Richard W. Grant, MD, MPH

Articles by Richard W. Grant, MD, MPH

Health Equity in the Era of Large Language Models

ByAaron A. Tierney, PhD,Mary E. Reed, DrPH,Richard W. Grant, MD, MPH,Florence X. Doo, MD,Denise D. Payán, PhD, MPP,Vincent X. Liu, MD, MS

March 5th 2025

This article presents challenges and solutions regarding health care–focused large language models (LLMs) and summarizes key recommendations from major regulatory and governance bodies for LLM development, implementation, and maintenance.

Health IT-Assisted Population-Based Preventive Cancer Screening: A Cost Analysis

ByDouglas E. Levy, PhD,Vidit N. Munshi, MA,Jeffrey M. Ashburner, PhD, MPH,Adrian H. Zai, MD, PhD, MPH,Richard W. Grant, MD, MPH,Steven J. Atlas, MD, MPH

December 10th 2015

An automated cancer screening outreach tool implemented in a mature health information technology environment can achieve cost savings through reduced clinician time devoted to screening efforts.

Patients Who Self-Monitor Blood Glucose and Their Unused Testing Results

ByRichard W. Grant, MD, MPH,Elbert S. Huang, MD, MPH,Deborah J. Wexler, MD, MSc,Neda Laiteerapong, MD, MS,E. Margaret Warton, MPH,Howard H. Moffet, MPH,Andrew J. Karter, PhD

March 25th 2015

This article identifies patient-, provider-, and system-level factors associated with the problem of self-monitoring blood glucose without use of the results.

Population-Based Breast Cancer Screening in a Primary Care Network

BySteven J. Atlas, MD, MPH,Jeffrey M. Ashburner, MPH,Yuchiao Chang, PhD,William T. Lester, MD, MS,Michael J. Barry, MD,Richard W. Grant, MD, MPH

December 18th 2012

A health information technology system designed to facilitate population-based breast cancer screening increased mammography rates in overdue women beyond rates achieved with office-based reminders alone.