The vision of the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences (PQHS) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School is to improve population and individual health by transforming health care delivery through methodological innovation and to become a nationally and internationally recognized resource for translational research. This collection showcases journal articles and other publications written by faculty and researchers of the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences.
Publications from 2019
Opportunities for Employers to Support Physical Activity Through Policy, Elizabeth Ablah, Stephenie C. Lemon, Nicolaas P. Pronk, Janet R. Wojcik, Qaiser Mukhtar, Jessica Grossmeier, Keshia M. Pollack, and Laurie P. Whitsel
Make Scientific Reading Great and More Meaningful Again: Reappraisal of the Traditional P Value in Modern-Day Clinical Research and Practice, Hawa Ozien Abu and Robert J. Goldberg
Religious practices and long-term survival after hospital discharge for an acute coronary syndrome, Hawa Ozien Abu, Kate L. Lapane, Molly E. Waring, Christine M. Ulbricht, Randolph S. Devereaux, David D. McManus, Jeroan J. Allison, Catarina I. Kiefe, and Robert J. Goldberg
Religious practices and changes in health-related quality of life after hospital discharge for an acute coronary syndrome, Hawa Ozien Abu, David D. McManus, Darleen M. Lessard, Catarina I. Kiefe, and Robert J. Goldberg
Transformation Support Provided Remotely to a National Cohort of Optometry Practices, Ronald N. Adler, Warren J. Ferguson, Hussein Antar, Michael Steinkrauss, Brian Bjoern, Valerie Konar, Jay Flanagan, and David F. Polakoff
Changes in Anticoagulant Utilization Among United States Nursing Home Residents With Atrial Fibrillation From 2011 to 2016, Matthew Alcusky, David D. McManus, Anne L. Hume, Marc Fisher, Jennifer Tjia, and Kate L. Lapane
Use of Electronic Health Record Access and Audit Logs to Identify Physician Actions Following Noninterruptive Alert Opening: Descriptive Study, Azraa Amroze, Terry S. Field, Hassan Fouayzi, Devi Sundaresan, Laura Burns, Lawrence Garber, Rajani S. Sadasivam, Kathleen M. Mazor, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Sarah L. Cutrona
Statewide Method of Measuring Ambulance Patient Offload Times, Howard D. Backer, Nicole T. D'Arcy, Adam J. Davis, Bruce A. Barton, and Karl A. Sporer
Pitfalls of using the risk ratio in meta-analysis, Ilyas Bakbergenuly, David C. Hoaglin, and Elena Kulinskaya
Enrollment and assessment of a first-year college class social network for a controlled trial of the indirect effect of a brief motivational intervention, Nancy P. Barnett, Melissa A. Clark, Shannon R. Kenney, Graham DiGuiseppi, Matthew K. Meisel, Sara Balestrieri, Miles Q. Ott, and John Light
Risk of disordered eating at the intersection of gender and racial/ethnic identity among U.S. high school students, Ariel Beccia, Jonggyu Baek, William M. Jesdale, S. Bryn Austin, Sarah N. Forrester, Carol Curtin, and Kate L. Lapane
Intersectional effects of racial and gender discrimination on cardiovascular health vary among black and white women and men in the CARDIA study, Ganga S. Bey, William M. Jesdale, Sarah N. Forrester, Sharina D. Person, and Catarina I. Kiefe
Gamification to Motivate the Unmotivated Smoker: The "Take a Break" Digital Health Intervention, Amanda C. Blok, Rajani S. Sadasivam, Daniel J. Amante, Ariana Kamberi, Julie Flahive, Jeanne Morley, Joseph Conigliaro, and Thomas K. Houston
Nurse-Driven mHealth Implementation Using the Technology Inpatient Program for Smokers (TIPS): Mixed Methods Study, Amanda C. Blok, Rajani S. Sadasivam, Timothy P. Hogan, Angela Patterson, Nicole Day, and Thomas K. Houston
Time to Listen More and Talk Less, Barbara G. Bokhour and Sarah L. Cutrona
