Jeremy I Schwartz, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine); Firm Chief, Yale Primary Care Residency Program; Faculty, Global Health Leadership Institute; Medical Director, ECHORN
Research Interests
Africa, Eastern; Chronic Disease; Quality of Health Care; Uganda; Global Health; Teaching Rounds
Research Organizations
Internal Medicine: General Internal Medicine
MacMillan Center: African Studies
Research Summary
Implementation research focusing on healthcare worker knowledge and training regarding non-communicable diseases in low-income countries and the integration of services for non-communicable diseases into the primary health systems of low-income countries. Additional areas of interest include: quality and patient safety and bedside rounding.
Selected Publications
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Exploring knowledge and attitudes toward non-communicable diseases among village health teams in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study
BMC Public Health. 2017 Dec 12;17(1):947. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4954-8.
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Discharge Rounds: Implementation of a Targeted Intervention for Improving Patient Throughput on an Inpatient Medical Teaching Service
South Med J. 2016 May;109(5):313-7. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000458.
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Guidance on the diagnosis and management of asthma among adults in resource limited settings
Afr Health Sci. 2015 Dec;15(4):1189-99. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v15i4.18.
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Noncommunicable diseases in East Africa: Assessing the gaps in care and identifying opportunities for improvement.
Siddharthan T, Ramaiya K, Yonga G, Mutungi G, Rabin TL, List JM, Kishore SP, Schwartz JI. Noncommunicable diseases in East Africa: Assessing the gaps in care and identifying opportunities for improvement. Health Affairs, 34, no.9 (2015):1506-1513. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0382.
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Towards reframing health service delivery in Uganda: The Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (UINCD).
Schwartz JI, Dunkle A, Akiteng AR, Birabwa-Male D, Kagimu R, Mondo CK, Mutungi G, Rabin TL, Skonieczny M, Sykes J, Mayanja-Kizza, H. Towards reframing health service delivery in Uganda: The Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (UINCD). Glob Health Action. 2015,8:26537.
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Looking at non-communicable diseases in Uganda through a local lens: An analysis using locally derived data.
Schwartz JI, Guwatudde D, Nugent R, Mondo CK. Looking at non-communicable diseases in Uganda through a local lens: An analysis using locally derived data. Globalization and Health. 2014;10:77. doi:10.1186/s12992-014-0077-5.
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Integrated Care of Refugees in a Primary Care Residency Clinic.
Schwartz JI, Rabin TL, Doolittle B. Integrated Care of Refugees in a Primary Care Residency Clinic. Journal of Graduate Medical Education: Dec 2012;4(4):551-551.
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The Global Health Chief Resident: modifying an established role, strengthening a collaboration.
Rabin TL and Schwartz JI. The Global Health Chief Resident: modifying an established role, strengthening a collaboration. Med Educ. 2012 Nov;46(11):1128-9. PMID:23078719.
Full List of PubMed Publications
- Armstrong-Hough M, Kishore SP, Byakika S, Mutungi G, Nunez-Smith M, Schwartz JI: Disparities in availability of essential medicines to treat non-communicable diseases in Uganda: A Poisson analysis using the Service Availability and Readiness Assessment. PLoS One. 2018; 2018 Feb 8. PMID: 29420640
- Ojo TT, Hawley NL, Desai MM, Akiteng AR, Guwatudde D, Schwartz JI: Exploring knowledge and attitudes toward non-communicable diseases among village health teams in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2017 Dec 12; 2017 Dec 12. PMID: 29233114
- Mohanan M, Giardili S, Das V, Rabin TL, Raj SS, Schwartz JI, Seth A, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Miller G, Vera-Hernández M: Evaluation of a social franchising and telemedicine programme and the care provided for childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia, Bihar, India. Bull World Health Organ. 2017 May 1; 2017 Mar 24. PMID: 28479635
- Chaiyachati KH, Sofair AN, Schwartz JI, Chia D: Discharge Rounds: Implementation of a Targeted Intervention for Improving Patient Throughput on an Inpatient Medical Teaching Service. South Med J. 2016 May. PMID: 27135731
- Kirenga BJ, Schwartz JI, de Jong C, van der Molen T, Okot-Nwang M: Guidance on the diagnosis and management of asthma among adults in resource limited settings. Afr Health Sci. 2015 Dec. PMID: 26958020
- Siddharthan T, Ramaiya K, Yonga G, Mutungi GN, Rabin TL, List JM, Kishore SP, Schwartz JI: Noncommunicable Diseases In East Africa: Assessing The Gaps In Care And Identifying Opportunities For Improvement. Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Sep. PMID: 26355052
- Mohanan M, Vera-Hernández M, Das V, Giardili S, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Rabin TL, Raj SS, Schwartz JI, Seth A: The know-do gap in quality of health care for childhood diarrhea and pneumonia in rural India. JAMA Pediatr. 2015 Apr. PMID: 25686357
- Schwartz JI, Dunkle A, Akiteng AR, Birabwa-Male D, Kagimu R, Mondo CK, Mutungi G, Rabin TL, Skonieczny M, Sykes J, Mayanja-Kizza H: Towards reframing health service delivery in Uganda: the Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases. Glob Health Action. 2015; 2015 Jan 5. PMID: 25563451
- Schwartz JI, Guwatudde D, Nugent R, Kiiza CM: Looking at non-communicable diseases in Uganda through a local lens: an analysis using locally derived data. Global Health. 2014 Nov 19; 2014 Nov 19. PMID: 25406738
- Schwartz JI: Beating the odds in Uganda. Ann Glob Health. 2014 Nov-Dec. PMID: 25960099
- Musoke C, Ssendikadiwa C, Babua C, Schwartz JI: Severe falciparum malaria associated with massive pulmonary embolism. Ann Afr Med. 2014 Jan-Mar. PMID: 24521579
- Grechukhina O, Gressel GM, Taylor G, Schwartz JI, Welsh RJ: Unusual presentation of a rectovestibular fistula as gastrointestinal hemorrhage in a postmenopausal woman. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol. 2014; 2014 Dec 22. PMID: 25587474
- Schwartz JI, Rabin TL, Doolittle BR: Integrated care of refugees in a primary care residency clinic. J Grad Med Educ. 2012 Dec. PMID: 24294443
- Rabin TL, Schwartz JI: The global health chief resident: modifying an established role, strengthening a collaboration. Med Educ. 2012 Nov. PMID: 23078719