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Current status and future prospects for electronic point-of-care clinical decision support in diabetes carePATRICK J O'CONNOR
HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, Minneapolis, MN 55425, USA
Curr Diab Rep 13:172-6. 2013....- Benefits of early hypertension control on cardiovascular outcomes in patients with diabetesPATRICK J O'CONNOR
Corresponding author Patrick J O Connor
Diabetes Care 36:322-7. 2013..Prompt control of new-onset HT in patients with diabetes may provide important short-term clinical benefits... - Baseline comparison of three health utility measures and the feeling thermometer among participants in the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes trialDennis W Raisch
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Cardiovasc Diabetol 11:35. 2012..We assessed relationships between HU and FT values and patient demographics and clinical variables... - Effect of intensive versus standard blood pressure control on depression and health-related quality of life in type 2 diabetes: the ACCORD trialPATRICK 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... - Cholesterol levels and statin use in patients with coronary heart disease treated in primary care settingsPATRICK 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... 
Randomized trial of quality improvement intervention to improve diabetes care in primary care settingsPATRICK 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...- Impact of an electronic medical record on diabetes quality of carePATRICK 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... - 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.... - Variation in quality of diabetes care at the levels of patient, physician, and clinicPATRICK J O'CONNOR
HealthPartners Research Foundation, 8100 34th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 5:A15. 2008.... - Impact of electronic health record clinical decision support on diabetes care: a randomized trialPATRICK J O'CONNOR
Health Partners Medical Group, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Ann Fam Med 9:12-21. 2011.... - Simulated physician learning intervention to improve safety and quality of diabetes care: a randomized trialPATRICK 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)... - 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... - Characteristics of adults who use prayer as an alternative therapyPATRICK 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... - Variation in diabetes care by age: opportunities for customization of carePATRICK 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... - Screening for diabetes mellitus in high-risk patients: cost, yield, and acceptabilityP J O'Connor
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
Eff Clin Pract 4:271-7. 2001..Little is known about the cost, yield, or acceptability of this kind of screening... - Professional advice and readiness to change behavioral risk factors among members of a managed care organizationP J O'Connor
Health Partners Research Foundation, 8100 34th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
Am J Manag Care 7:125-30. 2001..To ascertain factors related to readiness to change behavioral risk factors in members of a managed care organization (MCO)... - Impact of hypertension guideline implementation on blood pressure control and drug use in primary care clinicsP J O'Connor
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1309, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Improv 25:68-77. 1999..Clinical guidelines that are intended to improve hypertension care by making specific recommendations on drug use, frequency of follow-up care, and target levels of blood pressure have been developed... - Differences between diabetic patients who do and do not respond to a diabetes care intervention: a qualitative analysisP J O'Connor
Group Health Foundation, Minneapolis, USA
Fam Med 29:424-8. 1997..We designed a qualitative case study to ascertain whether attitudes and views of diabetes differ between patients with diabetes who do and do not respond well to a diabetes care intervention... - 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... - The effect of advanced access implementation on quality of diabetes careJoAnn 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... - Adherence to blood pressure telemonitoring in a cluster-randomized clinical trialTessa 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... - Design and rationale for Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring and Case Management to Control Hypertension (HyperLink): a cluster randomized trialKaren 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... - Ambulatory care quality measures for the 6 aims from administrative dataLeif 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... - 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.... - Care quality and implementation of the chronic care model: a quantitative studyLeif 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... - Meeting recommendations for multiple healthy lifestyle factors. Prevalence, clustering, and predictors among adolescent, adult, and senior health plan membersNicolaas 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... 
