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We work with communities to research health needs and implement solutions.
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Faculty Position
  • Hooker, Stephanie A., PhD, MPH, MS, Research Investigator 2019 -
  • Kottke, Thomas E., MD, MSPH, FACC, FAHA, Senior Research Investigator 2004 -
  • Westgard, Bjorn C., MD, MA, Research Investigator
    • Publications While At HealthPartners
    selected publications
    Journal Article
  • "The conversation is easier than we think" - physician interviews on firearm safety counseling. 
    American Journal of Health Promotion. 2026
  • Application of the Lancet Commission Criteria for the Diagnosis of Obesity to a clinical trials population: the LEAP Trial. 
    Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). 2026
  • Comparative safety of glucose-lowering medications on depression in adults with type 2 diabetes. 
    Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism. 2026
  • External validation of Epic's Risk of Opioid Abuse and Overdose Model among primary care patients in three health systems. 
    Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2026
  • Meaning, purpose, and spirituality in lifestyle medicine and healthcare: a review of current research. 
    American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2026
  • Medication adherence and persistence of newly-initiated medications in older adults with diabetes. 
    Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2026
  • Myth-busting teen pregnancy. 
    Minnesota Medicine. 2026
  • Navigating the transition from early-stage investigator to mid-career: challenges and opportunities for developing careers in diabetes translational research. 
    Journal of clinical and translational science. 2026
  • Population estimates and hypertension and diabetes prevalence: cross-sectional quantitative study comparing electronic health record-derived counts, census, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention population level analysis and community estimates. 
    JMIR public health and surveillance. 2026
  • Primary care clinicians' perspectives on an electronic health record-integrated clinical decision support tool for opioid use disorder. 
    J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2026
  • Purpose in life and mortality among breast cancer survivors. 
    Health Psychology. 2026
  • Purpose in life, personal growth, life satisfaction and risk of cognitive impairment among older women. 
    Aging & mental health. 2026
  • Teen Leadership Council: a case study for teen engagement in health care planning. 
    American Journal of Health Promotion. 2026
  • The Physical Activity Relatedness Satisfaction Scale: assessing relatedness in those who prefer to be active alone and with others. 
    Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 2026
  • The gun violence burden may now top that of heart disease. 
    MinnPost. 2026
  • The long-term effectiveness of the anti-obesity medication phentermine (LEAP) trial: rationale, design, and baseline characteristics. 
    Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2026
  • Trends in annual medication possession in older adults with type 2 diabetes. 
    Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy. 2026
  • 'Do they care?': a qualitative examination of patient perspectives on primary care clinician communication related to opioids in the USA. 
    BMJ open. 2025
  • A randomized study comparing patient portal and email communications for trial recruitment. 
    Clinical Trials (London, England). 2025
  • Applying self-determination theory to internalized weight stigma and mental health correlates among young and middle adult women: a structural equation model. 
    Journal of Health Psychology. 2025
  • Attitudes towards different weight loss approaches among adults with type 2 diabetes and obesity. 
    Patient Education and Counseling. 2025
  • COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake among firefighters: an application of the Health Belief Model. 
    Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2025
  • Changes in utilization of in-person and virtual outpatient mental health visits before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational cohort study. 
    Medicine. 2025
  • Clinical and demographic characteristics associated with diabetes remission in six integrated health care systems: a retrospective cohort study. 
    Diabetes care. 2025
  • Clinical decision support system for primary care of opioid use disorder: a randomized clinical trial. 
    JAMA internal medicine. 2025
  • Clinical decision support to improve primary care obesity management in adults with diabetes: clinic-randomized study design. 
    Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2025
  • Development of a stakeholder-engaged tool to evaluate community convening and promote community health. 
    Journal of communication in healthcare. 2025
  • Effort during ethanol breath testing impacts correlation with serum ethanol concentration. 
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2025
  • Feasibility of community-funding for peer-led support for men who struggle with loneliness. 
    American Journal of Health Promotion. 2025
  • Glucose-lowering medication classes and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes. 
    JAMA network open. 2025
  • Gun violence as a source of anxiety and stress in the US population. 
    American Journal of Health Promotion. 2025
  • Kids can live with safe gun storage. 
    Minnesota Medicine. 2025
  • Psychiatric medication adherence in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
    Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2025
  • Psychotherapy engagement before and after a rapid transition to telehealth during COVID-19 for older adults with dementia. 
    Journal of Applied Gerontology. 2025
  • Study protocol for a stepped-wedge, randomized controlled trial to evaluate implementation of a suicide risk identification model among behavioral health patients in three large health systems. 
