ConferenceCirculation · November 4, 2025
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Bystander defibrillation remains low throughout the US (1-4%). The REciprocal InnovationS TO ImpRovE Cardiovascular CARE in Rural America (RESTORe-CARE) project is design ...
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ConferenceDiabetes · June 20, 2025
Introduction and Objective: Multiple clinical trials in DM2 patients have demonstrated that sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and glucagon-like-peptide-1 agonist (GLP-1a) decrease cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and progress ...
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ConferenceDiabetes · June 20, 2025
Introduction and Objective: Comprehensive telehealth improves control of refractory chronic diseases in integrated health systems, but has seldom been implemented in fee-for-service (FFS) systems. We examined the use of comprehensive telehealth for ...
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ConferenceCirculation · March 11, 2025
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John Henryism (JH), or high effort-coping, is common when facing adversity. Little is known about cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk when living in poverty and having to cope with adversity ...
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ConferenceCirculation · November 12, 2024
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Female sex is associated with lower rates of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (B-CPR) in public. Telecommunicator CPR (T-CPR), or provision of CPR instructions when individuals ca ...
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ConferenceCirculation · November 12, 2024
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Current telemedicine programs to manage hypertension are less effective in Black patients perhaps due to insufficient support for self-care skills and social needs. We describe a tailored ...
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ConferenceCirculation · November 12, 2024
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We pilot tested a 12-week, team-based, telemedicine hypertension management intervention tailored for patients with greater social needs. Our study included home blood pressure (BP) guided ...
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ConferenceCirculation · November 12, 2024
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Although superior to clinic-based care, existing telemedicine programs to manage hypertension are less effective in Black patients. Programs’ insufficient support of Black patients’ self-c ...
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ConferenceDiabetes · June 14, 2024
Introduction & Objective: In placebo-controlled trials, SGLT2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP1RA) improve kidney and cardiovascular outcomes. However, direct comparisons are lacking.Methods: ...
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ConferenceJ Rural Health · June 2023
PURPOSE: Rural Veterans are more likely than urban Veterans to qualify for community care (Veterans Health Administration [VHA]-paid care delivered outside of VHA) due to wait times ≥30 days and longer travel times for VHA care. For rural Veterans receivin ...
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ConferenceArthritis Care Res (Hoboken) · January 2023
OBJECTIVE: Medication nonadherence is common among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and adherence often fluctuates with time. Underrepresented racial minorities have disproportionately lower rates of medication adherence and more severe SL ...
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ConferenceAnn Vasc Surg · July 2022
OBJECTIVES: The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends a 1 time screening for AAA with ultrasonography in men aged 65-75 who have ever smoked. Our objectives were to identify the AAA screening rates in a large academic health system and asse ...
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ConferenceDiabetes · June 1, 2022
Diabetes Distress (DD, i.e., regimen, emotional, interpersonal, clinician) in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is associated with poor glycemic control, poorer diet and exercise, and more T2DM complications. We describe a multi-phased study to de ...
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ConferenceDiabetes · June 1, 2021
Patients whose type 2 diabetes (T2D) remains persistently poorly-controlled despite receiving clinic-based care are at high risk for complications and costs. To address clinic-refractory T2D within the Veterans Health Administration, we conducted a ...
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ConferenceDiabetes · June 1, 2020
Background: Urine tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle organic anions (OAs) are elevated in diabetes and may be biomarkers for diabetic kidney disease (DKD) progression.Methods: We conducted an ancillary study to the Simu ...
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ConferenceCancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention · June 1, 2020
AbstractPurpose: Adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) improves survival in women with hormone receptor-positive (HR+) breast cancer (BC). Yet medication adherence is suboptimal. The aim of this study was to asse ...
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ConferenceJ Glaucoma · March 2019
PURPOSE: Many glaucoma eye drop users cannot successfully self-administer drops, and observing patients' drop technique can be time-consuming. We sought to examine the association of patient self-reported efficacy of eye drop technique and medication posse ...
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ConferenceJournal of Clinical Oncology · March 1, 2018
30 Background: Survivorship care plans (SCPs) are individualized documents that summarize cancer treatment received and provide guidelines for monitoring and maintaining survivors’ health. While SCPs are intended to facilitate ca ...
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ConferenceJournal of Clinical Oncology · March 1, 2018
4 Background: The growing number of colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors often have multiple chronic conditions. Comparing CRC survivors and matched non-cancer controls, our objectives were to determine the odds of CRC survivors bei ...
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ConferenceJournal of Clinical Oncology · May 20, 2017
TPS10128 Background: Adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) is a crucial component of treatment used to prevent recurrence and reduce mortality for women with hormone receptor positive breast cancer. Poor adherence to AET is a signific ...
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ConferenceBlood · December 2, 2016
AbstractIntroduction: Vaso-occlusive episodes are the most common complication experienced by individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD). Treatment in an emergency department (ED) i ...
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ConferenceJournal of Clinical Oncology · January 20, 2016
e267 Background: Our objective was to evaluate VA CRC incidence and survival and compare with the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data. Methods: Data were obtained from VACCR for vet ...
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ConferenceClin Rheumatol · August 2015
There is limited understanding of how comorbid health conditions affect osteoarthritis (OA)-related outcomes. This study examined associations of different comorbidity measures with baseline OA-related patient-reported outcomes (PROs) among patients with h ...
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