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201 to 225 of 1870 Research Studies DisplayedBayramzadeh S, Anthony MK, Sterling M
The role of the physical environment in shaping interruptions and disruptions in complex health care settings: a scoping review.
This scoping review investigated the impact of the physical environment on interruptions and disruptions and the associated outcomes in complex environments, as they relate to the components of the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety. Findings showed that poor layout configurations, tripping hazards, and technology integration were common examples of compromised workflow and safety issues due to the physical environment's characteristics.
AHRQ-funded; HS027261.
Citation: Bayramzadeh S, Anthony MK, Sterling M .
The role of the physical environment in shaping interruptions and disruptions in complex health care settings: a scoping review.
Am J Med Qual 2021 Nov-Dec;36(6):449-58. doi: 10.1097/jmq.0000000000000005..
Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Patient Safety
Reed M, Huang J, Graetz I
Treatment and follow-up care associated with patient-scheduled primary care telemedicine and in-person visits in a large integrated health system.
Telemedicine visits can offer patients convenient access to a clinician, but it is unclear whether treatment differs from that with in-person visits or how often patients require in-person follow-up. The objectives of this study was to examine whether physician prescribing and orders differed between telemedicine and office visits, whether physicians conducting telemedicine visits were more likely to require in-person follow-up, and whether telemedicine visits were associated with more health events.
AHRQ-funded; HS25189.
Citation: Reed M, Huang J, Graetz I .
Treatment and follow-up care associated with patient-scheduled primary care telemedicine and in-person visits in a large integrated health system.
JAMA Netw Open 2021 Nov;4(11):e2132793. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.32793..
Keywords: Telehealth, Health Information Technology (HIT), Primary Care
Lai LY, Shahinian VB, Oerline MK
Understanding active surveillance for prostate cancer.
Understanding active surveillance for prostate cancer.
AHRQ-funded; HS025707.
Citation: Lai LY, Shahinian VB, Oerline MK .
Understanding active surveillance for prostate cancer.
JCO Oncol Pract 2021 Nov;17(11):e1678-e87. doi: 10.1200/op.20.00929..
Keywords: Cancer: Prostate Cancer, Cancer
Santana S, Brach C, Harris L
AHRQ Author: Brach C
Updating Health Literacy for Healthy People 2030: Defining Its Importance for a New Decade in Public Health.
The US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) updates the Healthy People objectives each decade based on the most current science. For the development of HP2030, the HHS drew on recommendations from the Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2030 (Secretary's Advisory Committee), an independent advisory committee of national health experts, to update the 20-year old individual-focused Healthy People definition of health literacy. This paper discusses that process.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Santana S, Brach C, Harris L .
Updating Health Literacy for Healthy People 2030: Defining Its Importance for a New Decade in Public Health.
J Public Health Manag Pract 2021 Nov-Dec;27(Suppl 6):S258-S64. doi: 10.1097/phh.0000000000001324..
Keywords: Health Literacy, Public Health, Health Promotion
Herb J, Staley BS, Roberson M
Use and disparities in parathyroidectomy for symptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism in the Medicare population.
The investigators’ objective was to determine national usage and disparities in parathyroidectomy for symptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism among insured older adults. Data was obtained using Medicare claims. They found that parathyroidectomy was underused and recommended that quality improvement efforts, rooted in equitable care, be undertaken to increase access to parathyroidectomy for this disease.
AHRQ-funded; HS000032.
Citation: Herb J, Staley BS, Roberson M .
Use and disparities in parathyroidectomy for symptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism in the Medicare population.
Surgery 2021 Nov;170(5):1376-82. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.05.026..
Keywords: Elderly, Disparities, Medicare, Surgery, Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Sussman AL, Crawford JN, Brakey HR
Use of a benchmark tracking assessment to support expansion of buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder in primary care.
