About

Research Interests:  Integrative Medicine, Complex Systems, Longitudinal Models, Missing Data 

Education:  MPH, University of Minnesota

Joined Institute:  2019

Affiliation

positions

Evaluation & Survey Statistician, Center for Evaluation and Survey Research 2019 -

Publications While At HealthPartners

selected publications

Journal Article

Effectiveness of medical music therapy practice: integrative research using the electronic health record: rationale, design, and population characteristics. 

J Integr Complement Med. 2024

Ankle fractures: high implant cost is not associated with better patient reported outcomes. 

Injury. 2023

Effectiveness of music therapy within community hospitals: an EMMPIRE retrospective study. 

Pain reports. 2023

Exposing the care conundrum of low-energy pelvic ring fractures in older adults: a review of 322 patients. 

Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation. 2023

Inequalities in communicating about nutrition information during prenatal care: the after-visit summary. 

American journal of health education. 2023

Is there room for individual patient-specified preferences in the patient-reported outcome measurement revolution?. 

Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2023

Massage therapy for children, adolescents, and young adults: clinical delivery and effectiveness in hematology and oncology. 

Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2023

Optimizing patient-reported outcome collection and documentation in medical music therapy: process-improvement study. 

JMIR human factors. 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

Association of preoperative opioid use with postoperative opioid use and patient-reported outcomes in ankle fracture fixation patients. 

Foot Ankle Orthop. 2022

Capturing patient-reported outcomes: paper versus electronic survey administration. 

OTA Int. 2022

Clinical delivery and effectiveness of music therapy in hematology and oncology: an EMMPIRE retrospective study. 

Integrative Cancer Therapies. 2022

Pragmatic evaluation of a health system-based employee weight management program. 

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021

Significant pain reduction in hospitalized patients receiving integrative medicine interventions by clinical population and accounting for pain medication. 

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2021

Rationale for routine collection of patient reported outcomes during integrative medicine consultation visits. 

Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 2018

Acceptability, adaptation, and clinical outcomes of acupuncture provided in the emergency department: a retrospective pilot study. 

Pain Medicine. 2017

presentations

Presentation

Relaxation response versus health education for systolic hypertension: a randomized controlled trial [presentation], Integrative Health Research Conference

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Rachael L. Rivard, MPH

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