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Patient-Initiated Second Opinions During Acute Hospital Care, Roni Gagin, Neta Hagani, Esti Zigelboim, Shiri Shinan-Altman Nov 2019

Patient-Initiated Second Opinions During Acute Hospital Care, Roni Gagin, Neta Hagani, Esti Zigelboim, Shiri Shinan-Altman

Patient Experience Journal

Second opinions are used in medicine in order to make better-informed decisions. Only a few studies have examined patient-initiated second opinions, and even fewer have examined it in the context of acute hospitalization. It is not clear whether patients and families are aware of this right and how often they exercise it during acute hospitalization. The objective of this paper is to identify factors associated with the awareness and utilization of patient-initiated second opinions. A survey was conducted among 92 neurosurgical patients who completed a questionnaire that included information regarding: awareness of second opinion consultations, reasons for not seeking a …


Engagement Of Patients With Scleroderma To Revise An Internet Self-Management Program, Janet L. Poole, Sharon L. Newbill, Jennifer Serrano, Dana Rosson, Josephine Battyany, Laura Dyas, Luke Evnin, Dennis W. Raisch, Cynthia Maxwell, Mary Alore, Saville Kellner, Pedro Cuencas, Richard M. Silver, Dinesh Khanna Jul 2019

Engagement Of Patients With Scleroderma To Revise An Internet Self-Management Program, Janet L. Poole, Sharon L. Newbill, Jennifer Serrano, Dana Rosson, Josephine Battyany, Laura Dyas, Luke Evnin, Dennis W. Raisch, Cynthia Maxwell, Mary Alore, Saville Kellner, Pedro Cuencas, Richard M. Silver, Dinesh Khanna

Patient Experience Journal

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) or scleroderma is a rare connective tissue disease. Many people do not have access to education programs. A self-management program was developed several years ago based on the literature and input from people with SSc. However, new therapies and treatment options have been developed since the program was developed. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify and remedy gaps in an internet SSc self-management program to improve the quality of critical information relevant to effective management of the disease. Six focus groups with 30 participants with SSc were conducted: 2 telephone groups and 4 face-to-face …


Beneath The Surface Of Talking About Physicians: A Statistical Model Of Language For Patient Experience Comments, Taylor Turpen, Lea Matthews Md, Senem Guney Phd, Cpxp Jul 2019

Beneath The Surface Of Talking About Physicians: A Statistical Model Of Language For Patient Experience Comments, Taylor Turpen, Lea Matthews Md, Senem Guney Phd, Cpxp

Patient Experience Journal

This study applies natural language processing (NLP) techniques to patient experience comments. Our goal was to examine the language describing care experiences with two groups of physicians: those with scores in the top 100 and those with scores in the bottom 100 among all physicians (n=498) who received scores from patient satisfaction surveys. Our analysis showed a statistically significant difference in the language used to describe care experiences with these two distinct groups of physicians. This analysis illustrates how to apply NLP techniques in categorizing and building a statistical model for language use in order to identify meaningful language and …


The Digital Revolution Will See You Now: Transforming Patient Experience In The Digital Era, Emily Kagan Trenchard, Laura Semlies, Sven Gierlinger Jul 2019

The Digital Revolution Will See You Now: Transforming Patient Experience In The Digital Era, Emily Kagan Trenchard, Laura Semlies, Sven Gierlinger

Patient Experience Journal

Industry after industry has reinvented itself in response to upstart challengers and shifting consumer expectations that are the hallmarks of this new era. The same is true in healthcare, where we have weathered the introduction of the electronic medical records, patient portals and now interoperability. But to date our industry’s digital transformation has been guided largely by government regulation – leaving the design of the future of healthcare to be driven by policy makers and executed largely by IT departments. Meanwhile, most other industries have turned to a different guru for inspiration and guidance: the consumer. Northwell Health has undertaken …


Analyzing The Structural Properties Of Pulmonary Arterial Networks, Megan J. Chambers May 2019

Analyzing The Structural Properties Of Pulmonary Arterial Networks, Megan J. Chambers

Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference

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Understanding The Role Of Macrophages In Lung Inflammation Through Mathematical Modeling, Sarah B. Minucci May 2019

Understanding The Role Of Macrophages In Lung Inflammation Through Mathematical Modeling, Sarah B. Minucci

Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference

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Mathematical Modeling Of Energy Consumption In The Acute Inflammatory Response, Ivan Ramirez Zuniga May 2019

Mathematical Modeling Of Energy Consumption In The Acute Inflammatory Response, Ivan Ramirez Zuniga

Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference

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Stochastic Modeling Of Neuronal Transport In Various Cellular Geometries, Abhishek Choudhary Mr., Peter Kramer May 2019

