Matthew H. Samore

Matthew H. Samore, MD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

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

Divisions: Epidemiology , Epidemiology , Public Health

Academic Office Information

Matthew.Samore@hsc.utah.edu

Board Certification

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

Research Interests

  • Clostridium difficile
  • Measures of Clinical Performance
  • Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens
  • Biomedical Informatics

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

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. 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 AL (2023). Implementation of an Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative in a Large Urgent Care Network. JAMA Netw Open, 6(5), e2313011. (Read full article)
  2. Jones BE, Ying J, Nevers M, Rutter ED, Chapman AB, Brenner R, Samore MH, Greene T (2022). Hospital admission decisions for older Veterans with community-onset pneumonia: An analysis of 118 U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Acad Emerg Med, 30(4), 398-409. (Read full article)
  3. 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 TF (2023). A qualitative evaluation of frontline clinician perspectives toward antibiotic stewardship programs. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 1-7. (Read full article)
  4. Stern SE, Christensen MA, Nevers MR, Ying J, McKenna C, Munro S, Rhee C, Samore MH, Klompas M, Jones BE (2023). Electronic surveillance criteria for non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia: Assessment of reliability and validity. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 1-7. (Read full article)
  5. Beams A, Keegan LT, Adler FR, Samore MH, Khader K, Toth DJA (2021). Are Staphylococcus aureus Carrier Types Evidence of Population Heterogeneity? Am J Epidemiol, 192(3), 455-466. (Read full article)
  6. Kiser AC, Eilbeck K, Ferraro JP, Skarda DE, Samore MH, Bucher B (2022). Standard Vocabularies to Improve Machine Learning Model Transferability With Electronic Health Record Data: Retrospective Cohort Study Using Health Care-Associated Infection. JMIR Med Inform, 10(8), e39057. (Read full article)
  7. Nelson RE, Hyun D, Jezek A, Samore MH (2021). Mortality, Length of Stay, and Healthcare Costs Associated With Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections Among Elderly Hospitalized Patients in the United States. Clin Infect Dis, 74(6), 1070-1080. (Read full article)
  8. Butler JM, Gibson B, Patterson OV, Damschroder LJ, Halls CH, Denhalter DW, Samore MH, Li H, Zhang Y, DuVall SL (2022). Clinician documentation of patient centered care in the electronic health record. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak, 22(1), 65. (Read full article)
  9. Chhibber A, Kharat A, Duong K, Nelson RE, Samore MH, Wilson FA, Chaiyakunapruk N (2021). Strategies to minimize inequity in COVID-19 vaccine access in the US: Implications for future vaccine rollouts. Lancet Reg Health Am, 7, 100138. (Read full article)
  10. Peltan ID, McLean SR, Murnin E, Butler AM, Wilson EL, Samore MH, Hough CL, Dean NC, Bledsoe JR, Brown SM (2022). Prevalence, Characteristics, and Outcomes of Emergency Department Discharge Among Patients With Sepsis. JAMA Netw Open, 5(2), e2147882. (Read full article)
  11. Tedijanto C, Nevers M, Samore MH, Lipsitch M (2020). Antibiotic Use and Presumptive Pathogens in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. Clin Infect Dis, 74(1), 105-112. (Read full article)
  12. 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 TF (2021). Survey of physician and pharmacist steward perceptions of their antibiotic stewardship programs. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol, 1(1), e48. (Read full article)
  13. Toth DJA, Beams AB, Keegan LT, Zhang Y, Greene T, Orleans B, Seegert N, Looney A, Alder SC, Samore MH (2021). High variability in transmission of SARS-CoV-2 within households and implications for control. PLoS One, 16(11), e0259097. (Read full article)
  14. 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 SC (2021). Probability-Based Estimates of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Seroprevalence and Detection Fraction, Utah, USA. Emerg Infect Dis, 27(11), 2786-2794. (Read full article)
  15. Shi J, Hurdle JF, Johnson SA, Ferraro JP, Skarda DE, Finlayson SRG, Samore MH, Bucher BT (2021). Natural language processing for the surveillance of postoperative venous thromboembolism. Surgery, 170(4), 1175-1182. (Read full article)
  16. Love J, Keegan LT, Angulo FJ, McLaughlin JM, Shea KM, Swerdlow DL, Samore MH, Toth DJA (2021). Continued need for non-pharmaceutical interventions after COVID-19 vaccination in long-term-care facilities. Sci Rep, 11(1), 18093. (Read full article)
  17. Love J, Wimmer MT, Toth DJA, Chandran A, Makhija D, Cooper CK, Samore MH, Keegan LT (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)
  18. Bucher BT, Yang M, Arndorfer J, Frame C, Orton J, Samore MH, Dascomb KK (2020). Changes in the accuracy of administrative data for the detection of surgical site infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 42(9), 1128-1130. (Read full article)
  19. Taber P, Weir C, Butler JM, Graber CJ, Jones MM, Madaras-Kelly K, Zhang Y, Chou AF, Samore MH, Goetz MB, Glassman PA (2021). Social dynamics of a population-level dashboard for antimicrobial stewardship: A qualitative analysis. Am J Infect Control, 49(7), 862-867. (Read full article)
  20. Sobczyk J, Pyne MT, Barker A, Mayer J, Hanson KE, Samore MH, Noriega R (2021). Efficient and effective single-step screening of individual samples for SARS-CoV-2 RNA using multi-dimensional pooling and Bayesian inference. J R Soc Interface, 18(179), 20210155. (Read full article)
  21. Ahmed SM, Shah RU, Fernandez V, Grineski S, Brintz B, Samore MH, Ferrari MJ, Leung DT, Keegan LT (2021). Robust Testing in Outpatient Settings to Explore COVID-19 Epidemiology: Disparities in Race/Ethnicity and Age, Salt Lake County, Utah, 2020. Public Health Rep, 136(3), 345-353. (Read full article)
  22. Khader K, Thomas A, Stevens V, Visnovsky L, Nevers M, Toth D, Keegan LT, Jones M, Rubin M, Samore MH (2021). Association Between Contact Precautions and Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Veterans Affairs Hospitals. JAMA Netw Open, 4(3), e210971. (Read full article)
  23. Rhoads JLW, Willson TM, Sutton JD, Spivak ES, Samore MH, Stevens VW (2019). Epidemiology, Disposition, and Treatment of Ambulatory Veterans With Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. Clin Infect Dis, 72(4), 675-681. (Read full article)
