Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

Institute for Healthcare Studies
Northwestern University
750 North Lakeshore Drive
10th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611

Telephone 312-503-6464
Fax          312-503-2777

s-persell@northwestern.edu

Recent Journal Publications 

1. Persell SD, Zaslavsky AM, Weissman JS, Ayanian JZ. Age-related differences in preventive care among adults with diabetes. Am J Med. 2004;116:630-634.

2. Persell SD, Keating NL, Landrum MB, Landon BE, Ayanian JZ, Borbas C, Guadagnoli E. Relationship of diabetes-specific knowledge to self-management activities, ambulatory quality of care, and metabolic outcomes. Prev Med. 2004;39:746-752.

3. Persell SD, Heiman HL, Weingart SN, Burdick E, Borus JS, Murff HJ, Bates DW, Gandhi TK. Understanding of drug indications by ambulatory care patients. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2004;61:2523-2527.

4. Persell SD, Baker DW. Aspirin use among adults with diabetes: recent trends and emerging sex disparities. Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:2492-2499.

5. Persell SD, Maviglia SM, Bates DW, Ayanian JZ. Ambulatory hypercholesterolemia management in patients with atherosclerosis: sex and race differences in processes and outcomes. J Gen Intern Med. 2005;20;123-130.

6. Persell SD, Lloyd-Jones DM, Baker DW. Implications of changing National Cholesterol Education Program goals for the treatment and control of hypercholesterolemia. J Gen Intern Med. 2006;71:171-176.

7. Persell SD, Lloyd-Jones DM, Baker DW. National Cholesterol Education Program risk assessment and potential for risk misclassification. Prev Med. 2006;43:368-371.

8. Persell SD, Wright JM, Thompson JA, Kmetik KS, Baker DW. Assessing the validity of national quality measures for coronary artery disease using an electronic health record. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:2272-2277.

9.  Baker DW, Persell SD, Thompson JA, Soman NS, Burgner KM, Liss D, Kmetik KS. Automated review of electronic health records to assess quality of care for outpatients with heart failure. Ann Intern Med. 2007;146:270-277.

10. Persell SD, Osborn CY, Richard R, Skripkauskas, S, Wolf MS. Limited health literacy is a barrier to medication reconciliation in ambulatory care. J Gen Intern Med. 2007; 22:1523-1526.

11. Persell SD, Denecke-Dattalo TA, Dunham DP, Baker DW. Patient-directed intervention versus clinician reminders alone to improve aspirin use in diabetes: a cluster randomized trial. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:98-105.

12. Tanabe P, Persell SD, Adams JG, McCormick J, Martinovich Z, Baker DW. Elevated Blood Pressure in the Emergency Department: Pain, Anxiety, or Undiagnosed Hypertension? Ann Emerg Med. 2008;51:221-229.

13. Persell SD, Kho AN, Thompson JA, Baker DW. Improving hypertension quality measurement using electronic health records. Medical Care. In press.

14. Persell SD, Dunne A, Lloyd-Jones DM, Baker DW Electronic health record-based cardiac risk assessment and identification of unmet preventive needs. Medical Care. In press.