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John Patrick Yeatts

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, General Internal Medicine
3100 Tower Boulevard, 11th Floor, Durham, NC 27707
234 Crooked Creek Parkway, Suite 200, Durham, NC 27713

Selected Publications


Effective Care Transitions: Reducing Readmissions to Improve Patient Care and Outcomes.

Journal Article Prof Case Manag · March 2024 PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: Care transitions from one setting to another are vulnerable spaces where patients are susceptible to complications. Health systems, accountable care organizations, and payers recognize that care transition interventions are necessary to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Improving glycemic control in diabetes through virtual interdisciplinary rounds.

Journal Article Am J Manag Care · March 1, 2024 OBJECTIVE: A team-based disease management approach that considers comorbid conditions, social drivers of health, and clinical guidelines improves diabetes care but can be costly and complex. Developing innovative models of care is crucial to improving dia ... Full text Link to item Cite

Transforming Health Care from Volume to Value: Moving the Needle Through Population Health.

Journal Article Am J Med · September 2023 United States health systems face unique challenges in transitioning from volume-based to value-based care, particularly for academic institutions. Providing complex specialty and tertiary care dependent on servicing large geographic areas, and concomitant ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of a clinical pharmacist on provider prescribing patterns in a primary care clinic.

Journal Article J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) · 2022 BACKGROUND: Sodium-glucose transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists have demonstrated beneficial outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes at high cardiovascular risk. Unfortunately, these agents are still underutilized ... Full text Link to item Cite

Behavioral counseling after screening for alcohol misuse in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Journal Article Ann Intern Med · November 6, 2012 BACKGROUND: Alcohol misuse, which includes the full spectrum from risky drinking to alcohol dependence, is a leading cause of preventable death in the United States. PURPOSE: To evaluate the benefits and harms of behavioral counseling interventions for ado ... Full text Link to item Cite

Breast cancer screening for women ages 50 to 69 years a systematic review of observational evidence.

Journal Article Prev Med · September 2011 OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the observational evidence concerning the effect of screening on breast cancer mortality in actual populations of women ages 50-69 years. METHODS: We searched MEDLINE and multiple reference lists for relevant cohort and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Age of Pseudomonas aeruginosa acquisition and subsequent severity of cystic fibrosis lung disease.

Journal Article Pediatr Pulmonol · May 2011 RATIONALE: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) is associated with poor pulmonary outcomes in cystic fibrosis (CF), but the association between age of Pa infection and severity of subsequent lung disease has not been thoroughly investigated. OBJECTIVE: Our goal was ... Full text Link to item Cite