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Melek Somai

Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
Verified email at mcw.edu
Cited by 1142

[HTML][HTML] Causal inference in medical records and complementary systems pharmacology for metformin drug repurposing towards dementia

ML Charpignon, B Vakulenko-Lagun, B Zheng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Metformin, a diabetes drug with anti-aging cellular responses, has complex actions that may
alter dementia onset. Mixed results are emerging from prior observational studies. To …

[HTML][HTML] Telemedicine adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic: gaps and inequalities

J Luo, L Tong, BH Crotty, M Somai… - Applied clinical …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
Background The telemedicine industry has been experiencing fast growth in recent years.
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) further accelerated the deployment …

Predictive analytics and machine learning in stroke and neurovascular medicine

H Saber, M Somai, GB Rajah, F Scalzo… - Neurological …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Advances in predictive analytics and machine learning supported by an ever-increasing
wealth of data and processing power are transforming almost every industry. Accuracy and …

Analysis of clinician and patient factors and completion of telemedicine appointments using video

BH Crotty, N Hyun, A Polovneff, Y Dong… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Telemedicine provides patients access to episodic and longitudinal care. Policy
discussions surrounding future support for telemedicine require an understanding of factors …

Association of use of online symptom checkers with patients' plans for seeking care

AN Winn, M Somai, N Fergestrom… - JAMA network open, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Online triage tools are increasingly being adopted in health care to aid patients in identifying
the appropriate care level. 1 However, there is a lack of empirical evidence on how patients …

[HTML][HTML] Telemedicine and health disparities: Association between patient characteristics and telemedicine, in-person, telephone and message-based care during the …

L Tong, B George, BH Crotty, M Somai, BW Taylor… - Ipem-translation, 2022 - Elsevier
Telemedicine has been an essential form of care since the onset of the COVID-19
pandemic. However, telemedicine may exacerbate disparities for populations with limited …

Hospitalization outcomes among patients with COVID-19 undergoing remote monitoring

BH Crotty, Y Dong, P Laud, RJ Hanson… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Health care systems have implemented remote patient monitoring (RPM)
programs to manage patients with COVID-19 at home, but the associations between …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of pre-visit contextual data collection on patient-physician communication and patient activation: a randomized trial

JM Holt, R Cusatis, A Winn, O Asan… - Journal of General …, 2021 - Springer
Background Patient contextual data (PCD) are often missing from electronic health records,
limiting the opportunity to incorporate preferences and life circumstances into care …

[HTML][HTML] Most UK scientists who publish extremely highly-cited papers do not secure funding from major public and charity funders: A descriptive analysis

C Stavropoulou, M Somai, JPA Ioannidis - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The UK is one of the largest funders of health research in the world, but little is known about
how health funding is spent. Our study explores whether major UK public and charitable …

From pharmacovigilance to clinical care optimization

LA Celi, E Moseley, C Moses, P Ryan, M Somai… - Big Data, 2014 - liebertpub.com
In order to ensure the continued, safe administration of pharmaceuticals, particularly those
agents that have been recently introduced into the market, there is a need for improved …