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Risk factors for adverse drug events among nursing home residentsT S Field
Meyers Primary Care Institute, 100 Central St, Worcester, MA 01608, USA
Arch Intern Med 161:1629-34. 2001..In a prospective study of nursing home residents, we found adverse drug events (ADEs) to be common, serious, and often preventable. To direct prevention efforts at high-risk residents, information is needed on resident-level risk factors...- Risk factors for adverse drug events among older adults in the ambulatory settingTerry S Field
Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:1349-54. 2004..To gather information on patient-level factors associated with risk of adverse drug events (ADEs) that may allow focus of prevention efforts on patients at high risk... 
Strategies for detecting adverse drug events among older persons in the ambulatory settingTerry S Field
Meyers Primary Care Institute, Fallon Healthcare System and University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 11:492-8. 2004..To examine various strategies for the identification of adverse drug events (ADEs) among older persons in the ambulatory clinical setting...- Adverse drug events resulting from patient errors in older adultsTerry S Field
Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:271-6. 2007..To characterize the types of patient-related errors that lead to adverse drug events (ADEs) and identify patients at high risk of such errors... - The costs associated with adverse drug events among older adults in the ambulatory settingTerry S Field
Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Med Care 43:1171-6. 2005..Reducing the rate of adverse drug events in the ambulatory setting may require large investments in quality improvement efforts and technologic innovations. Little evidence is available on the potential resulting savings... 
Dementia and risk of adverse warfarin-related events in the nursing home settingJennifer Tjia
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 10:323-30. 2012..Little attention has been focused on the safety of medications administered to treat non illnesses in nursing home residents with dementia. It is unclear whether this population is at increased risk of adverse drug events...- Incidence and preventability of adverse drug events among older persons in the ambulatory settingJerry H Gurwitz
Meyers Primary Care Institute and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, 630 Plantation St, Worcester, Mass 01605, USA
JAMA 289:1107-16. 2003..Adverse drug events, especially those that may be preventable, are among the most serious concerns about medication use in older persons cared for in the ambulatory clinical setting... - Primary care, economic barriers to health care, and use of colorectal cancer screening tests among Medicare enrollees over timeChyke A Doubeni
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Ann Fam Med 8:299-307. 2010..The objective of this study was to examine the impact of primary care and economic barriers to health care on CRC testing relative to the 2001 Medicare expansion of screening coverage... - The Cancer Message Literacy Tests: psychometric analyses and validity studiesKathleen M Mazor
Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Reliant Medical Group, Fallon Community Health Plan, Worcester, USA
Patient Educ Couns 89:69-75. 2012..To examine the psychometric properties of two new health literacy tests, and to evaluate score validity... - Randomized trial of a warfarin communication protocol for nursing homes: an SBAR-based approachTerry S Field
Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Fallon Community Health Plan, Fallon Clinic, Worcester, USA
Am J Med 124:179.e1-7. 2011..Prior research has demonstrated compelling evidence of safety problems with warfarin therapy in this setting, often associated with suboptimal communication between nursing home staff and prescribing physicians... - Effect of computerized provider order entry with clinical decision support on adverse drug events in the long-term care settingJerry H Gurwitz
Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Fallon Clinic, and Fallon Community Health Plan, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:2225-33. 2008..To evaluate the efficacy of computerized provider order entry with clinical decision support for preventing adverse drug events in long-term care... - Computerized clinical decision support during medication ordering for long-term care residents with renal insufficiencyTerry S Field
Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 16:480-5. 2009..Trial Registration: http://clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00599209... - Medicare part D's exclusion of benzodiazepines and fracture risk in nursing homesBecky A Briesacher
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 377 Plantation St, Biotech Four, Ste 315, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:693-8. 2010..Medicare Part D excludes benzodiazepine medications from coverage, and some state Medicaid programs also limit coverage. We assessed whether such policies decrease the risk of fractures in elderly individuals living in nursing homes... - Baseline and follow-up laboratory monitoring of cardiovascular medicationsJennifer Tjia
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
Ann Pharmacother 45:1077-84. 2011..It is unclear whether black box warnings (BBWs) as well as evidence- and consensus-based clinical guidelines increase the likelihood of appropriate monitoring... - The safety of warfarin therapy in the nursing home settingJerry H Gurwitz
Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Fallon Clinic Foundation, and Fallon Community Health Plan, Worcester, Mass 01605, USA
Am J Med 120:539-44. 2007..We examined the preventability of adverse warfarin-related events and potential adverse warfarin-related events ("near misses") in the nursing home setting... - Socioeconomic and racial patterns of colorectal cancer screening among Medicare enrollees in 2000 to 2005Chyke A Doubeni
