Karen E Schifferdecker

Biographic Data

ID1738542
NAMEKaren E Schifferdecker
GIVEN NAMESKaren E
FAMILY NAMESchifferdecker
SIGNATURESCHIFFERDECKER K E
AFFILIATIONSDartmouth College
ORCID0000-0003-2558-4885
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Train Rural, Work Rural

    Open AccessKathleen L Carluzzo, Linda M Kinney et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2026

  • Evaluating rural healthcare workforce programs

    Open AccessMeghan R Longacre, Linda M Kinney et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2026

    PURPOSE: Healthcare workforce shortages are acute in rural areas. Using a holistic workforce retention framework, we examined evidence and identified gaps in recruitment and retention programs, using the Veterans Health Administration as a case study. METHODS: Rural workforce recruitment and retention initiatives were identified using VHA's 2023 Rural Recruitment and Hiring plan, and classified by rural focus, recruitment or retention, and streng…

  • “I didn’t go into medicine just to be on the phone”

    Satveer Kaur-Gill, Darlene K Drummond et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2025

    Guided by communication accommodation theory, we studied 27 physician reports of patient-physician advanced cancer communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. Advanced cancer communication requires recognizing patients' psychosocial states and collaboratively engaging patients empathetically to develop the shared understanding necessary to guide decision-making. However, physicians found their communication underaccommodated, stemming from person…

  • Finding the Value

    Open AccessPaul Barr, Paul J Barr et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2025

    OBJECTIVE: We aimed to understand what patients, caregivers and clinicians identified as the most important information from their audio-recorded clinic visits and why. METHODS: We recruited patients, caregivers and clinicians from primary and speciality care clinics at an academic medical centre in New Hampshire, U.S. Participants reviewed a recording or transcript of their visit, identifying meaningful moments and the reasons why. Two researche…

  • 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…

  • Organizational characteristics associated with sustained participation in internal quality improvement

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

  • 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…

  • Health-related quality of life profiles of adults with arthritis and/or fibromyalgia

    Open AccessErin Knight, Kathleen L Carluzzo et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2024

    We identified profiles with consistently impacted HRQOL in arthritis, though one displayed average mental health functioning despite poor physical functioning. These results highlight the value of considering the patient's HRQOL experience alongside treatment options, and the potentially positive impact of non-pharmacological interventions

  • Problematic Integration

    Darlene K Drummond, Satveer Kaur-Gill et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2023

    We describe racially discordant oncology encounters involving EOL decision-making. Fifty-eight provider interviews were content analyzed using the tenets of problematic integration theory. We found EOL discussions between non-Black providers and their Black patients were often complex and anxiety-inducing. That anxiety consisted of (1) ontological uncertainty in which providers characterized the nature of Black patients as distrustful, especially…

  • Psychometric characteristics of the health care empowerment questionnaire in a sample of patients with arthritis and rheumatic conditions

    Open AccessErin Knight, Kathleen L Carluzzo et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2021

    BACKGROUND: Patient empowerment can improve health-related outcomes and is important in chronic conditions, such as arthritis. This study aimed to validate the Health Care Empowerment Questionnaire (HCEQ), a patient-reported experience measure of empowerment, for use with patients with arthritis and other rheumatic diseases. METHODS: The HCEQ measures Patient Information Seeking (or Involvement in Decisions) and Healthcare Interaction Results (or…

  • A method to create a standardized generic and condition-specific patient-reported outcome measure for patient care and healthcare improvement

    Open AccessKaren E Schifferdecker, Susan Yount et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2017