2018
Racial Disparities in the Utilization of Recommended Supportive Care Among Patients with Multiple Myeloma in the United States
Giri S, Zhu W, Wang R, Zeidan A, Podoltsev N, Gore S, Ma X, Davidoff A, Huntington S. Racial Disparities in the Utilization of Recommended Supportive Care Among Patients with Multiple Myeloma in the United States. Blood 2018, 132: 978. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-119791.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSupportive care measuresMultiple myelomaInfluenza vaccinationMM therapySupportive careCare measuresFlu seasonAntiviral prophylaxisComorbidity burdenMedicare beneficiariesPre-existing chronic kidney diseaseContinuous Medicare Parts ANon-Hispanic black ethnicityMultivariable logistic regression modelRacial disparitiesHigher comorbidity burdenLower comorbidity burdenNovel MM therapiesSupportive care therapySupportive care useEnd Results-MedicareTreatment-related toxicityChronic kidney diseaseProportion of patientsYear of diagnosis
2015
Eliminating Health Care Disparities With Mandatory Clinical Decision Support
Lau BD, Haider AH, Streiff MB, Lehmann CU, Kraus PS, Hobson DB, Kraenzlin FS, Zeidan AM, Pronovost PJ, Haut ER. Eliminating Health Care Disparities With Mandatory Clinical Decision Support. Medical Care 2015, 53: 18-24. PMID: 25373403, PMCID: PMC4262632, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000251.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality improvement interventionsHealth care disparitiesVTE prophylaxis prescriptionProphylaxis prescriptionCare disparitiesImprovement interventionsCCDS toolsVTE prophylaxisWhite patientsRisk factorsVenous thromboembolism risk factorsClinical servicesComputerized clinical decision support toolRacial disparitiesHospitalized medical patientsRisk-appropriate prophylaxisVTE prophylaxis regimenAdult trauma patientsRetrospective cohort studyVTE risk factorsProportion of patientsThromboembolism risk factorsClinical decision support toolCompletion of checklistsPharmacological prophylaxis