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Mammographic interpretation: radiologists' ability to accurately estimate their performance and compare it with that of their peersAndrea J Cook
Biostatistics Unit, Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 199:695-702. 2012..The purposes of this study were to determine whether U.S. radiologists accurately estimate their own interpretive performance of screening mammography and to assess how they compare their performance with that of their peers...
Spatial cluster detection for repeatedly measured outcomes while accounting for residential historyAndrea J Cook
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Biom J 51:801-18. 2009....- Statistical approaches to group sequential monitoring of postmarket safety surveillance data: current state of the art for use in the Mini-Sentinel pilotAndrea J Cook
Biostatistics Unit, Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 21:72-81. 2012.... - Decreased accuracy in interpretation of community-based screening mammography for women with multiple clinical risk factorsAndrea J Cook
Biostatistics Unit, Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 63:441-51. 2010.... - Spatial cluster detection for weighted outcomes using cumulative geographic residualsAndrea J Cook
Biostatistics Unit, Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Biometrics 66:783-92. 2010..The proposed method is then applied to assess spatial clustering of high Body Mass Index in a health maintenance organization population in the Seattle, Washington, USA area... - A randomized trial comparing yoga, stretching, and a self-care book for chronic low back painKaren J Sherman
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Arch Intern Med 171:2019-26. 2011..This trial was designed to determine whether yoga is more effective than conventional stretching exercises or a self-care book for primary care patients with chronic low back pain... - Are radiologists' goals for mammography accuracy consistent with published recommendations?Sara L Jackson
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Acad Radiol 19:289-95. 2012..Mammography quality assurance programs have been in place for more than a decade. We studied radiologists' self-reported performance goals for accuracy in screening mammography and compared them to published recommendations... - A comparison of the effects of 2 types of massage and usual care on chronic low back pain: a randomized, controlled trialDaniel C Cherkin
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Ann Intern Med 155:1-9. 2011..Few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of massage for chronic low back pain... - Adapting group sequential methods to observational postlicensure vaccine safety surveillance: results of a pentavalent combination DTaP-IPV-Hib vaccine safety studyJennifer C Nelson
Biostatistics Unit, Group Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Am J Epidemiol 177:131-41. 2013..Although lack of a controlled experiment presents numerous challenges, implementation of group sequential monitoring methods in observational safety surveillance studies is promising and warrants further investigation... 
Spatial cluster detection for censored outcome dataAndrea J Cook
Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
Biometrics 63:540-9. 2007....- Comparison of yoga versus stretching for chronic low back pain: protocol for the Yoga Exercise Self-care (YES) trialKaren J Sherman
Group Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA, USA
Trials 11:36. 2010..This study will assess whether yoga is effective for treating chronic low back pain compared with self care and exercise and will explore the mechanisms responsible for any observed benefits... - Using body mass index data in the electronic health record to calculate cardiovascular riskBeverly B Green
Group Health Permanente, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Am J Prev Med 42:342-7. 2012..Multivariable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk calculators, such as the Framingham risk equations, can be used to identify populations most likely to benefit from treatments to decrease risk... - A neighborhood wealth metric for use in health studiesAnne Vernez Moudon
Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195, USA
Am J Prev Med 41:88-97. 2011..Measures of neighborhood deprivation used in health research are typically based on conventional area-based SES... - Disclosing harmful mammography errors to patientsThomas H Gallagher
Department of Medicine, and Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, 4311 11th Ave NE, Suite 230, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Radiology 253:443-52. 2009..To assess radiologists' attitudes about disclosing errors to patients by using a survey with a vignette involving an error interpreting a patient's mammogram, leading to a delayed cancer diagnosis... - Accuracy of blood pressure measurements reported in an electronic medical record during routine primary care visitsPaul A Fishman
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 13:821-8. 2011..However, BP control for individuals, as defined by an SBP <140 mm Hg and DBP 90 mm Hg, differed by almost 25%. Known variability of BP and clinic procedures for measuring and recording BP may account for these differences... - Dosing study of massage for chronic neck pain: protocol for the dose response evaluation and analysis of massage [DREAM] trialKaren J Sherman
Group Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA, USA
BMC Complement Altern Med 12:158. 2012.... - Effectiveness of home blood pressure monitoring, Web communication, and pharmacist care on hypertension control: a randomized controlled trialBeverly B Green
Group Health Center for Health Studies, 1730 Minor Ave, Ste 1600, Seattle, WA 98110, USA
JAMA 299:2857-67. 2008..Treating hypertension decreases mortality and disability from cardiovascular disease, but most hypertension remains inadequately controlled... - Effectiveness of therapeutic massage for generalized anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled trialKaren J Sherman
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Depress Anxiety 27:441-50. 2010..This study evaluates the effectiveness of therapeutic massage for persons with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)... - Effectiveness of focused structural massage and relaxation massage for chronic low back pain: protocol for a randomized controlled trialDaniel C Cherkin
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, USA
Trials 10:96. 2009..This trial will be the first evaluation of the effectiveness of relaxation massage for chronic back pain and the first large trial of a focused structural form of massage for this condition... - Child obesity associated with social disadvantage of children's neighborhoodsH Mollie Greves Grow
University of Washington and Seattle Children s Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Soc Sci Med 71:584-91. 2010..S. urban county. These results contribute new information on relationships between broader social and economic context and child obesity risk using robust spatial analyses... - Patient ability and willingness to participate in a web-based intervention to improve hypertension controlBeverly B Green
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
J Med Internet Res 13:e1. 2011..Patient-shared electronic health records provide opportunities for care outside of office visits. However, those who might benefit may be unable to or choose not to use these resources, while others might not need them... - Challenges in the design and analysis of sequentially monitored postmarket safety surveillance evaluations using electronic observational health care dataJennifer C Nelson
Biostatistics Unit, Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 21:62-71. 2012.... - Predicting survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: role of the Utstein data elementsThomas D Rea
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 401 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 55:249-57. 2010..The Utstein elements are designed to assess these links and provide the basis for comparing outcomes within and across communities. We assess whether these measures sufficiently predict survival and explain outcome differences...