Susan Nicole Hastings | Scholars@Duke

Susan Nicole Hastings
Associate Professor of Medicine

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2017
Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments 2018
Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Institutes and Centers 2006

Contact Information

Duke Box 3003, Durham, NC 27710
Mc 152, Hsr&D, Durham VAMC, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27710
susan.hastings@duke.edu (919) 286-4033

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Fellow in Geriatrics, Medicine, Duke University 2003 - 2006
- Medical Resident, Medicine, Stanford University 1998 - 2001
- M.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1998
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2013 - 2017
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2008 - 2013
- Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2006 - 2008
- Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2006
Research
Selected Grants
- Dissemination and Implementation Science in Cardiovascular Outcomes (DISCO) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2022
- IPA- Dana Thompson awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2018 - 2019
- Improving Veteran Access To Integrated Management of Chronic Back Pain awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2019
- EQUIPPED (Enhancing Quality of Provider Prescribing for Older Adults in the Emergency Department) awarded by Emory University 2016 - 2019
- Amanda McMillan IPA awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2017 - 2018
- John A. Hartford Foundation's Centers of Excellence (CoE) awarded by John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc. 2015 - 2016
- Adherence to Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Guidelines in Hospitalized Elders awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2016
- Adherence to Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Guidelines in Hospitalized Elders awarded by Health in Aging Foundation 2014 - 2016
- Geriatric Education Center (GEC) awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2007 - 2016
- IPA - Loren Wilkerson awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2013 - 2014
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Van Houtven, CH, Smith, VA, Stechuchak, KM, Shepherd-Banigan, M, Hastings, SN, Maciejewski, ML, Wieland, GD, Olsen, MK, Miller, KEM, Kabat, M, Henius, J, Campbell-Kotler, M, and Oddone, EZ. "Comprehensive Support for Family Caregivers: Impact on Veteran Health Care Utilization and Costs.(Accepted)" Medical Care Research and Review : Mcrr 76, no. 1 (February 2019): 89-114. Full Text
  - Ramos, K, Hastings, SN, Bosworth, HB, and Fulton, JJ. "Life Program: Pilot Testing a Palliative Psychology Group Intervention." Journal of Palliative Medicine 21, no. 11 (November 2018): 1641-1645. Full Text
  - Cooper, C, Gross, A, Brinkman, C, Pope, R, Allen, K, Hastings, S, Bogen, BE, and Goode, AP. "The impact of wearable motion sensing technology on physical activity in older adults." Experimental Gerontology 112 (October 2018): 9-19. (Review) Full Text
  - Hughes, JM, Ulmer, CS, Hastings, SN, Gierisch, JM, Mid-Atlantic VA MIRECC Workgroup, , and Howard, MO. "Sleep, resilience, and psychological distress in United States military Veterans." Military Psychology 30, no. 5 (September 3, 2018): 404-414. Full Text
  - Vollbrecht, M, Biese, K, Hastings, SN, Ko, KJ, and Previll, LA. "Systems-Based Practice to Improve Care Within and Beyond the Emergency Department." Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 34, no. 3 (August 2018): 399-413. (Review) Full Text
  - Duan-Porter, W, Van Houtven, CH, Mahanna, EP, Chapman, JG, Stechuchak, KM, Coffman, CJ, and Hastings, SN. "Internet Use and Technology-Related Attitudes of Veterans and Informal Caregivers of Veterans." Telemedicine Journal and E Health : the Official Journal of the American Telemedicine Association 24, no. 7 (July 2018): 471-480. Full Text
