Search Results - "Wells, Brian J."

Cardiovascular health assessment in routine cancer follow-up in community settings: survivor risk awareness and perspectives by Weaver, Kathryn E, Dressler, Emily V, Smith, Sydney, Nightingale, Chandylen L, Klepin, Heidi D, Lee, Simon Craddock, Wells, Brian J, Hundley, W Gregory, DeMari, Joseph A, Price, Sarah N, Foraker, Randi E

“…Guidelines recommend cardiovascular risk assessment and counseling for cancer survivors. For effective implementation, it is critical to understand survivor…”
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Predicting Patient Discharge Disposition After Total Joint Arthroplasty in the United States by Barsoum, Wael K., MD, Murray, Trevor G., MD, Klika, Alison K., MS, Green, Karen, PT, Miniaci, Sara Lyn, BSc, Wells, Brian J., MD, MS, Kattan, Michael W., PhD

“…Abstract The purpose of this study was to develop an easily administered tool to preoperatively predict patient discharge disposition after total joint…”
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Health Care and Productivity Costs Associated With Diabetic Patients With Macrovascular Comorbid Conditions by Fu, Alex Z, Qiu, Ying, Radican, Larry, Wells, Brian J

“…OBJECTIVE: To examine and quantify from the societal perspective the impact of macrovascular comorbid conditions (MVCCs) on health care and productivity costs…”
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Using Electronic Health Records for the Learning Health System: Creation of a Diabetes Research Registry by Wells, Brian J, Downs, Stephen M, Ostasiewski, Brian

“…Electronic health records (EHRs) were originally developed for clinical care and billing. As such, the data are not collected, organized, and curated in a…”
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Determining diagnosis date of diabetes using structured electronic health record (EHR) data: the SEARCH for diabetes in youth study by Lenoir, Kristin M, Wagenknecht, Lynne E, Divers, Jasmin, Casanova, Ramon, Dabelea, Dana, Saydah, Sharon, Pihoker, Catherine, Liese, Angela D, Standiford, Debra, Hamman, Richard, Wells, Brian J

“…Disease surveillance of diabetes among youth has relied mainly upon manual chart review. However, increasingly available structured electronic health record…”
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Patient Perspectives on a Targeted Text Messaging Campaign to Encourage Screening for Diabetes: Qualitative Study by Lenoir, Kristin M, Sandberg, Joanne C, Miller, David P, Wells, Brian J

“…A sizeable proportion of prediabetes and diabetes cases among adults in the United States remain undiagnosed. Patient-facing clinical decision support (CDS)…”
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Statins and cancer: a meta-analysis of case-control studies by Taylor, Marcia L., Wells, Brian J., Smolak, Michael J.

“…3-HMG-CoA reducíase inhibitors (statins) block the growth of malignant cells in vitro. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials failed to show reduced…”
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Frailty Screening Using the Electronic Health Record Within a Medicare Accountable Care Organization by Pajewski, Nicholas M, Lenoir, Kristin, Wells, Brian J, Williamson, Jeff D, Callahan, Kathryn E

“…Abstract Background The accumulation of deficits model for frailty has been used to develop an electronic health record (EHR) frailty index (eFI) that has been…”
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Addressing cancer survivors’ cardiovascular health using the automated heart health assessment (AH-HA) EHR tool: Initial protocol and modifications to address COVID-19 challenges by Foraker, Randi E., Davidson, Eleanor C., Dressler, Emily V., Wells, Brian J., Lee, Simon Craddock, Klepin, Heidi D., Winkfield, Karen M., Hundley, W. Gregory, Payne, Philip R.O., Lai, Albert M., Lesser, Glenn J., Weaver, Kathryn E.

“…The purpose of this paper is to describe the Automated Heart-Health Assessment (AH-HA) study protocol, which demonstrates an agile approach to cancer care…”
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Predicting 6-Year Mortality Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes by WELLS, Brian J, JAIN, Anil, ARRIGAIN, Susana, CHANGHONG YU, ROSENKRANS, Wayne A, KATTAN, Michael W

“…Predicting 6-Year Mortality Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Brian J. Wells , MD 1 , Anil Jain , MD 2 , Susana Arrigain , MA 1 , Changhong Yu , MS 1 ,…”
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Defining the Optimal Treatment for Clinical Stage I Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Testicular Cancer Using Decision Analysis by NGUYEN, Carvell T, FU, Alex Z, GILLIGAN, Timothy D, WELLS, Brian J, KLEIN, Eric A, KATTAN, Michael W, STEPHENSON, Andrew J

