Matthew H. Samore

Matthew H. Samore, MD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Biomedical Informatics , Primary - Internal Medicine , Adjunct - Family & Preventive Medicine , Adjunct - Population Health Sciences

Divisions: Public Health , Epidemiology

Board Certification

  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
  • National Board of Medical Examiners

Matthew Samore, MD is the Principal Investigator of both the Salt Lake VA Informatics Decision Enhancement and Surveillance (IDEAS) Center and the VA Consortium for Healthcare Informatics Research. He is a Professor of Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Informatics, and Division Chief of Epidemiology at the University of Utah.

Dr. Samore attended the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine then completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. Afterwards, he completed his fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Beth Israel Hospital in Infectious Diseases. Dr. Samore was a member of the faculty of Harvard Medical School for 8 years, where his expertise encompassed epidemiologic methods, electronic surveillance, and decision-support systems.
As the Division Chief, Dr. Samore has spearheaded program building efforts in health services research and informatics at the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System and University of Utah. He has broad-based experience in leading multi-disciplinary research programs. He has received funding from FDA, AHRQ, CDC, and VA.

Education History

Undergraduate Macalester College
 BA
Professional Medical University of Wisconsin/Med School
 MD
Internship Barnes Hospital/Washington University
 Intern
Residency Barnes Hospital/Washington University
 Resident
Fellowship Beth Israel/Brigham & Women's Hospital
 Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Gundlapalli AV, Olson J, Smith SP, Baza M, Hausam RR, Eutropius LJ, Pestotnik SL, Duncan K, Staggers N, Pincetl P, Samore M (2007). Hospital electronic medical record-based public health surveillance system deployed during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. American journal of infection control, 35(3), 163-71. (Read full article)
  2. Jones M, Samore MH, Carter M, Rubin M (2012). Long-term care facilities in Utah: a description of human and information technology resources applied to infection control practice. American journal of infection control, 40(5), 446-50. (Read full article)
  3. Alhmidi H, Cadnum JL, Koganti S, Jencson AL, Bonomo RA, Wilson BM, Mayer J, Samore MH, Donskey C (2020). Shedding of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli by colonized patients during procedures and patient care activities. American journal of infection control, 48(11), 1336-1340. (Read full article)
  4. Mayer J, Stone ND, Leecaster M, Hu N, Pettey W, Samore M, Pacheco SM, Sambol S, Donskey C, Jencson A, Gupta K, Strymish J, Johnson D, Woods C, Young E, McDonald LC, Gerding (2020). Reinforcement of an infection control bundle targeting prevention practices for Clostridioides difficile in Veterans Health Administration nursing homes. American journal of infection control, 48(6), 626-632. (Read full article)
  5. Mulvey D, Mayer J, Visnovsky L, Samore M, Drews (2019). Frequent and unexpected deviations from personal protective equipment guidelines increase contamination risks. American journal of infection control, 47(9), 1146-1147. (Read full article)
  6. Nebeker JR, Barach P, Samore M (2004). Clarifying adverse drug events: a clinician's guide to terminology, documentation, and reporting. Annals of internal medicine, 140(10), 795-801. (Read full article)
  7. Bucher BT, Shi J, Ferraro JP, Skarda DE, Samore MH, Hurdle JF, Gundlapalli AV, Chapman WW, Finlayson SR (2020). Portable Automated Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections Using Natural Language Processing: Development and Validation. Annals of surgery, 272(4), 629-636. (Read full article)
  8. Rubin MA, Bateman K, Alder S, Donnelly S, Stoddard GJ, Samore M (2005). A multifaceted intervention to improve antimicrobial prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in a small rural community. Clinical infectious diseases, 40(4), 546-53. (Read full article)
  9. Mayer J, Greene T, Howell J, Ying J, Rubin MA, Trick WE, Samore M (2012). Agreement in classifying bloodstream infections among multiple reviewers conducting surveillance. Clinical infectious diseases, 55(3), 364-70. (Read full article)
  10. Jones M, Ying J, Huttner B, Evans M, Maw M, Nielson C, Rubin MA, Greene T, Samore M (2014). Relationships between the importation, transmission, and nosocomial infections of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an observational study of 112 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Clinical infectious diseases, 58(1), 32-9. (Read full article)
  11. Toth DJA, Khader K, Beams A, Samore M (2019). Model-based Assessment of the Effect of Contact Precautions Applied to Surveillance-detected Carriers of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Long-term Acute Care Hospitals. Clinical infectious diseases, 69(Suppl 3), S206-S213. (Read full article)
  12. Drews FA, Mulvey D, Stratford K, Samore MH, Mayer (2019). Evaluation of a Redesigned Personal Protective Equipment Gown. Clinical infectious diseases, 69(Suppl 3), S199-S205. (Read full article)
  13. Harrod M, Petersen L, Weston LE, Gregory L, Mayer J, Samore MH, Drews FA, Krein S (2019). Understanding Workflow and Personal Protective Equipment Challenges Across Different Healthcare Personnel Roles. Clinical infectious diseases, 69(Suppl 3), S185-S191. (Read full article)
  14. Stevens VW, Khader K, Echevarria K, Nelson RE, Zhang Y, Jones M, Timbrook TT, Samore MH, Rubin M (2020). Use of Oral Vancomycin for Clostridioides difficile Infection and the Risk of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci. Clinical infectious diseases, 71(3), 645-651. (Read full article)
  15. Stenehjem E, Wallin A, Fleming-Dutra KE, Buckel WR, Stanfield V, Brunisholz KD, Sorensen J, Samore MH, Srivastava R, Hicks LA, Hersh A (2020). Antibiotic Prescribing Variability in a Large Urgent Care Network: A New Target for Outpatient Stewardship. Clinical infectious diseases, 70(8), 1781-1787. (Read full article)
  16. Graber CJ, Jones MM, Goetz MB, Madaras-Kelly K, Zhang Y, Butler JM, Weir C, Chou AF, Youn SY, Samore MH, Glassman P (2020). Decreases in Antimicrobial Use Associated With Multihospital Implementation of Electronic Antimicrobial Stewardship Tools. Clinical infectious diseases, 71(5), 1168-1176. (Read full article)
  17. Rhoads JLW, Willson TM, Sutton JD, Spivak ES, Samore MH, Stevens V (2021). Epidemiology, Disposition, and Treatment of Ambulatory Veterans With Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. Clinical infectious diseases, 72(4), 675-681. (Read full article)
  18. Brown KA, Daneman N, Jones M, Nechodom K, Stevens V, Adler FR, Goetz MB, Mayer J, Samore (2017). The Drivers of Acute and Long-term Care Clostridium difficile Infection Rates: A Retrospective Multilevel Cohort Study of 251 Facilities. Clinical infectious diseases, 65(8), 1282-1288. (Read full article)
  19. Evans RS, Lloyd JF, Stoddard GJ, Nebeker JR, Samore M (2005). Risk factors for adverse drug events: a 10-year analysis. The Annals of pharmacotherapy, 39(7-8), 1161-8. (Read full article)
  20. Hung M, Carter M, Hayden C, Dzierzon R, Morales J, Snow L, Butler J, Bateman K, Samore (2012). Psychometric Assessment of the Patient Activation Measure Short Form (Pam-13) in Rural Settings. Quality of life research,
  21. Peltan ID, Brown SM, Bledsoe JR, Sorensen J, Samore MH, Allen TL, Hough C (2019). ED Door-to-Antibiotic Time and Long-term Mortality in Sepsis. Chest, 155(5), 938-946. (Read full article)
  22. Gawron AJ, Cole G, Hu N, Thompson WK, Fang J, Samore (2017). Regional Variability of Repeat Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Use in the National Veteran Population. Digestive diseases and sciences, 62(9), 2303-2310. (Read full article)
  23. Drews FA, Markewitz BA, Stoddard GJ, Samore M (2019). Interruptions and Delivery of Care in the Intensive Care Unit. Human factors, 61(4), 564-576. (Read full article)
  24. Nebeker JR, Virmani R, Bennett CL, Hoffman JM, Samore MH, Alvarez J, Davidson CJ, McKoy JM, Raisch DW, Whisenant BK, Yarnold PR, Belknap SM, West DP, Gage JE, Morse RE, Gligoric G, Davidson L, Feldman M (2006). Hypersensitivity cases associated with drug-eluting coronary stents: a review of available cases from the Research on Adverse Drug Events and Reports (RADAR) project. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 47(1), 175-81. (Read full article)
  25. Huttner B, Jones M, Rubin MA, Madaras-Kelly K, Nielson C, Goetz MB, Neuhauser MM, Samore M (2012). Double trouble: how big a problem is redundant anaerobic antibiotic coverage in Veterans Affairs medical centres?. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 67(6), 1537-9. (Read full article)
  26. Huttner B, Jones M, Huttner A, Rubin M, Samore M (2013). Antibiotic prescription practices for pneumonia, skin and soft tissue infections and urinary tract infections throughout the US Veterans Affairs system. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 68(10), 2393-9. (Read full article)
  27. Jones M, Huttner B, Leecaster M, Huttner A, Damal K, Tanner W, Nielson C, Rubin MA, Goetz MB, Madaras-Kelly K, Samore M (2014). Does universal active MRSA surveillance influence anti-MRSA antibiotic use? A retrospective analysis of the treatment of patients admitted with suspicion of infection at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers between 2005 and 2010. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 69(12), 3401-8. (Read full article)