    BMC psychiatry. 2025
  • Two views on secure firearm storage counseling. 
    Minnesota Medicine. 2025
  • 2022 county-level population changes in the United States through the lens of the Lifestyle Health Index. 
    Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. 2024
  • A learning health system to generate and accelerate innovation: the HealthPartners Institute. 
    NEJM Catal Innov Care Deliv. 2024
  • A new norm for safe gun storage will save kids’ lives. 
    MinnPost. 2024
  • Adapting behavioral activation for patients receiving medications for opioid use disorder in primary care: a pilot study. 
    Frontiers in Psychology. 2024
  • Applying meaning and self-determination theory to the development of a web-based mHealth physical activity intervention: proof-of-concept pilot study. 
    JMIR formative research. 2024
  • Barriers and facilitators to using a clinical decision support tool for opioid use disorder in primary care. 
    Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2024
  • Don't say "beans" when promoting plant protein to family meal planners. 
    American Journal of Health Promotion. 2024
  • Impact of opioid dose reductions on patient-reported mental health and suicide-related behavior and relationship to patient choice in tapering decisions. 
    Journal of Pain. 2024
  • Meaning salience as a moderator of the relationship between presence of meaning in life and wellness. 
    Discov Psychol. 2024
  • Notes from the field: human parvovirus B19 infections among pregnant persons - Minnesota, January-September 2024. 
    MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2024
  • Patient perspectives on mental health and pain management support needed versus received during opioid deprescribing. 
    Journal of Pain. 2024
  • Predicting buprenorphine adherence among patients with opioid use disorder in primary care settings. 
    BMC Prim Care. 2024
  • Principles for stakeholder engagement in observational health research. 
    JAMA Health Forum. 2024
  • Psychotherapy disruption before and after the transition to virtual mental health care induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. 
    Psychiatric Services. 2024
  • Randomized pilot of a clinical decision support tool to increase suicide screening for at-risk primary care patients with opioid use disorder. 
    AJPM Focus. 2024
  • The potential influence of firearm violence on physical inactivity in the United States. 
    American Journal of Medicine. 2024
  • The rapid shift to virtual mental health care: examining psychotherapy disruption by rurality status. 
    Journal of Rural Health. 2024
  • The relationship between the lifestyle health index and voter turnout during the 2020 United States presidential election in the context of regional cultures. 
    Public Health Pract. 2024
  • Use of sequential hot-deck imputation for missing health care systems data for population health research. 
    Medical Care. 2024
  • 30-year cardiovascular disease risk for young adults with serious mental illness. 
    General Hospital Psychiatry. 2023
  • A randomized controlled trial of an intervention to reduce stigma toward people with opioid use disorder among primary care clinicians. 
    Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. 2023
  • Caregivers’ reports of the complex impacts of the pandemic on family food and physical activity behaviors by race, ethnicity, urbanicity, and income. 
    American journal of health education. 2023
  • Describing racial disparity in hypertension control in a large Minnesota outpatient practice. 
    Health services research and managerial epidemiology. 2023
  • Design of a pragmatic clinical trial to improve screening and treatment for opioid use disorder in primary care. 
    Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2023
  • Development and initial validation of a measure to assess self-efficacy to reduce sedentary behavior. 
    Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 2023
  • Differential effects of an intervention to reduce cardiovascular risk for patients with bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, or schizophrenia: a randomized clinical trial. 
    Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2023
  • Estimating the cardiovascular disease risk reduction of a quality improvement initiative in primary care: findings from EvidenceNOW. 
    Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2023
  • Inequalities in communicating about nutrition information during prenatal care: the after-visit summary. 
    American journal of health education. 2023
  • Minnesota data sharing may be model for near-real-time tracking of drug overdose hospital and ED trends. 
    Health Affairs. 2023
  • Periodontal treatment and subsequent clinical outcomes and medical care costs: a retrospective cohort study. 
    PloS One. 2023
  • Survey-based evaluation of a fish consumption information dissemination campaign within an integrated health system: learnings from ChooseYourFish. 
    Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. 2023
  • The potential impact of clinical decision support on nonwaivered primary care clinicians' prescribing of buprenorphine. 
    Health Aff Sch. 2023
  • A new pandemic of loneliness. 
    Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2022
  • A structural competency framework for emergency medicine research: results from a scoping review and consensus conference review]. 
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2022
  • An email coaching option increases participant program utilization and coach productivity. 