  24. Nelson RE, Hatfield KM, Wolford H, Samore MH, Scott RD, Reddy SC, Olubajo B, Paul P, Jernigan JA, Baggs J (2020). National Estimates of Healthcare Costs Associated With Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections Among Hospitalized Patients in the United States. Clin Infect Dis, 72(Suppl 1), S17-S26. (Read full article)
  25. Khader K, Munoz-Price LS, Hanson R, Stevens V, Keegan LT, Thomas A, Pezzin LE, Nattinger A, Singh S, Samore MH (2020). Transmission Dynamics of Clostridioides difficile in 2 High-Acuity Hospital Units. Clin Infect Dis, 72(Suppl 1), S1-S7. (Read full article)
  26. Toth DJA, Samore MH, Nelson RE (2020). Economic Evaluations of New Antibiotics: The High Potential Value of Reducing Healthcare Transmission Through Decolonization. Clin Infect Dis, 72(Suppl 1), S34-S41. (Read full article)
  27. Nelson RE, Goto M, Samore MH, Jones M, Stevens VW, Evans ME, Schweizer ML, Perencevich EN, Rubin MA (2020). Expanding an Economic Evaluation of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Prevention Initiative to Include Prevention of Infections From Other Pathogens. Clin Infect Dis, 72(Suppl 1), S50-S58. (Read full article)
  28. 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 MH (2020). Environmental Contamination of Contact Precaution and Non-Contact Precaution Patient Rooms in Six Acute Care Facilities. Clin Infect Dis, 72(Suppl 1), S8-S16. (Read full article)
  29. Khader K, Thomas A, Huskins WC, Stevens V, Keegan LT, Visnovsky L, Samore MH (2020). Effectiveness of Contact Precautions to Prevent Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Intensive Care Units. Clin Infect Dis, 72(Suppl 1), S42-S49. (Read full article)
  30. Christensen MA, Nevers M, Ying J, Haroldsen C, Stevens V, Jones MM, Yarbrough PM, Goetz MB, Restrepo MI, Madaras-Kelly K, Samore MH, Jones BE (2020). Simulated Adoption of 2019 Community-Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines Across 114 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: Estimated Impact on Culturing and Antibiotic Selection in Hospitalized Patients. Clin Infect Dis, 72(Suppl 1), S59-S67. (Read full article)
  31. Stevens VW, Russo EM, Young-Xu Y, Leecaster M, Zhang Y, Zhang C, Yu H, Cai B, Gonzalez EN, Gerding DN, Lawrence J, Samore MH (2020). Identification of patients at risk of Clostridioides difficile infection for enrollment in vaccine clinical trials. Vaccine, 39(3), 536-544. (Read full article)
  32. Alhmidi H, Cadnum JL, Koganti S, Jencson AL, Bonomo RA, Wilson BM, Mayer J, Samore MH, Donskey CJ (2020). Shedding of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli by colonized patients during procedures and patient care activities. Am J Infect Control, 48(11), 1336-1340. (Read full article)
  33. Bucher BT, Shi J, Ferraro JP, Skarda DE, Samore MH, Hurdle JF, Gundlapalli AV, Chapman WW, Finlayson SRG (2020). Portable Automated Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections Using Natural Language Processing: Development and Validation. Ann Surg, 272(4), 629-636. (Read full article)
  34. Graber CJ, Jones MM, Goetz MB, Madaras-Kelly K, Zhang Y, Butler JM, Weir C, Chou AF, Youn SY, Samore MH, Glassman PA (2019). Decreases in Antimicrobial Use Associated With Multihospital Implementation of Electronic Antimicrobial Stewardship Tools. Clin Infect Dis, 71(5), 1168-1176. (Read full article)
  35. Toth DJA, Keegan LT, Samore MH, Khader K, OHagan JJ, Yu H, Quintana A, Swerdlow DL (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)
  36. Stevens VW, Khader K, Echevarria K, Nelson RE, Zhang Y, Jones M, Timbrook TT, Samore MH, Rubin MA (2019). Use of Oral Vancomycin for Clostridioides difficile Infection and the Risk of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci. Clin Infect Dis, 71(3), 645-651. (Read full article)
  37. 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 ML (2020). Perspectives of Physician and Pharmacist Stewards on Successful Antibiotic Stewardship Program Implementation: A Qualitative Study. Open Forum Infect Dis, 7(7), ofaa229. (Read full article)
  38. 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 D (2019). Reinforcement of an infection control bundle targeting prevention practices for Clostridioides difficile in Veterans Health Administration nursing homes. Am J Infect Control, 48(6), 626-632. (Read full article)
  39. Hruza HR, Velasquez T, Madaras-Kelly KJ, Fleming-Dutra KE, Samore MH, Butler JM (2020). Evaluation of clinicians' knowledge, attitudes, and planned behaviors related to an intervention to improve acute respiratory infection management. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 41(6), 672-679. (Read full article)
  40. Stevens VW, Shoemaker HE, Jones MM, Jones BE, Nelson RE, Khader K, Samore MH, Rubin MA (2020). Validation of the SHEA/IDSA severity criteria to predict poor outcomes among inpatients and outpatients with Clostridioides difficile infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 41(5), 510-516. (Read full article)
  41. Stenehjem E, Wallin A, Fleming-Dutra KE, Buckel WR, Stanfield V, Brunisholz KD, Sorensen J, Samore MH, Srivastava R, Hicks LA, Hersh AL (2019). Antibiotic Prescribing Variability in a Large Urgent Care Network: A New Target for Outpatient Stewardship. Clin Infect Dis, 70(8), 1781-1787. (Read full article)
  42. 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 MH (2020). Empirical Anti-MRSA vs Standard Antibiotic Therapy and Risk of 30-Day Mortality in Patients Hospitalized for Pneumonia. JAMA Intern Med, 180(4), 552-560. (Read full article)
  43. 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 ML (2020). Incidence and Outcomes Associated With Clostridium difficile Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open, 3(1), e1917597. (Read full article)
  44. Bostwick AD, Jones BE, Paine R, Goetz MB, Samore M, Jones M (2019). Potential Impact of Hospital-acquired Pneumonia Guidelines on Empiric Antibiotics. An Evaluation of 113 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Ann Am Thorac Soc, 16(11), 1392-1398. (Read full article)
  45. Kumar J, Eilertson B, Cadnum JL, Whitlow CS, Jencson AL, Safdar N, Krein SL, Tanner WD, Mayer J, Samore MH, Donskey CJ (2019). Environmental Contamination with Candida Species in Multiple Hospitals Including a Tertiary Care Hospital with a Candida auris Outbreak. Pathog Immun, 4(2), 260-270. (Read full article)
  46. Pontefract B, Nevers M, Fleming-Dutra KE, Hersh A, Samore M, Madaras-Kelly K (2019). Diagnosis and Antibiotic Management of Otitis Media and Otitis Externa in United States Veterans. Open Forum Infect Dis, 6(11), ofz432. (Read full article)
