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Breast Cancer Screening In Patients With Newly Diagnosed Lung And Colorectal Cancer: A Population-Based Study Of Utilization, Gelareh Sadigh, Ruth C. Carlos, Kevin C. Ward, Jeffrey M. Switchenko, Renjian Jiang, Kimberly E. Applegate, Richard Duszak Jr.

Radiology Faculty Publications

Purpose—To assess breast cancer screening utilization in Medicare beneficiaries with colorectal and lung cancer versus cancer-free controls.

Methods—Female fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries who were ≥ 67 years old and diagnosed with lung or colorectal cancer between 2000 and 2011 and who reported to a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry (case group) were followed for 2 years after their diagnoses, unless death, a diagnosis of breast cancer, or the end of 2013 came first. A similar number of cancer-free controls were individually matched to cases by age, race, registry region, and follow-up time. Screening utilization was defined as …

Project Achieve – Using Implementation Research To Guide The Evaluation Of Transitional Care Effectiveness, Jing Li, Jane Brock, Brian Jack, Brian Mittman, Mary Naylor, Joann Sorra, Glen P. Mays, Mark V. Williams, Arnold J. Stromberg, Heather M. Bush, Allison Scott, Robert Duff, Emily R. Clear, Hannah Keeler, Project Achieve

Internal Medicine Faculty Publications

Background: Poorly managed hospital discharges and care transitions between health care facilities can cause poor outcomes for both patients and their caregivers. Unfortunately, the usual approach to health care delivery does not support continuity and coordination across the settings of hospital, doctors’ offices, home or nursing homes. Though complex efforts with multiple components can improve patient outcomes and reduce 30-day readmissions, research has not identified which components are necessary. Also we do not know how delivery of core components may need to be adjusted based on patient, caregiver, setting or characteristics of the community, or how system redesign can be …