Match tier
Confirmed
Presence
Current · Arkansas
Last published
2026
Sources
OpenAlex · ORCID
Refreshed
2026-10-05
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
John M. Westfall's research has focused on practice-based research, health equity, and community engagement within primary healthcare settings. His work has investigated methods to reduce cardiovascular disparities through community-engaged implementation research and has explored the validation of quality of life instruments, such as the EQ-5D, in patients post-myocardial infarction.
Westfall has also examined interventions to improve medication adherence in adults with chronic conditions, including asthma. His publications reflect a commitment to understanding health outcomes in diverse populations, such as the birth outcomes in Colorado's undocumented immigrant population, and advancing methodologies for research translation and community involvement. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 32, with 212 total publications and 4,553 total citations.
Metrics
- h-index: 32
- Publications: 212
- Citations: 4,553
Positions
-
Vice President Medical Affairs 2022–presentDARTNet Institute ORCID
-
Professor (Ret)University of Colorado Denver University of Colorado Medicine Family Medicine ORCID
-
Professor (Ret)University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ORCID
Selected Publications
-
Social Determinants of Health and Pediatric Long COVID in the US (2026)
-
International health data trends in anxiety-related and depression-related visits to primary care before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study by INTRePID (2025)
-
Induction of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care (2025)
-
Characterizing Long COVID Symptoms During Early Childhood (2025)
-
A Pilot Comparison of Clinical Data Collection Methods Using Paper, Electronic Health Record Prompt, and a Smartphone Application (2025)
-
Family Medicine Specialty Choice at Matriculation and Graduation (2025)
-
Changing Our Mental and Emotional Trajectory (COMET): The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Rural Community-Based Strategy to Prevent Mental and Emotional Health Problems (2025)
-
Three Practices, Three Stories: best practices and unique approaches to substance use screening in rural primary care (2024)
-
Translating the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit into Messages and Materials to Improve Preventive Care In Older Adults. (2024)
-
Where Did the Patients Go? Understanding Patient Non-Enrollment in the HOMER Trial on Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use (2024)
-
Rural Hospital Futures in Colorado - Rapid Review and Environmental Scan for Policy Opportunities (2024)
-
Practice-Based Research Networks: Asphalt on the Blue Highways of Primary Care Research (2024)
-
Increasing medication assisted treatment in rural primary care practice: a qualitative comparative analysis from IT MATTTRs Colorado (2024)
-
The Odyssey of HOMER: Comparative Effectiveness Research on Medication for Opioid Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2024)
-
Changes in reasons for visits to primary care after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: An international comparative study by the International Consortium of Primary Care Big Data Researchers (INTRePID) (2024)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Linda Zittleman
University of Kansas (US)
47 shared publications
- Boot Camp Translation: A Method For Building a Community of Solution
- Practice-based Research is Community Engagement
- Reinventing The Wheel Of Medical Evidence: How The Boot Camp Translation Process Is Making Gains
- Predictors of Colorectal Screening in Rural Colorado: Testing to Prevent Colon Cancer in the High Plains Research Network
- The Colorado Asthma Toolkit Program: A Practice Coaching Intervention from the High Plains Research Network
Showing 5 of 47 shared publications
Donald E. Nease
University of Kansas (US)
29 shared publications
- Reinventing The Wheel Of Medical Evidence: How The Boot Camp Translation Process Is Making Gains
- Practice-Based Research Networks: Strategic Opportunities to Advance Implementation Research for Health Equity
- A Community Engagement Method to Design Patient Engagement Materials for Cardiovascular Health
- Increasing Capacity for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Primary Care Practices
- Impact of a Boot Camp Translation Intervention on Self-Management Support in Primary Care
Showing 5 of 29 shared publications
Douglas H. Fernald
University of Kansas (US)
26 shared publications
- Pharmacy Clarification of Prescriptions Ordered in Primary Care: A Report from the Applied Strategies for Improving Patient Safety (ASIPS) Collaborative
- Applied Strategies for Improving Patient Safety: A Comprehensive Process To Improve Care in Rural and Frontier Communities
- A Community Engagement Method to Design Patient Engagement Materials for Cardiovascular Health
- Engaging Communities in Education and Research: PBRNs, AHEC, and CTSA
- Impact of a Boot Camp Translation Intervention on Self-Management Support in Primary Care
Showing 5 of 26 shared publications
Maret Felzien
Research Network (United States) (US)
24 shared publications
- Assessing Meaningful Community Engagement: A Conceptual Model to Advance Health Equity through Transformed Systems for Health
- Boot Camp Translation: A Method For Building a Community of Solution
- Reinventing The Wheel Of Medical Evidence: How The Boot Camp Translation Process Is Making Gains
- Engaging with communities, engaging with patients: amendment to the NAPCRG 1998 Policy Statement on Responsible Research With Communities: Table 1.
