BruceAllenLeffMD

PubMed

• Defining and Validating Criteria to Identify Populations Who May Benefit From Home-Based Primary Care.
  Maggie R Salinger, Katherine A Ornstein, Hannah Kleijwegt, Abraham A Brody, Bruce Leff
  Medical Care. 2025-01-01
• Hospital at home worldwide: Program and clinician characteristics from the World Hospital at Home Congress survey.
  David M Levine, Sarah Findeisen, Meghna P Desai, Stephanie Blitzer, Linda V DeCherrie
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024-12-01
• Importance of early consideration of scaling and sustainability for aging-related care models: Case study of Hospital at Home.
  Albert L Siu, Bruce Leff
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024-12-01

Journal Articles

• Hospital at Home‐plus: A Platform of Facility‐Based Care  
  Linda V DeCherrie, Bruce Leff, Alex Federman, Elisse Catalan, Tacara Soones, Ania Wajnberg, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
• Systems Delivery Innovation for Alzheimer's Disease  
  Soo Borson, Bruce Leff, Arnold Milstein, The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
• Use of Home‐Based Medical Care and Disparities  
  Bruce Leff, MD, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
• Hospital-at-Home Care Programs—Is the Hospital of the Future at Home?  
  Alex D Federman, Tacara Soones, Linda V DeCherrie, Bruce Leff, JAMA
• CAPABLE Trial: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Nurse, Occupational Therapist and Handyman to Reduce Disability among Older Adults: Rationale and Design  
  Szanton, S.L., Wolff, J.W., Leff, B., Thorpe, R.J., Tanner, E.K., Boyd, C., Xue, Q., Guralnik, J. Bishai, D. Gitlin, L.N., Contemporary Clinical Trials, 1/1/2014
• Contributed Equally to Work AGS Choosing Wisely Workgroup American Geriatrics Society Identifies Five Things That Healthcare Providers and Patients Should Question  
  Mulhausen P, Chun A, Green A, Hayward A, Lee S, Leff B, McNabney M, Sharma P, Vitale C, J Am Geriatr Soc, 4/1/2013
• Creating a National Medical House Calls Network - A Critical Step Forward Fo House Calls Medicine  
  Leff B, Frontiers, 1/1/2013
• Strategic Plan Redux  
  Leff B, Frontiers, 1/1/2013
• If You Weren't at the Annual Meeting, You Missed a Great One  
  Leff B, Frontiers, 1/1/2013
• Moving Forward on Developing Quality Measures for House Calls Medicine  
  Leff B, Frontiers, 1/1/2013
• President's Message  
  Leff B, Frontiers, 1/1/2013
• The Cost of Electronic Medical Records  
  Leff B, Frontiers, 9/27/2012
• Working Together and Moving Ahead  
  Leff B, Frontiers, 1/1/2012
• Another Milestone Reached! IAH Specifications Bring Us One Step Closer  
  Leff B, Frontiers, 1/1/2012
• A Game Changer  
  Leff B, Frontiers, 1/1/2012
• You Spoke, We Listened! AAHCP's Go Forward Strategies Shaped by Results of the Membership Survey  
  Leff B, Frontiers, 1/1/2012
• Medically Oriented HCBS: House Calls Make a Comeback  
  Hayashi J, Leff B, Generations, 1/1/2012
• Professionalism in Home Care Medicine: The Role of Ethical Standards  
  Leff B, Frontiers, 1/1/2012
• "Hospital at Home": The Authors Reply  
  Cryer L, Van Amsterdam M, Leff B, Health Affairs, 1/1/2012
• A Bank Robber Points the Way  
  Leff B, Frontiers, 1/1/2012
• Annual Report to the Membership  
  Leff B, Frontiers, 1/1/2012
• What's in a Name?  
