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Center for Health Information and Research

Publications

Milos Tomovic, M.D., M.B.A., Margaret E. Balfour, M.D., Ph.D., Ted Cho, M.D., M.B.A., Nishanth Prathap, M.S., Gevork Harootunian, M.S., Raihana Mehreen, B.A., Andrey Ostrovsky, M.D., Matthew L. Goldman, M.D., M.S. (2024) “Patient Flow and Reutilization of Crisis Services Within 30 Days in a Comprehensive Crisis System” https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.2023023

 

Ojinnaka CO, Yuh S, Nordstrom L, Adepoju OE, Domino M. Pre-pandemic preventable hospitalization is associated with increased telemedicine use in safety-net settings. DIGITAL HEALTH. 2024;10.  doi: 10.1177/20552076241260515

Developing and validating a machine-learning algorithm to predict opioid overdose in Medicaid beneficiaries in two US states: a prognostic modelling study 

Lo-Ciganic WH, Donohue JM, Yang Q, et al. (2022) The Lancet Digital Health. 4(6):e455-e465. doi:10.1016/S2589-7500(22)00062-0.

A Culturally Relevant Care Model to Reduce Health Disparities Among Medicaid Recipients.

Johnson A, Murcko A, Castro Thompson A, Merica C, Stephan M. (2022) Hispanic Health Care International 20(1):10-14. doi:10.1177/15404153211005403.

The influence of social determinants of health on epilepsy treatment delays in an Arizona Medicaid population.

Sirven J, Sprout GT, Speer M, et al. (2022) Epilepsy & Behavior 126:108473. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108473.

Framework for Multisector Alignment Research.

Riley WJ, Love K, Runger G, Shafer MS, Pine K, Mays G. Public Health Management and Practice 27(5):E205-E209. doi:10.1097/PHH.0000000000001275.

Human papillomavirus vaccine guideline adherence among Arizona’s Medicaid beneficiaries.

Koskan A, Klasko-Foster L, Stecher C, Rodriguez S, Helitzer D, Yoo W. (2021) Vaccine 39(4):682-686. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.041.

Physicians’ Use of Electronic Medical Records and Exchange of Electronic Health Data, 2019-2021

McCullough J, Kommareddy S, Sama TL, Runger G, Harootunian G,. (September 2021). Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information & Research.

Epidemiology of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury and Hypothalamic-Pituitary Disorders in Arizona

Ortiz JB, Sukhina A, Balkan B, et al. (2020) Frontiers in Neurology 10. Accessed August 25, 2022.

The creation of inclusive governance infrastructures through participatory agenda-setting.

Hinrichs MM, Johnston EW. (2020) European Journal of Futures Research 8(1):10. doi:10.1186/s40309-020-00169-6.

Occupational Patterns of Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths Among Arizona Medicaid Enrollees, 2008–2017.

Chalasani R, Lo-Ciganic WH, Huang JL, et al. (2020) Journal of General Internal Medicene 35(7):2210-2213. doi:10.1007/s11606-020-05684-7.

Variability in asthma quality and costs in children with different Medicaid insurance plans in Maricopa County.

Rank M, Landman N, Harootunian G, et al. (2019) Journal of Asthma 56(2):152-159. doi:10.1080/02770903.2018.1432644.

Mixing Electronic and Non-Electronic Health Records Limits Physician Productivity - The Arizona Experience

Johnson, WG, Butler RJ, Harootunian G. (June 2018). European Journal for Biomedical Informatics 14 (3): 9-16.  doi:10.24105/ejbi.2018.14.4.4.

EPSDT Care and Emergency Department Visits for Non-Urgent Care: Hispanic vs. Non-Hispanic Children in a Border Community

Butler RJ, Johnson WG. (2016) Health Econ Outcome Res Open Access 2(112). DOI: 10.4172/heor.1000112.

Rating the digital help: electronic medical records, software providers, and physicians

Butler, R.J. & Johnson, W.G. (September 2016) International Journal of Health Economics and Management. 16: 269. PMID: 27878677 doi:10.1007/s10754-016-9190-8.

Registered Nurses: The Curious Case of a Persistent Shortage

Johnson, W. G., Butler, R., Harootunian, G., Wilson, B. and Linan, M. (July 2016) Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 48: 387–396. PMID: 27159051 doi:10.1111/jnu.12218.

Multiple Trigger Points for Quantifying Heat-Health Impacts: New Evidence from a Hot Climate.

Petitti DB, Hondula DM, Yang S, Harlan SL, Chowell G. (2015) Environmental Health Perspectives. 2015 Jul 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26219102.

Spatial patterns of air pollutants and social groups: a distributive environmental justice study in the phoenix metropolitan region of USA.

Pope R, Wu J, Boone C. (2016) Environmental Management 58(5):753-766. doi:10.1007/s00267-016-0741-z.

The challenges of linking health insurer claims with electronic medical records

West SL, Johnson W, Visscher W, Kluckman M, Qin Y, Larsen A. (2014) Health Informatics Journal. 2014 Mar;20(1):22-34. doi: 10.1177/1460458213476506.