Barriers to the expansion of opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment in primary care using buprenorphine are well documented. Providers require support along a continuum. A systematic tracking framework to enhance provider progress along this continuum is lacking. The investigators developed a benchmark tracking assessment (BTA) as part of data collection in a 5-year study to examine the impact of provider participation in an online intervention to support expansion of buprenorphine treatment for OUD in rural primary care.
AHRQ-funded; HS025345.
Citation: Sussman AL, Crawford JN, Brakey HR .
Use of a benchmark tracking assessment to support expansion of buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder in primary care.
J Am Board Fam Med 2021 Nov-Dec;34(6):1216-20. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.06.210111..
Keywords: Opioids, Primary Care, Medication, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Health
Nair AA, Farber HJ, Chen H
Utilization of opioid versus non-opioid analgesics in Medicaid and CHIP enrolled children with current asthma.
Opioid analgesics are frequently dispensed in children despite its known risk in children with a compromised airway function. The objectives of the study were to assess the prevalence of opioid analgesic dispensing in children with current asthma and to identify patient and prescriber factors associated with the dispensing of opioid versus non-opioid analgesics. The investigators concluded that opioid analgesics are frequently dispensed to children with asthma. A higher dispensing rate was observed among non-Hispanic White children and among those with a history of uncontrolled asthma.
AHRQ-funded; HS026790.
Citation: Nair AA, Farber HJ, Chen H .
Utilization of opioid versus non-opioid analgesics in Medicaid and CHIP enrolled children with current asthma.
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2021 Nov;30(11):1520-31. doi: 10.1002/pds.5336..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Opioids, Medication, Asthma, Respiratory Conditions
Warniment A, Steuart R, Rodean J
Variation in bacterial respiratory culture results in children with neurologic impairment.
The purpose of this study was to examine bacterial respiratory cultures in children with neurologic impairment (NI) (eg, cerebral palsy), both with and without tracheostomies, who were hospitalized with acute respiratory infections (ARIs) (eg, pneumonia) and to compare culture results across hospitals and age groups. The investigators concluded that the bacteriology of ARI in hospitalized children with NI differed from that of otherwise healthy children.
AHRQ-funded; HS025138; HS019862.
Citation: Warniment A, Steuart R, Rodean J .
Variation in bacterial respiratory culture results in children with neurologic impairment.
Hosp Pediatr 2021 Nov;11(11):e326-e33. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2020-005314..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Respiratory Conditions, Neurological Disorders
Linzer M, Neprash H, Brown R
Where trust flourishes: perceptions of clinicians who trust their organizations and are trusted by their patients.
Investigators sought to determine perceived characteristics of clinics by clinicians who trust their organizations and whose patients have trust in them. Baseline data was obtained from the Healthy Work Place trial and included 165 clinicians with 1,132 patients. They found that high clinician-high patient trust occurred when clinicians perceived their organizational cultures to have (1) an emphasis on quality, (2) an emphasis on communication and information, (3) cohesiveness among clinicians, and (4) values alignment between clinicians and leaders.
AHRQ-funded; HS018160.
Citation: Linzer M, Neprash H, Brown R .
Where trust flourishes: perceptions of clinicians who trust their organizations and are trusted by their patients.
Ann Fam Med 2021 Nov-Dec;19(6):521-26. doi: 10.1370/afm.2732..
Keywords: Practice Improvement, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care
Kaderka R, Hild SJ, Bry VN, Kaderka R, Hild SJ, Bry VN, , Hild SJ, Bry VN
Wide-scale clinical implementation of knowledge-based planning: an investigation of workforce efficiency, need for post-automation refinement, and data-driven model maintenance.
Investigators sought to investigate the effect of automated knowledge-based planning (KBP) on real-world clinical workflow efficiency, to assess whether manual refinement of KBP plans improves plan quality across multiple disease sites, and to develop a data-driven method to periodically improve KBP automated planning routines. They found that KBP increased clinical efficiency by significantly reducing planning time. On average, human refinement offered minimal dose improvements over KBP-only plans.
AHRQ-funded; HS025440.
