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Rush, William A., PhD
Retired Research Investigator
About
Publications While At HealthPartners
selected publications
Journal Article
  • Quantifying dental office-originating adverse events: the Dental Practice Study methods. 
    Journal of patient safety. 2021
  • Dental Decision Simulation (DDSim): development of a virtual training environment. 
    Journal of Dental Education. 2020
  • Development, validity and reliability of the Orofacial Esthetic Scale - Spanish version
    2018
  • Examining failure in a dynamic decision environment: strategies for treating patients with a chronic disease
    2016
  • Dental hygienists' usage of tobacco-cessation decision support tools in practice: a qualitative study
    2015
  • Persistence of smoking-cessation decision support use in a dental practice. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2015
  • Recidivism to uncontrolled blood pressure in patients with previously controlled hypertension. 
    American Heart Journal. 2015
  • A machine learning approach to improving dynamic decision making
    2014
  • Educating resident physicians using virtual case-based simulation improves diabetes management: a randomized controlled trial. 
    Academic Medicine. 2014
  • Integrating tobacco dependence counseling into electronic dental records: a multi-method approach. 
    Journal of Dental Education. 2014
  • Personalised physician learning intervention to improve hypertension and lipid control: randomised trial comparing two methods of physician profiling. 
    BMJ quality & safety. 2014
  • Computer-assisted guidance for dental office tobacco-cessation counseling: a randomized controlled trial. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2013
  • ONJ in two dental practice-based research network regions. 
    Texas Dental Journal. 2013
  • Using simulation technology to teach diabetes care management skills to resident physicians. 
    Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. 2013
  • A comparison of dental restoration outcomes after placement by restorative function auxiliaries versus dentists. 
    Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 2012
  • Cost-effectiveness of an electronic medical record based clinical decision support system. 
    Health Services Research. 2012
  • Impact of electronic health record clinical decision support on diabetes care: a randomized trial. 
    Annals of Family Medicine. 2011
  • ONJ in two dental practice-based research network regions. 
    Journal of Dental Research. 2011
  • The effect of electronic health records on the use of clinical care guidelines for patients with medically complex conditions. 
    Journal of the American Dental Association. 2011
  • The oral-systemic link: an opportunity for collaboration. Bidirectional relationship of diabetes and oral health. 
    Diabetes Spectrum. 2011
  • Outpatient EHR-based diabetes clinical decision support that works: lessons learned from implementing Diabetes Wizard. 
    Diabetes Spectrum. 2010
  • Simulated physician learning program improves glucose control in adults with diabetes. 
    Diabetes care. 2010
  • Customized feedback to patients and providers failed to improve safety or quality of diabetes care: a randomized trial. 
    Diabetes care. 2009
  • Does diabetes double the risk of depression?. 
    Annals of Family Medicine. 2009
  • Simulated physician learning intervention to improve safety and quality of diabetes care: a randomized trial. 
    Diabetes care. 2009
  • Depression in patients with diabetes: does it impact clinical goals?. 
    Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2008
  • Exploring the contributions of components of caries risk assessment guidelines. 
    Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. 2008
  • Variation in quality of diabetes care at the levels of patient, physician, and clinic. 
    Preventing Chronic Disease. 2008
  • Diabetes: how are we diagnosing and initially managing it?. 
    Annals of Family Medicine. 2006
  • Outcomes associated with dentists' risk assessment. 
    Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. 2006
  • Antidepressant xerogenic medications and restoration rates. 
    Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. 2005
  • Impact of an electronic medical record on diabetes quality of care. 
    Annals of Family Medicine. 2005
  • Randomized trial of quality improvement intervention to improve diabetes care in primary care settings. 
    Diabetes care. 2005
  • The QUEST for quality: what are medical groups doing about it?. 
    Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety. 2005
  • Is patient readiness to change a predictor of improved glycemic control?. 
    Diabetes care. 2004
  • Syndromic surveillance for measleslike illnesses in a managed care setting. 
    Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2004
  • Treatment of elderly and other adult patients for depression in primary care. 
    Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2003
  • Variation in diabetes care by age: opportunities for customization of care. 
    BMC Family Practice. 2003
  • When depression is the diagnosis, what happens to patients and are they satisfied?. 
    American Journal of Managed Care. 2003
  • Geriatric depression, antidepressant treatment, and healthcare utilization in a health maintenance organization. 
    Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2002
  • A CQI intervention to change the care of depression: a controlled study. 
    Effective Clinical Practice. 2001
  • Influenza vaccine effectiveness in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in persons 65 years or older in Minnesota, New York, and Oregon: data from 3 health plans. 
    Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2001
  • Professional advice and readiness to change behavioral risk factors among members of a managed care organization. 
    American Journal of Managed Care. 2001
  • Screening for diabetes mellitus in high-risk patients: cost, yield, and acceptability. 
