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| LeRoi S HicksSummaryAffiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital Country: USA Publications
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Experiences with hospital care: perspectives of black and Hispanic patientsLeRoi S Hicks
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02120, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1234-40. 2008..However, the relationship between these differences and possible differences in processes of care has not been well described...- Impact of computerized decision support on blood pressure management and control: a randomized controlled trialLeRoi S Hicks
Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02120, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:429-41. 2008..We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial to examine the effectiveness of computerized decision support (CDS) designed to improve hypertension care and outcomes in a racially diverse sample of primary care patients... 
Impact of health disparities collaboratives on racial/ethnic and insurance disparities in US community health centersLeRoi S Hicks
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:279-86. 2010..The Health Resources and Services Administration Health Disparities Collaboratives (HDCs) were developed to improve care for chronic medical conditions in community health centers (CHCs)...- Health behaviors and racial disparity in blood pressure control in the national health and nutrition examination surveyNicole Redmond
Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 1620 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02120 1613, USA
Hypertension 57:383-9. 2011.... 
Improving the management of chronic disease at community health centersBruce E Landon
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
N Engl J Med 356:921-34. 2007....- Determinants of racial/ethnic differences in blood pressure management among hypertensive patientsLeRoi S Hicks
Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 5:16. 2005..However, to date there are few data available regarding the confounders of racial/ethnic disparities in the intensity of hypertension treatment... - Access to specialty care and medical services in community health centersNakela L Cook
Health Care Policy Department, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:1459-68. 2007..Respondents reported that uninsured patients had greater difficulty obtaining access to off-site specialty services, including referrals and diagnostic testing, than did patients with Medicaid, Medicare, or private insurance... - Determinants of JNC VI guideline adherence, intensity of drug therapy, and blood pressure control by race and ethnicityLeRoi S Hicks
Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA
Hypertension 44:429-34. 2004..Interventions to reduce disparities in cardiovascular outcomes should consider the need to intensify drug therapy more aggressively among all high-risk populations... - Lifestyle modification counseling for hypertensive patients: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004Lenny Lopez
Institute for Health Policy and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Hypertens 22:325-31. 2009..Lifestyle modification is recommended for all patients with the diagnosis of hypertension... - Is hospital service associated with racial and ethnic disparities in experiences with hospital care?LeRoi S Hicks
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women s Faulkner Hospitalist Program, Brigham and Women s Hospital Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Med 118:529-35. 2005..Little is known about the influence of processes of hospital care on racial and ethnic differences in experiences with hospital care... - Perspectives of non-Hispanic Black and Latino patients in Boston's urban community health centers on their experiences with diabetes and hypertensionBeverley E Russell
The Center for Community Health Education Research and Service CCHERS, 716 Columbus Ave, Suite 398, Boston, MA 02120, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:504-9. 2010..S. A better understanding of the health beliefs and experiences of non-Hispanic Blacks and Latinos with these diseases could help to improve their care outcomes... - The quality of chronic disease care in U.S. community health centersLeRoi S Hicks
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 25:1712-23. 2006..Although the quality of chronic disease care in CHCs compares favorably with that of care received in other settings, gaps in quality were observed for the uninsured... - Promoting access to renal transplantation: the role of social support networks in completing pre-transplant evaluationsCHERYL R CLARK
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1187-93. 2008..Completing pre-transplant evaluations may be a greater barrier to renal transplantation for blacks with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) than for whites... - Association of acculturation and country of origin with self-reported hypertension and diabetes in a heterogeneous Hispanic populationFatima Rodriguez
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, 02115, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Public Health 12:768. 2012..We explored the association between diabetes and hypertension prevalence among distinct U.S. Hispanic subgroups by country of origin and by degree of acculturation... - Association of region of residence and immigrant status with hypertension, renal failure, cardiovascular disease, and stroke, among African-American participants in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)LeRoi S Hicks
Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ethn Dis 13:316-23. 2003.... - Electronic health records, clinical decision support, and blood pressure controlLipika Samal
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Manag Care 17:626-32. 2011..We sought to determine whether EHRs with CDS improved blood pressure control in US primary care visits. Study Design: We used a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey... - Differences in health-related quality of life and treatment preferences among black and white patients with end-stage renal diseaseLeRoi S Hicks
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Qual Life Res 13:1129-37. 2004..Racial differences in preferences for renal transplantation among men may be associated with their levels of physical activity... - Insurance status and hospital care for myocardial infarction, stroke, and pneumoniaOmar Hasan
Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02120 1613, USA
J Hosp Med 5:452-9. 2010..Despite widely documented variations in health care outcomes by insurance status, few nationally representative studies have examined such disparities in the inpatient setting... - Sources of health information related to preventive health behaviors in a national studyNicole Redmond
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02120 1613, USA
Am J Prev Med 38:620-627.e2. 2010.... - A systematic review of community-based participatory research to enhance clinical trials in racial and ethnic minority groupsDenise de Las Nueces
Commonwealth Fund Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy, 164 Longwood Avenue, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Health Serv Res 47:1363-86. 2012..To examine the effectiveness of current community-based participatory research (CBPR) clinical trials involving racial and ethnic minorities... - Hospitalists and the quality of care in hospitalsLenny Lopez
Institute for Health Policy and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Arch Intern Med 169:1389-94. 2009..Little is known about the link between hospitalists and performance on hospital-level quality indicators... - Health disparities and the criminal justice system: an agenda for further research and actionIngrid A Binswanger
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine Center, Aurora, CO, USA
J Urban Health 89:98-107. 2012..Understanding and addressing the health of individuals involved in the criminal justice system is one component of a comprehensive strategy to reduce population health disparities and improve the health of our urban communities... - Control of hypertension in adults with chronic kidney disease in the United StatesCarmen A Peralta
General Internal Medicine, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, California, USA
Hypertension 45:1119-24. 2005..Future guidelines and antihypertensive therapies for patients with CKD should target isolated systolic hypertension...