Articles by Sean Nugent, BA
Screening Electronic Veterans' Health Records for Medication Discontinuation
ByThomas S. Rector, PharmD, PhD,Sean Nugent, BA,Michele Spoont, PhD,Siamak Noorbaloochi, PhD,Hanna E. Bloomfield, MD, MPH Many patients stop taking medications for chronic conditions, thereby reducing the effectiveness of healthcare. An attempt to screen electronic VA healthcare records to identify patients as they discontinued a medication was not an efficient approach to this problem.
Improving Endoscopy Completion: Effectiveness of an Interactive Voice Response System
ByJoan M. Griffin, PhD,Erin M. Hulbert, MS,Sally W. Vernon, PhD,David Nelson, PhD,Emily M. Hagel, MS,Sean Nugent, BA,Alisha Baines Simon, MS,Ann Bangerter, BS,Michelle van Ryn, PhD An interactive voice response system is as effective as nurse phone calls for ensuring that patients attend appointments and are adequately prepared for endoscopy examinations.
Promoting Repeat Tobacco Dependence Treatment: Are Relapsed Smokers Interested?
BySteven S. Fu, MD,Melissa R. Partin, PhD,Annamay Snyder, MPH,Lawrence C. An, MD,David B. Nelson, PhD,Barbara Clothier, MS, MA,Sean Nugent, BA,Mark L. Willenbring, MD,Anne M. Joseph, MD, MPH