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Matthew Thompson completed clinical training as a Family Physician in the USA and the UK, and research training at the University of Washington and a doctorate from the University of Oxford. His research has focused in several areas - diagnostic testing, digital health, child health, infectious disease, new technology, and global health. His research has involved many different types of research designs including diagnostic accuracy, large cohort studies, qualitative studies, randomized controlled trials, and systematic reviews.
He has a particular interest in using new technology to improve diagnosis and monitoring for acute and chronic conditions in primary care, and directs the Primary Care Innovation Lab. This includes studies of identifying symptom signatures for detection of cancer from electronic medical records using AI/ML and NLP, app-supported home/self tests for infections, developing predictive algorithms using digital health and patient-centered data, regulatory science around novel diagnostics, smartphone based decision support for community health workers, measurement of BP and other vital signs at home or with wearable devices. He has published over 230 articles in peer reviewed journals and written an additional >50 book chapters/reports/commentaries.

From 2023-2022 he was Vice Chair for Research in the Department, and was the inaugural holder of the Helen D. Cohen endowed Professorship.

 

CHWS Publications

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Thompson M, Skillman SM, Schneeweiss R, Hart LG, Johnson K. The University of Washington Pacific Islands Continuing Education Program (PICCEP): Guam conference on structure and content of continuing clinical education programs in the U.S.-associated jurisdictions Pac Health Dialog 9(1):119-122 03-01-2002

Johnson K, Skillman SM, Ellsbury K, Thompson M, Hart LG. Updating hospital reference resources in the U.S.-associated Pacific basin: efforts of the Pacific Islands Continuing Clinical Education Program (PICCEP) Seattle, WA: WWAMI Center for Health Workforce Studies, University of Washington Working Paper #81 09-01-2003

Thompson M, Schneeweiss R, Johnson K, Skillman SM, Ellsbury K, Hart LG. Assessing physician's continuing medical education (CME) needs in the U.S.-associated Pacific Basin jurisdictions Pac Health Dialog 9(1):11-16 01-01-2002

Thompson M, Schneeweiss R, Johnson K, Skillman SM, Ellsbury K, Hart LG. Assessing physician's continuing medical education (CME) needs in the U.S.-associated Pacific Basin jurisdictions Pac Health Dialog 9(1):11-16 01-01-2002

Thompson M, Skillman SM, Johnson K, Schneeweiss R, Hart LG. The University of Washington Pacific Islands Continuing Clinical Education Program (PICCEP): Guam Conference on structure and content of continuing clinical education programs in the U.S.-associated jurisdictions Pac Health Dialog 9(1):119-122 01-01-2002

 

CHWS Presentations

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Espinosa C, Lucas T, Jones C, Kern L, Mroz TM, Arbaje A, Ankuda C, Feldman P, Thompson M, Shen M, Sterling M. Understanding the Perspectives of Key Home Health Stakeholders Towards Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) in the United States AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM), Seattle, WA

Hart LG, Skillman SM, Hagopian A, Fordyce MA, Thompson MJ, Konrad TR. International medical graduate (IMG) physicians in the U.S.: Changes since 1981 International Symposium on Past and Future Trends of Health Workforce, sponsored by the Institut d'Estudis de la Salut and the World Health Organization - Barcelona, Spain

 

RHRC Publications

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Jopson AD, Pollack SW, Schmitz DF, Thompson MJ, Harris D, Bateman M, Evans DV, Patterson DG. Promoting health careers among rural K–16 students: a mixed-method study to describe pathway programs J Health Care Poor Underserved 11-01-2020

Lynge DC, Larson EH, Thompson MJ, Rosenblatt RA, Hart LG. A longitudinal analysis of the general surgery workforce in the United States, 1981-2005 Arch Surg 143(4):345-350 04-01-2008

Thompson MJ, Lynge DC, Larson EH, Tachawachira P, Hart LG. Characterizing the general surgery workforce in rural America Arch Surg 140(1):74-79 01-01-2005

Thompson MJ, Lynge DC, Larson EH, Tachawachira P, Hart LG. Characterizing the general surgery workforce in rural America Seattle, WA: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, University of Washington Working Paper #77 05-01-2004

Hagopian A, Thompson MJ, Kaltenbach E, Hart LG. The role of international medical graduates in America's small rural "critical access" hospitals CAH/Flex National Tracking Project: Findings from the Field 3(1) 01-01-2003