Deborah Rhodes, MD, FACP
Professor of Internal Medicine (General Medicine)Cards
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2025
An Electronic Health Record‐Integrated Clinical Pathway Improves Care of Sexual Assault Survivors
Yang D, Sherak R, Chin M, Pagano E, Tyrrell J, Sullivan T, Henderson R, Jubanyik K, Dodington J, Rhodes D, Gawel M, Sangal R. An Electronic Health Record‐Integrated Clinical Pathway Improves Care of Sexual Assault Survivors. Academic Emergency Medicine 2025, 33: e70179. PMID: 41147845, DOI: 10.1111/acem.70179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV post-exposure prophylaxisForensic carePre-implementationPost-implementationClinical pathwayPost-exposure prophylaxisAdult survivorsSexual assault survivorsProportion of patientsHealth care systemPost-implementation periodSexually transmitted infection prophylaxisSexual assault advocatesImprove careAssault survivorsCare systemPathway useSecondary analysisAdult sexual assault survivorsHIV PEPCarePregnancy testRetrospective chart reviewEmergency contraceptionPrimary analysisEffect of a Clinical Decision Support Tool for Identifying Patients Benefiting from End-of-Life Discussions on Emergency Department Clinician Behavior
Dilip M, Rothenberg C, Van Tonder R, Jubanyik K, Venkatesh A, Rhodes D, Sangal R, Kim N. Effect of a Clinical Decision Support Tool for Identifying Patients Benefiting from End-of-Life Discussions on Emergency Department Clinician Behavior. Applied Clinical Informatics 2025, 16: 1677-1682. PMID: 41238198, PMCID: PMC12618147, DOI: 10.1055/a-2638-9340.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsEnd-of-life discussionsClinical decision support toolEnd-of-lifeEmergency departmentQuality improvement measuresDecision support toolEHR useOrder entrySurprise questionClinician behaviorHealth recordsAdmission orderRetrospective cohort studyYears of experienceChi-square testAdmission sourcePhase of implementationExcessive alertsAdmission proportionOrdering practicesCohort studySupport toolAdmission processClinical practiceMolecular Breast Imaging and Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for Dense Breast Screening: The Density MATTERS Trial.
Hruska C, Hunt K, Larson N, Miller P, Ellis R, Shermis R, Rauch G, Conners A, Gasal Spilde J, Semaan D, Siegal E, Zingula S, Mandava S, Martin T, Ahmed R, Whaley D, Adrada B, Gray L, Mehta R, Roll R, Redfern R, O'Connor M, Rhodes D. Molecular Breast Imaging and Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for Dense Breast Screening: The Density MATTERS Trial. Radiology 2025, 316: e243953. PMID: 40985829, PMCID: PMC12501625, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.243953.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMolecular breast imagingAnnual screening roundsDigital breast tomosynthesisDense breastsIncremental cancer detection rateNode-negative cancersTyrer-Cuzick riskCancer detection rateInterval cancer rateBreast tomosynthesisInvasive cancer detectionBreast imagingYear 1Year 2Invasive cancerMulticenter trialBreast screeningBreast densityCancer ratesAdvanced cancerCancerCancer detectionFunctional uptakePrevalenceBreastEmergency Department Implementation of a Multimodal Electronic Health Record–Integrated Clinical Intervention for High-Sensitivity Troponin Testing Increases Diagnostic Efficiency
Sangal R, Iscoe M, Rothenberg C, Possick S, Taylor R, Safdar B, Desai N, Rhodes D, Venkatesh A. Emergency Department Implementation of a Multimodal Electronic Health Record–Integrated Clinical Intervention for High-Sensitivity Troponin Testing Increases Diagnostic Efficiency. Journal Of The American College Of Emergency Physicians Open 2025, 6: 100202. PMID: 40606317, PMCID: PMC12214263, DOI: 10.1016/j.acepjo.2025.100202.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency departmentAcute myocardial infarction diagnosisTroponin testingED dischargeMyocardial infarction diagnosisAssociated with lower oddsAccelerated diagnostic protocolPhysician practice variationAcute coronary syndromeInfarction diagnosisChest pain evaluationMultivariate logistic regressionSuspected acute coronary syndromePostintervention periodDownstream testingPhysician practicesPreintervention periodED dispositionLower oddsCoronary syndromeDecreased oddsIncreased oddsPractice variationED patientsHs-cTnTLetter: Implementing the Surprise Question in the Emergency Department: Reducing Time to Palliative Care Consultation and Hospital Length of Stay with Significant Cost Savings
Kim N, Segar N, Jubanyik K, Kapo J, Rhodes D. Letter: Implementing the Surprise Question in the Emergency Department: Reducing Time to Palliative Care Consultation and Hospital Length of Stay with Significant Cost Savings. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2025, 28: 704-705. PMID: 40176462, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2024.0466.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersA randomized trial to evaluate the impact of breast density notification on anxiety, breast cancer worry, and perceived risk among Latinas at a federally qualified health center
