Articles by David W. Baker, MD, MPH

Understanding Vaccination Rates and Attitudes Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
ByDiana S. Sandler, MD,Eric M. Ruderman, MD,Tiffany Brown, MPH,Ji Young Lee, MS,Amanda Mixon, PA,David T. Liss, PhD,David W. Baker, MD, MPH Patients with rheumatoid arthritis self-report a moderate rate of any previous pneumococcal vaccination (54%) and a very low rate of herpes zoster vaccination (8%).

Implementation of EHR-Based Strategies to Improve Outpatient CAD Care
ByStephen D. Persell, MD, MPH,Janardan Khandekar, MD,Thomas Gavagan, MD,Nancy C. Dolan, MD,Sue Levi, RN, MBA,Darren Kaiser, MS,Elisha M. Friesema, BA, CCRP,Ji Young Lee, MS,David W. Baker, MD, MPH We examined the impact of electronic reminders followed by performance reports and financial incentives. Physicians responded more to reports and incentives than to reminders alone.

Effects of Standardized Outreach for Patients Refusing Preventive Services: A Quasiexperimental Quality Improvement Study
ByStephen D. Persell, MD, MPH,Elisha M. Friesema, BA,Nancy C. Dolan, MD,Jason A. Thompson, BA,Darren Kaiser, MS,David W. Baker, MD, MPH Educational outreach did not seem to be a promising strategy to promote preventive services use among patients who refused services recommended by their physician.

Can Electronic Health Records Help Improve Patients' Understanding of Medications?
ByJennifer R. Webb, MA,Joseph Feinglass, PhD,Gregory Makoul, PhD,Cheryl L. Wilkes, MD,Daniel P. Dunham, MD, MPH,David W. Baker, MD, MPH,Michael S. Wolf, PhD, MPH Patients' problems in understanding of new and existing medications were evaluated to design a primary care electronic health record quality improvement study.