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Age and Social Disparities in the Use of Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: Cross-sectional Study by Miyawaki, Atsushi, Tabuchi, Takahiro, Ong, Michael K, Tsugawa, Yusuke

“…Background The use of telemedicine outpatient visits has increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic in many countries. Although disparities in access…”
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National Differences in Trends for Heart Failure Hospitalizations by Sex and Race/Ethnicity by Ziaeian, Boback, Kominski, Gerald F, Ong, Michael K, Mays, Vickie M, Brook, Robert H, Fonarow, Gregg C

“…National heart failure (HF) hospitalization rates have not been appropriately age standardized by sex or race/ethnicity. Reporting hospital utilization trends…”
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Integrating remote monitoring into heart failure patients' care regimen: A pilot study by Sohn, Albert, Speier, William, Lan, Esther, Aoki, Kymberly, Fonarow, Gregg C, Ong, Michael K, Arnold, Corey W

“…Around 50% of hospital readmissions due to heart failure are preventable, with lack of adherence to prescribed self-care as a driving factor. Remote tracking…”
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The Association of Broadband Internet Access and Telemedicine Utilization in rural Western Tennessee: an observational study by Quinton, Jacob K, Ong, Michael K, Vangala, Sitaram, Tetleton-Burns, Anna, Webb, Ashley, Sarkisian, Catherine, Casillas, Alejandra, Kakani, Preeti, Han, Maria, Pirtle, Claude J

“…Broadband access has been highlighted as a national policy priority to improve access to care in rural communities. To determine whether broadband internet…”
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Lower comorbidity scores and severity levels in Veterans Health Administration hospitals: a cross-sectional study by Dizon, Matthew P, Chow, Adam, Ong, Michael K, Phibbs, Ciaran S, Vanneman, Megan E, Zhang, Yue, Yoon, Jean

“…Previous studies found that documentation of comorbidities differed when Veterans received care within versus outside Veterans Health Administration (VHA)…”
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Comorbidity and thirty-day hospital readmission odds in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a comparison of the Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidity indices by Buhr, Russell G, Jackson, Nicholas J, Kominski, Gerald F, Dubinett, Steven M, Ong, Michael K, Mangione, Carol M

“…Readmissions following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are prevalent and costly. Multimorbidity is common in COPD and…”
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Personalized treatments for depressive symptoms in patients with advanced heart failure: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial by IsHak, Waguih William, Korouri, Samuel, Darwish, Tarneem, Vanle, Brigitte, Dang, Jonathan, Edwards, Gabriel, Black, Jeanne T, Aronow, Harriet, Kimchi, Asher, Spiegel, Brennan, Hedrick, Rebecca, Chernoff, Robert, Diniz, Marcio A, Mirocha, James, Manoukian, Vicki, Harold, John, Ong, Michael K, Wells, Kenneth, Hamilton, Michele, Danovitch, Itai

“…Heart Failure is a chronic syndrome affecting over 5.7 million in the US and 26 million adults worldwide with nearly 50% experiencing depressive symptoms. The…”
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The Veterans Affairs Neuropathy Scale: A Reliable, Remote Polyneuropathy Exam by Wilson, Andrew M., Ong, Michael K., Saliba, Debra, Jamal, Nasheed I.

“…Introduction: Polyneuropathy (PN) complaints are common, prompting many referrals for neurologic evaluation. To improve access of PN care in distant community…”
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The Association of Medical Preoperative Evaluation Using Clinical Video Telehealth With Hospital Length of Stay: Descriptive Analysis by Burton, Brittany Nicole, Arastoo, Sara, Wu, Simon, Liu, Nancy, Ong, Michael K, Vazirani, Sondra

“…Background Preoperative medical evaluation serves to identify risk factors and optimize patients before surgery. Providing a telehealth option in the…”
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Outcomes and risk factors for delayed-onset postoperative respiratory failure: a multi-center case-control study by the University of California Critical Care Research Collaborative (UC 3 RC) by Stocking, Jacqueline C, Drake, Christiana, Aldrich, J Matthew, Ong, Michael K, Amin, Alpesh, Marmor, Rebecca A, Godat, Laura, Cannesson, Maxime, Gropper, Michael A, Romano, Patrick S, Sandrock, Christian, Bime, Christian, Abraham, Ivo, Utter, Garth H

