Publications

Potentially Low-Value Medical Interventions in Frail Older Adults Near the End of Life: A Narrative Review

Khan A, Khan A. Cureus. 2026;18(8). e114590. doi:10.7759/cureus.114590

A Learning Community to Advance Age-Friendly Patient Priorities Care Nationally in the Program of All Inclusive Care of the Elderly

Davenport CE, Hernandez-Bigos K, Esterson J, Schreiber R, Baskins JP, Chang A, Phifer ML, Tinetti ME. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2026;0:1-9.

A Pragmatic Framework for Shared Decision Making in Older Adults: Cardiac Amyloidosis as a Prototype

Do M, Dev S, Pillai P, Andrade A, Schmeckpeper J, Branda M, Herges L, Pagali S, Agarwal N. Journal of The American Geriatrics Society. 2026;0:1-10.

Enhancing the lived experience for long-term cancer survivors: A framework to align personal values with goals for cancer survivorship

Nettles B. Oncology Nursing Forum. 2025;51(2), 453-454.

What Matters About What Matters Most

Tinetti, ME & Nettles, BS. JAMA Network Open. 2025. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.35775

Identifying Implementation Needs and Developing Strategies to Optimize Integration of Patient Priorities Care in Primary Care: A Qualitative Formative Evaluation of Two Study Sites

Arney J, Banks J, Mecca MC, Catic A, Wydermyer S, Shanahan ML, Zenoni M, Kiefer L, Dindo L, Fried T, Naik AD. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2025. doi:10.1007/s11606-025-09894-9

Guiding Age-Friendly Care Through “What Matters”: Restoring the Whole Person Back into Clinical Practice

Ritchey KC, Catic A, Jennings L, Mecca M, Carmody J, Naik A. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2025. doi:10.1007/s11606-025-09754-6

Aligning Surgical Decisions With Older Adults’ Outcome Goals

Naik AD, Schwarze ML, Banks J, Soni S, Arain SA, Goyal P, Matlock DD, Lampert R, Tinetti ME. Journal of The American Geriatrics Society. 2025. doi:10.1111/jgs.70017

Exploring the Acceptability and Feasibility of a Self-directed Approach to Identifying Health Priorities in a Sample of Southern Older African American Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions

Ejem D, Bakitas M, Durant RW, Parker TN, Oppong KD, Esterson J, Odom JN, Wells RD, Boockvar K, Tinetti M. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2025. doi:10.1007/s40615-025-02469-8

What Matters Most: Case Study of Successful Patient-Directed Gabapentin Taper to Improve Mentation, Mobility, and Medications

Paulsen MR, Navalurkar R, Tunoa J, Bartlett B, Ritchey KC.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2025; 0:1-4. doi:10.1111/jgs.19482

A Mixed-Methods Usability Pilot of a Value-Goal Elicitation Tool in the Inpatient Setting for Older Adults Anticipating Post-Acute Care

Piazza KM, Pascal C, Patel SR, Sefcik C, Schapira MM, Madrigal C, Ritchey KC, Yip L, Naik AD, Burke RE. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. 2025;62. doi: 10.1177/00469580251332131

Addressing What Matters: A Pilot Study and Mixed Methods Evaluation of Patient Priorities Care in Four Clinical Settings

Fonseca Valencia C, Schell BR, Guerrier C, VanSpeybroeck GA, Gurevitch J, Harrington M, Hayes B, Ritchey KC, Martinchek M, Schwartz AW, Jindal SK. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2025; 0:1-9. doi:10.1111/jgs.19419

“What Matters” in the emergency department: A prospective analysis of older adults’ concerns and desired outcomes

Chera T, Tinetti ME, Travers JL, Galske J, Venkatesh AK, Southerland LT, Dresden SM, McQuown C, Gettel CJ. Medical Care. 2024;62(12). doi:10.1097/MLR.0000000000002053

Challenges in Healthcare for Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Where to Go and How to Get There

Ouellet GM, Ouellet JA. Tinetti ME. JAMA Network Open. 2024;7(10):e2439837. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.39837

Clinical and Behavioral Research at the National Institute on Aging—50 Years of Innovation

Cohen AB, Bonds Johnson K, Tinetti ME. JAMA Int Med. 2024;184(10). doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.2264.

