Amy Schwartz, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)Cards
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2026
Principles Supporting CKD Management in Primary Care: 2025 Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Kurella Tamura M, Sosnov J, Delgado C, Morrison J, Navaneethan S, Nguyen M, Palevsky P, Rybacki D, Sall J, Schwartz A, Verma S, Watson M, Wickham J, Fried L. Principles Supporting CKD Management in Primary Care: 2025 Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines. Clinical Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2026 PMID: 41615729, DOI: 10.2215/cjn.0000001018.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
2025 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline for the Primary Care Management of Chronic Kidney Disease.
Schwartz A, Sosnov J, Brown J, Delgado C, Fried L, Kurella Tamura M, Morrison J, Navaneethan S, Palevsky P, Rybacki D, Sall J, Verma S, Watson M, Wickham J, Nguyen M. 2025 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline for the Primary Care Management of Chronic Kidney Disease. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2025, 179: 411-424. PMID: 41461086, DOI: 10.7326/annals-25-03499.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care managementClinical practice guidelinesU.S. Department of Veterans AffairsDepartment of Veterans AffairsManagement of chronic kidney diseaseVeterans AffairsVA/DoD Evidence-Based Practice Work GroupNational Academy of Medicine's tenetsPractice guidelinesJoint clinical practice guidelineDefense Clinical Practice GuidelinesTrustworthy clinical practice guidelinesPrimary care settingChronic kidney diseaseSystematic evidence reviewVA/DOD Clinical Practice GuidelineDepartment of Defense Clinical Practice GuidelinesPractice Work GroupWorking GroupClinical decision makingCare settingsEvidence reviewGuideline developmentManagement of hypertensionReferral to nephrologyAdvance directives prior to COVID-19 diagnosis in a United States national healthcare system
Schwartz A, Tate J, Lehmann L, King J, Walenczyk K, Levin W, Feder S, Justice A, Akgün K. Advance directives prior to COVID-19 diagnosis in a United States national healthcare system. PLOS ONE 2025, 20: e0338825. PMID: 41417841, PMCID: PMC12716786, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0338825.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAD completionVeterans Health AdministrationAdvance directivesNational healthcare systemAssociated with AD completionHealthcare systemUnited States Veterans Health AdministrationCohort studyCalendar quarterElevated riskHealth care preferencesHealth care utilizationElectronic health recordsMortality index scoresHigh riskAD documentationCare preferencesNH whitesCare utilizationNH BlackHealth recordsHealth AdministrationMarital statusCOVID-19Hispanic groupsHydrochlorothiazide Is America's Most Popular Thiazide, But Should It Be?
Natov P, Schwartz A. Hydrochlorothiazide Is America's Most Popular Thiazide, But Should It Be? Journal Of The American Heart Association 2025, 14: e035573. PMID: 40094191, PMCID: PMC12132700, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.124.035573.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Utilization of Advance Directives Among Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19
Schwartz A, Tate J, Justice A, Lehmann L, King J, Harris K, Levin W, Feder S, Akgun K. Utilization of Advance Directives Among Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2022, 205: a2667-a2667. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2022.205.1_meetingabstracts.a2667.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
A Model for Rapid Transition to Virtual Care, VA Connecticut Primary Care Response to COVID-19
Spelman JF, Brienza R, Walsh RF, Drost P, Schwartz AR, Kravetz JD, Pitkin P, Ruser C. A Model for Rapid Transition to Virtual Care, VA Connecticut Primary Care Response to COVID-19. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2020, 35: 3073-3076. PMID: 32705471, PMCID: PMC7377306, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-06041-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrgent care clinicVirtual careVA Connecticut Health Care SystemCare clinicsPerson visitsValuable health care resourcesPrimary care responseStandardized note templatesFuture pandemic responsesVirtual care modelsHealth care resourcesCOVID-19 pandemicHealth care deliveryHealth care systemVideo visitsTelephone encountersCare modelCare responseCare resourcesPatient exposureCare deliveryNote templateVirtual visitsMedical staffCare systemCase-mix for assessing primary care value (CPCV)
Gao J, Moran E, Schwartz A, Ruser C. Case-mix for assessing primary care value (CPCV). Health Services Management Research 2020, 33: 200-206. PMID: 32552065, DOI: 10.1177/0951484820931063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary careU.S. Veterans Affairs healthcare systemVeterans Affairs Healthcare SystemPrescription drug classesPrimary care performanceHigh-cost patientsPatient classification systemPC visitsPatient comorbiditiesDrug classesRisk scoreProvider workloadRisk algorithmHealth systemCare performanceHealthcare systemCare valuePatientsStaffing levelsPayment ratesCareHigh needClassification systemComorbidities
2019
A novel approach to the program evaluation committee
Schwartz AR, Siegel MD, Lee AI. A novel approach to the program evaluation committee. BMC Medical Education 2019, 19: 465. PMID: 31842868, PMCID: PMC6916454, DOI: 10.1186/s12909-019-1899-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProgram Evaluation CommitteePatient care experiencesResidency programsInternal medicine residency programsNon-medical servicesMedicine residency programsInterdisciplinary carePecs groupActionable feedbackCare experiencesAmbulatory rotationEvaluation CommitteeGraduate Medical EducationInpatientsForm of feedbackOutpatient rotationsAccreditation CouncilStructured group discussionsProgrammatic feedbackEducational curriculumQuality improvementMedical educationFaculty membersFacilitation skillsSurvey assessment
2017
Group Visits for Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution in Primary Care: A Pilot Quality Improvement Initiative
Spelman JF, Peglow S, Schwartz AR, Burgo-Black L, McNamara K, Becker WC. Group Visits for Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution in Primary Care: A Pilot Quality Improvement Initiative. Pain Medicine 2017, 18: 2325-2330. PMID: 29045696, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnx243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk patientsGroup visitsUsual carePrimary careNaloxone distributionOverdose educationLong-term opioid therapyMorphine equivalent daily dosePilot quality improvement initiativeQuality improvement pilot studyPrimary care clinicsChronic pain populationsPatient satisfaction scoresVeterans Health AdministrationQuality improvement interventionsQuality improvement initiativesPrescription of naloxoneOpioid therapyDaily doseCare clinicsChronic painPain populationNaloxone prescriptionsOpioid overdoseOverdose deaths
2015
Pilot of decision support to individualize colorectal cancer screening recommendations.
Schwartz AR, Levin FL, O'Neil JA, Braithwaite RS. Pilot of decision support to individualize colorectal cancer screening recommendations. The American Journal Of Managed Care 2015, 21: e439-46. PMID: 26295272.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care providersColorectal cancerCRC screeningIntervention phaseColorectal cancer screening recommendationsCancer screening recommendationsColorectal cancer screeningElectronic medical recordsPCP satisfactionScreening recommendationsCancer screeningLong-term benefitsMedical recordsCare providersPatientsReminder systemPilot studyHarm assessmentScreeningInterventionImmediate harmLife expectancy calculationsMorbidityCancerHarm
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