    American Journal of Health Promotion. 2022
  • Association of an automated blood pressure measurement quality improvement program with terminal digit preference and recorded mean blood pressure in 11 clinics. 
    JAMA network open. 2022
  • Behaviors, beliefs, and recommendations to optimize promotion of safe fish consumption before and during pregnancy: a physician survey. 
    Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. 2022
  • Cardiovascular risk for patients with and without schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder. 
    Journal of the American Heart Association. 2022
  • Change that matters: a health behavior change and behavioral health curriculum for primary care. 
    Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 2022
  • Clinical implementation of suicide risk prediction models in healthcare: a qualitative study. 
    BMC psychiatry. 2022
  • Comparing pharmacist-led telehealth care and clinic-based care for uncontrolled high blood pressure: the Hyperlink 3 pragmatic cluster-randomized trial. 
    Hypertension (Dallas, Tex.. 2022
  • Depression and cardiovascular risk in primary care patients. 
    Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2022
  • Effect of clinical decision support on cardiovascular risk among adults with bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, or schizophrenia: a cluster randomized clinical trial. 
    JAMA network open. 2022
  • Effects of devotional prayer and secular meditation on cardiovascular response to a faith challenge among Christians. 
    Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. 2022
  • Findings and future directions from a smoking cessation trial utilizing a clinical decision support tool. 
    Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice. 2022
  • Gaing the upper hand. 
    MetroDoctors. 2022
  • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on type 2 diabetes care delivery. 
    Clinical Diabetes. 2022
  • Patient expectations of and experiences with a suicide risk identification algorithm in clinical practice. 
    BMC psychiatry. 2022
  • Patient perspectives on opioid risk discussions in primary care. 
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2022
  • What is success in treatment for opioid use disorder? Perspectives of physicians and patients in primary care settings. 
    Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 2022
  • Brief report: Meaning in life is mediated by self-efficacy in the prediction of physical activity. 
    Journal of Health Psychology. 2021
  • Case series of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for central retinal artery occlusion. 
    Retinal Cases & Brief Reports. 2021
  • Change in perceived stress and health behaviors of emerging adults in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. 
    Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2021
  • Clinician perceptions about a decision support system to identify and manage opioid use disorder. 
    Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2021
  • Comparison of medical school financing plans among matriculating US medical students from 2017 to 2019. 
    JAMA network open. 2021
  • Cultural and structural features of zero-burnout primary care practices. 
    Health Affairs. 2021
  • Impact of demographic survey questions on response rate and measurement: a randomized experiment. 
    Survey Practice. 2021
  • It's important to hear and learn from youth experiencing homelessness in the Twin Cities. 
    MinnPost. 2021
  • It’s important to hear and learn from youth experiencing homelessness in the Twin Cities. 
    MinnPost. 2021
  • Longitudinal assessment of mental health and well-being in patients being treated with medications for opioid use disorder in primary care. 
    Addictive behaviors reports. 2021
  • Prevalence of cardiovascular disease and risk factors among Somali immigrants and refugees. 
    Journal of immigrant and minority health. 2021
  • Promoting fish consumption messages: perspectives of hmong women of childbearing age. 
    American Journal of Health Behavior. 2021
  • Promoting the public's health with personal commitment and gun safety policies. 
    Creative Nursing. 2021
  • Providing psychotherapy in an urban, underserved community during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
    Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2021
  • Psychosocial needs of parents engaged in treatment for opioid use disorder. 
    Substance Use and Misuse. 2021
  • Quick cuts: a comparative study of two tools for ring tourniquet removal. 
    American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2021
  • Using a brief tool to assess healthy school environments: a pilot study. 
    American Journal of Managed Care. 2021
  • A strategy to promote population-wide life satisfaction while advancing equity. 
    American Journal of Managed Care. 2020
  • An analysis of changes in emergency department visits after a state declaration during the time of COVID-19. 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2020
  • Awareness of meaning in life is protective against burnout among family physicians: a CERA study. 
    Family Medicine. 2020
  • Characterization of regional poison center utilization through geospatial mapping. 
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2020
  • Do physical activity, caloric intake, and sleep vary together day to day? Exploration of intraindividual variability in 3 key health behaviors. 
    Journal of physical activity & health. 2020
  • Engaging in personally meaningful activities is associated with meaning salience and psychological well-being. 
    Journal of Positive Psychology. 2020
  • Family medicine physicians' confidence and perceived effectiveness in delivering health behaviour change interventions. 
    Family Practice. 2020
  • Improving patient outcomes: tools for promoting healthy behavior. 
