Recent Journal Articles

Galanter, W. L., Falck, S., Burns, M., Laragh, M. Lambert, B. L. (in press). Indication-based prescribing prevents wrong-patient medication errors in computerized provider order entry (CPOE). Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

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Galanter, W.L., Applebaum, A., Boddipauli, V., Kho, A, Lin, M., Meltzer, D., Nwankwo, V. T., Roberts, A., Trick, B., Walton, S. M., Lambert, B. L. (in press). Migration of patients between five urban teaching hospitals in Chicago. Journal of Medical Systems .

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Zorek J. A., Lambert, B. L. & Popovich. N. G. (in press). The four year evolution of a social science-based doctor of pharmacy course. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education .

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Nutescu E, Bautista A, Gao W, Galanter W, Schumock G, Mody S, Bookhart B, Lambert B. (in press). Warfarin Anticoagulation after Total Hip and Knee Replacement: Clinical and Resource Utilization Outcomes in a University-Based Antithrombosis Clinic. American Journal of Health System Pharmacy .

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Schiff, G.D., Galanter, W.L., Lambert, B.L. Principles of conservative prescribing. (in press). Archives of Internal Medicine, [letter] .

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Wolf MS, Duhig J, King J, Wilson EAH, Curtis, LM, Bailey, SC, Russell A, Bergeron A, Russell A, Daly A, Parker RM, Davis TD, Shrank WH, Lambert B. (2012). Usability of FDA-Approved Medication Guides. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 27(12), 1714-1720.

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Schiff, G. D., Galanter, W. L., Duhig, J., Koronkowski, M., Lodolce, A., Pontikes, P., Busker, J., Touchette, D., Walton, S., Lambert, B. L. (2012). A prescription for improving drug formulary decision-making. PLoS Med 9(5), 1-7.

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Solem C, Lee TA, Joo M, Walton SM, Lambert BL, Pickard A. (2012). The complexity of medication use in newly diagnosed COPD patients. American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, 10(2), 110-122.

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Alexander GC, Lambert BL. (2012). Is treatment heterogeneity an Achilles' heel for comparative effectiveness research? Pharmacotherapy, 32(7), 583-585.

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Schiff, G.D., Galanter, W.L., Duhig, J.A., Lodolce, A.E., Koronkowski, M., Lambert, B.L. (2011). Principles of conservative prescribing. Archives of Internal Medicine, 171(16), 1433-1440.

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Tiryaki, F., Nutescu E.A., Hennenfent, J., Karageanes, A., Koesterer, L., Lambert B. L., Schumock, G. (2011). Anticoagulation therapy for hospitalized patients: Patterns of use, compliance with national guidelines and performance on quality measures. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 68(13), 1239-1244.

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Yin, H., Lin, S., Kong, S.X., Benzeroual, K., Crawford, S.Y., Hedeker, D., Lambert, B.L. & Muramatsu, N. The association between physical functioning and self-rated general health in later life: The implications of social comparison. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2011,6: 1-19.

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Yu, S., Galanter, W. L., Lambert, B. L., Borkowsky, S., DiDomenico, R., Schiff, G. D. (2011). Consensus list of priority drug-lab linkages for an inpatient asynchronous alert program: results of a Delphi survey. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 68, 407-414.

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Galanter, W. L., Moja, J., & Lambert, B. L. (2010). Using computerized provider order entry and clinical decision support to improve prescribing in patients with decreased GFR. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 56(5), 809-812.

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Galanter, W. L., Thambi, M., Rosencranz, H., Shah, B., Falck, S., Lin, F.-J., Nutescu, E., Lambert, B. L. (2010). Clinical decision support to improve venous thromboembolism risk assessment, prophylaxis, and prevention at a university teaching hospital. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 67, 1265-1273.

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Gibbons, R. D., Lambert, B. L., Mann, J. J. (2010). Antiepileptics and suicide: Comment on Patorno, et al. [letter] JAMA, 304(5), 521-522.

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Yang, Y., McBride, M. V., Rodvold, K. A., Tverdek, F., Trese, A. M., Hennenfent, J., Schiff, G. D., Lambert, B. L., & Schumock, G. T. (2010). Hospital policies and practices on prevention and treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 67(12):1017-24.

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Galanter, W. L., Liu, X., Lambert, B. L. (2010). An analysis of computer alerts suggesting oral medication use during computerized order entry of intravenous medications. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 67, 1101-1105.

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Lambert, B. L., Dickey, L. W., Fisher, W. M., Gibbons, R. D., Lin, S.-J., Luce, P. A., McClennan, C. T., Senders, J. W., Yu, C. T. (2010). Listen carefully: The risk of error in spoken medication orders. Social Science & Medicine, 70, 1599-1608.

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Schiff, G. D., Hasan, O., Kim, S., Abrams, R., Cosby, K., Lambert, B. L., Elstein, A. S., Hasler, S., Kabongo, M. L., Krosnjar, N., Odwazny, R., Wisniewski, M. F., McNutt, R. A. (2009). Diagnostic error in medicine: Analysis of 583 physician-reported errors. Archives of Internal Medicine, 169(20), 1881-1887.

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Chermak, T. E. & Lambert, B. L. (2009). Descriptive analysis of primary package labels from commercially available prescription solid oral dosage form drugs. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 49(3), 399-406.