  28. Chou AF, Graber CJ, Zhang Y, Jones M, Goetz MB, Madaras-Kelly K, Samore M, Glassman P (2018). Specifying an implementation framework for Veterans Affairs antimicrobial stewardship programmes: using a factor analysis approach. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 73(9), 2559-2566. (Read full article)
  29. Madaras-Kelly K, Jones M, Remington R, Caplinger CM, Huttner B, Jones B, Samore (2016). Antimicrobial de-escalation of treatment for healthcare-associated pneumonia within the Veterans Healthcare Administration. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 71(2), 539-46. (Read full article)
  30. Mayer J, Mooney B, Gundlapalli A, Harbarth S, Stoddard GJ, Rubin MA, Eutropius L, Brinton B, Samore M (2011). Dissemination and sustainability of a hospital-wide hand hygiene program emphasizing positive reinforcement. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 32(1), 59-66. (Read full article)
  31. Jones M, Huttner B, Madaras-Kelly K, Nechodom K, Nielson C, Bidwell Goetz M, Neuhauser MM, Samore MH, Rubin M (2012). Parenteral to oral conversion of fluoroquinolones: low-hanging fruit for antimicrobial stewardship programs?. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 33(4), 362-7.
  32. Alhmidi H, Cadnum JL, Koganti S, Jencson AL, Rutter JD, Bonomo RA, Wilson BM, Mayer J, Samore MH, Donskey C (2019). Shedding of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by colonized patients during procedures and patient care activities. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 40(3), 328-332. (Read full article)
  33. Visnovsky LD, Zhang Y, Leecaster MK, Safdar N, Barko L, Haroldsen C, Mulvey DL, Nevers M, Shaughnessy C, Stratford KM, Drews FA, Samore MH, Mayer (2019). Effectiveness of a multisite personal protective equipment (PPE)-free zone intervention in acute care. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 40(7), 761-766. (Read full article)
  34. Jones M, Huttner B, Madaras-Kelly K, Nechodom K, Nielson C, Bidwell Goetz M, Neuhauser MM, Samore MH, Rubin M (2012). Parenteral to oral conversion of fluoroquinolones: low-hanging fruit for antimicrobial stewardship programs?. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 33(4), 362-7. (Read full article)
  35. Stevens VW, Shoemaker HE, Jones MM, Jones BE, Nelson RE, Khader K, Samore MH, Rubin M (2020). Validation of the SHEA/IDSA severity criteria to predict poor outcomes among inpatients and outpatients with Clostridioides difficile infection. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 41(5), 510-516. (Read full article)
  36. Hruza HR, Velasquez T, Madaras-Kelly KJ, Fleming-Dutra KE, Samore MH, Butler J (2020). Evaluation of clinicians' knowledge, attitudes, and planned behaviors related to an intervention to improve acute respiratory infection management. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 41(6), 672-679. (Read full article)
  37. Donskey CJ, Sunkesula VCK, Stone ND, Gould CV, McDonald LC, Samore M, Mayer J, Pacheco SM, Jencson AL, Sambol SP, Petrella LA, Gulvik CA, Gerding D (2018). Transmission of Clostridium difficile from asymptomatically colonized or infected long-term care facility residents. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 39(8), 909-916. (Read full article)
  38. Chiang HY, Perencevich EN, Nair R, Nelson RE, Samore M, Khader K, Chorazy ML, Herwaldt LA, Blevins A, Ward MA, Schweizer M (2017). Incidence and Outcomes Associated With Infections Caused by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in the United States: Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 38(2), 203-215. (Read full article)
  39. Chou AF, Graber CJ, Jones M, Zhang Y, Goetz MB, Madaras-Kelly K, Samore M, Kelly A, Glassman P (2016). Characteristics of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs at Veterans Affairs Hospitals: Results of a Nationwide Survey. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 37(6), 647-54. (Read full article)
  40. Kates AE, Tischendorf JS, Schweizer M, Herwaldt L, Samore M, Dukes KC, Gerding DN, Diekema DJ, Safdar (2018). Research Agenda for Microbiome Based Research for Multidrug-resistant Organism Prevention in the Veterans Health Administration System. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 39(2), 202-209. (Read full article)
  41. Bennett CL, Nebeker JR, Lyons EA, Samore MH, Feldman MD, McKoy JM, Carson KR, Belknap SM, Trifilio SM, Schumock GT, Yarnold PR, Davidson CJ, Evens AM, Kuzel TM, Parada JP, Cournoyer D, West DP, Sartor O, Tallman MS, Raisch D (2005). The Research on Adverse Drug Events and Reports (RADAR) project. JAMA, 293(17), 2131-40. (Read full article)
  42. Samore MH, Bateman K, Alder SC, Hannah E, Donnelly S, Stoddard GJ, Haddadin B, Rubin MA, Williamson J, Stults B, Rupper R, Stevenson (2005). Clinical decision support and appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing: a randomized trial. JAMA, 294(18), 2305-14. (Read full article)
  43. Samore MH, Shen S, Greene T, Stoddard G, Sauer B, Shinogle J, Nebeker J, Harbarth (2007). A simulation-based evaluation of methods to estimate the impact of an adverse event on hospital length of stay. Medical care, 45(10 Supl 2), S108-15. (Read full article)
  44. Nebeker JR, Yarnold PR, Soltysik RC, Sauer BC, Sims SA, Samore MH, Rupper RW, Swanson KM, Savitz LA, Shinogle J, Xu (2007). Developing indicators of inpatient adverse drug events through nonlinear analysis using administrative data. Medical care, 45(10 Supl 2), S81-8. (Read full article)
  45. Gundlapalli AV, Jones AL, Redd A, Divita G, Brignone E, Pettey WBP, Carter ME, Samore MH, Blais RK, Fargo J (2019). Combining Natural Language Processing of Electronic Medical Notes With Administrative Data to Determine Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Disclosure and Documentation of Military Sexual Trauma in Veterans. Medical care, 57 Suppl 6 Suppl 2, S149-S156. (Read full article)
  46. Divita G, Carter M, Redd A, Zeng Q, Gupta K, Trautner B, Samore M, Gundlapalli (2015). Scaling-up NLP Pipelines to Process Large Corpora of Clinical Notes. Methods of information in medicine, 54(6), 548-52. (Read full article)
  47. Fridkin S, Baggs J, Fagan R, Magill S, Pollack LA, Malpiedi P, Slayton R, Khader K, Rubin MA, Jones M, Samore MH, Dumyati G, Dodds-Ashley E, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Jernigan J, Shehab N, Herrera R, McDonald CL, Schneider A, Srinivasan A, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2014). Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among hospitalized patients. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 63(9), 194-200. (Read full article)
  48. Jones M, Jernigan JA, Evans ME, Roselle GA, Hatfield KM, Samore M (2019). Vital Signs: Trends in Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers - United States, 2005-2017. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 68(9), 220-224. (Read full article)
  49. Toth DJA, Keegan LT, Samore MH, Khader K, O'Hagan JJ, Yu H, Quintana A, Swerdlow D (2020). Modeling the potential impact of administering vaccines against Clostridioides difficile infection to individuals in healthcare facilities. Vaccine, 38(37), 5927-5932. (Read full article)
  50. Nelson NC, Evans RS, Samore MH, Gardner R (2005). Detection and prevention of medication errors using real-time bedside nurse charting. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 12(4), 390-7. (Read full article)
  51. Rubin MA, Bateman K, Donnelly S, Stoddard GJ, Stevenson K, Gardner RM, Samore M (2006). Use of a personal digital assistant for managing antibiotic prescribing for outpatient respiratory tract infections in rural communities. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 13(6), 627-34. (Read full article)
  52. Gesteland PH, Livnat Y, Galli N, Samore MH, Gundlapalli A (2012). The EpiCanvas infectious disease weather map: an interactive visual exploration of temporal and spatial correlations. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 19(6), 954-9. (Read full article)
  53. Gundlapalli AV, Redd A, Carter M, Divita G, Shen S, Palmer M, Samore M (2013). Validating a strategy for psychosocial phenotyping using a large corpus of clinical text. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 20(e2), e355-64. (Read full article)
  54. Gundlapalli AV, Rubin MA, Samore MH, Lopansri B, Lahey T, McGuire HL, Winthrop KL, Dunn JJ, Willick SE, Vosters RL, Waeckerle JE, Carroll KC, Gwaltney JM Jr, Hayden FG, Elstad MR, Sande M (2006). Influenza, Winter Olympiad, 2002. Emerging infectious diseases, 12(1), 144-6. (Read full article)
  55. Harbarth S, Gundlapalli AV, Stockdale W, Samore M (2003). Shortage of penicillin G: impact on antibiotic prescribing at a US tertiary care centre. International journal of antimicrobial agents, 21(5), 484-7. (Read full article)
  56. Nelson RE, Samore MH, Smith KJ, Harbarth S, Rubin M (2010). Cost-effectiveness of adding decolonization to a surveillance strategy of screening and isolation for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers. Clinical microbiology and infection, 16(12), 1740-6. (Read full article)
  57. Khanafer N, Daneman N, Greene T, Simor A, Vanhems P, Samore M, Brown K (2018). Susceptibilities of clinical Clostridium difficile isolates to antimicrobials: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies since 1970. Clinical microbiology and infection, 24(2), 110-117. (Read full article)
  58. Divita G, Shen S, Carter ME, Redd A, Forbush T, Palmer M, Samore MH, Gundlapalli A (2014). Recognizing Questions and Answers in EMR Templates Using Natural Language Processing. Studies in health technology and informatics, 202, 149-52. (Read full article)