    Minn Physician. 2020
  • Integrating meaning in life and self-determination theory to predict physical activity adoption in previously inactive exercise initiates enrolled in a randomized trial. 
    Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 2020
  • Mental health and psychosocial needs of patients being treated for opioid use disorder in a primary care residency clinic. 
    Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. 2020
  • Multiple dimensions of wellness: development and psychometric properties of the Anschutz Wellness Evaluation 360 (AWE360). 
    J Well Being Assess. 2020
  • Patient loneliness in an urban, underserved family medicine residency clinic: prevalence and relationship to health care utilization. 
    Family Practice. 2020
  • Predictors of family medicine patient retention in opioid medication-assisted treatment. 
    Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2020
  • Recognizing our local COVID-19 heroes. 
    MetroDoctors. 2020
  • Using self-determination theory to understand eating behaviors and weight change in emerging adults. 
    Eating behaviors. 2020
  • Values-based behavioral activation for chronic pain in primary care: a pilot study. 
    Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 2020
  • A behavioural economics approach to improving healthy food selection among food pantry clients. 
    Public Health Nutrition. 2019
  • Availability of bedside and laboratory testing for carbon monoxide poisoning in the upper midwestern United States. 
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2019
  • Esophageal stricture following radiation, concurrent immunochemotherapy, treated with hyperbaric oxygen and dilation
    2019
  • Predictors of intervention interest among individuals with short sleep duration. 
    Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2019
  • Responses to a social media campaign promoting safe fish consumption among women. 
    Preventing Chronic Disease. 2019
  • The health and well-being of an ACO population. 
    American Journal of Managed Care. 2019
  • The predicted impact of adopting health-promoting behaviors on disease burden in a commercially insured population. 
    Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2019
  • Validating a method to assess disease burden from insurance claims. 
    American Journal of Managed Care. 2019
  • A meaningful life is a healthy life: a conceptual model linking meaning and meaning salience to health. 
    Review of General Psychology. 2018
  • A psychometric approach to theory-based behavior change intervention development: example from the Colorado Meaning-Activity Project. 
    Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2018
  • An approach to treating a patient with a HeartMate II left ventricular assist device in a multiplace hyperbaric chamber: a case report. 
    Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. 2018
  • Burnout among physicians, advanced practice clinicians and staff in smaller primary care practices. 
    Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2018
  • Daily meaning salience and physical activity in previously inactive exercise initiates. 
    Health Psychology. 2018
  • Do monetary incentives increase fitness center utilization? It depends. 
    American Journal of Health Promotion. 2018
  • Encouraging health behavior change: eight evidence-based strategies. 
    Family Practice Management. 2018
  • Healthy nutrition and dietary considerations for the workplace. 
    ACSMs Health Fitness J. 2018
  • Microangiography to monitor treatment outcomes following severe frostbite injury to the hands. 
    Journal of burn care & research. 2018
  • Mutuality and heart failure self-care in patients and their informal caregivers. 
    European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 2018
  • Piquing their “Pinterest”: a qualitative study to format and deliver complex fish consumption guidelines to women who are or could become pregnant
    2018
  • Psychometric properties of the postpartum depression screening scale beyond the postpartum period. 
    Research in Nursing and Health. 2018
  • Supporting families managing parental mental illness: challenges and resources. 
    International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. 2018
  • Denver Spirited Heart: mixed-methods pilot study of a psychospiritual intervention for heart failure patients. 
    Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 2017
  • Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the prevention of arterial gas embolism in food grade hydrogen peroxide ingestion. 
    American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2017
  • Use and customization of risk scores for predicting cardiovascular events using electronic health record data. 
    Journal of the American Heart Association. 2017
  • "Well-Being in All Policies": promoting cross-sectoral collaboration to improve people's lives. 
    Preventing Chronic Disease. 2016
  • Concordance between life satisfaction and six elements of well-being among respondents to a health assessment survey, HealthPartners Employees, Minnesota, 2011. 
    Preventing Chronic Disease. 2016
  • Identifying groups at risk for 1-year membership termination from a fitness center at enrollment. 
    Preventive medicine reports. 2016
  • Modeled health and economic impact of team-based care for hypertension. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2016
  • New summary measures of population health and well-being for implementation by health plans and accountable care organizations. 
    Preventing Chronic Disease. 2016
  • Proton pump inhibitor use by aspirin-treated coronary artery disease patients is not associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events. 
    European heart journal. Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy. 2016
  • Purpose in life is associated with physical activity measured by accelerometer. 