Design and methods of the Healthy Kids and Families study: a parent-focused community health worker-delivered childhood obesity prevention intervention, Amy Borg, Christina F. Haughton, Mullen Sawyer, Stephenie C. Lemon, Kevin J. Kane, Lori Pbert, Wenjun Li, and Milagros C. Rosal
One-year survival and admission to hospital for cardiovascular events among older residents of long-term care facilities who were prescribed intensive- and moderate-dose statins, Michael A. Campitelli, Colleen J. Maxwell, Laura C. Maclagan, Dennis T. Ko, Chaim M. Bell, Lianne Jeffs, Andrew M. Morris, Kate L. Lapane, Nick Daneman, and Susan E. Bronskill
Clinical predictors of adverse cardiovascular events for acute pediatric drug exposures, Stephanie Carreiro, Simone Miller, Bo Wang, Paul Wax, Sharan Campleman, Alex F. Manini, and ACMT Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC)
Evaluating Longitudinal Associations Between Depressive Symptoms, Smoking, and Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease in the CARDIA Study, Allison J. Carroll, Mark D. Huffman, Lihui Zhao, David R. Jacobs Jr., Jesse C. Stewart, Catarina I. Kiefe, Kiang Liu, and Brian Hitsman
Trends in cause of death among patients with multiple myeloma in Puerto Rico and the United States SEER population, 1987-2013, Maira Castaneda-Avila, Karen J. Ortiz-Ortiz, Carlos R. Torres-Cintron, Brenda M. Birmann, and Mara M. Epstein
Preferences, use of and satisfaction with mental health services among a sample of Puerto Rican cancer patients, Eida M. Castro-Figueroa, Normarie Torres-Blasco, Milagros C. Rosal, Wallesca P. Castro, Marilis E. Gonzalez-Lorenzo, Hector Velez, Rosario Costas-Muniz, and Julio C. Jimenez
Detecting Hypoglycemia Incidents Reported in Patients' Secure Messages: Using Cost-Sensitive Learning and Oversampling to Reduce Data Imbalance, Jinying Chen, John Lalor, Weisong Liu, Emily Druhl, Edgard A. Granillo, Varsha G. Vimalananda, and Hong Yu
Infants Exposed To Homelessness: Health, Health Care Use, And Health Spending From Birth To Age Six, Robin E. Clark, Linda Weinreb, Julie M. Flahive, and Robert W. Seifert
Homelessness Contributes To Pregnancy Complications, Robin E. Clark, Linda Weinreb, Julie Flahive, and Robert W. Seifert
Trauma and Sexual Risk: Do Men and Women Veterans Differ, Joan L. Combellick, James Dziura, Galina A. Portnoy, Kristin M. Mattocks, Cynthia A. Brandt, and Sally G. Haskell
Improving Care Coordination for Veterans Within VA and Across Healthcare Systems, Kristina M. Cordasco, Denise M. Hynes, Kristin M. Mattocks, Lori A. Bastian, Hayden B. Bosworth, and David Atkins
Extracellular Vesicles from Wharton's Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells Suppress CD4 Expressing T Cells Through Transforming Growth Factor Beta and Adenosine Signaling in a Canine Model, Sarah K. Crain, Sally R. Robinson, Kristen E. Thane, Airiel M. Davis, Dawn M. Meola, Bruce A. Barton, Vicky K. Yang, and Andrew M. Hoffman
The influence of payor status on outcomes associated with surgical repair of upper gastrointestinal perforations due to peptic ulcer disease in the United States, Vijaya Daniel, M. Didem Ayturk, Doyle V. Ward, Beth A. McCormick, and Heena P. Santry
Characteristics of women without a postpartum checkup among PRAMS participants, 2009-2011, Valery A. Danilack, E Christine Brousseau, Briana A. Paulo, Kristen A. Matteson, and Melissa A. Clark
Accelerated knee osteoarthritis is associated with pre-radiographic degeneration of the extensor mechanism and cruciate ligaments: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative, Julie E. Davis, Matthew S. Harkey, Robert J. Ward, James W. MacKay, Bing Lu, Lori Lyn Price, Charles B. Eaton, Grace H. Lo, Mary F. Barbe, Timothy E. McAlindon, and Jeffrey B. Driban
