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Whitebird, Robin R., PhD
Former Senior Research Investigator
About
Publications While At HealthPartners
Highlights
selected publications
Journal Article
  • Care coordination in primary care: views of clinicians and clinic leaders. 
    Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 2025
  • Care coordination: how is it implemented and is it different if a social worker is on the team?. 
    Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2025
  • Uncovering four types of care coordination in primary care. 
    Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2025
  • Patient experiences and perceptions of care coordination in primary care. 
    Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 2024
  • The role of care coordination: a qualitative study of care coordinator perceptions. 
    Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 2024
  • Care coordination in primary care: mapping the territory. 
    American Journal of Managed Care. 2023
  • Is there room for individual patient-specified preferences in the patient-reported outcome measurement revolution?. 
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2023
  • The impact of COVID-19 on patients receiving care coordination in primary care: a qualitative study. 
    Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2023
  • Is shared decision-making associated with better patient-reported outcomes? A longitudinal study of patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty. 
    Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2022
  • Is the promise of PROMs being realized? Implementation experience in a large orthopedic practice. 
    American Journal of Medical Quality. 2022
  • Strategies for dose optimization: views from health care systems. 
    Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2022
  • What do orthopaedists believe is needed for incorporating patient-reported outcome measures into clinical care? A qualitative study. 
    Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2022
  • Barriers to CT dose optimization: the challenge of organizational change. 
    Academic Radiology. 2021
  • Personalized outcomes for hip and knee replacement: the patient's point of view. 
    Journal of patient-reported outcomes. 2021
  • What's important: postoperative care planning. Recognizing the central role of pets in many patients' lives. 
    Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume). 2021
  • Organizational factors and quality improvement strategies associated with lower radiation dose from CT examinations. 
    Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2020
  • What outcomes matter to patients after joint or spine surgery?. 
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2020
  • Analysis of computed tomography radiation doses used for lung cancer screening scans. 
    JAMA internal medicine. 2019
  • Potentially preventable hospital and emergency department events: lessons from a large innovation project. 
    The Permanente journal. 2018
  • Reducing diabetes distress and improving self-management with mindfulness. 
    Social Work in Health Care. 2018
  • Clinician burnout and satisfaction with resources in caring for complex patients. 
    General Hospital Psychiatry. 2017
  • Impact of a national collaborative care initiative for patients with depression and diabetes or cardiovascular disease. 
    General Hospital Psychiatry. 2017
  • Patient-centered outcomes measurement: does it require information from patients?. 
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2017
  • A statewide effort to implement collaborative care for depression: reach and impact for all patients with depression. 
    Medical Care. 2016
  • Predictors of poor response to depression treatment in primary care. 
    Psychiatric Services. 2016
  • The effects of patient-centered depression care on patient satisfaction and depression remission. 
    Family Practice. 2016
  • A stepped-wedge evaluation of an initiative to spread the collaborative care model for depression in primary care. 
    Annals of Family Medicine. 2015
  • Impact of health information exchange on emergency medicine clinical decision making. 
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2015
  • It is time to ask patients what outcomes are important to them
    2015
  • Minnesota's early experience with medical home implementation: viewpoints from the front lines. 
    Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2015
  • Organizational factors and change strategies associated with medical home transformation. 
    American Journal of Medical Quality. 2015
  • Preventing chronic pain: a human systems approach-results from a massive open online course. 
    Global advances in health and medicine. 2015
  • The effect of achieving patient-reported outcome measures on satisfaction. 
    Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2015
  • Assessing organizational readiness for depression care quality improvement: relative commitment and implementation capability. 
    Implementation science. 2014
  • Challenges of medical home transformation reported by 118 patient-centered medical home (PCMH) leaders. 
    Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2014
  • Dietary fiber supplementation for fecal incontinence: a randomized clinical trial. 
    Research in Nursing and Health. 2014
  • Effective implementation of collaborative care for depression: what is needed?. 
    American Journal of Managed Care. 2014
  • Healthcare utilization and costs in persons with insomnia in a managed care population. 
    American Journal of Managed Care. 2014
  • How much shared decision making occurs in usual primary care of depression? . 
    Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2014
  • National prevalence of receipt of antidepressant prescriptions by persons without a psychiatric diagnosis. 
    Psychiatric Services. 2014
  • Patient experience and physician/staff satisfaction in transforming medical homes
    2014
  • The effect of depression treatment on work productivity. 
    American Journal of Managed Care. 2014
  • Barriers to improving primary care of depression: perspectives of medical group leaders. 
    Qualitative Health Research. 2013
  • Designing and implementing research on a statewide quality improvement initiative: the DIAMOND study and initiative. 
    Medical Care. 2013
  • Medical home transformation: a gradual process and a continuum of attainment. 
    Annals of Family Medicine. 2013
  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction for family caregivers: a randomized controlled trial. 
    The Gerontologist. 2013
  • Stress, burnout, compassion fatigue, and mental health in hospice workers in Minnesota. 
    Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2013
  • The DIAMOND initiative: implementing collaborative care for depression in 75 primary care clinics. 
    Implementation science. 2013
  • Prevalence of practice system tools for improving depression care among primary care clinics: the DIAMOND initiative. 
    Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2011
  • Recruiting and retaining family caregivers to a randomized controlled trial on mindfulness-based stress reduction. 
    Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2011
  • Severity of depression and magnitude of productivity loss. 
    Annals of Family Medicine. 2011
  • Symptoms associated with dietary fiber supplementation over time in individuals with fecal incontinence. 
    Nursing Research. 2011
  • Use and evaluation of disposable absorbent products for managing fecal incontinence by community-living people. 
    Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing. 2011
  • Comparing community and specialty provider-based recruitment in a randomized clinical trial: clinical trial in fecal incontinence. 
    Research in Nursing and Health. 2010
  • Goals of fecal incontinence management identified by community-living incontinent adults. 
    Western Journal of Nursing Research. 2010
  • Effects of paroxetine and sertraline on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: an observational cohort study. 
    CNS drugs. 2009
  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction and diabetes. 
    Diabetes Spectrum. 2009
  • Depression in patients with diabetes: does it impact clinical goals?. 
    Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2008
  • Measuring an organization's ability to manage change: the change process capability questionnaire and its use for improving depression care. 
    American Journal of Medical Quality. 2008
  • Relationship between the presence of practice systems and the quality of care for depression. 
    American Journal of Medical Quality. 2008
  • The family caregiver: an invisible (and stressed-out) member of your care team. 
    Minn Physician. 2008
  • Variation in quality of diabetes care at the levels of patient, physician, and clinic. 
    Preventing Chronic Disease. 2008
  • Use of practice system tools by medical groups for depression. 
    American Journal of Managed Care. 2007
  • Community-based recruitment and enrollment for a clinical trial on the sensitive issue of fecal incontinence: the Fiber study. 
    Research in Nursing and Health. 2006
  • Impact of office systems and improvement strategies on costs of care for adults with diabetes. 
    Diabetes care. 2006
  • Characteristics of adults who use prayer as an alternative therapy. 
    American Journal of Health Promotion. 2005
  • Health care charges associated with physical inactivity, overweight, and obesity. 
    Preventing Chronic Disease. 2005
  • Predictors of health care costs in adults with diabetes. 
    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
  • Meeting recommendations for multiple healthy lifestyle factors. Prevalence, clustering, and predictors among adolescent, adult, and senior health plan members. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2004
  • Chapter
  • Evaluation and treatment of depression. 
    Office care geriatrics. 2006
  • Conference Poster
  • Highly motivated population provides two successful recruitment methods into the TMD self-care study and PACT program [poster]
    2018
  • PACT: a self-management program for chronic pain utilizing online education and telehealth coaching, findings of the pilot study [poster]
    2018
  • Health care costs and utilization in patients with insomnia: higher medical expenses and declining health often follow treatment [poster]
    2013
  • How to engage patients and clinicians as research partners, and have fun, too [poster]
    2013
  • Improving diabetes management with mindfulness-based stress reduction [poster]
    2013
  • DIAMOND: what predicts poor response to usual depression treatment in primary care? [poster]
    2012
  • Did adult liver transplant recipients who had hepatitis C prior to transplant receive antiviral therapy, January 1997 to June 2009 [poster]
    2012
  • Integrating patient and clinician perspectives in the TransforMN study [poster]
    2012
  • DIAMOND Study: an innovative observational design model for patient-centered comparative effectiveness research [poster]
    2011
  • Burnout, compassion fatigue, and coping among hospice caregivers [poster]
    2010
  • MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction) for caregivers of people with dementia: the Balance Study [poster]
    2010
  • The Minnesota Memory Project [poster]
    2010
  • Absorbent product use and incontinence-associated dermatitis in community-living persons with fecal incontinence [poster]
    2008
  • Are patient experiences of care among adults with diabetes related to health outcomes [poster]?
