2021
Risk Communication After Health Care Exposures: An Experimental Vignette Survey With Patients
Elwy AR, Maguire EM, Gallagher TH, Asch SM, Durfee JM, Martinello RA, Bokhour BG, Gifford AL, Taylor TJ, Wagner TH. Risk Communication After Health Care Exposures: An Experimental Vignette Survey With Patients. MDM Policy & Practice 2021, 6: 23814683211045659. PMID: 34553068, PMCID: PMC8451260, DOI: 10.1177/23814683211045659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth care exposureBlood-borne pathogensHealth care systemHealth issuesCare systemNext clinical stepBlood-borne infectionsCertain health behaviorsPatients' behavioral intentionPersonal health issuesLarge-scale adverse eventsVignette surveyAdverse eventsPatientsHealth behaviorsInfectious diseasesClinical stepsPossible exposureCareRisk levelOpen-ended questionsExposureRisk informationThematic analysisParticipants' willingnessFrom implementation to sustainment: A large-scale adverse event disclosure support program generated through embedded research in the Veterans Health Administration
Elwy AR, Maguire EM, McCullough M, George J, Bokhour BG, Durfee JM, Martinello RA, Wagner TH, Asch SM, Gifford AL, Gallagher TH, Walker Y, Sharpe VA, Geppert C, Holodniy M, West G. From implementation to sustainment: A large-scale adverse event disclosure support program generated through embedded research in the Veterans Health Administration. Healthcare 2021, 8: 100496. PMID: 34175102, PMCID: PMC11365187, DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2020.100496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationHealth AdministrationVA healthcare systemResearch-operations partnershipsLarge-scale adverse eventsAdverse eventsVeteran patientsVA healthcareConsolidated FrameworkSupport programsImplementation researchHealthcare systemToolkit usePatientsAdministrationOperational leadersVA operationsClinical operationsToolkit implementationMore harmHarmActivity
2019
Knowledge and Practices of Physicians and Nurses Related to Urine Cultures in Catheterized Patients: An Assessment of Adherence to IDSA Guidelines
Advani S, Gao C, Datta R, Sann L, Smith C, Leapman MS, Hittelman A, Sabetta J, Dembry LM, Martinello RA, Juthani-Mehta M. Knowledge and Practices of Physicians and Nurses Related to Urine Cultures in Catheterized Patients: An Assessment of Adherence to IDSA Guidelines. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2019, 6: ofz305. PMID: 31375836, PMCID: PMC6677670, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz305.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCatheter-associated urinary tract infectionsClostridioides difficile infectionUrine cultureChart reviewPractice patternsInitiation of antimicrobialsUrine culture ordersPositive urine cultureInfectious Diseases SocietyUrinary tract infectionAcademic health care systemAbsence of symptomsDrug adverse eventsAssessment of adherencePractices of physiciansHealth care systemOdor of urineIDSA guidelinesCatheterized patientsAdverse eventsDiseases SocietyTract infectionsDifficile infectionUrinary catheterResponse rate
2015
Intended and unintended effects of large-scale adverse event disclosure: a controlled before-after analysis of five large-scale notifications
Wagner TH, Taylor T, Cowgill E, Asch SM, Su P, Bokhour B, Durfee J, Martinello RA, Maguire E, Elwy AR. Intended and unintended effects of large-scale adverse event disclosure: a controlled before-after analysis of five large-scale notifications. BMJ Quality & Safety 2015, 24: 295. PMID: 25882785, PMCID: PMC4413746, DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003800.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatitis C virusVeterans Health AdministrationHepatitis B virusLarge-scale adverse eventsMajority of patientsVeterans Affairs medical facilitiesRestorative dental careAfrican American patientsNon-VA facilitiesType of careHBV testingAdverse eventsWhite patientsDental careBloodborne pathogensDental servicesC virusB virusPatient notificationAdverse event disclosureMedicare dataTesting ratesPatientsHealth AdministrationPost exposure