Stochastic Modeling Of Neuronal Transport In Various Cellular Geometries, Abhishek Choudhary Mr., Peter Kramer

Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference

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Analysis Of Heterogeneous Cardiac Pacemaker Tissue Models And Traveling Wave Dynamics, Cheng Ly, Seth H. Weinberg May 2019

Analysis Of Heterogeneous Cardiac Pacemaker Tissue Models And Traveling Wave Dynamics, Cheng Ly, Seth H. Weinberg

Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference

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A Pbpk Model Of Low-Concentration Vitamin D Supplementation In The Absence Of Sunlight, Colton Sawyer May 2019

A Pbpk Model Of Low-Concentration Vitamin D Supplementation In The Absence Of Sunlight, Colton Sawyer

Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference

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Immunofluorescence Image Feature Analysis And Clustering Pipeline For Distinguishing Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, Shreyas Hirway, Nadiah Hassan, Dr. Christopher Lemmon, Dr. Seth Weinberg May 2019

Immunofluorescence Image Feature Analysis And Clustering Pipeline For Distinguishing Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, Shreyas Hirway, Nadiah Hassan, Dr. Christopher Lemmon, Dr. Seth Weinberg

Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference

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Modeling Extracellular Hbv Dna Kinetics During Infection And Treatment In Primary Human Hepatocytes, Preeti Dubey May 2019

Modeling Extracellular Hbv Dna Kinetics During Infection And Treatment In Primary Human Hepatocytes, Preeti Dubey

Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference

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A Pharmacokinetic Model Of Lead Absorption And Calcium Competitive Dynamics, Anca R. Radulescu May 2019

A Pharmacokinetic Model Of Lead Absorption And Calcium Competitive Dynamics, Anca R. Radulescu

Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference

No abstract provided.


Β Cell Network Dysfunction In Pancreatic Islets By Silencing Hub Cells, Janita Patwardhan, Bradford E. Peercy May 2019

Β Cell Network Dysfunction In Pancreatic Islets By Silencing Hub Cells, Janita Patwardhan, Bradford E. Peercy

Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference

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Coupled Influence Of Heart Rate Variability And Subcellular Calcium Heterogeneity On Cardiac Electromechanical Dynamics, Vrishti M. Phadumdeo, Seth H. Weinberg Ph.D May 2019

Coupled Influence Of Heart Rate Variability And Subcellular Calcium Heterogeneity On Cardiac Electromechanical Dynamics, Vrishti M. Phadumdeo, Seth H. Weinberg Ph.D

Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference

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Non-Mechanistic Learning Of Pdes From Discrete Spatial Data In Biology, Gary M. Lavigne Jr May 2019

Non-Mechanistic Learning Of Pdes From Discrete Spatial Data In Biology, Gary M. Lavigne Jr

Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference

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Static Cerebral Autoregulation Is Not Altered In Symptomatic Concussed Athletes During Acute Central Hypervolemia, M. Worley, M. O'Leary, J. Sackett, Z. Schlader, J. Leddy, B. Johnson May 2019

Static Cerebral Autoregulation Is Not Altered In Symptomatic Concussed Athletes During Acute Central Hypervolemia, M. Worley, M. O'Leary, J. Sackett, Z. Schlader, J. Leddy, B. Johnson

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

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Endothelial Permeability Compared At Various Times And Ages Post Skeletal Muscle Injury In Mice, S. Tusavitz, A. Carpenter May 2019

Endothelial Permeability Compared At Various Times And Ages Post Skeletal Muscle Injury In Mice, S. Tusavitz, A. Carpenter

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

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Appropriateness Of The Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire To Identify Physically Active College Individuals, M. Sutherlin, K. Dames, K. Polasek May 2019

Appropriateness Of The Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire To Identify Physically Active College Individuals, M. Sutherlin, K. Dames, K. Polasek

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

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Assessing Health Trends And Disparities Of College-Aged Students At A Mid-Atlantic Hbcu, M. Rothermel May 2019

Assessing Health Trends And Disparities Of College-Aged Students At A Mid-Atlantic Hbcu, M. Rothermel

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

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Effect Of Duration And Quality Of Sleep On College Student Health Behaviours And Outcomes, A. Rosso, O. Wilson, Z. Papalia, M. Duffey, M. Bopp May 2019

Effect Of Duration And Quality Of Sleep On College Student Health Behaviours And Outcomes, A. Rosso, O. Wilson, Z. Papalia, M. Duffey, M. Bopp

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

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Do Taxane Based Chemotherapies Impair Improvements In Vo2 In Female Cancer Survivors?, H. Piascik, K. Wonders, S. Lorusso May 2019

