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Association of Patient Priorities–Aligned Decision-Making With Patient Outcomes and Ambulatory Health Care Burden Among Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions
Tinetti ME, Naik AD, Dindo L, Costello DM, Esterson J, Geda M, Rosen J, Hernandez-Bigos K, Smith CD, Ouellet GM, Kang G, Lee Y, Blaum C. Association of Patient Priorities–Aligned Decision-Making With Patient Outcomes and Ambulatory Health Care Burden Among Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions. JAMA Internal Medicine 2019, 179: 1688-1697. PMID: 31589281, PMCID: PMC6784811, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.4235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultiple chronic conditionsPrimary care practitionersUsual careHealth priorityPatient prioritiesChronic conditionsSelf-management tasksOlder adultsHealth careDiagnostic testsPatients' health prioritiesChronic illness careElectronic health record documentationNonrandomized clinical trialHealth care burdenMore chronic conditionsPrimary care practicesMental health scoresHealth record documentationCollaboRATE scoresUC participantsUC patientsIllness carePPC patientsUC group
2023
PERSONS LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS IDENTIFYING HEALTH PRIORITIES WITH CARE PARTNERS
Vu T, Mroz E, Hernandez-Bigos K, Chow D, Samper-Ternent R, Johnson K, Tinetti M, Monin J. PERSONS LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS IDENTIFYING HEALTH PRIORITIES WITH CARE PARTNERS. Innovation In Aging 2023, 7: 416-416. PMCID: PMC10736172, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igad104.1374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultiple chronic conditionsHealth care prioritiesCare partnersChronic conditionsHealth priorityCare prioritiesPilot studyYears of ageEvidence-based toolsPatient prioritiesOlder personsPLWDCare decisionsHealth goalsCare recipientsHealthcare goalsOlder adultsDementiaOpen-ended questionsAgeThematic analysisPERSONS LIVINGEarly stagesYearsRecipients
2019
IMPLEMENTATION OF PATIENT PRIORITIES CARE WITHIN A VA GERIATRICS CLINIC
Freytag J, Dindo L, Catic A, Naik A, Tinetti M. IMPLEMENTATION OF PATIENT PRIORITIES CARE WITHIN A VA GERIATRICS CLINIC. Innovation In Aging 2019, 3: s774-s774. PMCID: PMC6846413, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igz038.2844.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient Priorities CareMultiple chronic conditionsGeriatric clinicPatient prioritiesUsual careOlder adultsSingle disease guidelinesRetrospective cohort studySelf-care recommendationsMore recommendationsUC patientsCohort studyPrimary clinicianChronic conditionsMedical recordsMultimorbid adultsSame clinicianCare workflowClinicCliniciansPatientsWay cliniciansCareMedicationsPriority careChallenges and strategies in patients’ health priorities-aligned decision-making for older adults with multiple chronic conditions
Tinetti M, Dindo L, Smith CD, Blaum C, Costello D, Ouellet G, Rosen J, Hernandez-Bigos K, Geda M, Naik A. Challenges and strategies in patients’ health priorities-aligned decision-making for older adults with multiple chronic conditions. PLOS ONE 2019, 14: e0218249. PMID: 31181117, PMCID: PMC6557523, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218249.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatients' health prioritiesMultiple chronic conditionsHealth priorityChronic conditionsPatient prioritiesPatient Priorities CarePrimary care cliniciansCare of patientsCare cliniciansPrimary carePatient outcomesCardiology practicePatientsCare optionsCare PilotCliniciansOlder adultsSerial trialsCarePriority careImplementation teamQualitative studyMultiple conditionsAdditional settingsMultiplicity of problems
2018
PATIENT PRIORITIES CARE: MOVING FROM DISEASE-BASED TO PATIENT PRIORITIES-ALIGNED DECISION-MAKING
Tinetti M. PATIENT PRIORITIES CARE: MOVING FROM DISEASE-BASED TO PATIENT PRIORITIES-ALIGNED DECISION-MAKING. Innovation In Aging 2018, 2: 642-643. PMCID: PMC6227531, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igy023.2400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFeasibility of Implementing Patient Priorities Care for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions
Blaum CS, Rosen J, Naik AD, Smith CD, Dindo L, Vo L, Hernandez‐Bigos K, Esterson J, Geda M, Ferris R, Costello D, Acampora D, Meehan T, Tinetti ME. Feasibility of Implementing Patient Priorities Care for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2018, 66: 2009-2016. PMID: 30281777, PMCID: PMC7015118, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient Priorities CarePrimary care providersMultiple chronic conditionsOlder adultsChronic conditionsElectronic health record supportStudy-Act cyclesImplementation feasibility studyClinical championsHealth outcome goalsPrimary careClinicians' perceptionsTreatment decisionsPatient prioritiesClinic workflowClinician concernsCardiology practiceCare providersPDSA cyclesEHR documentationClinical settingHealthcare preferencesPriority discussionInterprofessional communicationClinicians
2016
Patient Priority–Directed Decision Making and Care for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions
Tinetti ME, Esterson J, Ferris R, Posner P, Blaum CS. Patient Priority–Directed Decision Making and Care for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions. Clinics In Geriatric Medicine 2016, 32: 261-275. PMID: 27113145, DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2016.01.012.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Development of a Tool for Eliciting Patient Priority from Among Competing Cardiovascular Disease, Medication‐Symptoms, and Fall Injury Outcomes
Tinetti ME, McAvay GJ, Fried TR, Foody JM, Bianco L, Ginter S, Fraenkel L. Development of a Tool for Eliciting Patient Priority from Among Competing Cardiovascular Disease, Medication‐Symptoms, and Fall Injury Outcomes. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2008, 56: 730-736. PMID: 18266842, PMCID: PMC3703614, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01627.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedication symptomsFall injuriesIntraclass correlationCardiovascular disease outcomesMedication-related symptomsWilcoxon rank sum testRank sum testCVD outcomesCardiovascular diseaseDisease outcomePatient prioritiesSenior housing residentsSenior housing sitesInjury outcomesInjurySum testConvenience sampleRelative importance scores