Tierney, Aaron A.
Research interests include equity in health information technology.
Telehealth Use, Care Continuity, and Quality: Diabetes and Hypertension Care in Community Health Centers Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
BACKGROUND: Community health centers (CHCs) pivoted to using telehealth to deliver chronic care during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. While care…
Clinical Assessment of Residents: A Survey of Clinician Educators Regarding Resident Assessment Burden and Modifiable Factors.
BACKGROUND: A fundamental role of the clinician educator is to provide thoughtful assessments for resident development. A gap in the…
Telemedicine implementation and use in community health centers during COVID-19: Clinic personnel and patient perspectives.
In March 2020, federal and state telehealth policy changes catalyzed telemedicine adoption and use in community health centers. There is…
Schmittdiel, Julie
Research interests are focused on organizational theory and behavior.
Liu, Vincent
Research interests include health services research and health information technology
Grant, Richard W.
Research interests include diabetes and health services research
Examining the Relationship Between the Lean Management System and Quality Improvement Care Management Processes.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The United States has an underperforming health care system on both cost and quality criteria in comparison…
Can Patient-Provider Interpersonal Interventions Achieve the Quadruple Aim of Healthcare? A Systematic Review.
BACKGROUND: Human connection is at the heart of medical care, but questions remain as to the effectiveness of interpersonal interventions.…
Advancing Evidence Synthesis from Effectiveness to Implementation: Integration of Implementation Measures into Evidence Reviews.
BACKGROUND: In order to close the gap between discoveries that could improve health, and widespread impact on routine health care…
Practices to Foster Physician Presence and Connection With Patients in the Clinical Encounter.
IMPORTANCE: Time constraints, technology, and administrative demands of modern medicine often impede the human connection that is central to clinical…
What is clinician presence? A qualitative interview study comparing physician and non-physician insights about practices of human connection.
OBJECTIVE: We sought to investigate the concept and practices of 'clinician presence', exploring how physicians and professionals create connection, engage…
High-Need Patients’ Goals and Goal Progress in a Veterans Affairs Intensive Outpatient Care Program.
BACKGROUND: Healthcare systems nationwide are implementing intensive outpatient care programs to optimize care for high-need patients; however, little is known…
Transdisciplinary Strategies for Physician Wellness: Qualitative Insights from Diverse Fields.
BACKGROUND: While barriers to physician wellness have been well detailed, concrete solutions are lacking. n OBJECTIVE: We looked to professionals…
Outpatient Management of Emergency Department Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Variation, Patient Characteristics, and Outcomes
Outpatient management of emergency department (ED) patients with acute pulmonary embolism is uncommon. We seek to evaluate the facility-level variation…
Thromboprophylaxis for Patients with High-risk Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter Discharged from the Emergency Department
Many patients with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter (AF/FL) who are high risk for ischemic stroke are not receiving evidence-based…
Performance of Coronary Risk Scores Among Patients With Chest Pain in the Emergency Department
Both the modified History, Electrocardiogram, Age, Risk factors and Troponin (HEART) score and the Emergency Department Assessment of Chest pain…
The Delivery Science Rapid Analysis Program: A Research and Operational Partnership at Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Health care researchers and delivery system leaders share a common mission to improve health care quality and outcomes. However, differing…
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics Associated with Engagement in Behavioral Health Treatment Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
This study investigates demographic and clinical factors associated with initiation, continuation, and adherence to behavioral health treatment (BHT) among children…
Risk stratifying emergency department patients with acute pulmonary embolism: Does the simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index perform as well as the original?
The Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI) is a validated prognostic score to estimate the 30-day mortality of emergency department (ED)…