    Effective Clinical Practice. 2001
  • Continuous quality improvement can improve glycemic control for HMO patients with diabetes. 
    Archives of Family Medicine. 1996
    • Chapter
  • Advances in Patient Safety Clinical Inertia and Outpatient Medical Errors. 
    Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation (Volume 2: Concepts and Methodology). 2005
  • Advances in Patient Safety Identification, Classification, and Frequency of Medical Errors in Outpatient Diabetes Care. 
    Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation (Volume 1: Research Findings). 2005
  • Advances in Patient Safety SimCare: A Model for Studying Physician Decisionmaking Activity. 
    Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation (Volume 4: Programs, Tools, and Products). 2005
  • Clinical inertia and outpatient medical errors. 
    Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. 2005
  • Identification, classification, and frequency of medical errors in outpatient diabetes care. 
    Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. 2005
  • SimCare: a model for studying physician decisionmaking activity. 
    Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation (Volume 4: Programs, Tools, and Products). 2005
    • Conference Paper
  • Ouch! Does going to the dentist hurt [poster: Dental Fear, Pain and Anxiety session]?
    2019
  • Cost-effectiveness of EMR-based clinical decision support [presentation
    2011
    • Conference Poster
  • Can prioritized clinical decision support in primary care reduce cardiovascular risk? [poster]
    2017
  • Usability evaluation of an evidence-based dental patient case simulator [poster]
    2016
  • Improving population health: predictors of recidivism to uncontrolled hypertension in patients with previously well-controlled hypertension [poster]
    2015
  • Could BMI be a caries risk predictor [poster]
    2014
  • Personalized physician learning intervention to improve hypertension control: randomized trial comparing two methods of physician profiling [poster]
    2014
  • Dental SimCare: building a simulation system to train dentists [poster]
    2013
  • Integrating medical and dental data to improve quality and safety of dental care [poster]
    2013
  • Personalized physician learning intervention to improve hypertension control: randomized trial comparing two methods of physician profiling [poster]
    2013
  • SSRI usage associated with tooth and restoration fracture via bruxism and other movement disorders: could mouthguards protect the teeth of SSRI users? [poster]
    2013
  • Dissemination and implementation: the challenge of twenty-first century health care research [poster]
    2012
  • From research innovation to broader public use: the SimCare story [poster]
    2012
  • Simulated provider training improves diabetes management [poster]
    2012
  • Testing a clinical decision support process to lower cardiovascular risk of patients [poster]
    2012
  • A simulated diabetes learning intervention improves provider knowledge and confidence in managing diabetes [poster]
    2011
  • Designing a patient interface for shared decision support [poster]
    2011
  • Effectiveness of computer-assisted guidance for tobacco dependence in dental offices: a randomized clinical trial [poster]
    2011
  • Effectiveness of using e-health records to improve dental care for medically compromised patients [poster]
    2011
  • Provider satisfaction with a simulated learning approach to diabetes management [poster]
    2011
  • Use of Diabetes Wizard EMR-based clinical decision support system [poster]
    2011
  • Will dental providers use a computer-assisted guidance tool to support tobacco interventions [poster]?
    2011
  • Comparative effectiveness of provider activation strategies using electronic health records to improve quality and safety of dental care for patients with medical conditions [poster]
    2010
  • Cost effectiveness of an EMR-based clinical decision support system [poster]
    2010
  • EHR-based clinical decision support for assessing cardiovascular risk [poster]
    2010
  • Are diabetes patients with depression more likely to get routine care process measures [poster]?
    2008
  • Dentist attributes associated with sealant placement [poster]
    2008
  • How do the best physicians get diabetes patients to glycemic goals [poster]
    2008
  • Identifying depression among diabetes patients using natural language processing (NLP) of office notes [poster]
    2008
  • Is the placement of dental sealants related to caries risk [poster]?
    2008
  • Reasons for diabetes clinical inertia in primary care practice [poster]
    2008
  • Using EMR (electronic medical record) data for passive patient safety surveillance in clinical trials [poster]
    2008
  • Using EMR (electronic medical record) data to profile 21 physician-specific treatment strategies in diabetes care [poster]
    2008
    • Review
  • Clinical inertia in dentistry: a review of the phenomenon [review]. 
    Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice. 2008
  • Using data mining to predict errors in chronic disease care [review]
    2008
    • Abstract
  • Comparative effectiveness of two diabetes clinical decision support systems on cardiometabolic outcomes and CV risk: randomized trial [abstract 2304-PUB]. 
    Diabetes. 2016
  • Evaluation of provider experience with an EHR-based clinical decision support tool [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2015
  • Implementation of an electronic dental record tool to increase referrals to a tobacco counseling quit line [abstract]. 
