This research aims to improve quality in health care.
Beldon M, Clay S, Hughes MC, Mazurek K. (2026) Access to maternity care and low birth weight among women in rural and urban U.S. counties with higher rates of underweight births. Health & Social Work.
Harris A, Murphy HR, McDowell M, Wright ME, Hughes MC. (2025) Facility-based iptake of colorectal cancer screening in 45-49-year-olds after U.S. guideline changes. Vol. 8(11). JAMA Network Open.
Alarifi M, Hughes MC, Jabour AM, Alashban Y, Vernon E. (2024) Patient, referring physician, and radiologist opinions over time on providing patients access to radiology reports: A systematic review. Journal of the American College of Radiology. Vol. 21(12):1862-1874. *Editor’s Choice article.
Brewer A, Hughes MC, Patel K. (2024) Impact of repeated reimbursement penalties on hospital total quality scores. Journal of Patient Safety. Vol. 20(3):198-201.
Chung K, Hughes MC, Koushkaki, S, Risberg, M, Alcantara, M, Amico, J. (2024) Hospice capacity to provide general inpatient care: Emergency department utilization and live discharge among cancer patients. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine. Vol. 41(1):63-72.
Hughes MC, Spana E, Cada D. (2022) Developing a needs assessment process to address gaps in a local system of care. Community Mental Health Journal. Vol. 58:1329-1337.
Hughes MC, Gray JG, Kim J. The perspective of administrators of intellectual disability organizations of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities. Vol. 27(1):206-220.
Faghani A, Hughes MC, Vaezi M. (2022) Association of anti-contagion policies with spread of COVID-19 in the United States. Journal of Public Health Research. Vol. 11(2):2748.
Hughes MC, Tang Y, Yuan S. (2021) Collaboration between public health and marketing experts as a response to COVID-19. Population Health Management. Vol. 24(5).
Hughes MC, Gorman JM, Ren Y, Khalid S, Clayton C. (2019) Increasing access to rural mental health care using hybrid care that includes telepsychiatry. Journal of Rural Mental Health. Jan:43(1):30-37.
Hughes MC, Roedocker A, Ehli J, Walz D, Froehlich K, White L, Binder B. (2019) A quality improvement project to improve sepsis-related outcomes at an integrated healthcare system. Journal for Healthcare Quality. Nov/Dec: 41(6):369-375.