  59. Gundlapalli AV, Redd A, Carter ME, Palmer M, Peterson R, Samore M (2014). Exploring patterns in resource utilization prior to the formal identification of homelessness in recently returned veterans. Studies in health technology and informatics, 202, 265-8. (Read full article)
  60. Staes CJ, Gesteland PH, Allison M, Mottice S, Rubin M, Shakib JH, Boulton R, Wuthrich A, Carter ME, Leecaster M, Samore MH, Byington C (2009). Urgent care providers' knowledge and attitude about public health reporting and pertussis control measures: implications for informatics. Journal of public health management and practice, 15(6), 471-8. (Read full article)
  61. South BR, Shen S, Jones M, Garvin J, Samore MH, Chapman WW, Gundlapalli A (2009). Developing a manually annotated clinical document corpus to identify phenotypic information for inflammatory bowel disease. BMC bioinformatics, 10 Suppl 9, S12. (Read full article)
  62. Rubin MA, Samore M (2002). Antimicrobial Use and Resistance. Current infectious disease reports, 4(6), 491-497. (Read full article)
  63. Roosan D, Weir C, Samore M, Jones M, Rahman M, Stoddard GJ, Del Fiol (2017). Identifying complexity in infectious diseases inpatient settings: An observation study. Journal of biomedical informatics, 71S, S13-S21. (Read full article)
  64. Gundlapalli AV, Divita G, Redd A, Carter ME, Ko D, Rubin M, Samore M, Strymish J, Krein S, Gupta K, Sales A, Trautner B (2017). Detecting the presence of an indwelling urinary catheter and urinary symptoms in hospitalized patients using natural language processing. Journal of biomedical informatics, 71S, S39-S45. (Read full article)
  65. Gundlapalli AV, Redd D, Gibson B, Carter M, Korhonen C, Nebeker J, Samore M, Zeng-Treiltler (2014). Exploring the Value of Free Text Queries for Patient Cohort Identification Using Electronic Medical Records. BMC health services research,
  66. Jones M, DuVall SL, Spuhl J, Samore MH, Nielson C, Rubin (2012). Identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus within the nation's Veterans Affairs medical centers using natural language processing. BMC medical informatics and decision making, 12, 34. (Read full article)
  67. Jones MM, DuVall SL, Spuhl J, Samore MH, Nielson C, Rubin (2012). Extraction of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Data from the Nation's Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. BMC medical informatics and decision making, 12, 34.
  68. Thomas A, Redd A, Khader K, Leecaster M, Greene T, Samore (2013). Efficient parameter estimation for models of healthcare-associated pathogen transmission in discrete and continuous time. Mathematical medicine and biology,
  69. Thomas A, Khader K, Redd A, Leecaster M, Zhang Y, Jones M, Greene T, Samore (2018). Extended models for nosocomial infection: parameter estimation and model selection. Mathematical medicine and biology, 35(suppl_1), 29-49. (Read full article)
  70. Gundlapalli AV, Tang H, Tonnierre C, Stoddard G, Rolfs RT, Evans RS, Samore M (2007). Validity of electronic medical record-based rules for the early detection of meningitis and encephalitis. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 299-303. (Read full article)
  71. South BR, Chapman WW, Delisle S, Shen S, Kalp E, Perl T, Samore MH, Gundlapalli A (2008). Optimizing A syndromic surveillance text classifier for influenza-like illness: Does document source matter?. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 692-6. (Read full article)
  72. Gesteland PH, Allison MA, Staes CJ, Samore MH, Rubin MA, Carter ME, Wuthrich A, Kinney AY, Mottice S, Byington C (2008). Clinician use and acceptance of population-based data about respiratory pathogens: implications for enhancing population-based clinical practice. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 232-6. (Read full article)
  73. Rubin MA, Mayer J, Greene T, Sauer BC, Hota B, Trick W, Jernigan JA, Samore M (2008). An agent-based model for evaluating surveillance methods for catheter-related bloodstream infection. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 631-5. (Read full article)
  74. Tran LT, Divita G, Redd A, Carter ME, Samore M, Gundlapalli A (2015). Scaling Out and Evaluation of OBSecAn, an Automated Section Annotator for Semi-Structured Clinical Documents, on a Large VA Clinical Corpus. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 2015, 1204-13. (Read full article)
  75. Hannah EL, Johnson JR, Angulo F, Haddadin B, Williamson J, Samore M (2009). Molecular analysis of antimicrobial-susceptible and -resistant Escherichia coli from retail meats and human stool and clinical specimens in a rural community setting. Foodborne pathogens and disease, 6(3), 285-95. (Read full article)
  76. Toth DJ, Gundlapalli AV, Schell WA, Bulmahn K, Walton TE, Woods CW, Coghill C, Gallegos F, Samore MH, Adler F (2013). Quantitative models of the dose-response and time course of inhalational anthrax in humans. PLoS pathogens, 9(8), e1003555. (Read full article)
  77. Rubin MA, Jones M, Leecaster M, Khader K, Ray W, Huttner A, Huttner B, Toth D, Sablay T, Borotkanics RJ, Gerding DN, Samore M (2013). A simulation-based assessment of strategies to control Clostridium difficile transmission and infection. PloS one, 8(11), e80671. (Read full article)
  78. Leecaster M, Toth DJ, Pettey WB, Rainey JJ, Gao H, Uzicanin A, Samore (2016). Estimates of Social Contact in a Middle School Based on Self-Report and Wireless Sensor Data. PloS one, 11(4), e0153690. (Read full article)
  79. Drews, F.A., Wallace, J., Bernuzillo, J., Markewitz, B., and Samore, (2012). Protocol adherence in the Intensive Care Unit. Human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing, 22(1), 21-31.
  80. Khader K, Thomas A, Jones M, Toth D, Stevens V, Samore MH, CDC Modeling Infectious Diseases in Healthcare Program (MInD-Healthcare) (2019). Variation and trends in transmission dynamics of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in veterans affairs hospitals and nursing homes. Epidemics, 28, 100347. (Read full article)
  81. Gundlapalli AV, South BR, Phansalkar S, Kinney AY, Shen S, Delisle S, Perl T, Samore M (2008). Application of Natural Language Processing to VA Electronic Health Records to Identify Phenotypic Characteristics for Clinical and Research Purposes. Summit on translational bioinformatics, 2008, 36-40. (Read full article)
  82. South BR, Shen S, Chapman WW, Delisle S, Samore MH, Gundlapalli A (2010). Analysis of False Positive Errors of an Acute Respiratory Infection Text Classifier due to Contextual Features. Summit on translational bioinformatics, 2010, 56-60. (Read full article)
  83. South BR, Shen S, Jones M, Garvin J, Samore MH, Chapman WW, Gundlapalli A (2009). Developing a manually annotated clinical document corpus to identify phenotypic information for inflammatory bowel disease. Summit on translational bioinformatics, 2009, 1-32. (Read full article)
  84. Gundlapalli A, Divita G, Carter M, Shen S, Palmer M, Forbush T, South B, Redd A, Sauer B, Samore (2013). Extracting Surveillance Data from Templated Sections of an Electronic Medical Note: Challenges and Opportunities. Online journal of public health informatics, 5(1),
  85. McVay TR, Garrett G C, Celena B P, Klaus B, Fang JC, Chapman WW, Samore MH, Gawron A (2019). Natural Language Processing Accurately Identifies Dysphagia Indications for Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Procedures in a Large US Integrated Healthcare System: Implications for Classifying Overuse and Quality Measurement. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science, 2019, 665-671. (Read full article)
  86. Roosan D, Del Fiol G, Butler J, Livnat Y, Mayer J, Samore M, Jones M, Weir (2016). Feasibility of Population Health Analytics and Data Visualization for Decision Support in the Infectious Diseases Domain: A pilot study. Applied clinical informatics, 7(2), 604-23. (Read full article)
  87. Jones BE, Ying J, Stevens V, Haroldsen C, He T, Nevers M, Christensen MA, Nelson RE, Stoddard GJ, Sauer BC, Yarbrough PM, Jones MM, Goetz MB, Greene T, Samore M (2020). Empirical Anti-MRSA vs Standard Antibiotic Therapy and Risk of 30-Day Mortality in Patients Hospitalized for Pneumonia. JAMA internal medicine, 180(4), 552-560. (Read full article)
  88. Bostwick AD, Jones BE, Paine R, Goetz MB, Samore M, Jones (2019). Potential Impact of Hospital-acquired Pneumonia Guidelines on Empiric Antibiotics. An Evaluation of 113 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 16(11), 1392-1398. (Read full article)
  89. Barlam TF, Childs E, Zieminski SA, Meshesha TM, Jones KE, Butler JM, Damschroder LJ, Goetz MB, Madaras-Kelly K, Reardon CM, Samore MH, Shen J, Stenehjem E, Zhang Y, Drainoni M (2020). Perspectives of Physician and Pharmacist Stewards on Successful Antibiotic Stewardship Program Implementation: A Qualitative Study. Open forum infectious diseases, 7(7), ofaa229. (Read full article)
  90. Pontefract B, Nevers M, Fleming-Dutra KE, Hersh A, Samore M, Madaras-Kelly (2019). Diagnosis and Antibiotic Management of Otitis Media and Otitis Externa in United States Veterans. Open forum infectious diseases, 6(11), ofz432. (Read full article)
  91. Bohan JG, Remington R, Jones M, Samore M, Madaras-Kelly (2016). Outcomes Associated With Antimicrobial De-escalation of Treatment for Pneumonia Within the Veterans Healthcare Administration. Open forum infectious diseases, 4(1), ofw244. (Read full article)
  92. Roosan D, Samore M, Jones M, Livnat Y, Clutter (2016). Big-Data Based Decision-Support Systems to Improve Clinicians' Cognition. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, 2016, 285-288. (Read full article)
  93. Kumar J, Eilertson B, Cadnum JL, Whitlow CS, Jencson AL, Safdar N, Krein SL, Tanner WD, Mayer J, Samore MH, Donskey C (2019). Environmental Contamination with Candida Species in Multiple Hospitals Including a Tertiary Care Hospital with a Candida auris Outbreak. Pathogens & immunity, 4(2), 260-270. (Read full article)
