2 0 0 6 a b s t r a c t s
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The posters are listed by category with poster title and presenting author's name.
- Comorbidity and Symptoms in Women Dying of Ovarian Cancer
Neslund-Dudas, Christine M. - Concentration of Medical Care Utilization at End-of-Life for Ovarian Cancer Patients
Hornbrook, Mark C. - Incidence of Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Skin Cancers: The Marshfield Epidemiologic Study Area (MESA)
Greenlee, Robert T. - Natural History of Ovarian Cysts in a Cancer Screening Trial
Reding, Douglas - Pilot Study of Predictors of Erythropoietin Response in Chemotherapy-induced Anemia
Seidler, Christopher W. - Predictors of Recurrence after Breast Cancer in Women Aged 65 Years and Older
Geiger, Ann M. - Preliminary Results from the Breast Cancer Family Registry of TP53 Mutations in Early-Onset Breast Cancer
Mouchawar, Judy - Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Tumor Characteristics and Survival for Colorectal Cancer in an Insured Population
Doubeni, Chyke A. - Radiologic Evaluations and Invasive Procedures Following Breast-Conserving Surgery in a Large Cohort of Women with Ductal Carcinoma in situ
Nekhlyudov, Larissa - Receipt of Surveillance Mammograms and Mortality after Breast Cancer Therapy
Buist, Diana - Rituximab in the Treatment of Acquired Factor VIII Inhibitors
Onitilo, Adedayo - Social Support Among Women Who Died of Ovarian Cancer
Jackson, Jody - Tamoxifen Discontinuance among Women Aged 65 Years and Older With Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer
Owusu, Cynthia - The Use of Tamoxifen in Four Managed Care Settings
Rolnick, Sharon J. - Using HMO Administrative Data to Identify Primary Breast Cancer Cases and Treatment Received
Wei, Feifei - What Women Wish They Knew Before Prophylactic Mastectomy
Rolnick, Sharon J.
- An Evaluation of the Influence of Primary Care Practice Climate on the Health of Medicare Beneficiaries
Roblin, Douglas W. - Atrial Flutter versus Atrial Fibrillation in the General Population: Are There Differences in Predisposing Conditions?
Vidaillet, Humberto J. - Echocardiographic Abnormalities in Adults with Sickle Cell Anemia
Onitilo, Adedayo - Effect of Clinical Pharmacist Consultation on Quality of Treatment and Clinical Outcomes
Guy-Alfandary, Shiri - Genetic Studies of Familial Multiple Sclerosis from Rural Wisconsin
Bejaoui, Khemissa - Improved Intermediate Clinical Outcomes from Participation in a Diabetes Education Class
Roblin, Douglas W. - Improving on the Care of Chronic Pain; Family Medicine Primary Care Provider Focus Group Results
Clark, Linda G. - Management of Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease in Primary Care: Gaps in Care
O’Connor, Patrick J. - Mortality of Primary Versus Secondary Atrial Fibrillation: A Population-Based Study
Vidaillet, Humberto J. - Predictive and Convergent Validity of Claims-Based Measures of Adherence to Medications
Pladevall, Manel - Prevalence of Asthma in Farm Children: Comparison of Parental Report and Medical Record Review
Greenlee, Robert T. - Sex Differences in Gout Epidemiology, Evaluation and Treatment
Harrold, Leslie R. - Validity of Gout Diagnoses in Administrative Data
Harrold, Leslie R.
- Exploring the Association of Breast Cancer Survivorship and Driving Fitness in Older Women
Dugan, Elizabeth - Integrating Acute and Long-Term Care through a Geriatric Model
O’Connor, Darlene; Beaman, Richard - Pelvic Floor Care Needs and Preferences of Elderly Women Living in Residential Care Facilities
O’Dell, Katharine - Transitional Subacute Care: Outcomes of Post-hospital Care and Care in Lieu of Hospitalization
Whitebird, Robin R.
- A Pilot Trial of a FAX-Back Form to Improve Communication from Referring to Consulting Physicians
Meterko, Vanessa - Descriptive Analysis of Communication Channels about Influenza for HMO and Non-HMO Enrollees
Sotnikov, S. - Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Attitude of Antibiotic and its’ Impact on Communication in South Korea
Kim, SeongOk - Recruiting for Internet-Based Health Communications Research: Lessons Learned from Two Pioneering Studies
Johnson, Karin E.
