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Jennifer Elston Lafata, Ph.D.
Investigator
Contact Information:
Email: jlafata1@hfhs.org
Phone: (313) 874-5454
Fax: (313) 874-7137
Interests:
Colorectal cancer screening and management
Diabetes management
Use of claims data to study medical
care quality and costs
Shared decision-making
Recent Publications:
Cooper GS, Schultz L,
Simpkins J,
Lafata JE.
The Utility of Administrative Data for Measuring Adherence to
Cancer Surveillance Care Guidelines. Medical Care 2007
Jan;45(1):66-45.
Elston
Lafata J,
Kolk D,
Peterson EL, McCarthy BD, Weiss TW, Chen Y, Muma BK. Improving
Osteoporosis Screening: Results from a Randomized Cluster
Trial. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2007 March
Elston Lafata J, Simpkins J,
Kaatz S, Horn JR, Raebel MA, Schultz L, Smith DH, Ulcickas Yood
M. What Do Medical Records Tell Us About Potentially Harmful
Co-Prescribing? The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and
Safety 2007;July;33(7):395-400.
Elston
Lafata J,
Gunter MJ, Hsu J, Kaatz S, Krajenta R, Platt R, Schultz L, Selby
JV, Simon SR,
Simpkins J,
Soumerai SB, Uratsu C. Academic Detailing to Improve Laboratory
Testing among Outpatient Medication Users. Medical Care
October, 2007;45(10)
Joseph
CLM, Peterson E, Havstad S, Johnson CC, Hoerauf S, Stringer S,
Gibson-Scipio W, Ownby DR,
Elston
Lafata J,
Pallonen U, Strecher V. A web-based, tailored
asthma management program for urban, African-American high
school students. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical
Care Medicine 2007 May;175(9):888-95.
Herrinton LJ, Liu L,
Elston
Lafata J,
Allison JE, Andrade SE, Korner EJ, Chan KA, Platt R, Hiatt D,
O'Connor S. Estimation of the Period Prevalence of Inflammatory
Bowel Disease among Nine Health Plans using Computerized
Diagnoses and Outpatient Pharmacy Dispensings. Inflammatory
Bowel Disease 2007 April;13(4):451-61.
Nau D,
Steinke D, Williams LK, Austin R,
Elston
Lafata J,
Divine G, Pladevall M.
Adherence Analysis Using Visual Analog Scale Versus Claims-Based
Estimation. Annals of Pharmacotherapy Epub 2007 October 9.
Raebel
MA, McClure DL, Simon SR, Chan KA, Feldstein A, Andrade SE,
Lafata JE,
Roblin D, Davis RL. Gunter MJ, Platt R. Laboratory monitoring
of potassium and creatinine in ambulatory patients receiving
angiotension converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin
receptor blockers. Pharmacoepidemiology Drug Safety 2007
Jan;16(1):55-64.
Schmittdiel J, Vijan S, Fireman, B,
Elston
Lafata J,
Oestreicher N, Selby J. Predicted Quality-Adjusted Life Years as
a Composite Measure of the Clinical Value of Diabetes Risk
Factor Control. Medical Care 2007 April;45(4):315-21.
Tunceli K,
Bradley CJ, Elston
Lafata J, Pladevall M,
Goodman AC,
Divine
G, Vijan S.
Glycemic Control and Absenteeism among Individuals with
Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2007 May;30(5):1283-5.
Biography:
Jennifer Elston
Lafata, Ph.D. is a Research Scientist with the Center for Health
Services Research at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit,
Michigan. Dr. Lafata is a graduate of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor. She received her doctorate in Health Services Management
and Policy with a concentration in economics from the School of
Public Health at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She
joined the Henry Ford Health System in 1993 where she served as
acting director of the Center for Clinical Effectiveness
(1997-1999) and Director of the Center for Health Services
Research (1999-2005). Her primary research interests include
cancer and diabetes management, and the use of claims data to
evaluate medical care quality and costs. Recently, Dr. Lafata
has been using survey research methods to study colorectal
cancer screening decision making in primary care. She has
participated in NIH sponsored studies evaluating the
appropriateness of using claims data to study the care delivered
to cancer survivors; an AHRQ funded study to evaluate the use of
claims data to detect medication errors in the outpatient
setting; and a CDC funded initiative to improve colorectal
cancer screening rates in primary care. The latter two included
cluster randomized trials to improve adherence to evidence-based
clinical practice guidelines. Through these and other efforts,
she has experience working with delivery and financing
organizations to develop, implement and evaluate interventions
designed to improve routine chronic care management, and has
published on the medical care costs associated with migraine
headaches, false positive cancer screening test results, and
surveillance care among cancer survivors as well as the
effectiveness of mailed patient reminders and web-based care
management support tools for improving routine diabetes
management.
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