Description of Research Expertise
1.) Improving the quality of and access to population-based colorectal cancer screening
2.) Leveraging behavioral economics, new technology, and care redesign to improve population health outcomes
3.) Pragmatic trials of health care delivery innovation
Selected Publications
Naik A, Syvyk S, Tong J, Wirtalla C, Barg FK, Guerra CE, Mehta SJ, Wender R, Merchant RM, Kelz RR: Factors Associated With Primary Care Physician Decision-making When Making Medication Recommendations vs Surgical Referrals JAMA Network Open 6 (2): e2256086,2023.
Finn CB, Wirtalla C, Roberts SE, Collier K, Mehta SJ, Guerra CE, Airoldi E, Zhang X, Keele L, Aarons CB, Jensen ST, Kelz RR: Comparison of Simulated Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer Surgery at the Highest-Performing vs Chosen Local Hospitals JAMA Network Open 6 (2): e2255999,2023.
Asch DA, Troxel AB, Goldberg LR, Tanna MS, Mehta SJ, Norton LA, Zhu J, Iannotte LG, Klaiman T, Lin Y, Russell LB, Volpp KG: Remote Monitoring and Behavioral Economics in Managing Heart Failure in Patients Discharged From the Hospital: A Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA Internal Medicine 182 (6): 643-649,2022.
Mehta SJ, Mallozzi C, Shaw PA, Reitz C, McDonald C, Vandertuyn M, Balachandran M, Kopinsky M, Sevinc C, Johnson A, Ward R, Park SH, Snider CK, Rosin R, Asch DA: Effect of Text Messaging and Behavioral Interventions on COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake: A Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA Network Open 5 (6): e2216649,2022.
Wainwright JV, Mehta SJ, Clifton A, Bocage C, Ogden SN, Cohen S, Rendle KA: Persistent Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Completion Amid Centralized Outreach: A Mixed Methods Study American Journal of Health Promotion 36 (4): 697-05,2022.
Palchaudhuri S, Mehta SJ, Snider CK, Hudson L, Wu GD, Pickett-Blakely O: Hospital discharge on enteral nutrition is associated with increased hospital readmissions Journal of the American Nutrition Association 22 (1): 1-4,2022.
Mehta SJ, Palat S, Reitz C, Okorie E, McDonald C, Shaw PA, Glanz K, Asch DA: A Randomized Trial of Choice Architecture and Mailed Colorectal Cancer Screening Outreach in a Community Health Setting National Comprehensive Cancer Network Annual Conference : 2022.
Finn CB, Tong JK, Alexander HE, Wirtalla C, Wachtel H, Guerra CE, Mehta SJ, Wender R, Kelz RR: How Referring Providers Choose Specialists for Their Patients: a Systematic Review Journal of General Internal Medicine 19 (1): 07574-6,2022.
Mehta SJ, Torgersen J, Small DS, Mallozzi CP, McGreevey JD, Rareshide CAL, Evans CN, Epps M, Stabile D, Snider CK, Patel MS: Effect of a Default Order vs an Alert in the Electronic Health Record on Hepatitis C Virus Screening Among Hospitalized Patients: A Stepped-Wedge Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA Network Open 5 (3): e222427,2022.
Ahmad NA, Mehta SJ: An Automated Reporting System for Colonoscopy Quality: Lessons in Implementation Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 20 (2): 252-255,2022.
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