Ari Johnson, MD

Associate Professor

Ari Johnson MD serves patients at San Francisco General Hospital through the Department of Medicine and the Division of Hospital Medicine. His research and global work focuses on curing delay in health care. Research areas include health systems design, symptom-to-treatment time, healthcare financing, barriers to timely care, and strategies for improving population level morbidity and mortality through early access. He is the co-founder and CEO of the global health NGO Muso. More at www.musohealth.org
Education
7/2014 - Residency, Internal Medicine, Primary Care, UCSF
MD, 05/2011 - , Harvard Medical Shool
Publications
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    "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?"

    Yang JE, Lassala D, Liu JX, Whidden C, Holeman I, Keita Y, Djiguiba Y, N'Diaye SI, Fall F, Kayentao K, Johnson AD. Effect of mobile application user interface improvements on minimum expected home visit coverage by community health workers in Mali: a randomised controlled trial. "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2021. PMID: 34815242


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    Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH

    Treleaven E, Whidden C, Cole F, Kayentao K, Bana Traoré M, Diakité D, Sidibé S, Kuo Lin T, Boettiger D, Cissouma S, Sanogo V, Padian N, Johnson A, Liu J. Relationship between symptoms, barriers to care, and healthcare utilization among children under five in rural Mali. Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2021. PMID: 33866656


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    Reproductive health

    Whidden C, Keita Y, Treleaven E, Beckerman J, Johnson A, Cissé A, Liu J, Kayentao K. Women's empowerment, intrahousehold influences, and health system design on modern contraceptive use in rural Mali: a multilevel analysis of cross-sectional survey data. Reproductive health 2021. PMID: 33658054


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    Journal of global health

    Ballard M, Westgate C, Alban R, Choudhury N, Adamjee R, Schwarz R, Bishop J, McLaughlin M, Flood D, Finnegan K, Rogers A, Olsen H, Johnson A, Palazuelos D, Schechter J. Compensation models for community health workers: Comparison of legal frameworks across five countries. Journal of global health 2021. PMID: 33692894


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    BMC public health

    Boettiger DC, Treleaven E, Kayentao K, Guindo M, Coumaré M, Johnson AD, Whidden C, Koné N, Cissé AB, Padian N, Liu J. Household factors and under-five mortality in Bankass, Mali: results from a cross-sectional survey. BMC public health 2021. PMID: 33514345


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    BMJ global health

    Ballard M, Bancroft E, Nesbit J, Johnson A, Holeman I, Foth J, Rogers D, Yang J, Nardella J, Olsen H, Raghavan M, Panjabi R, Alban R, Malaba S, Christiansen M, Rapp S, Schechter J, Aylward P, Rogers A, Sebisaho J, Ako C, Choudhury N, Westgate C, Mbeya J, Schwarz R, Bonds MH, Adamjee R, Bishop J, Yembrick A, Flood D, McLaughlin M, Palazuelos D. Prioritising the role of community health workers in the COVID-19 response. BMJ global health 2020. PMID: 32503889


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    BMJ global health

    Whidden C, Thwing J, Gutman J, Wohl E, Leyrat C, Kayentao K, Johnson AD, Greenwood B, Chandramohan D. Proactive case detection of common childhood illnesses by community health workers: a systematic review. BMJ global health 2019. PMID: 31908858


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    BMJ open

    Whidden C, Treleaven E, Liu J, Padian N, Poudiougou B, Bautista-Arredondo S, Fay MP, Samaké S, Cissé AB, Diakité D, Keita Y, Johnson AD, Kayentao K. Proactive community case management and child survival: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ open 2019. PMID: 31455700


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    Journal of global health

    Whidden C, Kayentao K, Liu JX, Lee S, Keita Y, Diakité D, Keita A, Diarra S, Edwards J, Yembrick A, Holeman I, Samaké S, Plea B, Coumaré M, Johnson AD. Improving Community Health Worker performance by using a personalised feedback dashboard for supervision: a randomised controlled trial. Journal of global health 2018. PMID: 30333922


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    BMJ global health

    Johnson AD, Thiero O, Whidden C, Poudiougou B, Diakité D, Traoré F, Samaké S, Koné D, Cissé I, Kayentao K. Proactive community case management and child survival in periurban Mali. BMJ global health 2018. PMID: 29607100


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    PloS one

    Johnson AD, Thomson DR, Atwood S, Alley I, Beckerman JL, Koné I, Diakité D, Diallo H, Traoré B, Traoré K, Farmer PE, Murray M, Mukherjee J. Assessing early access to care and child survival during a health system strengthening intervention in Mali: a repeated cross sectional survey. Volume 8 of Issue 12. PloS one 2013. PMID: 24349053


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    Global health action

    Palazuelos D, Ellis K, Im DD, Peckarsky M, Schwarz D, Farmer DB, Dhillon R, Johnson A, Orihuela C, Hackett J, Bazile J, Berman L, Ballard M, Panjabi R, Ternier R, Slavin S, Lee S, Selinsky S, Mitnick CD. 5-SPICE: the application of an original framework for community health worker program design, quality improvement and research agenda setting. Global health action 2013. PMID: 23561023