Heidi L. Ekstrom, MA
Principal Research Project Manager

About

Research Interests:
  Clinical Decision Support
  Care Improvement
  Chronic Disease

Education: MA, St. Mary's University

Joined the Institute:  2003

Affiliation

positions

  • Principal Project Manager, Center for Chronic Care Innovation

    • Publications While At HealthPartners

    selected publications

    Journal Article
  • Cardiometabolic risk in pediatric patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2025
    Article has an altmetric score of 3
  • Clinical decision support and cardiometabolic medication adherence: a randomized clinical trial. 
    JAMA network open. 2025
    Article has an altmetric score of 10
  • Clinical decision support to improve primary care obesity management in adults with diabetes: clinic-randomized study design. 
    Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2025
  • Confidence in diagnosing and managing care for cognitive impairment in primary care: a survey comparing barriers by primary care clinician type. 
    Family Practice. 2024
  • Protocol of a patient randomized clinical trial to improve medication adherence in primary care. 
    • Conference Paper
  • Cost-effectiveness of EMR-based clinical decision support [presentation
    2011
    • Conference Poster
  • A clinical decision support system promotes shared decision-making and cardiovascular risk factor management [poster]
    2017
  • Aspirin for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: challenges to appropriate use [poster]
    2017
  • Can prioritized clinical decision support in primary care reduce cardiovascular risk? [poster]
    2017
  • Clinical decision support impact on overuse and underuse of aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular events [poster]
    2017
  • Development and validation of a risk equation for appendicitis in children presenting with abdominal pain [poster]
    2017
    • Abstract
  • Maximizing use of chronic disease clinical decision support in primary care clinics: lessons learned from randomized trials [abstract]. 
  • Better care strategies are necessary to address poor medication adherence [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2020
  • A web-based clinical decision support system (Wizard) increases appropriate cardiometabolic diagnostic coding at primary care visits [abstract]. 
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2019
  • Dissemination and sustained use of an outpatient clinical decision system with high use rates, high clinician satisfaction, and positive impact on quality of care [abstract]. 
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2019
  • A clinical decision support system promotes shared decision-making and cardiovascular risk factor management [abstract]. 
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2016

    • presentations

    Presentation
  • A diabetes simulated physician learning program improved glucose control and is cost-effective [presentation], CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Diabetes Translation Conference 2011 - Changing the Course of Diabetes: Optimizing Health for All
  • A diabetes simulated physician learning program improved glucose control and is highly cost-effective [presentation], Minnesota Health Services Research 15th Annual Conference
  • Cost effectiveness of a simulated physician learning program to improve glucose control in adults with diabetes [presentation], NIH 5th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation
  • Cost-effectiveness of a simulated physician learning program improved glucose control in adults with diabetes [presentation], HMO Research Network 16th Annual Conference: Emerging Frontiers in Healthcare Research and Delivery
  • Cost-effectiveness of an EMR-based diabetes clinical decision support system [presentation], Minnesota Health Services Research 15th Annual Conference

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