Ghosh K, Jenkins S, Ridgeway J, Austin J, Borah B, Patel B, Rhodes D, Norman A, Ramos E, Jewett M, Gonzalez C, Hernandez V, Singh D, Vachon C, Suman V. A randomized trial to evaluate the impact of breast density notification on anxiety, breast cancer worry, and perceived risk among Latinas at a federally qualified health center. BMC Women's Health 2025, 25: 274. PMID: 40452038, PMCID: PMC12128533, DOI: 10.1186/s12905-025-03818-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMammographic breast densityPerceived lifetime riskLevels of anxietyRisk of BCLatina womenBreast cancerLifetime risk of BCBreast density notificationLifetime risk scoreQualified health centersState-Trait Anxiety Inventory ScaleMethodsA randomized controlled clinical trialPerceived RiskSelf-reported levelsGail modelDensity notificationUsual careEnhance careMammogram resultsInterpersonal careBC riskIntervention groupT2 surveyScreening mammographyHealth centersImpact of an electronically‐integrated clinical pathway on hospital initiation of medications for alcohol use disorder and subsequent hospital utilization
Cole K, Weimer M, Wang K, Fiellin D, Advani A, Shah N, Zemaitis C, Rhodes D. Impact of an electronically‐integrated clinical pathway on hospital initiation of medications for alcohol use disorder and subsequent hospital utilization. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2025, 20: 1044-1051. PMID: 40221929, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.70049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical pathwayAlcohol use disorderED returnUse disorderHospital-based strategiesAcademic medical centerTertiary academic medical centerDays of dischargeHospital InitiativeInitiation of medicationHealth systemHospital utilizationMultiple barriersIncreased oddsConsecutive adult inpatientsHospital dischargeSecondary outcomesIncreased low ratesAdult inpatientsMedical CenterTreatment initiationHospitalVoluntary useReadmissionMedicationEffectiveness of Breast Density Educational Interventions on Mammography Screening Adherence Among Underserved Latinas: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Austin J, Jenkins S, Suman V, Ridgeway J, Patel B, Ghosh K, Rhodes D, Borah B, Norman A, Ramos E, Jewett M, Gonzalez C, Hernandez V, Singh D, Breitkopf C, Vachon C. Effectiveness of Breast Density Educational Interventions on Mammography Screening Adherence Among Underserved Latinas: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal Of Women's Health 2025, 34: 491-503. PMID: 39969957, PMCID: PMC12408887, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2024.0273.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFederally Qualified Health CentersRandomized Controlled TrialsAnnual mammogramsBreast densityAdherence ratesIncreased risk of breast cancerRisk of breast cancerMammography screening adherenceQualified health centersElectronic health recordsMammographically dense breastsScreening adherenceUnderserved LatinasMammography screeningHealth recordsBaseline mammogramEducational interventionHealth centersDense breastsInformation interventionLatinasControlled TrialsMammogramsGroup assignmentSurvey responsesHistologic correlates of background parenchymal uptake on molecular breast imaging
Bardwell Speltz L, Ghosh K, Visscher D, Scott C, Cole K, Kroneman T, Maxwell R, Conners A, Hunt K, Rhodes D, Vachon C, Hruska C. Histologic correlates of background parenchymal uptake on molecular breast imaging. Breast Cancer Research 2025, 27: 216. PMID: 41402965, PMCID: PMC12709754, DOI: 10.1186/s13058-025-02171-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEstrogen receptor alpha expressionBreast cancer riskKi-67 indexHistologic correlationLobular involutionM sestamibiKi-67Parenchymal uptakeDense breastsAssociated with greater breast cancer riskCancer riskFibroglandular tissueTc-99m sestamibiBackground parenchymal uptakeHigher Body Mass IndexMolecular breast imagingProportion of epitheliumAreas of epitheliumBody mass indexBreast imagingAssociated with riskInvolution statusMammographic densityStromal contentHealthy women
2024
A Survey of Patient Experience During Molecular Breast Imaging
Hruska C, Gray L, Jenkins S, Block E, Hunt K, Conners A, Zingula S, O'Connor M, Rhodes D. A Survey of Patient Experience During Molecular Breast Imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine Technology 2024, 52: jnmt.123.266856. PMID: 38839120, PMCID: PMC11149590, DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.123.266856.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient experiencePersonal history of breast cancerDense breastsSurvey of patient experienceHistory of breast cancerPositive patient experienceAssociated with respondents' ageImprove patient experienceSoliciting patient feedbackPatient comfort levelMammographically dense breastsPatient feedbackStudy consentMolecular breast imagingNeck discomfortRespondents' agePersonal historyMammographyComfort levelSource of discomfortBreast compressionBreast cancerEvaluating patientsInfluence willingnessRespondents
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