An innovative approach to aligning healthcare with what matters most to patients: A hybrid type 1 trial protocol of patient priorities care for older adults with multiple chronic conditions

Naik AD, Shanahan ML, Dindo L, Mecca MC, Arney J, Amspoker AB, Wydermyer S, Banks J, Street Jr RL, Kiefer L, Zenoni M. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2024;143:107613. PMID: 38914308

Leveraging an Electronic Health Record Patient Portal to Help Patients Formulate Their Health Care Goals: Mixed Methods Evaluation of Pilot Interventions

Naimark J, Tinetti ME, Delbanco T, Dong Z, Harcourt K, Esterson J, Charpentier P, Walker J. JMIR Form Res. 2024;8:e56332. doi:10.2196/56332

“Teaching communication and goals of care in geriatrics” in Schwartz, AW, Ed., Medical Education in Geriatrics: Strategies for teaching the care of older adults

Catic AG. 2024. Springer Medical Education in Geriatrics. Springer.

Impact of Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers: Incubators of innovation in geriatrics

Farrell TW, Hogans BB, Moo L, Jump R, Markland A et al. GRECC Directors Association. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024;72. doi:10.1111/jgs.19082

The Aging Revolution: The history of geriatric health care and what really matters to older adults

Dowling, M., Kenney, C., & Carney, M. T. Skyhorse Publishing. 2024

Using health values to inform collaborative goal‐setting for chronic care of older adults

Shanahan ML, Naik AD. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024;72(7):1955-1958. PMID: 38752673

Clinicians’ Perceptions of Care Partner Involvement in the Health Priorities Identification of Older Adults Affected by Dementia and Multiple Chronic Conditions

Monin JK, Mroz E, Johnson KB, Samper Ternent R, Thi V, Tinetti ME. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024;72(8). doi: 10.1111/jgs.18937

Alignment of the ACGME Milestones for Internal Medicine and Family Medicine with Patient Priorities Care Core Skills [Abstract]

Ouellet J, Sanders N, Ben R, Preston O, Farrell TW. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024;72(S1), S4-S5.

Implementation of Patient Priorities-Aligned Care in a Home-Based Primary Care Program

Jamieson K, Ogedengbe O, Naik AD, Kiefer L, Tak C, Atkins C, Woodall T. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2024; 64(1):96-103. PMID: 38453664.

Collaborative Decision-Making: Identifying and Aligning Care with the Health Priorities of Older Adults

Naik AD. In: Wasserman MR (Editor), Bakerjian D (Editor), Linnebur S (Editor), Brangman S (Editor), Cesari M (Editor), Rosen S (Editor). Geriatric Medicine: A Person-Centered Evidence-Based Approach. Springer, Cham. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01782-8_2-1

Patient Priorities Care Increases Long-Term Service and Support Use: Propensity Match Cohort Study

Samper-Ternent R, Razjouyan J, Dindo L, Halaszynski J, Silva J, Fried T, Naik A. Patient Priorities Care increases long-term service and support use: Propensity match cohort study. JAMDA 2024; in press. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2023.12.014

Patient Priorities-Aligned Care for Older Adults With Multiple Conditions: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial

Tinetti ME, Hashmi A, Ng H, Doyle M, Goto T, Esterson J, Naik AD, Dindo L, Li F. JAMA Netw Open 2024;7(1):e2352666. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.52666

Acceptability and use of an online health priorities self-identification tool for older adults: A qualitative investigation

Mroz, E., Hernandez-Bigos, K., Esterson, J., Kiwak, E., Naik, A., & Tinetti, M. PEC Innovation. 2023. doi:10.1016/j.pecinn.2023.100242

One Size Fits All—An Underappreciated Health Inequity

Tinetti, M.E., deCardi Hladek, M., & Ejem, D. JAMA Intern Med. 2024;184(1):7-8. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.6035

A Clinical Pathway to Well-Being: Putting Patient Priorities at the Center of Care

Wagle, N., Campbell, C., Di Capua, P., & Kocher, B. The American Journal of Accountable Care. 2023;11(3):37-40. doi:10.37765/ajac.2023.89437

A qualitative study of coaching patient priorities-aligned decision-making through virtual case-based discussions

Ouellet J, Kiwak E, Tinetti ME, Hashmi A, Ng H, Esterson J, Davenport, C. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2023;71(12). doi: 10.1111/jgs.18609

Guiding Post-Hospital Recovery by ‘What Matters:’ Implementation of Patient Priorities Identification in a VA Community Living Center

Ritchey KC, Solberg LM, Citty SW, Kiefer L, Martinez E, Gray C, Naik AD. Geriatrics. 2023; 8(4):74.

