Publications by authors named "R Brandon"
SeptiCyte RAPID is a transcriptional host response assay that discriminates between sepsis and non-infectious systemic inflammation (SIRS) with a one-hour turnaround time. The overall performance of this test in a cohort of 419 patients has recently been described [Balk et al., J Clin Med 2024, 13, 1194].
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUsing precision periodontal health care chart (PPHCC) to improve periodontal health.
Clin Oral Investig
September 2024
Objectives: Developing a Precision Periodontal Health Care Chart (PPHCC) in the electronic dental record (EDR) system and evaluating its clinical usability and effects on clinical outcomes.
Materials And Methods: A survey with ten questions based on the System Usability Scale (SUS) and six questions about assessing clinical impact was used to evaluate the satisfaction of periodontitis patients and care providers with PPHCC before and after non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT). The clinical outcomes, including probing depth (PD), interdental clinical attachment loss (CAL), and bleeding on probing (BOP), in patients who used PPHCC (PC) were compared to those in patients without using PPHCC (control).
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to evaluate how diabetes treatment satisfaction varies by ethnicity among individuals with type 2 diabetes who have poor glycaemic control, highlighting a gap in current data about patient satisfaction in this context.
- A total of 346 participants took part in an 8-month clinical trial, completing the Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (DTSQ) to assess their treatment satisfaction, which was found to be high overall.
- The results indicated that treatment satisfaction was especially high among Pacific peoples and older individuals, even though many participants had insufficient glucose-lowering therapy and suboptimal glycaemic control.
Background: Periodontal disease constitutes a widely prevalent category of non-communicable diseases and ranks among the top 10 causes of disability worldwide. Little however is known about diagnostic errors in dentistry. In this work, by retrospectively deploying an electronic health record (EHR)-based trigger tool, followed by gold standard manual review, we provide epidemiological estimates on the rate of diagnostic misclassification in dentistry through a periodontal use case.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This work describes the process by which the quality of electronic health care data for a public health study was determined. The objectives were to adapt, develop, and implement data quality assessments (DQAs) based on the National Institutes of Health Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory (NIHPTC) data quality framework within the three domains of completeness, accuracy, and consistency, for an investigation into oral health care disparities of a preventive care program.
Methods: Electronic health record data for eligible children in a dental accountable care organization of 30 offices, in Oregon, were extracted iteratively from January 1, 2014, through March 31, 2022.