A5052073756- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Oral health in cancer treatment
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Effects of Radiation Exposure
- Safe Handling of Antineoplastic Drugs
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Child and Adolescent Health
San Francisco Department of Public Health
2010-2024
San Francisco General Hospital
2006-2021
University of California, San Francisco
2006
University of Memphis
2006
Offering hospitalized patients' enrollment into a health system's patient portal may improve experience and engagement throughout the care continuum, especially across transitions, but this process is less studied than in ambulatory setting. Patient disparities exist lead to differences access or outcomes. As such, it important study upstream factors typical hospital workflow that could those safety-net settings.The objective of was evaluate sociodemographic characteristics associated with...
Objective: To describe experiences of serious illness including concerns, preferences, and perspectives on improving end-of-life (EOL) care in underserved inpatients. Methods: Qualitative analysis 1-hour interviews with inpatients at a public hospital whose physician "would not be surprised" by the patient's death or intensive unit (ICU) admission within year. Patients who were non-English speaking, lacked mental capacity, had uncontrolled symptoms excluded. A semistructured interview guide...
Abstract Background There are 3.8 million breast cancer survivors (BCS) in the United States and 67-88% of them report unmet needs survivorship care. With advancements treatment improved survival rates, there is a growing need to expand care address long-term physical, psychosocial, medical survivors. significant disparity access high-quality care, particularly for diverse patient populations safety net hospitals. BCS marginalized communities experience worse health-related quality life...
266 Background: Oral oncolytics (OO) offer convenient administration and reduce the burden of cancer treatment, while creating particular challenges regarding safety monitoring adherence. A baseline review oral oncolytic education (OOE) at our safety-net institution identified that none patients who started OO therapy from September to December 2019 had complete documentation OOE a care plan. This results in potential increased risk toxicity, non-adherence therapy, poor adherence follow-up...
68 Background: Survivorship care plans (SCPs) are considered an important tool in survivorship care. SCP should include treatment summaries and follow up intended to improve Despite the institute of medicine (IOM) recommendation regarding SCPs, uptake has been low community cancer centers. The safety net hospitals face additional challenges SCPs including patient who may have health literacy limited English proficiency. In addition, resources personnel constraints can be barriers for...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Offering hospitalized patients’ enrollment into a health system’s patient portal may improve experience and engagement throughout the care continuum, especially across transitions, but this process is less studied than in ambulatory setting. Patient disparities exist lead to differences access or outcomes. As such, it important study upstream factors typical hospital workflow that could those safety-net settings. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> The objective...