Thomas S. Rector, PharmD, PhD
Articles by Thomas S. Rector, PharmD, PhD
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.
Identifying Controlled Substance Patterns of Utilization Requiring Evaluation Using Administrative Claims Data
ByStephen T. Parente, PhD,Susan S. Kim, PharmD,Michael D. Finch, PhD,Lisa A. Schloff, MS,Thomas S. Rector, PharmD, PhD,Raafat Seifeldin, PharmD, PhD,J. David Haddox, DDS, MD