  94. Marra AR, Perencevich EN, Nelson RE, Samore M, Khader K, Chiang HY, Chorazy ML, Herwaldt LA, Diekema DJ, Kuxhausen MF, Blevins A, Ward MA, McDanel JS, Nair R, Balkenende E, Schweizer M (2020). Incidence and Outcomes Associated With Clostridium difficile Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA network open, 3(1), e1917597. (Read full article)
  95. Rubin MA, Mayer J, Greene T, Sauer BC, Hota B, Trick WE, Jernugan JA, Samore M (2008). An agent based model for evaluating surveillance methods for catheter-related bloodstream infection. 631-5.
  96. Xu W, Pickard S, Silver MP, Hougland P, Mashter C, Donnely S, Nebeker J, Samore M, Williams S (2006). Patient Safety Events in Utah, 2001.
  97. Mayer J, Shen S, South BR, Meystre S, Friedlin FJ, Samore M (2009). Creation of an Annotation Schema and a Reference Standard for De-identification of VA Electronic Clinical Notes.
  98. Stenehjem E, Wallin A, Willis P, Kumar N, Seibert AM, Buckel WR, Stanfield V, Brunisholz KD, Fino N, Samore MH, Srivastava R, Hicks LA, Hersh A (2023). Implementation of an Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative in a Large Urgent Care Network. JAMA network open, 6(5), e2313011. (Read full article)
  99. Jones BE, Ying J, Nevers M, Rutter ED, Chapman AB, Brenner R, Samore MH, Greene (2023). Hospital admission decisions for older Veterans with community-onset pneumonia: An analysis of 118 U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Academic emergency medicine, 30(4), 398-409. (Read full article)
  100. Tjilos M, Drainoni ML, Burrowes SAB, Butler JM, Damschroder LJ, Bidwell Goetz M, Madaras-Kelly K, Reardon CM, Samore MH, Shen J, Stenehjem EA, Zhang Y, Barlam T (2023). A qualitative evaluation of frontline clinician perspectives toward antibiotic stewardship programs. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 44(12), 1-7. (Read full article)
  101. Stern SE, Christensen MA, Nevers MR, Ying J, McKenna C, Munro S, Rhee C, Samore MH, Klompas M, Jones B (2023). Electronic surveillance criteria for non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia: Assessment of reliability and validity. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 1-7. (Read full article)
  102. Kiser AC, Eilbeck K, Ferraro JP, Skarda DE, Samore MH, Bucher (2022). Standard Vocabularies to Improve Machine Learning Model Transferability With Electronic Health Record Data: Retrospective Cohort Study Using Health Care-Associated Infection. JMIR medical informatics, 10(8), e39057. (Read full article)
  103. Nelson RE, Hyun D, Jezek A, Samore M (2022). Mortality, Length of Stay, and Healthcare Costs Associated With Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections Among Elderly Hospitalized Patients in the United States. Clinical infectious diseases, 74(6), 1070-1080. (Read full article)
  104. Butler JM, Gibson B, Patterson OV, Damschroder LJ, Halls CH, Denhalter DW, Samore MH, Li H, Zhang Y, DuVall S (2022). Clinician documentation of patient centered care in the electronic health record. BMC medical informatics and decision making, 22(1), 65. (Read full article)
  105. Chhibber A, Kharat A, Duong K, Nelson RE, Samore MH, Wilson FA, Chaiyakunapruk (2022). Strategies to minimize inequity in COVID-19 vaccine access in the US: Implications for future vaccine rollouts. Lancet regional health. Americas, 7, 100138. (Read full article)
  106. Peltan ID, McLean SR, Murnin E, Butler AM, Wilson EL, Samore MH, Hough CL, Dean NC, Bledsoe JR, Brown S (2022). Prevalence, Characteristics, and Outcomes of Emergency Department Discharge Among Patients With Sepsis. JAMA network open, 5(2), e2147882. (Read full article)
  107. Tedijanto C, Nevers M, Samore MH, Lipsitch (2022). Antibiotic Use and Presumptive Pathogens in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. Clinical infectious diseases, 74(1), 105-112. (Read full article)
  108. Burrowes SAB, Drainoni ML, Tjilos M, Butler JM, Damschroder LJ, Goetz MB, Madaras-Kelly K, Reardon CM, Samore MH, Shen J, Stenehjem E, Zhang Y, Barlam T (2021). Survey of physician and pharmacist steward perceptions of their antibiotic stewardship programs. Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology, 1(1), e48. (Read full article)
  109. Toth DJA, Beams AB, Keegan LT, Zhang Y, Greene T, Orleans B, Seegert N, Looney A, Alder SC, Samore M (2021). High variability in transmission of SARS-CoV-2 within households and implications for control. PloS one, 16(11), e0259097. (Read full article)
  110. Shi J, Hurdle JF, Johnson SA, Ferraro JP, Skarda DE, Finlayson SRG, Samore MH, Bucher B (2021). Natural language processing for the surveillance of postoperative venous thromboembolism. Surgery, 170(4), 1175-1182. (Read full article)
  111. Love J, Keegan LT, Angulo FJ, McLaughlin JM, Shea KM, Swerdlow DL, Samore MH, Toth DJ (2021). Continued need for non-pharmaceutical interventions after COVID-19 vaccination in long-term-care facilities. Scientific reports, 11(1), 18093. (Read full article)
  112. Love J, Wimmer MT, Toth DJA, Chandran A, Makhija D, Cooper CK, Samore MH, Keegan L (2021). Comparison of antigen- and RT-PCR-based testing strategies for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in two high-exposure settings. PloS one, 16(9), e0253407. (Read full article)
  113. Bucher BT, Yang M, Arndorfer J, Frame C, Orton J, Samore MH, Dascomb K (2021). Changes in the accuracy of administrative data for the detection of surgical site infections. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 42(9), 1128-1130. (Read full article)
  114. Taber P, Weir C, Butler JM, Graber CJ, Jones MM, Madaras-Kelly K, Zhang Y, Chou AF, Samore MH, Goetz MB, Glassman P (2021). Social dynamics of a population-level dashboard for antimicrobial stewardship: A qualitative analysis. American journal of infection control, 49(7), 862-867. (Read full article)
  115. Sobczyk J, Pyne MT, Barker A, Mayer J, Hanson KE, Samore MH, Noriega (2021). Efficient and effective single-step screening of individual samples for SARS-CoV-2 RNA using multi-dimensional pooling and Bayesian inference. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 18(179), 20210155. (Read full article)
  116. Ahmed SM, Shah RU, Fernandez V, Grineski S, Brintz B, Samore MH, Ferrari MJ, Leung DT, Keegan L (2021). Robust Testing in Outpatient Settings to Explore COVID-19 Epidemiology: Disparities in Race/Ethnicity and Age, Salt Lake County, Utah, 2020. Public health reports (Washington, D.C., 136(3), 345-353. (Read full article)
  117. Khader K, Thomas A, Stevens V, Visnovsky L, Nevers M, Toth D, Keegan LT, Jones M, Rubin M, Samore M (2021). Association Between Contact Precautions and Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Veterans Affairs Hospitals. JAMA network open, 4(3), e210971. (Read full article)
  118. Christensen MA, Nevers M, Ying J, Haroldsen C, Stevens V, Jones MM, Yarbrough PM, Goetz MB, Restrepo MI, Madaras-Kelly K, Samore MH, Jones B (2021). Simulated Adoption of 2019 Community-Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines Across 114 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: Estimated Impact on Culturing and Antibiotic Selection in Hospitalized Patients. Clinical infectious diseases, 72(Suppl 1), S59-S67. (Read full article)
  119. Khader K, Thomas A, Huskins WC, Stevens V, Keegan LT, Visnovsky L, Samore M (2021). Effectiveness of Contact Precautions to Prevent Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Intensive Care Units. Clinical infectious diseases, 72(Suppl 1), S42-S49. (Read full article)
  120. Tanner WD, Leecaster MK, Zhang Y, Stratford KM, Mayer J, Visnovsky LD, Alhmidi H, Cadnum JL, Jencson AL, Koganti S, Bennett CP, Donskey CJ, Noble-Wang J, Reddy SC, Rose LJ, Watson L, Ide E, Wipperfurth T, Safdar N, Arasim M, Macke C, Roman P, Krein SL, Loc-Carrillo C, Samore M (2021). Environmental Contamination of Contact Precaution and Non-Contact Precaution Patient Rooms in Six Acute Care Facilities. Clinical infectious diseases, 72(Suppl 1), S8-S16. (Read full article)
  121. Nelson RE, Goto M, Samore MH, Jones M, Stevens VW, Evans ME, Schweizer ML, Perencevich EN, Rubin M (2021). Expanding an Economic Evaluation of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Prevention Initiative to Include Prevention of Infections From Other Pathogens. Clinical infectious diseases, 72(Suppl 1), S50-S58. (Read full article)
  122. Toth DJA, Samore MH, Nelson R (2021). Economic Evaluations of New Antibiotics: The High Potential Value of Reducing Healthcare Transmission Through Decolonization. Clinical infectious diseases, 72(Suppl 1), S34-S41. (Read full article)
  123. Khader K, Munoz-Price LS, Hanson R, Stevens V, Keegan LT, Thomas A, Pezzin LE, Nattinger A, Singh S, Samore M (2021). Transmission Dynamics of Clostridioides difficile in 2 High-Acuity Hospital Units. Clinical infectious diseases, 72(Suppl 1), S1-S7. (Read full article)
  124. Nelson RE, Hatfield KM, Wolford H, Samore MH, Scott RD, Reddy SC, Olubajo B, Paul P, Jernigan JA, Baggs (2021). National Estimates of Healthcare Costs Associated With Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections Among Hospitalized Patients in the United States. Clinical infectious diseases, 72(Suppl 1), S17-S26. (Read full article)
  125. Stevens VW, Russo EM, Young-Xu Y, Leecaster M, Zhang Y, Zhang C, Yu H, Cai B, Gonzalez EN, Gerding DN, Lawrence J, Samore M (2021). Identification of patients at risk of Clostridioides difficile infection for enrollment in vaccine clinical trials. Vaccine, 39(3), 536-544. (Read full article)