    Journal of Health Psychology. 2016
  • The financial impact of team-based care on primary care. 
    American Journal of Managed Care. 2016
  • Using principles of complex adaptive systems to implement secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in primary care. 
    The Permanente journal. 2016
  • A qualitative study of processes used to implement evidence-based care in a primary care practice. 
    Family Practice. 2015
  • Persistence of smoking-cessation decision support use in a dental practice. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2015
  • Provider and staff perceptions of veterans' attrition from a national primary care weight management program. 
    Primary Health Care Research & Development. 2015
  • Veterans Health Administration's MOVE! Weight Management Program: primary care clinicians' perceptions of program implementation. 
    Military Medicine. 2015
  • Honoring choices Minnesota: preliminary data from a community-wide advance care planning model. 
    Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2014
  • Lipid abnormalities in foreign-born and US-born patients in a medical group. 
    Journal of Clinical Lipidology. 2014
  • An algorithm that identifies coronary and heart failure events in the electronic health record. 
    Preventing Chronic Disease. 2013
  • Hunger and food insecurity among patients in an urban emergency department. 
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2013
  • Leveraging lifestyle medicine and social policy to extend the triple aim from the clinic into the community. 
    American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2013
  • Longitudinal and regional trends in paramedic student exposure to advanced airway placement: 2001-2011. 
    Prehospital Emergency Care. 2013
  • Meeting the million hearts goal. 
    Minnesota Medicine. 2013
  • Simple rules that reduce hospital readmission. 
    The Permanente journal. 2013
  • The effect of price reduction on salad bar purchases at a corporate cafeteria. 
    Preventing Chronic Disease. 2013
  • Accuracy of heart disease prevalence estimated from claims data compared with an electronic health record. 
    Preventing Chronic Disease. 2012
  • Disparities in potentially avoidable emergency department (ED) care: ED visits for ambulatory care sensitive conditions. 
    Medical Care. 2012
  • The simple health system rules that create value. 
    Preventing Chronic Disease. 2012
  • Adherence to optimal lifestyle behaviors is related to emotional health indicators among employees. 
    Population health management. 2011
  • Five payment models: the pros, the cons, the potential. 
    Minnesota Medicine. 2011
  • Identifying opportunities for a medical group to improve outcomes for patients with coronary artery disease and heart failure: an exploratory study. 
    The Permanente journal. 2011
  • The predicted impact of heart disease prevention and treatment initiatives on mortality in Lithuania, a middle-income country. 
    Preventing Chronic Disease. 2011
  • Measuring health care access and quality to improve health in populations. 
    Preventing Chronic Disease. 2010
  • Reasons for not meeting coronary artery disease targets of care in ambulatory practice. 
    The Permanente journal. 2010
  • Social determinants of health. A call to action for the employer community. 
    ACSMs Health Fitness J. 2010
  • The association between optimal lifestyle adherence and short-term incidence of chronic conditions among employees. 
    Population health management. 2010
  • Disease management strategies to optimize cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes mellitus. 
    Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports. 2009
  • Readiness of US health plans to manage cardiometabolic risk. 
    Preventing Chronic Disease. 2009
  • Taking on the social determinants of health: a framework for action. 
    Minnesota Medicine. 2009
  • Meet two men who put their hearts into caring for yours. 
    Thrive [hudsonhospital.org]. 2008
  • Optimizing practice through research: a new perspective to solve an old problem. 
    Annals of Family Medicine. 2008
  • Partnering care delivery and research to optimize health. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2008
  • Explaining the decrease in U.S. deaths from coronary disease, 1980-2000. 
    New England Journal of Medicine. 2007
  • A comparative analysis of short- and long-term outcomes after ventricular fibrillation out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in patients with ischemic and nonischemic heart disease. 
    American Journal of Cardiology. 2006
  • CardioVision 2020: program acceptance and progress after 4 years. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2006
  • Omega-3 fatty acids: essential fatty acids reduce risk of sudden cardiac death and treat severe hypertriglyceridemia. 
    Institute for Medical Education (IME) Bulletin. 2006
  • Physical activity optimizing practice through research. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2006
  • Preventing sudden death with n-3 (omega-3) fatty acids and defibrillators. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2006
  • Adapting the chronic care model to treat chronic illness at a free medical clinic J Health Care Poor Underserved
    2005
  • Sudden cardiac death in diabetes mellitus: risk factors in the Rochester diabetic neuropathy study J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
    2005
  • Obesity: another wolf at the door?. 
    Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2004
  • Variation in clinical preventive services. 
