HIP hosts collaborative working groups that provide opportunities for investigators across campus to collaborate on projects in the field of health services research. For each collaborative working group, HIP provides web space hosting & management, project management, IRB/DUA consultation, data acquisition, data security & management, dataset construction, data documentation, statistical consultation, presentation opportunities, and manuscript formatting. To participate in a working group, please contact Maureen Smith.

Transitions in Care | Screening in Primary Care | Diabetes Care
Colorectal Cancer Screening | Cancer Treatment
Chronic Conditions Warehouse | Wisconsin Longitudinal Study

Publications:
Kind AJH, Jensen L, Barczi S, Bridges A, Kordahl B, Smith M, Asthana S. "Low-cost transitional care with nurse managers making mostly phone contact with patients cut rehospitalization at a VA hospital." Health Affairs 2012;31(12):2659-68. PubMed Link

Kind AJH, Thorpe CT, Sattin JA, Walz SE, Smith MA. "Provider characteristics, clinical work-processes, and their relationship to discharge summary quality for sub-acute care patients." J Gen Intern Med 2012;27(1):78-84. PubMed Link

Walz SE, Smith M, Cox E, Sattin J, Kind AJ. "Pending laboratory tests and the hospital discharge summary in patients discharged to sub-acute care." J Gen Intern Med 2011;26(4):393-8. PubMed Link (Editorial: PubMed Link)

Kind AJ, Anderson P, Hind J, Robbins J, Smith M. "Omission of dysphagia therapies in hospital discharge communications." Dysphagia 2011;26(1):49-61. PubMed Link

Kind AJ, Smith MA. “Documentation of mandated discharge summary components in transitions from acute to sub-acute care.” Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches Aug 2008;2:179-188. PubMed Link

Grants:
VA Care-Coordination and Empowerment of Patients in System-to-System Transitions (COMPASS) program
Principal Investigator: Amy Kind
Funded by VA N/A 12/01/2012-09/30/2013

The Hospital Discharge Summary's Impact on Sub-Acute Care Patient Outcomes
Principal Investigator: Amy Kind
Funded by NIH-NIA 1 K23 AG034551-01A1 09/30/2010-08/31/2013

Medication List Consistency When Patients Transition from Hospital to Community Care
Principal Investigator: Korey Kennelty
Funded by AHRQ R36 HS21984 09/01/2012-07/31/2013

VA Coordinated Transitional Care (C-TraC) Demonstration Program
Principal Investigator: Amy Kind
Funded by VA 01/01/2010-12/31/2012

Publications:
Sheehy A, Pandhi N, Coursin DB, Flood GE, Kraft S, Johnson HM, Smith MA. "Minority status and diabetes screening in an ambulatory population." Diabetes Care 2011;34(6):1289-94. PubMed Link

Tuan WJ, Sheehy AM, Smith MA. "Building a diabetes screening population data repository using electronic medical records." Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. 2011;5(3):514-22. PubMed Link

Sheehy AM, Flood GE, Tuan WJ, Liou JI, Coursin DB, Smith MA. "Analysis of guidelines for screening diabetes mellitus in an ambulatory population.” Mayo Clinic Proc 2010;85(1):27-35. PubMed Link

Grants:
Identifying and addressing barriers to hypertension control in young adults
Principal Investigator: Heather Johnson
Funded by NIH-NHLBI K23HL112907 06/01/2012-04/30/2017

Impact of Rheumatologist Communication upon Managing Cardiovascular Risk in RA
Principal Investigator: Christie Bartels
Funded by NIH-NIAMS K23AR062381 03/01/2012-02/28/2015

Publications:
Thorpe CT, Fahey LE, Johnson H, Deshpande M, Thorpe JM, Fisher EB. "Facilitating healthy coping in patients with diabetes: A systematic review." Diabetes Educ 2013;39(1):35-54. PubMed Link

Thorpe CT, Flood GE, Kraft SA, Everett CM, Smith MA. "Effect of patient selection method on provider group performance estimates." Medical Care 2011;49(8):780-5. PubMed Link

Grants:
Guideline Adherence and Short/Long-term Health Outcomes in Patients with Diabetes
Principal Investigator: Maureen Smith
Funded by AHRQ R01 HS018368 09/30/2009-07/31/2014

Medication Oversupply and Outcomes in Patients with Diabetes
Principal Investigator: Carolyn Thorpe
Funded by NIH-NIDDK R21 DK090634 09/11/2010-08/31/2012

Guideline Adherence and Health Outcomes in Medicare FFS Patients with Diabetes
Principal Investigator: Maureen Smith
Funded by AHRQ R21 HS017646 08/01/2008-07/31/2010

Publications:
Weiss JM, Smith MA, Pickhardt PJ, Kraft SA, Flood GE, Kim DH, Strutz E, Pfau PR. "Predictors of colorectal cancer screening variation among primary care providers and clinics." Am J Gastroenterol (in press).

