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A Comprehensive Nutrition-Focused Quality Improvement Program Reduces 30-Day Readmissions and Length of Stay in Hospitalized Patients by Sriram, Krishnan, Sulo, Suela, VanDerBosch, Gretchen, Partridge, Jamie, Feldstein, Josh, Hegazi, Refaat A., Summerfelt, Wm. Thomas

“…Background: Although screening patients for malnutrition risk on hospital admission is standard of care, nutrition shortfalls are undertreated. Nutrition…”
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Impact of a False-Positive Screening Mammogram on Subsequent Screening Behavior and Stage at Breast Cancer Diagnosis by Dabbous, Firas M, Dolecek, Therese A, Berbaum, Michael L, Friedewald, Sarah M, Summerfelt, Wm Thomas, Hoskins, Kent, Rauscher, Garth H

“…Experiencing a false positive (FP) screening mammogram is economically, physically, and emotionally burdensome, which may affect future screening behavior by…”
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Budget Impact of a Comprehensive Nutrition-Focused Quality Improvement Program for Malnourished Hospitalized Patients by Sulo, Suela, Feldstein, Josh, Partridge, Jamie, Schwander, Bjoern, Sriram, Krishnan, Summerfelt, Wm Thomas

“…Nutrition interventions can alleviate the burden of malnutrition by improving patient outcomes; however, evidence on the economic impact of medical nutrition…”
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Author Response by Sriram, Krishnan, Sulo, Suela, Summerfelt, Wm. Thomas

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Scalable hospital at home with virtual physician visits: pilot study by Summerfelt, Wm Thomas, Sulo, Suela, Robinson, Adriane, Chess, David, Catanzano, Kate

“…To evaluate the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of a substitutive Hospital at Home (HaH) model where physician care was provided via 2-way biometrically…”
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Nutrition‐Focused Quality Improvement Program Results in Significant Readmission and Length of Stay Reductions for Malnourished Surgical Patients by Sriram, Krishnan, Sulo, Suela, VanDerBosch, Gretchen, Kozmic, Sarah, Sokolowski, Malgorzata, Summerfelt, Wm. Thomas, Partridge, Jamie, Hegazi, Refaat, Nikolich, Sanja

“…Background Addressing nutrition needs of inpatients results in improved health outcomes. We conducted a post hoc analysis of previously published data. The aim…”
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Absence of an anticipated racial disparity in interval breast cancer within a large health care organization by Rauscher, Garth H., Dabbous, Firas, Dolecek, Therese A., Friedewald, Sarah M., Tossas-Milligan, Katherine, Macarol, Teresita, Summerfelt, W. Thomas

“…Compared to non-Latina (nL) white women, nL black women are diagnosed with more aggressive breast cancers, which in turn should be more likely to go undetected…”
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Performance characteristics of digital vs film screen mammography in community practice by Dabbous, Firas, Dolecek, Therese A, Friedewald, Sarah M, Tossas-Milligan, Katherine Y, Macarol, Tere, Summerfelt, Wm Thomas, Rauscher, Garth H

“…We compared the performance characteristics of 297 629 full field digital (FFDM) and 416 791 screen film mammograms (SFM). Sensitivity increased with age,…”
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Associations Between Medical Home Characteristics and Support for Patient Activation in the Safety Net: Understanding Differences by Race, Ethnicity, and Health Status by Nocon, Robert S., Gao, Yue, Gunter, Kathryn E., Jin, Janel, Casalino, Lawrence P., Quinn, Michael T., Derrett, Sarah, Summerfelt, Wm Thomas, Huang, Elbert S., Lee, Sang Mee, Chin, Marshall H.

