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Disparities in Accessing and Reading Open Notes in the Emergency Department Upon Implementation of the 21st Century CURES Act
Sangal RB, Powers E, Rothenberg C, Ndumele C, Ulrich A, Hsiao A, Venkatesh AK. Disparities in Accessing and Reading Open Notes in the Emergency Department Upon Implementation of the 21st Century CURES Act. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 593-598. PMID: 34353651, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.06.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProportion of patientsPatient portal accessEmergency departmentOpen notesClinical notesPortal accessPublic insuranceUrgent care centersCentury Cures ActDifferent patient demographicsSingle health systemPatient demographicsPrimary outcomeCures ActPatient utilizationPatient visitsCare centerObservational studyPatientsDigital health toolsAge 18Health systemHealth toolsUnique barriersNon-English speakers
2015
Preoperative High-Resolution Ultrasound for the Assessment of Malignant Central Compartment Lymph Nodes in Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Khokhar MT, Day KM, Sangal RB, Ahmedli NN, Pisharodi LR, Beland MD, Monchik JM. Preoperative High-Resolution Ultrasound for the Assessment of Malignant Central Compartment Lymph Nodes in Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Thyroid 2015, 25: 1351-1354. PMID: 26431908, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2015.0176.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPapillary thyroid cancerHigh-resolution ultrasoundNegative predictive valueCentral compartment lymph nodesPositive predictive valueRecurrent local diseasePreoperative high-resolution ultrasoundLymph nodesNode metastasisLocal diseaseThyroid cancerPredictive valueCentral compartmentAcademic tertiary care centerCentral compartment nodesSingle endocrine surgeonTertiary care centerPostoperative pathology reportRetrospective chart reviewTotal thyroidectomyChart reviewConsecutive patientsPreoperative ultrasoundEndocrine surgeonsCare center