Anthony J. Lisi, DC
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics & Data ScienceCards
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2025
The Impact of Chiropractic Care on Opioid Prescriptions in Veterans Health Administration Patients Receiving Low Back Pain Care
Lisi A, Bastian L, Brandt C, Coleman B, Fenton B, King J, Goulet J. The Impact of Chiropractic Care on Opioid Prescriptions in Veterans Health Administration Patients Receiving Low Back Pain Care. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2025, 1-9. PMID: 40394439, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-025-09556-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow back painPrimary care providersVeterans Health AdministrationChiropractic careOpioid prescriptionsCare usersLow back pain careLow back pain visitsVA primary care providersElectronic health record dataVeterans Health Administration patientsBack pain careDesignCross-sectional analysisHealth record dataReceipt of opioid prescriptionsPain careCare providersPropensity-matched sampleFollow-upBack painHealthcare servicesVHA patientsHealth AdministrationVA patientsPotential confoundersIdentifying Patient-Reported Outcome Measure Documentation in Veterans Health Administration Chiropractic Clinic Notes: Natural Language Processing Analysis
Coleman B, Corcoran K, Brandt C, Goulet J, Luther S, Lisi A. Identifying Patient-Reported Outcome Measure Documentation in Veterans Health Administration Chiropractic Clinic Notes: Natural Language Processing Analysis. JMIR Medical Informatics 2025, 13: e66466. PMID: 40173367, PMCID: PMC12038758, DOI: 10.2196/66466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported outcome measuresVeterans Health AdministrationChiropractic careNatural language processingPROM useNatural language processing approachCare quality dataCare quality metricsHealth care systemText notesText matchingClinical textHealth cohortVisit notesCare systemHealth AdministrationNatural language processing modelsMeasure documentationBag-of-wordsConvolutional neural networkOutcome measuresQuality improvementCareRule-based methodClinical notesForecasting the use of chiropractic services within the Veterans Health Administration.
Bensel V, Corcoran K, Lisi A. Forecasting the use of chiropractic services within the Veterans Health Administration. PLOS ONE 2025, 20: e0316924. PMID: 39804852, PMCID: PMC11729958, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316924.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity Care NetworkVeterans Health AdministrationChiropractic servicesHealth AdministrationFiscal yearVA chiropractic servicesVA Corporate Data WarehouseCorporate Data WarehouseCross-sectional analysisChiropractic careVA usersCare networkHealthcare usersCareOverall useCompound annual growth rateUse ratesResource needsVeteransUse dataServicesIncreased useUseYearsData warehouse
2024
Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation and Fall Risk in Older Adults With Spinal Pain: Observational Findings From a Matched Retrospective Cohort Study
Trager R, Burton W, Loewenthal J, Perez J, Lisi A, Kowalski M, Wayne P. Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation and Fall Risk in Older Adults With Spinal Pain: Observational Findings From a Matched Retrospective Cohort Study. Cureus 2024, 16: e72330. PMID: 39583476, PMCID: PMC11585376, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.72330.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpinal manipulative therapyNegative control outcomesSpinal painFall riskRisk ratioOlder adultsLimb fracturesChiropractic spinal manipulative therapyCumulative incidence of fallsChiropractic spinal manipulationFall risk factorsReducing fall riskIncidence of fallsAssociated with fallsControl outcomesRandomized Controlled TrialsSpinal manipulationManipulative therapyInjurious fallsCumulative incidenceCare utilizationRetrospective cohort studyFracture incidenceCohort studyControlled TrialsIntegrating Chiropractic Care and Tai Chi Training for the Treatment of Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain in Nurses: A Single-Arm Mixed-Methods Pilot Trial
Burton W, Wayne P, Litrownik D, Long C, Vining R, Rist P, Kilgore K, Lisi A, Kowalski M. Integrating Chiropractic Care and Tai Chi Training for the Treatment of Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain in Nurses: A Single-Arm Mixed-Methods Pilot Trial. Journal Of Alternative And Complementary Medicine 2024, 30: 1189-1199. PMID: 39169834, PMCID: PMC11659466, DOI: 10.1089/jicm.2024.0043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic nonspecific neck painMultimodal chiropractic careNonspecific neck painTai ChiNeck painChiropractic careTreatment of chronic nonspecific neck painBaseline to 16-week follow-upTai Chi trainingDisability-related outcomesHealth care workersDecreased job satisfactionManual therapyTC interventionImprove postureFeasibility outcomesTC classesNursesMultiple painsAdherence ratesCare workersQualitative feedbackEmergent themesQualitative interviewsWork-related performance