  - Pavon, JM, Sloane, RJ, Pieper, CF, Colón-Emeric, CS, Cohen, HJ, Gallagher, D, Morey, MC, McCarty, M, Ortel, TL, and Hastings, SN. "Automated versus Manual Data Extraction of the Padua Prediction Score for Venous Thromboembolism Risk in Hospitalized Older Adults." Applied Clinical Informatics 9, no. 3 (July 2018): 743-751. Full Text
  - Pavon, JM, Sloane, RJ, Pieper, CF, Colón-Emeric, CS, Cohen, HJ, Gallagher, D, Morey, MC, McCarty, M, Ortel, TL, and Hastings, SN. "Poor Adherence to Risk Stratification Guidelines Results in Overuse of Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Older Adults." Journal of Hospital Medicine 13, no. 6 (June 2018): 403-404. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Goode, AP, Taylor, SS, Hastings, SN, Stanwyck, C, Coffman, CJ, and Allen, KD. "Effects of a Home-Based Telephone-Supported Physical Activity Program for Older Adult Veterans With Chronic Low Back Pain." Physical Therapy 98, no. 5 (May 2018): 369-380. Full Text
  - Wang, V, Allen, K, Van Houtven, CH, Coffman, C, Sperber, N, Mahanna, EP, Colón-Emeric, C, Hoenig, H, Jackson, GL, Damush, TM, Price, E, and Hastings, SN. "Supporting teams to optimize function and independence in Veterans: a multi-study program and mixed methods protocol." Implementation science : IS 13, no. 1 (April 20, 2018): 58-. Full Text
  - Hwang, U, Hastings, SN, and Ramos, K. "Improving Emergency Department Discharge Care with Telephone Follow-Up. Does It Connect?." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 66, no. 3 (March 2018): 436-438. Full Text
  - Hughes, JM, Ulmer, CS, Gierisch, JM, Nicole Hastings, S, and Howard, MO. "Insomnia in United States military veterans: An integrated theoretical model." Clinical Psychology Review 59 (February 2018): 118-125. (Review) Full Text
  - Shepherd-Banigan, M, Smith, VA, Maciejewski, ML, Stechuchak, KM, Hastings, SN, Wieland, GD, Miller, KEM, Kabat, M, Henius, J, Campbell-Kotler, M, and Van Houtven, CH. "The Effect of Support and Training for Family Members on Access to Outpatient Services for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)." Administration and policy in mental health (January 27, 2018). Full Text
  - Shepherd-Banigan, M, Smith, VA, Stechuchak, KM, Miller, KEM, Hastings, SN, Wieland, GD, Olsen, MK, Kabat, M, Henius, J, Campbell-Kotler, M, and Van Houtven, CH. "Comprehensive Support for Family Caregivers of Post-9/11 Veterans Increases Veteran Utilization of Long-term Services and Supports: A Propensity Score Analysis." Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing 55 (January 2018): 46958018762914-. Full Text
  - Miller, KEM, Duan-Porter, W, Stechuchak, KM, Mahanna, E, Coffman, CJ, Weinberger, M, Van Houtven, CH, Oddone, EZ, Morris, K, Schmader, KE, Hendrix, CC, Kessler, C, and Hastings, SN. "Risk stratification for return emergency department visits among high-risk patients." The American Journal of Managed Care 23, no. 8 (August 2017): e275-e279.
  - Stevens, M, Hastings, SN, Markland, AD, Hwang, U, Hung, W, Vandenberg, AE, Bryan, W, Cross, D, Powers, J, McGwin, G, Fattouh, N, Ho, W, Clevenger, C, and Vaughan, CP. "Enhancing Quality of Provider Practices for Older Adults in the Emergency Department (EQUiPPED)." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 65, no. 7 (July 2017): 1609-1614. Full Text
  - Stevens, M, Hastings, SN, Markland, AD, Hwang, U, Hung, W, Vandenberg, AE, Bryan, W, Cross, D, Powers, J, McGwin, G, Fattouh, N, Ho, W, Clevenger, C, and Vaughan, CP. "Enhancing Quality of Provider Practices for Older Adults in the Emergency Department (EQUiPPED)." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY 65, no. 7 (July 2017): 1609-1614. Full Text Link to Item
