Articles by Melissa M. Parker, MS
Adherence to Laboratory Test Requests by Patients With Diabetes: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)
ByHoward H. Moffet, MPH,Melissa M. Parker, MS,Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH,Dean Schillinger, MD,Alicia Fernandez, MD,Nancy E. Adler, PhD,Alyce S. Adams, PhD,Andrew J. Karter, PhD Providers expect that patients with chronic conditions will complete necessary laboratory tests; 1 in 7 patients with diabetes did not do so within 6 months.
Mail-Order Versus Local Pharmacies on Adherence: Study Methods Make for Unfair Comparison
ByTodd A. Brown, MHP,Nathaniel M. Rickles, PhD. Reply by O. Kenrick Duru, MD, MSHS,Julie A. Schmittdiel, PhD,Wendy T. Dyer, MSc,Melissa M. Parker, MS,Connie S. Uratsu, MS,James Chan, PharmD,Andrew J. Karter, PhD Mail-Order Pharmacy Use and Adherence to Diabetes-Related Medications
ByO. Kenrik Duru, MD, MSHS,Julie A. Schmittdiel, PhD,Wendy T. Dyer, MSc,Melissa M. Parker, MS,Connie S. Uratsu, MS,James Chan, PharmD,Andrew J. Karter, PhD Patients with diabetes were more likely to have good medication adherence if they refilled their medications by mail versus at localpharmacies.
Glycemic Response to Newly Initiated Diabetes Therapies
ByAndrew J. Karter, PhD,Howard H. Moffet, MPH,Jennifer Liu, MPH,Melissa M. Parker, MS,Ameena T. Ahmed, MD,Alan S. Go, MD,Joe V. Selby, MD Effect of Cost-sharing Changes on Self-monitoring of Blood Glucose
ByAndrew J. Karter, PhD,Melissa M. Parker, MS,Howard H. Moffet, MPH,Ameena T. Ahmed, MD, MPH,James Chan, PharmD, PhD,Michele M. Spence, PhD,Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH,Susan L. Ettner, PhD Achieving Good Glycemic Control: Initiation of New Antihyperglycemic Therapies in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes From the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Diabetes Registry
ByAndrew J. Karter, PhD,Howard H. Moffet, MPH,Jennifer Liu, MS,Melissa M. Parker, MS,Ameena T. Ahmed, MD,Assiamira Ferrara, MD,Joe V. Selby, MD