Terry S. Field, DSc

Articles by Terry S. Field, DSc

Identifying Patients With Osteoporosis or at Risk for Osteoporotic Fractures

ByYong Chen, MD, PhD,Leslie R. Harrold, MD, MPH,Robert A. Yood, MD,Terry S. Field, DSc,Becky A. Briesacher, PhD

February 17th 2012

Identifying patients with osteoporosis or low bone mineral density and high risk for osteoporotic fractures is possible in administrative data using osteoporosis diagnoses and fracture risk profile.

Quality Measurement of Medication Monitoring in the Meaningful Use Era

ByJennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE,Terry S. Field, DSc,Shira H. Fischer, AB,Shawn J. Gagne, BA,Daniel J. Peterson, MA, MS,Lawrence D. Garber, MD,Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD

September 7th 2011

Shifting from claims to integrated electronic health records to calculate quality metrics will improve reported quality attributable to data capture changes, not true quality improvements.

Development and Pilot Testing of Guidelines to Monitor High-Risk Medications in the Ambulatory Setting

ByJennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE,Terry S. Field, DSc,Lawrence D. Garber, MD,Jennifer L. Donovan, PharmD,Abir O. Kanaan, PharmD,Marsha A. Raebel, PharmD,Yanfang Zhao, MA,Jacquelyne C. Fuller, MPH,Shawn J. Gagne, BA,Shira H. Fischer, AB,Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD

July 17th 2010

Pilot testing of guidelines for the laboratory monitoring of high-risk medications shows that monitoring is highly variable and that there is room for improvement.

Delayed Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer Patients in Integrated Delivery Systems

ByHeather Taffet Gold, PhD,Soe Soe Thwin, PhD,Diana S. M. Buist, PhD, MPH,Terry S. Field, DSc,Feifei Wei, PhD,Marianne Ulcickas Yood, DSc, MPH,Timothy L. Lash, DSc,Virginia P. Quinn, PhD,Ann M. Geiger, PhD,Rebecca A. Silliman, MD, PhD

November 6th 2009

Among older women in 5 integrated delivery systems, 14% experienced delayed radiotherapy for breast cancer, even though they had insurance and access to care.