10 results match your criteria: "Massachusetts (Dr Kazis); and Harvard Medical School[Affiliation]"
REsource Support To Optimize REcovery (RESTORE) scoping review: Evaluating aftercare resources for burn survivors.
Burns
December 2024
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address:
Background: Burn survivors report limited resources as they transition to their communities after initial hospitalization. The aim of this project is to review literature that identifies resources provided to burn survivors and their supporters after discharge to their communities.
Methods: The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were used to examine the following literature databases: PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, PsycInfo, and CINAHL.
Predictors of Multidimensional Profiles of Participation After Traumatic Brain Injury: A TBI Model Systems Study.
J Head Trauma Rehabil
November 2024
Brain Injury Research Center, TIRR Memorial Hermann, Houston, Texas (Drs Juengst and Sander); Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, UT Health Science Center at Houston, Houston (Dr Juengst); Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (Dr Juengst); Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York (Dr Kumar); Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania (Drs Venkatesan and Rabinowitz); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Drs Venkatesan and Rabinowitz); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr O'Neil-Pirozzi); Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr O'Neil-Pirozzi); Department of Physical Therapy, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Evans); H. Ben Taub Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (Dr Sander); Richmond Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia (Dr Klyce); Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond (Dr Klyce); Sheltering Arms Institute, Richmond, Virginia (Dr Klyce); Research Department, Craig Hospital, Englewood, Colorado (Drs Agtarap and Whiteneck); Department of Occupational Therapy, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Erler); Rusk Rehabilitation, NYU Langone Health, New York City, New York (Dr Bushnik); Rehabilitation Outcomes Center (ROC), Spaulding Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts (Dr Kazis); Department of Health Law, Policy & Management, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Kazis); and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Kazis).
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to understand personal, clinical, and environmental factors linked to four unique participation profiles in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) one year or more post-injury.
- Participants included 408 individuals from the TBI Model Systems who completed phone interviews about their experiences and backgrounds.
- The analysis revealed key distinctions among the participation profiles based on factors like education, employment, community type, and cognitive function, highlighting trends in how these factors influence engagement in community activities.
Examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on participants in a study of burn outcomes.
Burns
August 2023
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, 300 1st Avenue, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA; Rehabilitation Outcomes Center at Spaulding, Spaulding Rehabilitation, 300 1st Avenue, Charlestown, MA, 02129, USA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address:
The History and Applications of the Veterans RAND 12-Item Health Survey (VR-12).
J Ambul Care Manage
May 2022
Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, ENRM Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts (Drs Selim and Kazis and Ms Qian); Health Outcomes Unit and Center for the Assessment of Pharmaceutical Practices (CAPP) (Est. 2000), Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts (Drs Rothendler and Kazis and Ms Bailey); Emergency Services, Boston VA Health Care System, West Roxbury, Massachusetts (Dr Selim); Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Kazis); and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Kazis).
There has been an increasing emphasis on placing patients at the center of clinical care and health care research and, in particular, assessing outcomes and experiences from the patient's perspective. One of the most widely used patient-reported outcome instruments is the Veterans RAND 12-item Health Survey (VR-12). This article reviews the VR-12 development and its applications over the last 2 decades, including research and potential uses in clinical care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObservational retrospective study of the association of initial healthcare provider for new-onset low back pain with early and long-term opioid use.
BMJ Open
September 2019
Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Objective: This study examined the association of initial provider treatment with early and long-term opioid use in a national sample of patients with new-onset low back pain (LBP).
Design: A retrospective cohort study of patients with new-onset LBP from 2008 to 2013.
Setting: The study evaluated outpatient and inpatient claims from patient visits, pharmacy claims and inpatient and outpatient procedures with initial providers seen for new-onset LBP.
Health Status in Adults With Chronic Conditions: Intervention Strategies for Improving Patient-Reported Outcomes.
J Ambul Care Manage
March 2020
Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, VA Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts (Drs Selim and Kazis and Ms Qian); Health Outcomes Unit and the Center for the Assessment of Pharmaceutical Practices, and the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Massachusetts (Drs Selim, Rogers, and Kazis and Mss Simmons and Sonis); Section of General Internal Medicine and Emergency Services, Boston VA Health Care System, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, and Boston University School of Medicine Massachusetts (Dr Selim); FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Silver Spring, Maryland (Dr Arya); and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Dr Shapiro).
Article Synopsis
- The literature review examines 418 articles from 2000-2010 and 2011-2017 to identify changes in patient-reported measures of physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) health summaries.