Kim DH, Pooler BD, Weiss JM, Pickhardt PJ. "Five year colorectal cancer outcomes in a large negative CT colonography screening cohort." Eur Radiol 2012;22(7):1488-94. PubMed Link

Pickhardt PJ, Lee LJ, del Rio AM, Lauder T, Bruce RJ, Summers RM, Pooler BD, Binkley N. "Simultaneous screening for osteoporosis at CT colonography: bone mineral density assessment using MDCT attenuation techniques compared with the DXA reference standard." J Bone Miner Res 2011;26(9):2194-203. PubMed Link

Pickhardt PJ, Hassan C, Halligan S, Marmo R. "Colorectal cancer: CT colonography and colonoscopy for detection -- systematic review and meta-analysis." Radiology 2011;259(2):393-405. PubMed Link

Grants:
Virtual Colonoscopy and Colorectal Cancer Screening
Principal Investigator: Perry Pickhardt & Maureen Smith
Funded by NIH-NCI 1 R01 CA144835 01/01/2010-12/31/2013

Publications:
Neuman HB, Weiss JM, O'Connor ES, Greenblatt DY, LoConte NK, Greenberg CC, Smith MA. "Predictors of short-term post-operative outcomes after elective colectomy in colon cancer patients >=80 years of age." Ann Surg Oncol (in press). PubMed Link

Neuman HB, O'Connor ES, Weiss J, LoConte NK, Greenblatt DY, Greenberg CC, Smith MA. "Surgical treatment of colon cancer in patients eighty years of age and older: Analysis of 31,574 patients in the SEER-Medicare database." Cancer 2013;119(3):639-47. PubMed Link

Decker MR, Greenblatt DY, Havlena J, Wilke LG, Greenberg CC, Neuman H "Impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on wound complications after breast surgery." Surgery 2012;152(3):382-8 PubMed Link

Weiss JM, Pfau P, O'Connor ES, King J, LoConte N, Kennedy G, Smith M. "Mortality by stage for right vs. left-sided colon cancer: Analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare data." J Clin Oncol 2011;29(33):4401-9. PubMed Link

O'Connor ES, Greenblatt DY, LoConte N, Gangnon R, Liou J, Heise CP, Smith M. "Adjuvant chemotherapy for stage II colon cancer with poor prognostic features." J Clin Oncol 2011;29(25):3381-8. PubMed Link (Editorial: PubMed Link)

Greenblatt DY, Weber SM, O’Connor ES, LoConte NK, Liou J-I, Smith MA. "Readmission after colectomy for cancer predicts one-year mortality." Ann Surg 2010;251(4):659-669. PubMed Link

Publications:
Greenblatt DY, Greenberg CC, Kind AJH, Havlena JA, Mell MW, Nelson MT, Smith MA, Kent KC. "Causes and implications of readmission after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair." Ann Surg 2012;256(4):595-605. PubMed Link

Mell MW, Kind AJ, Bartels CM, Leverson G, Smith MA. "Superior outcomes for rural patients after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair supports a systematic regional approach to AAA care." J Vasc Surg 2012;56(3):608-13. PubMed Link

Bartels C, Kind A, Thorpe C, Everett C, Cook R, McBride P, Smith M. "Lipid testing in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and key cardiovascular-related comorbidities: A Medicare analysis." Semin Arthritis Rheum 2012;42(1):9-16. PubMed Link

Bartels CM, Saucier J, Thorpe CT, Kind AJ, Pandhi N, Hansen K, Smith M. "Monitoring diabetes in patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis: A Medicare study." Arthritis Res Ther 2012;14(4):R166. PubMed Link

Thorpe CT, Thorpe JM, Kind AJH, Bartels CM, Everett CM, Smith MA. "Receipt of monitoring of diabetes mellitus in older adults with comorbid dementia." J Am Geriatr Soc 2012;60(4):644-51. PubMed Link

Mell M, Bartels C, Kind AJH, Smith MA. "Failure to rescue and mortality after reoperation for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair." J Vasc Surg 2011;54(2):346-52. PubMed Link