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:2170-5. 2009..Therefore, we examined patterns of colorectal cancer screening and associations with race-ethnicity, education, and income over time... - Under utilization of surveillance mammography among older breast cancer survivorsTerry S Field
Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:158-63. 2008..Annual surveillance mammography is recommended for follow-up of women with a history of breast cancer. We examined surveillance mammography among breast cancer survivors who were enrolled in integrated healthcare systems... - Age, comorbidity, and breast cancer severity: impact on receipt of definitive local therapy and rate of recurrence among older women with early-stage breast cancerTerry S Field
Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
J Am Coll Surg 213:757-65. 2011..Older women and those with comorbidities frequently receive breast-conserving surgery alone. The interaction of age and comorbidity with breast cancer severity and their impact on receipt of definitive therapy have not been well-studied... - Racial and ethnic trends of colorectal cancer screening among Medicare enrolleesChyke A Doubeni
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester MA 01655, USA
Am J Prev Med 38:184-91. 2010..Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates have remained lower than the Healthy People 2010 goal, particularly among minority populations... - Prescribers' responses to alerts during medication ordering in the long term care settingJames Judge
Meyers Primary Care Institute, 630 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 13:385-90. 2006..However, the relatively low rate of response to these alerts suggests that further refinements to such systems are required, and that their impact on medication errors and adverse drug events must be carefully assessed... - Costs associated with developing and implementing a computerized clinical decision support system for medication dosing for patients with renal insufficiency in the long-term care settingTerry S Field
Meyers Primary Care Institute, 630 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 15:466-72. 2008..71) or an existing decision support add-on for renal dosing ($23,694.51). Development of a CDSS for a commercial computerized prescriber order entry system requires extensive commitment of personnel, particularly among clinical staff... - Identifying patients with osteoporosis or at risk for osteoporotic fracturesYong Chen
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Am J Manag Care 18:e61-7. 2012..To test the validity of using administrative data to identify patients with osteoporosis or low bone mineral density (BMD) and high risk for osteoporotic fractures... - Quality measurement of medication monitoring in the "meaningful use" eraJennifer Tjia
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Biotech Four, 377 Plantation St, Ste 315, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Am J Manag Care 17:633-7. 2011.... - Impact of health information technology interventions to improve medication laboratory monitoring for ambulatory patients: a systematic reviewShira H Fischer
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 17:631-6. 2010..Whether HIT improves laboratory monitoring of certain high-risk medications for ambulatory patients remains unclear, and further research is needed to clarify this important question... - The incidence of adverse drug events in two large academic long-term care facilitiesJerry H Gurwitz
The Meyers Primary Care Institute, Fallon Foundation, and University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
Am J Med 118:251-8. 2005..To assess the incidence of and risk factors for adverse drug events in the long-term care setting... - Development and pilot testing of guidelines to monitor high-risk medications in the ambulatory settingJennifer Tjia
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts, 377 Plantation St, Ste 315, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Am J Manag Care 16:489-96. 2010..To develop guidelines to monitor high-risk medications and to assess the prevalence of laboratory testing for these medications among a multispecialty group practice... - Nursing home residents and enrollment in Medicare Part DBecky A Briesacher
Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1902-7. 2009..To assess the impact of Medicare Part D in the nursing home (NH) setting... - Unexplained variation across US nursing homes in antipsychotic prescribing ratesYong Chen
Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, 01605, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:89-95. 2010..We assessed the extent to which resident clinical characteristics and institutional prescribing practice were associated with antipsychotic prescribing... - Surveying physicians: do components of the "Total Design Approach" to optimizing survey response rates apply to physicians?Terry S Field
Meyers Primary Care Institute, Fallon Healthcare System, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
Med Care 40:596-605. 2002..The impact of this approach on response rates among physicians is uncertain... - Pay-for-performance in nursing homesBecky A Briesacher
University of Massachusetts Medical School and Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
Health Care Financ Rev 30:1-13. 2009..The programs were mostly short-lived, varied considerably in the choice of performance measures and pay incentives, and evaluations of the impact were rare... - Racial differences in tumor stage and survival for colorectal cancer in an insured populationChyke A Doubeni
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Cancer 109:612-20. 2007..Despite declining death rates from colorectal cancer (CRC), racial disparities have continued to increase. In this study, the authors examined disparities in a racially diverse group of insured patients... - Hypertension management: the care gap between clinical guidelines and clinical practiceSusan E Andrade
