A James O''Malley

Biographic Data

ID1726642
NAMEA James O''Malley
GIVEN NAMESA James
FAMILY NAMEO''Malley
SIGNATUREMALLEY A J O
AFFILIATIONSDartmouth College
ORCID0000-0001-8389-6217
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS38
TOTAL CITATIONS22
WORKS AS AUTHOR38
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Rural–urban disparities in primary care and geographic continuity of care for children with medical complexity

    Open AccessMary Arakelyan, Andrew P Schaefer et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2026

    PURPOSE: Rural-residing children with medical complexity (CMC) may receive fragmented care given clinician shortages in rural communities. This study characterized differences in continuity of care between rural- and urban-residing CMC, applying novel measures of geographic care continuity and assessing associations between continuity, neighborhood social disadvantage, and unplanned hospital utilization. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study a…

  • Causal inference for intervention spillover in a stepped wedge cluster-randomized trial

    Open AccessA James O''Malley, Amanda O’Malley et al.ARTICLESocial Networks2026

    Often motivated by concerns about contamination of control subjects, stepped wedge cluster-randomized trial designs assign interventions to distinct clusters (e.g., hospitals) and protect against confounding by randomizing the timing of intervention delivery. However, when trial units are embedded in professional networks that span clusters, such designs cannot prevent spillover. In this study, we use longitudinal cluster-randomized trial data an…

  • Network threats to causal inference

    Open AccessC Mcmillan, Mark C Pachucki et al.ARTICLESocial Networks2026References: 11

    Researchers and practitioners rely on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to make causal inferences. However, most people who participate in RCTs are part of multiple, overlapping social networks that shape their behaviors and attitudes. As a result, variations in trial participants’ and non-participants’ network positions may impede the generalizability of a RCT’s conclusions. The current project evaluates the extent and impact of these variatio…

  • Travel burden and bypassing closest site for surgical cancer treatment for urban and rural oncology patients

    Open AccessTracy Onega, Niveditta Ramkumar et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2025

    PURPOSE: We examined the relationship between travel burden for surgical cancer care and rurality, geographic bypass of the nearest surgical facility, cancer type, and mortality outcomes. METHODS: Using Medicare claims and enrollment data (2016-2018) from beneficiaries with cancer of the colon, rectum, lung, or pancreas, we measured travel times to: the nearest surgical facility and facility used. For those who bypassed the nearest, we examined t…

  • Changes in US Primary Care Access and Capabilities During the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessMatthew Mackwood, Elliott S Fisher et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2025

    In this cohort study, over the time period including the COVID-19 pandemic, primary care practices reported a decline in access to care, while average practice capabilities improved. Integrated practice ownership and ACO participation were both associated with better access and capability scores, suggesting that value-based payment and integrated care delivery support the development of higher-quality primary care. Variations across practices poi…

  • Oncology Physician Turnover in the United States Based on Medicare Claims Data

    Open AccessSarah L Cornelius, Andrew Schaefer et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2025References: 35

    OBJECTIVE: Physician turnover rates are rising in the United States. The cancer workforce, which relies heavily on clinical teamwork and care coordination, may be more greatly impacted by turnover. In this study, we aimed to characterize oncologists who move to identify targets for recruitment and retention efforts. METHODS: We identified medical, radiation, and surgical oncologists who treated Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with breast, colore…

  • Organizational characteristics associated with sustained participation in internal quality improvement

    Open AccessVanessa B Hurley, Amanda L Brewster et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025References: 45

  • Clinician-Spoken Plain Language in Health Care Encounters

    Open AccessRenata W Yen, Robert Hagedorn et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2024

  • Rural–urban disparities in health care delivery for children with medical complexity and moderating effects of payer, disability, and community poverty

    Open AccessMary Arakelyan, Seneca D Freyleue et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2024

    PURPOSE: Children with medical complexity (CMC) may be at increased risk of rural-urban disparities in health care delivery given their multifaceted health care needs, but these disparities are poorly understood. This study evaluated rural-urban disparities in health care delivery to CMC and determined whether Medicaid coverage, co-occurring disability, and community poverty modified the effects of rurality on care delivery. METHODS: This retrosp…

  • The role of comorbidities, medications, and social determinants of health in understanding urban‐rural outcome differences among patients with heart failure

    Open AccessEmily P Zeitler, Joanna M Joly et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2024

    PURPOSE: There is now a 20% disparity in all-cause, excess deaths between urban and rural areas, much of which is driven by disparities in cardiovascular death. We sought to explain the sources of these disparities for Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). METHODS: Using a sample of Medicare Parts A, B, and D, we created a cohort of 389,528 fee-for-service beneficiaries with at least 1 heart failure hos…

  • Safety Net Primary Care Capabilities After the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessKaren E Schifferdecker, Ching‐Wen Yang et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2024