Persons living with dementia and multiple chronic conditions identifying health priorities with care partners

Vu T, Mroz EL, Hernandez-Bigos K, Chow D, Ternent RS, Johnson KB, Tinetti ME, Monin J. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Jan 27. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18257

Pharmacist Identification of Older Patients’ Priorities in a Home-Based Primary Care Program

Krishnamurthy A, Naik AD, Kiefer L, Tak C, Ogedengbe O, Jamieson K, Goswami R, Woodall T. Sr Care Pharm, 2022; 37(12): 631-640. doi: 10.4140/TCP.n.2022.631

A Qualitative Study of “What Matters” to Older Adults in the Emergency Department

Gettel CJ, Venkatesh AK, Dowd H, Hwang U, Ferrigno RF, Reid EA, Tinetti ME. A qualitative study of ‘What Matters’ to older adults in the emergency department. West J Emerg Med 2022;23(4):579-588

Better care for older Hispanics: Identifying priorities and harmonizing care

Rafael Samper-Ternent, Mary Tinetti, Lee A Jennings, Rebeca Wong, Jennifer Arney, Aanand D Naik. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Mar 23. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17748. Online ahead of print.

Education outcomes of a multisite, virtual, interprofessional training in patient priorities aligned care

Ouellet JA, Mecca MC, Tinetti ME, Dindo L, Kiefer L, Nguyen AC, Omer ZB, Naik AD, Catic AG. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34741462.

Use of the Patient-Identified Top Health Priority in Care Decision-making for Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions

Davenport C, Ouellet J, Tinetti ME.JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(10):e2131496. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.31496

Outcome Goals and Health Care Preferences of Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions

Tinetti ME, Costello DM, Naik AD, et al. 2021;4(3):e211271. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1271

Clinician Perspectives on Incorporating Patients’ Values‐Based Health Priorities in Decision‐Making

Gregory M. Ouellet MD, MHS; Eliza Kiwak BA; Darcé M. Costello EdD, MPH, MBA; Ariel R. Green MD, MPH, PhD; Mary Geda BSN, MSN, RN; Aanand D. Naik MD; Mary E. Tinetti MD.J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16914

Feasibility of Clinicians Aligning Health Care with Patient Priorities in Geriatrics Ambulatory Care

Freytag, J., Dindo, L., Catic, A., Johnson, A.L., Bush Amspoker, A., Gravier, A., Dawson, D.B., Tinetti, M.E. and Naik, A.D. (2020), J Am Geriatr Soc. doi:10.1111/jgs.16662

Association of Patient Priorities–Aligned Decision-Making With Patient Outcomes and Ambulatory Health Care Burden Among Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial

Tinetti ME, Naik AD, Dindo L, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2019.

Challenges and strategies in patients’ health priorities-aligned decision-making for older adults with multiple chronic conditions

Tinetti M, Dindo L, Smith CD, Blaum C, Costello D, Ouellet G, et al. PLoS ONE. 2019; 14(6): e0218249.

Perspectives of Patients in Identifying Their Values‐Based Health Priorities

Feder SL, Kiwak E, Costello D, Dindo L, Hernandez‐Bigos K, Vo L, Geda M, Blaum C, Tinetti ME, Naik AD. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019;

Caring for Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions

Tinetti, ME, Green, AR, Ouellet, J, Rich, MW, Boyd, C. Ann Intern Med. 2019. doi: 10.7326/ M18-3269. [Epub ahead of print]

Decision-making for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Executive Summary of Action Steps for the AGS Guiding Principles on the Care of Older Adults with Multimorbidity

Boyd, C, Smith, D, Masoudi , FA, Blaum CS, Dodson, JA, Green, AR, Kelley, A, Matlock, D, Ouellet, J, Rich MW, Schoenborn, NL, Tinetti, ME. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15809. [Epub ahead of print]

Perspectives of Patients, Clinicians, and Health System Leaders on Changes Needed to Improve the Health Care and Outcomes of Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions

Ferris R, Blaum C, Kiwak E, et al. 2018;30(5):778-799.

Patient Priority-Directed Decision Making and Care for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions

Tinetti ME, Esterson J, Ferris R, Posner P, Blaum CS. Clin Geriatr Med. 2016;32(2):261-275.

Moving From Disease-Centered to Patient Goals-Directed Care for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions

Tinetti ME, Naik AD, Dodson JA. JAMA Cardiology. 2016;1(1):9-10.