LeonorFernandezMD

Internal Medicine • Boston, MA

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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Office
Health Care Associates
330 Brookline Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-754-9600

Fax+1 617-667-8665

Education & Training

Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1992
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1992 - 2025

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2013-2016
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Completion Rates and Timeliness of Diagnostic Colonoscopies for Rectal Bleeding in Primary Care.
Kirsti A Campbell, Scot B Sternberg, James Benneyan, Sarah N Flier, Maelys Amat
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2024-05-01
2 citations
Do patients who read visit notes on the patient portal have a higher rate of "loop closure" on diagnostic tests and referrals in primary care? A retrospective cohort s...
Sigall K Bell, Maelys J Amat, Timothy S Anderson, Mark D Aronson, James C Benneyan
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2024-02-16
7 citations
Disparity dashboards: an evaluation of the literature and framework for health equity improvement.
Jack Gallifant, Emmett Alexander Kistler, Luis Filipe Nakayama, Chloe Zera, Sunil Kripalani
The Lancet. Digital Health. 2023-11-01

Journal Articles

Words Matter: What do Patients Find Judgmental or Offensive in Outpatient Notes?
Fernandez L Alan Fossa 3 4, Zhiyong Dong 3, Tom Delbanco 3 5, Joann Elmore 6 7, Patricia Fitzgerald 3, Kendall Harcourt 3, Jocelyn Perez 3, Jan Walker 3 5, Catherine D..., JGIM, 9/2021

Other

Superficial thrombophlebitis of the lower extremity
Fernandez L, Scovell S
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/superficial-thrombophlebitis-of-the-lower-extremity
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-10-05

Press Mentions

What Does Patient-Centered Care Truly Mean?August 27th, 2021
Clinicians Open Their Notes to Patients in a Grand Experiment in Medical CareJune 18th, 2021
Patients Can Now Access Their Health Records Online, but They May Not Understand ThemMay 17th, 2021
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