Are low income patients receiving the benefits of electronic health records? A statewide survey

Butler MJ, Harootunian G, Johnson WG. (June 2013) Health Informatics Journal. 19(2):91-100. doi: 10.1177/1460458212460846.

A Population Based Study of Seasonality of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: Implications for the Spread of CA-MRSA.

Wang X, Towers S, Panchanathan S, Chowell G. (2013) PLOS ONE 8(4):e60872. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060872.

Employment Patterns in RN Refresher Graduates: A 4-Year Follow-Up.

Randolph P. (2013) Journal of Nursing Regulation 3(4):60-61. doi:10.1016/S2155-8256(15)30188-5.

Prioritization of Biomarker Targets in Human Umbilical Cord Blood: Identification of Proteins in Infant Blood Serving as Validated Biomarkers in Adults.

Hansmeier N, Chao TC, Goldman LR, Witter FR, Halden RU. (2012) Environmental Health Perspectives 120(5):764-769. doi:10.1289/ehp.1104190.

Endometrial cancer surgery in Arizona: a statewide analysis of access to care

Benjamin I, Dalton H, Qiu Y, Cayco L, Johnson WG, Balducci J. (April 2011) Gynecologic Oncology 121(1):83-6. doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2010.11.028.

Relationship between particulate matter and childhood asthma - basis of a future warning system for central Phoenix

Dimitrova, R., Lurponglukana, N., Fernando ,H.J.S., Runger, G.C., Hyde, P., et al. (2011) Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12(5): 2479-2490, doi:10.5194/acp-12-2479-2012.

Ethnicity and Newborn Outcomes: The Case of African American Women.

Wilson BL, Gance-Cleveland B, Locus TL. (2011) Journal of Nursing Scholarship  43(4):359-367. doi:10.1111/j.1547-5069.2011.01416.x.

The Relationship Between Cesarean Section and Labor Induction.

Wilson BL, Effken J, Butler RJ. (2010) Journal of Nursing Scholarship 42(2):130-138. doi:10.1111/j.1547-5069.2010.01346.x.

The development and validation of a simulation tool for health policy decision making.

Panchanathan SS, Petitti DB, Fridsma DB. (2010) Journal of Biomedical Informatics 43(4):602-607. doi:10.1016/j.jbi.2010.03.013.

Predictive risk modelling for forecasting high-cost patients: a real-world application using Medicaid data

Moturu ST, Johnson WG, Liu H. Arizona State University,. Published online 2010.

Understanding the Effects of Sampling on Healthcare Risk Modeling for the Prediction of Future High-Cost Patients.

Moturu ST, Liu H, Johnson WG. (2008) In: Fred A, Filipe J, Gamboa H, eds. Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies. Communications in Computer and Information Science vol 29. Springer; 2008:493-506. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-92219-3_37

Healthcare Risk Modeling for Medicaid Patients - The Impact of Sampling on the Prediction of High-Cost Patients.

Moturu S, Liu H, Johnson W. (2008) 1st International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings Vol 1:126-133.

Predicting future high-cost patients: A real-world risk modeling application

Moturu, S. T., Johnson, W. G., & Liu, H. (2007). In Proceedings - 2007 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2007 (pp. 202-208). [4413056] DOI: 10.1109/BIBM.2007.54.

Impact of Medicaid disenrollment on health care use and cost

Rimsza, M. E., Bulter, R. J., Johnson, W. G. (2007) Pediatrics 119(5):e1026-e1032. PMID: 17473075. Doi:101542/peds.2006-2747.

The effects of cost-shifting in the state children's health insurance program

Johnson, T.J., Rimsza, M.E., Johnson, W.G. (2006) American Journal of Public Health 96(4):709-715. PMCID: PMC1470561. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.059758.

 

Reports

Physicians’ Use of Electronic Medical Records and Exchange of Electronic Health Data, 2019-2020

McCullough J, Harootunian G, Kommareddy S, Sama TL. (September 2020). Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information & Research.

Physicians’ Use, Exchange, and Evaluation of Electronic Medical Records 2017-2019

Johnson WG, Harootunian G, Sama TL, Kommareddy S. (August 2019). Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information & Research.

Physicians’ Use, Exchange, and Evaluation of Electronic Medical Records 2016-2018

Johnson WG, Harootunian G, Sama TL, Kommareddy S. (August 2018). Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information & Research.

Physicians' use, exchange, and evaluation of electronic medical records 2015-2017

Johnson WG, Harootunian G, Sama TL, Kommareddy S. (September 2017). Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information & Research.

Arizona’s Primary Healthcare Workforce 2008-2016

Johnson WG, Harootunian G, Jongsuksawas A, Kommareddy S, Sama TL. (July 2017). Phoenix (AZ): Center for Health Information & Research.

Physicians' use, exchange, and evaluation of electronic medical records 2015-2016 (Full Report) (Brief)

Johnson WG, Harootunian G, Sama TL, Dhandapani AK. (September 2016). Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information & Research.