Resting-state functional connectivity, cortical GABA, and neuroactive steroids in peripartum and peripartum depressed women: a functional magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy study, Kristina M. Deligiannidis, Christina L. Fales, Aimee Kroll-Desrosiers, Scott A. Shaffer, Vanessa Villamarin, Yanglan Tan, Janet E. Hall, Blaise B. Frederick, Elif M. Sikoglu, Richard A. Edden, Anthony J. Rothschild, and Constance M. Moore
Screening and Intervention for Suicide Prevention: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the ED-SAFE Interventions, Laura J. Dunlap, Stephen Orme, Gary A. Zarkin, Sarah A. Arias, Ivan W. Miller, Carlos A. Camargo Jr, Ashley F. Sullivan, Michael H. Allen, Amy B. Goldstein, Anne P. Manton, Robin E. Clark, and Edwin D. Boudreaux
How Do Patients with Mental Health Diagnoses Use Online Patient Portals? An Observational Analysis from the Veterans Health Administration, Bella Etingen, Timothy P. Hogan, Rachael N. Martinez, Stephanie L. Shimada, Kevin Stroupe, Kim Nazi, Samantha L. Connolly, Jessica Lipschitz, Frances M. Weaver, and Bridget Smith
Methodology of an exercise intervention program using social incentives and gamification for obese children, Yue Fang, Yunsheng Ma, Dandan Mo, Shunxing Zhang, Mi Xiang, and Zhiruo Zhang
Dissemination and Effectiveness of the Peer Marketing and Messaging of a Web-Assisted Tobacco Intervention: Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness Trial, Jamie Faro, Elizabeth Aaker Orvek, Amanda C. Blok, Catherine S. Nagawa, Annalise J. McDonald, Gregory Seward, Thomas K. Houston, Ariana Kamberi, Jeroan J. Allison, Sharina D. Person, Tina Grosowsky, and Rajani S. Sadasivam
Proton pump inhibitors increase the severity of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients, Matthew J. Fasullo, Prashanth Rau, Dong-Qi Liu, Erik Holzwanger, Jomol Mathew, Yurima Guilarte-Walker, and Gyongyi Szabo
Outcomes and outcome measures used in evaluation of communication training in oncology - a systematic literature review, an expert workshop, and recommendations for future research, F. Fischer, S. Helmer, A. Rogge, J. I. Arraras, A. Buchholz, A. Hannawa, M. Horneber, A. Kiss, Matthias S. F. Rose, W. Sollner, B. Stein, J. Weis, P. Schofield, and C. M. Witt
Minimal Associations Between Clinical Data and Children's Self-Reported Health-Related Quality of Life in Children With Chronic Conditions-A Cross-Sectional Study, Kathrin I. Fischer, Dana Barthel, Christiane Otto, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Ute Thyen, Marcus Klein, Otto Walter, Matthias S. F. Rose, and Sandra Nolte
A 12-item short form of the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS-12): tests of reliability, validity and responsiveness, Barbara L. Gandek, E. M. Roos, Patricia D. Franklin, and John E. Ware Jr.
A pilot study evaluating a simple cardiac dysfunction score to predict complications and survival among critically-ill patients with traumatic brain injury, Patric W. Gibbons, Robert J. Goldberg, and Susanne Muehlschlegel
Decade Long Trends (2001-2011) in the Incidence Rates of Initial Acute Myocardial Infarction, Robert J. Goldberg, Mayra Tisminetzky, Hoang V. Tran, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Darleen M. Lessard, and Joel M. Gore
Comparison of a Potential Hospital Quality Metric With Existing Metrics for Surgical Quality-Associated Readmission, Laura A. Graham, Hillary J. Mull, Todd H. Wagner, Melanie S. Morris, Amy K. Rosen, Joshua S. Richman, Jeffery Whittle, Edith Burns, Laurel A. Copeland, Kamal M. F. Itani, and Mary T. Hawn
Perspectives of health educators and interviewers in a randomized controlled trial of a postpartum diabetes prevention program for Latinas: a qualitative assessment, Aline Gubrium, Denise Leckenby, Megan Ward Harvey, Bess H. Marcus, Milagros C. Rosal, and Lisa Chasan-Taber