  126. Beams A, Keegan LT, Adler FR, Samore MH, Khader K, Toth DJ (2023). Are Staphylococcus aureus Carrier Types Evidence of Population Heterogeneity?. American journal of epidemiology, 192(3), 455-466. (Read full article)
  127. Samore MH, Looney A, Orleans B, Greene T, Seegert N, Delgado JC, Presson A, Zhang C, Ying J, Zhang Y, Shen J, Slev P, Gaulin M, Yang MJ, Pavia AT, Alder S (2021). Probability-Based Estimates of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Seroprevalence and Detection Fraction, Utah, USA. Emerging infectious diseases, 27(11), 2786-2794. (Read full article)
  128. Hartsell JD, Staes C, Allen KS, Dunn AC, Wilson FA, Samore MH, Shoaf (2024). Navigating the Landscape: Barriers and Facilitators in Electronic Case Reporting Implementation Across Public Health Agencies. Journal of public health management and practice, 30(3), E102-E111. (Read full article)
  129. Millar MM, Mayer J, Crook J, Stratford KM, Huber T, Samore M (2024). Factors associated with testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 and evaluation of a recruitment protocol among healthcare personnel in a COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness study. Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology, 4(1), e47. (Read full article)
  130. Hartsell J, Wilson FA, Shoaf K, Dunn A, Samore MH, Staes C (2024). An economic evaluation of the expansion of electronic case reporting in an academic healthcare setting. JAMIA open, 7(1), ooad102. (Read full article)
  131. Vanneman ME, Samore MH, Zheng T, Pettey WBP, Fagerlin A, Harris AH (2023). Choosing Veterans Affairs: Determinants of post-9/11 Veterans' enrollment in Veterans Affairs health care. Medicine, 102(33), e34814. (Read full article)
  132. Hartsell JD, Leung DT, Zhang Y, Delgado JC, Alder SC, Samore M (2023). Sex difference in the discordance between Abbott Architect and EuroImmun serological assays. PeerJ, 11, e15247. (Read full article)
  133. Chapman AB, Peterson KS, Rutter E, Nevers M, Ying J, Classen D, Jones M, Samore M, Jones (2024). A Linguistic Analysis Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on Pneumonia Diagnosis and Disease Models. Studies in health technology and informatics, 310, 1444-1445. (Read full article)
  134. Naranjo D, Kimball E, Nelson J, Samore M, Alder SC, Stroupe K, Evans CT, Weaver FM, Ray C, Kale I, Galyean PO, Zickmund (2023). Differences in perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination between vaccine hesitant and non-hesitant persons. PloS one, 18(9), e0290540. (Read full article)
  135. Nelson Chang NC, Leecaster M, Fridkin S, Dube W, Katz M, Polgreen P, Roghmann MC, Khader K, Li L, Dumyati G, Tsay R, Lynfield R, Mahoehney JP, Nadle J, Hutson J, Pierce R, Zhang A, Wilson C, Haroldsen C, Mulvey D, Reddy SC, Stone ND, Slayton RB, Thompson ND, Stratford K, Samore M, Visnovsky L (2023). Assessing Pathogen Transmission Opportunities: Variation in Nursing Home Staff-Resident Interactions. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 24(5), 735.e1-735.e9. (Read full article)
  136. Jones BE, Ying J, Nevers MR, Alba PR, Patterson OV, Peterson KS, Rutter E, Christensen MA, Stern S, Jones MM, Gundlapalli A, Dean NC, Samore MC, Greene (2022). Trends in Illness Severity, Hospitalization, and Mortality for Community-Onset Pneumonia at 118 US Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Journal of general internal medicine, 37(15), 3839-3847. (Read full article)
  137. Yoo M, Madaras-Kelly K, Nevers M, Fleming-Dutra KE, Hersh AL, Ying J, Haaland B, Samore M, Nelson R (2022). A Veterans' Healthcare Administration (VHA) antibiotic stewardship intervention to improve outpatient antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 43(10), 1389-1395. (Read full article)
  138. Mietchen MS, Short CT, Samore M, Lofgren ET, CDC Modeling Infectious Diseases in Healthcare Program (MInD-Healthcare (2022). Examining the impact of ICU population interaction structure on modeled colonization dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS computational biology, 18(7), e1010352. (Read full article)
  139. Jones BE, Ying J, Nevers M, Alba PR, He T, Patterson OV, Jones MM, Stevens V, Shen J, Humpherys J, Peterson KS, Rutter ED, Gundlapalli AV, Weir CR, Dean NC, Fine MJ, Samore MC, Greene T (2021). Computerized Mortality Prediction for Community-acquired Pneumonia at 117 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 18(7), 1175-1184. (Read full article)
  140. Rovelsky SA, Remington RE, Nevers M, Pontefract B, Hersh AL, Samore M, Madaras-Kelly (2021). Comparative effectiveness of amoxicillin versus amoxicillin-clavulanate among adults with acute sinusitis in emergency department and urgent care settings. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 2(3), e12465. (Read full article)
  141. Peltan ID, Bledsoe JR, Jacobs JR, Groat D, Klippel C, Adamson M, Hooper GA, Tinker NJ, Foster RA, Stenehjem EA, Moores Todd TD, Balls A, Avery J, Brunson G, Jones J, Bair J, Dorais A, Samore MH, Hough CL, Brown S (2024). Effectiveness and Safety of an Emergency Department Code Sepsis Protocol: A Pragmatic Clinical Trial. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 21(11), 1560-1571. (Read full article)
  142. Toth DJA, Sheets TR, Beams AB, Ahmed SM, Seegert N, Love J, Keegan LT, Samore M (2024). Model-based estimates of age-structured SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology in households. BMC public health, 24(1), 2965. (Read full article)
  143. Brown T, Fagerlin A, Samore MH, Harris AHS, Galyean P, Zickmund S, Pettey WBP, Vanneman M (2024). Information and resources VA health system leaders need to manage enrollment and retention for Post-9/11 veterans. Health services research, 59(5), e14351. (Read full article)
  144. Brintz BJ, Madaras-Kelly K, Nevers M, Echevarria KL, Goetz MB, Samore M (2024). Predicting antibiotic resistance in Enterobacterales to support optimal empiric treatment of urinary tract infections in outpatient veterans. Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology, 4(1), e118. (Read full article)
  145. Jones BE, Chapman AB, Ying J, Rutter ED, Nevers MR, Baker A, Dean NC, Fix ML, Singh H, Cosby KS, Taber PA, Weir CD, Jones MM, Samore MH, Butler J (2024). Diagnostic Discordance, Uncertainty, and Treatment Ambiguity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia : A National Cohort Study of 115 U.S. Veterans Affairs Hospitals. Annals of internal medicine, 177(9), 1179-1189. (Read full article)
  146. Mitchell C, Keegan LT, Le TTT, Khader K, Beams A, Samore MH, Toth DJ (2024). Importance of underlying mechanisms for interpreting relative risk of Clostridioides difficile infection among antibiotic-exposed patients in healthcare facilities. PloS one, 19(8), e0306622. (Read full article)
  147. Shoemaker H, Li H, Zhang Y, Mayer J, Rubin M, Haroldsen C, Millar MM, Gesteland PH, Pavia AT, Keegan LT, Cole JM, Dorsan E, Doane M, Stratford K, Samore (2025). Association between social activities and risk of COVID-19 in a cohort of healthcare personnel. Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology, 5(1), e29. (Read full article)
  148. Peltan ID, Rahmati K, Bledsoe JR, Yoneoka Y, Alvarez F, Plendl M, Taillac PP, Youngquist ST, Samore MM, Hough CL, Brown S (2025). Performance Evaluation of Prehospital Sepsis Prediction Models. Critical care medicine, 53(4), e973-e978. (Read full article)
  149. Pham TM, Zhang Y, Nevers M, Li H, Khader K, Grad YH, Lipsitch M, Samore (2024). Trends in infection incidence and antimicrobial resistance in the US Veterans Affairs Healthcare System: a nationwide retrospective cohort study (2007-22). The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 24(12), 1333-1346. (Read full article)
  150. Rahmati K, Brown SM, Bledsoe JR, Passey P, Taillac PP, Youngquist ST, Samore MM, Hough CL, Peltan I (2024). Validation and comparison of triage-based screening strategies for sepsis. The American journal of emergency medicine, 85, 140-147. (Read full article)
  151. Dorsan E, Drews FA, Visnovsky LD, Leecaster M, Jamu SM, Stratford K, Huber T, Higgs H, Samore M (2025). A qualitative study of health care professionals' attitudes and practices of mobile equipment cleaning. American journal of infection control, 53(12), 1245-1251. (Read full article)
  152. Drews FA, Mayer J, Leecaster M, Visonvsky L, Huber T, Samore M (2025). Infection prevention behaviors and perceptions of nurses in a medical intensive care unit. Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology, 5(1), e315. (Read full article)
  153. Toth DJA, Khader K, Mitchell C, Samore M (2025). Transmission thresholds for the spread of infections in healthcare facilities. PLoS computational biology, 21(10), e1013577. (Read full article)
  154. Butler JM, Childs E, Barlam T, Drainoni ML, Reardon C, Zhang Y, Damschroder L, Taber P, Madaras-Kelly K, Goetz M, Burrowes S, Stenehjem E, Shen J, Zhang C, Presson A, Samore M (2025). Assessing hospital antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) implementation: validation of an implementation science-informed survey. Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology, 5(1), e133. (Read full article)
  155. Keegan LT, Tanner W, Orleans B, Slayton RB, Jernigan JA, McDonald LC, Noble-Wang J, Leecaster M, Haroldsen C, Khader K, Toth DJA, O'Sullivan T, Samore MH, Brazelton W, Rubin (2025). Environmental and Health Care Personnel Sampling and Unobserved Clostridium difficile Transmission in ICU. JAMA network open, 8(4), e252787. (Read full article)
  156. Duong KNC, Veettil SK, Nelson RE, Jones BE, Pavia AT, Nguyen DT, Jones MM, Samore MH, Zickmund SL, Galyean P, Chaiyakunapruk (2025). COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Strategies in Utah from Local Health Departments' Perspectives: A Qualitative Analysis of Focus Group Discussions. Health equity, 9(1), 31-40. (Read full article)

