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All seminars are held on Friday mornings from 9:00 – 10:00 am ET unless otherwise noted.

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2500 MetroHealth Drive Cleveland, Ohio 44109 Rammelkamp Bldg., Conference Room R219

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Friday, May 30, 2025  |  9:00 – 10:00 am

Developing Real World Understanding of Medical Music Therapy Using the Electronic Health Record (DRUMMER): The Results

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Sam Rodgers-Melnick, MPH, LPMT, MT-BC
Clinical Research Data Specialist III
University Hospitals Connor Whole Health

PhD Candidate in Clinical Translational Science
Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
Case Western Reserve University

Clinical Senior Instructor
Department of Psychiatry
Case Western Reserve University

Description: Several randomized controlled trials support the efficacy of music therapy for improving pain and symptom management in diverse inpatient populations, but few clinical effectiveness studies have evaluated the real-world impact of music therapy within health systems. In this presentation, Mr. Rodgers-Melnick will present results from his dissertation research that (1) investigated which patient and/or music therapy session characteristics were associated with changes in patient-reported outcome measures; (2) compared utilization outcomes (i.e., length of stay and opioid administrations) between inpatients receiving music therapy and propensity score matched controls; and (3) examined longitudinal effects on patient-reported outcome measures and opioid utilization among patients receiving music therapy over the course of their hospital admissions.

Friday, June 6, 2025  |  9:00 – 10:00 am

Insights and Opportunities from the 2025 Cleveland Health Survey

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Dr. Stephanie Pike Moore
Assistant Professor

Description: The Cleveland Health Survey represents a local adaptation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), the nation's premiere health and health behavior surveillance system. Between November 2024 and January 2025, nearly 1,500 residents across the City of Cleveland representing each of Cleveland's unique neighborhoods completed the survey. In this presentation, we will discuss some of the key findings and trends observed since 2005 and where opportunities exist for future programs, policies, resources and research to address needs.