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Angela Noelle Mark, M.D.

Angela Noelle Mark, M.D.

Angela Noelle Mark, M.D.

  • Locations
    Locations
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    NorthShore Medical Group

    1000 Central St.
    Suite 880
    Evanston, IL 60201
    847.570.2570 847.570.2073 fax
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    This location is wheelchair accessible.
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    NorthShore Medical Group

    2650 Ridge Ave.
    Suite G155
    Evanston, IL 60201
    847.570.2570 847.733.5224 fax
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    This location is wheelchair accessible.
  • Publications
    Publications

    • Design and implementation of pragmatic clinical trials using the electronic medical record and an adaptive design.

      JAMIA open 2018 Jul

      Authors: Simon KC, Tideman S, Hillman L, Lai R, Jathar R, Ji Y, Bergman-Bock S, Castle J, Franada T, Freedom T, Marcus R, Mark A, Meyers S, Rubin S, Semenov I, Yucus C, Pham A, Garduno L, Szela M, Frigerio R, Maraganore DM
      Abstract
      To demonstrate the feasibility of pragmatic clinical trials comparing the effectiveness of treatments using the electronic medical record (EMR) and an adaptive assignment design.
      We have designed and are implementing pragmatic trials at the point-of-care using custom-designed structured clinical documentation support and clinical decision support tools within our physician's typical EMR workflow. We are applying a subgroup based adaptive design (SUBA) that enriches treatment assignments based on baseline characteristics and prior outcomes. SUBA uses information from a randomization phase (phase 1, equal randomization, 120 patients), to adaptively assign treatments to the remaining participants (at least 300 additional patients total) based on a Bayesian hierarchical model. Enrollment in phase 1 is underway in our neurology clinical practices for 2 separate trials using this method, for migraine and mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
      We are successfully collecting structured data, in the context of the providers' clinical workflow, necessary to conduct our trials. We are currently enrolling patients in 2 point-of-care trials of non-inferior treatments. As of March 1, 2018, we have enrolled 36% of eligible patients into our migraine study and 63% of eligible patients into our MCI study. Enrollment is ongoing and validation of outcomes has begun.
      This proof of concept article demonstrates the feasibility of conducting pragmatic trials using the EMR and an adaptive design.
      The demonstration of successful pragmatic clinical trials based on a customized EMR and adaptive design is an important next step in achieving personalized medicine and provides a framework for future studies of comparative effectiveness.
      PMID: 30386852 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

    • Structured Clinical Documentation to Improve Quality and Support Practice-Based Research in Headache.

      Headache 2018 Sep

      Authors: Meyers S, Claire Simon K, Bergman-Bock S, Campanella F, Marcus R, Mark A, Freedom T, Rubin S, Semenov I, Lai R, Hillman L, Tideman S, Pham A, Frigerio R, Maraganore DM
      Abstract
      To use the electronic medical record (EMR) to optimize patient care, facilitate documentation, and support quality improvement and practice-based research, in a headache specialty clinic.
      Many physicians enter data into the EMR as unstructured free text and not as discrete data. This makes it challenging to use data for quality improvement or research initiatives.
      We describe the process of building a customized structured clinical documentation support toolkit, specific for patients seen in a headache specialty clinic. The content was developed through frequent physician meetings to reach consensus on elements that define clinical Best Practices. Tasks were assigned to the care team and data mapped to the progress note.
      The toolkit collects hundreds of fields of discrete, standardized data. Auto scored and interpreted score tests include the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item, Center for Epidemiology Studies Depression Scale, Migraine Disability Assessment questionnaire, Insomnia Sleep Index, and Migraine-Specific Quality of Life. We have developed Best Practice Advisories (BPA) and other clinical documentation support tools that alert physicians, when appropriate. As of April 1, 2018, we have used the toolkits at 4346 initial patient visits. We provide screenshots of our toolkits, details of data fields collected, and diagnoses of patients at the initial visit.
      The EMR can be used to effectively structure and standardize headache clinic visits for quality improvement and practice-based research. We are sharing our proprietary toolkit with other clinics as part of the Neurology Practice-Based Research Network. These tools are also facilitating clinical research enrollment and a pragmatic trial of comparative effectiveness at the point-of-care among migraine patients.
      PMID: 30066412 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

    • Improved understanding of cortical injury by incorporating measures of functional anatomy.

      Brain : a journal of neurology 2003 Jul

      Authors: Crafton KR, Mark AN, Cramer SC
      Abstract
      Volume of injury is often used to describe a brain insult. However, this approach assumes cortical equivalency and ignores the special importance that certain cortical regions have in the generation of behaviour. We hypothesized that incorporating knowledge of normal brain functional anatomy into the description of a motor cortex injury would provide an improved framework for understanding consequent behavioural effects. Anatomical scanning was performed in 21 patients with a chronic cortical stroke that involved the sensorimotor cortex. Functional MRI (fMRI) was used to generate separate average activation maps for four tasks including hand, shoulder and face motor tasks in 14 controls. For each task, group average maps for contralateral sensorimotor cortex activation were generated. Injury to these maps was measured by superimposing each patient's infarct. These measurements were then correlated with behavioural assessments. In bivariate analyses, injury to fMRI maps correlated with behavioural assessments more strongly than total infarct volume. For example, performance on the Purdue pegboard test by the stroke-affected hand correlated with the fraction of hand motor map injured (r = -0.79) more strongly than with infarct volume (r = -0.60). In multiple linear regression analyses, measures of functional map injury, but not infarct volume, remained as significant explanatory variables for behavioural assessments. Injury to >37% of the hand motor map was associated with total loss of hand motor function. Hand and shoulder motor maps showed considerable spatial overlap (63%) and similar behavioural consequences of injury to each map, while hand and face motor maps showed limited overlap (10.4%) and disparate behavioural consequences of injury to each map. Lesion effects support current models of broad, rather than focal, sensorimotor cortex somatotopic representation. In the current cross-sectional study, incorporating an understanding of normal tissue function into lesion measurement provided improved insights into the behavioural consequences of focal brain injury.
      PMID: 12805118 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

    • Motor cortex activation is preserved in patients with chronic hemiplegic stroke.

      Annals of neurology 2002 Nov

      Authors: Cramer SC, Mark A, Barquist K, Nhan H, Stegbauer KC, Price R, Bell K, Odderson IR, Esselman P, Maravilla KR
      Abstract
      Many central nervous system conditions that cause weakness, including many strokes, injure corticospinal tract but leave motor cortex intact. Little is known about the functional properties of surviving cortical regions in this setting, in part because many studies have used probes reliant on the corticospinal tract. We hypothesized that many features of motor cortex function would be preserved when assessed independent of the stroke-affected corticospinal tract. Functional MRI was used to study 11 patients with chronic hemiplegia after unilateral stroke that spared regions of motor cortex. Activation in stroke-affected hemisphere was evaluated using 3 probes independent of affected corticospinal tract: passive finger movement, a hand-related visuomotor stimulus, and tapping by the nonstroke index finger. The site and magnitude of cortical activation were similar when comparing the stroke hemisphere to findings in 19 control subjects. Patients activated each of 8 cortical regions with similar frequency as compared to controls, generally with a smaller activation volume. In some cases, clinical measures correlated with the size or the site of stroke hemisphere activation. The results suggest that, despite stroke producing contralateral hemiplegia, surviving regions of motor cortex actively participate in the same proprioceptive, visuomotor, and bilateral movement control processes seen in control subjects.
      PMID: 12402258 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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