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Health System Research Priorities for Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs Children and Young Adults, Chronic Conditions, Health Equity, Learning Health System, Quality and Safety, Stakeholder Engagement, Transitions in Care
HIP Investigator, Dr. Ryan Coller et al. sought to establish priorities for a national research agenda for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) through a structured, multistakeholder, mixed-methods approach.
Factors associated with health psychology use in pediatric type 1 diabetes Children and Young Adults, Chronic Conditions, HIPxChange, Quality and Safety
HIP Investigator, Dr. Elizabeth Cox et al. identified the prevalence of health psychology use in children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and evaluated how individual and contextual characteristics are associated with use.
Chemoprevention of Colorectal Cancer Cancer, Older Adults, Quality and Safety
HIP Investigator, Dr. Jennifer Weiss along with Dr. Bryson Katona reviewed the prospect of chemoprevention of colorectal cancer, results from preclinical and human studies, challenges, and future directions.
Better together: multidisciplinary approach improves adherence to pelvic floor physical therapy Chronic Conditions, Older Adults, Quality and Safety, Surgery
HIP Investigator, Dr. Heidi Brown et al. sought to determine whether consultation with PFPT at the time of initial urogynecologic evaluation increases adherence to PFPT and to identify factors associated with PFPT attendance and completion.
Association of Cardiovascular and Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Factors with Intracranial Arterial Blood Flow in Whites and African Americans Health Equity, Older Adults, Quality and Safety
Authors including HIP Investigator, Dr. Heather Johnson investigated relationships among cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors, APOE genotype, AD biomarkers, and intracranial arterial blood flow in Whites and African Americans enriched for AD risk.
A systematic review of multidisciplinary teams to reduce major amputations for patients with diabetic foot ulcers Chronic Conditions, Older Adults, Quality and Safety, Transitions in Care
Authors including HIP Investigators Dr. Meghan Brennan and Dr. Christie Bartels assessed the association between multidisciplinary teams and the risk of major amputation and compiled descriptions of these diverse teams.
Impact of family‐centered tailoring of pediatric diabetes self‐management resources Children and Young Adults, Chronic Conditions, HIPxChange, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality and Safety
A group of authors including HIP Investigator, Dr. Elizabeth Cox evaluated the hypothesis that delivering self‐management resources in a family‐centered manner will result in better glycemic control and quality of life for children and their parents.
Earlier Hospital Discharge With Prospectively Designated Discharge Time in the Electronic Health Record Children and Young Adults, Quality and Safety, Stakeholder Engagement, Transitions in Care
A team of authors including HIP Investigator, Dr. Ryan Coller implemented a prospective, multidisciplinary discharge timing designation in the electronic health record (EHR) and evaluated its association with discharge timing.
Access to Care Among Individuals Who Experienced Medicaid Lockouts After Premium Nonpayment Mental Health, Quality and Safety, Transitions in Care
A team of authors including HIP Investigator, Dr. Marguerite Burns conducted a survey study comparing the demographic characteristics, access to care, and health status of recent Medicaid enrollees in WI with and without experience of Medicaid lockouts.
Investigating lupus retention in care to inform interventions for disparities reduction: an observational cohort study Children and Young Adults, Chronic Conditions, Health Equity, HIP Data, Quality and Safety
HIP Investigator, Dr. Christie Bartels et al. aimed to examine predictors of lupus retention in care, to develop a Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) Care Continuum and inform interventions to reduce disparities.
Small-Group, Community-Member Intervention for Urinary and Bowel Incontinence: A Randomized Controlled Trial Chronic Conditions, HIP Data, Older Adults
HIP Investigator, Dr. Heidi Brown et al. evaluated the effects of Mind Over Matter: Healthy Bowels, Healthy Bladder, a small-group intervention, on urinary and bowel incontinence symptoms among older women with incontinence.
System Factors Influencing the Use of a Family-Centered Rounds Checklist Children and Young Adults, HIPxChange, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality and Safety, Stakeholder Engagement, Transitions in Care
To inform family-centered rounds checklist implementation and dissemination, a team of authors including HIP Investigator, Dr. Elizabeth Cox assessed physician compliance with this checklist and factors influencing its use.
Anxiety and Hypertension: Is There a Link? A Literature Review of the Comorbidity Relationship Between Anxiety and Hypertension Children and Young Adults, Chronic Conditions, HIP Data, Quality and Safety
HIP Investigator, Dr. Heather Johnson summarizes contemporaneous studies evaluating the relationship between prevalent anxiety and comorbid prevalent hypertension, or the development of incident (future) hypertension.
Development and validation of a pragmatic natural language processing approach to identifying falls in older adults in the emergency department Older Adults, Quality and Safety
HIP Investigator, Dr. Brian Patterson described and validated a pragmatic, rules-based natural language processing approach for identification of fall patients in the emergency department.
Using Stakeholder Values to Promote Implementation of an Evidence-Based Mobile Health Intervention for Addiction Treatment in Primary Care Settings HIPxChange, Learning Health System, Quality and Safety, Stakeholder Engagement
HIP Investigator, Dr. Andrew Quanbeck describes a novel decision-framing model that gives implementers a method of eliciting the considerations of different stakeholder groups when they decide whether to implement an evidence-based practice.
