Nicholas Leydon
Biographic Data
| ID | 5540981 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas Leydon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas |
| FAMILY NAME | Leydon |
| SIGNATURE | LEYDON N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Massachusetts Department of Public Health |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-1997-7857 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Comparing apples with apples
This paper proposes a taxonomy for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and others engaged in front-line community health activities, encompassing formally-employed workers extending government primary health care (PHC) service delivery as well as a range of other actors with roles at the nexus of government PHC and communities. The taxonomy is grounded in current definitions from the World Health Organization and the International Labor Organization,…
Country-led institutionalization of community health within primary health care
Randomized Trial of Reducing Ambulatory Malpractice and Safety Risk
OBJECTIVE: Evaluate application of quality improvement approaches to key ambulatory malpractice risk and safety areas. STUDY SETTING: In total, 25 small-to-medium-sized primary care practices (16 intervention; 9 control) in Massachusetts. STUDY DESIGN: Controlled trial of a 15-month intervention including exposure to a learning network, webinars, face-to-face meetings, and coaching by improvement advisors targeting "3+1" high-risk domains: test r…
Evaluating Ambulatory Practice Safety
BACKGROUND: Ambulatory practices deliver most health care services and contribute to malpractice risk. Yet, policymakers and practitioners often lack information about safety and malpractice risk needed to guide improvement. OBJECTIVE: To assess staff and administrator perceptions of safety and malpractice risk in ambulatory settings. RESEARCH DESIGN: We administered surveys in small-sized to medium-sized primary care practices in Massachusetts a…
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Evaluating Ambulatory Practice Safety
BACKGROUND: Ambulatory practices deliver most health care services and contribute to malpractice risk. Yet, policymakers and practitioners often lack information about safety and malpractice risk needed to guide improvement. OBJECTIVE: To assess staff and administrator perceptions of safety and malpractice risk in ambulatory settings. RESEARCH DESIGN: We administered surveys in small-sized to medium-sized primary care practices in Massachusetts a…
Randomized Trial of Reducing Ambulatory Malpractice and Safety Risk
OBJECTIVE: Evaluate application of quality improvement approaches to key ambulatory malpractice risk and safety areas. STUDY SETTING: In total, 25 small-to-medium-sized primary care practices (16 intervention; 9 control) in Massachusetts. STUDY DESIGN: Controlled trial of a 15-month intervention including exposure to a learning network, webinars, face-to-face meetings, and coaching by improvement advisors targeting "3+1" high-risk domains: test r…
Country-led institutionalization of community health within primary health care
Comparing apples with apples
This paper proposes a taxonomy for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and others engaged in front-line community health activities, encompassing formally-employed workers extending government primary health care (PHC) service delivery as well as a range of other actors with roles at the nexus of government PHC and communities. The taxonomy is grounded in current definitions from the World Health Organization and the International Labor Organization,…
Medicine (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Ambulatory (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (2 works) · Malpractice (2 works)