Physicians' use, exchange, and evaluation of electronic medical records 2013-2015

Johnson WG, Harootunian G, Sama TL, Sivanandam S. (September 2015). Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information & Research.

Physicians' use, exchange, and evaluation of electronic medical records

Johnson WG, Harootunian G, Sama TL, Caughey W. (October 2014). Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information & Research.

Physicians' use, exchange, and evaluation of electronic medical records

Johnson WG, Harootunian G, Sama TL, Caughey W. (April 2014). Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information & Research.

Physicians' use, exchange, and evaluation of electronic medical records

Johnson WG, Harootunian G, Sama TL. (October 2013). Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information & Research.

What happened to the shortage of registered nurses: the Arizona experience 2008-2012

Johnson WG, Harootunian G. (December 2012). Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information & Research.

The use of electronic medical records and physicians’ attitudes toward a health information exchange

Johnson WG, Harootunian G, Sama TL. (July 2012). Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information & Research

Phoenix Healthcare Value Measurement Initiative (PHVMI) report (public version)

Johnson, W. G., Brown, J, Harootunian, G., Petitti, D., Qiu, Y., & Sama, T. (January 2011) Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information and Research.

Health care workforce data report: nursing and pharmacy in maricopa county (Full Report)

Johnson WG, Wilson BL, Harootunian G, Qiu Y, Sama TL. (December 2010). Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information & Research.

The elimination of proposition 204 coverage and KidsCare coverage: persons at risk

Johnson WG, Edge M, Qiu Y, Harootunian G, Sama TL. May 2010. (Prepared for St. Luke’s Health Initiatives under Contract). Phoenix, AZ: Center for Health Information & Research, Arizona State University.

The use of electronic medical records and physicians’ attitudes towards a health information exchange

Johnson WG, Qiu Y, Harootunian G, Edge M. (February 2010). Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information & Research.

The Arizona health care workforce: nurses, pharmacists, & physician assistants

Johnson WG, Wilson BL, Edge M, Qiu Y, Oliver E, Russell KM. (April 2009). Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information & Research.

Children’s Health Project: Linking Asthma to PM10 in Central Phoenix – a report to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.

Fernando, H. J., Dimitrova, R., Runger, G., Lurponglukana, N., Hyde, P., Hedquist, B., & Anderson, J. (2009). Tempe: Arizona State University’s Center for Environmental Fluid Dynamics and Center for Health Information and Research.

Arizona Physician Trends: Reasons for Leaving Arizona

Johnson WG, Bannister WM, Russell KM, Edge M, Gray H, Merritt R. (June 2008). Phoenix (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information & Research.

Protecting our children: Assessing the link between PM10 pollution and childhood asthma in Maricopa County

(2008) Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

Health insurance In Arizona: The children Of Yuma County 1999-2004

Johnson, W. G., Speicher, M. R. (2007) Tempe (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information and Research.

Asthma in Maricopa County

Rimsza, M. E., Bartels, A., Bannister, W. (2006) Tempe (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information and Research.

Emergency department visits: A report to the Maricopa County community from Arizona HealthQuery

Rimsza, M. E., Bartels, A., Bannister, W., Segal, M., Russell, K., & Chartrand, A.(2006) Tempe (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information and Research.

The Arizona Physician Workforce Study: Part II

Rimsza, M. E., Johnson, W. G.; Speicher, M., Grossman, M. (2006) Tempe (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information and Research.

Psychotropic Medication Prescriptions for Yuma County Children: 2002-2005

A report to the Maricopa County Community from Arizona HealthQuery. (2006) Tempe (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information and Research.

The Arizona Physician Workforce Study - Part I: The numbers of practicing physicians 1992-2004

Johnson, W. G., Rimsza, M. E., Garcy, A. M., Grossman, M. (2005) Tempe (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information and Research.

The Arizona Psychiatric Physician Workforce Study

Rimsza, M. E., Johnson, W. G., Speicher, M., Grossman, M. (2005) Tempe (AZ): Arizona State University, Center for Health Information and Research.

Children and diabetes: A report to the Yuma community

Rimsza, M. E., Johnson, W. G., Garcy, A. M., White, R. M. B. (2004) Tempe (AZ): Arizona State University, School of Health Management and Policy.

Children and thyroid disease: A report to the Yuma Community

Rimsza, M. E., Johnson, W. G., Garcy, A. M., White, R. M. B. (2004) Tempe (AZ): Arizona State University, School of Health Management and Policy.

Kids and asthma: A report to the Yuma community

Rimsza, M. E., Johnson, W. G., Johnson, T. J., White, R. M. B. (2004) Tempe (AZ): Arizona State University, School of Health Management and Policy.

The Yuma Project on uninsured children

Johnson, W.G., Johnson, S.E., Marcus, S.C., Bartels, A., Lawthers, A.G. (2001) Tempe (AZ): Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business, School of Health Management and Policy (report sponsored by the Flinn Foundation).