    Effective Clinical Practice. 2001
  • Failure of a continuous quality improvement intervention to increase the delivery of preventive services. A randomized trial. 
    Effective Clinical Practice. 2000
  • Improving prevention is difficult. 
    Effective Clinical Practice. 2000
  • Lessons from experienced guideline implementers: attend to many factors and use multiple strategies. 
    Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 2000
    • Editorial Article
  • Ask parents, caregivers if firearms are stored securely [editorial]. 
    Star Tribune.  44. 2025
  • Normalizing secure firearm storage can save kids' lives [editorial]. 
    American Journal of Health Promotion.  39. 2025
  • Stable housing, stable lives [editorial]
    2025
  • Introducing the Lifestyle Health Index in the American Nations [editorial]. 
    Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention.  44. 2024
  • Failing cardiovascular health: a population code blue [editorial]. 
    Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  80. 2022
  • Gun laws: enough is enough [editorial]. 
    Star Tribune.  39 (315). 2021
  • Heart disease and stroke: down, but not out [editorial]. 
    Lancet Reg Health Eur.  7. 2021
  • Bring back the notepads: drawing as an underutilized approach to improving patient comprehension and recall [editorial]. 
    Patient Education and Counseling.  103. 2020
  • Multiples of median income: a tool to call out drugs that are high cost and low value [editorial]. 
    The Permanente journal.  24. 2020
  • A body of work, a missed opportunity: dyadic research in older adults [editorial]. 
    Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  67. 2019
  • Access to affordable housing promotes health and well-being and reduces hospital visits [editorial]. 
    The Permanente journal.  22. 2018
  • Philanthropy and beyond: creating shared value to promote well-being for individuals in their communities [editorial]. 
    The Permanente journal.  21. 2017
  • Strategies to prioritize clinical options in primary care [editorial]. 
    Annals of Family Medicine.  15. 2017
  • Counterpoint: Teamwork is the best medicine, not "autonomy" [editorial]. 
    Star Tribune.  2016
  • Here's how we can end extortionate drug price increases. Runaway medication costs are the fastest-growing driver of health-care expenses [editorial]. 
    Star Tribune.  2016
  • A paradox of well-being [editorial]. 
    Star Tribune.  2015
  • A commentary on: "Comparative health systems research among Kaiser Permanente and other integrated delivery systems: a systematic literature review" [editorial]. 
    The Permanente journal.  18. 2014
  • Prevent the next generation of nicotine addiction [editorial]
    2014
  • The adoption of quality indicators [editorial]. 
    Health Affairs.  33. 2014
  • Four opportunities to prevent diabetes and coronary heart disease [editorial]. 
    Diabetes Spectrum.  26. 2013
  • Optimizing the health of mothers, infants, and communities through research [editorial]. 
    Mayo Clinic Proceedings.  88. 2013
  • Reversing the slide in US health outcomes and deteriorating health care economics [editorial]. 
    Mayo Clinic Proceedings.  88. 2013
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    Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  58. 2011
  • Medicine is a social science in its very bone and marrow [editorial]. 
    Mayo Clinic Proceedings.  86. 2011
  • The need for social epidemiology: now as much as ever [editorial]. 
    Annals of Epidemiology.  21. 2011
  • Power in the study of mortality and necrotizing soft tissue infections [editorial]. 
    Surgical Infections.  11. 2010
  • Does prevention save money [editorial]?. 
    Health Affairs.  28. 2009
  • Health care reform? Don't forget the simple things that matter most [editorial]
    2009
  • Optimizing practice through research: a preventive services case study [editorial]. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine.  33. 2007
    • Chapter
  • Case study: the power of community in population health: PowerUp for kids. 
    Population health: creating a culture of wellness. 2015
  • Causation of common cardiovascular problems. 
    AMA guides to the evaluation of diseases and injury causation. 2013
  • Health promotion in health systems. 
    Lifestyle medicine. 2013
  • Quality improvement in primary care: the role of organization, collaboratives, and managed care. 
    Continuous quality improvement in health care: theory, implementations, and applications. 2006
    • Conference Paper
  • Best preventive practices to serve non-communicable diseases (NCD) prevention nationally and in demonstration areas
    2005
  • CardioVision 2020: a comprehensive cardiovascular disease prevention program
    2005
  • How to strengthen prevention in health services
    2005
  • Implementing preventive and chronic disease services in clinical practice: a sociology of science perspective
    2005
  • Medical knowledge behind non-communicable diseases (NCD) prevention
    2005
  • Optimizing health care through research initiative: an update from the Thinkers and Planners Group meeting
    2005
    • Conference Poster
  • Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among firefighters: application of the Health Belief Model [poster]
    2023
  • A randomized controlled trial of emergency department dental care vouchers to improve care and reduce return visits [poster]
    2017
  • How should we evaluate cardiac risk in the older asymptomatic scuba diver [poster]?
