialty physicians, Christopher J. Stille, William A. Primack, Thomas J. McLaughlin, and Richard C. Wasserman
Publications from 2006
Targeted child psychiatric services: a new model of pediatric primary clinician--child psychiatry collaborative care, Daniel F. Connor, Thomas J. McLaughlin, Mary Jeffers-Terry, William H. O'Brien, Christopher J. Stille, Lynda M. Young, and Richard C. Antonelli
Determinants and impact of generalist-specialist communication about pediatric outpatient referrals, Christopher J. Stille, Thomas J. McLaughlin, William A. Primack, Kathleen M. Mazor, and Richard C. Wasserman
Medication errors related to computerized order entry for children, Kathleen E. Walsh, William G. Adams, Howard C. Bauchner, Robert J. Vinci, John B. Chessare, Maureen R. Cooper, Pamela M. Hebert, Elisabeth G. Schainker, and Christopher P. Landrigan
Publications from 2005
Watchful waiting for acute otitis media: are parents and physicians ready, Jonathan A. Finkelstein, Christopher J. Stille, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, and Donald Goldman
Potential medication dosing errors in outpatient pediatrics, Heather A. McPhillips, Christopher J. Stille, David Smith, Julia Hecht, John Pearson, John Stull, Kristin R. DeBellis, Susan E. Andrade, Marlene Miller, Rainu Kaushal, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Robert L. Davis
Reliability and validity of checklists and global ratings by standardized students, trained raters, and faculty raters in an objective structured teaching environment, Mark E. Quirk, Kathleen M. Mazor, Heather-Lyn Haley, Scott Wellman, David M. Keller, David S. Hatem, and Lisa A. Keller
Coordinating care across diseases, settings, and clinicians: a key role for the generalist in practice, Christopher J. Stille, Anthony Jerant, Douglas Bell, David Meltzer, and Joann G. Elmore
How to avoid paediatric medication errors: a user's guide to the literature, Kathleen E. Walsh, Rainu Kaushal, and John B. Chessare
Toward the development of advocacy training curricula for pediatric residents: a national delphi study, Clyde J. Wright, Murray L. Katcher, Steven D. Blatt, David M. Keller, Marlon P. Mundt, Ann S. Botash, and Craig L. Gjerde
Publications from 2004
Training Faculty for Cultural Teaching, Warren J. Ferguson and David M. Keller
The Case of the Country Pediatrician: Rural Health Case, David M. Keller
Increased use of second-generation macrolide antibiotics for children in nine health plans in the United States, Christopher J. Stille, Susan E. Andrade, Susan S. Huang, James D. Nordin, Marsha A. Raebel, Alan S. Go, K. Arnold Chan, and Jonathan A. Finkelstein
Coordination of care for children with special health care needs, Christopher J. Stille and Richard C. Antonelli
Publications from 2003
Developing culturally competent community faculty: a model program, Warren J. Ferguson, David M. Keller, Heather-Lyn Haley, and Mark E. Quirk
Reduction in antibiotic use among US children, 1996-2000, Jonathan A. Finkelstein, Christopher J. Stille, James D. Nordin, Robert Davis, Marsha A. Raebel, Douglas W. Roblin, Alan S. Go, David Smith, Christine Cole Johnson, Kenneth P. Kleinman, K. Arnold Chan, and Richard Platt
Generalist-subspecialist communication about children with chronic conditions: an analysis of physician focus groups, Christopher J. Stille, Neill Korobov, and William A. Primack
Generalist-subspecialist communication for children with chronic conditions: a regional physician survey, Christopher J. Stille, William A. Primack, and Judith A. Savageau
Publications from 2002
Hunger: its impact on children's health and mental health, Linda F. Weinreb, Cheryl Wehler, Jennifer N. Perloff, Richard Scott, David W. Hosmer, Linda D. Sagor, and Craig Gundersen
Publications from 2001
HIV in primary care: an educational initiative for child health providers, Christopher J. Stille, Virginia Berrien, and Peter J. Krause
A simple provider-based educational intervention to boost infant immunization rates: a controlled trial, Christopher J. Stille, Joan Christison-Lagay, Bruce A. Bernstein, and Paul H. Dworkin
Publications from 2000
Teaching prevention in pediatrics, Tina L. Cheng, Larrie Greenberg, Helen Loeser, and David M. Keller
Determining immunization rates for inner-city infants: statewide registry data vs medical record review, Christopher J. Stille and Joan Christison-Lagay
Publications from 1998
Understanding and preventing substance abuse by adolescents: a guide for primary care clinicians, Michael R. Liepman, David M. Keller, Richard J. Botelho, Alicia D. Monroe, and Mark A. Sloane
Publications from 1993
Prevalence of urinary tract infection in febrile infants, Alejandro Hoberman, Han-Pu Chao, David M. Keller, Robert Hickey, Holly W. Davis, and Demetrius Ellis