“…Few interventions are known to reduce the incidence of respiratory failure that occurs following elective surgery (postoperative respiratory failure; PRF). We…”
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Chinese Physicians and Their Smoking Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices by Jiang, Yuan, MD, MPH, Ong, Michael K., MD, PhD, Tong, Elisa K., MD, MS, Yang, Yan, MD, MPH, Nan, Yi, MD, Gan, Quan, MS, Hu, Teh-wei, PhD

“…Background China has the most smokers among the world’s nations. Physicians play a key role in smoking cessation, but little is known about Chinese physicians…”
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Bidirectional Representation Learning From Transformers Using Multimodal Electronic Health Record Data to Predict Depression by Meng, Yiwen, Speier, William, Ong, Michael K., Arnold, Corey W.

“…Advancements in machine learning algorithms have had a beneficial impact on representation learning, classification, and prediction models built using…”
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MEASURING THE EFFECT OF POLICY INTERVENTIONS AT THE POPULATION LEVEL: SOME METHODOLOGICAL CONCERNS by Huesch, Marco D, Østbye, Truls, Ong, Michael K

“…SUMMARY Health policy evaluations estimate the response of population aggregate outcomes to interventions. However, clarity on the form of the expected causal…”
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Measuring heart failure care by 30-day readmission: Rethinking the quality of outcome measures by Huesch, Marco D., MBBS, PhD, Ong, Michael K., MD, PhD, Fonarow, Gregg C., MD

“…[...]these two events were modeled as occurring independently. Sstill need to account for it given the competing risks set up gen z4 = invnormal(p4) gen…”
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Prostate Cancer Care Before and After Medicare Eligibility by Huesch, Marco D., Ong, Michael K.

“…Prior studies suggest Medicare eligibility confers significant and substantial reductions in mortality and beneficial increases in health service utilization…”
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Lung Cancer Care Before and After Medicare Eligibility by Huesch, Marco D., Ong, Michael K.

“…Uninsured and underinsured near-elderly may not have timely investigation, diagnosis, or care of cancer. Prior studies suggest Medicare eligibility confers…”
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Advancing equity research in the quality of and access to health care in a post‐affirmative action era by Ong, Michael K., Norris, Keith C.

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Cardiovascular health and economic effects of smoke-free workplaces by Ong, Michael K, Glantz, Stanton A

“…Smoking is the leading controllable risk factor for heart disease. Only about 69% of U.S. indoor workers are currently covered by a smoke-free workplace…”
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The Impact of Telemedicine on Quality of Care for Patients with Diabetes After March 2020 by Quinton, Jacob K., Ong, Michael K, Sarkisian, Catherine, Casillas, Alejandra, Vangala, Sitaram, Kakani, Preeti, Han, Maria

“…Background The impact of telemedicine on ambulatory care quality is a key question for policymakers as they navigate payment reform for remote care. Objective…”
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Effectiveness of Remote Patient Monitoring After Discharge of Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure: The Better Effectiveness After Transition -- Heart Failure (BEAT-HF) Randomized Clinical Trial by Ong, Michael K, Romano, Patrick S, Edgington, Sarah, Aronow, Harriet U, Auerbach, Andrew D, Black, Jeanne T, De Marco, Teresa, Escarce, Jose J, Evangelista, Lorraine S, Hanna, Barbara, Ganiats, Theodore G, Greenberg, Barry H, Greenfield, Sheldon, Kaplan, Sherrie H, Kimchi, Asher, Liu, Honghu, Lombardo, Dawn, Mangione, Carol M, Sadeghi, Bahman, Sadeghi, Banafsheh, Sarrafzadeh, Majid, Tong, Kathleen, Fonarow, Gregg C

“…It remains unclear whether telemonitoring approaches provide benefits for patients with heart failure (HF) after hospitalization. To evaluate the effectiveness…”
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