“…PURPOSE There is equipoise regarding the optimal treatment of clinical stage (CS) I nonseminomatous germ cell testicular cancer (NSGCT). Formal mechanisms that…”
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Safely Identifying Emergency Department Patients With Acute Chest Pain for Early Discharge: HEART Pathway Accelerated Diagnostic Protocol by Mahler, Simon A, Lenoir, Kristin M, Wells, Brian J, Burke, Gregory L, Duncan, Pamela W, Case, L Douglas, Herrington, David M, Diaz-Garelli, Jose-Franck, Futrell, Wendell M, Hiestand, Brian C, Miller, Chadwick D

“…BACKGROUND:The HEART Pathway (history, ECG, age, risk factors, and initial troponin) is an accelerated diagnostic protocol designed to identify low-risk…”
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Opportunistic Measurement of Skeletal Muscle Size and Muscle Attenuation on Computed Tomography Predicts 1-Year Mortality in Medicare Patients by Lenchik, Leon, Lenoir, Kristin M, Tan, Josh, Boutin, Robert D, Callahan, Kathryn E, Kritchevsky, Stephen B, Wells, Brian J

“…Opportunistic assessment of sarcopenia on CT examinations is becoming increasingly common. This study aimed to determine relationships between CT-measured…”
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Prevalence and recognition of obesity and its associated comorbidities: cross-sectional analysis of electronic health record data from a large US integrated health system by Pantalone, Kevin M, Hobbs, Todd M, Chagin, Kevin M, Kong, Sheldon X, Wells, Brian J, Kattan, Michael W, Bouchard, Jonathan, Sakurada, Brian, Milinovich, Alex, Weng, Wayne, Bauman, Janine, Misra-Hebert, Anita D, Zimmerman, Robert S, Burguera, Bartolome

“…ObjectiveTo determine the prevalence of obesity and its related comorbidities among patients being actively managed at a US academic medical centre, and to…”
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Prediction of morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes by Wells, Brian J, Roth, Rachel, Nowacki, Amy S, Arrigain, Susana, Yu, Changhong, Rosenkrans, Jr, Wayne A, Kattan, Michael W

“…Introduction. The objective of this study was to create a tool that accurately predicts the risk of morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes…”
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Changes in Characteristics and Treatment Patterns of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes in a Large United States Integrated Health System between 2008 and 2013 by Pantalone, Kevin M., Hobbs, Todd M., Wells, Brian J., Kong, Sheldon X., Kattan, Michael W., Bouchard, Jonathan, Chagin, Kevin M., Yu, Changhong, Sakurada, Brian, Milinovich, Alex, Weng, Wayne, Bauman, Janine M., Zimmerman, Robert S.

“…To assess changes in the clinical characteristics and treatment patterns of patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (T2D), the electronic health record…”
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The Association of Frailty and Neighborhood Disadvantage with Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations in Older Adults by Lenoir, Kristin M., Paul, Rajib, Wright, Elena, Palakshappa, Deepak, Pajewski, Nicholas M., Hanchate, Amresh, Hughes, Jaime M., Gabbard, Jennifer, Wells, Brian J., Dulin, Michael, Houlihan, Jennifer, Callahan, Kathryn E.

“…Background Risk stratification and population management strategies are critical for providing effective and equitable care for the growing population of older…”
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Intensification of Diabetes Therapy and Time Until A1C Goal Attainment Among Patients With Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Who Fail Metformin Monotherapy Within a Large Integrated Health System by Pantalone, Kevin M, Wells, Brian J, Chagin, Kevin M, Ejzykowicz, Flavia, Yu, Changhong, Milinovich, Alex, Bauman, Janine M, Kattan, Michael W, Rajpathak, Swapnil, Zimmerman, Robert S

“…"Clinical inertia" has been used to describe the delay in the intensification of type 2 diabetes treatment among patients with poor glycemic control. Previous…”
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Endometrial cancer survivors' perceptions of their cardiovascular disease risk (results from WF-1804CD AH-HA) by DeMari, Joseph A., Dressler, Emily V., Foraker, Randi E., Wells, Brian J., Smith, Sydney, Klepin, Heidi, Hundley, William G., Lesser, Glenn J., Shalowitz, David I., Nightingale, Chandylen L., Hernandez, Marcia, Weaver, Kathryn E.

“…Despite considerable burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD), data on endometrial cancer survivors' CVD perceptions are lacking. We assessed survivors'…”
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Adding propensity scores to pure prediction models fails to improve predictive performance by Nowacki, Amy S, Wells, Brian J, Yu, Changhong, Kattan, Michael W

“…Background. Propensity score usage seems to be growing in popularity leading researchers to question the possible role of propensity scores in prediction…”
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