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 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.

PubMed

Published on 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.

PubMed

Published on 6/20/2025

Magnani JW, Lalama CM, Abebe KZ, Ferry D, Rollman BL, Lancet MQ, Kimani E, Ólafsson S, Bickmore T, Paasche-Orlow MK. A mobile relational agent to enhance atrial fibrillation self-care: Primary and secondary outcomes of a randomized controlled trial. Am Heart J. 2025 Dec; 290:115-128. PMID: 40545207.

PubMed

Published on 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.

PubMed

Published on 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.

PubMed

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.

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