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John William Ragsdale III

John William Ragsdale III

Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine
john.ragsdale@duke.edu
Family Medicine Center, 2100 E, Box 3886 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710
Office hours 8-5 Monday through Friday  

Selected Publications

Congenital Heart Disease.

Journal Article Prim Care · March 2024 More people are living with congenital heart disease (CHD) because many children now survive to adulthood with advances in medical and surgical treatments. Patients with CHD have ongoing complex health-care needs in the various life stages of infancy, chil ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development of a Community Hospital Medicine Affiliated Inpatient Rotation for Family Medicine Residents-A Collaborative Success.

Journal Article J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect · 2022 BACKGROUND: Hospitalists perform key roles as inpatient educators for family medicine residents. For the past decade, Duke University Family Medicine Residency Program had its inpatient family medicine resident rotation at non-Duke facilities. OBJECTIVE: T ... Full text Link to item Cite

Implementation and Impact of a Risk-Stratified Prostate Cancer Screening Algorithm as a Clinical Decision Support Tool in a Primary Care Network.

Conference J Gen Intern Med · January 2021 BACKGROUND: Implementation methods of risk-stratified cancer screening guidance throughout a health care system remains understudied. OBJECTIVE: Conduct a preliminary analysis of the implementation of a risk-stratified prostate cancer screening algorithm i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Partnerships to Care for Our Patients and Communities During COVID-19.

Journal Article J Am Board Fam Med · 2021 The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic forced not only rapid changes in how clinical care and educational programs are delivered but also challenged academic medical centers (AMCs) like never before. The pandemic made clear the need to have coord ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Knowledge and Preferences of Primary Care Providers in Delivering Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship Care.

Journal Article J Cancer Educ · December 2018 Featured Publication Long-term care for head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors is complex and requires coordination among multiple providers. Clinical practice guidelines highlight the role of primary care providers (PCPs) in screening for secondary cancer/recurrence, assessment ... Full text Link to item Cite

NCCN Guidelines Insights: Central Nervous System Cancers, Version 1.2017.

Journal Article J Natl Compr Canc Netw · November 2017 For many years, the diagnosis and classification of gliomas have been based on histology. Although studies including large populations of patients demonstrated the prognostic value of histologic phenotype, variability in outcomes within histologic groups l ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bridging the Gap: PCP and Patient Needs in Head and Neck Cancer Survivor Care

Conference International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · October 2017 Full text Cite

Prostate cancer screening.

Chapter · June 2014 Universal screening for prostate cancer (Pca) using prostate-specific antigen-based testing is not recommended, as the potential harms of screening (overdiagnosis and overtreatment) outweigh potential benefits. The case for Pca screening requires a paradig ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite