Publications of Nathan A. Boucher    :chronological  alphabetical  combined  bibtex listing:

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Evaluation Reports

  1. Boucher, N; Van Voorhees, E; Vashi, A; Dong, O; Morgan, P; Adam, S; Whited, J; Boggan, J; Fulton, J; Cameron, B; Gordon, A; Goldstein, K; Ear, B; Williams, JW; Cantrell, S; Dickerson, S; Gierisch, J. "Tele-Urgent Care for Low-Acuity Conditions." Tele-Urgent Care for Low-Acuity Conditions. April, 2022

Papers Published

  1. Boucher, NA; Tucker, MC; White, BS; Ear, B; Dubey, M; Byrd, KG; Williams, JW; Gierisch, JM. "Frontline Clinician Appraisement of Research Engagement: "I feel out of touch with research".." J Gen Intern Med (April, 2023): 1-7. [doi]  [abs]
  2. Sperber, NR; Boucher, N; Hughes, JM; Bruening, R; Zullig, LL; Decosimo, K; Tucker, M; Christensen, LA; Allen, KD; Hastings, SN; Van Houtven, CH. "Mandated Caregiver Training in the Veterans Health Administration: Caregiver Inquiry Informs National Dissemination.." The Gerontologist 63.3 (March, 2023): 534-544. [doi]  [abs]
  3. Sperber, N; Delgado, R; Barrett, R; Boucher, N; Christensen, L; McKenna, K; Peacock, K; Shepherd-Banigan, M; Ince, P; Whitaker, C. "Training Health Care Practitioners to Include Family Caregivers With Web-Based Learning Modules.." Perm J 27.1 (March, 2023): 28-35. [doi]  [abs]
  4. Boucher, NA; Dries, E; Franzione, A; Burton-Chase, AM; Morris, D; Sautter, J. "Developing the Future End-of-Life Health Care Workforce: Lessons Learned From a Survey of Advanced Health Professions Students.." The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care 39.6 (June, 2022): 613-618. [doi]  [abs]
  5. Boucher, NA; Alkazemi, MH; Tejwani, R; Routh, JC. "Parents of Children With Newly Diagnosed Disorders of Sex Development Identify Major Concerns: A Qualitative Study.." Urology 164 (June, 2022): 218-223. [doi]  [abs]
  6. Boucher, NA; Shapiro, A; Van Houtven, CH; Steinhauser, KE; Allen, KD; Johnson, KS. "Needs of care partners of older Veterans with serious illness.." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 70.6 (June, 2022): 1785-1791. [doi]  [abs]
  7. Cross, S; Ramkalawan, J; Ring, J; Boucher, N. "“That Little Bit of Time”: Transition-to-Hospice Perspectives from Hospice Staff and Bereaved Family (S531)." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 63.5 (May, 2022): 922-923. [doi]
  8. Petry, SE; Lara, L; Boucher, NA. "Older Caregivers: Who They Are and How to Support Them.." Journal of Aging & Social Policy (March, 2022): 1-14. [doi]  [abs]
  9. Cross, SH; Ramkalawan, JR; Ring, JF; Boucher, NA. ""That Little Bit of Time": Transition-to-Hospice Perspectives From Hospice Staff and Bereaved Family.." Innovation in Aging 6.1 (January, 2022): igab057. [doi]  [abs]
  10. Boucher, NA; McKenna, K; Dombeck, CB; Clark, AG; Wang, K; Olsen, JM; Shepherd-Banigan, M. "Caregiving in U.S. Gulf States During Natural Disasters and COVID-19.." Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine 8 (2022): 23337214221133719. [doi]  [abs]
  11. Sperber, NR; Shapiro, A; Boucher, NA; Decosimo, KP; Shepherd-Banigan, M; Whitfield, C; Hastings, SN; Van Houtven, CH. "Developing a person-centered, population based measure of "home time": Perspectives of older patients and unpaid caregivers.." Healthc (Amst) 9.4 (December, 2021): 100591. [doi]  [abs]
  12. Jimenez, LB; Cross, SH; Boucher, NA. ""He Needed Just About Everything": Caring for Aging Adults Postincarceration.." Journal of Applied Gerontology 40.12 (December, 2021): 1828-1836. [doi]  [abs]
  13. Shepherd-Banigan, ME; Boucher, NA; McKenna, K; Delgado, RE; Whitaker, C; Christensen, L; Sperber, NR. "Family Caregiver and Provider Perspectives on Inclusive Care: Aligning Needs and Expectations.." Med Care 59.11 (November, 2021): 961-969. [doi]  [abs]
  14. Boucher, NA; Shepherd-Banigan, M; McKenna, K; Delgado, RE; Peacock, K; Van Houtven, CH; Van Noord, M; Sperber, NR. "Inclusion of Caregivers in Veterans' Care: A Critical Literature Review.." Med Care Res Rev 78.5 (October, 2021): 463-474. [doi]  [abs]
  15. Gray, NA; Boucher, NA; Cervantes, L; Berlinger, N; Smith, SK; Johnson, KS. "Hospice Access and Scope of Services for Undocumented Immigrants: A Clinician Survey.." Journal of Palliative Medicine 24.8 (August, 2021): 1167-1173. [doi]  [abs]
  16. Dawson, WD; Boucher, NA; Stone, R; VAN Houtven, CH. "COVID-19: The Time for Collaboration Between Long-Term Services and Supports, Health Care Systems, and Public Health Is Now.." The Milbank Quarterly 99.2 (June, 2021): 565-594. [doi]  [abs]
  17. Boucher, NA; Zullig, LL; Shepherd-Banigan, M; Decosimo, KP; Dadolf, J; Choate, A; Mahanna, EP; Sperber, NR; Wang, V; Allen, KA; Hastings, SN; Van Houtven, CH. "Replicating an effective VA program to train and support family caregivers: a hybrid type III effectiveness-implementation design.." Bmc Health Services Research 21.1 (May, 2021): 430. [doi]  [abs]
  18. Cardoso, LJ; Gassman-Pines, A; Boucher, NA. "Insurance Barriers, Gendering, and Access: Interviews with Central North Carolinian Women About Their Health Care Experiences.." The Permanente Journal 25 (May, 2021). [doi]  [abs]
  19. Santoki, A; Boucher, N. "Investigating Barriers to Vaccination Among Durham County’s Vulnerable Populations." North Carolina Medical Journal 82.3 (May, 2021): 164-170. [doi]
  20. Boucher, NA; Van Houtven, CH; Dawson, WD. "Older Adults Post-Incarceration: Restructuring Long-term Services and Supports in the Time of COVID-19.." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 22.3 (March, 2021): 504-509. [doi]  [abs]
  21. Boucher, NA; Johnson, KS. "Cultivating Cultural Competence: How Are Hospice Staff Being Educated to Engage Racially and Ethnically Diverse Patients?." Am J Hosp Palliat Care 38.2 (February, 2021): 169-174. [doi]  [abs]
  22. Boucher, NA. "No Hugs Allowed: Isolation and Inequity in North Carolina Long-term Services and Supports During COVID-19.." North Carolina Medical Journal 82.1 (January, 2021): 57-61. [doi]  [abs]
  23. Van Houtven, C; Miller, K; Gorges, R; Campbell, H; Dawson, W; McHugh, J; McGarry, B; Gilmartin, R; Boucher, N; Kaufman, B; Chisholm, L; Beltran, S; Fashaw, S; Wang, X; Reneau, O; Chun, A; Jacobs, J; Abrahamson, K; Unroe, K; Bishop, C; Arling, G; Kelly, S; Werner, RM; Konetzka, RT; Norton, EC. "State Policy Responses to COVID-19 in Nursing Homes." Journal of Long Term Care 2021 (January, 2021): 264-282. [doi]  [abs]
  24. "Issue Brief: A Report from the NCIOM Task Force on Serious Illness Care." North Carolina Medical Journal 81.4 (July, 2020): 275-278. [doi]
  25. Salinger, MR; Boucher, NA; LeBlanc, TW; Oeffinger, KC; Pollak, K; Troy, JD; Kamal, AH. "Why palliative care is the answer to the serious illness question in payment reform.." Am J Manag Care 26.4 Spec No. (April, 2020): SP127-SP128. [doi]
  26. Koenig, HG; Youssef, NA; Smothers, Z; Oliver, JP; Boucher, NA; Ames, D; Volk, F; Teng, EJ; Haynes, K. "Hope, Religiosity, and Mental Health in U.S. Veterans and Active Duty Military with PTSD Symptoms.." Mil Med 185.1-2 (February, 2020): 97-104. [doi]  [abs]
  27. Shepherd-Banigan, M; Kaufman, BG; Decosimo, K; Dadolf, J; Boucher, NA; Mahanna, EP; Bruening, R; Sullivan, C; Wang, V; Hastings, SN; Allen, KD; Sperber, N; Coffman, CJ; Van Houtven, CH. "Adaptation and Implementation of a Family Caregiver Skills Training Program: From Single Site RCT to Multisite Pragmatic Intervention.." J Nurs Scholarsh 52.1 (January, 2020): 23-33. [doi]  [abs]
  28. Boucher, NA; Van Houtven, CH. "A Day in the Life during COVID-19: Long-term Care Providers in Durham, North Carolina.." Perm J 24 (2020). [doi]
  29. Lea, CR; Oliver, RJP; Smothers, Z; Boucher, NA; Youssef, NA; Ames, D; Volk, F; Teng, EJ; Koenig, HG. "The Moderating Effect of Religious Involvement on the Relationship Between PTSD Symptoms and Physical Pain in U.S. Veterans and Active Duty Military." Military Behavioral Health 7.3 (July, 2019): 327-335. [doi]  [abs]
  30. Sperber, NR; Boucher, NA; Delgado, R; Shepherd-Banigan, ME; McKenna, K; Moore, M; Barrett, R; Kabat, M; Van Houtven, CH. "Including Family Caregivers In Seriously Ill Veterans' Care: A Mixed-Methods Study.." Health Aff (Millwood) 38.6 (June, 2019): 957-963. [doi]  [abs]