  47. Harrod M, Petersen L, Weston LE, Gregory L, Mayer J, Samore MH, Drews FA, Krein SL (2019). Understanding Workflow and Personal Protective Equipment Challenges Across Different Healthcare Personnel Roles. Clin Infect Dis, 69(Suppl 3), S185-S191. (Read full article)
  48. Drews FA, Mulvey D, Stratford K, Samore MH, Mayer J (2019). Evaluation of a Redesigned Personal Protective Equipment Gown. Clin Infect Dis, 69(Suppl 3), S199-S205. (Read full article)
  49. Toth DJA, Khader K, Beams A, Samore MH (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. Clin Infect Dis, 69(Suppl 3), S206-S213. (Read full article)
  50. Mulvey D, Mayer J, Visnovsky L, Samore M, Drews F (2019). Frequent and unexpected deviations from personal protective equipment guidelines increase contamination risks. Am J Infect Control, 47(9), 1146-1147. (Read full article)
  51. 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)
  52. 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 J (2019). Effectiveness of a multisite personal protective equipment (PPE)-free zone intervention in acute care. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 40(7), 761-766. (Read full article)
  53. Drews FA, Markewitz BA, Stoddard GJ, Samore MH (2019). Interruptions and Delivery of Care in the Intensive Care Unit. Hum Factors, 61(4), 564-576. (Read full article)
  54. Gundlapalli AV, Jones AL, Redd A, Divita G, Brignone E, Pettey WBP, Carter ME, Samore MH, Blais RK, Fargo JD (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. Med Care, 57 Suppl 6 Suppl 2, S149-S156. (Read full article)
  55. McVay TR, Garrett G C, Celena B P, Klaus B, Fang JC, Chapman WW, Samore MH, Gawron AJ (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 Jt Summits Transl Sci Proc, 2019, 665-671. (Read full article)
  56. Peltan ID, Brown SM, Bledsoe JR, Sorensen J, Samore MH, Allen TL, Hough CL (2019). ED Door-to-Antibiotic Time and Long-term Mortality in Sepsis. Chest, 155(5), 938-946. (Read full article)
  57. Jones M, Jernigan JA, Evans ME, Roselle GA, Hatfield KM, Samore MH (2019). Vital Signs: Trends in Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers - United States, 2005-2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 68(9), 220-224. (Read full article)
  58. Alhmidi H, Cadnum JL, Koganti S, Jencson AL, Rutter JD, Bonomo RA, Wilson BM, Mayer J, Samore MH, Donskey CJ (2019). Shedding of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by colonized patients during procedures and patient care activities. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 40(3), 328-332. (Read full article)
  59. Chou AF, Graber CJ, Zhang Y, Jones M, Goetz MB, Madaras-Kelly K, Samore M, Glassman PA (2017). Specifying an implementation framework for Veterans Affairs antimicrobial stewardship programmes: using a factor analysis approach. J Antimicrob Chemother, 73(9), 2559-2566. (Read full article)
  60. 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 DN (2018). Transmission of Clostridium difficile from asymptomatically colonized or infected long-term care facility residents. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 39(8), 909-916. (Read full article)
  61. Thomas A, Khader K, Redd A, Leecaster M, Zhang Y, Jones M, Greene T, Samore M (2015). Extended models for nosocomial infection: parameter estimation and model selection. Math Med Biol, 35(suppl_1), 29-49. (Read full article)
  62. Khanafer N, Daneman N, Greene T, Simor A, Vanhems P, Samore M, Brown KA (2017). Susceptibilities of clinical Clostridium difficile isolates to antimicrobials: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies since 1970. Clin Microbiol Infect, 24(2), 110-117. (Read full article)
  63. Kates AE, Tischendorf JS, Schweizer M, Herwaldt L, Samore M, Dukes KC, Gerding DN, Diekema DJ, Safdar N (2018). Research Agenda for Microbiome Based Research for Multidrug-resistant Organism Prevention in the Veterans Health Administration System. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 39(2), 202-209. (Read full article)
  64. Brown KA, Daneman N, Jones M, Nechodom K, Stevens V, Adler FR, Goetz MB, Mayer J, Samore M (2017). The Drivers of Acute and Long-term Care Clostridium difficile Infection Rates: A Retrospective Multilevel Cohort Study of 251 Facilities. Clin Infect Dis, 65(8), 1282-1288. (Read full article)
  65. Gawron AJ, Cole G, Hu N, Thompson WK, Fang J, Samore M (2017). Regional Variability of Repeat Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Use in the National Veteran Population. Dig Dis Sci, 62(9), 2303-2310. (Read full article)
  66. Gundlapalli AV, Divita G, Redd A, Carter ME, Ko D, Rubin M, Samore M, Strymish J, Krein S, Gupta K, Sales A, Trautner BW (2016). Detecting the presence of an indwelling urinary catheter and urinary symptoms in hospitalized patients using natural language processing. J Biomed Inform, 71S, S39-S45. (Read full article)
  67. Roosan D, Weir C, Samore M, Jones M, Rahman M, Stoddard GJ, Del Fiol G (2016). Identifying complexity in infectious diseases inpatient settings: An observation study. J Biomed Inform, 71S, S13-S21. (Read full article)
  68. Chiang HY, Perencevich EN, Nair R, Nelson RE, Samore M, Khader K, Chorazy ML, Herwaldt LA, Blevins A, Ward MA, Schweizer ML (2016). Incidence and Outcomes Associated With Infections Caused by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in the United States: Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 38(2), 203-215. (Read full article)
  69. Bohan JG, Remington R, Jones M, Samore M, Madaras-Kelly K (2016). Outcomes Associated With Antimicrobial De-escalation of Treatment for Pneumonia Within the Veterans Healthcare Administration. Open Forum Infect Dis, 4(1), ofw244. (Read full article)
  70. Roosan D, Del Fiol G, Butler J, Livnat Y, Mayer J, Samore M, Jones M, Weir C (2016). Feasibility of Population Health Analytics and Data Visualization for Decision Support in the Infectious Diseases Domain: A pilot study. Appl Clin Inform, 7(2), 604-23. (Read full article)
  71. Chou AF, Graber CJ, Jones M, Zhang Y, Goetz MB, Madaras-Kelly K, Samore M, Kelly A, Glassman PA (2016). Characteristics of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs at Veterans Affairs Hospitals: Results of a Nationwide Survey. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 37(6), 647-54. (Read full article)
  72. Leecaster M, Toth DJ, Pettey WB, Rainey JJ, Gao H, Uzicanin A, Samore M (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)
  73. Madaras-Kelly K, Jones M, Remington R, Caplinger CM, Huttner B, Jones B, Samore M (2015). Antimicrobial de-escalation of treatment for healthcare-associated pneumonia within the Veterans Healthcare Administration. J Antimicrob Chemother, 71(2), 539-46. (Read full article)
