Daniel H Solomon
Biographic Data
| ID | 5479485 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel H Solomon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel H |
| FAMILY NAME | Solomon |
| SIGNATURE | SOLOMON D H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8202-5428 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Lessons Learned: Overcoming Obstacles to Inference and Synthesis in Atrocity Prevention Research
In this paper, we argue that atrocity prevention (AP) researchers face obstacles to inference and knowledge synthesis in the study of AP strategies and tools. We argue that researchers can begin to address obstacles to inference by using rigorous social-science methods and can address obstacles to knowledge synthesis through greater coordination and transparency about concepts, methods, and data. Our argument proceeds in four parts. First, drawin…
Historical Violence and Public Attitudes towards Justice: Evidence from the United States
This article brings transitional justice scholarship to bear on the case of racial violence in the United States. We investigate how knowledge of racial terror lynchings shapes Black Americans’ support for symbolic and material transitional justice measures. We administer a survey with an embedded experiment to Black residents in Maryland, a US transitional justice pioneer. We provide select respondents with information about historical lynching …
Introducing the Concentration Camps (CCamps v1.0) dataset
Although the Nazi Holocaust provides the most expansive and resonant example of concentration camps in popular commentary and social science research, recent revelations regarding the detention and abuse of Uyghurs in camps in Xinjiang, China, as well as Ukrainian citizens in Russian-occupied Eastern Ukraine, reflect the persistence of this technology of mass violence. To gauge how common the use of this technology has been and to facilitate rese…
The Black Freedom Movement and the Politics of the Anti-Genocide Norm in the United States, 1951 - 1967
This article explores the political uses of the anti-genocide norm by black freedom activists in the United States between 1951, when the Civil Rights Congress petitioned the United Nations with evidence of genocide against black Americans, and 1967, when the topic of genocide returned to mainstream public debate with the beginning of William Proxmire’s campaign for US ratification of the Convention. Using public speeches and pamphlets of the US …
Placebo Adherence, Clinical Outcomes, and Mortality in the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Hormone Therapy Trials
BACKGROUND: Medication adherence may be a proxy for healthy behaviors and other factors that affect outcomes. Prior studies of the association between placebo adherence and health outcomes have been limited primarily to men enrolled in clinical trials and cardiovascular disease outcomes. We examined associations between adherence to placebo and the risk of fracture, coronary heart disease, cancer, and all-cause mortality in the 2 Women's Health I…
Privacy-Maintaining Propensity Score-Based Pooling of Multiple Databases Applied to a Study of Biologics
INTRODUCTION: A large study on the safety of biologics required pooling of data from multiple data sources, but while extensive confounder adjustment was necessary, private, individual-level covariate information could not be shared. OBJECTIVES: To describe the methods of pooling data that investigators considered, and to detail the strengths and limitations of the chosen method: a propensity score (PS)-based approach that allowed for full multiv…
Patient, Physician, and Payment Predictors of Statin Adherence
BACKGROUND: Although many patient, physician, and payment predictors of adherence have been described, knowledge of their relative strength and overall ability to explain adherence is limited. OBJECTIVES: To measure the contributions of patient, physician, and payment predictors in explaining adherence to statins. RESEARCH DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study using administrative data. SUBJECTS: A total of 14,257 patients insured by Horizon Blue Cr…
An Evaluation of the Relationship Between the Implementation of a Newly Designed Prescription Drug Label at Target Pharmacies and Health Outcomes
BACKGROUND: Medication errors represent a major public health concern, and inadequate prescription drug labels have been identified as a root cause of errors. A new prescription medication labeling system was implemented by Target pharmacies in May 2005 and aimed to improve health outcomes. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether the new Target label influenced patient health services utilization. SUBJECTS: Derived from 2 large health plans. RESEARCH DES…
Identification and Validation of Vertebral Compression Fractures Using Administrative Claims Data
INTRODUCTION: Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are the most common type of osteoporotic fracture. Administrative claims data might be useful to identify VCFs, but this approach to case finding has received limited evaluation. METHODS: Using the administrative claims databases of a large regional US health care organization, we identified adults with a claim with a VCF diagnosis code from January 2003 to June 2004 and excluded persons with m…
Design of Cluster-Randomized Trials of Quality Improvement Interventions Aimed at Medical Care Providers
BACKGROUND: Randomized trials aimed at improving the quality of medical care often randomize the provider. Such trials are frequently embedded in health care systems with available automated records, which can be used to enhance the design of the trial. METHODS: We consider how available information from automated records can address each of the following concerns in the design of a trial: whether to randomize individual providers or practices; c…
The Medical License Number Accurately Identifies the Prescribing Physician in a Large Pharmacy Claims Database