Qualitative Research on Expanded Prenatal and Newborn Screening: Robust but Marginalized Children and Young Adults, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality and Safety
HIP Investigator Dr. Rachel Grob wrote extensive qualitative literature that documents all of these social phenomena, and more, in connection with the spread of prenatal and newborn screening.
What Are We Measuring? Evaluating Physician-Specific Satisfaction Scores Between Emergency Departments Health IT, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality and Safety
A team of authors including HIP Investigator, Dr. Brian Patterson compared physician-specific Press Ganey ratings and evaluated the consistency of physician-specific patient satisfaction scores between two sites.
Building Capacity for Dissemination and Implementation to Maximize Research Impact in a CTSA: The University of Wisconsin Story Dissemination and Implementation, HIPxChange, Stakeholder Engagement
HIP Investigators, Dr. Andrew Quanbeck and Dr. Maureen Smith et al. describe how CTSA leaders at UW built a comprehensive system designed to improve the health of the communities statewide by incorporating D&I concepts.
A practical model for research with learning health systems: Building and implementing effective complex case management Chronic Conditions, Health IT, HIPxChange, Learning Health System, Older Adults, Quality and Safety
A team of authors including HIP Investigators, Dr. Maureen Smith and Dr. Menggang Yu describe a model currently used by the University of Wisconsin Health Innovation Program (HIP) that consolidates and enhances existing learning health system frameworks.
Evaluating Integrated Care for Children: A Clarion Call or a Call for Clarity? Children and Young Adults, Chronic Conditions, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality and Safety, Transitions in Care
Authors Dr. Eyal Cohen and HIP Investigator, Dr. Ryan Coller conducted a broad search strategy to identify randomized controlled trials comparing integrated care with usual care.
Evaluating care for high-need high-cost patients using the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORNet) Health IT, HIP Data, HIPxChange, Learning Health System, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
A team of authors including HIP Investigators Dr. Maureen Smith and Dr. Menggang Yu sought to determine whether the evaluation of programs for high-need high-cost patients required claims data to match cases to comparison patients.
Reliability and validity of PROMIS® pediatric family relationships short form in children 8-17 years of age with chronic disease Children and Young Adults, Chronic Conditions, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality and Safety
HIP Investigator, Dr. Elizabeth Cox et al. presented their findings as to whether the Family Relationships measure demonstrates adequate reliability and validity when applied in a clinical population of chronically ill children and their parents.
Variation in Hospitalization Rates Following Emergency Department Visits in Children with Medical Complexity Cancer, Children and Young Adults, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality and Safety
HIP Investigator Dr. Ryan Coller et al. identified factors associated with admission within ED encounters and quantified both the overall ED admission rate for CMC and admission rate variation across children's hospitals.
Training and Interpreting Machine Learning Algorithms to Evaluate Fall Risk After Emergency Department Visits Health IT, HIPxChange, Learning Health System
HIP Investigator, Dr. Brian Patterson et al. examined the potential utility of automated risk stratification and referral intervention to screen older adults for fall risk after emergency department visits.
Fused comparative intervention scoring for heterogeneity of longitudinal intervention effects Cancer, Chronic Conditions, Health IT, Learning Health System, Mental Health, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality and Safety
In this work, Dr. Jared Huling and HIP Investigators Dr. Menggang Yu and Dr. Maureen Smith introduced a subgroup identification procedure for long-term interventions whose effects are expected to change smoothly over time.
The Effects of Discrete Work Shifts on a Nonterminating Service System Health IT, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality and Safety, Transitions in Care
HIP Investigator, Dr. Brian Patterson et al. used data from a large, academic medical center Emergency Department to show that the patients’ rate of service completion varies over the course of the physician shift.
Systems consultation for opioid prescribing in primary care: a qualitative study of adaptation Dissemination and Implementation, Learning Health System, Quality and Safety
HIP Investigator, Dr. Andrew Quanbeck et al. piloted a blended implementation strategy called systems consultation that was tested in four primary care clinics in one US health system.
Diabetic Retinopathy Assessment Variability Among Eye Care Providers in an Urban Teleophthalmology Program Children and Young Adults, Chronic Conditions, Health Equity, Older Adults, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality and Safety
HIP Investigator, Dr. Yao Liu et al. assessed grading variability between an optometrist, general ophthalmologist, and retinal specialist using images from an urban, diabetic retinopathy teleophthalmology program.
Does Beneficiary Switching Create Adverse Selection For Hospital-Based ACOs? Older Adults, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality and Safety
HIP Investigator, Dr. Maureen Smith et al. believe that there is an alternative explanation for hospital-based accountable care organizations (ACOs) seemingly poorer financial performance.
By Default: The Effect of Prepopulated Prescription Quantities on Opioid Prescribing in the Emergency Department Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality and Safety
HIP Investigator, Dr. Brian Patterson et al. evaluated opioid prescribing patterns before and after the removal of a default quantity of 20 tablets from ED electronic order entry.

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