Association Between Alcohol Use Disorders and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Niyati M. Gupta, Peter K. Lindenauer, Pei-Chun Yu, Peter B. Imrey, Sarah Haessler, Abhishek Deshpande, Thomas L. Higgins, and Michael B. Rothberg
Stakeholder Engagement in Late-Stage Translation Phase 4 Research for Noncommunicable Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What Works and Why-The Vietnam Experience (UMMS-Vietnam Team), Duc A. Ha, Oanh M. Tran, Hoa L. Nguyen, Hien T. Nguyen, An M. Dao, Huy V. Nguyen, Nguyen C. Vu, German Chiriboga, Robert J. Goldberg, Thomas K. Houston, and Jeroan J. Allison
Diffuse tibiofemoral cartilage change prior to the development of accelerated knee osteoarthritis: Data from the osteoarthritis initiative, Matthew S. Harkey, Julie E. Davis, Bing Lu, Lori Lyn Price, Charles B. Eaton, Grace H. Lo, Mary F. Barbe, Robert J. Ward, Ming Zhang, Shao-Hsien Liu, Kate L. Lapane, James W. MacKay, Timothy E. McAlindon, and Jeffrey B. Driban
Early pre-radiographic structural pathology precedes the onset of accelerated knee osteoarthritis, Matthew S. Harkey, Julie E. Davis, Bing Lu, Lori Lyn Price, Robert J. Ward, James W. MacKay, Charles B. Eaton, Grace H. Lo, Mary F. Barbe, Ming Zhang, Jincheng Pang, Alina C. Stout, Timothy E. McAlindon, and Jeffrey B. Driban
Physical activity and sleep quality and duration among Hispanic postpartum women at risk for type 2 diabetes: Estudio PARTO, Marquis Hawkins, Bess Marcus, Penelope Pekow, Milagros C. Rosal, Katherine L. Tucker, Rebecca M. C. Spencer, and Lisa Chasan-Taber
Overview of the First Natural Language Processing Challenge for Extracting Medication, Indication, and Adverse Drug Events from Electronic Health Record Notes (MADE 1.0), Abhyuday Jagannatha, Feifan Liu, Weisong Liu, and Hong Yu
Frequency and Documentation of Medication Decisions on Discharge from the Hospital to Hospice Care, Kirsten L. Kadoyama, Brie N. Noble, Shigeko Izumi, Erik K. Fromme, Jennifer Tjia, Mary Lynn McPherson, Carey B. Candrian, Jessina C. McGregor, In Young Ku, and Jon P. Furuno
Pollen-derived RNAs Are Found in the Human Circulation, Milka Koupenova-Zamor, Eric O. Mick, Heather A. Corkrey, Anupama Singh, Selim E. Tanriverdi, Olga Vitseva, Daniel Levy, Allison M. Keeler, Marzieh Ezzaty Mirhashemi, Mai K. Elmallah, Mark Gerstein, Joel Rozowsky, Kahraman Tanriverdi, and Jane E. Freedman
Deprescribing in Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease, Ashok Krishnaswami, Michael A. Steinman, Parag Goyal, Andrew R. Zullo, Timothy S. Anderson, Kim K. Birtcher, Sarah J. Goodlin, Mathew S. Maurer, Karen P. Alexander, Michael W. Rich, and Jennifer Tjia
Rates and Correlates of Depression Symptoms in a Sample of Pregnant Veterans Receiving Veterans Health Administration Care, Aimee R. Kroll-Desrosiers, Sybil L. Crawford, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Melissa A. Clark, Lori A. Bastian, and Kristin M. Mattocks
Bridging the Gap for Perinatal Veterans: Care by Mental Health Providers at the Veterans Health Administration, Aimee R. Kroll-Desrosiers, Sybil L. Crawford, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Melissa A. Clark, and Kristin M. Mattocks
Developing Core Capabilities for Local Health Departments to Engage in Land Use and Transportation Decision Making for Active Transportation, Stephenie C. Lemon, Karin V. Goins, Meera Sreedhara, Mariana Arcaya, Semra A. Aytur, Katie Heinrich, Bridget Kerner, Rodney Lyn, Jay E. Maddock, Robin Riessman, and Thomas L. Schmid
Establishing the European Norm for the health-related quality of life domains of the computer-adaptive test EORTC CAT Core, G. Liegl, M. A. Petersen, M. Groenvold, N. K. Aaronson, A. Costantini, P. M. Fayers, B. Holzner, C. D. Johnson, G. Kemmler, K. A. Tomaszewski, A. Waldmann, T. E. Young, Matthias S. F. Rose, and S. Nolte