2023
Longitudinal Utilization among Patients with New-Onset Neck Pain by Initial Provider Specialty
Fenton J, Romano P, Fang S, Ray M, Lisi A, Padilla K, Amundson R. Longitudinal Utilization among Patients with New-Onset Neck Pain by Initial Provider Specialty. The Annals Of Family Medicine 2023, 21: 4896. PMCID: PMC10983406, DOI: 10.1370/afm.22.s1.4896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchP68. The impact of chiropractic care on opioid prescriptions in Veterans Health Administration patients receiving care for low back conditions
Lisi A. P68. The impact of chiropractic care on opioid prescriptions in Veterans Health Administration patients receiving care for low back conditions. The Spine Journal 2023, 23: s140. DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2023.06.293.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Health Administration patientsOpioid prescriptionsChiropractic careNumerical rating scaleIncident visitsLB diagnosisPropensity scoreIndex visitHazard ratioChiropractic visitsPrimary carePain intensity numerical rating scaleFunctional Comorbidity Index scoresNon-pharmacological treatment optionsCox proportional hazards regressionFirst opioid prescriptionOpioid-sparing strategiesReceipt of opioidsComorbidity Index scoreCharacteristics of patientsFirst-line therapyPrimary care clinicsProportional hazards regressionElectronic health record dataMental health diagnosesEvaluating rates of chiropractic use and utilization by patient sex within the United States Veterans Health Administration: a serial cross-sectional analysis
Graham S, Coleman B, Zhao X, Lisi A. Evaluating rates of chiropractic use and utilization by patient sex within the United States Veterans Health Administration: a serial cross-sectional analysis. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2023, 31: 29. PMID: 37563677, PMCID: PMC10416500, DOI: 10.1186/s12998-023-00497-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationUnited States Veterans Health AdministrationSerial cross-sectional analysisChiropractic careVHA facilitiesChiropractic clinicCross-sectional analysisChiropractic visitsChiropractic useHealth AdministrationChiropractic servicesProportion of patientsElectronic health record dataNumber of patientsHealth record dataHealthcare usersUS healthcare systemCare visitsChiropractic patientsOverall patientsRate of useTotal patientsVHA patientsCare utilizationPatient sexLongitudinal Care Patterns and Utilization Among Patients With New-Onset Neck Pain by Initial Provider Specialty
Fenton J, Fang S, Ray M, Kennedy J, Padilla K, Amundson R, Elton D, Haldeman S, Lisi A, Sico J, Wayne P, Romano P. Longitudinal Care Patterns and Utilization Among Patients With New-Onset Neck Pain by Initial Provider Specialty. Spine 2023, 48: 1409-1418. PMID: 37526092, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000004781.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeck painProvider specialtyTherapeutic interventionsCare patternsPain visitsInitial visitOptum Labs Data WarehouseDiagnostic imagingAcute back painAcute neck painPlurality of patientsRetrospective cohort studyElectronic health record dataLarge national cohortInvasive therapeutic interventionsHealth record dataCohort studyMajor surgeryBack painOutpatient visitsNational cohortPrimary careTherapeutic injectionsEmergency physiciansBACKGROUND DATAAssociation between early nonpharmacological management and follow-up for low back pain in the veterans health administration
Coleman B, Lisi A, Abel E, Runels T, Goulet J. Association between early nonpharmacological management and follow-up for low back pain in the veterans health administration. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) 2023, 14: 100233. PMID: 37440983, PMCID: PMC10333712, DOI: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2023.100233.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow back painNonpharmacologic managementBack painVeterans Health Administration patientsFirst yearCommon reasons individualsObservational cohort studyProportional hazards regressionElectronic health record dataVeterans Health AdministrationPositive clinical outcomesHealth record dataDay of entryClinical covariablesCohort studyClinical outcomesNonpharmacological managementHazards regressionHealth cohortPatient groupPrimary interventionStudy populationBackground LowHealth AdministrationPatients
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