LawrenceDGarberMD

Internal Medicine • Worcester, MA

Medical Director for Informatics, Associate Medical Director of Research

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Office
5 Neponset St
Worcester, MA 01606
Phone+1 508-595-2300

Fax+1 508-853-5226
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Education & Training

UMass Chan Medical SchoolResidency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1986
New York University School of MedicineClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1985 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine Clinical Informatics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2012-2015
Physician Practice Connections Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2012-2015
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011, 2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Trends in breast and prostate cancer screening and diagnostic procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic in central Massachusetts.
Mara M Epstein, Devi Sundaresan, Meagan Fair, Hassan Fouayzi, Erica T Warner, Lawrence D Garber, Jerry H Gurwitz, Terry S Field> ;Cancer Causes & Control. 2022 Oct 1
6 citations
Effect of Technology-Assisted Brief Abstinence Game on Long-term Smoking Cessation in Individuals Not Yet Ready to Quit: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Thomas K Houston, Jinying Chen, Daniel J Amante, Amanda C Blok, Catherine S Nagawa, Jessica G Wijesundara, Ariana Kamberi, Jeroan J Allison, Sharina D Person, Julie Fl...> ;JAMA Internal Medicine. 2022 Mar 1
6 citations
Implementation of Patient Engagement Tools in Electronic Health Records to Enhance Patient-Centered Communication: Protocol for Feasibility Evaluation and Preliminary ...
Ming Tai-Seale, Rebecca F. Rosen, Bernice Ruo, Michael Hogarth, Christopher A. Longhurst, Lina Lander, Amanda Walker, Cheryl D Stults, Albert S. Chan, Kathleen M. Mazo...> ;JMIR Research Protocols. 2021 Aug 26
31 citations
Effect of a Multifaceted Clinical Pharmacist Intervention on Medication Safety After Hospitalization in Persons Prescribed High-risk Medications: A Randomized Clinical...
Jerry H. Gurwitz, Alok Kapoor, Lawrence Garber, Kathleen M. Mazor, Joann L. Wagner, Sarah L. Cutrona, Sonal Singh, Abir O. Kanaan, Jennifer L. Donovan, Sybil L. Crawfo...> ;JAMA Internal Medicine. 2021 Mar 1
26 citations
Hypertension, medications, and risk of severe COVID-19: A Massachusetts community-based observational study
Ann Z. Bauer, Rebecca Gore, Susan R. Sama, Richard Rosiello, Lawrence Garber, Devi Sundaresan, Anne McDonald, Patricia Arruda, David Kriebel> ;Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2021 Jan 1
8 citations
Electronic Health Record Portal Messages and Interactive Voice Response Calls to Improve Rates of Early Season Influenza Vaccination: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Jessica G. Wijesundara, Mayuko Fukunaga, Jessica Ogarek, Bruce A. Barton, Lloyd D. Fisher, Peggy Preusse, Devi Sundaresan, Lawrence Garber, Kathleen M. Mazor, Sarah L....> ;Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2020 Sep 25
1 citations
Recruitment Challenges for Low-Risk Health System Intervention Trials in Older Adults: A Case Study.
Kathryn Anzuoni, Terry S. Field, Kathleen M. Mazor, Yanhua Zhou, Lawrence Garber, Alok Kapoor, Jerry H. Gurwitz> ;Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2020 Jul 25
2 citations
The 'Take a Break' game: Randomized trial protocol for a technology-assisted brief abstinence experience designed to engage lower-motivated smokers.
Daniel J. Amante, Amanda C. Blok, Catherine S. Nagawa, Jessica G. Wijesundara, Jeroan J. Allison, Sharina D. Person, Jeanne Morley, Joseph Conigliaro, Kristin M. Matto...> ;Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2020 Apr 23
11 citations
Protocol for serious fall injury adjudication in the Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders (STRIDE) study
David A. Ganz, Albert L. Siu, Jay Magaziner, Nancy K. Latham, Thomas G. Travison, Nancy P. Lorenze, Charles Lu, Rixin Wang, Erich J. Greene, Cynthia L. Stowe, Lea N. H...> ;Injury Epidemiology. 2019 Apr 15
19 citations
Use of Electronic Health Record Access and Audit Logs to Identify Physician Actions Following Noninterruptive Alert Opening: Descriptive Study
Terry S. Field, Hassan Fouayzi, Devi Sundaresan, Laura Burns, Lawrence Garber, Rajani S. Sadasivam, Kathleen M. Mazor, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Sarah L. Cutrona, Azraa Amroze> ;JMIR Medical Informatics. 2019 Feb 7
51 citations
Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders (STRIDE): A Cluster-Randomized Pragmatic Trial of a Multifactorial Fall Injury Prevention Strategy: Desi...
Shalender Bhasin, Thomas M. Gill, David B. Reuben, Nancy K. Latham, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Patricia C. Dykes, Siobhan K McMahon, Thomas W. Storer, Pamela W. Duncan, David A...> ;The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2018 Jul 9
22 citations
Improving Rates of Outpatient Influenza Vaccination Through EHR Portal Messages and Interactive Automated Calls: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Sarah L. Cutrona, Jessica G. Golden, Sarah L. Goff, Jessica Ogarek, Bruce A. Barton, Lloyd D. Fisher, Peggy Preusse, Devi Sundaresan, Lawrence Garber, Kathleen M. Mazor> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2018 Jan 30
