All Publications

What Words Convey: The Potential for Patient Narratives to Inform Quality Improvement
For the past 25 years, health care providers and health system administrators have sought to improve care by surveying patients…
Identification of barriers, facilitators and system-based implementation strategies to increase teleophthalmology use for diabetic eye screening in a rural US primary care clinic
Teleophthalmology for diabetic eye screening is an evidence-based intervention substantially underused in US multipayer primary care clinics, even when equipment…
Inpatients Sign On: An Opportunity to Engage Hospitalized Patients and Caregivers Using Inpatient Portals
Inpatient portals are online patient portals linked to electronic health records that provide hospitalized patients and caregivers secure access to…
The Effects of Discrete Work Shifts on a Nonterminating Service System
Hospital emergency departments (EDs) provide around‐the‐clock medical care, and as such are generally modeled as nonterminating queues. However, from the…
Encounters From Device Complications Among Children With Medical Complexity
Children with medical complexity (CMC) are commonly assisted by medical devices to support essential body functions, although complications may lead…
Telehealth with remote blood pressure monitoring for postpartum hypertension
Postpartum hypertension is a leading indication for hospital readmissions within the first 6 weeks after delivery. Authors including HIP Investigator, Dr.…
Making Time to Coordinate Care for Children With Medical Complexity
Care coordination has become the focus of the rapidly expanding field of complex care. Supporting the personnel and infrastructure to…
A robust approach to sample size calculation in cancer immunotherapy trials with delayed treatment effect
A group of authors including HIP Investigator, Dr. Menggang Yu et al. presents an approach to calculate sample size based…
Blood Pressure Control and Other Quality of Care Metrics for Patients with Obesity and Diabetes
There are no population-level estimates in the United States for achievement of blood pressure goals in patients with diabetes and…
Variability in care management programs in Medicare ACOs
In this study co-authored by Dr. Maureen Smith and Peter Nordby, investigators surveyed medical directors and clinical leaders in 15 care management…