Healthcare

Remote Patient Monitoring of Chronic Disease in Community Health Centers (REDUCE)

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The goal of this study is to evaluate the biomedical effects of these RPM interventions, and to gain insights into barriers and facilitators to implementation and adoption of the programs. Our results will inform efforts to ensure that patients in community health centers can benefit from digital RPM interventions and will lay the foundation for large-scale implementation of such interventions. 

Digital Technology to Support Adherence to Hypertension Medications for Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment

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Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is characterized by mild impairment in one or more cognitive functions and is associated with an increased risk for failure to take prescribed medications. Hypertension is prevalent among persons with MCI (PwMCI) and nonadherence to medications increases the risk of accelerated cognitive decline through cerebrovascular disease. Adherence is often only 46% or lower among PwMCI.

Transcending COVID-19 Barriers to Pain Care in Rural America: Pragmatic Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Evidence-Based, On-Demand, Digital Behavioral Treatments For Chronic Pain

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For people from the rural America with chronic diseases, the pandemic can not only worsen pain, but also it can trigger anxiety, depression, trouble sleeping, and substance use. One way doctors and health systems are reaching out is by video visits, where patients and their providers communicate online via the Internet.

Rural-Urban Disparities In Spillover Effects of COVID-19

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This project is focused on understanding the magnitude of COVID’s spillover effects on cerebrovascular disease in rural areas, as well as the impact of key mitigation strategies.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias

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In this project, we will examine the impact of changes in outpatient and inpatient care on clinical event rates and deaths among older patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias living in the community.

Adapting Coordinated Specialty Care in the Post COVID-19 Era

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This project will examine the implications of modifications to service delivery within the OnTrackNY learning health care system (LHS) during and after the COVID-19 crisis.

Intensifying Community Referrals for Health: The SINCERE Intervention to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities

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The objective of this study is to determine whether community service use for those with social needs improves general and COVID-related health outcomes, and whether random assignment to intensive follow-up and collaborative goal setting helps overcome barriers to community service use.

Mental Health Research Network III

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This study uses the infrastructure of the Mental Health Research Network to examine how changing from office visits to telehealth visits disrupts care of people with mental health conditions in three healthcare systems.

Facilitating Sustainment Through Implementation Feedback: The SIC Coaching Model

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The overarching goal of the parent grant is to test the impact of an empirically derived implementation strategy—under real-world conditions and across youth public service systems—on successful adoption and sustainment of evidence-based substance use programs.