Prescribing Quality

Our team conducts both original research and systematic reviews related to the quality of medication prescribing, both in the hospital and during transitions of care. Our team investigates trends and patterns of medication use in the real world in order to identify opportunities to improve prescribing quality for all patients. Our work has served as the basis for consensus statements on safe prescribing for hospitalized patients during admission and across transitions.

Publications from our Team:

Wilson LM, Herzig SJ, Marcantonio ER, Steinman MA, Schonberg MA, Wang BX, Hileman-Kaplan E, Anderson TS. Management of Diabetes and Hyperglycemia in the Hospital: A Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines. Diabetes Care. 2025 Apr 1;48(4):655-664. doi: 10.2337/dc24-2510. PMID: 40117466.

Wilson LM, Anderson TS. Trends in Preventive Aspirin Use by Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk. JAMA. Published online January 22, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.27333

Sussman JB, Wilson LM, Burke JF, Ziaeian B, Anderson TS. Clinical Characteristics and Current Management of U.S. Adults at Elevated Risk for Heart Failure Using the PREVENT Equations: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Ann Intern Med. Published online December 17, 2024. doi:10.7326/ANNALS-24-01321

Libman H, Anderson TS, Rangan VV, Reynolds EE. How Would You Manage This Patient With Gastroesophageal Reflux Symptoms? Grand Rounds Discussion From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Ann Intern Med. Published online December 10, 2024. doi:10.7326/ANNALS-24-02808

Bessette LG, Anderson TS. Generalizability of Clinical Trials of Novel Weight Loss Medications to the US Adult Population. JAMA Intern Med. Published online November 25, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.6340

Park TW, Shuey B, Liebschutz J, Cantor J, Anderson TS. Treatment Approaches for Opioid Use Disorder Offered in US Substance Use Treatment Facilities. JAMA. Published online July 11, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.11913

Anderson TS, Wilson LM, Sussman JB. Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Estimates Using the Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events Equations. JAMA Intern Med. Published online June 10, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.1302

Bress AP, Anderson TS, Flack JM., Ghazi L, Hall ME, Laffer CL, Still CH, Taler SJ, Zachrison KS, & Chang TI. The management of elevated blood pressure in the acute care setting: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Hypertension. Published online May 28 2024. doi.org/10.1161/hyp.0000000000000238

Wilson LM, Herzig SJ, Steinman MA, Schonberg MA, Cluett JL, Marcantonio ER, Anderson TS. Management of Inpatient Elevated Blood Pressures: A Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines. Ann Intern Med. [Epub 2 April 2024]. doi:10.7326/M23-3251

Bernstein EY, Baggett TP, Trivedi S, Herzig SJ, Anderson TS. Outcomes After Initiation of Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder at Hospital Discharge. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(3):e243387. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.3387

Kasanagottu K, Anderson TS, Trivedi S, Ngo LH, Schnipper JL, McCarthy EP, Herzig SJ. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Opioid Prescribing on Hospital Discharge Among Older Adults: A National Retrospective Cohort Study. J GEN INTERN MED (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-08687-w

Anderson TS, Wang BX, Lindenberg JH, Herzig SJ, Berens DM, Schonberg MA. Older Adult and Primary Care Practitioner Perspectives on Using, Prescribing, and Deprescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(3):e241342. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.1342

Anderson TS, Suda KJ, Gellad WF, Tadrous M. Trends in Phenylephrine and Pseudoephedrine Sales in the US. JAMA. Published online February 08, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27932

Kim CK, Sussman JB, Mukamal KJ, Eades M, Anderson TS. Trends in Primary Prevention Statin Use by Cardiovascular Risk Score From 1999 to 2018: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study. Ann Intern Med. [Epub 5 December 2023]. doi:10.7326/M23-1915

Bernstein EY, Baggett TP, Anderson TS. Reported Risky Alcohol Use Among US Adults Prescribed 3 Classes of Chronic Alcohol–Interactive Medications. JAMA. Published online September 14, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.16641

Anderson TS, Ayanian JZ, Curto VE, et al. Changes in the Use of Long-Term Medications Following Incident Dementia Diagnosis. JAMA Intern Med. Published online August 21, 2023. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.3575

Rachoin, J-S, Cerceo, E, Anderson, TS. Things We Do For No Reason™: Intensifying antihypertensive medications for hospitalized patients at the time of discharge. J Hosp Med. 2023; 1-4.

Anderson TS, Ayanian JZ, Zaslavsky AM, Souza J, Landon BE. National Trends in Antihypertensive Treatment Among Older Adults by Race and Presence of Comorbidity, 2008 to 2017. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Apr 26

Le P, Ayers G, Misra-Hebert AD, Herzig SJ, Herman WH, Shaker VA, Rothberg MB. Adherence to the American Diabetes Association's Glycemic Goals in the Treatment of Diabetes Among Older Americans, 2001-2018. Diabetes Care. 2022 05 01; 45(5):1107-1115

Vitarello JA, Fitzgerald CJ, Cluett JL, Juraschek SP, Anderson TS. Prevalence of Medications That May Raise Blood Pressure Among Adults With Hypertension in the United States. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 01 01; 182(1):90-93

Troy A, Anderson TS. National Trends in Use of and Spending on Oral Anticoagulants Among US Medicare Beneficiaries From 2011 to 2019. JAMA Health Forum. 2021; 7(2):e211693

Anderson TS, O'Donoghue AL, Dechen T, Mechanic O, Stevens JP. Uptake of Outpatient Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID-19 in the United States: a Cross-Sectional Analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 12; 36(12):3922-3924

Wong J, Murray Horwitz M, Bertisch SM, Herzig SJ, Buysse DJ, Toh S. Trends in Dispensing of Zolpidem and Low-Dose Trazodone Among Commercially Insured Adults in the United States, 2011-2018. JAMA. 2020 12 01; 324(21):2211-2213

Anderson TS, Lo-Ciganic WH, Gellad WF, Zhang R, Huskamp HA, Choudhry NK, Chang CH, Richards-Shubik S, Guclu H, Jones B, Donohue JM. Patterns and predictors of physician adoption of new cardiovascular drugs. Healthc (Amst). 2018 Mar; 6(1):33-40

Donohue JM, Guclu H, Gellad WF, Chang CH, Huskamp HA, Choudhry NK, Zhang R, Lo-Ciganic WH, Junker SP, Anderson T, Richards-Shubik S. Influence of peer networks on physician adoption of new drugs. PLoS One. 2018; 13(10):e0204826