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Biography
Susan Swartz Woods, MD, MPH
Post-doctoral fellow (VA)
Susan received an MD at Oregon Health and Science University and a Master of Public Health at the University of Washington. She has practiced general internal medicine in Massachusetts and Oregon, and completed an HSR&D fellowship at the Puget Sound VA Medical Center. Following ten years of work integrating tobacco treatment into clinical and public health systems across Maine, Susan is now focusing on consumer informatics.
Current research interests are integrating health communications into clinical care and using personal health records (PHR) to improve patient outcomes. Research has included telephonic behavioral interventions, social marketing, comparative data feedback, clinical trials, employer health improvement, and practice improvement including Clinical Collaborative models.
Selected Publications
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Swartz SH, Cowan T, DePue J, Goldstein MG. Academic Profiling of Tobacco-Related Measures in Primary Care. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2002;4(Suppl):S39-S45.
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Swartz SH, Cowan TM, Batista IA. Using Claims Data to Compare Users and Nonusers of a Practice-Based Website: Is There a Clinical Digital Divide? J Med Internet Res 2004,9;6:e1.
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Sciamanna CN, Marcus BH, Goldstein MG, Ahern DK, Swartz SH, Graham AL, Lawrence K. Feasibility of incorporating computer-tailored health behavior communications in primary care settings. Inform Prim Care. 2004;12(1):40-8.
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Swartz SH, Hays JT. Office-based intervention for tobacco dependence. Med Clinics N Amer 2004;88:1623-41.
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Swartz SH, Cowan TM, Klayman JE, Welton MT, Leonard BA. Statewide use and impact of tobacco telephonic counseling and free nicotine therapy in Maine. Am J Prev Med 2005;29(4)2005:288-294.
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Letourneau L, Korsen N, Osgood J, Swartz S. Rural communities improving quality through collaboration: the MaineHealth story. J Healthcare Quality 2006, 28(5); 15-27.
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Swartz Woods S, Haskins AE. Increasing reach of quitline services in a US state with comprehensive tobacco treatment. Tobacco Control 2007; 16 (Suppl): i33-i36.
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Swartz Woods S, Murray K, Cowan T, Haskins A, DePue J, Salem-Schatz S, Thompson D, Goldstein M. A randomized trial of academic detailing to increase delivery of tobacco interventions in primary care. (submitted)
