John Heritage

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Online commentary during the physical examination: a communication tool for avoiding inappropriate antibiotic prescribing?
    Rita Mangione-Smith
    Department of Pediatrics, 12 365 Marion Davies Children s Center, University of California, Los Angeles, 10833 LeConte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1752, USA
    Soc Sci Med 56:313-20. 2003
  2. ncbi The interaction order and clinical practice: Some observations on dysfunctions and action steps
    John Heritage
    Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1551, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 84:338-43. 2011
  3. ncbi Reducing patients' unmet concerns in primary care: the difference one word can make
    John Heritage
    Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1551, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 22:1429-33. 2007
  4. ncbi The structure of patients' presenting concerns: physicians' opening questions
    John Heritage
    Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90995 1551, USA
    Health Commun 19:89-102. 2006
  5. ncbi Reducing inappropriate antibiotics prescribing: the role of online commentary on physical examination findings
    John Heritage
    University of California, Department of Sociology, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 81:119-25. 2010
  6. ncbi Why do physicians think parents expect antibiotics? What parents report vs what physicians believe
    Tanya Stivers
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles 90095 1752, USA
    J Fam Pract 52:140-8. 2003
  7. ncbi How much time does it take to prescribe a new medication?
    Derjung M Tarn
    Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 72:311-9. 2008
  8. ncbi Racial/ethnic variation in parent expectations for antibiotics: implications for public health campaigns
    Rita Mangione-Smith
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 1752, USA
    Pediatrics 113:e385-94. 2004
  9. ncbi Physician communication about the cost and acquisition of newly prescribed medications
    Derjung M Tarn
    Department of Family Medicine, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10880 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
    Am J Manag Care 12:657-64. 2006
  10. ncbi Prescribing new medications: a taxonomy of physician-patient communication
    Derjung M Tarn
    Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024 4142, USA
    Commun Med 5:195-208. 2008

Research Grants

  1. COMMUNICATION AND SATISFACTION WITH PRIMARY CARE TEAMS
    John Heritage; Fiscal Year: 2003
  2. ADDRESSING PATIENTS' MULTIPLE CONCERNS IN PRIMARY CARE
    John Heritage; Fiscal Year: 2003