Citation: Kaderka R, Hild SJ, Bry VN, Kaderka R, Hild SJ, Bry VN, , Hild SJ, Bry VN .
Wide-scale clinical implementation of knowledge-based planning: an investigation of workforce efficiency, need for post-automation refinement, and data-driven model maintenance.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021 Nov 1;111(3):705-15. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.06.028..
Keywords: Workforce, Implementation
Salwei ME, Carayon P, Hoonakker PLT
Workflow integration analysis of a human factors-based clinical decision support in the emergency department.
Numerous challenges with the implementation, acceptance, and use of health IT are related to poor usability and a lack of integration of the technologies into clinical workflow, and have, therefore, limited the potential of these technologies to improve patient safety. In this paper, the investigators propose a definition and conceptual model of health IT workflow integration. Using interviews of 12 emergency department (ED) physicians, they identified 134 excerpts of barriers and facilitators to workflow integration of a human factors (HF)-based clinical decision support (CDS) implemented in the ED.
AHRQ-funded; HS022086.
Citation: Salwei ME, Carayon P, Hoonakker PLT .
Workflow integration analysis of a human factors-based clinical decision support in the emergency department.
Appl Ergon 2021 Nov;97:103498. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2021.103498..
Keywords: Emergency Department, Workflow, Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Health Information Technology (HIT), Implementation
Lipton BJ, Finlayson TL
AHRQ Author: Decker SL
The association between Medicaid adult dental coverage and children's oral health.
This study examined the association of Medicaid adult dental coverage and children’s oral health as Medicaid-eligible children are more likely to experience tooth decay than children in higher-income families. Data from the 1996-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the 2003, 2007, and 2011-12 waves of the National Survey of Children’s Health was used. Adult dental coverage was associated with a 5-percentage-point reduction in the prevalence of untreated caries among children after Medicaid-enrolled adults had access to dental coverage for at least one year. Children under twelve years of age were the most affected.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Lipton BJ, Finlayson TL .
The association between Medicaid adult dental coverage and children's oral health.
Health Aff 2021 Nov;40(11):1731-39. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01135..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Dental and Oral Health, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Access to Care
Zou WY, Enchakalody BE, Zhang P
Automated measurements of body composition in abdominal CT scans using artificial intelligence can predict mortality in patients with cirrhosis.
Body composition measures derived from already available electronic medical records (computed tomography [CT] scans) can have significant value, but automation of measurements is needed for clinical implementation. I this study, the investigators sought to use artificial intelligence to develop an automated method to measure body composition and test the algorithm on a clinical cohort to predict mortality.
AHRQ-funded; HS027183.
Citation: Zou WY, Enchakalody BE, Zhang P .
Automated measurements of body composition in abdominal CT scans using artificial intelligence can predict mortality in patients with cirrhosis.
Hepatol Commun 2021 Nov;5(11):1901-10. doi: 10.1002/hep4.1768..
Keywords: Imaging, Health Information Technology (HIT)
Germack HD, Kandrack R, Martsolf GR
Relationship between rural hospital closures and the supply of nurse practitioners and certified registered nurse anesthetists.
This study sought to examine the extent to which rural hospital closures are associated with changes in the NP (nurse practitioner) and CRNA (certified registered nurse anesthetist) workforce. The authors used the Area Health Resources Files (AHRF) data from 2010-2017 to estimate the relationship between rural hospital closures and changes in the supply of NPs and CRNAs. They found 151 hospital closures among 1,544 rural counties. After controlling for local market characteristics, they did not find a significant relationship between hospital closure and the supply of NPs and CRNAs.
AHRQ-funded; HS000032.
Citation: Germack HD, Kandrack R, Martsolf GR .
Relationship between rural hospital closures and the supply of nurse practitioners and certified registered nurse anesthetists.
Nurs Outlook 2021 Nov-Dec;69(6):945-52. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2021.05.005..
