Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, MD, MA, MPH

Adjunct Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Expertise includes: The role of health literacy in health outcomes and health disparities, and health services interventions; The potential for behavioral informatics to help people with limited health literacy overcome literacy barriers.

Publications

  • Published 7/8/2025

    Simon DA, Paasche-Orlow MK, Noorchashm H. Establishing Medical Device Transparency at the FDA-A Public Database for Device Labels. JAMA. 2025 Jul 08; 334(2):109-110. PMID: 40455429.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 7/1/2025

    Magnani JW, Plevniak K, Ferry D, Martin D, Brooks MM, Kimani E, Ólafsson S, Rollman BL, Paasche-Orlow MK, El Khoudary SR, Bickmore T. The mobile health intervention for rural patients with atrial fibrillation a randomized controlled trial. Int J Cardiol. 2025 Nov 01; 438:133575. PMID: 40609876.

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  • Published 6/4/2025

    Amenta E, Olmeda K, Collazo A, Hines-Munson C, Hansen M, Holder T, Paasche-Orlow MK, Street R, Trautner BW, Grigoryan L. Effectiveness of bi-directional patient-provider communication tools aimed at changing patient medication behavior in the outpatient setting: a scoping review. Fam Pract. 2025 Jun 04; 42(4). PMID: 40747580.

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  • Published 6/3/2025

    Laytner LA, Chen P, Trautner BW, Nash S, Collazo A, Faustinella F, Olmeda K, Mancera A, Zoorob R, Paasche-Orlow MK, Grigoryan L. 'Antibiotics are like gold': a qualitative study of patient perspectives on the use of antibiotics without a prescription. BMJ Public Health. 2025; 3(1):e002421. PMID: 40521333.

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  • Published 5/27/2025

    Paasche-Orlow MK, Wolf MS. Addressing Health Literacy. JAMA. 2025 May 27; 333(20):1826-1827. PMID: 40202765.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University

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Education

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, MD
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, MPH
  • Jewish Theological Seminary of America, MA
  • Columbia College, BS

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