Emergency Department and Primary Care Use in Massachusetts 5 Years After Health Reform, Lisa M. Lines, Nien-Chen Li, Eric O. Mick, and Arlene S. Ash
Closing the Research-To-Practice Gap in Digital Psychiatry: The Need to Integrate Implementation Science, Jessica Lipschitz, Timothy P. Hogan, Mark S. Bauer, and David C. Mohr
Adoption of Mobile Apps for Depression and Anxiety: Cross-Sectional Survey Study on Patient Interest and Barriers to Engagement, Jessica Lipschitz, Christopher J. Miller, Timothy P. Hogan, Katherine E. Burdick, Rachel Lippin-Foster, Steven R. Simon, and James Burgess
Detection of Bleeding Events in Electronic Health Record Notes Using Convolutional Neural Network Models Enhanced With Recurrent Neural Network Autoencoders: Deep Learning Approach, Rumeng Li, Baotian Hu, Feifan Liu, Weisong Liu, Francesca Cunningham, David D. McManus, and Hong Yu
Towards Drug Safety Surveillance and Pharmacovigilance: Current Progress in Detecting Medication and Adverse Drug Events from Electronic Health Records, Feifan Liu, Abhyuday Jagannatha, and Hong Yu
Learning to detect and understand drug discontinuation events from clinical narratives, Feifan Liu, Richeek Pradhan, Emily Druhl, Elaine Freund, Weisong Liu, Brian C. Sauer, Fran Cunningham, Adam J. Gordon, Celena B. Peters, and Hong Yu
Missing Data in Marginal Structural Models: A Plasmode Simulation Study Comparing Multiple Imputation and Inverse Probability Weighting, Shao-Hsien Liu, Stavroula A. Chrysanthopoulou, Qiuzhi Chang, Jacob N. Hunnicutt, and Kate L. Lapane
Adjuvant Use and the Intensification of Pharmacologic Management for Pain in Nursing Home Residents with Cancer: Data from a US National Database, Shao-Hsien Liu, Jacob N. Hunnicutt, Christine M. Ulbricht, Catherine E. Dube, Anne L. Hume, and Kate L. Lapane
Potential use of leukocytosis and anion gap elevation in differentiating psychogenic nonepileptic seizures from epileptic seizures, Yi Li, Liesl Matzka, Julie Flahive, and Daniel Weber
Association between emotional eating, energy-dense foods and overeating in Latinos, Andrea Lopez-Cepero, Christine F. Frisard, Stephenie C. Lemon, and Milagros C. Rosal
Racial Segregation Across U.S. Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review of Measurement and Outcomes, Deborah Mack, William M. Jesdale, Christine M. Ulbricht, Sarah N. Forrester, Pryce S. Michener, and Kate L. Lapane
Screening Mammography Among Older Women: A Review of United States Guidelines and Potential Harms, Deborah S. Mack and Kate L. Lapane
Factors Impacting Perceived Access to Early Prenatal Care among Pregnant Veterans Enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Kristin M. Mattocks, Rebecca Baldor, Bevanne Bean-Mayberry, Michael Cucciare, Megan R. Gerber, Karen M. Goldstein, Kimberly D. Hammer, Elizabeth E. Hill, Aimee Kroll-Desrosiers, Allan V. Prochazka, Anne G. Sadler, and Lori Bastian
Recommendations for the Evaluation of Cross-System Care Coordination from the VA State-of-the-art Working Group on VA/Non-VA Care, Kristin M. Mattocks, Kristin Cunningham, A. Rani Elwy, Erin P. Finley, Clinton Greenstone, Michelle A. Mengeling, Steven D. Pizer, Megan E. Vanneman, Michael Weiner, and Lori A. Bastian
Understanding Maternity Care Coordination for Women Veterans Using an Integrated Care Model Approach, Kristin M. Mattocks, Aimee Kroll-Desrosiers, Rebecca L. Kinney, and Sara Singer
Interest in and barriers to participation in a Facebook-delivered weight loss program among female cancer survivors with overweight or obesity, Christine N. May, Danielle E. Jake-Schoffman, Martinus M. Evans, Valerie J. Silfee, Fang Fang Zhang, Amanda C. Blok, Jennifer L. Carey, Eric Y. Ding, and Ricarda K. Pritschmann