Keywords: Provider: Nurse, Workforce, Hospitals
Aouad M, Brown TT, Whaley CM
Understanding the distributional impacts of health insurance reform: evidence from a consumer cost-sharing program.
Investigators examined the heterogeneous effects of reference pricing, a health insurance reform introduced by the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), on the distribution of spending by patients and insurers. Using the changes-in-changes approach to estimate the quantile treatment effects (QTE) of the program across different medical procedures, they found that the QTE vary across the patient spending distributions, with a range of positive and negative estimates of the QTE, depending on the medical procedure considered.
AHRQ-funded; HS022098.
Citation: Aouad M, Brown TT, Whaley CM .
Understanding the distributional impacts of health insurance reform: evidence from a consumer cost-sharing program.
Health Econ 2021 Nov;30(11):2780-93. doi: 10.1002/hec.4410..
Keywords: Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs
Cibrian FL, Monteiro E, Ankrah E
Parents' perspectives on a smartwatch intervention for children with ADHD: rapid deployment and feasibility evaluation of a pilot intervention to support distance learning during COVID-19.
This paper explores how smartwatch technology, including timing notifications, can support children with ADHD during distance learning due to COVID-19. The researchers used a Digital Health Intervention which included a smartwatch and a smartphone. Their results demonstrated that children successfully adopted the use of the smartwatch, and parents believed that the intervention was helpful, especially in supporting the development of organizational skills in their children. The authors included suggestions to help professionals teach children with ADHD to use smartwatches to improve organization and task completion, especially as it applies to supporting remote instruction.
AHRQ-funded; HS026058.
Citation: Cibrian FL, Monteiro E, Ankrah E .
Parents' perspectives on a smartwatch intervention for children with ADHD: rapid deployment and feasibility evaluation of a pilot intervention to support distance learning during COVID-19.
PLoS One 2021 Oct 27;16(10):e0258959. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258959..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, COVID-19, Behavioral Health, Telehealth, Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient Adherence/Compliance
Reese TJ, Del Fiol G, Morgan K
A shared decision-making tool for drug interactions between warfarin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: design and usability study.
Exposure to life-threatening drug-drug interactions (DDIs) occurs despite the widespread use of clinical decision support. The DDI between warfarin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs is common and potentially life-threatening. Patients can play a substantial role in preventing harm from DDIs; however, the current model for DDI decision-making is clinician centric. This study aimed to design and examine the usability of DDInteract, a tool to support shared decision-making (SDM) between a patient and provider for the DDI between warfarin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
AHRQ-funded; HS026198.
Citation: Reese TJ, Del Fiol G, Morgan K .
A shared decision-making tool for drug interactions between warfarin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: design and usability study.
JMIR Hum Factors 2021 Oct 26;8(4):e28618. doi: 10.2196/28618..
Keywords: Blood Thinners, Medication: Safety, Medication, Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Decision Making, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Adverse Drug Events (ADE), Adverse Events, Patient Safety
Applebury DE, Robinson EJ, Gold JA
Pilot testing of simulation in the evaluation of a novel, rapidly deployable electronic health record for use in disaster intensive care.
This purpose of this study was to present the application of simulation to assess a quickly scalable hub-and-spoke model for Electronic Health Record (EHR) system deployment and monitoring, utilizing asynchronous training. The researchers modified existing commercial EHR products to function as the entry point from a simulated hospital and a separate system for tele-ICU support and data monitoring. A modular video-based curriculum was developed for asynchronous training of users. The curriculum's effectiveness was evaluated through the completion of standard ICU documentation tasks in a high-fidelity simulation. Additional endpoints included EHR navigation assessment, user satisfaction (Net Promoter), system usability (System Usability Scale-SUS), and cognitive load (NASA-TLX). The study found that 5 participants achieved a 100% task completion rate in all domains, except for ventilator data (91%). The systems demonstrated high satisfaction, satisfactory usability, and acceptable cognitive load, with higher cognitive loads correlating to the number of screens used.
AHRQ-funded; HS023793.
Citation: Applebury DE, Robinson EJ, Gold JA .
