Jon Puro
Director of Research Informatics and Analytics, and Director of Data Governance
Mr. Puro’s primary expertise is the design, use and deployment of information systems for the collection and dissemination of data and reports to the consumers of healthcare information, specializing in medical informatics, analysis and reporting, database modeling and data warehouse architecture. Throughout his professional career, he has held a variety of information technology roles such as analyst, database administrator, and manager in several healthcare settings in addition to OCHIN, including Multnomah County, CareOregon, and Kaiser Permanente. He has served as co-chair of the National Community Health Applied Research Network Data Committee and as the co-chair of the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) HIT committee. For the PCORI PCORnet project, he serves as the PI and Data Lead for the ADVANCE Clinical Research Network, as co-chair of the PCORnet Data Workgroup, and as a member of the Executive Management Team. He also serves as the Director of Research Informatics and Analytics and as Director of Data Governance for OCHIN. Jon was also recently elected to serve a three-year term on the Epic Systems Cosmos Governing Council. Finally, Jon now serves as PI of the Data and Research Core for the NIH-funded AIM-AHEAD machine learning study.
Publications:
Recommendations for improving national clinical datasets for health equity research
https://academic.oup.com/jamia/article-abstract/27/11/1802/5901252?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Using Electronic Health Record Data In Pragmatic Clinical Trials
PCORnet® 2020: current state, accomplishments, and future directions
https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(20)31122-7/fulltext
Long-Term Outcomes from Repeated Smoking Cessation Assistance in Routine Primary Care
Disparities in Smoking Cessation Assistance in US Primary Care Clinics
https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304492
Smoking cessation assistance: Before and After Stage 1 Meaningful Use Implementation
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5522621/
Cardiovascular care guideline implementation in community health centers in Oregon: a mixed methods analysis of real-world barriers and challenges
Pragmatic (trial) informatics: a perspective from the NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28340241
Implications of ACC/AHA Cholesterol Guidelines on Statin Underutilization for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetes Mellitus among Several U.S. Networks of Community Health Centers
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5586289/
Assessing trends in tobacco cessation in diverse patient populations
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5013819/
Feasibility and impact of implementing a private care system’s diabetes quality improvement intervention in the safety net: a cluster-randomized trial
https://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13012-015-0259-4
CER Hub: An Informatics Platform for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Research Using Multi-Institutional, Heterogenous, Electronic Clinical Data
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26138036
Health Information Technology Needs Help from Primary Care Researchers
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4450103/
MyPreventiveCare: Implementation and dissemination of an interactive preventive health record in three practice-based research networks serving disadvantaged patients—a randomized cluster trial.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4269965/
Strategies and opportunities to STOP colon cancer in priority populations: Pragmatic pilot study design and outcomes
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3936821/
The ADVANCE network: accelerating data value across a national community health center network
Authors: Devoe, J. E., Gold, R., Cottrell, E., Bauer, V., Brickman, A., Puro, J., Nelson, C., Mayer, K., Sears, A., Burdick, T., Merrell, J., Matthews, P., Fields, S.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4078289/
Documentation of the 5 As for Smoking Cessation by PCPs Across Distinct Health Systems
https://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2014/2014-vol20-n3/documentation-of-the-5-as-for-smoking-cessation-by-pcps-across-distinct-health-systems
Using the CER Hub to ensure data quality in a multi-institution smoking cessation study
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4215049/
The Community Health Applied Research Network (CHARN) Data Warehouse: a Resource for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research and Quality Improvement in Underserved, Safety Net Populations
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4371501/
Electronic health record functionality needed to better support primary care
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4147605/
Receipt of Diabetes Preventive Care Among Safety Net Patients Associate with Differing Levels of Insurance Coverage
http://www.jabfm.org/content/25/1/42.long
Automating Care Quality Measurement With Health Information Technology
https://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2012/2012-6-vol18-n6/automating-care-quality-measurement-with-health-information-technology?p=2
Electronic Health Records vs Medicaid Claims: Completeness of Diabetes Preventive Care Data in Community Health Centers
http://www.annfammed.org/content/9/4/351.long
Development of a Measure Set for Routine, Comprehensive, Automated Assessment of Obesity Care Quality
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3251367/
Automating Quality Measurement: a system for scalable, comprehensive, and routine care quality assessment
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815430/
