Rush, William A., PhD
Retired Research Investigator

Positions

Investigator, Dental/oral health

Publications

selected publications

Journal Article
- 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
- 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
- Clinical inertia in dentistry: a review of the phenomenon. Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice. 2008
- 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? 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 Using Data Mining to Predict Errors in Chronic Disease Care. Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches (Vol. 3: Performance and Tools). 2008
- 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 Poster
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

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