    2017
  • Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the prevention of arterial gas embolism in food grade hydrogen peroxide ingestion [poster]
    2017
  • Iatrogenic arterial gas embolism case series treated with hyperbaric oxygen [poster]
    2017
  • Improvements in teamwork, care quality and patient safety through the implementation of an emergent hyperbaric treatment checklist [poster]
    2017
  • Successful treatment of a patient with a left ventricular assist device with hperbaric oxygen at 2.4 ATA [poster]
    2017
  • Case series of patients with central retinal artery obstruction with the diagnosis confirmed with bedside ultrasound [poster]
    2016
  • Fluorescence microangiography to guide management of non-healing wounds [poster]
    2016
  • Prospective study of mucosal atomizer device use on myringotomy patency [poster]
    2016
  • Awake, anesthetized myringotomy: a retrospective case series from a new standard of practice [poster]
    2015
  • Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for central retinal artery occluation (CRAO): improved outcomes in a retrospective case series [poster]
    2015
  • Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is associated with improved mortality in necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs): a retrospective case-control study in two urban hospitals [poster]
    2015
  • Intensive community engagement to address cardiovascular disease risk factors in a disadvantaged refugee population [poster]
    2015
  • Triple-aim hotspots: neighborhood factors in potentially avoidable emergency department visits and costs [poster]
    2015
  • Hotspots of triple aim opportunity: identifying geographic clusters of potentially preventable emergency department visits and costs [poster]
    2014
  • Implementation of evidence-based cardiac care in a primary care practice [poster]
    2014
  • Morbidity and mortality in necrotizing soft tissue infections (INSTIs): hyperbaric oxygen versus standard therapy in two urban hospitals [poster]
    2014
  • A project to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to hotspot preventable, high-cost conditions and potential community health solutions [poster]
    2013
  • Association between healthy food availability and emergency department presentations for diet-related illness [poster]
    2013
  • Frequency of CV Wizard use and gender disparity [poster]
    2013
  • Healthy neighborhoods and the emergency department: is neighborhood healthy food availability associated with emergency department presentations for diet-related illness [poster]?
    2013
  • Inter-hospital transfer vectors and the de-facto regionalization of specialty care [poster]
    2013
  • Morbidity and mortality in necrotizing soft tissue infections: hyperbaric oxygen versus standard therapy in two urban hospitals [poster]
    2013
  • An algorithm that identifies coronary and heart failure events in the electronic health record [poster]
    2012
  • Aspirin decision support using data-driven treatment algorithms [poster]
    2012
  • Associations between healthy food availability and emergency department presentations for diet-related illness [poster]
    2012
  • Impact of pricing change on cafeteria salad bar purchases [poster]
    2012
  • Improving disparities in pain control in the Emergency Department [poster]
    2012
  • Lipid patterns among foreign and U.S. born patients in a medical group [poster]
    2012
  • Provider and staff beliefs and attitudes about creating care systems for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in a private medical group [poster]
    2011
  • EHR-based clinical decision support for assessing cardiovascular risk [poster]
    2010
  • Optimal lifestyle adherence and 2-year incidence of chronic conditions [poster]
    2010
  • Cardiovascular disease surveillance to optimize care: pros and cons of a managed care research network system [poster]
    2009
  • The potential impact of heart disease prevention and treatment interventions [poster]
    2008
    • Report
  • Identifying patient-centered outcomes for digital care for chronic conditions - final Engagement report
    2024
  • Health and well-being
    2018
  • A nationwide framework for surveillance of cardiovascular and chronic lung diseases
    2011
  • Healthy lifestyles [health care guideline]
    2011
  • Lipid management in adults [health care guideline]
    2009
  • Primary prevention of chronic disease risk factors [health care guideline]
    2009
  • Primary prevention of chronic disease risk factors [health care guideline]
    2008
  • Lipid management in adults [health care guideline]
    2006
    • Review
  • Depression and anxiety among K-12 teachers in the United States: a systematic review [systematic review]. 
    School psychology (Washington, D.C.). 2025
  • Effectiveness of school fluoride delivery programs: a community guide systematic review [systematic review, review]. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2025
  • Psychological aspects of wearable health technologies in patients with cardiovascular disease: a literature review and call to action [review]. 