  - Goode, AP, Hall, KS, Batch, BC, Huffman, KM, Hastings, SN, Allen, KD, Shaw, RJ, Kanach, FA, McDuffie, JR, Kosinski, AS, Williams, JW, and Gierisch, JM. "The Impact of Interventions that Integrate Accelerometers on Physical Activity and Weight Loss: A Systematic Review." Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 51, no. 1 (February 2017): 79-93. (Review) Full Text
  - Vandenberg, AE, Vaughan, CP, Stevens, M, Hastings, SN, Powers, J, Markland, A, Hwang, U, Hung, W, and Echt, KV. "Improving geriatric prescribing in the ED: a qualitative study of facilitators and barriers to clinical decision support tool use." International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care 29, no. 1 (February 2017): 117-123. Full Text
  - Vanderman, AJ, Moss, JM, Bryan, WE, Sloane, R, Jackson, GL, and Hastings, SN. "Evaluating the Impact of Medication Safety Alerts on Prescribing of Potentially Inappropriate Medications for Older Veterans in an Ambulatory Care Setting." Journal of pharmacy practice 30, no. 1 (February 2017): 82-88. Full Text
  - Duan-Porter, W, Hastings, SN, Neelon, B, and Van Houtven, CH. "Control beliefs and risk for 4-year mortality in older adults: a prospective cohort study." BMC geriatrics 17, no. 1 (January 11, 2017): 13-. Full Text
  - Moss, JM, Bryan, WE, Wilkerson, LM, King, HA, Jackson, GL, Owenby, RK, Van Houtven, CH, Stevens, MB, Powers, J, Vaughan, CP, Hung, WW, Hwang, U, Markland, AD, Sloane, R, Knaack, W, and Hastings, SN. "An Interdisciplinary Academic Detailing Approach to Decrease Inappropriate Medication Prescribing by Physician Residents for Older Veterans Treated in the Emergency Department." Journal of pharmacy practice (January 2017): 897190017747424-. Full Text
  - Pavon, JM, Sloane, R, Morey, MC, and Hastings, SN. "Inpatient Mobility Measures As Useful Predictors of Discharge Destination in Hospitalized Older Adults." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 65, no. 1 (January 2017): 224-226. (Letter) Full Text
  - Maciejewski, ML, Hammill, BG, Qualls, LG, Hastings, SN, Wang, V, and Curtis, LH. "Appropriate baseline laboratory testing following ACEI or ARB initiation by Medicare FFS beneficiaries." Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 25, no. 9 (September 2016): 1015-1022. Full Text
  - Whitson, HE, Johnson, KS, Sloane, R, Cigolle, CT, Pieper, CF, Landerman, L, and Hastings, SN. "Identifying Patterns of Multimorbidity in Older Americans: Application of Latent Class Analysis." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 64, no. 8 (August 2016): 1668-1673. Full Text
  - Vandenberg, AE, Stevens, M, Echt, KV, Hastings, SN, Powers, J, Markland, A, Hwang, U, Hung, W, Belbis, S, and Vaughan, CP. "Implementing the EQUiPPED Medication Management Program at 5 VA Emergency Departments." Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS 33, no. 4 (April 2016): 29-33.
  - Zullig, LL, Whitson, HE, Hastings, SN, Beadles, C, Kravchenko, J, Akushevich, I, and Maciejewski, ML. "A Systematic Review of Conceptual Frameworks of Medical Complexity and New Model Development." Journal of general internal medicine 31, no. 3 (March 2016): 329-337. (Review) Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Moss, JM, Bryan, WE, Wilkerson, LM, Jackson, GL, Owenby, RK, Van Houtven, C, Stevens, MB, Powers, JS, Vaughan, CP, Hung, WW, Hwang, U, Markland, AD, McGwin, G, and Hastings, SN. "Impact of Clinical Pharmacy Specialists on the Design and Implementation of a Quality Improvement Initiative to Decrease Inappropriate Medications in a Veterans Affairs Emergency Department." Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy 22, no. 1 (January 2016): 74-80. Full Text
  - Hammill, BG, Curtis, LH, Qualls, LG, Hastings, SN, Wang, V, and Maciejewski, ML. "Linkage of Laboratory Results to Medicare Fee-for-Service Claims." Medical care 53, no. 11 (November 2015): 974-979. Full Text
  - Hastings, SN, Vaughan, CP, Stevens, M, and McGaughey, M. "Research and Operations: Joining Forces to Improve Care for Veterans." North Carolina medical journal 76, no. 5 (November 2015): 315-319.
