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Understanding caregiver burden with accessing sickle cell care in the Midwest and their perspective on telemedicine

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Survival for children with sickle cell disease (SCD) has improved significantly. However, patients with SCD still encounter several impediments to accessing adequate healthcare.
Seethal A. Jacob, Jillian Bouck, Roua Daas, Meghan Drayton Jackson, Julia E. LaMotte, Aaron E. Carroll   +5 more
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Evaluation of intervertebral body implant performance using active surveillance of electronic health records

BMJ Surgery, Interventions, & Health Technologies, 2022
Objectives To assess the feasibility of using electronic health record (EHR) derived clinical data within an active surveillance setting to evaluate the safety of a novel intervertebral body implant (IVBI) stabilization device.Design Retrospective ...
Michael E Matheny, Frederic S Resnic, Susan Robbins, Henry Ssemaganda, Shumin Zhang, Mitchell Maltenfort, Paul Coplan, Edward A Frankenberger, Melissa R Dunbar, Cortney Bruno, Jillian B Benedetti, Zoher Ghogawala   +11 more
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Caregiver experiences with accessing sickle cell care and the use of telemedicine

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with a wide range of complications. However, a multitude of barriers prevent SCD patients from receiving adequate healthcare, including difficulties with transportation and lack of provider knowledge ...
Seethal A. Jacob, Roua Daas, Anna Feliciano, Julia E. LaMotte, Aaron E. Carroll   +4 more
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Decisions to Choose COVID-19 Vaccination by Health Care Workers in a Southern California Safety Net Medical Center Vary by Sociodemographic Factors

Vaccines, 2022
Background: Limited information exists regarding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers (HCWs). Our previous survey analyzed the reasons for HCWs’ decisions to accept vaccination, suggesting that a “one-size fits all” approach may not ...
Lauren Garcia, Anthony Firek, Deborah Freund, Donatella Massai, Dhruv Khurana, Jerusha E. Lee, Susanna Zamarripa, Bijan Sasaninia, Kelsey Michaels, Judi Nightingale, Nicole M. Gatto   +10 more
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Clinical Predictive Models of Sudden Cardiac Arrest: A Survey of the Current Science and Analysis of Model Performances

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background More than 500 000 sudden cardiac arrests (SCAs) occur annually in the United States. Clinical predictive models (CPMs) may be helpful tools to differentiate between patients who are likely to survive or have good neurologic recovery and those ...
Richard T. Carrick, Jinny G. Park, Hannah L. McGinnes, Christine Lundquist, Kristen D. Brown, W. Adam Janes, Benjamin S. Wessler, David M. Kent   +7 more
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Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance, Hesitancy and Refusal among Employees of a Safety Net California County Health System with an Early and Aggressive Vaccination Program: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey

Vaccines, 2021
Since health professionals provide frontline care to COVID-19 patients, information on vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers is needed. We developed and implemented an anonymous internet-based cross-sectional survey with direct solicitation among ...
Nicole M. Gatto, Jerusha E. Lee, Donatella Massai, Susanna Zamarripa, Bijan Sasaninia, Dhruv Khurana, Kelsey Michaels, Deborah Freund, Judi Nightingale, Anthony Firek   +9 more
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Active Medical Learner Engagement Results in the Discovery That One Size Does Not Fit All in Overcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

Vaccines, 2023
Vaccine hesitancy is an ongoing public health concern defined as the refusal of a vaccine that is readily available. Therefore, we developed a project to explore why patients in a safety net medical center were hesitant or refused the COVID-19 vaccine ...
Arash Salari, Manpreet K. Singh, Shuja Ayouby, Sanmisola George, Kimngan Nguyen, Guillermo Daniel Peverini, Nicolette Lam, Timothy Allison-Aipa, Susanna Zamarripa, Shunling Tsang, Anthony Firek   +10 more
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When predictions are used to allocate scarce health care resources: three considerations for models in the era of Covid-19

Diagnostic and Prognostic Research, 2020
Background The need for life-saving interventions such as mechanical ventilation may threaten to outstrip resources during the Covid-19 pandemic. Allocation of these resources to those most likely to benefit can be supported by clinical prediction models.
David M. Kent, Jessica K. Paulus, Richard R. Sharp, Negin Hajizadeh   +3 more
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Clinical Prediction Models for Valvular Heart Disease

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2019
Background While many clinical prediction models (CPMs) exist to guide valvular heart disease treatment decisions, the relative performance of these CPMs is largely unknown.
Benjamin S. Wessler, Christine M. Lundquist, Benjamin Koethe, Jinny G. Park, Kristen Brown, Tatum Williamson, Muhammad Ajlan, Zuhair Natto, Jennifer S. Lutz, Jessica K. Paulus, David M. Kent   +10 more
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Parents of healthy children assign lower quality of life measure to scenarios labeled as cancer than to identical scenarios not labeled as cancer

BMC Psychology, 2019
Background While it is commonly understood that a cancer diagnosis evokes feelings of fear, the effect of labeling a child’s illness as “cancer” remains unstudied.
Brenna M. McElderry, Emily L. Mueller, Abigail Garcia, Aaron E. Carroll, William E. Bennett Jr   +4 more
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