Pilot testing of simulation in the evaluation of a novel, rapidly deployable electronic health record for use in disaster intensive care.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2021 Oct 22; 17:e51. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2021.302..
Keywords: COVID-19, Emergency Preparedness, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Public Health, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Critical Care
Abujarad F, Peduzzi P, Mun S
Comparing a multimedia digital informed consent tool with traditional paper-based methods: randomized controlled trial.
This study compared informed consent using the traditional paper method versus a digital health tool called Virtual Multimedia Interactive Informed Consent (VIC) and participants’ comprehension of medical information. VIC was put on an iPad. The study was a randomized controlled trial with participants recruited from the Winchester Chest Clinic at Yale New Haven Hospital, and healthy individuals recruited from the community using fliers. A total of 50 participants were recruited and the informed consent method was randomized (VIC n = 25; paper, n = 25). Participants in both groups had high comprehension, but VIC participants reported higher satisfaction, higher perceived ease of use, higher ability to complete the consent independently, and shorter perceived time to complete the consent process.
AHRQ-funded; HS023987.
Citation: Abujarad F, Peduzzi P, Mun S .
Comparing a multimedia digital informed consent tool with traditional paper-based methods: randomized controlled trial.
JMIR Form Res 2021 Oct 19;5(10):e20458. doi: 10.2196/20458..
Keywords: Health Literacy, Health Information Technology (HIT)
Bushnell GA, Rynn MA, Crystal S
Simultaneous benzodiazepine and SSRI initiation in young people with anxiety disorders.
Researchers investigated how often adolescents and young adults with anxiety disorders simultaneously initiate benzodiazepine (BZD) treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) treatment and examined whether SSRI treatment duration varies by simultaneous BZD initiation. Using a commercial claims database, they found that 4% of adolescents and 17% of young adults simultaneously initiated BZD treatment, varying by age, anxiety disorder, comorbidities, health care utilization, and provider type. They concluded that simultaneous initiation of both treatments is relatively common in young adults with anxiety disorders and was not associated with longer SSRI persistence.
AHRQ-funded; HS026001.
Citation: Bushnell GA, Rynn MA, Crystal S .
Simultaneous benzodiazepine and SSRI initiation in young people with anxiety disorders.
J Clin Psychiatry 2021 Oct 19;82(6). doi: 10.4088/JCP.20m13863..
Keywords: Anxiety, Behavioral Health, Medication, Practice Patterns, Children/Adolescents, Young Adults
Lewis CC, Powell BJ, Brewer SK
Advancing mechanisms of implementation to accelerate sustainable evidence-based practice integration: protocol for generating a research agenda.
This article outlines the protocol for an AHRQ-funded initiative to: 1) establish priorities for an agenda to guide research on implementation mechanisms in health and public health, and 2) disseminate the agenda to research, policy, and practice audiences. The goal is to advance mechanisms of implementation to accelerate sustainable evidence-based practice integration. A network of scientific experts will be created to convene in “Deep Dive” meetings for 3 years. The research agenda will be generated through analysis and synthesis of information from 6 sources: (1) systematic reviews, (2) network members' approaches to studying mechanisms, (3) new proposals presented in implementation proposal feedback sessions, (4) working group sessions conducted in a leading implementation research training institute, (5) breakout sessions at the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration's (SIRC) 2019 conference and (6) SIRC conference abstracts. Mechanism-relevant text segments will be extracted by two members and a third member will generate statements as an input for concept mapping.
AHRQ-funded; HS025632.
Citation: Lewis CC, Powell BJ, Brewer SK .
Advancing mechanisms of implementation to accelerate sustainable evidence-based practice integration: protocol for generating a research agenda.
BMJ Open 2021 Oct 18;11(10):e053474. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053474..
Keywords: Implementation, Evidence-Based Practice, Research Methodologies, Health Services Research (HSR)
Thomson MC, Allen LA, Halpern SD
Framing benefits in decision aids: effects of varying contextualizing statements on decisions about sacubitril-valsartan for heart failure.