  - "Control Beliefs and Risk for Death, Stroke and Myocardial Infarction in Middle-aged and Older Adults: An Observational Study." Journal of General Internal Medicine 30, no. 8 (August 28, 2015): 1156-1163. Full Text
  - Duan-Porter, W, Hastings, SN, Neelon, B, and Van Houtven, CH. "Control Beliefs and Risk for Death, Stroke and Myocardial Infarction in Middle-aged and Older Adults: An Observational Study." Journal of General Internal Medicine 30, no. 8 (August 2015): 1156-1163. Full Text
  - D'Souza, MF, Davagnino, J, Hastings, SN, Sloane, R, Kamholz, B, and Twersky, J. "Preliminary Data from the Caring for Older Adults and Caregivers at Home (COACH) Program: A Care Coordination Program for Home-Based Dementia Care and Caregiver Support in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 63, no. 6 (June 2015): 1203-1208. Full Text
  - Stevens, MB, Hastings, SN, Powers, J, Vandenberg, AE, Echt, KV, Bryan, WE, Peggs, K, Markland, AD, Hwang, U, Hung, WW, Schmidt, AJ, McGwin, G, Ikpe-Ekpo, E, Clevenger, C, Johnson, TM, and Vaughan, CP. "Enhancing the Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Veterans Discharged from the Emergency Department (EQUiPPED): Preliminary Results from Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Veterans Discharged from the Emergency Department, a Novel Multicomponent Interdisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 63, no. 5 (May 6, 2015): 1025-1029. Full Text
  - "Linkage of laboratory results to medicare fee-for-service claims." Medical Care 53, no. 11 (January 1, 2015): 974-979. Full Text
  - Hastings, SN, Betts, E, Schmader, KE, Weinberger, M, Van Houtven, CH, Hendrix, CC, Coffman, CJ, Stechuchak, KM, Weiner, M, Morris, K, Kessler, C, and Oddone, EZ. "Discharge information and support for veterans Receiving Outpatient Care in the Emergency Department: study design and methods." Contemporary clinical trials 39, no. 2 (November 3, 2014): 342-350. Full Text
  - Hastings, SN, Sloane, R, Morey, MC, Pavon, JM, and Hoenig, H. "Assisted early mobility for hospitalized older veterans: preliminary data from the STRIDE program." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 62, no. 11 (November 2014): 2180-2184. Full Text
  - Van Houtven, CH, Oddone, EZ, Hastings, SN, Hendrix, C, Olsen, M, Neelon, B, Lindquist, J, Weidenbacher, H, Boles, J, Chapman, J, and Weinberger, M. "Helping Invested Families Improve Veterans' Experiences Study (HI-FIVES): study design and methodology." Contemporary clinical trials 38, no. 2 (July 2014): 260-269. Full Text
  - Pavon, JM, Zhao, Y, McConnell, E, and Hastings, SN. "Identifying Risk of Readmission in Hospitalized Elderly Adults Through Inpatient Medication Exposure." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY 62, no. 6 (June 2014): 1116-1121. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Whitson, HE, Sloane, R, Landerman, LR, Horney, C, and Johnson, KS. "Using the past to predict the future: latent class analysis of patterns of health service use of older adults in the emergency department." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 62, no. 4 (April 2014): 711-715. Full Text
  - "Using the past to predict the future: Latent class analysis of patterns of health service use of older adults in the emergency department." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 62, no. 4 (January 1, 2014): 711-715. Full Text
  - Hastings, SN, Smith, VA, Weinberger, M, Oddone, EZ, Olsen, MK, and Schmader, KE. "Health services use of older veterans treated and released from veterans affairs medical center emergency departments." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 61, no. 9 (September 4, 2013): 1515-1521. Full Text
  - Hendrix, C, Tepfer, S, Forest, S, Ziegler, K, Fox, V, Stein, J, McConnell, ES, Hastings, SN, Schmader, K, and Colon-Emeric, C. "Transitional Care Partners: a hospital-to-home support for older adults and their caregivers." J Am Assoc Nurse Pract 25, no. 8 (August 2013): 407-414. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hastings, S, Stechuchak, K, Oddone, E, Weinberger, M, Tucker, D, Knaack, W, and Schmader, K. "Older veterans and emergency department discharge information." BMJ Quality and Safety 21, no. 10 (2012): 835-842. Full Text
  - Horney, C, Schmader, K, Sanders, LL, Heflin, M, Ragsdale, L, McConnell, E, Hocker, M, and Hastings, SN. "Health care utilization before and after an outpatient ED visit in older people." Am J Emerg Med 30, no. 1 (January 2012): 135-142. Full Text Link to Item
  - Johnson, KS, Hastings, SN, Purser, JL, and Whitson, HE. "The Junior Faculty Laboratory: an innovative model of peer mentoring." Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 86, no. 12 (December 2011): 1577-1582. Full Text
  - Hendrix, CC, Hastings, SN, Van Houtven, C, Steinhauser, K, Chapman, J, Ervin, T, Sanders, L, and Weinberger, M. "Pilot study: individualized training for caregivers of hospitalized older veterans." Nurs Res 60, no. 6 (November 2011): 436-441. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Smith, VA, Weinberger, M, Schmader, KE, Olsen, MK, and Oddone, EZ. "Emergency department visits in Veterans Affairs medical facilities." The American journal of managed care 17, no. 6 Spec No. (June 2011): e215-e223.
