Howard S. Gordon
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Developing a Customizable Texting Intervention for Diabetes Self-Management: Participatory Design Approach Open
Background Uncontrolled diabetes contributes to serious comorbidities and mortality. Effective self-management can improve outcomes, though barriers such as limited education and support often prevent patients from engaging in such behavio…
Provision of Temporary Access to Inpatient Hemodialysis to Uninsured Patients Initiating Hemodialysis Open
Importance Uninsured patients who initiate hemodialysis (HD) typically cannot be placed in outpatient HD centers until their insurance applications are processed. Allowing these patients temporary access to an inpatient HD unit as outpatie…
Text Messaging and Video Stories to Support Hypertension Self-Management in Black Veterans Open
Importance Hypertension treatment advances have resulted in improvements in blood pressure control and self-management. Yet, disparities persist for Black veterans. Objective To examine the impact of a narrative-informed texting interventi…
View article: Virtual Home Care for Patients With Acute Illness
Virtual Home Care for Patients With Acute Illness Open
Importance Recent evolutions in clinical care and remote monitoring suggest that some acute illnesses no longer require intravenous therapy and inpatient hospitalization. Objective To describe outcomes of patients receiving care in a new, …
View article: Concordance With Screening and Treatment Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetes
Concordance With Screening and Treatment Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Open
Importance Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an often-asymptomatic complication of type 2 diabetes (T2D) that requires annual screening to diagnose. Patient-level factors linked to inadequate screening and treatment can inform implementation…
Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Health Outcomes in Veterans Hospitalized with COVID-19 Infection Open
"Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Health Outcomes in Veterans Hospitalized with COVID-19 Infection." Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 0(ja), pp.
Home Oxygen After Hospitalization for COVID-19: Results From the Multi-Center OXFORD Study Open
About one in 4 subjects were prescribed home oxygen after hospitalization for COVID-19, even after guidelines established proven-effective treatments for acute illness. Evidence-based strategies to reduce the requirement for home oxygen in…
Age and beliefs about vaccines associated with COVID-19 vaccination among US Veterans Open
This project surveyed Veterans’ COVID-19 vaccination beliefs and status. 1,080 (30.8%) Veterans responded. Factors associated with being unvaccinated, identified using binomial logistic regression, included negative feelings about vaccines…
Hospital Readmissions Among Veterans Within 90 Days of Discharge Following Initial Hospitalization for COVID-19 Open
Approximately 1 of 6 veterans discharged alive following a COVID-19 hospitalization from March 1 through December 31, 2020, were readmitted within 90 days. The longer the hospital stay, the greater the likelihood of readmission. Readmissio…
View article: Comparative Safety and Effectiveness of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy for Weight Loss and Type 2 Diabetes Across Race and Ethnicity in the PCORnet Bariatric Study Cohort
Comparative Safety and Effectiveness of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy for Weight Loss and Type 2 Diabetes Across Race and Ethnicity in the PCORnet Bariatric Study Cohort Open
Importance Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for severe obesity; yet it is unclear whether the long-term safety and comparative effectiveness of these operations differ across racial and ethnic groups. Objective To compare …
0578 Clinical Patterns of Obstructive Sleep Apnea patients in COVID 19 Open
Introduction Recent studies indicate Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) patients have higher severity of respiratory compromise after COVID19 infection due to their sleep related hypoxemic burden. The pro-inflammatory state associated with OSA,…
Comparison of Collaborative Goal Setting With Enhanced Education for Managing Diabetes-Associated Distress and Hemoglobin A<sub>1c</sub> Levels Open
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01876485.
An assessment of Veterans attitudes and willingness to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine: a mixed methods study Open
Background While several safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines have been available since December 2020, many eligible individuals choose to remain unvaccinated. This vaccine hesitancy is an important factor affecting our ability to combat t…
An Assessment of Veterans Attitudes and Willingness to Receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine: A Mixed Methods Study Open
Background: While several safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines have been available since December 2020, many eligible individuals choose to remain unvaccinated. This vaccine hesitancy is an important factor affecting our ability to combat …
New domiciliary supplemental oxygen therapy after hospitalisation for COVID-19 in metropolitan Chicago Open
Background A knowledge gap exists in understanding the beneficial use and duration of domiciliary supplemental oxygen (DSO) therapy among survivors of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalisations with persistent hypoxaemia upon dis…
Incorporating African American Veterans’ Success Stories for Hypertension Management: Developing a Behavioral Support Texting Protocol Open
Background Peer narratives engage listeners through personally relevant content and have been shown to promote lifestyle change and effective self-management among patients with hypertension. Incorporating key quotations from these stories…
Variability in comorbidites and health services use across homeless typologies: multicenter data linkage between healthcare and homeless systems Open
Background Homelessness is associated with substantial morbidity. Data linkages between homeless and health systems are important to understand unique needs across homeless populations, identify homeless individuals not registered in homel…
Veterans’ Use of Veterans Health Administration Primary Care in an Era of Expanding Choice Open
Background: The Veterans Choice Program (VCP), aimed at improving access to care, included expanded options for Veterans to receive primary care through community providers. Objectives: The objective of this study was to characterize and c…
Rapid implementation of cross-sectional study: Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) in a racially and ethnically diverse sample in Illinois Open
Little is known about the pattern and course of recovery following acute COVID-19. Increasing numbers of reports describe persistent illness following infection with SARS-COV-2, also known as Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC). This …
Incorporating African American Veterans’ Success Stories for Hypertension Management: Developing a Behavioral Support Texting Protocol (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Peer narratives engage listeners through personally relevant content and have been shown to promote lifestyle change and effective self-management among patients with hypertension. Incorporating key quotations from these stories…
Empowering patients in chronic care to improve diabetes distress and glycaemic control: Protocol for a hybrid implementation‐effectiveness clinical trial Open
Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of a collaborative goal‐setting intervention (Empowering Patients in Chronic Care [EPIC]) to improve glycaemic control and diabetesrelated distress, and implementation into routine care across multi…