    The results of this survey study suggest that FQHCs outperformed non-FQHC practices on important care processes while serving a patient population with lower incomes who are medically underserved compared with patients in other practice types. Legislation to expand funding for the FQHC program should improve services for underserved populations and target current non-FQHC safety net practices to serve these populations. Increased support for thes…

  • A Quality Improvement Initiative for Inpatient Advance Care Planning

    Open AccessOlivia A Sacks, Megan Murphy et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2024

    This nationwide cohort study suggests that while the ACP quality initiative increased ACP billing, changes in clinical outcomes were inconsistent with the hypotheses. Further study is needed to address questions regarding confounding by unobserved measures of care quality

  • Network spillover effects associated with the ChooseWell 365 workplace randomized controlled trial to promote healthy food choices

    Open AccessMark C Pachucki, C S Hong et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2024Cited by: 1References: 43

  • The impact of adding cost information to a conversation aid to support shared decision making about low‐risk prostate cancer treatment

    Open AccessMary C Politi, Rachel C Forcino et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2023

    BACKGROUND: Decision aids help patients consider the benefits and drawbacks of care options but rarely include cost information. We assessed the impact of a conversation-based decision aid containing information about low-risk prostate cancer management options and their relative costs. METHODS: We conducted a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial in outpatient urology practices within a US-based academic medical center. We randomised five clini…

  • The Confident study protocol

    Open AccessGabrielle Stevens, Lisa Johnson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    NCT05168800 at ClinicalTrials.gov, registered December 23, 2021

  • The diffusion of health care fraud

    Open AccessA James O''Malley, Thomas A Bubolz et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2023References: 28

    Many studies have examined the diffusion of health care innovation but less is known about the diffusion of health care fraud. In this paper, we consider the diffusion of potentially fraudulent Medicare home health care billing in the United States during 2002-16, with a focus on the 21 hospital referral regions (HRRs) covered by local Department of Justice (DOJ) anti-fraud "strike force" offices. We hypothesize that patient-sharing across home h…

  • Validation of the Emotional Tone Index for Families (Etif)

    Open AccessSophie Kerr, William J Hudenko et al.ARTICLEFamily Process2021

    Despite the importance of emotional closeness (EC) in families, few researchers have accurately measured the construct in a systemic way. Additionally, existing measures rely on ratings from one informant, typically the mother, to provide information on closeness within the entire family system. We examined EC in 140 individuals (37 families) using the Emotional Tone Index for Families (ETIF), a novel, multi‐informant measure that obtains bidirec…

  • Social connections and the healthfulness of food choices in an employee population

    Open AccessDiane E Levy, Mark C Pachucki et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2021Cited by: 2References: 65

  • Influence of Peer Physicians on Intensity of End-of-Life Care for Cancer Decedents

    Nancy L Keating, A James O''Malley et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2019References: 20

    BACKGROUND: The intensity of end-of-life care varies substantially both within and between areas. Differing practice patterns of individual physicians are likely influenced by their peers. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether intensity of end-of-life care previously provided by a physician's peers influences patterns of care at the end-of-life for that physician's patients. RESEARCH DESIGN: Observational study. SUBJECTS: A total of 185,947 fee-for-servic…

  • The social network context of HIV stigma

    Open AccessTakada, Sae Takada et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2019Cited by: 5References: 107

  • Using Collabo Rate , a brief patient‐reported measure of shared decision making

    Open AccessRachel C Forcino, Paul Barr et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2018

    INTRODUCTION: CollaboRATE is a brief patient survey focused on shared decision making. This paper aims to (i) provide insight on facilitators and challenges to implementing a real-time patient survey and (ii) evaluate CollaboRATE scores and response rates across multiple clinical settings with varied patient populations. METHOD: All adult patients at three United States primary care practices were eligible to complete CollaboRATE post-visit. To i…

  • What matters most

    Open AccessMarie-Anne Durand, Marie‐Anne Durand et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    NCT03136367 at ClinicalTrials.gov Protocol version: Manuscript based on study protocol version 2.2, 7 November 2017

  • Assessing Variation in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy Guideline Adherence With Physician and Hospital Patient-sharing Networks

    Erika L Moen, Jefferson Bynum et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2018References: 33

    BACKGROUND: Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy is used for primary prevention of death among people with heart failure, and new evidence in 2005 on its effectiveness changed practice guidelines in the United States. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to examine how the connectedness of physicians and hospitals, measured using network analysis, relates to guideline-consistent ICD implantation. RESEARCH DESIGN: We construc…

  • Polio vaccine hesitancy in the networks and neighborhoods of Malegaon, India

    Open AccessJukka-Pekka Onnela, Bruce E Landon et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2016Cited by: 11References: 21

  • Social network targeting to maximise population behaviour change

    Open AccessDavid Kim, David A Kim et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2015