  - Hastings, SN, Smith, VA, Weinberger, M, Schmader, KE, Olsen, MK, and Oddone, EZ. "Emergency department visits in veterans affairs medical facilities." American Journal of Managed Care 17, no. 6 (June 1, 2011).
  - Whitson, HE, Hastings, SN, Landerman, LR, Fillenbaum, GG, Cohen, HJ, and Johnson, KS. "Black-white disparity in disability: the role of medical conditions." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 59, no. 5 (May 2011): 844-850. Full Text
  - Hastings, SN, Barrett, A, Weinberger, M, Oddone, EZ, Ragsdale, L, Hocker, M, and Schmader, KE. "Older patients' understanding of emergency department discharge information and its relationship with adverse outcomes." Journal of Patient Safety 7, no. 1 (March 2011): 19-25. Full Text
  - Hastings, SN, Horney, C, Landerman, LR, Sanders, LL, Hocker, MB, and Schmader, KE. "Exploring patterns of health service use in older emergency department patients." Acad Emerg Med 17, no. 10 (October 2010): 1086-1092. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Kosmoski, JC, and Moss, JM. "Special Considerations of Adherence in Older Adults." (2010): 321-340. Full Text
  - Hastings, SN, Whitson, HE, Purser, JL, Sloane, RJ, and Johnson, KS. "Emergency department discharge diagnosis and adverse health outcomes in older adults." J Am Geriatr Soc 57, no. 10 (October 2009): 1856-1861. Full Text Link to Item
  - Scott, V, Heflin, M, Hendrix, CC, Pinheiro, SO, and Hastings, SN. "PROBLEMS IN TRANSITIONS OF CARE: A COURSE SESSION EXEMPLAR." GERONTOLOGIST 49 (October 2009): 522-523. Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Purser, JL, Johnson, KS, Sloane, RJ, and Whitson, HE. "Frailty predicts some but not all adverse outcomes in older adults discharged from the emergency department." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 56, no. 9 (September 2008): 1651-1657. Full Text
  - Hastings, SN, Oddone, EZ, Fillenbaum, G, Sloane, RJ, and Schmader, KE. "Frequency and predictors of adverse health outcomes in older Medicare beneficiaries discharged from the emergency department." Medical Care 46, no. 8 (August 2008): 771-777. Full Text
  - Whitson, HE, Hastings, SN, Lekan, DA, Sloane, R, White, HK, and McConnell, ES. "A quality improvement program to enhance after-hours telephone communication between nurses and physicians in a long-term care facility." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 56, no. 6 (June 2008): 1080-1086. Full Text
  - Hastings, SN, George, LK, Fillenbaum, GG, Park, RS, Burchett, BM, and Schmader, KE. "Does lack of social support lead to more ED visits for older adults?." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 26, no. 4 (May 2008): 454-461. Full Text
  - Hastings, SN, Schmader, KE, Sloane, RJ, Weinberger, M, Pieper, CF, Goldberg, KC, and Oddone, EZ. "Quality of pharmacotherapy and outcomes for older veterans discharged from the emergency department." J Am Geriatr Soc 56, no. 5 (May 2008): 875-880. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Whitson, HE, White, HK, Sloane, R, MacDonald, H, Lekan, DA, and McConnell, ES. "After-hours calls from long-term care facilities in a geriatric medicine training program." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 55, no. 12 (December 2007): 1989-1994. Full Text
  - Hastings, SN, Schmader, KE, Sloane, RJ, Weinberger, M, Goldberg, KC, and Oddone, EZ. "Adverse health outcomes after discharge from the emergency department--incidence and risk factors in a veteran population." Journal of General Internal Medicine 22, no. 11 (November 2007): 1527-1531. Full Text
  - Hastings, SN, Sloane, RJ, Goldberg, KC, Oddone, EZ, and Schmader, KE. "The quality of pharmacotherapy in older veterans discharged from the emergency department or urgent care clinic." J Am Geriatr Soc 55, no. 9 (September 2007): 1339-1348. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Whitson, HE, White, HK, Sloane, R, MacDonald, H, Lekan-Rutledge, DA, and McConnell, ES. "Development and implementation of the TrAC (Tracking After-hours Calls) database: a tool to collect longitudinal data on after-hours telephone calls in long-term care." J Am Med Dir Assoc 8, no. 3 (March 2007): 178-182. Full Text Link to Item
  - Whitson, HE, Hastings, SN, McConnell, ES, and Lekan-Rutledge, DA. "Inter-disciplinary focus groups on telephone medicine: a quality improvement initiative." J Am Med Dir Assoc 7, no. 7 (September 2006): 407-411. Full Text Link to Item
  - Martins, SB, Lai, S, Tu, S, Shankar, R, Hastings, SN, Hoffman, BB, Dipilla, N, and Goldstein, MK. "Offline testing of the ATHENA Hypertension decision support system knowledge base to improve the accuracy of recommendations." AMIA .. Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium (2006): 539-543.