  Edes T, Leff B, Frontiers, 1/1/2011
• Guided Care  
  Leff B, Novak T, Generations, 1/1/2011
• The Effects of Guided Care on the Perceived Quality of Health Care for Multi-morbid Older Persons: 18 Month Outcomes from a Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial  
  Boyd CM, Reider L, Frey K, Scharfstein D, Leff B, Wolff J, Groves C, Karm L, Wegener S, Marsteller J, Boult C, J Gen Int Med, 1/1/2010
• Physician Satisfaction with Chronic Care Processes: A Cluster-randomized Trial of Guided Care  
  Marsteller JA, Hsu YJ, Reider L, Frey K, Wolff J, Boyd C, Leff B, Karm L, Scharfstein D, Boult C, Ann Fam Med, 1/1/2010
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Books/Book Chapters

• Primary Care Geriatrics - A Case-Based Approach 
  Chapter: Home Care for Older Adults 
  Hayashi J, Leff BEditors: Ham R, Sloane P, Warshaw G, Potter J, Flaherty E, Elservier.Elsevier, PhiladelphiaEdition 6th,2013
• Medical Management of the Home Care Patient 
  Chapter: What is Home Care? Introduction 
  Hayashi J, Phillips S, Leff BAmerican Medical Association2012
• American College of Physicians / Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine Essentials for Clerkship Students 
  Chapter: Approach to Involuntary Weight Loss 
  Page 133 - 135Leff B. Cayea DEditors: Alguire P, De Fer TM, Fagan MJ, Fazio S, Trobridge RL, Vu TR.2011
• The Encyclopedia of Aging. A Comprehensive Resource in Gerontology and Geriatrics 
  Chapter: Ambulatory and Outpatient Care 
  Page 59 - 91Weiss CO, Leff BEditors: Schulz R, Noelker LS, Rockwood K, Sprott RL.Springer, New YorkEdition Four,2006
• American College of Physicians / Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine, Medicine Essentials for Clerkship Students 
  Chapter: Weight Loss 
  Page 110 - 112Leff BEditors: Alguire P, De Fer TM, Fazio S, Elnicki DM, Fagan MJ, Sebastian JL.Edition Firs,2006
• Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology 
  Chapter: Community-based Long-term Care and Home Care 
  Page 211 - 218Leff BEditors: Hazzard WR, Blass JP, Halter JB, Ouslander JG, Tinetti ME.McGraw-Hill, New YorkEdition Fift,2004
• Current Geriatrics Diagnosis & Treatment 
  Chapter: Home Care 
  Page 27 - 32Windham BG, Leff BEditors: Landefeld CS, Palmer R, Johnston CB, Lyons W, Johnson MA.Lange, McGraw Hill, New YorkEdition Firs,2004
• The Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine 
  Chapter: Home Care: Issues and Innovations 
  Page 1097 - 1103Leff B, Steel RKEditors: Evans JG, Williams TF, Beattie BL, Michael JP, Wilcock GK.Oxford University Press, Oxford UKEdition 2nd,2000
• New Ways to Care for Older People: Building Systems Based on Evidence 
  Chapter: Treatment of Acute Illness at Home: Models of Home Hospital Care 
  Leff B, Burton JREditors: Calkins E, Boult C, Pacala JT, Wagner EH.Springer Publishing Co., New York1999
• Visits - Caring for an Aging Parent: Reflections and Advice 
  Chapter: Foreword 
  Leff BEditors: Chearney LA.Three Rivers Press, New York1998
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Abstracts/Posters

• Higher Quality Discharge Summaries of Hospitalized Older Adults Are Associated with Reduced Risk of Readmission: Instrument Development and Outcomes
  Surapaneni L, Chen K, Vaughn I, Eubank K, Leff B, Arbaje AI, Academy Health National Meeting, 1/1/2011
• Characteristics of Medicare Beneficiaries Readmitted to Hospital within 180 Days
  Arbaje AI, Yu Q, Leff B, Academy Health National Meeting, 1/1/2011
• Characteristics of US Hospitals with High Readmission Rates of Medicare Beneficiaries
  Arbaje AI, Yu Q, Wang J, Leff B, Academy Health National Meeting, 1/1/2011
• Nationwide Prevalence and Patterns over Time of Hospital Services Relevant to Older Adults
  Arbaje AI, Yu Q, Leff B, Academy Health National Meeting, 1/1/2011
• Factors Associated with Change in Health Care Task Difficulty among Multmorbid Older Adults
  Giovannetti ER, Xue Q, Reider L, Wolff J, Hughes T, Weiss C, Leff B, Rand C, Boyd C, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2011
• Effect of Friday Discharge on Hospital Readmission of Older Adults
  Graham L, Leff B, Arbaje A, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2011
• The Prevalence of Clinically-relevant Comorbid Conditions in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey, 1...