The purpose of this study was to further understand benefit framing by testing the impact of a variety of contextualizing statements within a decision aid for the heart failure medication sacubitril-valsartan. Study participants received one of six versions of a decision aid for sacubitril-valsartan. The only factor that differed between the versions was a contextualizing statement. The participants were surveyed regarding their likelihood of taking sacubitril-valsartan at a cost of $50 per month and their perception of the benefit of the drug. The study found that 54% of the 1,873 participants were willing to take the medication at the cost of $50 per month. The researchers compared each of the 5 contextualizing statements with the baseline version; there were no significant differences in the participants’ reported likelihood of taking the medication. Higher income level, higher self-reported health status, and younger age were related with greater likelihood of taking sacubitril-valsartan. The researchers concluded that decision making was not affected by contextualizing statements tested within the decision aid.
AHRQ-funded; HS026081.
Citation: Thomson MC, Allen LA, Halpern SD .
Framing benefits in decision aids: effects of varying contextualizing statements on decisions about sacubitril-valsartan for heart failure.
MDM Policy Pract 2021 Jul-Dec;6(2):23814683211041623. doi: 10.1177/23814683211041623..
Keywords: Decision Making, Heart Disease and Health, Cardiovascular Conditions
Thompson HM, Sharma B, Bhalla S
Bias and fairness assessment of a natural language processing opioid misuse classifier: detection and mitigation of electronic health record data disadvantages across racial subgroups.
The objective of this study was to assess fairness and bias of a previously validated machine learning opioid misuse classifier. Two experiments were conducted with the classifier's original and external validation datasets from 2 health systems. Bias was assessed via testing for differences in type II error rates across racial/ethnic subgroups (Black, Hispanic/Latinx, White, Other) using bootstrapped 95% confidence intervals. The investigators concluded that standardized, transparent bias assessments were needed to improve trustworthiness in clinical machine learning models.
AHRQ-funded; HS026385.
Citation: Thompson HM, Sharma B, Bhalla S .
Bias and fairness assessment of a natural language processing opioid misuse classifier: detection and mitigation of electronic health record data disadvantages across racial subgroups.
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2021 Oct 12;28(11):2393-403. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocab148..
Keywords: Opioids, Substance Abuse, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Davidson KW, Krist AH, Tseng CW
AHRQ Author: Mills J, Borsky A
Incorporation of social risk in US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations and identification of key challenges for primary care.
The authors assessed how social risks have been considered in USPSTF recommendation statements and identified current gaps in evidence needed to expand the systematic inclusion of social risks in future recommendations. They concluded that their report serves as a benchmark and foundation for ongoing work to advance the goal of ensuring that health equity and social risks are incorporated into USPSTF methods and recommendations.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Davidson KW, Krist AH, Tseng CW .
Incorporation of social risk in US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations and identification of key challenges for primary care.
JAMA 2021 Oct 12;326(14):1410-15. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.12833..
Keywords: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), Primary Care, Social Determinants of Health, Risk, Evidence-Based Practice, Research Methodologies, Guidelines
Rudin RA, Perez S, Rodriguez JA
User-centered design of a scalable, electronic health record-integrated remote symptom monitoring intervention for patients with asthma and providers in primary care.
The objective of this study was to determine user and electronic health records (EHR) integration requirements for a scalable remote symptom monitoring intervention for asthma patients and their providers. Using the NASSS framework to guide their user-centered design process, the investigators identified patient and provider requirements for scaling an EHR-integrated remote symptom monitoring intervention in primary care.
AHRQ-funded; HS026432.
Citation: Rudin RA, Perez S, Rodriguez JA .
User-centered design of a scalable, electronic health record-integrated remote symptom monitoring intervention for patients with asthma and providers in primary care.
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2021 Oct 12;28(11):2433-44. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocab157..
Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Asthma, Respiratory Conditions, Primary Care