  - Hastings, SN, and Heflin, MT. "A systematic review of interventions to improve outcomes for elders discharged from the emergency department." Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 12, no. 10 (October 2005): 978-986. (Review) Full Text
  - "Medication review in the nursing home: Can stopping one drug make all the difference?." Annals of Long Term Care 13, no. 2 (February 1, 2005): 33-35. (Review)
- Conference Papers
  - Pavon, JM, Sloane, R, Pieper, C, Colon-Emeric, CS, Gallagher, D, Cohen, H, Hall, K, Morey, M, McCarty, M, Ortel, T, and Hastings, SN. "Does medical record documentation of mobility correlate with objective measure of mobility in hospitalized older adults at risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) occurrence?." Annual Scientific Meeting of the American-Geriatrics-Society (AGS). Orlando, FL. May 3, 2018 - May 5, 2018.: WILEY, April 1, 2018. Link to Item
  - Pavon, JM, Sloane, R, Pieper, C, Colon-Emeric, CS, Gallagher, D, Cohen, H, Hall, K, Morey, M, McCarty, M, Ortel, T, and Hastings, SN. "Is objective mobility data associated with pharmacologic venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis use among hospitalized older adults?." Annual Scientific Meeting of the American-Geriatrics-Society (AGS). Orlando, FL. May 3, 2018 - May 5, 2018.: WILEY, April 1, 2018. Link to Item
  - Hughes, JM, Ulmer, CS, Hastings, SN, Gierisch, JM, Howard, MO, and Workgrp, M-AVAMIRECC. "SLEEP, RESILIENCE, AND PSYCHIATRIC DISTRESS IN UNITED STATES MILITARY VETERANS." March 2017. Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Stechuchak, KM, Mahanna, EP, Morris, KL, and Coffman, CJ. "Unrecognized Cognitive Impairment in Medically Complex Older Veterans." May 2016. Link to Item
  - Pavon, JM, McCarty, M, and Hastings, SN. "Overuse of pharmacologic venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in hospitalized older adults." May 2016. Link to Item
  - Pavon, JM, Sloane, R, Pieper, C, Li, S, Colon-Emeric, C, Cohen, H, McCarty, M, Gallagher, D, Ortel, T, Morey, M, Hall, K, and Hastings, SN. "Automated versus manual data extraction of venous thromboembolism risk for hospitalized older adults." May 2016. Link to Item
  - Razouki, ZA, Beadles, C, Woolson, S, Smith, V, Jackson, GL, and Hastings, SN. "DO PRIMARY CARE CLINICS WITH HIGHER ADOPTION LEVELS OF PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME FEATURES HAVE LOWER ED RETURN VISITS?." May 2016. Link to Item
  - Razouki, ZA, Maciejewski, M, Van Scoyoc, LM, Jackson, GL, Hastings, SN, and Edelman, D. "THE ACUTE EVALUATION OF SYNCOPE: VARIATION IN HOSPITAL ADMISSION PRACTICES AND IN ORDERING LOW VALUE NEUROLOGICAL DIAGNOSTIC TESTING." May 2016. Link to Item
  - Razouki, ZA, Platts-Mills, T, Sloane, R, Edelman, D, and Hastings, SN. "PATIENT LEVEL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH POST-EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OBSERVATION STAYS IN A MEDICARE POPULATION." May 2016. Link to Item
  - Stevens, M, Hastings, SN, Powers, J, Vandenberg, AE, Bryan, W, Markland, AD, McGwin, G, Hwang, U, Hung, W, Mcgaughey, M, and Vaughan, C. "EQUiPPED Expansion: Results from a multi-site quality improvement initiative to change prescribing practices in VA Medical Center Emergency Departments (EDs)." May 2016. Link to Item
  - Vandenberg, AE, Vaughan, C, Stevens, M, Hastings, SN, Powers, J, Markland, AD, Hwang, U, Hung, W, and Echt, K. "Evaluating use of a clinical decision support tool to improve quality of geriatric prescribing in the ED." May 2016. Link to Item