“…Background: Few studies have evaluated whether the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) supports patient activation and none have evaluated whether support for…”
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Patient-centered medical home characteristics and staff morale in safety net clinics by Lewis, Sarah E, Nocon, Robert S, Tang, Hui, Park, Seo Young, Vable, Anusha M, Casalino, Lawrence P, Huang, Elbert S, Quinn, Michael T, Burnet, Deborah L, Summerfelt, Wm Thomas, Birnberg, Jonathan M, Chin, Marshall H

“…We sought to determine whether perceived patient-centered medical home (PCMH) characteristics are associated with staff morale, job satisfaction, and burnout…”
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Undergoing Transformation to the Patient Centered Medical Home in Safety Net Health Centers: Perspectives from the Front Lines by Quinn, Michael T., Gunter, Kathryn E., Nocon, Robert S., Lewis, Sarah E., Vable, Anusha M., Tang, Hui, Park, Seo-Young, Casalino, Lawrence P., Huang, Elbert S., Birnberg, Jonathan, Burnet, Deborah L., Summerfelt, W. Thomas, Chin, Marshall H.

“…Safety net health centers (SNHCs), which include federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) provide primary care for underserved, minority and low income…”
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Use of Initial Noninvasive Cardiac Testing and Association with Downstream Healthcare Resource: A Retrospective Review of Resources Used Across a 12-Month Window for Probable Type I Myocardial Infarction Patients by Villines, Dana, Summerfelt, Wm. Thomas, Spalding, James R., Kitt, Therese M., Kristy, Rita M., Houle, Christy R.

“…Background Clinical guidelines provide clinicians with substantial discretion in the use of noninvasive cardiac testing for patients with suspected coronary…”
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Perspectives on Public Health Workforce Research by Crawford, Carol A. Gotway, Summerfelt, Wm. Thomas, Roy, Kakoli, Chen, Zhuo (Adam), Meltzer, David O., Thacker, Stephen B.

“…The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Workforce and Career Development is committed to developing a competent, sustainable, and diverse…”
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Who Participates in State Sponsored Medicaid Enhanced Prenatal Services? by Roman, Lee Anne, Meghea, Cristian I., Raffo, Jennifer E., Biery, H. Lynette, Chartkoff, Shelby Berkowitz, Zhu, Qi, Moran, Susan M., Summerfelt, Wm. Thomas

“…Medicaid insures an estimated 43% of all births in Michigan and provides additional funding for enhanced prenatal services (EPS). The objectives of this study…”
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Program Strength and Fidelity in Evaluation by Summerfelt, Wm. Thomas

“…The evaluation of programs or interventions relies on the use of reliable and valid measures, appropriate sampling and design strategies, and careful…”
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The Fort Bragg managed care experiment: Short term impact on psychopathology by Bickman, Leonard, Heflinger, Craig Anne, Lambert, E Warren, Summerfelt, Wm Thomas

“…In the Fort Bragg Evaluation, the continuum of care model was tested as an example of a theory of service delivery. Bickman et al present the effects of a…”
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Long-term effects of a system of care on children and adolescents by Bickman, L, Noser, K, Summerfelt, W T

“…This study evaluates an exemplary system of care designed to provide comprehensive mental health services to children and adolescents. It was believed that the…”
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Development of a Safety Net Medical Home Scale for Clinics by Birnberg, Jonathan M., Drum, Melinda L., Huang, Elbert S., Casalino, Lawrence P., Lewis, Sarah E., Vable, Anusha M., Tang, Hui, Quinn, Michael T., Burnet, Deborah L., Summerfelt, Thomas, Chin, Marshall H.

“…Background Existing tools to measure patient-centered medical home (PCMH) adoption are not designed for research evaluation in safety-net clinics. Objective…”
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Moving Forward With Workforce Development Research in Public Health by Summerfelt, Wm. Thomas, Tilson, Hugh H., Crawford, Carol A. Gotway

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Distress with medication side effects among persons with severe mental illness by Covell, Nancy H, Weissman, Ellen M, Schell, Bonnie, McCorkle, Brian H, Summerfelt, W Thomas, Weiden, Peter J, Essock, Susan M

“…We examined prevalence and perceived distress resulting from self-reported side effects (SEs) attributed to psychotropic medications among individuals with…”
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