PATRICK J O'CONNOR

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Publications

  1. ncbi Customized feedback to patients and providers failed to improve safety or quality of diabetes care: a randomized trial
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    Diabetes Care 32:1158-63. 2009
  2. ncbi The effect of advanced access implementation on quality of diabetes care
    JoAnn M Sperl-Hillen
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 5:A16. 2008
  3. ncbi Simulated physician learning intervention to improve safety and quality of diabetes care: a randomized trial
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    Diabetes Care 32:585-90. 2009
  4. ncbi Is patient readiness to change a predictor of improved glycemic control?
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Diabetes Care 27:2325-9. 2004
  5. ncbi Adherence to blood pressure telemonitoring in a cluster-randomized clinical trial
    Tessa J Kerby
    HealthPartners, Health Improvementthe HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 14:668-74. 2012
  6. ncbi Variation in quality of diabetes care at the levels of patient, physician, and clinic
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, 8100 34th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 5:A15. 2008
  7. ncbi Does improved access to care affect utilization and costs for patients with chronic conditions?
    Leif I Solberg
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Am J Manag Care 10:717-22. 2004
  8. ncbi Care quality and implementation of the chronic care model: a quantitative study
    Leif I Solberg
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55245, USA
    Ann Fam Med 4:310-6. 2006
  9. ncbi Ambulatory care quality measures for the 6 aims from administrative data
    Leif I Solberg
    Care Improvement Research, HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440, USA
    Am J Med Qual 21:310-6. 2006
  10. ncbi A new approach to physical activity maintenance: rationale, design, and baseline data from the Keep Active Minnesota Trial
    Nancy E Sherwood
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    BMC Geriatr 8:17. 2008

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Publications43

  1. ncbi Customized feedback to patients and providers failed to improve safety or quality of diabetes care: a randomized trial
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    Diabetes Care 32:1158-63. 2009
    ..To assess whether providing customized clinical information to patients and physicians improves safety or quality of diabetes care...
  2. ncbi The effect of advanced access implementation on quality of diabetes care
    JoAnn M Sperl-Hillen
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 5:A16. 2008
    ..The study analyzes the effect of an advanced access program on quality of diabetes care...
  3. ncbi Simulated physician learning intervention to improve safety and quality of diabetes care: a randomized trial
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    Diabetes Care 32:585-90. 2009
    ..To assess two physician learning interventions designed to improve safety and quality of diabetes care delivered by primary care physicians (PCPs)...
  4. ncbi Is patient readiness to change a predictor of improved glycemic control?
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Diabetes Care 27:2325-9. 2004
    ..To test the hypothesis that patient readiness to change (RTC) predicts future changes in glycemic control in adults with diabetes...
  5. ncbi Adherence to blood pressure telemonitoring in a cluster-randomized clinical trial
    Tessa J Kerby
    HealthPartners, Health Improvementthe HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 14:668-74. 2012
    ..The findings from this analysis indicate that hypertensive patients in this study were able to achieve and maintain high adherence to both the telemonitoring and the phone case management visits...
  6. ncbi Variation in quality of diabetes care at the levels of patient, physician, and clinic
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, 8100 34th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 5:A15. 2008
    ....
  7. ncbi Does improved access to care affect utilization and costs for patients with chronic conditions?
    Leif I Solberg
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Am J Manag Care 10:717-22. 2004
    ....
  8. ncbi Care quality and implementation of the chronic care model: a quantitative study
    Leif I Solberg
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55245, USA
    Ann Fam Med 4:310-6. 2006
    ..We wanted to test whether improvements in care quality were correlated with changes in the Chronic Care Model (CCM) in a large medical group that attempted to implement the CCM...
  9. ncbi Ambulatory care quality measures for the 6 aims from administrative data
    Leif I Solberg
    Care Improvement Research, HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440, USA
    Am J Med Qual 21:310-6. 2006
    ..They have been successfully used to describe care quality changes for these patients over time. This starter set for the 6 IOM aims should be tested and expanded by others...
  10. ncbi A new approach to physical activity maintenance: rationale, design, and baseline data from the Keep Active Minnesota Trial
    Nancy E Sherwood
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    BMC Geriatr 8:17. 2008
    ....
  11. ncbi Smoking cessation attempts in relation to prior health care charges: the effect of antecedent smoking-related symptoms?
    Brian C Martinson
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, 8100 34th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Am J Health Promot 18:125-32. 2003
    ..We hypothesize that elevated charges among former smokers reflect differential cessation of sicker individuals. We ascertained the relationship between prior health care charges and time to smoking cessation...