  Schnell K, Weiss C, Lee T, Krishnan J, Leff B, Wolff J, Boyd C, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2011
• Characteristics of Medicare Beneficiaries Readmitted within 180 Days
  Arbaje A, Yu Q, Leff B, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2011
• Nationwide Patterns over Time of Hospital Services Relevant to Older Adults
  Arbaje A, Yu Q, Leff B, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2011
• Difficulty with Health Care Management Tasks among Mulitmorbid Older Adults
  Boyd C, Wolff J, Giovannetti, Reider L, Weiss C, Xue Q, Leff B, Boult C, Hughes T, Rand C, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting 2010, J Am Geriatr Soc, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2010
• Difficulty with Health Care Tasks among Caregivers of Multimorbid Older Adults
  Giovannetti E, Boyd C, Leff B, Wolff J, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting 2010, J Am Geriatr Soc, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2010
• Multimorbidity among Diabetics in Randomized Controlled Trials
  Rodriguez J, Boyd CM, Leff B, Wolff J, Weiss CO, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting 2010, J Am Geriatr Soc, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2010
• Redistribution of Hospital Services for Older Adults from 1999 to 2006
  Janicka KA, Leff B, Arbaje A, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting 2010, J Am Geriatr Soc, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2010
• Guided Care: Cost Effective Chronic Care for High-risk Seniors
  Boult C, Leff B, Boyd C, Wolff J, Marsteller J, Scharfstein D, Frick K, Wegener S, Reider L, Frey K, Karm L, Groves C, American Academy of Family Physicians and Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Conference on Practice Improvement, Kansas City, 11/5/2009
• Difficulty with Health Care Management Tasks among Multi-morbid Older Adults
  Boyd C, Wolff J, Weiss C, Reider L, Giovanetti-Rand E, Xue Q, Leff B, Rand C, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Meeting, Washington DC, 9/15/2009
• Characteristics and Types of Costs for Medicaid Recipients with Decubitus Ulcers: 2001 California Data
  Henson CP, Weiss C, Leff B, Wolff J, Richards T, Clark B, Boyd C, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, J Am Geriatr Soc, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2009
• Treatment Modifiers That Affect the External Validity of Clinical Trials of Type 2 Diabetes: Prevalence and Association with Hospitalization
  Weiss C, Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Leff B, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual National Meeting, 5/1/2008
• Effects of "Guided Care" on Chronically Ill Patients' Use of Inpatient Services
  Leff B, Boyd CM, Marsteller J, Reider L, Frey K, Karm L, Boult C, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual National Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 5/1/2008
• The Johns Hopkins Hospital at Home Care for Acutely Ill Older Persons. A Model for Managed Care
  Leff B, Burton L, Guido S, Mader S, Naughton B, Burl J, Greenough WB, Frick K, Burton JR, Steinwachs D, HMO Research Network 2007 National Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 4/14/2008
• Patterns of Complexity of Conditions among People with Coronary Heart Disease (NHANES)
  Boyd CM, Weiss CO, Wolff J, Yu Q, Leff B, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, 2008, J Am Geriatr Soc, Washington, D.C., 1/1/2008
• Clinically Complex Health Status Patterns and Repeated Hospitalization among Adults with Heart Disease
  Weiss CO, Boyd CM, Wolff J, Yu Q, Leff B, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, 2008, J Am Geriatr Soc, Washington, D.C., 1/1/2008
• Health Care Provider Evaluation of a Substitutive Model of Hospital at Home
  Marsteller J, Burton L, Guido S, Steinwachs D, Burton JR, Leff B, Academy Heath Annual National Meeting, 1/1/2008
• Concerning Trends in the Proportion of Hospitals Offering Services for Older Adults
  Arbaje A, Leff B, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, 2009, J Am Geriatr Soc, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2008
• The Good News about CPOE and Medical Student Order Writing
  Knight AM, Kravet SJ, Harper GM, Kiyatkin D, Leff B, AMIA Annu Symp Proc, 10/11/2007
• Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Providing Hospital at Home Care
  Marsteller J, Burton L, Guido S, Burton JR, Steinwachs D, Leff B, Academy Health Workforce Interest Group Meeting "Improving Health Care Quality: How Training and Utilizing Interdisciplinary Teams Can Make a Difference.", 1/1/2007
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Lectures

• Approach to the Care of the Geriatric Patient 
  New Delhi, India - 9/6/2014
• Diagnosis and Management of Dementia, Depression, and Delirium 
  New Delhi, India - 9/6/2014
• Development of Quality Metrics for House Calls Medicine 
  Orlando, FL - 5/15/2014
• Quality Metrics for House Calls Medicine: The Current State 
  Orlando, FL - 5/14/2014
• High Value Care Coordination 
  Orlando, FL - 4/11/2014
• Sharing Information with Patients 
  Washington, DC - 4/7/2014
• Hospital at Home Implementation 
  Centura Health Systems, Colorado Springs, CO - 2/6/2014
• Hospital at Home in the New Wild West of Health Service Delivery 
  New York, NY - 12/5/2013
• Disseminating Innovative Health Service Delivery Models into Practice 
  Presence Health, Chicago, IL, 2013; St. Joseph's Health System, Orange, CA, 2013 - 11/1/2013
• How to Develop the Field of Home-centered Care 
  Institute to Advance Home-centered Care, Chicago, IL - 9/17/2013
• Health Service Delivery Innovation 
  Innovation Division, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA - 9/3/2013
• Home Care Medicine 101: Why Home Care Medicine 
  Grapevine, TX - 5/3/2013
• What Are the New Directions at CMS? 