- A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) of 3 Interventions to Enhance Laboratory Monitoring of Selected Medications
Smith, Dave - Advance Directives and Patient Symptoms, Patient Satisfaction and Post-Hospital Discharge Service Costs
Conner, Douglas A. - Can New Prescription Drugs Pay for Themselves? Comparing Olanzapine and Lithium to Treat Bipolar Disorder
Zhang, Yuting Sophia - Costing Shifting from a Private HMO to Public Agencies for Substance Abuse Treatment Services
Lynch, Frances L. - Endometrial Ablation Is a Cost-Saving Alternative to Hysterectomy in the Treatment of Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
Amorosi, Stacey - Increasing Primary Care Physician Productivity: A Case Study
O’Connor, Patrick J. - Insurance Plan at GHC 1997-2005
Hecht, Julia - Patient Adherence and Medication Cost-Sharing
Briesacher, Becky - Quantifying and Measuring Dynamically Changing Prescription Drug Benefits
Ross, Tyler R. - The Methodology of the Intervention Cost Analyses Applied in the Cancer Research Network’s MENU Project
Sukhanova, A. - Urban-style Disease State Management Improves Rural-based Care Outcomes for Individuals Requiring Anticoagulant Therapy
Schmelzer, John
Health Promotion/Disease Prevention/Lifestyle/Behavior
- A Population-Based Randomized Trial of Outreach Strategies to Increase Chlamydia Screening in Male Managed Care Enrollees
Yarbro, Patricia L. - Cigarette Smoking in a Sample of Younger and Older Adult Managed Care Enrollees
Boyle, Raymond G. - Evaluating the Impact of a Community-Wide Healthy Lifestyles Coalition
Coleman, Laura A. - Extending Preventive Care to Pediatric Urgent Care: A New Venue for CT Screening?
Wibbelsman, Charles - Factors Associated with Screening Sigmoidoscopy among Men in a Large Non-Profit Health Plan
Haque, Reina; Quinn, Virginia - Healthcare Managers Perceived Stress Before and After a Regulatory Survey
Meyer, Tricia A. - Implementation of Substance Abuse Screening in a Large Group Practice Pediatric Office: Comparative Results
Kossack, Robert - Is Patient Satisfaction Related to Metabolic Control in Adults with Diabetes?
O’Connor, Patrick J. - Prostate Cancer Screening Practice Style Among Primary Care Providers
Von Worley, Ann - Providers and Women's Beliefs about Hormone Therapy and Breast Cancer After the Women's Health Initiative: A Qualitative Study
Nekhlyudov, Larissa - Reach and Use of a Health Promotion Program of Sequential Emails at Work
Franklin, Patricia D. - Steps to a Better You Assessment of Marshfield Clinic Female Employees 20-week Walking Incentive Program
Chyou, Po-Huang - The Impact of the Women’s Health Initiative on Physician Management of Menopause
Rolnick, Sharon J. - The Influence of Psychological and Social Factors on Health and Healthy Behaviors in an Employed Population
Roblin, Douglas W. - Who Will Enroll? Participants in a Web-based Cancer Risk Reduction Program – the MENU Choices Study
Alexander, Gwen
Information Technology/Medical Informatics
- Application of Natural Language Processing on Clinical Free- Text Documents to Create Medication-Use History
Peissig, Peggy L. - Are Early Adopters of a Web-Based Patient Portal More Activated Than Matched Controls?
Langer, Robert - Challenges Of Abstracting Radiology Findings from Pelvic Ultrasound Reports: Lessons Learned from a Pilot Study
Von Worley, Ann; Gunter, Margaret J. - CHS Grant Proposal Toolkit: Work Smarter and Faster!
Scobba, Virginia - Correlates of Electronic Health Record Adoption in Office Practices: A Statewide Survey
Simon, Steven R. - Data Analysis Challenges in Switching Electronic Medical Record Systems: The Kaiser Permanente Colorado Experience
Kulchak Rahm, Alanna - Electronic Health Records: Which Practices Have Them, and How are Clinicians Using Them?
Simon, Steven R. - Evaluation of Laboratory Monitoring Alerts within a Computerized Physician Order Entry System for Medications Orders
Palen, Ted E. - Evaluation of the Accuracy of Timestamps Created by an ED Operational Tracking System
Gordon, Bradley D. - Evaluation: Active Alerts within an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Order Entry System for D-dimer Orders
Palen, Ted E. - Flattening The HMORN’s Virtual Data Warehouse: A VDW Program Generator/Runner
Pardee, Roy. - Identifying and Addressing Significant Challenges in Creating a Community-Wide Health Information Exchange
Fields, Diane - Improving Organizational Performance through Integrated Accountability
Friedman, Nurit - Is this Emergency Department Crowded? A Real-Time Implementation of the Emergency Department Crowding Scale (EDCS)
Flottemesch, Thomas J. - The Marshfield Epidemiologic Study Area (MESA): A Unique Resource for Population-Based Research
Kieke, Amy L. - Types of Unintended Consequences of Computerized Physician Order Entry
Sittig, Dean F.