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...- A new approach to physical activity maintenance: rationale, design, and baseline data from the Keep Active Minnesota TrialNancy E Sherwood
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, USA
BMC Geriatr 8:17. 2008.... - 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... - 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... - Customized feedback to patients and providers failed to improve safety or quality of diabetes care: a randomized trialPATRICK 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... - Population reach and recruitment bias in a maintenance RCT in physically active older adultsBrian C Martinson
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, USA
J Phys Act Health 7:127-35. 2010.... - Maintaining physical activity among older adults: 24-month outcomes of the Keep Active Minnesota randomized controlled trialBrian 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... - Are claims data accurate enough to identify patients for performance measures or quality improvement? The case of diabetes, heart disease, and depressionLeif 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... - 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.... - Effect of improved primary care access on quality of depression careLeif 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... - Comparative effectiveness of 2 β-blockers in hypertensive patientsEmily 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... - Keep it off: a phone-based intervention for long-term weight-loss maintenanceNancy 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... - Cost-effectiveness of an electronic medical record based clinical decision support systemTodd P Gilmer
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 0622, USA
Health Serv Res 47:2137-58. 2012..This study examined the cost-effectiveness of EMR-based CDS for adults with diabetes from the perspective of the health care system... - 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... - Changes in physical activity and short-term changes in health care charges: a prospective cohort study of older adultsBrian C Martinson
HealthPartners Research Foundation, 3105 East 80th Street, Mod C, Suite 299, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA
Prev Med 37:319-26. 2003..This study examines the prospective relationship of changes in physical activity status on short-term changes in health care charges for older adults... - Maintaining physical activity among older adults: six-month outcomes of the Keep Active Minnesota randomized controlled trialBrian 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... - Simulated physician learning program improves glucose control in adults with diabetesJoAnn 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... - Preventing and managing cardiometabolic risk: the logic for interventionMark 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.... - Readiness of US health plans to manage cardiometabolic riskThomas 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... - The long and winding road to physical activity maintenanceA 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... - 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.... - Key issues in transforming health care organizations for quality: the case of advanced accessLeif 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... - Effects of paroxetine and sertraline on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: an observational cohort studyFeifei 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... - Improving Diabetes Care in Practice: findings from the TRANSLATE trialKevin 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... - Detection and recognition of hypertension in anxious and depressed patientsJames B Byrd
aDepartment of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan bKaiser Institute for Health Research, Denver, Colorado cKaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, California dHealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota eKaiser Permanente Georgia, Center for Health Research Southeast, Atlanta, Georgia fDepartment of Medicine, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
J Hypertens 30:2293-8. 2012..Our objective was to determine whether disparities exist in detection of elevated BP and recognition (i.e. diagnosis or treatment) of hypertension in patients with depression and anxiety... - Diabetes and asthma case identification, validation, and representativeness when using electronic health data to construct registries for comparative effectiveness and epidemiologic researchJay R Desai
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55425, USA
Med Care 50:S30-5. 2012..Specific challenges are illustrated with data from actual registries... - Do whole-grain oat cereals reduce the need for antihypertensive medications and improve blood pressure control?Joel J Pins
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455 0392, USA
J Fam Pract 51:353-9. 2002..Our study compared 2 whole grain oat-based cereals with 2 refined grain wheat-based cereals to determine their effects on the need for antihypertensive medications in people with high blood pressure (BP)... - Economic analysis of medical practice variation between 1991 and 2000: the impact of patient outcomes research teams (PORTs)Stephen T Parente
Department of Finance, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Int J Technol Assess Health Care 24:282-93. 2008..The objective of the PORTs was to reduce unnecessary clinical variation in medical treatment...
Research Grants
- Reciprocal Relationships between Diabetes and DepressionPATRICK O CONNOR; Fiscal Year: 2007..This project will provide important missing information needed to improve the care of millions of people worldwide who suffer the devastating consequences of comorbid diabetes and depression. ..
- Reducing Clinical Inertia in Diabetes CarePATRICK O CONNOR; Fiscal Year: 2007..Results of this project will have significant clinical and policy implications. ..
- Childhood Hypertension and Obesity: Diagnosis, Care, and CostsPATRICK O CONNOR; Fiscal Year: 2009..The results will be of great benefit to public health by providing a deeper understanding of the relationship between childhood hypertension and obesity and its' impact on health in adulthood. ..
- Prioritized Clinical Decision Support to Reduce Cardiovascular RiskPATRICK J O apos CONNOR; Fiscal Year: 2010..If successful, this decision support tool could be broadly used to both standardize and personalize care delivered by case managers, pharmacists, and other providers in a wide range of care delivery configurations. ..
- Personalized Physician Learning Intervention to Improve Hypertension ControlPATRICK J O apos CONNOR; Fiscal Year: 2010..Results have the potential to improve the care of millions of Americans who silently suffer the ravages of one of the most devastating and hard to control chronic diseases of all time. ..
- ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CHRONIC DISEASE CAREPATRICK O CONNOR; Fiscal Year: 2001..Results will be relevant to policy makers, purchasers, health plans, medical groups, and clinics that are seeking to improve chronic disease care, and may suggest new intervention strategies worth further investigation. ..
- PHYSICIAN INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE DIABETES CAREPATRICK O CONNOR; Fiscal Year: 2002..The study will have substantial impact on clinical practice and policy whether the results are positive or negative. If successful, the interventions will be easily disseminated to other primary care practice settings. ..
- Childhood Hypertension and Obesity: Diagnosis, Care, and CostsPATRICK J O apos CONNOR; Fiscal Year: 2010..The results will be of great benefit to public health by providing a deeper understanding of the relationship between childhood hypertension and obesity and its'impact on health in adulthood. ..