  Grapevine, TX - 5/2/2013
• Hospital at Home Programs - Ready for Prime Time? 
  San Diego, CA - 1/29/2013
• Development and Diffusion of Innovation. Mobilizing Science and Technology to Lower Costs and Improve Outcomes 
  White House Office of Science Technology and Policy / Stanford University Clinical Excellence Resear - 1/15/2013
• Hospital at Home; Disseminating an Innovative Health Service Delivery Model into Practice 
  Chicago, IL - 10/9/2012
• Hospital at Home: Disseminating an Innovative Health Service Delivery Model into Practice 
  Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 5/23/2012
• Addressing the Implications of Multimorbidity for Persons with Chronic Conditions 
  Baltimore, MD - 5/8/2012
• The State of Mobile Communications Technology for Home Care Medicine 
  Seattle, WA - 5/4/2012
• What Are the Models for Integrating Evidence-based Programs into Large Health Systems? 
  Center for Innovative Care in Aging, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing - 4/5/2012
• It Takes a Team: Breaking out of the Silos to Realize Potential for New Collaboration - Silo-busting Models of Care 
  Washington, D.C. - 2/29/2012
• Quality Issues in Hospice Care 
  Washington, D.C. - 2/13/2012
• Hospital at Home, Translating Research into Practice 
  Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA - 2/8/2012
• M+Health. Hospital at Home 
  Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 1/24/2012
• Innovative Ways to Care for Aging Populations - The Medicare Innovations Collaborative (Med-IC) 
  Singapore - 11/15/2011
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Other

• Clinical Drug Trials 
  Boyd CM, Leff B, New York Time
  http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/02/opinion/clinical-drug-trials.html
  6/2/2014
• For High-Risk Medicare Beneficiaries: Targeting CMMI Demonstrations On Promising Delivery Models 
  Karen Davis, Christine Buttorff, Bruce Leff, Quincy Samus, Sarah Szanton, and Jennifer Wolff
  http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2014/04/22/for-high-risk-medicare-beneficiaries-targeting-cmmi-demonst
  4/22/2014
• The Doctor Is Back, on a House Call 
  Ritchie CS, Leff B, New York Times
  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/14/opinion/the-doctor-is-back-on-a-house-call.html
  9/13/2013
• Hospital at Home - Dissemination of an Innovative Health Service Delivery Model into Practice 
  Health Services Advisory Group Webinar, National Quality Improvement Organization (QIO)
  2/21/2013
• A Performance Pay Model for Doctors 
  Leff B, New York Times
  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/19/opinion/a-performance-pay-model-for-doctors.html?ref=opinion
  1/19/2013
• Hospital at Home; Disseminating an Innovative Health Service Delivery Model into Practice 
  Kaiser Permanente National Care Management Institute Webinar
  11/13/2012
• Hospital at Home: Translating Research into Practice 
  Webinar for the Clinical Excellence Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Al
  8/29/2012
• Rapid Reengineering of Acute Medical Care for Medicare Beneficiaries: The Medicare Innovations Collaborative 
  Health Affairs Focus on the Care Span for the Elderly and Disabled Issue Media Event. The National P
  6/5/2012
• Hospital at Home: Evidence and Prospects 
  Greek Society of Homecare
  Athens, Greece - 12/2/2011
• Hospital at Home 
  Leff B, Alliance of Community Health Plans, National Webinar
  11/3/2011
• Will That Treatment Guideline Hurt? 
