2021
Trends in Differences in Health Status and Health Care Access and Affordability by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 1999-2018
Mahajan S, Caraballo C, Lu Y, Valero-Elizondo J, Massey D, Annapureddy AR, Roy B, Riley C, Murugiah K, Onuma O, Nunez-Smith M, Forman HP, Nasir K, Herrin J, Krumholz HM. Trends in Differences in Health Status and Health Care Access and Affordability by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 1999-2018. JAMA 2021, 326: 637-648. PMID: 34402830, PMCID: PMC8371573, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.9907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care accessFair health statusSelf-reported health statusCare accessHealth statusWhite individualsEthnic differencesLatino/HispanicNational Health Interview Survey dataSerial cross-sectional studySelf-reported functional limitationsBlack individualsHealth Interview Survey dataLow incomeCross-sectional studyCross-sectional survey studyInterview Survey dataSelf-reported raceSelf-report measuresMAIN OUTCOMEUS adultsFunctional limitationsPercentage of peopleSignificant decreaseAdults
2011
Rising Use of CT in Child Visits to the Emergency Department in the United States, 1995–2008
Larson DB, Johnson LW, Schnell BM, Goske MJ, Salisbury SR, Forman HP. Rising Use of CT in Child Visits to the Emergency Department in the United States, 1995–2008. Radiology 2011, 259: 793-801. PMID: 21467249, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11101939.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUse of CTPercentage of visitsEmergency departmentComputed tomographyNational Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care SurveyAmbulatory Medical Care SurveyTop chief complaintsPediatric ED visitsAbdominal painED visitsChief complaintCare SurveyHead injuryHospital characteristicsChild visitsCT useCT examinationsNumber of visitsRao-ScottMultiple patientsNationwide trendsStudy periodVisitsVulnerable populationsInstitutional review board oversight
2006
Radiation dose associated with unenhanced CT for suspected renal colic: impact of repetitive studies.
Katz SI, Saluja S, Brink JA, Forman HP. Radiation dose associated with unenhanced CT for suspected renal colic: impact of repetitive studies. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2006, 186: 1120-4. PMID: 16554590, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.04.1838.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDose-length productSingle-detector CTHistory of nephrolithiasisRenal colicEffective dosesUnenhanced CT examinationsCT examinationsUnenhanced CTMean dose-length productCumulative effective dosesRadiation doseCumulative radiation doseMean effective dosesTotal effective dosesPain examinationFlank painAdult patientsPatient agePediatric ageSerial CTPatientsColicDosesMultiple examinationsCT
2004
MRI in the diagnosis of cartilage injury in the wrist.
Haims AH, Moore AE, Schweitzer ME, Morrison WB, Deely D, Culp RW, Forman HP. MRI in the diagnosis of cartilage injury in the wrist. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2004, 182: 1267-70. PMID: 15100130, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.5.1821267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiagnostic CT Scans: Assessment of Patient, Physician, and Radiologist Awareness of Radiation Dose and Possible Risks1
Lee CI, Haims AH, Monico EP, Brink JA, Forman HP. Diagnostic CT Scans: Assessment of Patient, Physician, and Radiologist Awareness of Radiation Dose and Possible Risks1. Radiology 2004, 231: 393-8. PMID: 15031431, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2312030767.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsED physiciansCT scanCancer riskRadiation doseChest radiographsMost ED physiciansPercent of patientsAbdominopelvic CT scansAssessment of patientsEmergency department physiciansU.S. academic medical centersAcademic medical centerFlank painAdult patientsRadiologist awarenessDepartment physiciansMedical CenterPatientsCT dosesPhysiciansLifetime cancer riskDoseScansRadiologistsRisk
2002
Evaluation of an Emergency Radiology Quality Assurance Program at a Level I Trauma Center: Abdominal and Pelvic CT Studies
Yoon LS, Haims AH, Brink JA, Rabinovici R, Forman HP. Evaluation of an Emergency Radiology Quality Assurance Program at a Level I Trauma Center: Abdominal and Pelvic CT Studies. Radiology 2002, 224: 42-6. PMID: 12091660, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2241011470.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLevel I trauma centerI trauma centerTrauma centerQuality assurance programPatient careAdditional diagnostic imagingAbdominal imaging radiologistsQuality of careAssurance programEmergency departmentCT reportsTrauma casesTrauma surgeryCT studiesNumber of casesPatient recordsRadiologic interpretationCare changesMortality recordsDiscordant readingsDiagnostic imagingDiscordant interpretationsPelvic CT studiesCareImportant additional findings
1989
Cerebral vasculitis and hemorrhage in an adolescent taking diet pills containing phenylpropanolamine: case report and review of literature.
Forman H, Levin S, Stewart B, Patel M, Feinstein S. Cerebral vasculitis and hemorrhage in an adolescent taking diet pills containing phenylpropanolamine: case report and review of literature. Pediatrics 1989, 83: 737-41. PMID: 2654866.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultArteritisCerebral HemorrhageFemaleHumansMalePhenylpropanolamineRadiographyConceptsIntracerebral hemorrhageMillions of personsAngiographic evidenceCerebral symptomsCerebral vasculitisReview of literatureCase reportNonprescription medicationsVasculitisDiet pillsHemorrhageSusceptible groupPhenylpropanolaminePatientsFirst casePillsDifferent ailmentsReportAdolescentsMedicationsSympathomimeticsAnorexiantsOverdosePediatriciansSymptoms