  74. Roosan D, Samore M, Jones M, Livnat Y, Clutter J (2016). Big-Data Based Decision-Support Systems to Improve Clinicians' Cognition. IEEE Int Conf Healthc Inform, 2016, 285-288. (Read full article)
  75. Tran LT, Divita G, Redd A, Carter ME, Samore M, Gundlapalli AV (2015). Scaling Out and Evaluation of OBSecAn, an Automated Section Annotator for Semi-Structured Clinical Documents, on a Large VA Clinical Corpus. AMIA Annu Symp Proc, 2015, 1204-13. (Read full article)
  76. Divita G, Carter M, Redd A, Zeng Q, Gupta K, Trautner B, Samore M, Gundlapalli A (2015). Scaling-up NLP Pipelines to Process Large Corpora of Clinical Notes. Methods Inf Med, 54(6), 548-52. (Read full article)
  77. Jones M, Huttner B, Leecaster M, Huttner A, Damal K, Tanner W, Nielson C, Rubin MA, Goetz MB, Madaras-Kelly K, Samore MH (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. J Antimicrob Chemother, 69(12), 3401-8. (Read full article)
  78. 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 Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 63(9), 194-200. (Read full article)
  79. Gundlapalli AV, Redd D, Gibson B, Carter M, Korhonen C, Nebeker J, Samore M, Zeng-Treiltler Q (3/5/14). Exploring the Value of Free Text Queries for Patient Cohort Identification Using Electronic Medical Records. BMC Health Serv Res.
  80. Jones M, Ying J, Huttner B, Evans M, Maw M, Nielson C, Rubin MA, Greene T, Samore MH (2014). Relationships between the importation, transmission, and nosocomial infections of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an observational study of 112 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Clin Infect Dis, 58(1), 32-9. (Read full article)
  81. Gundlapalli AV, Redd A, Carter ME, Palmer M, Peterson R, Samore MH (2014). Exploring patterns in resource utilization prior to the formal identification of homelessness in recently returned veterans. Stud Health Technol Inform, 202, 265-8. (Read full article)
  82. Divita G, Shen S, Carter ME, Redd A, Forbush T, Palmer M, Samore MH, Gundlapalli AV (2014). Recognizing Questions and Answers in EMR Templates Using Natural Language Processing. Stud Health Technol Inform, 202, 149-52. (Read full article)
  83. Gundlapalli AV, Redd A, Carter M, Divita G, Shen S, Palmer M, Samore MH (2013). Validating a strategy for psychosocial phenotyping using a large corpus of clinical text. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 20(e2), e355-64. (Read full article)
  84. Rubin MA, Jones M, Leecaster M, Khader K, Ray W, Huttner A, Huttner B, Toth D, Sablay T, Borotkanics RJ, Gerding DN, Samore MH (2013). A simulation-based assessment of strategies to control Clostridium difficile transmission and infection. PLoS One, 8(11), e80671. (Read full article)
  85. Thomas A, Redd A, Khader K, Leecaster M, Greene T, Samore M (2013). Efficient parameter estimation for models of healthcare-associated pathogen transmission in discrete and continuous time. Math Med Biol.
  86. Huttner B, Jones M, Huttner A, Rubin M, Samore MH (2013). Antibiotic prescription practices for pneumonia, skin and soft tissue infections and urinary tract infections throughout the US Veterans Affairs system. J Antimicrob Chemother, 68(10), 2393-9. (Read full article)
  87. Toth DJ, Gundlapalli AV, Schell WA, Bulmahn K, Walton TE, Woods CW, Coghill C, Gallegos F, Samore MH, Adler FR (2013). Quantitative models of the dose-response and time course of inhalational anthrax in humans. PLoS Pathog, 9(8), e1003555. (Read full article)
  88. Gundlapalli A, Divita G, Carter M, Shen S, Palmer M, Forbush T, South B, Redd A, Sauer B, Samore M (03/2013). Extracting Surveillance Data from Templated Sections of an Electronic Medical Note: Challenges and Opportunities. Online J Public Health Inform, 5(1).
  89. Gesteland PH, Livnat Y, Galli N, Samore MH, Gundlapalli AV (2012). The EpiCanvas infectious disease weather map: an interactive visual exploration of temporal and spatial correlations. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 19(6), 954-9. (Read full article)
  90. Mayer J, Greene T, Howell J, Ying J, Rubin MA, Trick WE, Samore MH (2012). Agreement in classifying bloodstream infections among multiple reviewers conducting surveillance. Clin Infect Dis, 55(3), 364-70. (Read full article)
  91. Jones M, DuVall SL, Spuhl J, Samore MH, Nielson C, Rubin M (2012). Identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus within the nation's Veterans Affairs medical centers using natural language processing. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak, 12, 34. (Read full article)
  92. Jones M, Samore MH, Carter M, Rubin MA (2012). Long-term care facilities in Utah: a description of human and information technology resources applied to infection control practice. Am J Infect Control, 40(5), 446-50. (Read full article)
  93. Huttner B, Jones M, Rubin MA, Madaras-Kelly K, Nielson C, Goetz MB, Neuhauser MM, Samore MH (2012). Double trouble: how big a problem is redundant anaerobic antibiotic coverage in Veterans Affairs medical centres? J Antimicrob Chemother, 67(6), 1537-9. (Read full article)
  94. Jones M, Huttner B, Madaras-Kelly K, Nechodom K, Nielson C, Bidwell Goetz M, Neuhauser MM, Samore MH, Rubin MA (2012). Parenteral to oral conversion of fluoroquinolones: low-hanging fruit for antimicrobial stewardship programs? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 33(4), 362-7. (Read full article)
  95. Jones M, Huttner B, Madaras-Kelly K, Nechodom K, Nielson C, Bidwell Goetz M, Neuhauser MM, Samore MH, Rubin MA (2012). Parenteral to oral conversion of fluoroquinolones: low-hanging fruit for antimicrobial stewardship programs? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 33(4), 362-7.
  96. Hung M, Carter M, Hayden C, Dzierzon R, Morales J, Snow L, Butler J, Bateman K, Samore M (2012). Psychometric Assessment of the Patient Activation Measure Short Form (Pam-13) in Rural Settings. Qual Life Res.
  97. Drews, FA, Wallace, J, Bernuzillo, J, Markewitz, B, and Samore, M (2012). Protocol adherence in the Intensive Care Unit. Hum Factors Ergon Manuf, 22(1), 21-31.
  98. Jones MM, DuVall SL, Spuhl J, Samore MH, Nielson C, Rubin M (2012). Extraction of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Data from the Nation's Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak, 12, 34.
  99. Mayer J, Mooney B, Gundlapalli A, Harbarth S, Stoddard GJ, Rubin MA, Eutropius L, Brinton B, Samore MH (2011). Dissemination and sustainability of a hospital-wide hand hygiene program emphasizing positive reinforcement. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 32(1), 59-66. (Read full article)