Review

  1. Drews FA, Musters A, Samore MH, Henriksen K, Battles JB, Keyes MA, Grady M (2008). Error Producing Conditions in the Intensive Care Unit. (Read full article)
  2. Rubin MA, Samore M (2001). Antibiotic resistance in outpatient populations. V(3), 1-6.
  3. Madaras-Kelly KJ, Rovelsky SA, McKie RA, Nevers MR, Ying J, Haaland BA, Kay CL, Christopher ML, Hicks LA, Samore M (2023). Implementation and outcomes of a clinician-directed intervention to improve antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections within the Veterans' Affairs Healthcare System. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 44(5), 746-754. (Read full article)
  4. Meredith HR, Arehart E, Grantz KH, Beams A, Sheets T, Nelson R, Zhang Y, Vinik RG, Barfuss D, Pettit JC, McCaffrey K, Dunn AC, Good M, Frattaroli S, Samore MH, Lessler J, Lee EC, Keegan L (2021). Coordinated Strategy for a Model-Based Decision Support Tool for Coronavirus Disease, Utah, USA. Emerging infectious diseases, 27(5), 1259-1265. (Read full article)
  5. Veettil SK, Schwerer L, Kategeaw W, Toth D, Samore MH, Hutubessy R, Chaiyakunapruk (2023). Scoping review of modelling studies assessing the impact of disruptions to essential health services during COVID-19. BMJ open, 13(9), e071799. (Read full article)
  6. Lipsitch M, Bassett MT, Brownstein JS, Elliott P, Eyre D, Grabowski MK, Hay JA, Johansson MA, Kissler SM, Larremore DB, Layden JE, Lessler J, Lynfield R, MacCannell D, Madoff LC, Metcalf CJE, Meyers LA, Ofori SK, Quinn C, Bento AI, Reich NG, Riley S, Rosenfeld R, Samore MH, Sampath R, Slayton RB, Swerdlow DL, Truelove S, Varma JK, Grad Y (2024). Infectious disease surveillance needs for the United States: lessons from Covid-19. Frontiers in public health, 12, 1408193. (Read full article)
  7. Duong KNC, Nguyen DT, Kategeaw W, Liang X, Khaing W, Visnovsky LD, Veettil SK, McFarland MM, Nelson RE, Jones BE, Pavia AT, Coates E, Khader K, Love J, Vega Yon GG, Zhang Y, Willson T, Dorsan E, Toth DJA, Jones MM, Samore MH, Chaiyakunapruk (2024). Incorporating social determinants of health into transmission modeling of COVID-19 vaccine in the US: a scoping review. Lancet regional health. Americas, 35, 100806. (Read full article)
  8. Grant R, Rubin M, Abbas M, Pittet D, Srinivasan A, Jernigan JA, Bell M, Samore M, Harbarth S, Slayton RB, 2023 IPC Think Tank participant (2024). Expanding the use of mathematical modeling in healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention and control. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 45(8), 1-6. (Read full article)
  9. Cho JY, Prakash T, Lam W, Seegert N, Samore MH, Pavia AT, Nelson RE, Chaiyakunapruk (2025). Understanding macroeconomic indicators affected by COVID-19 containment policies in the United States: a scoping review. Health affairs scholar, 3(4), qxaf045. (Read full article)

