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Relationship between patient complaints and surgical complicationsH J Murff
Division of General Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212 2637, USA
Qual Saf Health Care 15:13-6. 2006..The purpose of this study was to determine whether an association exists between patient complaints and surgical complications...- Race and family history assessment for breast cancerHarvey J Murff
Division of General Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Department of Veterans Affairs, Nashville, TN 37212 2637, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:75-80. 2005..The purpose of this study was to determine whether differences exist in the collection of family history information based on patient race... - Near misses and research subjectsH J Murff
Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Qual Saf Health Care 15:228-9. 2006 
Does this patient have a family history of cancer? An evidence-based analysis of the accuracy of family cancer historyHarvey J Murff
Division of General Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Research Education and Clinical Center, Nashville, Tenn 37212 2637, USA
JAMA 292:1480-9. 2004..A family history of certain cancers is associated with an increased risk of developing cancer. Both cancer screening and genetic services referral decisions are often based on self-reported pedigree information...- The impact of family history of diabetes on glucose testing and counseling behavior in primary careHarvey J Murff
Division of General Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Diabetes Care 27:2247-8. 2004 - Detecting adverse events for patient safety research: a review of current methodologiesHarvey J Murff
Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, GRECC, 1310 24th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212 2637, USA
J Biomed Inform 36:131-43. 2003..But these systems will perform optimally only if we improve our understanding of the fundamental nature of errors and the ways in which the human mind can naturally, but erroneously, contribute to the problems that we observe... - Primary care physician attitudes concerning follow-up of abnormal test results and ambulatory decision support systemsH J Murff
Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Department of Veterans Affairs, TVH, GRECC Unit, 1310 24th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
Int J Med Inform 71:137-49. 2003..Information systems could assist providers with abnormal test result tracking, yet little is known about primary care providers attitudes toward outpatient decision support systems... - Impact of patient age on family cancer historyHarvey J Murff
Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Genet Med 8:438-42. 2006..CONCLUSION: For colorectal and breast cancers, younger individuals reporting a family history of these cancers were more likely to report a pedigree with high-risk features than older individuals... - Colonoscopy screening in African Americans and Whites with affected first-degree relativesHarvey J Murff
Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Nashville, TN 37203 1738, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:625-31. 2008..Racial differences in colon cancer mortality could be related to variations in screening of increased-risk individuals... 
Early initiation of colorectal cancer screening in individuals with affected first-degree relativesHarvey J Murff
Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:121-6. 2007..Several guidelines recommend initiating colorectal cancer screening at age 40 for individuals with affected first-degree relatives, yet little evidence exists describing how often these individuals receive screening procedures...- The interaction of age and hormone replacement therapy on colon adenoma riskHarvey J Murff
Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Cancer Detect Prev 31:161-5. 2007..We re-evaluated this interaction and determined if this interaction may be explained by the longer duration of estrogen use in older, rather than younger, women... - Colorectal cancer screening among men and women in the United StatesNeeraja B Peterson
Center for Health Services Research, Division of General Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 8300, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16:57-65. 2007..A few previous studies have shown that men were more likely than women to be screened for colorectal cancer (CRC)... - Cancer risk assessment: quality and impact of the family history interviewHarvey J Murff
Division of General Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:239-45. 2004..When family history information does identify high-risk individuals, only the minority are referred for genetic services... - The comprehensiveness of family cancer history assessments in primary careHarvey J Murff
Division of General Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212 2637, USA
Community Genet 10:174-80. 2007..Accurate family history information is required for adequate breast and colorectal cancer risk assessments. Few studies have examined the comprehensiveness of the family medical history interview in primary care... - Papanicolaou testing among women in the southern United StatesNeeraja B Peterson
Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 8300, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 17:939-46. 2008..We examined Pap testing among southern women, mostly of low income and educational status, to determine if rates were similar to those reported nationally and to examine which factors were related to receipt of Pap tests... 
The association of plasma fatty acids with prostate cancer risk in African Americans and AfricansFlora A Ukoli
Dept of Surgery, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 21:127-47. 2010..These preliminary findings need to be further explored in a larger study that will include risk analysis of fatty-acid ratios to clarify their combined impact on PCa risk...- Race and socioeconomic status are independently associated with benign prostatic hyperplasiaJay H Fowke
Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37203 1738, USA
J Urol 180:2091-6; discussion 2096. 2008..We investigated racial differences in and surgical intervention for benign prostatic hyperplasia in a large and predominantly low income population... - Electronically screening discharge summaries for adverse medical eventsHarvey J Murff
Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 10:339-50. 2003..Nonetheless, computerized clinical narrative screening methods could potentially offer researchers and quality managers a means to routinely detect adverse events... - Assessment of adverse drug events among patients in a tertiary care medical centerPhilip E Johnston
Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Vanderbilt University Medical Center VUMC, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 63:2218-27. 2006..Specific patient and clinical characteristics associated with an increased risk of sustaining an adverse event (AE) were identified... - Patient satisfaction profiling of individual physicians: impact of panel statusHarvey J Murff
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Division of General Internal Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
J Eval Clin Pract 10:553-61. 2004..Further research is necessary to determine if panel status might also confound patient satisfaction... - Understanding of drug indications by ambulatory care patientsStephen D Persell
Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611 2927, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 61:2523-7. 2004..Patients' knowledge of the indications of their prescription medications was studied and those medications that were most likely to be taken without patients understanding the correct indication were identified... - A prospective study of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and colorectal cancer risk in Chinese womenHarvey J Murff
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203 1738, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:2283-91. 2009..03). These results suggest that dietary PUFA and the ratio of n-6 to n-3 PUFA intake may be positively associated with colorectal cancer risk, and this association may be mediated in part through PGE(2) production... - Research participant safety and systems factors in general clinical research centersHarvey J Murff
Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, GRECC, Nashville, TN, USA
IRB 28:8-14. 2006 - Use of colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy among African Americans and whites in a low-income populationNeeraja B Peterson
Prev Chronic Dis 5:A28. 2008 - Hospital workload and adverse eventsJoel S Weissman
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Med Care 45:448-55. 2007..Hospitals are under pressure to increase revenue and lower costs, and at the same time, they face dramatic variation in clinical demand... - General clinical research center staff nurse perceptions and behaviors regarding informed consent: results of a national surveyHarvey J Murff
Department of Veterans' Affairs, USA
IRB 28:8-12. 2006 - Adverse drug events occurring following hospital dischargeAlan J Forster
Division of General Internal Medicine and Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
J Gen Intern Med 20:317-23. 2005..To describe the incidence of adverse drug events (ADEs), preventable ADEs, and ameliorable ADEs occurring after hospital discharge and their associated risk factors... - "I wish I had seen this test result earlier!": Dissatisfaction with test result management systems in primary careEric G Poon
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Mass 02120, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:2223-8. 2004..Therefore, we sought to identify problems in current test result management systems and possible ways to improve these systems... - The incidence and severity of adverse events affecting patients after discharge from the hospitalAlan J Forster
University of Ottawa, F654-1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4E9, Canada
Ann Intern Med 138:161-7. 2003..CONCLUSION: Adverse events occurred frequently in the peridischarge period, and many could potentially have been prevented or ameliorated with simple strategies... - Changing incident diabetes regimens: a Veterans Administration cohort study from 2000 to 2005Mary Margaret Huizinga
Diabetes Care 30:e85. 2007