Jorie Butler

About

The Behavioral Medicine Research Group at the University of Utah provides a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary engagement among researchers, including core Health Psychology faculty in the Psychology Department, affiliated faculty in the U of U Medical Center, and health-focused graduate students across all areas of the department. The group meets twice each month throughout the semester, offering activities such as research presentations from faculty and graduate students, outside speakers, grant development brainstorming sessions, professional development topics, and journal club discussions on current articles in behavioral medicine. The group's work has contributed to numerous successful grant applications and has played an important role in the training of students and early career faculty, fostering highly successful careers.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Nursing
• Computer Science
• Gerontology
• Virology
• Psychology
• Psychiatry
• Data Mining
• Biology
• Internal medicine

Selected publications

• Patient-centered care and the electronic health record: exploring functionality and gaps

  JAMIA Open · 2020 · 42 citations

  1st authorCorresponding

  OBJECTIVE: Healthcare systems have adopted electronic health records (EHRs) to support clinical care. Providing patient-centered care (PCC) is a goal of many healthcare systems. In this study, we sought to explore how existing EHR systems support PCC; defined as understanding the patient as a whole person, building relational connections between the clinician and patient, and supporting patients in health self-management. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We assessed availability of EHR functions consisten…

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• <scp>Age‐friendly</scp> care in the Veterans Health Administration: Past, present, and future

  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022 · 31 citations

  The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has long recognized the need for age-friendly care. VHA leadership anticipated the impact of aging World War II veterans on VA healthcare systems and in 1975 developed Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers (GRECCs) to meet this need. GRECCs catalyzed a series of innovations in geriatric models of care that span the continuum of care, most of which endure. These innovative care models also contributed to the evidence base supporting the prese…

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• Communicating about COVID-19 vaccine development and safety

  PLoS ONE · 2022 · 31 citations

  PURPOSE: Beliefs that the risks from a COVID-19 vaccine outweigh the risks from getting COVID-19 and concerns that the vaccine development process was rushed and lacking rigor have been identified as important drivers of hesitancy and refusal to get a COVID-19 vaccine. We tested whether messages designed to address these beliefs and concerns might promote intentions to get a COVID-19 vaccine. METHOD: We conducted an online survey fielded between March 8-23, 2021 with US Veteran (n = 688) and non…

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• Communications to Promote Interest and Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines

  American Journal of Health Promotion · 2022 · 30 citations

  PURPOSE: Communicating about COVID-19 vaccine side effects and efficacy is crucial for promoting transparency and informed decision-making, but there is limited evidence on how to do so effectively. DESIGN: A within-subjects experiment. SETTING: Online survey from January 21 to February 6, 2021. SUBJECTS: 596 US Veterans and 447 non-Veterans. INTERVENTION: 5 messages about COVID-19 vaccine side effects and 4 messages about COVID-19 vaccine efficacy. MEASURES: COVID-19 vaccine interest (1 = "I de…

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• Lung Cancer Screening Before and After a Multifaceted Electronic Health Record Intervention

  JAMA Network Open · 2024-06-07 · 26 citations

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  Importance: Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the US. Early-stage lung cancer detection with lung cancer screening (LCS) through low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) improves outcomes. Objective: To assess the association of a multifaceted clinical decision support intervention with rates of identification and completion of recommended LCS-related services. Design, Setting, and Participants: This nonrandomized controlled trial used an interrupted time series design, including 3 study periods…

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Frequent coauthors

• J. Rick Turner

  IQVIA (United States)

  655 shared

• Yori Gidron

  University of Haifa

  532 shared

• Linda C. Baumann

  University of Cologne

  274 shared

• Michelle Skinner

  Oregon Health & Science University

  272 shared

• Pamela S. King

  Wayne State University

  268 shared

• Yoshiyuki Takimoto

  The University of Tokyo

  266 shared

• Alyssa Karel

  260 shared

• Jordan Carlson

  University of Missouri–Kansas City

  138 shared

Labs

• Behavioral Medicine Research GroupPI

  Engage with a dynamic interdisciplinary group of researchers, including core Health Psychology faculty in the Psychology Department, affiliated faculty in the U of U Medical Center, and health-focused graduate students across all areas of the department.

Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Developmental Health Psychology

  University of Utah

  2010

• PhD, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences

  University of California Irvine

  2005

• B.A., Psychology and History

  University of California, Riverside

  1998

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