  100. Nelson RE, Samore MH, Smith KJ, Harbarth S, Rubin MA (2010). Cost-effectiveness of adding decolonization to a surveillance strategy of screening and isolation for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers. Clin Microbiol Infect, 16(12), 1740-6. (Read full article)
  101. South BR, Shen S, Chapman WW, Delisle S, Samore MH, Gundlapalli AV (2010). Analysis of False Positive Errors of an Acute Respiratory Infection Text Classifier due to Contextual Features. Summit Transl Bioinform, 2010, 56-60. (Read full article)
  102. Staes CJ, Gesteland PH, Allison M, Mottice S, Rubin M, Shakib JH, Boulton R, Wuthrich A, Carter ME, Leecaster M, Samore MH, Byington CL (2009). Urgent care providers' knowledge and attitude about public health reporting and pertussis control measures: implications for informatics. J Public Health Manag Pract, 15(6), 471-8. (Read full article)
  103. South BR, Shen S, Jones M, Garvin J, Samore MH, Chapman WW, Gundlapalli AV (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)
  104. Hannah EL, Johnson JR, Angulo F, Haddadin B, Williamson J, Samore MH (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 Pathog Dis, 6(3), 285-95. (Read full article)
  105. South BR, Shen S, Jones M, Garvin J, Samore MH, Chapman WW, Gundlapalli AV (2009). Developing a manually annotated clinical document corpus to identify phenotypic information for inflammatory bowel disease. Summit Transl Bioinform, 2009, 1-32. (Read full article)
  106. Mayer J, Shen S, South BR, Meystre S, Friedlin FJ, Samore MH (2009). Creation of an Annotation Schema and a Reference Standard for De-identification of VA Electronic Clinical Notes.
  107. Rubin MA, Mayer J, Greene T, Sauer BC, Hota B, Trick W, Jernigan JA, Samore MH (2008). An agent-based model for evaluating surveillance methods for catheter-related bloodstream infection. AMIA Annu Symp Proc, 631-5. (Read full article)
  108. Gesteland PH, Allison MA, Staes CJ, Samore MH, Rubin MA, Carter ME, Wuthrich A, Kinney AY, Mottice S, Byington CL (2008). Clinician use and acceptance of population-based data about respiratory pathogens: implications for enhancing population-based clinical practice. AMIA Annu Symp Proc, 232-6. (Read full article)
  109. South BR, Chapman WW, Delisle S, Shen S, Kalp E, Perl T, Samore MH, Gundlapalli AV (2008). Optimizing A syndromic surveillance text classifier for influenza-like illness: Does document source matter? AMIA Annu Symp Proc, 692-6. (Read full article)
  110. Rubin MA, Mayer J, Greene T, Sauer BC, Hota B, Trick WE, Jernugan JA, Samore MH (2008). An agent based model for evaluating surveillance methods for catheter-related bloodstream infection. 631-5.
  111. Gundlapalli AV, South BR, Phansalkar S, Kinney AY, Shen S, Delisle S, Perl T, Samore MH (2008). Application of Natural Language Processing to VA Electronic Health Records to Identify Phenotypic Characteristics for Clinical and Research Purposes. Summit Transl Bioinform, 2008, 36-40. (Read full article)
  112. Gundlapalli AV, Tang H, Tonnierre C, Stoddard G, Rolfs RT, Evans RS, Samore MH (2007). Validity of electronic medical record-based rules for the early detection of meningitis and encephalitis. AMIA Annu Symp Proc, 299-303. (Read full article)
  113. Nebeker JR, Yarnold PR, Soltysik RC, Sauer BC, Sims SA, Samore MH, Rupper RW, Swanson KM, Savitz LA, Shinogle J, Xu W (2007). Developing indicators of inpatient adverse drug events through nonlinear analysis using administrative data. Med Care, 45(10 Supl 2), S81-8. (Read full article)
  114. Samore MH, Shen S, Greene T, Stoddard G, Sauer B, Shinogle J, Nebeker J, Harbarth S (2007). A simulation-based evaluation of methods to estimate the impact of an adverse event on hospital length of stay. Med Care, 45(10 Supl 2), S108-15. (Read full article)
  115. Gundlapalli AV, Olson J, Smith SP, Baza M, Hausam RR, Eutropius LJ, Pestotnik SL, Duncan K, Staggers N, Pincetl P, Samore MH (2007). Hospital electronic medical record-based public health surveillance system deployed during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Am J Infect Control, 35(3), 163-71. (Read full article)
  116. Rubin MA, Bateman K, Donnelly S, Stoddard GJ, Stevenson K, Gardner RM, Samore MH (2006). Use of a personal digital assistant for managing antibiotic prescribing for outpatient respiratory tract infections in rural communities. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 13(6), 627-34. (Read full article)
  117. 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 MD (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. J Am Coll Cardiol, 47(1), 175-81. (Read full article)
  118. 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 MA (2006). Influenza, Winter Olympiad, 2002. Emerg Infect Dis, 12(1), 144-6. (Read full article)
  119. Xu W, Pickard S, Silver MP, Hougland P, Mashter C, Donnely S, Nebeker J, Samore M, Williams SD (2006). Patient Safety Events in Utah, 2001.
  120. Samore MH, Bateman K, Alder SC, Hannah E, Donnelly S, Stoddard GJ, Haddadin B, Rubin MA, Williamson J, Stults B, Rupper R, Stevenson K (2005). Clinical decision support and appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing: a randomized trial. JAMA, 294(18), 2305-14. (Read full article)
  121. Evans RS, Lloyd JF, Stoddard GJ, Nebeker JR, Samore MH (2005). Risk factors for adverse drug events: a 10-year analysis. Ann Pharmacother, 39(7-8), 1161-8. (Read full article)
  122. Nelson NC, Evans RS, Samore MH, Gardner RM (2005). Detection and prevention of medication errors using real-time bedside nurse charting. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 12(4), 390-7. (Read full article)
  123. 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 DW (2005). The Research on Adverse Drug Events and Reports (RADAR) project. JAMA, 293(17), 2131-40. (Read full article)
  124. Rubin MA, Bateman K, Alder S, Donnelly S, Stoddard GJ, Samore MH (2005). A multifaceted intervention to improve antimicrobial prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in a small rural community. Clin Infect Dis, 40(4), 546-53. (Read full article)
  125. Nebeker JR, Barach P, Samore MH (2004). Clarifying adverse drug events: a clinician's guide to terminology, documentation, and reporting. Ann Intern Med, 140(10), 795-801. (Read full article)
  126. Harbarth S, Gundlapalli AV, Stockdale W, Samore MH (2003). Shortage of penicillin G: impact on antibiotic prescribing at a US tertiary care centre. Int J Antimicrob Agents, 21(5), 484-7. (Read full article)
  127. Rubin MA, Samore MH (2002). Antimicrobial Use and Resistance. Curr Infect Dis Rep, 4(6), 491-497. (Read full article)