    Implementation science. 2015
  • Educating resident physicians using virtual case-based simulation improves diabetes management--a randomized, controlled trial [abstract 322-OR]. 
    Diabetes. 2014
  • Building a simulation system to train dentists to practice evidence-based dentistry [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2013
  • Patient of two professions: medicine and dentistry [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2013
  • Testing a clinical decision support process to lower cardiovascular risk of patients [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2013
  • A simulated diabetes learning intervention improves provider knowledge and confidence in managing diabetes [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2012
  • Experiences in designing a simple education interface for shared decision support for cardiovascular risk [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2012
  • Primary care residents highly rate simulated diabetes training [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2012
  • Simulated diabetes training helps providers bring patients to goals: a cluster randomized trial [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2012
  • Simulated training improves provider knowledge and confidence in managing diabetes [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2012
  • Personalization of care for type 2 diabetes: a process control approach [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2011
  • Prioritization of treatment and its consequences: implications of accountability measures [abstract 46-OR]. 
    Diabetes. 2011
  • A diabetes simulated physician learning program improved glucose control and is highly cost-effective [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2010
  • A new approach to CME? A simulated physician learning program improves glucose control in adults with diabetes [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2010
  • Cost-effectiveness of an EMR-based diabetes clinical decision support system [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2010
  • EMR-based clinical decision support system improved glucose and blood pressure control in adults with diabetes [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2010
  • Effect of point-of-care A1c testing in primary care clinics on diabetes medication intensification [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2010
  • How do the best physicians get diabetes patients to glycemic goals [abstract]?. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2010
  • Hypertension treatment intensification and BP control in adults with and without diabetes [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2010
  • Identifying physician decision stretegies for treating patients with type 2 diabetes [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2010
  • Osteonecrosis of the jaw in two dental PBRN health plans [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2010
  • Personalized learning intervention to enhance hypertension care skills of physicians and extended-care providers [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2010
  • Personalized physician learning intervention improved glucose control in adults with diabetes [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2010
  • Racial disparities in A1c change and medication intensification [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2010
  • Strategies used by physicians to treat hypertension [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2010
  • Towards lower macrovascular risk in diabetes patients: a simulation-based evaluation of prioritization strategies [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2010
  • Validation of the SimCare model: a computational model of individual patients with type 2 diabetes [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2010
  • Clinical decision support delivered through EMRs improved glucose and blood pressure control in adults with diabetes [abstract]. 
    Diabetologia. 2009
  • EMR-based clinical decision support system improved glucose and blood pressure control in adults with diabetes [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2009
  • How do the best physicians get diabetes patients to glycemic goals [abstract]?. 
    Diabetes. 2009
  • Personalized physician learning intervention improved glucose control in adults with diabetes [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2009
  • Are diabetes patients with depression more likely to get routine care process measures [abstract]?. 
    Diabetes. 2008
  • How do the best physicians get diabetes patients to glycemic goals [abstract]?. 
    Diabetes. 2008
  • Implementation of electronic decision support for providers to improve diabetes care [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2008
  • Reasons for diabetes clinical inertia in primary care practice [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2008
  • The anatomy of clinical inertia: using EMR-derived data to profile 21 physician-specific medication treatment strategies in diabetes care [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2008
  • Using EMR (electronic medical record) data for passive patient safety surveillance in clinical trials [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2008
  • Using natural language processing (NLP) to identify depression in diabetes patients [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2008
  • Is coronary heart disease (CHD) related to reduced dental utilization [abstract]?. 
