Natalia Festa, MD
Associate Research Scientist
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- Association of Nursing Home Exposure to Hurricane-Related Inundation With Emergency PreparednessFesta N, Throgmorton K, Heaphy N, Canavan M, Gill T. Association of Nursing Home Exposure to Hurricane-Related Inundation With Emergency Preparedness. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2249937. PMID: 36607635, PMCID: PMC9856665, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.49937.
- Evaluating California nursing homes' emergency preparedness for wildfire exposureFesta N, Heaphy N, Throgmorton K, Canavan M, Gill T. Evaluating California nursing homes' emergency preparedness for wildfire exposure. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2022, 71: 895-902. PMID: 36541045, PMCID: PMC10023274, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18142.
- Universal outcome measurement – considerations and measurement approaches. Festa N, Ouellet G. Data, Measures and Measurements: Universal outcome measurement – considerations and measurement approaches. In: Berry S, Steinman M, eds. Core Curriculum on Multiple Chronic Conditions Research: Data, Measures and Measurements Module. New York, NY: American Geriatrics Society. https://mccresearch.agscocare.org/
- Accuracy of diagnosis and health service codes in identifying frailty in Medicare dataFesta N, Shi SM, Kim DH. Accuracy of diagnosis and health service codes in identifying frailty in Medicare data. BMC Geriatrics 2020, 20: 329. PMID: 32894057, PMCID: PMC7487915, DOI: 10.1186/s12877-020-01739-w.
- Identifying Medicare beneficiaries with dementiaMoura LMVR, Festa N, Price M, Volya M, Benson NM, Zafar S, Weiss M, Blacker D, Normand S, Newhouse JP, Hsu J. Identifying Medicare beneficiaries with dementia. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2021, 69: 2240-2251. PMID: 33901296, PMCID: PMC8373730, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17183.
- Assessment of Regional Nursing Home Preparedness for and Regulatory Responsiveness to Wildfire Risk in the Western USFesta N, Throgmorton K, Davis-Plourde K, Dosa D, Chen K, Zang E, Kelly J, Gill T. Assessment of Regional Nursing Home Preparedness for and Regulatory Responsiveness to Wildfire Risk in the Western US. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2320207. PMID: 37358851, PMCID: PMC10293909, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.20207.
- Identifying Medicare Beneficiaries With DeliriumMoura LMVR, Zafar S, Benson NM, Festa N, Price M, Donahue MA, Normand SL, Newhouse JP, Blacker D, Hsu J. Identifying Medicare Beneficiaries With Delirium. Medical Care 2022, 60: 852-859. PMID: 36043702, PMCID: PMC9588515, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001767.
- Comparative utility of frailty to a general prognostic score in identifying patients at risk for poor outcomes after aortic valve replacementShi S, Festa N, Afilalo J, Popma JJ, Khabbaz KR, Laham RJ, Guibone K, Kim DH. Comparative utility of frailty to a general prognostic score in identifying patients at risk for poor outcomes after aortic valve replacement. BMC Geriatrics 2020, 20: 38. PMID: 32013890, PMCID: PMC6998298, DOI: 10.1186/s12877-020-1440-4.
- Nursing home infection control strategies during the COVID‐19 pandemicFesta N, Katz‐Christy N, Weiss M, Lisk R, Normand S, Grabowski D, Newhouse J, Hsu J. Nursing home infection control strategies during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2023, 71: 2593-2600. PMID: 37218116, PMCID: PMC10702332, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18402.
- Promise and peril of claims-based dementia ascertainment in causal inferenceFesta N, Moura L, Blacker D, Newhouse J, Hsu J. Promise and peril of claims-based dementia ascertainment in causal inference. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine 2023, 28: 222-225. PMID: 37130742, PMCID: PMC10486140, DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2022-112134.
- Promising Administrative Measures of Heart Failure and Future DirectionsFesta N, Wasfy J, Moura L. Promising Administrative Measures of Heart Failure and Future Directions. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2023, 16: e009833. PMID: 36688300, PMCID: PMC9975022, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.122.009833.
- Reappraising the public health benefits conferred by environmental policy: Considerations for an aging societyFesta N, Hsu J, Hammitt J, Gill T. Reappraising the public health benefits conferred by environmental policy: Considerations for an aging society. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2022, 71: 1291-1299. PMID: 36585900, PMCID: PMC10089964, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18219.
- Evaluating The Accuracy Of Medicare Risk Adjustment For Alzheimer’s Disease And Related DementiasFesta N, Price M, Weiss M, Moura LMVR, Benson NM, Zafar S, Blacker D, Normand ST, Newhouse JP, Hsu J. Evaluating The Accuracy Of Medicare Risk Adjustment For Alzheimer’s Disease And Related Dementias. Health Affairs 2022, 41: 1324-1332. PMID: 36067434, PMCID: PMC9973227, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00185.
- Evaluation of Claims-Based Ascertainment of Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias Across Health Care SettingsFesta N, Price M, Moura L, Blacker D, Normand S, Newhouse J, Hsu J. Evaluation of Claims-Based Ascertainment of Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias Across Health Care Settings. JAMA Health Forum 2022, 3: e220653. PMID: 35977320, PMCID: PMC9034399, DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.0653.
- Enhancing the quality and reproducibility of research: How to work effectively with medical and data librariansThrogmorton K, Festa N, Doering M, Carpenter C, Gill T. Enhancing the quality and reproducibility of research: How to work effectively with medical and data librarians. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2024, 72: 965-970. PMID: 38217346, PMCID: PMC10947861, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18741.
- Goals of Care Documentation: Insights from A Pilot Implementation StudyHaverfield M, Garcia A, Giannitrapani K, Walling A, Rigdon J, Bekelman D, Lo N, Lehmann L, Jacobs J, Festa N, Lorenz K. Goals of Care Documentation: Insights from A Pilot Implementation Study. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2021, 63: 485-494. PMID: 34952172, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.12.023.
- Association Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Functional Well-being in Community-Living Older PersonsGill TM, Zang EX, Murphy TE, Leo-Summers L, Gahbauer EA, Festa N, Falvey JR, Han L. Association Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Functional Well-being in Community-Living Older Persons. JAMA Internal Medicine 2021, 181: 1297-1304. PMID: 34424276, PMCID: PMC8383163, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.4260.
- Pilot of the Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions Initiative Among Veterans With Serious IllnessGiannitrapani KF, Walling AM, Garcia A, Foglia M, Lowery JS, Lo N, Bekelman D, Brown-Johnson C, Haverfield M, Festa N, Shreve ST, Gale RC, Lehmann LS, Lorenz KA. Pilot of the Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions Initiative Among Veterans With Serious Illness. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2020, 38: 68-76. PMID: 32383388, DOI: 10.1177/1049909120923595.
- Anchoring Bias as a Limiting Factor in High-Value Care: A Case of Fever of Unknown Origin in a Hospitalized ChildFesta N, Park KT, Schwenk H. Anchoring Bias as a Limiting Factor in High-Value Care: A Case of Fever of Unknown Origin in a Hospitalized Child. Hospital Pediatrics 2016, 6: 699-701. PMID: 27789539, DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2016-0027.