Alan Fossa

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Alan Fossa is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Health Information Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Fossa has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in General Health Professions, 14 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 10 papers in Health Information Management. Recurrent topics in Alan Fossa's work include Healthcare Systems and Technology (14 papers), Electronic Health Records Systems (10 papers) and Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (9 papers). Alan Fossa is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Systems and Technology (14 papers), Electronic Health Records Systems (10 papers) and Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (9 papers). Alan Fossa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Canada. Alan Fossa's co-authors include Sigall K. Bell, Jan Walker, Macda Gerard, Tom Delbanco, Catherine M. DesRoches, Suzanne G. Leveille, Patricia Folcarelli, Joann G. Elmore, Kendall Harcourt and Patricia Fitzgerald and has published in prestigious journals such as Stroke, Environment International and The Journal of Pediatrics.

In The Last Decade

Alan Fossa

27 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

OpenNotes After 7 Years: Patient Experiences With Ongoing Access to Their Clinicians’ Outpatient Visit Notes

2019 197 citations Jan Walker, Suzanne G. Leveille et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Fossa United States	16	606	445	334	263	72	30	1.0k
Wen‐Jan Tuan United States	13	444 0.7×	266 0.6×	191 0.6×	297 1.1×	39 0.5×	47	994
Mark Earnest United States	11	532 0.9×	199 0.4×	131 0.4×	264 1.0×	62 0.9×	27	925
Daniel A. Harris United States	13	370 0.6×	185 0.4×	83 0.2×	208 0.8×	35 0.5×	43	881
Roanne Mejilla United States	13	637 1.1×	514 1.2×	349 1.0×	286 1.1×	45 0.6×	13	1.0k
Rebecca Stametz United States	14	515 0.8×	325 0.7×	209 0.6×	295 1.1×	37 0.5×	19	837
Kristin R. Van Busum United States	4	453 0.7×	209 0.5×	116 0.3×	182 0.7×	22 0.3×	10	715
Stewart Babbott United States	15	701 1.2×	296 0.7×	150 0.4×	545 2.1×	149 2.1×	28	1.2k
Anwar Islam Canada	14	240 0.4×	51 0.1×	142 0.4×	139 0.5×	32 0.4×	33	843
Sarah Crowe Canada	13	269 0.4×	112 0.3×	58 0.2×	106 0.4×	32 0.4×	39	846
Kendall Harcourt United States	10	346 0.6×	255 0.6×	172 0.5×	174 0.7×	53 0.7×	16	588

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Fossa, Alan, Katherine E. Manz, George D. Papandonatos, et al.. (2024). A randomized controlled trial of a housing intervention to reduce endocrine disrupting chemical exposures in children. Environment International. 191. 108994–108994.

Fossa, Alan, Jennifer D’Souza, Rachel S. Bergmans, Kara Zivin, & Sara D. Adar. (2024). Different types of greenspace within urban parks and depressive symptoms among older U.S. adults living in urban areas. Environment International. 192. 109016–109016. 3 indexed citations

Fossa, Alan, et al.. (2024). Firearm-Related Lead Exposure and Child Lead Levels in the United States, 2012-2018. The Journal of Pediatrics. 269. 113975–113975. 1 indexed citations

Fossa, Alan, Jennifer D’Souza, Rachel S. Bergmans, Kara Zivin, & Sara D. Adar. (2023). Residential greenspace and major depression among older adults living in urban and suburban areas with different climates across the United States. Environmental Research. 243. 117844–117844. 10 indexed citations

Fernández, Leonor, Alan Fossa, Zhiyong Dong, et al.. (2021). Words Matter: What Do Patients Find Judgmental or Offensive in Outpatient Notes?. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 36(9). 2571–2578. 58 indexed citations

Henderson, Christopher, et al.. (2021). Analysis of patient preferences on patient–provider interactions through the OpenNotes online portal in dermatology. International Journal of Women’s Dermatology. 7(5). 793–798. 2 indexed citations

Jackson, Sara L., Hannah Shucard, Joshua M. Liao, et al.. (2021). Care partners reading patients’ visit notes via patient portals: Characteristics and perceptions. Patient Education and Counseling. 105(2). 290–296. 7 indexed citations

Wright, Julie, Suzanne G. Leveille, Hannah Chimowitz, et al.. (2020). Validation of a brief scale to assess ambulatory patients’ perceptions of reading visit notes: a scale development study. BMJ Open. 10(10). e034517–e034517. 5 indexed citations

Walker, Jan, Suzanne G. Leveille, Sigall K. Bell, et al.. (2019). OpenNotes After 7 Years: Patient Experiences With Ongoing Access to Their Clinicians’ Outpatient Visit Notes. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 21(5). e13876–e13876. 197 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bourgeois, Fabienne, Alan Fossa, Macda Gerard, et al.. (2019). A patient and family reporting system for perceived ambulatory note mistakes: experience at 3 U.S. healthcare centers. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 26(12). 1566–1573. 17 indexed citations

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Harcourt, Kendall, et al.. (2019). An Opportunity to Engage Obstetrics and Gynecology Patients Through Shared Visit Notes. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 134(1). 128–137. 4 indexed citations

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Tyler, Patrick D., Alan Fossa, Joshua W. Joseph, & León D. Sánchez. (2019). Later emergency provider shift hour is associated with increased risk of admission: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Quality & Safety. 29(6). 465–471. 5 indexed citations

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Wilker, Elissa H., Elizabeth Mostofsky, Alan Fossa, et al.. (2018). Ambient Pollutants and Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Greater Boston. Stroke. 49(11). 2764–2766. 19 indexed citations

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Shah, Snehal, Alan Fossa, John Kane, et al.. (2018). Housing Quality and Mental Health: the Association between Pest Infestation and Depressive Symptoms among Public Housing Residents. Journal of Urban Health. 95(5). 691–702. 41 indexed citations

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Gerard, Macda, Hannah Chimowitz, Alan Fossa, et al.. (2018). The Importance of Visit Notes on Patient Portals for Engaging Less Educated and Nonwhite Patients: Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 20(5). e191–e191. 49 indexed citations

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Bell, Sigall K., Patricia Folcarelli, Alan Fossa, et al.. (2018). Tackling Ambulatory Safety Risks Through Patient Engagement: What 10,000 Patients and Families Say About Safety-Related Knowledge, Behaviors, and Attitudes After Reading Visit Notes. Journal of Patient Safety. 17(8). e791–e799. 61 indexed citations

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Gerard, Macda, Alan Fossa, Patricia Folcarelli, Jan Walker, & Sigall K. Bell. (2017). What Patients Value About Reading Visit Notes: A Qualitative Inquiry of Patient Experiences With Their Health Information. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 19(7). e237–e237. 76 indexed citations

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Bell, Sigall K., Macda Gerard, Alan Fossa, et al.. (2016). A patient feedback reporting tool for OpenNotes: implications for patient-clinician safety and quality partnerships. BMJ Quality & Safety. 26(4). 312–322. 64 indexed citations

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Wright, Eric A., Jonathan Darer, Xiaoqin Tang, et al.. (2015). Sharing Physician Notes Through an Electronic Portal is Associated With Improved Medication Adherence: Quasi-Experimental Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 17(10). e226–e226. 73 indexed citations

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Leveille, Suzanne G., Roanne Mejilla, Long Ngo, et al.. (2015). Do Patients Who Access Clinical Information on Patient Internet Portals Have More Primary Care Visits?. Medical Care. 54(1). 17–23. 29 indexed citations

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