Review

  1. Madaras-Kelly KJ, Rovelsky SA, McKie RA, Nevers MR, Ying J, Haaland BA, Kay CL, Christopher ML, Hicks LA, Samore MH (2022). Implementation and outcomes of a clinician-directed intervention to improve antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections within the Veterans' Affairs Healthcare System. [Review]. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 44(5), 746-754. (Read full article)
  2. 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 LT (2021). Coordinated Strategy for a Model-Based Decision Support Tool for Coronavirus Disease, Utah, USA. [Review]. Emerg Infect Dis, 27(5), 1259-1265. (Read full article)
  3. Drews FA, Musters A, Samore MH, Henriksen K, Battles JB, Keyes MA, Grady ML (2008). Error Producing Conditions in the Intensive Care Unit. [Review]. (Read full article)
  4. Rubin MA, Samore MH (2001). Antibiotic resistance in outpatient populations. [Review]. V(3), 1-6.

Book Chapter

  1. Krall, Michael, Gundlapalli Adi, Samore Matthew (May 2014). Population management: Prospects for Use of Large Databases forr Disease management and On-the-Fly Prediction/Prognosis. In Robert Greenes (Ed.), Clinical Decision Support, 2nd Edition: The Road to Broad Adoption (2nd Edition). Waltham: Elsevier.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Sauer BC, Nebeker JR, Shen S, Rupper R, Samore M (2011). Identification of possible adverse drug reactions using population-based administrative data. In Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand (Eds.), Patient Safety Annu Symp, Ubon, Thailand: ISBN 978-974-523-265-5 (Thailand), Proc. 2011, 60-66.
  2. Gundlapalli A, Divita G, Carter M, Shen S, Palemer M, Forbush T, South B, Redd A, Sauer B, Samore M (01/2013). Online Journal of Public Health Informatics. OJPHI, 5(1).
  3. South B, Palmer M, Shen S, Divita G, DuVall SL, Samore MH, Gundlapalli AV (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. Park City, UT..
  4. Sauer BC, Shen S, Nebeker J, Rupper R, Samore M (2011). Identification of Possible Adverse Drug Reactions using Population-based Administrative Data. Patient Safety Annu Symp Proc, Detroit, 1(1), 60-66.
  5. DuVall SL, South BR, DAvolio LW, Shen S, Boone KW, Gundlapalli AV, Nebeker JR, Samore MH (2011). Creating Reusable Annotated Corpora Using the Clinical Document Architecture. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Koloa, HI: IEEE Society.
  6. South BR, Shen S, Chapman WW, Delisle S, Samore MH, Gundlapalli AV (2010). Analysis of False Positive Errors of an Acute Respiratory Infection Text Classifier due to Contextual Features. 2010(Mar 1), 56-60.
  7. 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? American Medical Informatics Association – Second Annual Summit on Translational Bioinformatics, San Francisco, Spring2009.
  8. Gundlapalli A, Ma X, Benuzillo J, Pettey W, Greenberg R, Hales J, Leecaster M, Samore M (2009). Social network analyses of patient-healthcare worker interactions: implications for disease transmission. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, United States, 2009, 213-7.
  9. 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 M (2007). Naso-Pharyngeal Carriage of Common and Emergin Respiratory Viruses in Health Care Workers. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 17th Annual Scientific Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
  10. Gundlapalli A, Doyle G, Sanchez J, Connelly C, Mooney B, Eutropius L, Mayer J, Rubin M, Babitz (2007). Improving Health Care Worker Staffing During an Influenza Pandemic: Insights from a Hospital-Based On-Line Survey. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 17th Annual Scientific Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
  11. Samore M, Mayer J (2007). Use of Survival Analysis to Evaluate Mechanisms of Transmission of Hospital Acquired-Clostridium difficile. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 17th Annual, Baltimore, MD.
  12. Sauer B, Nebeker J, Rupper R, Samore M (2007). Serum Potassium Monitoring and Hyperkalemia in Veterans using Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Inhibitors. HSR&D National Meeting, Arlington, VA.
  13. 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. Public Health Informatics Conference, Atlanta, GA.
  14. Gundlapalli AV, Tang H, Tonnierre C, Stoddard G, Rolfs RT, Evans RS, Samore MH (2007). Validity of electronic medical record-based rules for the early detection of meningitis and encephalitis. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, United States, 299-303.
  15. Jeanmarie Mayer, Brett South, Louise Eutropius, Barbara Mooney, Britt Brinton, Michael Rubin, Matthew Samore (2006). Application of a Geographical Information System (GIS) to Enhance Hospital-wide Surveillance for C difficile. SHEA , Chicago.