BACKGROUND: Medical license numbers that identify physicians in pharmacy claims data are used increasingly for both research and quality improvement efforts; however, little is known about how well this information identifies the physician who wrote the prescription. We studied the accuracy of the medical license number in data from a state-run drug benefit plan by assessing its consistency with 2 external sources of data. METHODS: We studied a c…
Prior Authorization Policies for Selective Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors in Medicaid: A Policy Review
BACKGROUND: Many state Medicaid programs use prior authorization programs to limit spending on cyclooxygenase-2 selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (coxibs). However, the evidence base for the prior authorization criteria has not been examined previously. METHODS: We determined whether prior authorization was required for coxibs in state Medicaid programs and collected data on what precise criteria needed to be met for a coxib prescrip…
Trends in Knee Magnetic Resonance Imaging
OBJECTIVE: To assess trends in knee magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) use and accompanying management changes to determine whether indications for this test have changed over time. DATA SOURCES: Large administrative database containing health care information for 587,010 people living in 1 state who were enrolled in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. They all had used health services during 3 consecutive years between 1991 to 1995. METHODS: We per…
Can History and Physical Examination Be Used as Markers of Quality: An Analysis of the Initial Visit Note in Musculoskeletal Care
BACKGROUND: The medical record serves as an important source of information regarding the care process, but few studies have examined whether thoroughness of documentation is associated with outcomes. OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this study were to analyze the initial visit note for 513 patients presenting with acute musculoskeletal pain, compare thoroughness of documentation by physician specialty, and determine whether thoroughness of documenta…
Enhancing Children's Prosocial Behavior in the Classroom
A program designed to enhance children's prosocial development was conducted in three suburban elementary schools for 5 consecutive years, focusing primarily on a single cohort of children as it moved from kindergarten through fourth grade. Repeated observations were conducted each year to assess program implementation and student interpersonal behavior in classrooms in the three "program" schools and in three "comparison" schools. Analyses of th…
The Black Freedom Movement and the Politics of the Anti-Genocide Norm in the United States, 1951 - 1967
This article explores the political uses of the anti-genocide norm by black freedom activists in the United States between 1951, when the Civil Rights Congress petitioned the United Nations with evidence of genocide against black Americans, and 1967, when the topic of genocide returned to mainstream public debate with the beginning of William Proxmire’s campaign for US ratification of the Convention. Using public speeches and pamphlets of the US …
Enhancing Children's Prosocial Behavior in the Classroom
A program designed to enhance children's prosocial development was conducted in three suburban elementary schools for 5 consecutive years, focusing primarily on a single cohort of children as it moved from kindergarten through fourth grade. Repeated observations were conducted each year to assess program implementation and student interpersonal behavior in classrooms in the three "program" schools and in three "comparison" schools. Analyses of th…
Enhancing Children's Prosocial Behavior in the Classroom
A program designed to enhance children's prosocial development was conducted in three suburban elementary schools for 5 consecutive years, focusing primarily on a single cohort of children as it moved from kindergarten through fourth grade. Repeated observations were conducted each year to assess program implementation and student interpersonal behavior in classrooms in the three "program" schools and in three "comparison" schools. Analyses of th…
Can History and Physical Examination Be Used as Markers of Quality: An Analysis of the Initial Visit Note in Musculoskeletal Care
BACKGROUND: The medical record serves as an important source of information regarding the care process, but few studies have examined whether thoroughness of documentation is associated with outcomes. OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this study were to analyze the initial visit note for 513 patients presenting with acute musculoskeletal pain, compare thoroughness of documentation by physician specialty, and determine whether thoroughness of documenta…
Trends in Knee Magnetic Resonance Imaging
OBJECTIVE: To assess trends in knee magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) use and accompanying management changes to determine whether indications for this test have changed over time. DATA SOURCES: Large administrative database containing health care information for 587,010 people living in 1 state who were enrolled in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. They all had used health services during 3 consecutive years between 1991 to 1995. METHODS: We per…
Prior Authorization Policies for Selective Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors in Medicaid: A Policy Review
BACKGROUND: Many state Medicaid programs use prior authorization programs to limit spending on cyclooxygenase-2 selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (coxibs). However, the evidence base for the prior authorization criteria has not been examined previously. METHODS: We determined whether prior authorization was required for coxibs in state Medicaid programs and collected data on what precise criteria needed to be met for a coxib prescrip…
Design of Cluster-Randomized Trials of Quality Improvement Interventions Aimed at Medical Care Providers
