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Telerheumatology: A technology appropriate for virtually all by Kulcsar, Zsolt, DO, MPH, Albert, Daniel, MD, Ercolano, Ellyn, MS, Mecchella, John N., DO, MPH

“…Abstract Background/purpose Telerheumatology services were developed at Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) to bring specialty care to New Hampshire (NH)…”
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Initiation of Allopurinol at First Medical Contact for Acute Attacks of Gout: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Taylor, Thomas H., MD, Mecchella, John N., DO, Larson, Robin J., MD, Kerin, Kevin D., MD, MacKenzie, Todd A., PhD

“…Abstract Objective Streamlining the initiation of allopurinol could result in a cost benefit for a common medical problem and obviate the perception that no…”
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Patient characteristics and utilization of an online patient portal in a rural academic general internal medicine practice by Liu, Stephen K, Osborn, Annette E, Bell, Sigall, Mecchella, John N, Hort, Shoshana, Batsis, John A

“…Online patient portals have the potential to improve patient engagement and health care outcomes. This is especially true among rural patient populations that…”
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Enhancing Care Partnerships Using a Rheumatology Dashboard: Bringing Together What Matters Most to Both Patients and Clinicians by Van Citters, Aricca D., Taxter, Alysha J., Mathew, Stephanie D., Lawson, Erica, Eseddi, Joad, Del Gaizo, Vincent, Ahmad, Jabeen, Bajaj, Puneet, Courtnay, Stacy, Davila, Lesley, Donaldson, Brittany, Kimura, Yukiko, Lee, Tzielan, Mecchella, John N., Nelson, Eugene C., Pompa, Scott, Tabussi, Doreen, Johnson, Lisa C.

“…Objective Dashboards can support person‐centered care by helping people partner with their clinicians to coproduce care based on preferences, shared…”
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Improving the Measurement of Disease Activity for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Validation of an Electronic Version of the Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 by Chua, Ruthie M., Zbehlik, Alicia J., Mecchella, John N.

“…Introduction. An electronic Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 (RAPID 3) was incorporated into our electronic health records (EHRs) which did not…”
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Association Between Hospital Admission Risk Profile Score and Skilled Nursing or Acute Rehabilitation Facility Discharges in Hospitalized Older Adults by Liu, Stephen K., Montgomery, Justin, Yan, Yu, Mecchella, John N., Bartels, Stephen J., Masutani, Rebecca, Batsis, John A.

“…Objectives To evaluate whether the Hospital Admission Risk Profile (HARP) score is associated with skilled nursing or acute rehabilitation facility discharge…”
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ASSESSING REFERRALS AND IMPROVING INFORMATION AVAILABILITY FOR CONSULTATIONS IN AN ACADEMIC ENDOCRINOLOGY CLINIC by Hendrickson, Chase D, Saini, Saumya, Pothuloori, Avin, Mecchella, John N

“…Outpatient specialty consultations rely on the timeliness and completeness of referral information to facilitate a valuable patient-specialist interaction…”
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Quality of Osteoporosis Care of Older Medicare Recipients with Fragility Fractures: 2006 to 2010 by Liu, Stephen K., Munson, Jeffrey C., Bell, John-Erik, Zaha, Rebecca L., Mecchella, John N., Tosteson, Anna N. A., Morden, Nancy E.

“…Objectives To assess uptake of postfracture care guidelines in community‐dwelling Medicare recipients with fractures. Design Retrospective observational cohort…”
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Pancytopenia and Cough in a Man With Amyopathic Dermatomyositis by Mecchella, John N., Rigby, William F. C., Zbehlik, Alicia J.

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Depression screening optimization in an academic rural setting by Aleem, Sohaib, Torrey, William C, Duncan, Mathew S, Hort, Shoshana J, Mecchella, John N

“…Purpose – Primary care plays a critical role in screening and management of depression. The purpose of this paper is to focus on leveraging the electronic…”
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Prevalence of Sarcopenia Obesity in Patients Treated at a Rural, Multidisciplinary Weight and Wellness Center by Batsis, John A, Gilbert-Diamond, Diane, McClure, Auden C, Weintraub, Aaron, Sette, Diane, Mecchella, John N, Rotenberg, Sivan, Cook, Summer B, Rothstein, Richard I

“…Sarcopenic obesity portends poor outcomes, yet it is under-recognized in practice. We collected baseline clinical data including data on body composition…”
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Response Letter to Herbert L. Muncie, Jr by Liu, Stephen K., Munson, Jeffrey C., Bell, John-Erik, Zaha, Rebecca L., Mecchella, John N., Tosteson, Anna N. A., Morden, Nancy E.

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Reducing severity of comorbid psychiatric symptoms in an epilepsy clinic using a colocation model: Results of a pilot intervention by Chen, Jasper J, Caller, Tracie A, Mecchella, John N, Thakur, Devendra S, Homa, Karen, Finn, Christine T, Kobylarz, Erik J, Bujarski, Krzysztof A, Thadani, Vijay M, Jobst, Barbara C

“…Abstract Rationale Patients with epilepsy (PWEs) and patients with nonepileptic seizures (PWNESs) constitute particularly vulnerable patient populations and…”
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Association of Hospital Admission Risk Profile Score with Mortality in Hospitalized Older Adults by Liu, Stephen K, Ward, Marshall, Montgomery, Justin, Mecchella, John N, Masutani, Rebecca, Bartels, Stephen J, Batsis, John A

“…Abstract Objectives To evaluate the association of the Hospital Admission Risk Profile (HARP) score with mortality after discharge in a population of…”
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Association of Hospital Admission Risk Profile Score with Skilled Nursing or Acute Rehabilitation Facility Discharges in Hospitalized Older Adults by Liu, Stephen K., Montgomery, Justin, Yan, Yu, Mecchella, John N., Bartels, Stephen J., Masutani, Rebecca, Batsis, John A.

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Quality of Osteoporosis Care Among Older Medicare Fragility Fracture Patients 2006–2010 by Liu, Stephen K., Munson, Jeffrey C., Bell, John-Erik, Zaha, Rebecca L., Mecchella, John N., Tosteson, Anna N. A., Morden, Nancy E.

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Design and Implementation of a Novel Electronic Health Record Tool to Enhance the Care of Individuals with Cystic Fibrosis: The Cystic Fibrosis Note Template by Leander, David M., Gifford, Alex H., Mecchella, John N., Sabadosa, Kathryn A., Van Citters, Aricca, Snide, Jennifer A., Nelson, Eugene C.

“…Abstract Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease in which dysfunction of a single protein channel leads to organ damage, resulting in chronic health problems…”
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