2022
Delirium screening in an acute care setting with a machine learning classifier based on routinely collected nursing data: A model development study
Spiller TR, Tufan E, Petry H, Böttger S, Fuchs S, Duek O, Ben-Zion Z, Korem N, Harpaz-Rotem I, von Känel R, Ernst J. Delirium screening in an acute care setting with a machine learning classifier based on routinely collected nursing data: A model development study. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2022, 156: 194-199. PMID: 36252349, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.10.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDelirium Observation ScaleAcute care settingNursing dataCare settingsSingle tertiary teaching hospitalPatients 18 yearsTertiary teaching hospitalDelirium prediction modelSuch screening programsDelirium screeningAcute careMean ageTeaching hospitalInclusion criteriaScreening programDeliriumPatientsClinical practiceTotal scoreDemographic characteristicsCharacteristic curveScreening procedureModel development studiesRiskAdditional measures
2018
In Their Own Words: Clinician Experiences and Challenges in Administering Evidence-Based Treatments for PTSD in the Veterans Health Administration
Doran JM, O’Shea M, Harpaz-Rotem I. In Their Own Words: Clinician Experiences and Challenges in Administering Evidence-Based Treatments for PTSD in the Veterans Health Administration. Psychiatric Quarterly 2018, 90: 11-27. PMID: 30209719, DOI: 10.1007/s11126-018-9604-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Affairs Healthcare SystemEvidence-based psychotherapiesClinician experienceVeteran populationVeterans Health AdministrationOutpatient PTSD clinicClinicians' perceptionsPTSD clinicClinical practiceHealth AdministrationTreatment effectivenessHealthcare systemPTSDTreatmentOne-hour focus groupsCliniciansRepresentative quotesPresent studyFocus groupsActive ingredientsChange/improvementClinicPopulation
2009
Tracing the Flow of Knowledge: Geographic Variability in the Diffusion of Prazosin Use for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Nationally in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Harpaz-Rotem I, Rosenheck RA. Tracing the Flow of Knowledge: Geographic Variability in the Diffusion of Prazosin Use for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Nationally in the Department of Veterans Affairs. JAMA Psychiatry 2009, 66: 417-421. PMID: 19349311, DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2008.536.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderHealth care systemVeterans AffairsStress disorderSound Health Care SystemCare systemUse of prazosinPercentage of patientsTreatment of patientsTreatment of nightmaresPrazosin usePatient characteristicsNational health care systemMedical CenterMAIN OUTCOMEPrazosinPassive disseminationPatientsClinical practiceNew treatmentsPassive diffusionPrazosin hydrochlorideFiscal year 2004TreatmentPreliminary evidence