Beverly Green, MD, MPH, is a physician-scientist known for pioneering work in preventive and evidence-based medicine. With a goal of improving systems of care, she designs and evaluates programs that make effective treatment easier for patients to follow—and easier for providers to deliver.
Dr. Green’s research has a strong public health focus, targeting conditions that affect large proportions of the population, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and obesity. She also emphasizes leveraging technologies and systems-based care.
In 2016 Dr. Green launched the BP-CHECK study, which aims to find the easiest, most accurate way to diagnose high blood pressure. With a $2.8 million award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), the study will compare blood pressure readings taken in clinic, at home, and at validated blood pressure kiosks to the 24-hour blood pressure test that is currently considered the gold standard for diagnosing hypertension.
Dr. Green’s previous research has shown that:
She is now working to translate similar innovative approaches to care into community settings through collaborations with the OCHIN Practice-Based Research Network and two large health insurance plans that provide Medicaid insurance to low-income individuals and families.
She is also a core member of the Alliance for Reducing Cancer, Northwest, a collaborative team of cancer prevention and control experts and community stakeholders whose mission is build relationships between researchers and community partners, conduct cancer-related research, and translate research into community practice.
Dr. Green was honored by Kaiser Permanente Washington in 1999 for her contributions to clinical quality improvement and was a finalist for the organization's 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award. She was as an associate editor for the American Journal of Preventive Medicine from 2009 to 2014. She is an editorial board member of the Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. She is also a fellow of the American Heart Association, an honor given for contributions to the field. Dr. Green has served as an associate clinical professor at the UW School of Medicine since 1992.
Omboni S, Padwal RS, Alessa T, Benczúr B, Green BB, Hubbard I, Kario K, Khan NA, Konradi A, Logan AG, Lu Y, Mars M, McManus RJ, Melville S, Neumann CL, Parati G, Renna NF, Ryvlin P, Saner H, Schutte AE, Wang J. The worldwide impact of telemedicine during COVID-19: current evidence and recommendations for the future. Conn Health. 2022 Jan 4;1:7-35. doi: 10.20517/ch.2021.03. PubMed
Hitchcock ME, Green BB, Anderson DS. Advancing health equity for Medicaid beneficiaries by adding colorectal cancer screening to the CMS Adult Core Set. Gastroenterology. 2021 Dec 20:S0016-5085(21)04089-0. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.12.253. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed
Rosenberg DE, Greenwood-Hickman MA, Zhou J, Cook AJ, Mettert KD, Cooper J, Arterburn D, Green BB, Walsh-Bailey C, Kerr J, Owen N, Dunstan D, McClure JB. Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of sitting reduction to improve cardiometabolic health in older adults. Contemp Clin Trials. 2021 Dec;111:106593. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106593. Epub 2021 Oct 16. PubMed
Thompson MJ, Suchsland MZ, Hardy V, Lavallee D, Jarvik J, Walter F, Trikalinos T, Findlay S, Chou R, Green B, Wernli KJ, Lord S, Devine B, Bossuyt P. Patient-centred outcomes of imaging tests: recommendations for patients, clinicians and researchers. BMJ Qual Saf. 2021 Oct 6;bmjqs-2021-013311. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-013311. Online ahead of print. PubMed
Baldwin LM, Coronado GD, West II, Schwartz MR, Meenan RT, Vollmer WM, Petrik AF, Shapiro JA, Kulkarni-Sharma YR, Green BB. Health plan-based mailed fecal testing for colorectal cancer screening among dual-eligible Medicaid/Medicare enrollees: Outcomes of 2 program models. Cancer. 2022 Jan 15;128(2):410-418. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33909. Epub 2021 Sep 29. PubMed
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Home blood pressure monitoring shown to be an excellent alternative for making new diagnoses of hypertension.
Research led by KPWHRI’s Beverly Green, MD, MPH, finds that patients prefer at-home monitoring of blood pressure.
VeryWell Health, March 16, 2022