BACKGROUND: Randomized trials aimed at improving the quality of medical care often randomize the provider. Such trials are frequently embedded in health care systems with available automated records, which can be used to enhance the design of the trial. METHODS: We consider how available information from automated records can address each of the following concerns in the design of a trial: whether to randomize individual providers or practices; c…
The Medical License Number Accurately Identifies the Prescribing Physician in a Large Pharmacy Claims Database
BACKGROUND: Medical license numbers that identify physicians in pharmacy claims data are used increasingly for both research and quality improvement efforts; however, little is known about how well this information identifies the physician who wrote the prescription. We studied the accuracy of the medical license number in data from a state-run drug benefit plan by assessing its consistency with 2 external sources of data. METHODS: We studied a c…
An Evaluation of the Relationship Between the Implementation of a Newly Designed Prescription Drug Label at Target Pharmacies and Health Outcomes
BACKGROUND: Medication errors represent a major public health concern, and inadequate prescription drug labels have been identified as a root cause of errors. A new prescription medication labeling system was implemented by Target pharmacies in May 2005 and aimed to improve health outcomes. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether the new Target label influenced patient health services utilization. SUBJECTS: Derived from 2 large health plans. RESEARCH DES…
Identification and Validation of Vertebral Compression Fractures Using Administrative Claims Data
INTRODUCTION: Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are the most common type of osteoporotic fracture. Administrative claims data might be useful to identify VCFs, but this approach to case finding has received limited evaluation. METHODS: Using the administrative claims databases of a large regional US health care organization, we identified adults with a claim with a VCF diagnosis code from January 2003 to June 2004 and excluded persons with m…
Privacy-Maintaining Propensity Score-Based Pooling of Multiple Databases Applied to a Study of Biologics
INTRODUCTION: A large study on the safety of biologics required pooling of data from multiple data sources, but while extensive confounder adjustment was necessary, private, individual-level covariate information could not be shared. OBJECTIVES: To describe the methods of pooling data that investigators considered, and to detail the strengths and limitations of the chosen method: a propensity score (PS)-based approach that allowed for full multiv…
Patient, Physician, and Payment Predictors of Statin Adherence
BACKGROUND: Although many patient, physician, and payment predictors of adherence have been described, knowledge of their relative strength and overall ability to explain adherence is limited. OBJECTIVES: To measure the contributions of patient, physician, and payment predictors in explaining adherence to statins. RESEARCH DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study using administrative data. SUBJECTS: A total of 14,257 patients insured by Horizon Blue Cr…
Placebo Adherence, Clinical Outcomes, and Mortality in the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Hormone Therapy Trials
BACKGROUND: Medication adherence may be a proxy for healthy behaviors and other factors that affect outcomes. Prior studies of the association between placebo adherence and health outcomes have been limited primarily to men enrolled in clinical trials and cardiovascular disease outcomes. We examined associations between adherence to placebo and the risk of fracture, coronary heart disease, cancer, and all-cause mortality in the 2 Women's Health I…
The Black Freedom Movement and the Politics of the Anti-Genocide Norm in the United States, 1951 - 1967
This article explores the political uses of the anti-genocide norm by black freedom activists in the United States between 1951, when the Civil Rights Congress petitioned the United Nations with evidence of genocide against black Americans, and 1967, when the topic of genocide returned to mainstream public debate with the beginning of William Proxmire’s campaign for US ratification of the Convention. Using public speeches and pamphlets of the US …
Lessons Learned: Overcoming Obstacles to Inference and Synthesis in Atrocity Prevention Research
In this paper, we argue that atrocity prevention (AP) researchers face obstacles to inference and knowledge synthesis in the study of AP strategies and tools. We argue that researchers can begin to address obstacles to inference by using rigorous social-science methods and can address obstacles to knowledge synthesis through greater coordination and transparency about concepts, methods, and data. Our argument proceeds in four parts. First, drawin…
Historical Violence and Public Attitudes towards Justice: Evidence from the United States
This article brings transitional justice scholarship to bear on the case of racial violence in the United States. We investigate how knowledge of racial terror lynchings shapes Black Americans’ support for symbolic and material transitional justice measures. We administer a survey with an embedded experiment to Black residents in Maryland, a US transitional justice pioneer. We provide select respondents with information about historical lynching …
Introducing the Concentration Camps (CCamps v1.0) dataset
Although the Nazi Holocaust provides the most expansive and resonant example of concentration camps in popular commentary and social science research, recent revelations regarding the detention and abuse of Uyghurs in camps in Xinjiang, China, as well as Ukrainian citizens in Russian-occupied Eastern Ukraine, reflect the persistence of this technology of mass violence. To gauge how common the use of this technology has been and to facilitate rese…
Medicine (11 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Health care (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Medical prescription (4 works) · Medication Adherence and Compliance (4 works)