- Results showed consistent effect sizes across both periods, with social and behavioral interventions yielding smaller and less consistent effects on PCS.
- Both single and multicomponent interventions demonstrated moderate to large effect sizes for both PCS and MCS.
Effect of Intensive Blood-Pressure Treatment on Patient-Reported Outcomes.
N Engl J Med
August 2017
From the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Bedford Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital, Bedford (D.R.B., L.E.K.), and Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health (D.R.B., L.E.K.) and Tufts Medical Center (D.E.W.), Boston - all in Massachusetts; Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem (C.G.F., J.N., N.M.P.), and East Carolina University College of Nursing (L.P.B.) and Brody School of Medicine (J.P.), East Carolina University, Greenville - both in North Carolina; the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (M.B.C.); Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville (P.F.); the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (T.R.G.); the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P.L.K.) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (J.S.), Bethesda, MD; the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS (K.K.); UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles (D.E.M.); Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis (C.O.); University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (S.O., T.R.); University of Utah School of Medicine (D.L.S., M.A.S.) and VA Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (M.A.S.), Salt Lake City; and the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee (J.W.).
Background: The previously published results of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial showed that among participants with hypertension and an increased cardiovascular risk, but without diabetes, the rates of cardiovascular events were lower among those who were assigned to a target systolic blood pressure of less than 120 mm Hg (intensive treatment) than among those who were assigned to a target of less than 140 mm Hg (standard treatment). Whether such intensive treatment affected patient-reported outcomes was uncertain; those results from the trial are reported here.
Methods: We randomly assigned 9361 participants with hypertension to a systolic blood-pressure target of less than 120 mm Hg or a target of less than 140 mm Hg.
Cost-Effectiveness of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control.
N Engl J Med
August 2017
From the Departments of Population Health Sciences (A.P.B., R.H., M.B.C.) and Pharmacotherapy (B.K.B., N.R.-N.) and the Divisions of General Internal Medicine (R.H., M.B.C.), Nephrology and Hypertension (S.B., A.K.C.), and Geriatrics (M.A.S.), Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Medical Service, Veterans Affairs (VA) Salt Lake City Healthcare System (S.B., A.K.C.), and VA Salt Lake City Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (M.A.S.), Salt Lake City, and SelectHealth, Murray (B.K.B., N.R.-N.) - all in Utah; Pharmacy Department, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Aurora (J.B.K.); Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE (Z.Z., W.S.W.); Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Bedford VA Medical Center, Bedford, and the Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health (D.R.B.), and the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Center for the Assessment of Pharmaceutical Practices, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston (L.E.K.) - all in Massachusetts; Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (L.F.); Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (S.O.); Fielding School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (D.E.M.); the Division of General Internal Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (J.P.); the Division of Population Health and Computational Medicine, University of Miami and Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Miami VA, Miami (L.T.); Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, and the Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa (J.W.) - both in Wisconsin; the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (J.T.W.); and the Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York (A.E.M.).
Background: In the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT), adults at high risk for cardiovascular disease who received intensive systolic blood-pressure control (target, <120 mm Hg) had significantly lower rates of death and cardiovascular disease events than did those who received standard control (target, <140 mm Hg). On the basis of these data, we wanted to determine the lifetime health benefits and health care costs associated with intensive control versus standard control.
Methods: We used a microsimulation model to apply SPRINT treatment effects and health care costs from national sources to a hypothetical cohort of SPRINT-eligible adults.
Association between self-reported depression and screening colonoscopy participation.
J Ambul Care Manage
April 2015
Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine (Dr Calderwood); Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health (Ms Bacic and Dr Kazis); and Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health (Dr Cabral), Boston, Massachusetts.
The impact of depression on participation in screening colonoscopy is poorly characterized. This study attempts to understand this relationship by conducting a cross-sectional analysis on a nationally representative sample of adults aged 50 to 75 years without a history of colorectal cancer or inflammatory bowel disease from the 2009 Medical Expenditures Panel Survey. Multivariable analysis shows that the odds of having a current colonoscopy is 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA web-based nutrition program reduces health care costs in employees with cardiac risk factors: before and after cost analysis.
J Med Internet Res
October 2009
Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Background: Rising health insurance premiums represent a rapidly increasing burden on employer-sponsors of health insurance and their employees. Some employers have become proactive in managing health care costs by providing tools to encourage employees to directly manage their health and prevent disease. One example of such a tool is DASH for Health, an Internet-based nutrition and exercise behavior modification program.
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