Detail Information

Publications22

  1. ncbi Online commentary during the physical examination: a communication tool for avoiding inappropriate antibiotic prescribing?
    Rita Mangione-Smith
    Department of Pediatrics, 12 365 Marion Davies Children s Center, University of California, Los Angeles, 10833 LeConte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1752, USA
    Soc Sci Med 56:313-20. 2003
    ..No problem' online commentary is a communication technique that may provide an effective and efficient method for resisting perceived expectations to prescribe antibiotics...
  2. ncbi The interaction order and clinical practice: Some observations on dysfunctions and action steps
    John Heritage
    Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1551, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 84:338-43. 2011
    ....
  3. ncbi Reducing patients' unmet concerns in primary care: the difference one word can make
    John Heritage
    Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1551, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 22:1429-33. 2007
    ..In primary, acute-care visits, patients frequently present with more than 1 concern. Various visit factors prevent additional concerns from being articulated and addressed...
  4. ncbi The structure of patients' presenting concerns: physicians' opening questions
    John Heritage
    Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90995 1551, USA
    Health Commun 19:89-102. 2006
    ..0001) that included more discrete symptoms ( p<.0001). Physicians were more likely to use confirmatory questions in the urban setting ( p=.003)...
  5. ncbi Reducing inappropriate antibiotics prescribing: the role of online commentary on physical examination findings
    John Heritage
    University of California, Department of Sociology, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 81:119-25. 2010
    ....
  6. ncbi Why do physicians think parents expect antibiotics? What parents report vs what physicians believe
    Tanya Stivers
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles 90095 1752, USA
    J Fam Pract 52:140-8. 2003
    ..To examine the relation between parent expectations for antibiotics, parent communication behaviors, and physicians' perceptions of parent expectations for antibiotics...
  7. ncbi How much time does it take to prescribe a new medication?
    Derjung M Tarn
    Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 72:311-9. 2008
    ..To measure the length of time spent discussing all aspects of new prescriptions and guideline-recommended aspects of counseling, and to evaluate factors associated with duration of discussion...
  8. ncbi Racial/ethnic variation in parent expectations for antibiotics: implications for public health campaigns
    Rita Mangione-Smith
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 1752, USA
    Pediatrics 113:e385-94. 2004
    ..Widespread overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics are a major public health concern. Little is known about racial/ethnic differences in parents seeking antibiotics for their children's upper respiratory illnesses...
  9. ncbi Physician communication about the cost and acquisition of newly prescribed medications
    Derjung M Tarn
    Department of Family Medicine, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10880 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
    Am J Manag Care 12:657-64. 2006
    ..To describe the frequency and content of physician discussions about the cost and acquisition of new medications...
  10. ncbi Prescribing new medications: a taxonomy of physician-patient communication
    Derjung M Tarn
    Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024 4142, USA
    Commun Med 5:195-208. 2008
    ..The coding system also can be used to measure the quality of new medication discussions for linkage to outcomes and can inform interventions to improve communication when prescribing new drugs...
  11. ncbi Affective and instrumental communication in primary care interactions: predicting the satisfaction of nursing staff and patients
    Kelly B Haskard
    Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, USA
    Health Commun 24:21-32. 2009
    ..Patients' and nursing staff members' behaviors of pleasantness and involvement frequently co-occurred...
  12. ncbi Children in chronic pain: promoting pediatric patients' symptom accounts in tertiary care
    Ignasi Clemente
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    Soc Sci Med 66:1418-28. 2008
    ..In general, epistemic prefaces were characteristic of the gastroenterology and neurology visits, while non-focused questioning was found overwhelmingly in the pain encounters...
  13. ncbi Cancer screening adherence: does physician-patient communication matter?
    Sarah A Fox
    Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Box 951736, 911 Broxton, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
    Patient Educ Couns 75:178-84. 2009
    ..The objective of this study was to examine the separate contributions of patients and physicians to their communication regarding cancer screening...
  14. ncbi Conversation analysis, doctor-patient interaction and medical communication
    Douglas W Maynard
    Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Med Educ 39:428-35. 2005
    ..We conclude with suggestions for how to incorporate CA into the medical curriculum. It fits with biopsychosocial, patient-centred and relationship-centred approaches to teaching about medical communication...
  15. ncbi Physician communication when prescribing new medications
    Derjung M Tarn
    Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, 10880 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
    Arch Intern Med 166:1855-62. 2006
    ..This article describes and assesses the quality of physician communication with patients about newly prescribed medications...
  16. ncbi The structure of patients' presenting concerns: the completion relevance of current symptoms
    Jeffrey D Robinson
    Department of Communication, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 1071, USA
    Soc Sci Med 61:481-93. 2005
    ..This is a resource for physicians to distinguish between complete and incomplete presentations, and for patients to manipulate this distinction...
  17. ncbi Physicians' opening questions and patients' satisfaction
    Jeffrey D Robinson
    Rutgers University, Department of Communication, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 1071, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 60:279-85. 2006
    ..e., satisfaction with) the affective-relational dimension of physicians' communication...
  18. ncbi Correspondence among patients' self-reports, chart records, and audio/videotapes of medical visits
    M Robin Dimatteo
    Department of Psychology, University of California at Riverside, USA
    Health Commun 15:393-413. 2003
    ..The implications of these findings are discussed, and recommendations are made for future research...
  19. ncbi Ruling out the need for antibiotics: are we sending the right message?
    Rita Mangione-Smith
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California Los Angeles, Calif, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:945-52. 2006
    ..To examine the relationships among physician-parent communication practices, physicians' perceptions of parental expectations for antibiotic treatment, and inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for viral upper respiratory tract infections...
  20. ncbi Transgenic maize in the presence of ampicillin modifies the metabolic profile and microbial population structure of bovine rumen fluid in vitro
    Melanie Koch
    Department of Physiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Bischofsholer Damm 15/102, 30273 Hannover, Germany
    Br J Nutr 96:820-9. 2006
    ....
  21. ncbi Measurement of ampicillin, vancomycin, linezolid and gentamicin activity against enterococcal biofilms
    Jonathan A T Sandoe
    Department of Microbiology, The General Infirmary at Leeds, UK
    J Antimicrob Chemother 57:767-70. 2006
    ..We measured an alternative endpoint, the minimum biofilm inhibitory concentration (MBIC) and compared the results with MIC and MBC...
  22. ncbi Antibiotic resistance in general dental practice--a cause for concern?
    Louise C Sweeney
    School of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
    J Antimicrob Chemother 53:567-76. 2004
    ..It concludes that better use of diagnostic services, surveillance and improvements in dental education are required now to lessen the impact of antibiotic resistance in the future...

Research Grants5

  1. COMMUNICATION AND SATISFACTION WITH PRIMARY CARE TEAMS
    John Heritage; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..The knowledge gained from this study will provide a basis for the development of a training intervention which will improve information gathering, information transmission, and patient care in the primary care context. ..
  2. ADDRESSING PATIENTS' MULTIPLE CONCERNS IN PRIMARY CARE
    John Heritage; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..The knowledge gained from this study will provide the basis for a training intervention which improves the quality of care for patients presenting with multiple concerns. ..