
Patrick J. O'Connor, MD, MA, MPH
Senior Research Investigator
About
Overview/research interests: After completing his family medicine residency training at Duke, Dr. O’Connor worked in a remote rural clinic on the Navajo Reservation, where some of the 50 patients he saw each day arrived on horseback. The clinic had no electricity or phone, and he needed a translator (who served as a Navajo “Code Talker” in World War II) for nearly all visits. Dr. O’Connor tried to learn a few things from several medicine men who were his patients. In the absence of timely lab results, it was a challenge to take care of his 25 patients with diabetes. His first research project was a study of whether his 25 diabetes patients did worse than the 600 diabetes patients at a local hospital clinic. The results showed no difference in quality of care at the two clinics. The paper reporting the findings was his first publication and won an award from the U.S. Public Health Service, presented by then-U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, MD. Over the subsequent decades, Dr. O’Connor’s major research interests have include chronic disease prevention and quality improvement in adults and children, clinical decision support for primary care providers and patients, shared decision-making and patient-centered care.
Overview/research interests: After completing his family medicine residency training at Duke, Dr. O’Connor worked in a remote rural clinic on the Navajo Reservation, where some of the 50 patients he saw each day arrived on horseback. The clinic had no electricity or phone, and he needed a translator (who served as a Navajo “Code Talker” in World War II) for nearly all visits. Dr. O’Connor tried to learn a few things from several medicine men who were his patients. In the absence of timely lab results, it was a challenge to take care of his 25 patients with diabetes. His first research project was a study of whether his 25 diabetes patients did worse than the 600 diabetes patients at a local hospital clinic. The results showed no difference in quality of care at the two clinics. The paper reporting the findings was his first publication and won an award from the U.S. Public Health Service, presented by then-U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, MD. Over the subsequent decades, Dr
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Publications While At HealthPartners
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Journal Article
Contemporary Clinical Trials.
2025
Kidney Med.
2024
Family Practice.
2024
Contemporary Clinical Trials.
2024
AJPM Focus.
2024
Journal of family medicine and primary care.
2024
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.
2022
Trials.
2022
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics.
2022
Contemporary Clinical Trials.
2022
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice.
2021
Journal of patient-centered research and reviews.
2021
AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium.
2020
Academic Pediatrics.
2020
Contemporary Clinical Trials.
2020
Academic Pediatrics.
2020
Contemporary Clinical Trials.
2020
Trials.
2019
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
2018
Academic Pediatrics.
2018
MetroDoctors.
2018
2016
Journal of General Internal Medicine.
2016
Journal of the American Society of Hypertension.
2016
Preventing Chronic Disease.
2015
Academic Medicine.
2015
American Heart Journal.
2015
EGEMS (Washington, DC).
2015
2014
2014
American Journal of Managed Care.
2014
Annals of Pharmacotherapy.
2013
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice.
2013
Obesity Surgery.
2013
Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology.
2013
Minnesota Physician.
2013
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
2012
Cardiovascular Diabetology.
2012
Preventing Chronic Disease.
2012
Journal of Hypertension.
2011
Contemporary Clinical Trials.
2011
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex..
2011
Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism.
2011
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
2010
Preventive Medicine.
2010
Diabetes Spectrum.
2010
American Journal of Health Behavior.
2010
Archives of Internal Medicine.
2010
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex..
2010
Diabetes Spectrum.
2010
Diabetes care.
2009
American Journal of Managed Care.
2009
Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports.
2009
CNS drugs.
2009
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice.
2009
Preventing Chronic Disease.
2009
Diabetes care.
2009
Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction.
2009
Diabetes Spectrum.
2009
BMC Geriatrics.
2008
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.
2008
AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium.
2008
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care.
2008
Preventive Medicine.
2008
Preventing Chronic Disease.
2008
Preventing Chronic Disease.
2008
Nature Clinical Practice: Endocrinology & Metabolism.
2007
American Journal of Medical Quality.
2006
Annals of Family Medicine.
2006
American Journal of Managed Care.
2006
Preventing Chronic Disease.
2005
American Journal of Managed Care.
2005
Preventing Chronic Disease.
2005
Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety.
2005
Annals of Family Medicine.
2004
American Journal of Managed Care.
2004
Diabetes care.
2004
2004
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
2003
BMC Family Practice.
2003
Effective Clinical Practice.
2002
American Journal of Managed Care.
2001
Effective Clinical Practice.