Mental Health—Epidemiology, Services, and Outcomes
- Impact of Mental Health Conditions on Functional Health Status in Diabetes and Heart Disease
Rush, William A. - Integrated Care Management for Chronically Ill and Substance Abusing Medicaid Enrollees: ROI after One Year*
Fagan, Peter J. - Nurses’ Attitudes, Perceptions, Practice, and Barriers toward Sexual Health Counseling in Individuals with Cancer
Depke, Jill L. - Patient and Physician Factors Related to the Receipt of a Diagnosis of Depression
Rush, William A. - Rates of Maternal Depression Before, During, and After Pregnancy
Hornbrook, Mark C. - Relationship Between Anxiety Symptoms and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Hornbrook, Mark C. - The Association of a Mental Health Diagnosis with Metabolic Control in Diabetes Patients
Ekstrom, Heidi L. - Using Medications to Detect Treated Maternal Depression
Hornbrook, Mark C. - Vitamin E in Treatment of Tardive Dyskinesia
Shteinlukht, Tatyana P.
Obesity/Nutrition/Physical Activity
- How are Environmental Factors Related to Modifiable Health Risk? Depends on Whose Environment it is
Crain, A. Lauren - Novel Approaches to Weight Loss Maintenance: Six Month Results from the Keep It Off Pilot Study
Sherwood, Nancy E. - Role of Exercise and Physical Activity in Functional Improvement After Total Knee Replacement
McLaughlin, Joseph S.
Optimizing Practice Through Research/Research Translation
- D-Dimer Assays in Evaluating Venous Thromboembolism and Implementing its Use in a Clinical Guideline
Palen, Ted E. - Identifying the Barriers to Optimal Healing in Primary Care
Hawkes, Rene J. - Implementation of a Quality Improvement Project for the Care in Patients with Hip Fractures
Piziak, Veronica - Improving Osteoporosis Screening Among At-Risk Women Results from a Randomized Cluster Trial
Elston Lafata, Jennifer - Increasing Utilization of Cancer Genetic Counseling Services Using a Patient Navigator Model at a Managed Care Organization
Kulchak Rahm, Alanna - Operation Zero: Experience, Opportunity and the Future: Results of an Evaluation Following the RE-AIM Model
Hinchman, Josephine; Beno, Luke - Outcomes of a Clinical Trial Shamanic Treatment for Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
Vuckovic, Nancy H. - Patient and Physician Factors Related to Intensification of Therapy in Diabetes Patients Not at Goal
O’Connor, Patrick J. - Quality of Care for Children in Prehospital Settings
Manno, Mariann - Reach and Effectiveness of CD-ROM Intervention to Increase Informed Decision Making for Prostate Cancer Screening
Stopponi, Melanie - Results of REACH Mass: A 16-Community Trial to Promote Judicious Antibiotic Use
Finkelstein, J. - What Organizational Characteristics and HEDIS Measures are Associated with Managed Care Organizations’ Performance of Childhood Immunizations?
Bardenheier, Barbara
Pharmacoepidemiology/Drug Safety and Policy
- Hepatic Aminotransferase and Thyroid Function Evaluation among Ambulatory Patients Prescribed Amiodarone
Raebel, Marsha A. - Laboratory Monitoring of Potassium and Creatinine among Patients Receiving Spironolactone Therapy in the Outpatient Setting
Raebel, Marsha A. - Medical Record Documentation Regarding Drug-Drug Interactions in Ambulatory Care
Elston Lafata, Jennifer - Methods for Improving Warfarin Dosing
Burmester, James K. - Statin Use and the Risks for Death and Hospitalization in Adults with Heart Failure
Go, Alan S.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access,Treatment, and Outcomes
- Low Birth Weight in Diverse Cohorts: A Risk Factor for Asthma at Age 17 Years
Johnson, Christine Cole - Preliminary Findings from a Longitudinal Examination of Depression and Diabetes Outcomes among African Americans
Lipton, Bonnie - Racial Differences in Treatment of Early Stage Prostate Cancer
Richert-Boe, Kathryn
- Grant Management Software Integrated with an Enterprise Financial System: The Pre-Deployment Implementation Experience
Brown, Jennifer L. - Reading Matters: Strategies for Creating Study Materials the Participants Really Understand
Ridpath, Jessica R. - Research Feasibility Group: Perception of Successful and Failed Clinical Trials
Yale, Steven H. - Stages of Change: Is the HMORN Ready to Consider Alternative Models for Multicenter Research Review?
Greene, Sarah M. - Streamlining Multi-site IRB Reviews – The CCSN Research Review Repository
Ridpath, Jessica R. - The Buck Stops Here: Improving Recruitment Rate with a $1PRE-Incentive
Wiese, Cheryl J.