Departmental Affiliations
Elyse Lasser, DrPH '21, MS researches social and behavioral determinants of health, focusing on utilizing digital data to improve population health.
Research Interests
Population Health; Health Informatics; Social Determinants of Health; Behavioral Health; Health Services Research; Health Disparities; Predictive Modeling; Risk stratification
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Experiences & Accomplishments
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Selected Publications
Lasser EC, Gudzune KA, Lehman H, Kharrazi H, Weiner JP. Trends and Patterns of Social History Data Collection Within an Electronic Health Record. Popul Health Manag. 2023 Jan 6. doi: 10.1089/pop.2022.0209. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36607903.
Hatef E, Lans D, Bandeian S, Lasser EC, Goldsack J, Weiner JP. Outcomes of In-Person and Telehealth Ambulatory Encounters During COVID-19 Within a Large Commercially Insured Cohort. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e228954. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.8954. PMID: 35471570; PMCID: PMC9044109.
Yuan CT, Dy SM, Yuanhong Lai A, Oberlander T, Hannum SM, Lasser EC, Heughan JA, Dukhanin V, Kharrazi H, Kim JM, Gurses AP, Bittle M, Scholle SH, Marsteller JA. Challenges and Strategies for Patient Safety in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study. Am J Med Qual. 2022 Apr 8. doi: 10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000054. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35404306.
Lasser, EC., Hueghan, J., Lai, AY., Yuan, CT., Dy, SM., Bittle, M., Pitts, SI., Marsteller, J., Hannum, SM., Patient perceptions of safety in primary care: A qualitative study to inform care. Current Medical Research and Opinion 2021, 37:11, 1991-1999
Lasser, EC., Kim, JM., Hatef, E., Kharrazi, H., Marstellar, JA., DeCamp, LR., Social and Behavioral Variables in the Electronic Health Record: A Path Forward to Increase Data Quality and Utility. Academic Medicine 96, no. 7 (2021): 1050-1056.