    2006
  • EMR (Electronic Medical Record) use is not associated with better diabetes care [poster]
    2006
  • Is patient satisfaction related to metabolic control in adults with diabetes [poster]?
    2006
  • Management of adults with chronic kidney disease in primary care: gaps in care [poster]
    2006
  • Patient and physician factors related to intensification of therapy in diabetes patient not at goal [poster]
    2006
  • Patient and physician factors related to the receipt of a diagnosis of depression [poster]
    2006
  • The impact of transitional care and continuity of care in an older population on hospitalist practice [poster]
    2006
  • Transitional care in a health care organization: outcomes of a post-hospital care and care in lieu of hospitalization [poster]
    2006
  • Clinic characteristics that may impact diabetes care outcomes and costs: conceptual approach [poster]
    2005
  • Direct health care costs attributable to physical inactivity and obesity in patients with diabetes, heart disease, both, or neither [poster]
    2003
  • Direct health care costs attributable to physical inactivity, overweight and obesity: analysis of health plan and national data [poster]
    2003
  • Direct health care costs attributable to physical inactivity, overweight, and obesity: analysis of health plan and national data [poster]
    2003
  • Health care costs attributable to physical inactivity, overweight, and obesity: analysis of health plan data [poster]
    2003
  • Organizational characteristics and chronic disease care: a conceptual model [poster]
    2002
  • Abstract
  • Health information exchange frequently changes emergency physician management plan [abstract]. 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2014
  • Improving mental health and diabetes management with mindfulness-based stress reduction [abstract] [presentation]
    2014
  • Use of complementary and alternative medicine in people with diabetes [abstract]. 
    Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2010
  • Impact of mind-body and education-based interventions on physiologic markers of chronic stress in family caregivers of dementia patients [abstract]. 
    Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 2009
  • Recruitment and retention of caregivers for patients with dementia: the Balance Study [abstract]. 
    Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 2009
  • Stress, burnout, compassion fatigue and coping in Minnesota hospice workers [abstract]. 
    The Gerontologist. 2009
  • EMR (Electronic Medical Record) is not associated with better diabetes care [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2007
  • Impact of spiritual and religious beliefs and practices on clinical measures of diabetes care in adults [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2006
  • Is patient satisfaction related to metabolic control in adults with diabetes [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2006
  • Patient and physician factors related to intensification of therapy in diabetes patient not at goal [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2006
  • Sub-acute/transitional care and the acute care episode: a comparison of episodic and annual medical costs in a geriatric population [abstract]. 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2006
  • Biopsychosocial and behavioral correlates of depression and sub-threshold depression in the elderly [abstract]. 
    The Gerontologist. 2004
  • Is patient readiness to change a predictor of improved glycemic control [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2004
  • Relative impact of glycemic control and cardiovascular comorbidity on subsequent resource use among adults with diabetes [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2004
  • The impact of clinic and medical group characteristics on diabetes care outcomes in primary care clinics [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2004
  • Decisional balance and physical activity predict body mass index among sedentary adults and seniors [abstract]. 
    Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 2003
  • presentations
    Presentation
  • Assessing potential selection bias in MCO and community survey data [presentation], HMO Research Network (HMORN) 10th Annual Conference
  • Barriers to improving primary care of depression: a qualitative study [presentation], HMO Research Network (HMORN) 14th Annual Conference: Partnerships in Translation: Advancing Research and Clinical Care
  • Biopsychosocial and behavioral correlates of depression and sub-threshold depression in the elderly [presentation], HealthPartners Research Annual Conference
  • Challenges in recruiting family caregivers to a clinical trial on MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction) for stress reduction [presentation], Gerontological Society of America 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting
  • Diabetes care is no better in clinics that use electronic medical records (EMR) [presentation], AcademyHealth 24th Annual Research Meeting (ARM)
  • EMR (Electronic Medical Record) is not associated with better diabetes care [presentation], Minnesota Health Services Research 11th Annual Conference
  • EMR (Electronic Medical Record) use is not associated with better diabetes care [presentation], HMO Research Network (HMORN) 13th Annual Conference: Building a National Research Model: The Future of HMO-Based Research
  • Health care costs attributable to organizational characteristics: analysis of QUEST data [presentation], Building Bridges 11th Annual Conference: Applying Evidence-Based Solutions to Health Care Priorities
  • Impact of a learning healthcare network on depression outcomes: the DIAMOND initiative [presentation], NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) 22nd Conference on Mental Health Services (MHSR), MHSR 2014: Research in Pursuit of a Mental Health Care System
  • Impact of clinic systems and improvement strategies on costs of care for adults with diabetes [presentation], AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
  • Impact of clinical systems and improvement strategies on costs of care for adults with diabetes [presentation], American Diabetes Association (ADA) 65th Annual Scientific Sessions
  • Improving diabetes management with mindfulness-based stress reduction [presentation], HMORN 20th Annual Conference: Embedded Research to Improve Health
  • Managing diabetes mindfully [presentation], American Association of Diabetes Educators MN Network Spring Symposium
  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction for caregivers: a randomized controlled pilot study [presentation], International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research (5th)
  • Predictors of poor response to usual depression treatment in primary care [presentation] , HMO Research Network (HMORN) 20th Annual Conference: Embedded Research to Improve Health
  • Psychotherapeutic prescription patterns across health plans in the Mental Health Research Network [presentation], HMO Research Network 17th Conference: Collaborations in Population-Based Health Research
  • Quality gaps in management of adults with chronic kidney disease in primary care [presentation], HMO Research Network (HMORN) 12th Annual Conference: Optimizing Practice Through Interdisciplinary Research
  • Readiness to change and diabetes care outcomes [presentation], Minnesota Health Services Conference
  • Stress reduction and caregiving: mindfulness as a path to balance [presentation], Minnesota Gerontological Society Annual Conference
  • Stress, burnout, compassion fatigue and coping among end-of-life care workers in Minnesota [presentation], Minnesota Health Services Research 14th Annual Conference
  • Sub-acute/transition care and the acute care episode: a comparison and episodic and annual medical costs in a geriatric population [presentation], Gerontological Society of America 59th Annual Scientific Meeting
  • Sub-acute/transition care and the acute care episode: a comparison and episodic and annual medical costs in a geriatric population [presentation], HMO Research Network (HMORN) 12th Annual Conference: Optimizing Practice Through Interdisciplinary Research
  • Sub-acute/transition care and the acute care episode: a comparison and episodic and annual medical costs in a geriatric population [presentation], American Geriatric Society Annual Scientific Meeting
  • Taking advantage of natural QI (quality improvement) experiments for implementation research: a DIAMOND opportunity [presentation], HMO Research Network (HMORN) 14th Annual Conference: Partnerships in Translation: Advancing Research and Clinical Care
  • Transformative self-management for chronic pain utilizing online training and telehealth coaching [presentation], Health Care Systems Research Conference
  • Transitional subacute care: outcomes of post-hospital care and care in lieu of hospitalization [presentation], Gerontological Society of America 59th Annual Scientific Meeting
  • Transitional subacute care: outcomes of post-hospital care and care in lieu of hospitalization [presentation], HMO Research Network (HMORN) 12th Annual Conference: Optimizing Practice Through Interdisciplinary Research
  • Using mindfulness-based stress reduction for caregivers of people with dementia [presentation], Minnesota Gerontological Society Annual Conference
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    Publications
    Publications in the past 10 years based solely on publications while at HealthPartners. Publications in prior years appear in grey.
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