Melek Somai, MD, MPH

Publications

• Patient and Provider Factors Associated With Successfully Addressing Medical Needs Using Telehealth: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

  (Wamuo O, Hyun N, Holt JM, Somai MM, Crotty BH.) WMJ. 2023 May;122(2):124-126 PMID: 37141478 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85159549100 05/04/2023

• Causal inference in medical records and complementary systems pharmacology for metformin drug repurposing towards dementia.

  (Charpignon ML, Vakulenko-Lagun B, Zheng B, Magdamo C, Su B, Evans K, Rodriguez S, Sokolov A, Boswell S, Sheu YH, Somai M, Middleton L, Hyman BT, Betensky RA, Finkelstein SN, Welsch RE, Tzoulaki I, Blacker D, Das S, Albers MW.) Nat Commun. 2022 Dec 10;13(1):7652 PMID: 36496454 PMCID: PMC9741618 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143664509 12/11/2022

• Overcoming Eurocentric bias makes for better science.

  (Dajani R, Mbarek H, Ismail SI, Mohammad A, Somai M.) Med. 2022 Dec 09;3(12):813-814 PMID: 36495859 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143917441 12/11/2022

• Twenty-first century house calls: a survey of ambulatory care providers to inform organisational telehealth strategy.

  (Holt JM, Cusatis R, Mortensen N, Wolfrath N, Hyun N, Winn AN, Brown SA, Somai MM, Crotty BH.) BMJ Health Care Inform. 2022 Dec;29(1) PMID: 36564094 PMCID: PMC9791455 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85144637616 12/24/2022

• Real-world implementation evaluation of an electronic health record-integrated consumer informatics tool that collects patient-generated contextual data.

  (Holt JM, Spanbauer C, Cusatis R, Winn AN, Talsma A, Asan O, Somai M, Hanson R, Moore J, Makoul G, Crotty BH.) Int J Med Inform. 2022 Sep;165:104810 PMID: 35714549 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85131956770 06/18/2022

• Hospitalization Outcomes Among Patients With COVID-19 Undergoing Remote Monitoring.

  (Crotty BH, Dong Y, Laud P, Hanson RJ, Gershkowitz B, Penlesky AC, Shah N, Anderes M, Green E, Fickel K, Singh S, Somai MM.) JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jul 01;5(7):e2221050 PMID: 35797044 PMCID: PMC9264036 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85133959055 07/08/2022

• Bugs in the Virtual Clinic: Confronting Telemedicine's Challenges Through Empathy and Support.

  (Crotty BH, Somai M.) J Particip Med. 2022 Apr 22;14(1):e25688 PMID: 35452399 PMCID: PMC9077509 04/23/2022

• Telemedicine and health disparities: Association between patient characteristics and telemedicine, in-person, telephone and message-based care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  (Tong L, George B, Crotty BH, Somai M, Taylor BW, Osinski K, Luo J.) IPEM Transl. 2022;3:100010 PMID: 36340828 PMCID: PMC9617798 11/08/2022

• Analysis of Clinician and Patient Factors and Completion of Telemedicine Appointments Using Video.

  (Crotty BH, Hyun N, Polovneff A, Dong Y, Decker MC, Mortensen N, Holt JM, Winn AN, Laud PW, Somai MM.) JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Nov 01;4(11):e2132917 PMID: 34735013 PMCID: PMC8569484 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85118926092 11/05/2021

• Impact of Pre-visit Contextual Data Collection on Patient-Physician Communication and Patient Activation: a Randomized Trial.

  (Holt JM, Cusatis R, Winn A, Asan O, Spanbauer C, Williams JS, Flynn KE, Somai M, Talsma A, Laud P, Makoul G, Crotty BH.) J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Nov;36(11):3321-3329 PMID: 33559067 PMCID: PMC8606508 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85100812652 02/10/2021

• Telemedicine Adoption during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Gaps and Inequalities.

  (Luo J, Tong L, Crotty BH, Somai M, Taylor B, Osinski K, George B.) Appl Clin Inform. 2021 Aug;12(4):836-844 PMID: 34496419 PMCID: PMC8426040 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85114767728 09/09/2021

• Addressing depression and behavioral health needs through a digital program at scale.

  (Sharif-Sidi Z, Shen C, Wong W, Hanson R, Miller L, Fickel K, Green E, Burns J, Dunn C, Somai M, Crotty BH.) Healthc (Amst). 2021 Jun;9(2):100521 PMID: 33601212 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85100994947 02/19/2021