2018
Treatment Times in Salivary Gland Cancer: National Patterns and Association with Survival
Morse E, Fujiwara RJT, Judson B, Mehra S. Treatment Times in Salivary Gland Cancer: National Patterns and Association with Survival. Otolaryngology 2018, 159: 283-292. PMID: 29460669, DOI: 10.1177/0194599818758020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall survivalSalivary cancerTotal treatment packageMedian durationRT durationTreatment initiationRadiation treatmentTreatment characteristicsMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionCox proportional hazards regressionMultivariable binary logistic regressionNational Cancer DatabaseProportional hazards regressionSalivary gland cancerTreatment packageBinary logistic regressionTherapy durationInitial treatmentFacility volumeHazards regressionFourth quartileCare transitionsGland cancerInsurance statusCancer Database
2014
Improving the Quality of Thyroid Cancer Care: How Does the Thyroid Cancer Care Collaborative Cross the Institute of Medicine's Quality Chasm?
Mehra S, Tuttle RM, Bergman D, Bernet V, Brett E, Cobin R, Doherty G, Klopper J, Lee S, Machac J, Milas M, Mechanick JI, Orloff L, Randolph G, Ross DS, Smallridge R, Terris D, Tufano R, Alon E, Clain J, Dos Reis L, Scherl S, Urken ML. Improving the Quality of Thyroid Cancer Care: How Does the Thyroid Cancer Care Collaborative Cross the Institute of Medicine's Quality Chasm? Thyroid 2014, 24: 615-624. PMID: 24512449, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2013.0441.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThyroid Cancer Care CollaborativeInformation technologyInstitute of MedicineDecision-making modulePortability of dataThyroid cancer careWorkflow integrationCancer careQuality ChasmIOM recommendationsHealthcare deliveryCancer care deliveryThyroid cancer managementVirtual tumor boardsCare CollaborativeTumor boardCancer managementHealthcare organizationsCare processesScoring systemCare deliveryWeb-based programCurrent systemModuleClinicians