5 citations
Consensus Statement: Feature and Function Recommendations to Optimize Clinician Usability of Direct Interoperability to Enhance Patient Care.
Steven R. Lane, Holly Miller, Elizabeth Ames, Lawrence Garber, David C. Kibbe, Joseph H. Schneider, Christoph U. Lehmann> ;Applied Clinical Informatics. 2018 Jan 1
15 citations
Primary Care Providers' Opening of Time-Sensitive Alerts Sent to Commercial Electronic Health Record InBaskets
Sarah L. Cutrona, Hassan Fouayzi, Laura Burns, Rajani S. Sadasivam, Kathleen M. Mazor, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Lawrence Garber, Devi Sundaresan, Thomas K. Houston, Terry S. ...> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2017 Aug 14
13 citations
Improving Rates of Influenza Vaccination Through Electronic Health Record Portal Messages, Interactive Voice Recognition Calls and Patient-Enabled Electronic Health Re...
Sarah L. Cutrona, Meera Sreedhara, Sarah L. Goff, Lloyd D. Fisher, Peggy Preusse, Madeline Jackson, Devi Sundaresan, Lawrence Garber, Kathleen M. Mazor> ;JMIR Research Protocols. 2016 May 6
12 citations
A Pilot Health Information Technology-Based Effort to Increase the Quality of Transitions From Skilled Nursing Facility to Home: Compelling Evidence of High Rate of Ad...
Jennifer L. Donovan, Abir O. Kanaan, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jennifer Tjia, Sarah L. Cutrona, Lawrence Garber, Peggy Preusse, Terry S. Field> ;Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2016 Apr 1
25 citations
Patient Portals: An Underused Resource for Improving Patient Engagement
Bengisu Tulu, John Trudel, Diane M. Strong, Sharon A. Johnson, Devi Sundaresan, Lawrence Garber> ;Chest. 2016 Jan 1
49 citations
Association of Early Post-Discharge Follow-Up by a Primary Care Physician and 30-Day Rehospitalization Among Older Adults
Terry S. Field, Jessica Ogarek, Lawrence Garber, George W. Reed, Jerry H. Gurwitz> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2015 May 1
8 citations
Economic simulation of canagliflozin and sitagliptin treatment outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with inadequate glycemic control
Marie-Hélène Lafeuille, Amanda Melina Grittner, Jonathan Gravel, Robert A. Bailey, Silas Martin, Lawrence Garber, Mei Sheng Duh, Patrick Lefebvre> ;Journal of Medical Economics. 2015 Feb 1
31 citations
An electronic health record-based intervention to increase follow-up office visits and decrease rehospitalization in older adults.
Jerry H. Gurwitz, Terry S. Field, Jessica Ogarek, Jennifer Tjia, Sarah L. Cutrona, Leslie R. Harrold, Shawn J. Gagne, Peggy Preusse, Jennifer L. Donovan, Abir O. Kanaa...> ;Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2014 May 1
13 citations
Quality measure attainment in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Marie-Hélène Lafeuille, Amanda Melina Grittner, Jonathan Gravel, Robert A. Bailey, Silas Martin, Lawrence Garber, Mei Sheng Duh, Patrick Lefebvre> ;The American Journal of Managed Care. 2014 Jan 25
73 citations
Adverse Drug Events After Hospital Discharge in Older Adults: Types, Severity, and Involvement of Beers Criteria Medications
Abir O. Kanaan, Jennifer L. Donovan, Nerissa P. Duchin, Terry S. Field, Jennifer Tjia, Sarah L. Cutrona, Shawn J. Gagne, Lawrence Garber, Peggy Preusse, Leslie R. Harr...> ;Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2013 Nov 1
4 citations
Association of self-monitoring of blood glucose use on glycated hemoglobin and weight in newly diagnosed, insulin-naïve adult patients with type 2 diabetes
Naunihal Virdi, Patrick Lefebvre, Hélène Parisé, Mei Sheng Duh, Dominic Pilon, François Laliberté, Devi Sundaresan, Lawrence Garber, Riad Dirani> ;Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. 2013 Sep 1
8 citations
Overcoming challenges integrating patient-generated data into the clinical EHR: Lessons from the CONtrolling Disease Using Inexpensive IT - Hypertension in Diabetes (C...
Jenna L. Marquard, Lawrence Garber, Barry G. Saver, Brian Amster, Michael Kelleher, Peggy Preusse> ;International Journal of Medical Informatics. 2013 Oct 1
11 citations
Technological resources and personnel costs required to implement an automated alert system for ambulatory physicians when patients are discharged from hospitals to home.
Terry S. Field, Lawrence Garber, Shawn J. Gagne, Jennifer Tjia, Peggy Preusse, Jennifer L. Donovan, Abir O. Kanaan, Jerry H. Gurwitz> ;Informatics in Primary Care. 2013 Mar 22
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Journal Articles

Effect of a Multifaceted Clinical Pharmacist Intervention on Medication Safety After Hospitalization in Persons Prescribed High-Risk Medications
Alok Kapoor, Lawrence Garber, Sarah L Cutrona, Jennifer L Donovan, JAMA Internal Medicine

Press Mentions

Health IT, Interoperability Collaborative MAeHC Dissolves After 15 YearsJuly 22nd, 2021
Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative Dissolves, Saying 'Work Completed'July 21st, 2021
Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative Fulfills Mission; Completes Final DissolutionJuly 21st, 2021
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Hospital Affiliations

Saint Vincent HospitalWorcester, Massachusetts