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Last published 2024
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Catherine C. Shoults

Graduate Assistant

Also affiliated: University of Arkansas Medical Center (2023); Orbis Biosciences (United States) (2017)

Faculty Researcher

6 h-index 14 pubs 135 cited

  • Humans
  • COVID-19
  • Female
  • Male
  • United States
  • Aged
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Medicare
  • Telemedicine
  • Fee-for-Service Plans
  • Intraoperative Complications
  • Middle Aged
  • Phacoemulsification
  • Caregiver Burden
  • Adult

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Catherine C. Shoults' research examines factors influencing healthcare access and utilization, with a particular focus on the impact of broadband capacity and social vulnerability. Her work has investigated the relationship between broadband availability and telehealth adoption among Medicare Fee-for-Service beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shoults has also explored the representation of rural counties in consumer broadband measures and the association between broadband capacity and social vulnerability factors across the United States. Additionally, her research extends to understanding patient and medical student discussions of health topics, including cataract surgery outcomes in individuals with diabetes mellitus, and analyzing caregiver burden expressed in social media. Her scholarship includes collaborations with researchers such as Hari Eswaran and Corey J. Hayes at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, with whom she shares multiple publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 6
  • Publications: 14
  • Citations: 135

Selected Publications

  • Poor Representation of Rural Counties of the United States in Some Measures of Consumer Broadband (2024)
    Telemedicine Reports 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Comparative Analysis of Adverse Event Reporting on Reddit and the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) (2024)
    medRxiv DOI OpenAlex
  • Comparing the Discussion of Telehealth in Two Social Media Platforms: Social Listening Analysis (2023)
    Telemedicine Reports 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Broadening the Understanding of Medical Students’ Discussion of Radiology Online: A Social Listening Study of Reddit (2023)
    Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Association between broadband capacity and telehealth utilization among Medicare Fee-for-service beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
    Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 34 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Analysis of Caregiver Burden Expressed in Social Media Discussions (2023)
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Association Between Broadband Capacity and Social Vulnerability Factors in the United States: A County-Level Spatial Analysis (2022)
    Population Health Management 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Intraoperative Complications and Visual Outcomes of Cataract Surgery in Diabetes Mellitus: A Multicenter Database Study (2021)
    American Journal of Ophthalmology 34 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The difference between hypertension determined by self-report versus examination in the adult population of the USA: Continuous NHANES 1999–2016 (2019)
    Journal of Public Health 5 citations DOI OpenAlex

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