Design and Preliminary Findings From a New Electronic Cohort Embedded in the Framingham Heart Study, David D. McManus, Ludovic Trinquart, Emelia J. Benjamin, Emily S. Manders, Kelsey Fusco, Lindsey S. Jung, Nicole L. Spartano, Vik Kheterpal, Christopher Nowak, Mayank Sardana, and Joanne M. Murabito
The PRogram In Support of Moms (PRISM): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial of two active interventions addressing perinatal depression in obstetric settings, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Linda Brenckle, Padma Sankaran, Grace A. Masters, Sharina D. Person, Linda Weinreb, Jean Y. Ko, Cheryl L. Robbins, Jeroan J. Allison, and Nancy Byatt
A Systematic Review of Development Programs Designed to Address Leadership in Academic Health Center Faculty, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Joanna Cain, Robert J. Milner, Martha E. Meacham, Annika L. Bannon, Len L. Levin, Nili S. Amir, Katherine Leung, Judith K. Ockene, and Luanne A. Thorndyke
Weight gain in early pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus among Latinas, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Molly E. Waring, Katherine Callaghan, Katherine Leung, M. Ward Harvey, Anna BuAbbud, and Lisa Chasan-Taber
Smoke-free environment policy in Vietnam: what did people see and how did they react when they visited various public places, Vinh H. Nguyen, D. A. DO, T. T.H. DO, T. M.A. Dao, B. G. Kim, T H. Phan, T. H. Doan, N. K. Luong, T. L. Nguyen, V. M. Hoang, T. Q. N. Pham, and T. Q. Nguyen
General population normative data for the EORTC QLQ-C30 health-related quality of life questionnaire based on 15,386 persons across 13 European countries, Canada and the Unites States, S. Nolte, G. Liegl, M. A. Petersen, N. K. Aaronson, A. Costantini, P. M. Fayers, M. Groenvold, B. Holzner, C. D. Johnson, G Kemmler, K. A. Tomaszewski, A. Waldmann, T. E. Young, and Matthias S. F. Rose
U.S. prevalence of endocrine therapy-naive locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer, Anthony P. Nunes, C. Liang, W. J. Gradishar, T. Dalvi, J. Lewis, N. Jones, E. Green, M. Doherty, and J. D. Seeger
Automatic extraction of quantitative data from ClinicalTrials.gov to conduct meta-analyses, Richeek Pradhan, David C. Hoaglin, Matthew Cornell, Weisong Liu, Victoria Wang, and Hong Yu
Optimism may moderate screening mammogram frequency in Medicare: A longitudinal study, Ana M. Progovac, Mary Pettinger, Julie M. Donohue, Chung-Chou H. Joyce Chang, Karen A. Matthews, Elizabeth B. Habermann, Lewis H. Kuller, Milagros C. Rosal, Wenjun Li, Lorena Garcia, and Hilary A. Tindle
Patient Perspectives on Osseointegration: A National Survey of Veterans with Upper Limb Amputation, Linda Resnik, Heather Benz, Matthew Borgia, and Melissa A. Clark
A national study of Veterans with major upper limb amputation: Survey methods, participants, and summary findings, Linda Resnik, Sarah Ekerholm, Matthew Borgia, and Melissa A. Clark
Anticoagulant Prescribing for Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation in the Veterans Health Administration, Adam J. Rose, Robert J. Goldberg, David D. McManus, Alok Kapoor, Victoria Wang, Weisong Liu, and Hong Yu
Mortality Associated With Opioid Overdose: A Review of Clinical Characteristics and Health Services Received in the Year Prior to Death, Christian Rose, Abtin Shahanaghi, Mauricio Romero-Gonzalez, Jorge Yarzebski, Michael Andre, Gregory J. DiGirolamo, Alan P. Brown, and Gerardo Gonzalez
Beneficial Effects of School-based Mindfulness Training On Impulsivity in Healthy Adolescents: Results From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial, Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, Susan Druker, Florence Meyer, Christine F. Frisard, Sybil L. Crawford, and Lori Pbert