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Hung, S.-H., Pickard, S., Witt, W. P., & Lambert, B. L. (2007). Pain and depression in caregivers affects their perception of pain in stroke patients. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 60(9), 963-970.

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Previous Journal Articles

Lambert, B. L., Cunningham, F. E, Miller, D. R., Dalack, G. W., & Hur, K. (2006). Diabetes risk associated with use of olanzapine, quetiapine and risperidone in VA patients with schizophrenia. American Journal of Epidemiology, 164, 672-681 .

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Lin, S.-J., Lambert, B., Tan, H., & Toh, S. (in press). Frequency estimates from prescription drug datasets. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 15, 512-520 .

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Lambert, B. L., Chou, C.-H., Chang, K.-Y., Tafesse, E., & Carson, W. (2005). Antipsychotic exposure and type 2 diabetes among patients with schizophrenia: A matched case-control study of California Medicaid claims. Journal of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety,14, 417-425.

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Lambert, B. L., Lin, S.-J., & Tan, H. K. (2005). Designing safe drug names. Drug Safety, 28, 495-512.

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Lambert, B. L., Chang, K.-Y., Tafesse, E., & Carson, W. (2005). Association between antipsychotic treatment and hyperlipidemia among California Medicaid patients with schizophrenia. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 25, 12-18.

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Bonito, J. A., & Lambert, B. L. (2005)  Information similarity is a moderator on the effect of gender on participation in small groups: A multilevel analysis. Small Group Research, 36, 139-165.
Lambert, B. L., Yu, C., Thirumulai, M. (2004). A system for multiattribute drug product comparison. Journal of Medical Systems, 28(1), 29-54.

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Lambert, B. L., Chang, K.-Y., Gupta, P. (2003). Effects of frequency and similarity neighborhoods on pharmacists’ visual perception of drug names. Social Science & Medicine, 57, 1939-1955.

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Lambert, B. L. Chang, K.-Y., & Lin, S.-J. (2003). Immediate free recall of drug names: Effects of similarity and availability. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 60, 156-168.

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Lambert, B. L., Donderi, D., & Senders, J. (2002). Similarity of drug names: Objective and subjective measures. Psychology & Marketing, 19 (7-8), 641-661.

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Brewer, W. F., & Lambert, B. L. (2001). The theory-ladenness of observation and the theory-ladenness of the rest of the scientific process. Philosophy of Science, 68 (3), S176-S186.

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Gandhi, S. K., Salmon, J. W., Zhao, S. Z., Lambert, B. L., Gore, P. R., Conrad, K. (2001). Psychometric evaluation of the 12-item short-form health survey (SF-12) in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. Clinical Therapeutics, 23 (7), 1080-1098.

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Lambert, B. L. Chang, K.-Y., & Lin, S.-J. (2001). Effect of orthographic and phonological similarity on false recognition of drug names. Social Science & Medicine, 52, 1843-1857.

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Lambert, B. L., Chang, K.-Y., Lin, S.-J. (2001). Descriptive analysis of the drug name lexicon. Drug Information Journal, 35, 163-172.

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Lambert, B. L., Butin, D. N., Moran, D., Zhao, S. Z., Carr, B. C., Chen, C., Kizis, F. J. (2000). Arthritis care: Comparison of physicians’ and patients’ views. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 30 (2), 100-110.

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Lambert, B. L., Lin, S.-J., Chang, K.-Y., & Gandhi, S. K. (1999). Similarity as a risk factor in drug name confusion errors: The look-alike (orthographic) and sound-alike (phonetic) model. Medical Care, 37(12), 1214-1225.

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Lambert, B. L. (1998). Pharmacist-physician communication. International Pharmacy, 12, 53-56.

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Lambert, B. L., Salmon, J. W., Stubbings, J., Gilomen-Study, G., Valuck, R., & Kezlarian, K. (1997). Factors associated with antibiotic prescribing in a managed care setting: An exploratory investigation. Social Science & Medicine, 45, 1767-1779.

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Lewis, R. K., Lasack, N. L., Lambert, B. L., & Connor, S. (1997). Patient counseling: A focus on maintenance therapy. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 54, 2084-2098.
Lambert, B. L. (1997). Predicting look-alike and sound-alike medication errors. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 54, 1161-1171.

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Lambert, B. L., Street, R. Jr., Cegala, D., Smith, D., Kurtz, S., & Schofield, T. (1997). Provider-patient communication, patient-centered care, and the mangle of practice. Health Communication, 9, 27-43.

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Lambert, B. L. (1996). Face and politeness in pharmacist-physician interaction. Social Science & Medicine, 43(8), 1189-1198.

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Luo, A. Y., Salmon, J. W., Lambert, B. L. (1996). U.S. pharmaceutical firm prospects within the People’s Republic of China. Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy, 2, 76-81.
Lambert, B. L. (1995). Directness and deference in pharmacy students’ messages to physicians. Social Science & Medicine, 40(4), 545-555.

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Hammond, S. L., & Lambert, B. L. (1994). Communicating about medications: Directions for research. Health Communication, 6(4), 247-251.

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Hammond, S. L., & Lambert, B. L. (Eds.). (1994). Communicating with patients about their medications [Special issue]. Health Communication, 6(4).

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