Michael K. Paasche-Orlow MD, MA, MPH

Adjunct Professor, General Internal Medicine

801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 414-5877
michael.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.

Websites

BU Profile

Boston Medical Center Provider Profile

ResearchGate

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

Published on 5/27/2025

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

PubMed

Published on 5/12/2025

Omole TD, Mrkva A, Ferry D, Shepherd E, Caratelli J, Davis N, Akatue R, Bickmore T, Paasche-Orlow MK, Magnani JW. Augmenting Engagement in Decentralized Clinical Trials for Atrial Fibrillation: Development and Implementation of a Programmatic Architecture. JMIR Cardio. 2025 May 12; 9:e66436. PMID: 40354654.

PubMed

Published on 5/1/2025

Volandes AE, Chang Y, Lakin JR, Paasche-Orlow MK, Lindvall C, Zupanc SN, Martins-Welch D, Carney MT, Burns EA, Itty J, Emmert-Tangredi K, Martin NJ, Sanghani S, Tilburt J, Pollak KI, Davis AD, Garde C, Barry MJ, El-Jawahri A, Quintiliani L, Sciacca K, Goldman J, Tulsky JA. An Intervention to Increase Advance Care Planning Among Older Adults With Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 May 01; 8(5):e259150. PMID: 40343696.

PubMed

Published on 4/15/2025

Collazo A, Amenta E, Olmeda K, Valentine-King M, Laytner L, Mancera A, Zoorob R, Paasche-Orlow MK, Street RL, Trautner BW, Grigoryan L. A screening question to assess risk of using antibiotics without a prescription: a diagnostic study. BMC Prim Care. 2025 Apr 15; 26(1):111. PMID: 40234795.

PubMed

Published on 1/13/2025

Paasche-Orlow MK, Barocas S. A Puzzling Thank You #3. Health Lit Res Pract. 2025 Jan; 9(1):e1-e2. PMID: 39805562.

PubMed

Published on 11/3/2024

Penumarthy 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.

PubMed

Published on 9/11/2024

Gunn 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.

PubMed

Published on 9/9/2024

Laytner 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.

PubMed

Published on 8/28/2024

Zupanc 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.

PubMed

Published on 7/8/2024

Shah 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.

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