Provider-Level Variation in Smoking Cessation Assistance Provided in the Cardiology Clinics: Insights From the NCDR PINNACLE Registry, Mayank Sardana, Yuanyuan Tang, Jared W. Magnani, Ira S. Ockene, Jeroan J. Allison, Suzanne V. Arnold, Phillip G. Jones, Thomas M. Maddox, Salim S. Virani, and David D. McManus
End-of-Life Culture Change Practices in U.S. Nursing Homes in 2016/2017, Margot L. Schwartz, Julie C. Lima, Melissa A. Clark, and Susan C. Miller
Plasma indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity as a potential biomarker for early diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in tuberculosis patients, Wen Shi, Juan Wu, Qi Tan, Chun-Mei Hu, Xia Zhang, Hong-Qiu Pan, Zhen Yang, Meng-Yu He, Min Yu, Bo Zhang, Wei-Ping Xie, and Hong Wang
Enhancing behavioral change among lung cancer survivors participating in a lifestyle risk reduction intervention: a qualitative study, Darryl Somayaji, Amanda C. Blok, Laura L. Hayman, Yolanda Colson, Michael Jaklisch, and Mary E. Cooley
Age-and-sex stratified prevalence of atrial fibrillation in rural Western India: Results of SMART-India, a population-based screening study, Apurv Soni, Sunil Karna, Nisha Fahey, Saket Sanghai, Harshil Patel, Shyamsundar Raithatha, Sunil Thanvi, Somashekhar Nimbalkar, Ben Freedman, Jeroan J. Allison, and David D. McManus
Stepping Up Active Transportation in Community Health Improvement Plans: Findings From a National Probability Survey of Local Health Departments, Meera Sreedhara, Karin V. Goins, Christine F. Frisard, Milagros C. Rosal, and Stephenie C. Lemon
Health Care Utilization and Costs of Veterans Evaluated for Traumatic Brain Injury through Telehealth, Kevin T. Stroupe, Rachael Martinez, Timothy P. Hogan, Charlesnika T. Evans, Joel Scholten, Douglas Bidelspach, Chad Osteen, Brent C. Taylor, and Bridget M. Smith
Experiences with the Veterans' Choice Program, Kevin T. Stroupe, Rachael Martinez, Timothy P. Hogan, Elisa J. Gordon, Beverly Gonzalez, Ibuola Kale, Chad Osteen, Elizabeth Tarlov, Frances M. Weaver, Denise M. Hynes, and Bridget M. Smith
Considerations of Privacy and Confidentiality in Developing a Clinical Support Tool for Adolescent Tobacco Prevention: Qualitative Study, Ryan P. Theis, Ali M. Malik, Lindsay A. Thompson, Elizabeth A. Shenkman, Lori Pbert, and Ramzi G. Salloum
Impact of cardiac- and noncardiac-related conditions on adverse outcomes in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, Mayra Tisminetzky, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Ruben Miozzo, Joel M. Gore, Darleen M. Lessard, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Robert J. Goldberg
Nurses' Perspectives on Family Caregiver Medication Management Support and Deprescribing, Jennifer Tjia, Susan DeSanto-Madeya, Kathleen M. Mazor, Paul Han, Bryan Nguyen, Tess Curran, Julia Gallagher, and Margaret F. Clayton
Impact of anxiety on the post-discharge outcomes of patients discharged from the hospital after an acute coronary syndrome, Hoang Tran, Nancy Byatt, Nathaniel A. K. Erskine, Darleen M. Lessard, Randolph S. Devereaux, Jane Saczynski, Catarina I. Kiefe, and Robert J. Goldberg
Micro-RNAs Are Related to Epicardial Adipose Tissue in Participants With Atrial Fibrillation: Data From the MiRhythm Study, Khanh-Van T. Tran, Jordan Majka, Saket Sanghai, Mayank Sardana, Darleen M. Lessard, Zachary J. Milstone, Kahraman Tanriverdi, Jane E. Freedman, Timothy P. Fitzgibbons, and David D. McManus
Circulating extracellular RNAs, myocardial remodeling, and heart failure in patients with acute coronary syndrome, Khanh-Van T. Tran, Kahraman Tanriverdi, Gerard P. Aurigemma, Darleen M. Lessard, Mayank Sardana, Matthew Parker, Amir Y. Shaikh, Matthew Gottbrecht, Zachary Milstone, Selim E. Tanriverdi, Olga Vitseva, John F. Keaney Jr., Catarina I. Kiefe, David D. McManus, and Jane E. Freedman