Meyers Primary Care Institute, Fallon Foundation, and University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass 01605, USA
Am J Manag Care 10:481-6. 2004..CONCLUSION: Efforts are required to reduce "therapeutic inertia," particularly in patients with modestly elevated systolic blood pressure levels... - Health literacy and cancer prevention: two new instruments to assess comprehensionKathleen M Mazor
Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Reliant Medical Group, Fallon Community Health Plan, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Patient Educ Couns 88:54-60. 2012..We sought to develop a test to assess comprehension of spoken health messages related to cancer prevention and screening to fill this gap, and a complementary test of comprehension of written health messages... - Bone health in postmenopausal women with early breast cancer: how protective is tamoxifen?Hongliu Ding
Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 630 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Cancer Treat Rev 33:506-13. 2007..More investigation is necessary to clarify the discrepancy between bone mineral density and fracture in postmenopausal breast cancer patients treated with tamoxifen... - Patterns and predictors of mammography utilization among breast cancer survivorsChyke A Doubeni
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Cancer 106:2482-8. 2006..Improvements in cancer detection and treatment have resulted in increasing numbers of breast cancer survivors. Information regarding the use of mammography by breast cancer survivors is limited... - Computerized physician order entry with clinical decision support in the long-term care setting: insights from the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric CarePaula A Rochon
Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1780-9. 2005..Based on experience adopting this technology early, 10 insights are offered that it is hoped will assist others who are considering the implementation of CPOE systems with CDS in the LTC setting... - Clinical application of a computerized system for physician order entry with clinical decision support to prevent adverse drug events in long-term carePaula A Rochon
Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest, Toronto, Ont
CMAJ 174:52-4. 2006 - The effect of computerized physician order entry with clinical decision support on the rates of adverse drug events: a systematic reviewJesse I Wolfstadt
Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Gen Intern Med 23:451-8. 2008..Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) with clinical decision support (CDS) has been promoted as an effective strategy to prevent the development of a drug injury defined as an adverse drug event (ADE)... - Survivorship research based in integrated healthcare delivery systems: the Cancer Research NetworkAnn M Geiger
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Cancer 112:2617-26. 2008..The National Cancer Institute funds the Cancer Research Network (CRN) to leverage these capabilities for all types of cancer research, including survivorship... - Computerized physician order entry with clinical decision support in long-term care facilities: costs and benefits to stakeholdersSujha Subramanian
RTI International, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1451-7. 2007..Consideration of these costs and benefits suggests that financial incentives to physicians and facilities may be necessary to encourage and accelerate widespread use of these systems in the LTC setting... - Receipt of appropriate primary breast cancer therapy and adjuvant therapy are not associated with obesity in older women with access to health careDiana S M Buist
Group Health Center for Health Studies, 1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:3428-36. 2007..The purpose of this study was to examine the association between BMI at breast cancer diagnosis and receipt of appropriate primary tumor therapy and adjuvant therapy... - Recurrences and second primary breast cancers in older women with initial early-stage diseaseAnn M Geiger
Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Cancer 109:966-74. 2007..The association between common breast cancer therapies and recurrences and second primary breast cancers in older women is unclear, although older women are less likely to receive common therapies... - Predictors of tamoxifen discontinuation among older women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancerCynthia Owusu
Division of Hematology Oncology, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Health System Ireland Cancer Center BHC 5055, 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106 5055, USA
J Clin Oncol 26:549-55. 2008..However, information on tamoxifen discontinuation is scanty. We sought to identify predictors of tamoxifen discontinuation among older women with breast cancer... - Automated inter-rater reliability assessment and electronic data collection in a multi-center breast cancer studySoe Soe Thwin
Geriatrics Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
BMC Med Res Methodol 7:23. 2007..There remains a need to examine potential benefits, efficiencies, and innovations associated with an EDC system in a multi-center medical record review study... - Mammography surveillance and mortality in older breast cancer survivorsTimothy L Lash
Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:3001-6. 2007..Our purpose is to estimate the effectiveness of surveillance mammography in a cohort of breast cancer survivors with complete ascertainment of surveillance mammograms and negligible losses to follow-up... - Using probabilistic corrections to account for abstractor agreement in medical record reviewsTimothy L Lash
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Am J Epidemiol 165:1454-61. 2007..While many investigators use reliability data only as a metric for data quality, a more thorough approach can also quantitatively depict the uncertainty in the observed associations...