- Diabetes Treatment and Management
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Pharmacy and Medical Practices
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Global Health Care Issues
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Potassium and Related Disorders
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
University of Pittsburgh
2020-2025
Health First
2024
UPMC Health System
2022-2023
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2023
Primary care physicians (PCPs) provide the majority of medical to patients with non-dialysis dependent CKD. However, PCPs report numerous limitations providing expert CKD care, including poor patient education, inadequate diagnostic evaluation, suboptimal use medications, and time limitations. The Kidney Coordinated HeAlth Management Partnership (Kidney CHAMP) trial is a cluster randomized controlled evaluate effectiveness novel centralized electronic health records (EHR)-delivered...
Key Points Implementation gaps in guideline-concordant care for CKD are associated with poor clinical outcomes. A population health management–based, multidisciplinary approach improved exposure days to sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists compared usual care. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin blocker albuminuric patients statin use was not improved, nor BP control, glycemic or albuminuria testing. Background Gaps lead The...