    Current Cardiology Reports. 2025
  • Evidence to support health system prioritization of health behaviors in the COVID-19 era [review]. 
    Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2024
  • The Lifestyle Health Index in the context of COVID-19 mortality and vaccination in the United States: a syndemic not to be repeated [review]. 
    Current Problems in Cardiology. 2024
  • America's racial reckoning within perinatal communication: a rapid review using sociotechnical systems theory to compare publications before and after 2020 [review]. 
    Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. 2023
  • Economics of team-based care for blood pressure control: updated Community Guide Systematic Review [review]. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2023
  • Pharmacist interventions for medication adherence: Community Guide economic reviews for cardiovascular disease [review]. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2022
  • Harnessing centred identity transformation to reduce executive function burden for maintenance of health behaviour change: the Maintain IT model [review]. 
    Health Psychology Review. 2018
  • Family caregiving for persons with heart failure at the intersection of heart failure and palliative care: a state-of-the-science review [review]. 
    Heart Failure Reviews. 2017
  • Obesity treatment at HealthPartners: adaptation of clinical guidelines into systems for practice operations [review]. 
    Current obesity reports. 2016
  • Clinical decision support systems and prevention: a Community Guide cardiovascular disease systematic review [review]. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2015
  • Economics of team-based care in controlling blood pressure: a Community Guide systematic review [review, systematic review]. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2015
  • Reducing medication costs to prevent cardiovascular disease: a community guide systematic review [review, systematic review]. 
    Preventing Chronic Disease. 2015
  • The impact of relationship quality on health-related outcomes in heart failure patients and informal family caregivers: an integrative review [review]. 
    Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 2015
  • Team-based care and improved blood pressure control: a Community Guide systematic review [review, systematic review]. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2014
  • Physical activity promotion as a strategic corporate priority to improve worker health and business performance [review]. 
    Preventive Medicine. 2009
  • Preventing and managing cardiometabolic risk: the logic for intervention [review]. 
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2009
  • The comparative effectiveness of heart disease prevention and treatment strategies [review]. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2009
  • A clinical practice guideline for treating tobacco use and dependence: 2008 update. A U.S. Public Health Service report [review]. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2008
  • Preventing chronic disease risk factors: rationale and feasibility [review]. 
    Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania). 2008
    • Abstract
  • Patient impressions of opioid-related printouts, discussions and care in a primary care clinical decision support system implementation trial [abstract]
    2026
  • Using implementation science to identify clinician-reported barriers to discussing safe fish consumption during routine prenatal care [abstract]. 
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2021
  • Rethinking the standard of care for patients with central retinal artery occlusion [abstract]. 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2017
  • Implementation of an electronic dental record tool to increase referrals to a tobacco counseling quit line [abstract]. 
    Implementation science. 2015
  • Association of missed outpatient appointments and emergency department visits and inpatient admissions [abstract]. 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2014
  • Healthy food availability is associated with neighborhood incidence of emergency department visits for diet-related illnesses [abstract]. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2014
  • Aspirin decision support using data-driven treatment algorithms [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2013
  • Spatial information, geographic information systems (GIS), and geo-spatial methods in public health and emergency care research [abstract]. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2012
  • Disease management strategies to optimize cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes mellitus [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2010
  • Increasing rate of patients who are homeless and have unstable living situations presenting to the emergency department at an urban county hospital between 2007 and 2009 [abstract]. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2010
  • Increasing rate of the experience of hunger among patients presenting to the emergency department at an urban county medical center [abstract]. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2010
  • Readiness of U.S. health plans to manage cardiometabolic risk [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2010
  • Disease management strategies to optimize cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes mellitus [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2009
  • Longitudinal analysis of the Minnesota Homeless Survey data 1991-2006: changing associations between emergency department usage, shelter type, chronic illness, and access to services [abstract]. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2009
    • Audio-Visual Document
  • Preventing heart disease
    2014
    • Book
  • Lipid management in adults [health care guideline]
    2007
  • Omega-3 fatty acids for coronary artery disease: technology assessment report
    2006
  • B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) for the diagnosis and management of congestive heart failure
    2005
  • Lipid management in adults [healthcare guideline]
    2005
    • Webpage
  • Include exercise in your weight loss plans
    2023
    • Working Paper
  • Philanthropy and beyond: creating shared value to promote well-being for individuals in their communities [discussion paper]
    2017
  • Well-being in all policies: promoting cross-sectoral collaboration to improve people's lives [discussion paper]
    2016
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