  12. ncbi Design and rationale for Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring and Case Management to Control Hypertension (HyperLink): a cluster randomized trial
    Karen L Margolis
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Contemp Clin Trials 33:794-803. 2012
    ..S., yet BP is controlled in fewer than half. Practical, robust and sustainable models are needed to improve BP in patients with uncontrolled hypertension...
  13. ncbi Depression in patients with diabetes: does it impact clinical goals?
    William A Rush
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440, USA
    J Am Board Fam Med 21:392-7. 2008
    ..To examine whether depressive symptoms are associated with achievement of recommended goals for control of glucose, lipids, and blood pressure among patients with diabetes...
  14. ncbi Does diabetes double the risk of depression?
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    Ann Fam Med 7:328-35. 2009
    ..In this study, we compared the rate of depression diagnoses in adults with and without diabetes mellitus, while carefully controlling for number of primary care visits...
  15. ncbi Population reach and recruitment bias in a maintenance RCT in physically active older adults
    Brian C Martinson
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    J Phys Act Health 7:127-35. 2010
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  16. ncbi Maintaining physical activity among older adults: 24-month outcomes of the Keep Active Minnesota randomized controlled trial
    Brian C Martinson
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Prev Med 51:37-44. 2010
    ..To evaluate the efficacy at 6-, 12-, and 24-month follow-up of Keep Active Minnesota (KAM), a telephone and mail-based intervention designed to promote physical activity (PA) maintenance among currently active adults age 50 to 70...
  17. ncbi Effect of improved primary care access on quality of depression care
    Leif I Solberg
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minn 55440 1524, USA
    Ann Fam Med 4:69-74. 2006
    ..We wanted to determine whether a major improvement in access to primary care during 2000 was associated with changes in the quality of care for patients with depression...
  18. ncbi Characteristics of adults who use prayer as an alternative therapy
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, PO Box 1524, MS 23302G, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Am J Health Promot 19:369-75. 2005
    ..To describe the demographics, health-related and preventive-health behaviors, health status, and health care charges of adults who do and do not pray for health...
  19. ncbi Are claims data accurate enough to identify patients for performance measures or quality improvement? The case of diabetes, heart disease, and depression
    Leif I Solberg
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440, USA
    Am J Med Qual 21:238-45. 2006
    ..97, 0.95, and 0.95. This approach is feasible and necessary for those wanting to use administrative data for case identification for performance measurement or quality improvement...
  20. ncbi Keep it off: a phone-based intervention for long-term weight-loss maintenance
    Nancy E Sherwood
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA
    Contemp Clin Trials 32:551-60. 2011
    ..Moreover, data from this trial will inform our understanding of weight-loss maintenance, including predictors and behaviors that increase the likelihood of success over the long term...
  21. ncbi Randomized trial of quality improvement intervention to improve diabetes care in primary care settings
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Diabetes Care 28:1890-7. 2005
    ..To assess the impact of a quality improvement (QI) intervention on the quality of diabetes care at primary care clinics...
  22. ncbi Impact of electronic health record clinical decision support on diabetes care: a randomized trial
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    Health Partners Medical Group, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Ann Fam Med 9:12-21. 2011
    ....
  23. ncbi Impact of an electronic medical record on diabetes quality of care
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Medical Group and HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Ann Fam Med 3:300-6. 2005
    ..This study was designed to evaluate the impact of electronic medical record (EMR) implementation on quality of diabetes care...
  24. ncbi Do all components of the chronic care model contribute equally to quality improvement?
    JoAnn M Sperl-Hillen
    HealthPartners Medical Group and HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, USA
    Jt Comm J Qual Saf 30:303-9. 2004
    ....
  25. ncbi Diabetic patients who smoke: are they different?
    Leif I Solberg
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minn 55440, USA
    Ann Fam Med 2:26-32. 2004
    ..We wanted to identify differences between diabetic patients who smoke and those who do not smoke to design more effective strategies to improve their diabetes care and encourage smoking cessation...
  26. ncbi The QUEST for quality: what are medical groups doing about it?
    Leif I Solberg
    Care Improvement Research, HealthPartners Medical Group, Minneapolis, USA
    Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 31:211-9. 2005
    ..It is important to know whether medical groups have quality improvement (QI) priorities, approaches, activities, and congruence that will allow them to achieve major improvements in quality of care...
  27. ncbi Preventing and managing cardiometabolic risk: the logic for intervention
    Mark A Pereira
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
    Int J Environ Res Public Health 6:2568-84. 2009
    ....
  28. ncbi Effect of intensive versus standard blood pressure control on depression and health-related quality of life in type 2 diabetes: the ACCORD trial
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Diabetes Care 35:1479-81. 2012
    ..We tested the hypothesis that intensive (systolic blood pressure [SBP] <120 mmHg) rather than standard (SBP 130-139 mmHg) blood pressure (BP) control improves health-related quality of life (HRQL) in those with type 2 diabetes...
