Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Assistant Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

Internal Medicine

Asaf Bitton works in the field of Internal Medicine. He graduated from University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. University of California San Francisco School of Medicine is one of the top medical schools in the US. University of California San Francisco School of Medicine is ranked 3/3 in Research/PrimaryCare. Doctor Asaf Bitton, MD is a published doctor and has 50 publications published. The lastest was: 'The End of the 15-20 Minute Primary Care Visit.' Asaf Bitton accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• The End of the 15-20 Minute Primary Care Visit.
• Implications of Workforce and Financing Changes for Primary Care Practice Utilization, Revenue, and Cost: A Generalizable Mathematical Model for Practice Management.
• Patient-centered medical home initiatives expanded in 2009-13: providers, patients, and payment incentives increased.
• A nationwide survey of patient centered medical home demonstration projects.
• The Harvard Medical School Academic Innovations Collaborative: Transforming Primary Care Practice and Education.
• A comparison of Tier 1 and Tier 3 medical homes under Oklahoma Medicaid program.
• Toward a better understanding of patient-reported outcomes in clinical practice.
• Review: treat to target in rheumatoid arthritis: fact, fiction, or hypothesis?
• Patient-centered medical home transformation with payment reform: patient experience outcomes.
• Treat to target in rheumatoid arthritis: Fact, fiction or hypothesis?
• The roles of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in rheumatology practices in the US.
• A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines in 121 countries.
• A survey of tobacco dependence treatment services in 121 countries.
• The Effect of Tobacco Control Measures during a Period of Rising Cardiovascular Disease Risk in India: A Mathematical Model of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke.
• The impact of medication adherence on coronary artery disease costs and outcomes: a systematic review.
• When physicians counsel about stress: results of a national study.
• Quality and equity of primary care with patient-centered medical homes: results from a national survey.
• Off the hamster wheel? Qualitative evaluation of a payment-linked patient-centered medical home (PCMH) pilot.
• Health information technology in the era of care delivery reform: to what end?
• Using electronic health record clinical decision support is associated with improved quality of care.
• The Gap between Estimated Incidence of End-Stage Renal Disease and Use of Therapy.
• Severe hypoglycaemia post-gastric bypass requiring partial pancreatectomy: evidence for inappropriate insulin secretion and pancreatic islet hyperplasia.
• msJAMA: reducing smoking prevalence to 10% in five years.
• Tobacco industry influence on the definition of tobacco related disorders by the American Psychiatric Association.
• Small bowel bezoar in a patient with Noonan syndrome: report of a case.
• Anger expression and lifestyle incongruity interactions on blood pressure in Samoan adults.
• The p53 tumour suppressor gene and the tobacco industry: research, debate, and conflict of interest.
• Erythrophagocytosis in Gaucher cells.
• MSJAMA: Government share of health care expenditures.
• Tobacco industry strategies for influencing European Community tobacco advertising legislation.
• Moving towards more equitable and integrated approaches for tobacco control and non-communicable diseases: invited commentary.
• The decisive moment: peril and promise for primary care. Comment on "Primary care utilization and colorectal cancer outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries".
• Regarding the prevention of global chronic disease: academic public health's new frontier.
• Offering population-based tobacco treatment in a healthcare setting: a randomized controlled trial.
• Projected effects of tobacco smoking on worldwide tuberculosis control: mathematical modelling analysis.
• Relationships of Cotinine and Self-Reported Cigarette Smoking With Hemoglobin A1c in the U.S.: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-...
• Improving the delivery of global tobacco control.
• Who is on the home team? Redefining the relationship between primary and specialty care in the patient-centered medical home.
• Enabling access to new WHO essential medicines: the case for nicotine replacement therapies.
• E-cigarettes: a rapidly growing Internet phenomenon.
• A comparison of four international surveys of tobacco dependence treatment provision: implications for monitoring the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
• The Framingham Heart Study's impact on global risk assessment.
• The future of health information technology in the patient-centered medical home.
• Health risks, chronic diseases, and access to care among US Pacific Islanders.
• Growing epidemic of coronary heart disease in low- and middle-income countries.
• Clinical problem-solving. A fragile balance.
• The global cost of nonoptimal blood pressure.
• Clinical risk factors for severe Clostridium difficile-associated disease.
• An international survey of training programs for treating tobacco dependence.

Schools

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• University of California At San Francisco

• Brigham and Women39s Hospital

Doctors Specialties

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• Internal Medicine

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• Harvard Medical School
• Brigham and Women's Hospital
• University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Brigham and Women's Hospital

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1093864688
NPPES Provider LastName		BITTON
NPPES Provider FirstName		ASAF
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		021156110
NPPES Provider State		MA
Specialty Description		Internal Medicine
Total Claim Count		743.0
Distinct Opioid Count		2.0
Opioid Claim Count		22.0
Percent Opioid Claims		2.96

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1093864688
Last Name Of The Provider	BITTON
First Name Of The Provider	ASAF
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