- Schonberg: Overutilization of Breast Cancer Screening in the US
- Alcohol and other drug use in older adults: results from a community needs assessment
- Deprescribing: A simple method for reducing polypharmacy
- Cancer screening in older patients
- Health literacy in primary care practice
- Preventing aspiration pneumonia by addressing three key risk factors: Dysphagia, poor oral hygiene, and medication use
- Strategies to help reduce hospital readmissions
- Bullosis diabeticorum
- Clinical management of urinary incontinence in women
- The effects of a group visit program on outcomes of diabetes care in an urban family practice
- Chronic Disease Management: The Changing Landscape of Primary Care
- Common breast problems
- Racial differences in the recognition of cognitive dysfunction in older persons
- Gait and balance disorders in older adults
- Potential adverse effects of proton pump inhibitors in the elderly
- Diagnosing Cancer in the Symptomatic Patient
- Geriatric dermatology
- Ethical decision making in geriatric medicine
- Late diagnosis of early disseminated lyme disease: Perplexing symptoms in a gardener
- Aspirin + clopidogrel therapy: How does your care compare to the evidence?
Chronic Care Management
Mission
To develop and evaluate innovative chronic illness management initiatives, particularly related to diabetes, hypertension, and integrated behavioral health.
DFCM Research Team
- Amy Cunningham, PhD, MPH (Lead)
- Cynthia Cheng, MD, PhD
- Victor Diaz, MD
- Geoffrey Mills, MD, PhD
- Randa Sifri, MD
Recent Projects
- The effectiveness of a student-run motivational interviewing/meal-replacement dietary program with melatonin for weight loss and cardiovascular risk factor reduction in patients with mild OSA (Provost’s Award)
- Pre-diabetes and diabetes self-management (Funder: DERC)
- Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Training Primary Care Champions (Jeff) (Funder: HRSA)
- The Philly Difference: Connections for Better Chronic Illness Care (Funder: CDC)
- JeffBe Well: Whole Health Integration (Funder: HRSA)
- Accelerating Primary Care Transformation at Jefferson (JeffAPCT) (Funder: HRSA)