Book Chapter

  1. Krall, Michael, Gundlapalli Adi, Samore Matthew (2014). Population management: Prospects for Use of Large Databases forr Disease management and On-the-Fly Prediction/Prognosis.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Gundlapalli A, Divita G, Carter M, Shen S, Palemer M, Forbush T, South B, Redd A, Sauer B, Samore (2013). Online Journal of Public Health Informatics. Online journal of public health informatics, 5(1),
  2. Jeanmarie Mayer, Brett South, Louise Eutropius, Barbara Mooney, Britt Brinton, Michael Rubin, Matthew Samor (2006). Application of a Geographical Information System (GIS) to Enhance Hospital-wide Surveillance for C difficile.
  3. South B, Gundlapalli A, Phansalkar S, Shen S, Delisle S, Perl T, Samore M (2007). Automated Detection of GI Syndrome using Structured and Non-Structured Data from the VA EMR.
  4. Gundlapalli A, Byington C, Greenberg R, Poritz M, Meyer L, Korgenski K, Benuzillo J, Carter M, Wuthrich-Reggio A, Pettey W, Fjelstad M, Jacketta C, Stoddard G, Daly J, Pavia A, Samore (2007). Naso-Pharyngeal Carriage of Common and Emergin Respiratory Viruses in Health Care Workers.
  5. Gundlapalli A, Doyle G, Sanchez J, Connelly C, Mooney B, Eutropius L, Mayer J, Rubin M, Babit (2007). Improving Health Care Worker Staffing During an Influenza Pandemic: Insights from a Hospital-Based On-Line Survey.
  6. Samore M, Mayer J (2007). Use of Survival Analysis to Evaluate Mechanisms of Transmission of Hospital Acquired-Clostridium difficile.
  7. Sauer B, Nebeker J, Rupper R, Samore M (2007). Serum Potassium Monitoring and Hyperkalemia in Veterans using Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Inhibitors.
  8. Sauer BC, Nebeker JR, Shen S, Rupper R, Samore (2014). Identification of possible adverse drug reactions using population-based administrative data. Proc. 2011, 60-66.
  9. Sauer BC, Shen S, Nebeker J, Rupper R, Samore (2011). Identification of Possible Adverse Drug Reactions using Population-based Administrative Data. 1(1), 60-66.
  10. Gundlapalli A, Ma X, Benuzillo J, Pettey W, Greenberg R, Hales J, Leecaster M, Samore (2009). Social network analyses of patient-healthcare worker interactions: implications for disease transmission. 2009, 213-7.
  11. South BR, Shen S, Jones M, Garvin J, Samore MH, Chapman WW. Gundlapalli AV (2009). Applying Annotation Methods to Large Repositories of Electronic Clinical Documents to extract Phenotypic Information: Where Should We Start the Search?. Spring2009,
  12. DuVall SL, South BR, D'Avolio LW, Shen S, Boone KW, Gundlapalli AV, Nebeker JR, Samore M (2011). Creating Reusable Annotated Corpora Using the Clinical Document Architecture.
  13. Gundlapalli AV, Tang H, Tonnierre C, Stoddard G, Rolfs RT, Evans RS, Samore M (2007). Validity of electronic medical record-based rules for the early detection of meningitis and encephalitis. 299-303.
  14. South BR, Shen S, Chapman WW, Delisle S, Samore MH, Gundlapalli A (2010). Analysis of False Positive Errors of an Acute Respiratory Infection Text Classifier due to Contextual Features. 2010(Mar 1), 56-60.
  15. South B, Palmer M, Shen S, Divita G, DuVall SL, Samore MH, Gundlapalli A (2011). Using Clinician Mental Models to Guide Annotation of Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Syndromes found in VA Clinical Documents. Paper presented at: International Society for Disease Surveillance Annual Conference.

Editorial

  1. Graber CJ, Jones MM, Glassman PA, Weir C, Butler J, Nechodom K, Kay CL, Furman AE, Tran TT, Foltz C, Pollack LA, Samore MH, Goetz M (2015). Taking an Antibiotic Time-out: Utilization and Usability of a Self-Stewardship Time-out Program for Renewal of Vancomycin and Piperacillin-Tazobactam. Hospital pharmacy, 50(11), 1011-24. (Read full article)
  2. Weir CR, Rubin MA, Nebeker J, Samore (2017). Modeling the mind: How do we design effective decision-support?. Journal of biomedical informatics, 71S, S1-S5. (Read full article)
  3. Rubin MA, Nelson RE, Samore M (2021). Matching Methods to Problems: Using Data Science and Transmission Modeling to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance. Clinical infectious diseases, 72(Suppl 1), S74-S76. (Read full article)

Letter

  1. Harbarth S, Gundlapalli AV, Samore M (2001). Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus. The New England journal of medicine, 344(18), 1400; author reply 1400-1. (Read full article)