Editorial

  1. Rubin MA, Nelson RE, Samore MH (2020). Matching Methods to Problems: Using Data Science and Transmission Modeling to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance. Clin Infect Dis, 72(Suppl 1), S74-S76. (Read full article)
  2. Weir CR, Rubin MA, Nebeker J, Samore M (2017). Modeling the mind: How do we design effective decision-support? J Biomed Inform, 71S, S1-S5. (Read full article)
  3. 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 MB (2015). Taking an Antibiotic Time-out: Utilization and Usability of a Self-Stewardship Time-out Program for Renewal of Vancomycin and Piperacillin-Tazobactam. Hosp Pharm, 50(11), 1011-24. (Read full article)

Letter

  1. Harbarth S, Gundlapalli AV, Samore MH (2001). Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus. [Letter to the editor]. N Engl J Med, 344(18), 1400; author reply 1400-1. (Read full article)

Abstract

  1. Jones M, Huttner B, Nechodom K, Nielson C, Rubin M, Samore M (10/20/2012). Rapid Turnaround Time and Improved Adoption of PCR for Admission Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening at Veterans Affairs Hospitals [Abstract]. ID Week 2012.
  2. Jones M, Huttner B, Huttner A, Nielson C, Samore M, Rubin MA (10/19/2012). 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 [Abstract]. IDWeek 2012.
  3. Jones, M, Rubin, M, Greene, T, Leecaster, M, Spuhl, J, Nielson, C, Evans, M, Jain, R, Samore, M (10/2011). Comparing the Performance of Clinical History of MRSA vs. Active Surveillance at Individual and Hospital Ward Levels [Abstract]. Infectious Disease Society of America Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  4. Jones, M, Huttner, B, Mayer, J, Rubin, M, Madaras-Kelly, M, Samore, M (04/2011). Variation of Inpatient Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Facilities of the Veterans Health Administration between 2005 and 2009. [Abstract]. Annual Scientific Meeting of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
  5. Jones, M, Ying, J, Greene, T, Leecaster, M, Huttner, B, Mayer, J, Rubin, M, Samore, M (04/2011). Analysis of MRSA Transmission Dynamics in the Veterans Affairs System [Abstract]. Annual Scientific Meeting of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
  6. Brett R South, Miland Palmer, Shuying Shen, Guy Divita, Scott Duvall, Matthew Samore, Adi V Gundlapalli (2011). Using Clinician Mental Models to Guide Annotation of Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Syndromes found in VA Clinical Documents [Abstract]. VA HSR&D Conference 2011.
  7. Shen S, South BR, Palmer M, DuVall SL, Nelson R, Samore M, Gundlapalli AV (2/15/2011). Classifying Features from VA Clinical Documents to Identify Homeless or At-Risk Veterans [Abstract]. VA HSR&D Annual Meeting 2011.
  8. 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. [Abstract]. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
  9. Shuying Shen, Brett R South, Miland Palmer, Scott Duvall, Richard Nelson, Matthew Samore, Adi V Gundlapalli (2010). Classifying Features from VA Clinical Documents to Identify Homeless or At-Risk Veterans [Abstract]. International Society for Disease Surveillance.
  10. South BR, Palmer M, Shen S, Divita G, Duvall S, Samore M, Gundlapalli AV (12/2/2010). Using Clinician Mental Model to Guide Annotation of Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Syndromes found in VA Clinical Documents. [Abstract]. International Society for Disease Surveillance.
  11. Shen S, South BR, Palmer M, Duvall S, Samore M, Gundlapalli AV (12/2/2010). Identification of Features for Detection and Prediction of Homelessness from VA Clinical Documents [Abstract]. International Society for Disease Surveillance.
  12. Reid J, Xu W, Lanier F, Gunlapalli A, Rolfs R, Samore M (11/14/2010). Agile Management with a Shared Workspace t oCoordinate Large Informatics Projects Among Public Health, Academic, and HIE Partners [Abstract]. American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2010 Annual Symposium, Washington DC.
  13. Jones, M, Leecaster, M, Ford, L, Spuhl, J, Howell, J, Nechodom, P, Samore, M, Rubin, M (10/2010). Bias Over Time When Human Reviewers Diagnose Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Due to Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) [Abstract].
  14. Rattinger GB, Mullins DC, Onukwugha E, Zuckerman IH, South BR, Gundlapalli A, Samore M, DeLisle S (12/2/2010). Clinical Decision Support at the Time of An e-Prescription Cqan Sustainably Decrease Unwarranted Use of Antibiotics for Acute Respiratory Infections. [Abstract]. International Society for Disease Surveillance.
  15. Mayer J, Howell J, Greene T, Rubin M, Ray W, Nordberg B, Hayden C, Nechodom P, Samore M (2010). Assessing inter-rater reliability of surveillance decisions by infection preventionists [Abstract]. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
  16. Wallace CJ, Mayer J, Eutropious L, Matthews L, Wiggins JB, Matherly A, Samore M (2010). Observing Infection prevention adherance in complex wound care [Abstract]. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
  17. Wallace CJ, Mayer J, Eutropious L, Matthews L, Wiggins JB, Matherly A, Samore M (2010). Journal of Clinical Microbiology [Abstract]. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
  18. Jones MM, Samore MH, Nechodom P, Rubin MA (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. [Abstract].
  19. Gundlapalli A, Ma X, Benuzillo J, Pettey W, Greenberg R, Hales J, Leecaster M, Samore M (12/1/2009). Developing Social Networks of Patients and Healthcare Workers in the Emergency Department for Pandemic Influenza Surveillance [Abstract]. International Society for Disease Surveilla.
  20. South BR, Gundlapalli AV, Kim B, Duvall S, Samore M, Delisle S (12/1/2009). IDENTIFYING PNEUMONIA CASES USING CHEST X-RAY REPORTS FOR HOSPITAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE [Abstract]. . International Society for Disease Surveillance.
  21. Gundlapalli AV, Ma X, Benuzillo J, Pettey W, Greenberg R, Hales H, Leecaster M, Samore MH (11/1/2009). Studying Emerging Infections in Social Networks of Patients and Healthcare Workers. [Abstract]. Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 47th Annual Meeting 2009, Baltimore.