Do Taxane Based Chemotherapies Impair Improvements In Vo2 In Female Cancer Survivors?, H. Piascik, K. Wonders, S. Lorusso

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

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The Influence Of Physical Activity, Diet, And Substance Use On Academic Performance, P. Matthews, O. Wilson, Z. Papalia, M. Duffey, M. Bopp May 2019

The Influence Of Physical Activity, Diet, And Substance Use On Academic Performance, P. Matthews, O. Wilson, Z. Papalia, M. Duffey, M. Bopp

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

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Effects Of Limb Dominance And Sex On Upper Extremity Tissue Composition, J. Kollars, L. Stong, R. Pulcini, A. Mccracken, C. Alvine, J. Andreacci, K. Beyer May 2019

Effects Of Limb Dominance And Sex On Upper Extremity Tissue Composition, J. Kollars, L. Stong, R. Pulcini, A. Mccracken, C. Alvine, J. Andreacci, K. Beyer

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

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Seasonal Differences In Active Transport Among College Students, J. Kauffman, O. Wilson, Z. Papalia, M. Duffey, M. Bopp May 2019

Seasonal Differences In Active Transport Among College Students, J. Kauffman, O. Wilson, Z. Papalia, M. Duffey, M. Bopp

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

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Evaluating Collagen Matrix Degradation After Acl Reconstruction Using Quantitative Mri, L. Faux-Dugan, J. Williams, K. Neal, A. Khandha, T. Buchanan May 2019

Evaluating Collagen Matrix Degradation After Acl Reconstruction Using Quantitative Mri, L. Faux-Dugan, J. Williams, K. Neal, A. Khandha, T. Buchanan

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

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Relative Age Effects In Men’S Collegiate Soccer Are Influenced By Nationality, Position, Class, And Success, K. Beyer, E. Hurley, L. Haile, B. Comstock May 2019

Relative Age Effects In Men’S Collegiate Soccer Are Influenced By Nationality, Position, Class, And Success, K. Beyer, E. Hurley, L. Haile, B. Comstock

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

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Interprofessional Collaboration To Improve And Sustain Patient Experience Outcomes In An Ambulatory Setting, Natalie Sanchez, Kimberly Hermis Apr 2019

Interprofessional Collaboration To Improve And Sustain Patient Experience Outcomes In An Ambulatory Setting, Natalie Sanchez, Kimberly Hermis

Patient Experience Journal

Patient experience is an important factor across diverse healthcare delivery settings. Despite enhanced attention to and advances in patient experience, many of the published initiatives focus on in-hospital care and opportunities have been identified to continue to strategically address patient experience in the ambulatory setting. This quality improvement initiative presents the development of an interprofessional approach to patient experience in a freestanding ambulatory oncology center. The objective of this initiative was to improve and sustain patient experience, as reflected in the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) scores via Press Ganey. This approach consisted of redesigning a previously …


The Impact Of Response Rate On Hospital Consumer Assessment Of Healthcare Providers And System (Hcahps) Dimension Scores, Erin Godden, Andrea Paseka, Jan Gnida, Joe Inguanzo Apr 2019

The Impact Of Response Rate On Hospital Consumer Assessment Of Healthcare Providers And System (Hcahps) Dimension Scores, Erin Godden, Andrea Paseka, Jan Gnida, Joe Inguanzo

Patient Experience Journal

Patient experience measurement is receiving considerable attention from hospital executives, healthcare leaders, purchasers such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and patients. It is therefore appropriate and necessary to examine the methods of survey administration, and the analysis presented here seeks to understand the impact of one particular aspect of the measurement: response rate. Utilizing publicly reported HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) data from Hospital Compare, a positive correlation between response rate and HCAHPS scores nationwide was identified and replicated. This correlation, which was most recently published by the Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) …


How Have Patients' Experiences Of Cancer Care Been Linked To Survival? A Systematic Review, Saleh A. Alessy, Margreet Lüchtenborg Dr, Elizabeth A. Davies Dr. Apr 2019

How Have Patients' Experiences Of Cancer Care Been Linked To Survival? A Systematic Review, Saleh A. Alessy, Margreet Lüchtenborg Dr, Elizabeth A. Davies Dr.

Patient Experience Journal

Patient experience of care remains an important indicator of health care quality. Although studies show care experiences are associated with health outcomes for some conditions, the situation for cancer is unclear. New datasets on cancer patients in the US, Canada, and UK linking information on experiences and survival may enable an exploration of any association. This review aimed to identify studies linking any aspect of cancer patients’ experiences to their survival, to inform future analyses. We performed a systematic review using Medline database from January 1998 until March 2018.

The settings included outpatient oncology clinics, primary care, hospitals, and cancer …