  Boyd C, Leff B, New York Times
  4/4/2011
• Multimorbidity Pattern Analyses and Clinical Opportunities: Asthma And/or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 
  Boyd, CM, Leff, B, Richards T, Clark R. Weiss, CO and Wolff J, Faces of Medicaid Series, Center for Health Care Strategies
  http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Asthma_COPD_final.pdf
  12/1/2010
• Clarifying Multimorbidity Patterns to Improve Targeting and Delivery of Clinical Services for Medicaid Populations 
  Boyd C, Leff B, Weiss C, Wolff J, Hamblin A, Martin L, Faces of Medicaid Brief, Center for Health Care Strategies
  http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/BR.pdf
  12/1/2010
• Bibliography: Clarifying Multimorbidity to Improve Targeting and Delivery of Clinical Services for Medicaid Populations - Literature Review 
  Boyd, CM, Leff, B, Richards T, Clark R. Weiss, CO and Wolff J, Faces of Medicaid Series, Center for Health Care Strategies
  http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Bibliography_FINAL.pdf
  12/1/2010
• Multimorbidity Pattern Analyses and Clinical Opportunities: Schizophrenia 
  Boyd, CM, Leff, B, Richards T, Clark R. Weiss, CO and Wolff J, Faces of Medicaid Series, Center for Health Care Strategies
  http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Schizophrenia_final.pdf
  12/1/2010
• Multimorbidity Pattern Analyses and Clinical Opportunities: Chronic Renal Failure / End-stage Renal Disease 
  Boyd, CM, Leff, B, Richards T, Clark R. Weiss, CO and Wolff J, Faces of Medicaid Series, Center for Health Care Strategies
  http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Renal_Failure_final.pdf
  12/1/2010
• Multimorbidity Pattern Analyses and Clinical Opportunities: Drug and Alcohol Disorders 
  Boyd, CM, Leff, B, Richards T, Clark R. Weiss, CO and Wolff J, Faces of Medicaid Series, Center for Health Care Strategies
  http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Drug-Alcohol_final.pdf
  12/1/2010
• Multimorbidity Pattern Analyses and Clinical Opportunities: Diabetes 
  Boyd, CM, Leff, B, Richards T, Clark R. Weiss, CO and Wolff J, Faces of Medicaid Series, Center for Health Care Strategies
  http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Diabetes_final.pdf
  12/1/2010
• Multimorbidity Pattern Analyses and Clinical Opportunities: Hypertension 
  Boyd, CM, Leff, B, Richards T, Clark R. Weiss, CO and Wolff J, Faces of Medicaid Series, Center for Health Care Strategies
  http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Hypertension_final.pdf
  12/1/2010
• Multimorbidity Pattern Analyses and Clinical Opportunities: Developmental Disorders 
  Boyd, CM, Leff, B, Richards T, Clark R. Weiss, CO and Wolff J, Faces of Medicaid Series, Center for Health Care Strategies
  http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Developmental_final.pdf
  12/1/2010
• Multimorbidity Pattern Analyses and Clinical Opportunities: Depressive Disorders 
  Boyd, CM, Leff, B, Richards T, Clark R. Weiss, CO and Wolff J, Faces of Medicaid Series, Center for Health Care Strategies
  http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Depression_final.pdf
  12/1/2010
• Multimorbidity Pattern Analyses and Clinical Opportunities: Dementia 
  Boyd, CM, Leff, B, Richards T, Clark R. Weiss, CO and Wolff J, Faces of Medicaid Series, Center for Health Care Strategies
  http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Dementia_final.pdf
  12/1/2010
• Multimorbidity Pattern Analyses and Clinical Opportunities: Coronary Heart Disease 
  Boyd, CM, Leff, B, Richards T, Clark R. Weiss, CO and Wolff J, Faces of Medicaid Series, Center for Health Care Strategies
  http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/CHD_final.pdf
  12/1/2010
• Multimorbidity Pattern Analyses and Clinical Opportunities: Congestive Heart Failure 
  Boyd, CM, Leff, B, Richards T, Clark R. Weiss, CO and Wolff J, Faces of Medicaid Series, Center for Health Care Strategies
  http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/CHF_final.pdf
  12/1/2010
• Multimorbidity Pattern Analyses and Clinical Opportunities: Chronic Pain 
  Boyd, CM, Leff, B, Richards T, Clark R. Weiss, CO and Wolff J, Faces of Medicaid Series, Center for Health Care Strategies
  http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Chronic_Pain_final.pdf
  12/1/2010
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