Beverly B. Green, MD, MPH
Affiliate Investigator
Group Health Family Physician
206-287-2997
green.b@ghc.org
Recent publications
Curriculum vitae (CV)
Research interests and experience
- Cancer control: screening for colorectal, breast, and prostate cancer
- Chronic illness management: hypertension; health informatics
- Obesity: obesity prevention and control; nutrition; physical activity
- Health informatics: eHealth; hypertension
Bev Green is a Group Health physician scientist known for pioneering work in preventive and evidence-based medicine. With a goal of improving systems of care, she harnesses her experience as a family doctor to design and evaluate programs that make effective treatment easier for patients to follow through with—and easier for providers to deliver.
Dr. Green is a national leader in developing and implementing evidence-based guidelines, including more than a decade of service as a reviewer for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Her research has a strong public health emphasis, targeting conditions that impact large proportions of the population, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and obesity. She is a core member of the Alliance for Reducing Cancer, Northwest, a collaborative team of cancer prevention and control experts whose mission is to evaluate and respond to gaps in the Guide to Community Preventive Services (the Community Guide). Dr. Green's current focus is shifting to care of chronic conditions, with emphasis on standardizing treatment as a strategy for dealing with increasingly complex illnesses. This means designing systems that make chronic care simple and automatic for both patients and providers—and leveraging advances in science and technology.
In 2008, Dr. Green published results from a randomized trial showing that Web-based care and at-home blood pressure checks can help control hypertension. These landmark findings earned her an invitation to speak at the August 2008 Author in the Room Teleconference hosted by the Journal of the American Medical Association and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. She is currently working with WWAMI—a partnership between the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine and the states of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho—to translate this innovative Web-based care program into community settings. She is also leading a study aimed at increasing colon cancer screening rates by providing information, reminders, and other support to patients by mail and phone.
Dr. Green was honored by Group Health in 1999 for her contributions to clinical quality improvement and was a finalist for the organization's 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award. She shares her varied expertise in frequent invited lectures around the world and has served as a consultant for ABC News since 2004. She is an editorial board member of the Journal of the American Board of Family Practice and belongs to several professional organizations, including the American College of Preventive Medicine and the American Society of Hypertension. Dr. Green has served as an assistant clinical professor at the UW School of Medicine since 1992.
Related information:
- U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
- Alliance for Reducing Cancer, Northwest
- Guide to Community Preventive Services
- Author in the Room Teleconference
- WWAMI
- American College of Preventive Medicine
- American Society of Hypertension
Recent publications
Green BB, Anderson ML, Cook AJ, Catz S, Fishman P, McClure JB, Reid R. Using body mass index data in the electronic health record to calculate cardiovascular risk. Am J Prev Med. 2012;42:342-7. PubMed
Green BB, Bogart A, Chubak J, Vernon SW, Morales LS, Meenan RT, Laing SS, Fuller S, Ko C, Wang CY. Nonparticipation in a population-based trial to increase colorectal cancer screening. Am J Prev Med. 2012 Apr;42(4):390-7. PubMed
Carter BL, Bosworth HB, Green BB. The hypertension team: the role of the pharmacist, nurse and teamwork in hypertension therapy. J Clin Hypertens. 2012 Jan;14(1):51-65. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2011.00542.x. Epub 2011 Nov 28.
Fishman PA, Anderson ML, Cook AJ, Ralston JD, Catz SL, Carlson J, Larson EB, Green BB. Accuracy of blood pressure measurements reported in an electronic medical record during routine primary care visits. J Clin Hypertens. 2011;13(11):821-8. PubMed
Green BB, Estabrooks P. Assessing the scale-up of a weight loss program: narrowing the gap between research and practice. Am J Prev Med. 2011 Nov;41(5):548-9.
Green BB, Anderson ML, Ralston JD, Catz S, Fishman PA, Cook AJ. Patient ability and willingness to participate in a web-based intervention to improve hypertension control. J Med Internet Res. 2011 Jan 20;13(1):e1. PubMed
Green BB, Wang CY, Horner K, Catz S, Meenan RT, Vernon SW, Carrell D, Chubak J, Ko C, Laing S, Bogart A. Systems of support to increase colorectal cancer screening and follow-up rates (SOS): Design, challenges, and baseline characteristics of trial participants. Contemp Clin Trials. 2010 Nov;31(6):589-603. Epub 2010 Jul 30. PubMed
Green BB, Cook AJ, Ralston JD, Fishman PA, Catz SL, Carlson J, Carrell D, Tyll L, Larson EB, Thompson RS. Effectiveness of home blood pressure monitoring, Web communication, and pharmacist care on hypertension control: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2008;299(24):2857-67. PubMed
Green BB, Ralston JD, Fishman PA, Catz SL, Cook A, Carlson J, Tyll L, Carrell D, Thompson RS. Electronic communications and home blood pressure monitoring (e-BP) study: design, delivery, and evaluation framework. Contemp Clin Trials. 2008;29(3):376-95. Epub 2007 Sep 26. PubMed
Green BB, Cheadle A, Pellegrini AS, Harris JR. Active for Life: a work-based physical activity program. Prev Chronic Dis. 2007;4(3):A63. Epub 2007 Jun 15. PubMed
To view more publications, please see Dr. Green's CV.