  - Vandenberg, AE, Stevens, M, Echt, K, Hastings, SN, Powers, J, Markland, AD, Hwang, U, Hung, W, Belbis, S, and Vaughan, C. "Implementing EQUIPPED across five VA Emergency Departments." April 2015. Link to Item
  - Pavon, JM, Zhao, Y, McConnell, E, and Hastings, SN. "Identifying risk of readmission in hospitalized elderly adults through inpatient medication exposure." June 2014. Full Text
  - Stevens, M, Hastings, SN, Powers, J, Vandenberg, A, Echt, K, Bryan, W, Peggs, K, Markland, A, Hwang, U, Hung, W, II, JTM, and Vaughan, CP. "EQUiPPED: Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Elderly Veterans Discharged from the VA Emergency Department." March 2014. Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Johnson, KS, Sloane, R, Landerman, LR, Horney, C, and Whitson, HE. "From the Wellderly to the Sickest Elderly: Classifying Older ED Patients According to Patterns of Health Service Use." April 2012. Link to Item
  - Ragsdale, L, Horney, C, Schmader, K, and Hastings, SN. "Emergency Department Prescribing and Continuity." April 2012. Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Smith, VA, Weinberger, M, Schmader, KE, Olsen, MK, and Oddone, EZ. "Older Veterans Treated and Released from VAMC Emergency Departments." April 2011. Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Stechuchak, KM, Schmader, KE, Weinberger, M, Tucker, DC, and Oddone, EZ. "Emergency Department Discharge Information: What is Provided and Do Patients Understand?." April 2011. Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Barrett, A, Hocker, M, Oddone, EZ, Weinberger, M, and Schmader, KE. "Older Patients' Understanding of Emergency Department Discharge Information and its Relationship with Adverse Outcomes." March 2009. Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Whitson, HE, Purser, J, Sloane, RJ, and Johnson, KS. "Variability in Adverse Outcomes According to Emergency Department Discharge Diagnosis." March 2009. Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Purser, J, Johnson, KS, Sloane, RJ, and Whitson, HE. "A frailty index predicts some but not all subsequent health service use in older adults discharged from the emergency department." April 2008. Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, Schmader, KE, Sloane, RJ, Weinberger, M, Goldberg, KC, and Oddone, EZ. "Adverse outcomes among older adults discharged from the emergency department." April 2007. Link to Item
  - Hastings, SN, George, LK, Fillenbaum, GG, Park, RS, Burchett, BM, and Schmader, KE. "Does social support predict emergency department utilization in older adults?." April 2006. Link to Item
  - Whitson, H, Hastings, SN, McConnell, E, and Lekan-Rutledge, D. "Quality improvement in longterm care telephone medicine." April 2005. Link to Item
  - Moss, JM, Bryan, WE, Wilkerson, LM, King, HA, Jackson, GL, Owenby, RK, Van Houtven, CH, Stevens, MB, Powers, J, Vaughan, CP, Hung, WW, Hwang, U, Markland, AD, Sloane, R, Knaack, W, and Hastings, SN. "An Interdisciplinary Academic Detailing Approach to Decrease Inappropriate Medication Prescribing by Physician Residents for Older Veterans Treated in the Emergency Department(Published online)." : SAGE Publications,. Full Text
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- Director, Comprehensive Introduction to Clinical Research

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