  29. ncbi Simulated physician learning program improves glucose control in adults with diabetes
    JoAnn M Sperl-Hillen
    HealthPartners Research Foundation and HealthPartners Medical Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    Diabetes Care 33:1727-33. 2010
    ..Our objective was to assess the impact of an individualized simulated learning intervention on diabetes care provided by PCPs...
  30. ncbi Diabetes: how are we diagnosing and initially managing it?
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minn 55440 1524, USA
    Ann Fam Med 4:15-22. 2006
    ....
  31. ncbi Readiness of US health plans to manage cardiometabolic risk
    Thomas E Kottke
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, 8170 33rd Ave S, PO Box 1524, MS 21111R, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 6:A86. 2009
    ..Our goal was to determine health plan interest in and ability to provide CMR control services...
  32. ncbi The long and winding road to physical activity maintenance
    A Lauren Crain
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Am J Health Behav 34:764-75. 2010
    ..To build upon state-of-the-art theory and empirical data to estimate the strength of multiple mediators of the efficacious Keep Active Minnesota (KAM) physical activity (PA) maintenance intervention...
  33. ncbi Meeting recommendations for multiple healthy lifestyle factors. Prevalence, clustering, and predictors among adolescent, adult, and senior health plan members
    Nicolaas P Pronk
    Center for Health Promotion, HealthPartners Research Foundation, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    Am J Prev Med 27:25-33. 2004
    ..Such data may guide both clinical and health policy decision making and person-centered approaches to population health improvement...
  34. ncbi Comparative effectiveness of 2 β-blockers in hypertensive patients
    Emily D Parker
    HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440 1524, USA
    Arch Intern Med 172:1406-12. 2012
    ..However, the effectiveness of β-blockers for preventing CV events in patients with hypertension has been questioned recently, but it is unclear whether this is a class effect...
  35. ncbi Are characteristics of the medical home associated with diabetes care costs?
    Thomas J Flottemesch
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Med Care 50:676-84. 2012
    ....
  36. ncbi Maintaining physical activity among older adults: six-month outcomes of the Keep Active Minnesota randomized controlled trial
    Brian C Martinson
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Mail Stop 21111R, P O Box 1524, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Prev Med 46:111-9. 2008
    ..We evaluate the 6-month efficacy of Keep Active Minnesota, a phone- and mail-based physical activity maintenance intervention designed for use with adults age 50 to 70 years who have increased their physical activity within the past year...
  37. ncbi Effects of paroxetine and sertraline on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: an observational cohort study
    Feifei Wei
    Health Partners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    CNS Drugs 23:857-65. 2009
    ..Clinical strategies should be used to address cardiovascular risk while maintaining effective treatment of major depression. In light of these findings, attention to LDL-C values should accompany antidepressant use...
  38. ncbi Improving Diabetes Care in Practice: findings from the TRANSLATE trial
    Kevin A Peterson
    University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    Diabetes Care 31:2238-43. 2008
    ..The purpose of this study was to determine whether implementation of a multicomponent organizational intervention can produce significant change in diabetes care and outcomes in community primary care practices...
  39. ncbi Cholesterol levels and statin use in patients with coronary heart disease treated in primary care settings
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Research Foundation and HealthPartners Medical Group, PO Box 1524, Mail Stop 21111R, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 2:A05. 2005
    ..The objective was to determine whether systems of care implemented within a large medical group are associated with improved treatment and control of dyslipidemia in a high-risk group of coronary heart disease patients...
  40. ncbi Current status and future prospects for electronic point-of-care clinical decision support in diabetes care
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, Minneapolis, MN 55425, USA
    Curr Diab Rep 13:172-6. 2013
    ....
  41. ncbi Diabetes and asthma case identification, validation, and representativeness when using electronic health data to construct registries for comparative effectiveness and epidemiologic research
    Jay R Desai
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55425, USA
    Med Care 50:S30-5. 2012
    ..Specific challenges are illustrated with data from actual registries...
  42. ncbi Key issues in transforming health care organizations for quality: the case of advanced access
    Leif I Solberg
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, USA
    Jt Comm J Qual Saf 30:15-24. 2004
    ..S. health care system. This rigorous qualitative evaluation of transformational change for patient access in one large multispecialty group practice identifies the major issues facing organizations addressing the IOM challenge...
  43. ncbi Variation in diabetes care by age: opportunities for customization of care
    PATRICK J O'CONNOR
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    BMC Fam Pract 4:16. 2003
    ..In this study, we hypothesized that adults age 65 and over receive lower quality diabetes care than adults age 45-64 years old...