Tom Delbanco

6.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
68 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Tom Delbanco is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Health Information Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Delbanco has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in General Health Professions, 33 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 21 papers in Health Information Management. Recurrent topics in Tom Delbanco's work include Healthcare Systems and Technology (33 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (24 papers) and Electronic Health Records Systems (20 papers). Tom Delbanco is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Systems and Technology (33 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (24 papers) and Electronic Health Records Systems (20 papers). Tom Delbanco collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Israel. Tom Delbanco's co-authors include Jan Walker, Sigall K. Bell, Joann G. Elmore, Suzanne G. Leveille, Jonathan Darer, Karen Luxford, Dana Gelb Safran, James D. Ralston, Roanne Mejilla and Long Ngo and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Tom Delbanco

67 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Inviting Patients to Read Their Doctors' Notes: A Quasi-experimental Study and a Look Ahead

2012 491 citations Tom Delbanco, Jan Walker et al. profile →
The functional status questionnaire

1986 411 citations Tom Delbanco et al. Journal of General Internal Medicine profile →
Promoting patient-centered care: a qualitative study of facilitators and barriers in healthcare organizations with a reputation for improving the patient experience

2011 332 citations Tom Delbanco et al. profile →
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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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Delbanco

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Leveraging an Electronic Health Record Patient Portal to Help Patients Formulate Their Health Care Goals: Mixed Methods Evaluation of Pilot Interventions 2024 ·JMIR Formative Research ·(unknown), Mary E. Tinetti, Tom Delbanco, Zhiyong Dong, Kendall Harcourt, Jessica Esterson, Peter Charpentier, Jan Walker	1
2	US experience with transparent medical records should reassure doctors 2022 ·BMJ ·Catherine M. DesRoches, Jan Walker, Tom Delbanco	2
3	Patients Contributing to Visit Notes: Mixed Methods Evaluation of OurNotes 2021 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Jan Walker, Suzanne G. Leveille, Gila Kriegel, Chen‐Tan Lin, Stephen K. Liu, Thomas H. Payne, Kendall Harcourt, Zhiyong Dong, Patricia Fitzgerald, (unknown), Lawrence Markson, Sara L. Jackson, Hannah Shucard, Joann G. Elmore, Tom Delbanco	18
4	Words Matter: What Do Patients Find Judgmental or Offensive in Outpatient Notes? 2021 ·Journal of General Internal Medicine ·Leonor Fernández, Alan Fossa, Zhiyong Dong, Tom Delbanco, Joann G. Elmore, Patricia Fitzgerald, Kendall Harcourt, Jocelyn Pérez, Jan Walker, Catherine M. DesRoches	58
5	Six countries, six individuals: resourceful patients navigating medical records in Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Sweden and the USA 2020 ·BMJ Open ·Liz Salmi, (unknown), (unknown), Sara Riggare, (unknown), Louise Schaper, Jan Walker, Tom Delbanco	12
6	OpenNotes After 7 Years: Patient Experiences With Ongoing Access to Their Clinicians’ Outpatient Visit Notes breakdown → 2019 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Jan Walker, Suzanne G. Leveille, Sigall K. Bell, Hannah Chimowitz, Zhiyong Dong, Joann G. Elmore, Leonor Fernández, Alan Fossa, Macda Gerard, Patricia Fitzgerald, Kendall Harcourt, Sara L. Jackson, Thomas H. Payne, Jocelyn Pérez, Hannah Shucard, Rebecca Stametz, Catherine M. DesRoches, Tom Delbanco	197
7	The Democratization of Health Care: A Vital Direction for Health and Health Care 2016 ·NAM Perspectives ·(unknown), Paul C. Tang, Mark D. Smith, Julia Adler‐Milstein, Tom Delbanco, (unknown), Giridhar Mallya, Debra L. Ness, (unknown), Ruth M. Parker, (unknown), (unknown)	2
8	Inviting patients and care partners to read doctors’ notes: OpenNotes and shared access to electronic medical records 2016 ·Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association ·Jennifer L. Wolff, Jonathan Darer, Andrea Berger, Deserae Clarke, Jamie A. Green, Rebecca Stametz, Tom Delbanco, Jan Walker	93
9	Sharing Physician Notes Through an Electronic Portal is Associated With Improved Medication Adherence: Quasi-Experimental Study 2015 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Eric A. Wright, Jonathan Darer, Xiaoqin Tang, (unknown), (unknown), Alan Fossa, Tom Delbanco, Long Ngo, Jan Walker	73
10	Do Patients Who Access Clinical Information on Patient Internet Portals Have More Primary Care Visits? 2015 ·Medical Care ·Suzanne G. Leveille, Roanne Mejilla, Long Ngo, Alan Fossa, Joann G. Elmore, Jonathan Darer, James D. Ralston, Tom Delbanco, Jan Walker	29
11	US experience with doctors and patients sharing clinical notes 2015 ·BMJ ·Jan Walker, Michael Meltsner, Tom Delbanco	66
12	Online Access to Doctors' Notes: Patient Concerns About Privacy 2013 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Elisabeth Vodicka, Roanne Mejilla, Suzanne G. Leveille, James D. Ralston, Jonathan Darer, Tom Delbanco, Jan Walker, Joann G. Elmore	80
13	Evaluation of computer-based medical histories taken by patients at home 2012 ·Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association ·Warner V. Slack, (unknown), Roger B. Davis, Tom Delbanco, Steven E. Locke, Charles Safran, Howard L. Bleich	22
14	Test—retest reliability in a computer-based medical history 2010 ·Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association ·Warner V. Slack, (unknown), Roger B. Davis, Tom Delbanco, Steven E. Locke, Howard L. Bleich	9
15	Information infrastructure for inter-organizational mental health services: An actor network theory analysis of psychiatric rehabilitation 2006 ·Journal of Biomedical Informatics ·Toomas Timpka, Magnus Bång, Tom Delbanco, Janet Walker	11
16	Hospital medicine: understanding and drawing on the patient’s perspective 2001 ·The American Journal of Medicine ·Tom Delbanco	6
17	Healthcare in a land called PeoplePower: nothing about me without me 2001 ·Health Expectations ·Tom Delbanco, Donald M. Berwick, Jo Ivey Boufford, (unknown), Günter Ollenschläger, Diane Plamping, (unknown)	128
18	National survey of hospital patients 1994 ·BMJ ·S. Bruster, B Jarman, Nick Bosanquet, (unknown), Ralf Erens, Tom Delbanco	272
19	Residentsʼ attitudes, knowledge, and behavior regarding diagnosis and treatment of alcoholism 1987 ·Academic Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mark D. Aronson, Tom Delbanco	47
20	Early detection and outpatient management of alcoholism 1984 ·Academic Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tom Delbanco	11

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