Michael K. Paasche-Orlow MD, MA, MPH
Adjunct Professor, General Internal Medicine
801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 414-5877michael.paasche-orlow@bmc.org
michael.paascheorlow@bmc.org
mpo@bu.edu
Sections
General Internal Medicine
Centers
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
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.
Education
Medicine-Internal, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Epidemiology, MPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
Philosophy, MA, Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Philosophy, BS, Columbia College
Publications
Paasche-Orlow MK, Barocas S. A Puzzling Thank You #3. Health Lit Res Pract. 2025 Jan; 9(1):e1-e2. PMID: 39805562.
Published on 11/3/2024Penumarthy A, Zupanc SN, Paasche-Orlow MK, Volandes A, Lakin JR. Facilitated Advance Care Planning Interventions: A Narrative Review. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2024 Nov 03; 10499091241298677. PMID: 39489614.
Published on 9/11/2024Gunn CM, Kressin NR, Battaglia TA, Schonberg MA, Paasche-Orlow MK, Tosteson ANA. Testing a Breast Cancer Screening Decision aid Designed for Health Literacy Accessibility. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Dec; 39(16):3360-3362. PMID: 39261341.
Published on 9/9/2024Laytner LA, Trautner BW, Nash S, Faustinella F, Zoorob R, Olmeda K, Paasche-Orlow MK, Grigoryan L. Situations predisposing primary care patients to use antibiotics without a prescription in the United States. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024; 4(1):e121. PMID: 39257427.
Published on 8/28/2024Zupanc SN, Quintiliani LM, LeClair AM, Paasche-Orlow MK, Volandes A, Penumarthy A, Henault L, Itty JE, Davis AD, Lakin JR. The Sowers of Seeds: A Qualitative Analysis of the Role of Palliative Care Educators in Facilitating Goals-of-Care Conversations and Palliative Care Referrals. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2024 Aug 28; 10499091241267917. PMID: 39196855.
Published on 7/8/2024Shah J, Trautner BW, Olmeda K, Laytner LA, Faustinella F, Paasche-Orlow MK, Grigoryan L. A survey of patient practices regarding leftover antibiotics reveals a potential source of antibiotic overuse. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 Aug 07; 68(8):e0046924. PMID: 38975752.
Published on 7/5/2024Santos MG, Paasche-Orlow M. The Moral Call to Action: A Special Issue of HLRP in Honor of Dr. Rima Rudd. Health Lit Res Pract. 2024 Jul; 8(3):e113-e115. PMID: 38979817.
Published on 2/10/2024Cole MB, Strackman BW, Lasser KE, Lin MY, Paasche-Orlow MK, Hanchate AD. Medicaid Expansion and Preventable Emergency Department Use by Race/Ethnicity. Am J Prev Med. 2024 Jun; 66(6):989-998. PMID: 38342480.
Published on 1/26/2024Chandanabhumma PP, Ratakonda S, Panko T, Cuculick J, Hauser P, Paasche-Orlow MK, Fetters MD, McKee MM. Examining the differences of perceptions and experience with online health information accessibility between deaf and hearing individuals: A qualitative study. Patient Educ Couns. 2024 May; 122:108169. PMID: 38325209.
Published on 1/10/2024Paasche-Orlow MK, Barocas S. A Puzzling Thank You #2. Health Lit Res Pract. 2024 Jan; 8(1):e1-e2. PMID: 38198645.
Media Mentions
Published on 5/11/2021
Non-White Patients Wait Significantly Longer for Less Acute ED Visits
Published on 1/19/2021
BU Professor Hopes To Study Inexpensive Drug To Treat COVID-19
Published on 6/4/2020
Authors retract study that raised questions about drug used to treat COVID-19
Published on 5/30/2020
Published on 3/12/2020
SLACK Incorporated Announces HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice Now Indexed by Medline
Published on 7/19/2019
Readability of Patient Educational Materials in English Versus Arabic
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