    Journal of Dental Research. 2007
    • 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
  • A machine learning approach to improving process control [presentation], Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS) (19th)
  • A multi-site virtual data warehouse to support oral-systematic research [presentation], AADR (American Association for Dental Research) 43rd Annual Meeting/CADR (Canadian Association for Dental Research) 38th Annual Meeting
  • A qualitative study of electronic dental record utilization [presentation], International Association for Dental Research (IADR)/American Association for Dental Research (AADR)/Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR) 87th General Session and Exhibition
  • An analysis of the content of three electronic dental records [presentation], IADR (International Association for Dental Research)/AADR (American Association for Dental Research)/CADR (Canadian Association for Dental Research) General Session & Exhibition
  • Applying process control and machine learning to develop effective dynamic decision strategies [presentation], INFORMS Charlotte – 2011 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
  • Current evidence: crown versus direct restoration to treat cracked tooth [presentation], IADR (International Association for Dental Research) 89th General Session and Exhibition/AADR (American Association for Dental Research) 40th Annual Meeting/CADR (Canadian Association for Dental Research) 35th Annual Meeting
  • Dental providers use a computer-assisted tool to support tobacco interventions [presentation], AADR (American Association for Dental Research) Annual Meeting
  • EMR-based clinical decision support system improved glucose and blood pressure control in adults with diabetes [presentation], HMO Research Network (HMORN) 15th Annual Conference: Clinical Effectiveness: Leadership in Comparative Effectiveness and Translational Research
  • Effectiveness of computer-assisted guidance for tobacco dependence in dental offices [presentation], American Dental Hygienists Association 90th Annual Session
  • Effectiveness of computer-assisted guidance for tobacco dependence in dental offices [presentation], AADR (American Association for Dental Research) Annual Meeting
  • Effectiveness of computer-assisted guidance for tobacco dependence in dental offices: a randomized clinical trial [presentation], Regional Oral and Systemic Health Conference
  • Electronic health records improve care of patients with medical conditions [presentation], AADR (American Association for Dental Research)/CADR (International Association for Dental Research) Annual Meeting
  • Embedding user decision support preferences in an electronic dental record [presentation], International Association for Dental Research (IADR)/American Association for Dental Research (AADR)/Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR) 87th General Session and Exhibition
  • Evaluating a new model for expanding access to dental care [presentation], AADR (American Association for Dental Research)/CADR (International Association for Dental Research) Annual Meeting
  • Evaluation of provider experience with an electronic health record-based clinical decision support tool [presentation], HMO Research Network (HMORN) 21st Annual Conference: Care Improvement Research: Partnering with Patients, Providers and Operational Leaders
  • Examining effects of continuity of care in the clinic: a simulation study [presentation], INFORMS 2011 Annual Meeting
  • How do the best physicians get diabetes patients to glycemic goals [presentation], Minnesota Health Services Research 12th Annual Conference
  • How do the best physicians get diabetes patients to glycemic goals [presentation]?, HMO Research Network (HMORN) 15th Annual Conference: Clinical Effectiveness: Leadership in Comparative Effectiveness and Translational Research
  • Hypertension treatment intensification and BP control in adults with and without diabetes [presentation], Minnesota Health Services Research 15th Annual Conference
  • Hypertension treatment intensification and blood pressure control in adults with and without diabetes [presentation], CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Diabetes Translation Conference 2011 - Changing the Course of Diabetes: Optimizing Health for All
  • Identifying depression among diabetes patients using natural language processing of office notes [presentation], HMO Research Network 14th Annual Conference: Partnerships in Translation: Advancing Research and Clinical Care
  • Implementing advanced decision support for providers to improve diabetes care [presentation], Minnesota Health Services Research 12th Annual Conference
  • Implementing advanced decision support for providers to improve diabetes care [presentation], HMO Research Network 14th Annual Conference: Partnerships in Translation: Advancing Research and Clinical Care
  • Is the placement of dental sealants related to caries risk [presentation]?, American Association for Dental Research (AADR) Annual Meeting
  • OHIP-5 score reliability and validity in general dental practice [presentation], AADR (American Association for Dental Research)/CADR (International Association for Dental Research) Annual Meeting
  • Osteonecrosis of the jaw in two Dental PBRN (Practice-Based Research Network) health plans [presentation], International Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting
  • Passive safety surveillance to monitor study subject safety in research projects [presentation], Minnesota Health Services Research 12th Annual Conference
  • Patient factors associated with reduction in caries risk and sealants [presentation], International Association for Dental Research (IADR)/American Association for Dental Research (AADR)/Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR) 87th General Session and Exhibition
  • Personalizing tobacco cessation utilizing clinic decision support [presentation], American Association of Dental Research (AADR) Fall-Focused Symposium: Personalized Oral Health Care: Concept Design to Clinical Practice
  • Practical realities of using electronic medical/health records (EMR/EHR) for clinical management, research, and surveillance [presentation], CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Diabetes Translation Conference 2011 - Changing the Course of Diabetes: Optimizing Health for All
  • Provider treatment profiles correlate with improved glycemic, blood pressure, and lipid actions at diabetes visits [presentation], Minnesota Health Services Research 12th Annual Conference
  • Randomized clinical trials: computer-assisted tool for tobacco dependence interventions [presentation], IADR (International Association for Dental Research) 89th General Session and Exhibition/AADR (American Association for Dental Research) 40th Annual Meeting/CADR (Canadian Association for Dental Research) 35th Annual Meeting
  • Root causes of clinical inertia in diabetes care [presentation], International Diabetes Federation (IDF) 20th World Diabetes Congress
  • Sustaining use of a clinical decision support tool for primary care providers [presentation], HMO Research Network (HMORN) 21st Annual Conference: Care Improvement Research: Partnering with Patients, Providers and Operational Leaders
  • The factor structure of the Oral Health Impact Profile [presentation], IADR (International Association for Dental Research)/AADR (American Association for Dental Research)/CADR (Canadian Association for Dental Research) General Session & Exhibition
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