  31. Boucher, NA; Bull, JH; Cross, SH; Kirby, C; Davis, JK; Taylor, DH. "Patient, Caregiver, and Taxpayer Knowledge of Palliative Care and Views on a Model of Community-Based Palliative Care.." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 56.6 (December, 2018): 951-956. [doi]  [abs]
  32. Boucher, NA; Nicolla, J; Ogunseitan, A; Kessler, ER; Ritchie, CS; Zafar, YY. "Feasibility and Acceptability of a Best Supportive Care Checklist among Clinicians.." Journal of Palliative Medicine 21.8 (August, 2018): 1074-1077. [doi]  [abs]
  33. Boucher, NA; Steinhauser, KE; Johnson, KS. "Older, Seriously Ill Veterans' Views on the Role of Religion and Spirituality in Health-Care Delivery.." Am J Hosp Palliat Care 35.7 (July, 2018): 921-928. [doi]  [abs]
  34. Taylor, DH; Bhavsar, NA; Bull, JH; Kassner, CT; Olson, A; Boucher, NA. "Will Changes to Medicare Payment Rates Alter Hospice's Cost-Saving Ability?." Journal of Palliative Medicine 21.5 (May, 2018): 645-651. [doi]  [abs]
  35. Boucher, NA; Johnson, KS; LeBlanc, TW. "Acute Leukemia Patients' Needs: Qualitative Findings and Opportunities for Early Palliative Care.." J Pain Symptom Manage 55.2 (February, 2018): 433-439. [doi]  [abs]
  36. Boucher, NA; Kuchibhatla, M; Johnson, KS. "Meeting Basic Needs: Social Supports and Services Provided by Hospice.." Journal of Palliative Medicine 20.6 (June, 2017): 642-646. [doi]  [abs]
  37. Gray, NA; Boucher, NA; Kuchibhatla, M; Johnson, KS. "Hospice Access for Undocumented Immigrants.." Jama Internal Medicine 177.4 (April, 2017): 579-580. [doi]
  38. Boucher, NA. "Faith, Family, Filiality, and Fate.." Journal of Applied Gerontology 36.3 (March, 2017): 351-372. [doi]  [abs]
  39. Koenig, HG; Boucher, NA; Oliver, RJP; Youssef, N; Mooney, SR; Currier, JM; Pearce, M. "Rationale for Spiritually Oriented Cognitive Processing Therapy for Moral Injury in Active Duty Military and Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.." J Nerv Ment Dis 205.2 (February, 2017): 147-153. [doi]  [abs]
  40. Boucher, NA; Siddiqui, EA; Koenig, HG. "Supporting Muslim Patients During Advanced Illness.." Perm J 21 (2017): 16-190. [doi]  [abs]
  41. Boucher, NA; Nix, H. "The benefits of expanded physician assistant practice in hospice and palliative medicine.." Jaapa : Official Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants 29.9 (September, 2016): 38-43. [doi]  [abs]
  42. Koenig, H. "Religiously-Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Major Depression in Chronic Medical Illness: Review of Results from a Randomized Clinical Trial." Health and Social Care Chaplaincy 4.1 (August, 2016). [doi]
  43. Boucher, NA. "Direct Engagement With Communities and Interprofessional Learning to Factor Culture Into End-of-Life Health Care Delivery.." American Journal of Public Health 106.6 (June, 2016): 996-1001. [doi]  [abs]
  44. Boucher, NA; Raghavan, M; Smith, A; Arnold, R; Johnson, KS. "Palliative Care in the African American Community #204.." Journal of Palliative Medicine 19.2 (February, 2016): 228-230. [doi]
  45. Boucher, NA; White, S; Keith, D. "A Framework for Improving Chronic Critical Illness Care: Adapting the Medical Home's Central Tenets.." Medical Care 54.1 (January, 2016): 5-8. [doi]
  46. Boucher, NA; Mcmillen, MA; Gould, JS. "Agents for change: nonphysician medical providers and health care quality.." The Permanente Journal 19.1 (January, 2015): 90-93. [doi]  [abs]
  47. Boucher, N. "End-of-life Issues on the National Stage: A Content Analysis." The International Journal of Aging and Society 5.4 (2015): 61-70. [doi]
  48. Boucher, NA; Guadalupe, E; Lara, L; Alejandro, M. "Health care and end-of-life decisions: community engagement with adults in East Harlem.." Journal of Community Health 39.6 (December, 2014): 1032-1039. [doi]  [abs]
  49. Boucher, NA. "Made-to-Measure Palliative Care: An Ethical Imperative for Growing Cultural Plurality in the United States." Ethics in Biology, Engineering and Medicine: an International Journal 5.2 (2014): 131-138. [doi]
  50. McMillen, MA; Boucher, N; Keith, D; Gould, DS; Gave, A; Hoffman, D. "Maintaining quality of care 24/7 in a nontrauma surgical intensive care unit.." The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 73.1 (July, 2012): 202-208. [doi]  [abs]

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