- Is knowledge translation without patient or community engagement flawed?
Showing 5 of 24 shared publications
Wilson D. Pace
18 shared publications
- Action or Inaction? Decision Making in Patients With Diabetes and Elevated Blood Pressure in Primary Care
- Pharmacy Clarification of Prescriptions Ordered in Primary Care: A Report from the Applied Strategies for Improving Patient Safety (ASIPS) Collaborative
- Applied Strategies for Improving Patient Safety: A Comprehensive Process To Improve Care in Rural and Frontier Communities
- The Practice-Based Research Network as a Model for End-of-Life Care Research: Challenges and Opportunities
- Clinical Decisions Regarding HbA1c Results in Primary Care
Showing 5 of 18 shared publications
D. R. F. West
16 shared publications
- Predictors of Colorectal Screening in Rural Colorado: Testing to Prevent Colon Cancer in the High Plains Research Network
- Pharmacy Clarification of Prescriptions Ordered in Primary Care: A Report from the Applied Strategies for Improving Patient Safety (ASIPS) Collaborative
- Applied Strategies for Improving Patient Safety: A Comprehensive Process To Improve Care in Rural and Frontier Communities
- Using Reported Primary Care Errors to Develop and Implement Patient Safety Interventions: A Report from the ASIPS Collaborative
- Mixed Methods Analysis of Medical Error Event Reports: A Report from the ASIPS Collaborative
Showing 5 of 16 shared publications
Deborah S. Main
15 shared publications
- Continuation Rates Among Injectable Contraceptive Users
- The Practice-Based Research Network as a Model for End-of-Life Care Research: Challenges and Opportunities
- Clinical Decisions Regarding HbA1c Results in Primary Care
- Patient perspectives on the doctor of the future.
- Mixed Methods Analysis of Medical Error Event Reports: A Report from the ASIPS Collaborative
Showing 5 of 15 shared publications
L. Miriam Dickinson
University of Colorado Denver (US)
15 shared publications
- Action or Inaction? Decision Making in Patients With Diabetes and Elevated Blood Pressure in Primary Care
- Clinical Improvement Associated with Conformance to HEDIS-Based Depression Care
- A Community Engagement Method to Design Patient Engagement Materials for Cardiovascular Health
- Clinical Decisions Regarding HbA1c Results in Primary Care
- Increasing Capacity for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Primary Care Practices
Showing 5 of 15 shared publications
Yalda Jabbarpour
15 shared publications
- Comparison of Quality Performance Measures for Patients Receiving In-Person vs Telemedicine Primary Care in a Large Integrated Health System
- Primary Care’s Historic Role in Vaccination and Potential Role in COVID-19 Immunization Programs
- Assessing Primary Care Contributions to Behavioral Health: A Cross-sectional Study Using Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
- Not Telehealth: Which Primary Care Visits Need In-Person Care?