  22. Staes CJ, Gesteland P, Gundlapalli A, Mottice S, Garrett NY, Risk I, Rolfs RT, Samore M, Byington C (8/24/2009). Evaluation of Public Health Alert Messages Targeted for Clinicians During the Influenza A H1N1 Outbreak [Abstract]. 7th Annual Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Meeting, Atlanta, 2009.
  23. South BR, Shen S, Jones M, Garvin J, Samore MH 2009, Chapman WW, Gundlapalli AV (5/1/2009). Applying Annotation Methods to VA Clinical Documents: Where Should We Start the Search? [Abstract]. 2009 America Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Spring Congress.
  24. Shen S, Price CS, McKenna C, Davidson AJ, Gritzer LE, South BR, Gundlapalli A, Samore M, Perl TM (1/1/2009). A Pilot Investigation of the Stability of Statistically Anomalies generated by BioSense [Abstract]. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008 Annual Meeting.
  25. Shen S, South BR, Jones MM, Garvin JH, Samore MH, Chapman WW, Gundlapalli AV (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. [Abstract].
  26. Jones MM, Samore MH, Nechodom P, Rubin MA (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. [Abstract].
  27. Shen S, Stone N, Hatch B, Rolf R, South BR, Gundlapalli AV, Staes C, Samore MH (12/1/2008). Pilot Evaluation of Syndrome-Specific School Absenteeism Data for Public Health Surveillance [Abstract]. International Society for Disease Surveillance.
  28. Shen S, Stone N, Hatch B, Wyman L, Rolfs RT, South BR, Gundlapalli A, Staes CJ, Samore M (8/24/2008). Evaluation of Sydrome-Specific School Absenteeism Data for Public Health Survelillance. [Abstract]. 6th Annual Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Meeting, Atlanta, 2008.
  29. South B, Wyman L, Shen S, Dimond MS, Rolfs RT, Gundlapalli A, Samore M, Staes CJ (8/24/2008). The Effect of Automated Case Detection on Timeliness of Case Reporting of Influenza-Associated Hospitalization [Abstract]. 6th Annual Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Meeting, Atlanta, 2008.
  30. South BR, Gundlapalli AV, Phansalkar S, Shen S, Delisle S, Perl T, Samore MH (3/1/2008). Supporting VA EPRP Measures for Vaccination using Text-Processing and NLP [Abstract]. 2008 VA HSR&D National Meeting.
  31. 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 M (1/1/2008). Naso-Pharyngeal Carriage of Common and Emerging Respiratory Viruses in Health Care Workers [Abstract]. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Annual Meeting 2007.
  32. Jones MM, Samore MH, Jernigan JA, OConnor-Wright S, Nechodom P, Rubin M (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. [Abstract]. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Conference.
  33. South BR, Gundlapalli AV, Phansalkar S, Shen S, Delisle S, Perl T, Samore MH (11/14/2007). Adaptation of the NegEx Algorithm to Veterans Affairs Electronic Text Documents for Identification of Influenza-like Illness [Abstract]. American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium.
  34. Gundlapalli A, Hill M, Price A, Risk I, Samore M, Staes C (8/24/2007). 6th Annual Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Meeting, Atlanta, 2008 [Abstract]. 5th Annual Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Meeting, Atlanta, 2007.
  35. South BR, Gundlapalli AV, Phansalkar S, Shen S, Delisle S, Perl T, Samore MH (8/24/2007). Applying NLP Methods to Veterans Affairs Electronic Notes to Improve Information Sources Available for Epidemiologic Investigation [Abstract]. 2007Annual Public Health Information Network (PHIN) conference.
  36. Wyman L, Byington C, Rolfs R, Gesteland P, Gundlapalli A, Samore M (8/24/2007). Population Analysis of Routine Viral Diagnostic Testing as a Novel, Useful Paradigm for Public Health Surveillance [Abstract]. 5th Annual Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Conference, 2007; Atlanta, GA.
  37. Gundlapalli A, Tang H, Tonnierre C, Stoddard G, Rolfs RT, Samore MH (1/1/2007). Computer-Based Detection of Central Nervous System Syndromes for Public Health Surveillance [Abstract]. Infectious Diseases Society of America 2006 Annual Meeting.
  38. South BR, Gundlapalli AV, Phansalkar S, Shen S, Delisle S, Perl T, Samore MH (2007). Automated Detection of GI Syndrome using Structured and Non-Structured Data from the VA EMR [Abstract]. Sixth Annual International Syndromic Disease Society Conference.
  39. Mayer J, Mooney B, Gundlapalli A, Eutropius L, Brinton B, Rubin M, Stockdale W, Stoddard G, Samore M (1/1/2006). Cumulative Benefits of a Hand Hygiene Intervention Based on Ongoing Performance Feedback and an Annually Updated Positive Reinforcement Program [Abstract]. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2005 Annual Meeting.
  40. Mayer J, South B, Eutropius L, Mooney B, Brinton B, Rubin M, Samore M (2006). Application of a Geographical Information System (GIS) to Enhance Hospital-Wide Surveillance for Clostridium Difficile. [Abstract]. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology.
  41. Ergonul MO, Gundlapalli AV, Lloyd J, Evans S, Pestotnik S, Burke JP, Mozaffari E, Lofgren KL, Samore MH (2001). Intravenous Catheter-Related Adverse Events Associated with Antibiotic Therapy Directed toward Gram-Positive Bacteria [Abstract]. Abstracts of the 41st annual ICAAC conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
  42. Gundlapalli AV, Harbarth S, Stockdale W, Samore MH (2001). Shortage of Penicillin G: Impact on Antibiotic Prescribing at a Tertiary Care Center [Abstract]. Abstracts of the 41st annual ICAAC conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
  43. Gundlapalli A, Mooney B, Eutropius L, Stockdale W, Turlak A, Carroll K, Harbarth S, Samore MH (2001). Impact of Hand Hygiene and Isolation Precautions on the Transmission Nosocomial Organisms [Abstract]. Abstracts of the 2001 Annual IDSA Meeting.
  44. Gundlapalli A, Mooney B, Eutropius L, Stockdale W, Townsend S, Faatz J, Turlak A, Carroll K, Harbarth S, Samore M (2001). A Multi-Dimensional Intervention to Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance: Preliminary Results [Abstract]. Abstracts of the 11th annual SHEA conference.

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  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 MH (2020). 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. Clin Infect Dis (73(5), pp. e1126-e1134). United States. (Read full article)

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