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Licensed pharmacist and a health services research investigator. Specialization in the field of drug information and administrative claims data.

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United States Food And Drug Administration

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United States Food And Drug Administration

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Drug-Related Side Effects And Adverse Reactions

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United States Food And Drug Administration

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Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (appe)

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University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus - (San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States)

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University of Maryland, Baltimore - (Baltimore, Maryland, United States)

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University of Puerto Rico System - (San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States)

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University of Maryland, Baltimore - (Baltimore, Maryland, United States)

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University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus - (San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States)

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Meeting Abstracts - Characterization of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Puerto Rico: Prevalence, demographics, and prescribing trends among beneficiaries of the government sponsored health care plan (GSHCP)

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Use of Electronic Health Record Data for Drug Safety Signal Identification: A Scoping Review

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Validation of a method for identifying nursing home admissions using administrative claims.

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Triple challenges - Small sample size in both exposure and control groups to scan rare maternal outcomes in a signal identification approach: A simulation study.

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Meeting Abstracts - AMCP 2020  - Effect of an Asthma-Related Educational Intervention Targeting Pharmacies in a Managed Care Organization CHIP/Medicaid Network in the Provision of Pharmaceutical Care Incentive Programs for Asthma and Patients' Process and Outcomes Measures

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Inhaladores para Enfermedades Respiratorias: Sabemos Como Utilizarlos Correctamente?

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Sistemas de Receta Electronica: A seis Anos de su Implementacion en la Isla

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Assessing the harmonization of structured electronic health record data to reference terminologies and data completeness through data provenance.

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Risk of Arterial and Venous Thrombotic Events Among Patients with COVID-19: A Multi-National Collaboration of Regulatory Agencies from Canada, Europe, and United States.

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Travel to Mexico and uropathogen-antibiotic susceptibility mismatch in the emergency department.

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Knowledge and Perceptions of E-cigarettes and the Motivations for their Use: Talking to Smokers (E-cigarettes and/or Conventional Cigarettes) and Non-smokers in Puerto Rico.

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Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Ciencias Mdicas

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TV Advertising, Corporate Power, and Latino Health Disparities.

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Prophylaxis for opioid-induced constipation in elderly long-term care residents: a cross-sectional study of Medicare beneficiaries.

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Abstracts - Impact of a Two-Tier Intervention on Statin Prescribing and Adherence Levels Among Latino Patients with Diabetes

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Early Real-World Data to Assess Benefits and Risks of COVID-19 Vaccines: A Systematic Review of Methods.

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Use of Hydrochlorothiazide in the United States Following Label Update About Skin Cancer Risk.

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Prescribers Use of Electronic Prescribing Inquiry Tools in Puerto Rico

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Knowledge and beliefs, behaviors, and adherence among Latino parents or legal guardians related to antibiotic use for upper respiratory tract infections in children under 6 years of age.

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Cost-Utility Study of Warfarin Genotyping in the VACHS Affiliated Anticoagulation Clinic of Puerto Rico.

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Biosimilares: Estamos Preparados Para Esta Nueva Era?

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Prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Drug Dispensing Patterns Among Medicaid and Medicaid-Medicare Dually Eligible Beneficiaries in Puerto Rico.

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Appropriateness of Acetaminophen Dosing by Caregivers of Pediatric Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department at the University Pediatric Hospital in Puerto Rico.

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Impact of Fall Risk and Direct Oral Anticoagulant Treatment on Quality-Adjusted Life-Years in Older Adults with Atrial Fibrillation: A Markov Decision Analysis.

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Riesgo de Accidentes Cerebrovasculares en Pacientes con uso Cronico de Inhibidores de la Bomba de Protones

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Improving data capture of race and ethnicity for the Food and Drug Administration Sentinel database: a narrative review.

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Intervencion Mediada por Farmaceuticos para la Reduccion de Polifarmacia en Pacientes de Edad Avanzada

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NSAIDs Prescription Prevalence after a Cardiovascular Event Related Hospitalization in Medicaid Beneficiaries from Puerto Rico.

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The FDA Sentinel Real World Evidence Data Enterprise (RWE-DE).

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smdi: an R package to perform structural missing data investigations on partially observed confounders in real-world evidence studies.

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Faculty Self- and Needs Assessment of Preparedness for Integrating Active Learning Based on Medina's Conceptual Framework.

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Community Pharmacy Centered Rural Mobile Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Service

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Isolation and characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 and non-O157 from beef carcasses at a slaughter plant in Mexico.

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Perceived value of self-monitoring blood glucose by primary care physicians and endocrinologists.

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Prevalence of statin utilization and adherence among privately insured subjects in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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Prevalence of Concurrent Prescribing of ACE-Is and ARBs among Beneficiaries of Puerto Rico's Government-Sponsored Health Care Plan During 2012 and 2013.

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Impact of Pharmacist-Led Drug Therapy Management Services on HbA1c Values in a Predominantly Hispanic Population Visiting an Outpatient Endocrinology Clinic.

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Suplementacion Enteral Proteica y su Rol en la Enfermedad Cronica del Rinon

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Consideraciones y controversias en la estimacion de la funcion renal para la dosificacion de medicamentos en pacientes adultos con enfermedad renal cronica

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A Principled Approach to Characterize and Analyze Partially Observed Confounder Data from Electronic Health Records.

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Prevalence and incidence of systemic sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Characterization of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Puerto Rico: Prevalence, demographics, and prescribing trends among beneficiaries of the government sponsored health care plan (GSHCP)

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Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use Among Institutionalized Older Adults at Nursing Homes in Puerto Rico.

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American Society of Consultant Pharmacists

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Drug Utilization Study of Statin Prescribing and Patient Adherence Among Latino Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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Potentially inappropriate prescribing before and after nursing home admission among patients with and without dementia.

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Use of the Sentinel System to Examine Medical Product Use and Outcomes During Pregnancy.

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The Use of antibiotics without prescription and the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria

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Una Vision General del Tratamiento Farmacologico de Artitis Reumatoide

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Unequal Burden of Diabetes and Hypertension in the Adult Population of the San Juan Metropolitan Area of Puerto Rico

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Student perceptions of non-technical skills development during advanced pharmacy practice experiences.

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Impact of a Two-Tier Intervention on Statin Prescribing and Adherence Levels among Latino Patients with Diabetes

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Impact of a pharmaceutical care incentive program on the asthma medication ratio among pediatric patients with persistent asthma enrolled in a Medicaid program.

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Texas A&M Health Science Center; Pharmacy - Instruction; 1114 TAMUS