Bartels CM, Kind AJ, Everett C, Mell M, McBride P, Smith M. "Low frequency of primary lipid screening among Medicare patients with rheumatoid arthritis." Arthritis Rheum 2011;63(5):1221-30. PubMed Link

Kind AJ, Bartels C, Mell MW, Mullahy J, Smith M. "For-profit hospital status and rehospitalizations at different hospitals: an analysis of Medicare data." Ann Intern Med 2010;153(11):718-727. PubMed Link (Editorial: PubMed Link)

Grants:
Regeneration of Multi-layered Vocal Fold Mucosa (supplement)
Principal Investigator: Nathan Welham
Funded by NIH-NIDCD R01DC010777 06/01/2012-05/13/2013

Publications:
Schumacher JR, Palta M, LoConte NK, Trentham-Dietz A, Witt WP, Heidrich SM, Smith MA. "Characterizing the psychological distress response before and after a cancer diagnosis." J Behav Med (in press). PubMed Link

Schumacher JR, Witt WP, Palta M, LoConte NK, Heidrich SM, Trentham-Dietz A, Pandhi N, Smith MA. “Cancer screening of long-term cancer survivors.” J Am Board Fam Med 2012;25(4):460-9. PubMed Link

Pandhi N, DeVoe JE, Schumacher JR, Bartels C, Thorpe CT, Thorpe JM, Smith MA. "Number of first-contact access components required to improve preventive service receipt in primary care homes." J Gen Intern Med 2012;27(6):677-84. PubMed Link

Thorpe JM, Thorpe CT, Kennelty KA, Chewning BA. "Depressive symptoms and reduced preventive care use in older adults: The mediating role of perceived access." Medical Care 2012;50(4):302-10. PubMed Link

Pandhi N, Schumacher JR, Barnett S, Smith MA. "Hearing loss and older adults' perceptions of access to care." J Community Health 2011;36(5):748-755. PubMed Link

Thorpe JM, Thorpe CT, Kennelty KA, Pandhi N. "Patterns of perceived barriers to medical care in older adults: a latent class analysis." BMC Health Serv Res. 2011;11:181. PubMed Link

Pandhi N, DeVoe JE, Schumacher JR, Bartels C, Thorpe C, Thorpe J, Smith MA. "Preventive service gains from first contact access in the primary care home." J Am Board Fam Med 2011;24(4):351-9. PubMed Link (Editorial: PubMed Link)

Everett CM, Schumacher JR, Wright A, Smith MA. "Physician assistants and nurse practitioners as a usual source of care." J Rural Health 2009;25(4):407-14. PubMed Link

Schumacher JR, Smith MA, Liou JI, Pandhi N. "Insurance disruption due to spousal Medicare transitions: implications for access to care and health care utilization for women approaching age 65." Health Serv Res 2009;44(3):946-64. PubMed Link

Pandhi N, Schumacher J, Flynn KE, Smith MA. "Patients' perceptions of safety if interpersonal continuity of care were to be disrupted." Health Expectat 2008; 11(4):400-408. PubMed Link (Editorial: PubMed Link)

Flynn KE, Smith MA. "Personality and health care decision-making style." J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2007;62(5):261-267. PubMed Link

Flynn KE, Smith MA, Freese J. "When do older adults turn to the internet for health information? Findings from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study." J Gen Intern Med 2006;21(12):1295-301. PubMed Link

Flynn KE, Smith MA, Vanness D. "A typology of preferences for participation in healthcare decision making." Soc Sci Med 2006;63(5):1158-69. PubMed Link

Grants:
Continuity of Care and the Health of Older Adults
Principal Investigator: Nancy Pandhi
Funded by NIH-NIA K08 AG029527 04/01/2009-03/31/2014

Cancer and Stress: The Effect of a Cancer Diagnosis on Utilization and Outcomes
Principal Investigator: Maureen Smith
Funded by NIH-NCI R21 CA137288-A1 07/01/2009-06/30/2011

Access to Care and Health Outcomes in the Near Elderly - WLS Tracking the Life Course Project 4
Principal Investigator: Robert Hauser
Funded by NIH-NIA 5 P01 AG021079-0004 09/15/2002-06/30/2008

The Health Care Impact on Women From Their Husbands’ Transition to Medicare
Principal Investigator: Maureen Smith
Funded by NIH-NIA 09/01/2005-05/30/2006