Abstract

  1. Ergonul MO, Gundlapalli AV, Lloyd J, Evans S, Pestotnik S, Burke JP, Mozaffari E, Lofgren KL, Samore M (2001). Intravenous Catheter-Related Adverse Events Associated with Antibiotic Therapy Directed toward Gram-Positive Bacteria.
  2. Gundlapalli AV, Harbarth S, Stockdale W, Samore M (2001). Shortage of Penicillin G: Impact on Antibiotic Prescribing at a Tertiary Care Center.
  3. Mayer J, Howell J, Greene T, Rubin M, Ray W, Nordberg B, Hayden C, Nechodom P, Samore (2010). Assessing inter-rater reliability of surveillance decisions by infection preventionists.
  4. Wallace CJ, Mayer J, Eutropious L, Matthews L, Wiggins JB, Matherly A, Samore (2010). Observing Infection prevention adherance in complex wound care.
  5. Gundlapalli A, Mooney B, Eutropius L, Stockdale W, Townsend S, Faatz J, Turlak A, Carroll K, Harbarth S, Samore (2001). A Multi-Dimensional Intervention to Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance: Preliminary Results.
  6. Gundlapalli A, Mooney B, Eutropius L, Stockdale W, Turlak A, Carroll K, Harbarth S, Samore M (2001). Impact of Hand Hygiene and Isolation Precautions on the Transmission Nosocomial Organisms.
  7. Jones M, Huttner B, Huttner A, Nielson C, Samore M, Rubin M (2012). Can Active Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance Increase Vancomycin Use? A Retrospective Analysis of Antibiotic Use and Microbiology Data from 129 Veterans Affairs Hospitals between 2005 and 2010.
  8. Jones M, Huttner B, Nechodom K, Nielson C, Rubin M, Samore (2012). Rapid Turnaround Time and Improved Adoption of PCR for Admission Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening at Veterans Affairs Hospitals.
  9. Jones, M, Rubin, M, Greene, T, Leecaster, M, Spuhl, J, Nielson, C, Evans, M, Jain, R, Samore, (2011). Comparing the Performance of Clinical History of MRSA vs. Active Surveillance at Individual and Hospital Ward Levels.
  10. Shen S, South BR, Jones MM, Garvin JH, Samore MH, Chapman WW, Gundlapalli A (2009). Using Open Source Tools to Build an Annotated Corpora for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. AMIA. Orlando, FA. Accepted and presented as a poster by Shuying Shen.
  11. Jones MM, Samore MH, Nechodom P, Rubin M (2009). Surveillance for hospital-acquired VRE and MRPA infections using electronic algorithms. Infectious Disease Society of America. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Accepted as a poster. Received IDSA fellow's travel grant.
  12. Jones, M., Huttner, B., Mayer, J., Rubin, M., Madaras-Kelly, M., Samore, M (2011). Variation of Inpatient Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Facilities of the Veterans Health Administration between 2005 and 2009.
  13. Jones, M., Ying, J.,Greene, T., Leecaster, M., Huttner, B., Mayer, J., Rubin, M., Samore, M (2011). Analysis of MRSA Transmission Dynamics in the Veterans Affairs System.
  14. Jones MM, Samore MH, Nechodom P, Rubin M (2010). Comparison of Automated and Manual Methods of Estimating Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Rates. SHEA. Atlanta. Accepted as a poster.
  15. Jones, M, Leecaster, M, Ford, L, Spuhl, J, Howell, J, Nechodom, P, Samore, M, Rubin, (2010). Bias Over Time When Human Reviewers Diagnose Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Due to Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
  16. Jones MM, Samore MH, Jernigan JA, O'Connor-Wright S, Nechodom P, Rubin (2008). Surveillance for hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) infections using electronic algorithms. SHEA. San Diego. Accepted and oral presentation delivered by Makoto Jones 3/21/09.
  17. South BR, Gundlapalli AV, Phansalkar S, Shen S, Delisle S, Perl T, Samore M (2008). Supporting VA EPRP Measures for Vaccination using Text-Processing and NLP.
  18. Shen S, Stone N, Hatch B, Rolf R, South BR, Gundlapalli AV, Staes C, Samore M (2008). Pilot Evaluation of Syndrome-Specific School Absenteeism Data for Public Health Surveillance.
  19. South BR, Gundlapalli AV, Phansalkar S, Shen S, Delisle S, Perl T, Samore M (2007). Adaptation of the NegEx Algorithm to Veterans Affairs Electronic Text Documents for Identification of Influenza-like Illness.
  20. Gundlapalli A, Hill M, Price A, Risk I, Samore M, Staes (2007). 6th Annual Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Meeting, Atlanta, 2008.
  21. South BR, Gundlapalli AV, Phansalkar S, Shen S, Delisle S, Perl T, Samore M (2007). Applying NLP Methods to Veterans Affairs Electronic Notes to Improve Information Sources Available for Epidemiologic Investigation.
  22. Wyman L, Byington C, Rolfs R, Gesteland P, Gundlapalli A, Samore (2007). Population Analysis of Routine Viral Diagnostic Testing as a Novel, Useful Paradigm for Public Health Surveillance.
  23. Shen S, Stone N, Hatch B, Wyman L, Rolfs RT, South BR, Gundlapalli A, Staes CJ, Samore (2008). Evaluation of Sydrome-Specific School Absenteeism Data for Public Health Survelillance.
  24. South B, Wyman L, Shen S, Dimond MS, Rolfs RT, Gundlapalli A, Samore M, Staes C (2008). The Effect of Automated Case Detection on Timeliness of Case Reporting of Influenza-Associated Hospitalization.
  25. Gundlapalli A, Byington C, Greenberg R, Poritz M, Meyer L, Korgenski K, Benuzillo J, Carter M, Wuthrich-Reggio A, Pettey W, Fjestad M, Jacketta C, Stoddard G, Daly J, Pavia A, Samore (2008). Naso-Pharyngeal Carriage of Common and Emerging Respiratory Viruses in Health Care Workers.
  26. Mayer J, South B, Eutropius L, Mooney B, Brinton B, Rubin M, Samore (2006). Application of a Geographical Information System (GIS) to Enhance Hospital-Wide Surveillance for Clostridium Difficile.
  27. Gundlapalli A, Ma X, Benuzillo J, Pettey W, Greenberg R, Hales J, Leecaster M, Samore (2009). Developing Social Networks of Patients and Healthcare Workers in the Emergency Department for Pandemic Influenza Surveillance.
  28. Gundlapalli AV, Ma X, Benuzillo J, Pettey W, Greenberg R, Hales H, Leecaster M, Samore M (2009). Studying Emerging Infections in Social Networks of Patients and Healthcare Workers.
  29. Staes CJ, Gesteland P, Gundlapalli A, Mottice S, Garrett NY, Risk I, Rolfs RT, Samore M, Byington (2009). Evaluation of Public Health Alert Messages Targeted for Clinicians During the Influenza A H1N1 Outbreak.
  30. South BR, Shen S, Jones M, Garvin J, Samore MH (2009), Chapman WW, Gundlapalli A (2009). Applying Annotation Methods to VA Clinical Documents: Where Should We Start the Search?.
  31. South BR, Gundlapalli AV, Kim B, Duvall S, Samore M, Delisle (2009). IDENTIFYING PNEUMONIA CASES USING CHEST X-RAY REPORTS FOR HOSPITAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE.
  32. Shen S, Price CS, McKenna C, Davidson AJ, Gritzer LE, South BR, Gundlapalli A, Samore M, Perl T (2009). A Pilot Investigation of the Stability of Statistically Anomalies generated by BioSense.
  33. Gundlapalli A, Tang H, Tonnierre C, Stoddard G, Rolfs RT, Samore M (2007). Computer-Based Detection of Central Nervous System Syndromes for Public Health Surveillance.
  34. South BR, Gundlapalli AV, Phansalkar S, Shen S, Delisle S, Perl T, Samore M (2007). Automated Detection of GI Syndrome using Structured and Non-Structured Data from the VA EMR.
  35. Mayer J, Mooney B, Gundlapalli A, Eutropius L, Brinton B, Rubin M, Stockdale W, Stoddard G, Samore (2006). Cumulative Benefits of a Hand Hygiene Intervention Based on Ongoing Performance Feedback and an Annually Updated Positive Reinforcement Program.
  36. Mayer J, Howell J, Weir CR, Rubin MA, Greene T, Samore MH (2011). Use of electronic reporting and annotations by Infection Preventionists to describe differences in the application of surveillance criteria.
  37. Wallace CJ, Mayer J, Eutropious L, Matthews L, Wiggins JB, Matherly A, Samore (2010). Journal of Clinical Microbiology.
  38. Shuying Shen, Brett R South, Miland Palmer, Scott Duvall, Richard Nelson, Matthew Samore, Adi V Gundlapall (2010). Classifying Features from VA Clinical Documents to Identify Homeless or At-Risk Veterans.
  39. Shen S, South BR, Palmer M, DuVall SL, Nelson R, Samore M, Gundlapalli A (2011). Classifying Features from VA Clinical Documents to Identify Homeless or At-Risk Veterans.
  40. Brett R South, Miland Palmer, Shuying Shen, Guy Divita, Scott Duvall, Matthew Samore, Adi V Gundlapall (2011). Using Clinician Mental Models to Guide Annotation of Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Syndromes found in VA Clinical Documents.
  41. South BR, Palmer M, Shen S, Divita G, Duvall S, Samore M, Gundlapalli A (2010). Using Clinician Mental Model to Guide Annotation of Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Syndromes found in VA Clinical Documents.
  42. Rattinger GB, Mullins DC, Onukwugha E, Zuckerman IH, South BR, Gundlapalli A, Samore M, DeLisle (2010). Clinical Decision Support at the Time of An e-Prescription Cqan Sustainably Decrease Unwarranted Use of Antibiotics for Acute Respiratory Infections.
  43. Shen S, South BR, Palmer M, Duvall S, Samore M, Gundlapalli A (2010). Identification of Features for Detection and Prediction of Homelessness from VA Clinical Documents.
  44. Reid J, Xu W, Lanier F, Gunlapalli A, Rolfs R, Samore (2010). Agile Management with a Shared Workspace t oCoordinate Large Informatics Projects Among Public Health, Academic, and HIE Partners.

Other

  1. Madaras-Kelly K, Hostler C, Townsend M, Potter EM, Spivak ES, Hall SK, Goetz MB, Nevers M, Ying J, Haaland B, Rovelsky SA, Pontefract B, Fleming-Dutra K, Hicks LA, Samore M (2021). Impact of Implementation of the Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Within Veterans Health Administration Emergency Departments and Primary Care Clinics on Antibiotic Prescribing and Patient Outcomes. Clinical infectious diseases, 73(5), e1126-e1134. (Read full article)
  2. Duong KNC, Le LM, Veettil SK, Saidoung P, Wannaadisai W, Nelson RE, Friedrichs M, Jones BE, Pavia AT, Jones MM, Samore MH, Chaiyakunapruk (2023). Disparities in COVID-19 related outcomes in the United States by race and ethnicity pre-vaccination era: an umbrella review of meta-analyses. Frontiers in public health, 11, 1206988. (Read full article)

Report

  1. Sauer B, Shinogle JA, Xu W, Samore M, Nebeker J, Rupper R, Lux L, Amoozegar J, Lohr (2006). Medicare Prescription Drug Data Development: Methods for Improving Patient Safety and Pharmacovigilance Using Observational Data, RTI International DEcIDE Center.
  2. Sauer BC, Shinogle JA, Xu W, Samore M, Nebeker J, Liu Z, Rupper R, Lux L, Amoozegar J, Lohr K (2008). Improving Patient Safety and Pharmacovigilance: Methods Using Observational Data and Cohort Studies.