T
Thomas K. Houston
Researcher at Wake Forest University
Publications - 212
Citations - 9295
Thomas K. Houston is an academic researcher from Wake Forest University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Smoking cessation & Health care. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 203 publications receiving 8402 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas K. Houston include University of Alabama at Birmingham & Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Can e-mail messages between patients and physicians be patient-centered?
TL;DR: E-mail has the potential to support the doctor–patient relationship by providing a medium through which patients can express worries and concerns and physicians can be patient-centered in response.
Journal ArticleDOI
Association of Timely Administration of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Major Surgical Procedures and Surgical Site Infection
Mary T. Hawn,Mary T. Hawn,Kamal M.F. Itani,Kamal M.F. Itani,Stephen H. Gray,Stephen H. Gray,Catherine C. Vick,Catherine C. Vick,William G. Henderson,Thomas K. Houston,Thomas K. Houston +10 more
TL;DR: An analysis of patients undergoing major surgical operations to determine if SIP-1 was associated with surgical site infection (SSI) rates in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals found timely PA did not markedly contribute to overall patient or facility SSI rates.
Journal ArticleDOI
Attitudes and illness factors associated with low perceived need for depression treatment among young adults.
Benjamin W. Van Voorhees,Joshua Fogel,Thomas K. Houston,Thomas K. Houston,Lisa A. Cooper,Lisa A. Cooper,Nae Yuh Wang,Daniel E. Ford +7 more
TL;DR: A multivariate model was developed to determine the effects of beliefs and attitudes, social norms, past treatment behavior, and symptom severity on low perceived depression treatment need and found lacking confidence in either a biological or counseling based explanation or treatment approach for depression predicted low perceived Depression treatment need.
Journal ArticleDOI
Screening the public for depression through the Internet.
TL;DR: The Internet provides a continuously available, inexpensive, easily maintained platform to anonymously screen a large number of individuals from a broad geographic area, however, older adults and minorities may visit screening sites less frequently than other populations.
Journal ArticleDOI
Sustained Use of Patient Portal Features and Improvements in Diabetes Physiological Measures
TL;DR: Although rates of use of the refill function were higher within the population, sustained SM use had a greater impact on HbA1c than other portal features, and both features were significantly associated with improvements in LDL cholesterol levels at follow-up.