2001
American Journal of Managed Care.
2000
Editorial Article
Diabetes Management (London, England).
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2014
2014
Journal of comparative effectiveness research.
2.
2013
Evidence-Based Medicine.
17.
2012
Diabetes Management (London, England).
2.
2012
Archives of Internal Medicine.
172.
2012
Appl Clin Inf.
2.
2011
New England Journal of Medicine.
362.
2010
Chapter
Targeted learning in data science: causal inference for complex longitudinal studies (Springer series in statistics).
2018
Chronic disease epidemiology and control.
2010
Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation (Volume 2: Concepts and Methodology).
2005
Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation (Volume 1: Research Findings).
2005
Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation (Volume 4: Programs, Tools, and Products).
2005
Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation.
2005
Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation.
2005
Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation (Volume 4: Programs, Tools, and Products).
2005
Conference Paper
Conference Poster
2019
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Diabetes.
2016
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Report
2021
2011
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Review
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
2009
2008
Abstract
Diabetes.
2020
Diabetes.
2020
Journal of patient-centered research and reviews.
2019
Journal of patient-centered research and reviews.
2019
Journal of patient-centered research and reviews.
2019
Journal of patient-centered research and reviews.
2019
Journal of patient-centered research and reviews.
2019
Diabetes.
2018
Diabetologia.
2017
Journal of patient-centered research and reviews.
2016
Diabetologia.
2016
Diabetes.
2016
Diabetes.
2016
Journal of patient-centered research and reviews.
2016
Diabetes.
2016
Diabetes.
2016
Diabetes.
2016
Diabetologia.
2016
Diabetes.
2016
Journal of patient-centered research and reviews.
2016
Journal of patient-centered research and reviews.
2016
Diabetologia.
2016
Journal of patient-centered research and reviews.
2016
Journal of patient-centered research and reviews.
2016
Diabetes.
2015
Diabetes.
2015
Diabetes.
2015
Diabetes.
2015
Diabetes.
2015
Diabetes.
2015
Diabetes.
2015
Diabetes.
2014
2014
Diabetes.
2014
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2013
Diabetes.
2013
Diabetes.
2013
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2013
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2013
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2013
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2013
Diabetes.
2013
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2012
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2012
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2012
Diabetologia.
2012
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2012
Diabetes.
2012
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2012
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2012
Diabetes.
2012
Diabetes.
2012
Pediatric Diabetes.
2012
Journal of Clinical Hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.).
2011
Diabetes.
2011
Diabetes.
2011
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2011
Diabetes.
2011
Journal of Clinical Hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.).
2011
Diabetes.
2011
Diabetes.
2011
Diabetes.
2011
Diabetologia.
2011
Diabetes.
2011
Diabetes.
2011
Journal of Clinical Hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.).
2011
Diabetes.
2011
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2011
Diabetes.
2010
Diabetes.
2010
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2010
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.
2010
Diabetes.
2010
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2010
Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
2010
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2010
Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
2010
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2010
Journal of Clinical Hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.).
2010
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2010
Diabetes.
2010
Diabetes.
2010
Diabetes.
2010
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2010
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2010
Diabetes.
2010
Clinical Medicine & Research.
2010
Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
2010
Diabetes.
2010
Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
2010
Diabetes.
2010
Diabetologia.
2009
Diabetes.
2009
Diabetes.
2009
Diabetes.
2009
Diabetes.
2009
Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
2009
Diabetes.
2008
Diabetes.
2008
Diabetes.
2008
Diabetes.
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Diabetes.
2008
Diabetes.
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Diabetes.
2008
presentations
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research overview
NIH-funded projects (from 33 total):
- Cardiovascular Benefits and Safety of Glucose-Lowering Therapies in Adults with Diabetes
- A Randomized Clinical Trial to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in Adults with Serious Mental Illness
- Minnesota Medicaid Incentives for Prevention of Diabetes Demonstration
- Prioritized Clinical Decision Support to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk
- EHR-based Clinical Decision Support to Improve Blood Pressure Management in Adolescents
- SUPREME-DM: Sustaining a Learning Research Network
- Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring and Case Management to Control Hypertension
- HMORN UCSF Center for Diabetes Translational Research
- Childhood Hypertension and Obesity: Diagnosis, Care and Costs
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Publications in the past 10 years based solely on publications while at HealthPartners. Publications in prior years appear in grey.
Publications in the past 10 years based solely on publications while at HealthPartners. Publications in prior years appear in grey.