2024
Comparison of clinical pharmacist practitioners’ headache care roles across clinical contexts within the Veterans Health Administration: Optimizing pharmacist integration
Goldman R, Damush T, Guirguis A, Datre O, Baird S, Sico J. Comparison of clinical pharmacist practitioners’ headache care roles across clinical contexts within the Veterans Health Administration: Optimizing pharmacist integration. Headache The Journal Of Head And Face Pain 2024 PMID: 39269026, DOI: 10.1111/head.14834.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Health AdministrationClinical pharmacist practitionersVHA facilitiesHeadache careCare teamEnhance patient outcomesPharmacist practitionersSpecialist servicesHealth AdministrationPracticing pharmacistsQualitative studyCross-sectional qualitative studyAdvanced practice pharmacistBehavior change skillsPatient outcomesSpecialty care servicesNon-formulary medicationsReading of transcriptsPharmacist integrationPrimary carePain teamCaring roleCare servicesHeadache neurologistPhysician education
2022
Frequency, Demographics, Comorbidities, and Health Care Utilization by Veterans With Migraine
Seng EK, Fenton BT, Wang K, Lipton RB, Ney J, Damush T, Grinberg AS, Skanderson M, Sico JJ. Frequency, Demographics, Comorbidities, and Health Care Utilization by Veterans With Migraine. Neurology 2022, 99: e1979-e1992. PMID: 36100439, PMCID: PMC9651466, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000200888.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationHealth care utilizationStudy periodCare utilizationHealth AdministrationOne-year period prevalenceOverweight/obesityMental health disordersChi-square testStudent's t-testMilitary sexual traumaAnnual encountersHeadache comorbidityPain comorbiditiesCohort entryCommon comorbiditiesPain disordersTotal cohortAnnual incidenceHealthcare utilizationHigher proportionPeriod prevalenceEmergency departmentMigraine carePrimary care
2018
Post‐stroke hypertension control and receipt of health care services among veterans
Kohok DD, Sico JJ, Baye F, Myers L, Coffing J, Kamalesh M, Bravata DM. Post‐stroke hypertension control and receipt of health care services among veterans. Journal Of Clinical Hypertension 2018, 20: 382-387. PMID: 29397583, PMCID: PMC8031130, DOI: 10.1111/jch.13194.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary careHypertension managementRecurrent stroke rateGoal blood pressureRetrospective cohort studyAcute ischemic strokeIschemic stroke patientsIschemic stroke admissionsFuture intervention studiesHealth care servicesBP controlBP trajectoriesPC visitsGoal BPHypertension controlStroke admissionsCohort studyIschemic strokeBlood pressureMean BPHealthcare utilizationMedian timeStroke patientsStroke ratePatients
2016
Crossing the Communication Chasm: Challenges and Opportunities in Transitions of Care from the Hospital to the Primary Care Clinic
Rattray NA, Sico JJ, Cox LM, Russ AL, Matthias MS, Frankel RM. Crossing the Communication Chasm: Challenges and Opportunities in Transitions of Care from the Hospital to the Primary Care Clinic. The Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety 2016, 43: 127-137. PMID: 28334591, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2016.11.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCommunicationContinuity of Patient CareHospitals, UniversityHumansInterprofessional RelationsIschemic Attack, TransientOrganizational CulturePatient Care PlanningPatient Care TeamPatient DischargePrimary Health CareStrokeTransitional CareUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsConceptsTransitions of careClinical providersAcute settingDischarge documentationOutpatient providersStroke/transient ischemic attack patientsAcute stroke/TIATransient ischemic attack patientsVeterans Affairs Medical CenterStroke/TIAOutpatient primary carePrimary care clinicsPrimary care providersCare clinicsAcute careLongitudinal managementCare transitionsInpatient providersPrimary careProvider communicationAttack patientsTeaching hospitalComplete medicationMedical CenterDischarge communication