- Capacity of Primary Care to Deliver Telehealth in the United States
Showing 5 of 15 shared publications
Matthew Simpson
University of Colorado Denver (US)
11 shared publications
- A Community Engagement Method to Design Patient Engagement Materials for Cardiovascular Health
- Impact of a Boot Camp Translation Intervention on Self-Management Support in Primary Care
- Strategies for Developing and Sustaining Patient and Community Advisory Groups: Lessons from the State Networks of Colorado Ambulatory Practices and Partners (SNOCAP) Consortium of Practice-Based Research Networks
- What Works for Managing Chronic Pain: An Appreciative Inquiry Qualitative Analysis
- Adapting Boot Camp Translation Methods to Engage Clinician/Patient Research Teams Within Practice-Based Research Networks
Showing 5 of 11 shared publications
Elizabeth W. Staton
University of Colorado Anschutz (US)
10 shared publications
- Applied Strategies for Improving Patient Safety: A Comprehensive Process To Improve Care in Rural and Frontier Communities
- Using Reported Primary Care Errors to Develop and Implement Patient Safety Interventions: A Report from the ASIPS Collaborative
- Relationship Between Patient Harm and Reported Medical Errors in Primary Care: A Report from the ASIPS Collaborative
- Implementation and Evaluation of a Laboratory Safety Process Improvement Toolkit
- COVID-19 Proactive Disease Management Using COVID Virtual Hospital in a Rural Community
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
Mary Fisher
10 shared publications
- Increasing Capacity for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Primary Care Practices
- Does a Rural Community‐Based Intervention Improve Knowledge and Attitudes of Opioid Use Disorder and Medication‐Assisted Treatment? A Report From the IT MATTTRs Study
- Strategies for Developing and Sustaining Patient and Community Advisory Groups: Lessons from the State Networks of Colorado Ambulatory Practices and Partners (SNOCAP) Consortium of Practice-Based Research Networks
- What Works for Managing Chronic Pain: An Appreciative Inquiry Qualitative Analysis
- Process for Setting Research Priorities: A Case Study from the State Networks of Colorado Ambulatory Practices and Partners (SNOCAP) Consortium
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
Jodi Summers Holtrop
University of Colorado Anschutz (US)
10 shared publications
- Increasing Capacity for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Primary Care Practices
- What Works for Managing Chronic Pain: An Appreciative Inquiry Qualitative Analysis
- Process for Setting Research Priorities: A Case Study from the State Networks of Colorado Ambulatory Practices and Partners (SNOCAP) Consortium
- Making the Random the Usual: Appreciative Inquiry/Boot Camp Translation—Developing Community-Oriented Evidence That Matters
- Implementation and Evaluation of a Laboratory Safety Process Improvement Toolkit
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
Linda Niebauer
The Medical Center of Aurora (US)
9 shared publications
- Clinical Decisions Regarding HbA1c Results in Primary Care
- Engaging Communities in Education and Research: PBRNs, AHEC, and CTSA
- Mixed Methods Analysis of Medical Error Event Reports: A Report from the ASIPS Collaborative
- UPSTREAM! Together evaluation results from community efforts to prevent mental, emotional, and behavioral health problems
- Table 2, Significant attributes of diagnostic testing errors (based on taxonomy codes)
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Daniel M. Harris
9 shared publications
- Mixed Methods Analysis of Medical Error Event Reports: A Report from the ASIPS Collaborative
- Relationship Between Patient Harm and Reported Medical Errors in Primary Care: A Report from the ASIPS Collaborative
- Table 2, Significant attributes of diagnostic testing errors (based on taxonomy codes)
- Figure 1, Qualitatively derived model of diagnostic testing errors
- Table 3, Framework for categorizing contributing and mitigating factors
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Similar Researchers
Based on overlapping research topics
Williamina Ioanna Bing
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Community-Based Participatory Research
Health disparities and outcomes
Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
Philmar Mendoza-Kabua
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Community-Based Participatory Research
Health disparities and outcomes
Behavioral Health and Interventions
Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are
University of Central Arkansas
Community-Based Participatory Research
Health disparities and outcomes
Behavioral Health and Interventions
Camille Hart
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Community-Based Participatory Research
Health disparities and outcomes
Behavioral Health and Interventions
Jay Patolia
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Community-Based Participatory Research
Health disparities and outcomes
Behavioral Health and Interventions
Tamier L. Wells
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Community-Based Participatory Research
Health disparities and outcomes
Behavioral Health and Interventions