2021
Development and Implementation of Multidisciplinary Liver Tumor Boards in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System: A 10-Year Experience
Rabiee A, Taddei T, Aytaman A, Rogal SS, Kaplan DE, Morgan TR. Development and Implementation of Multidisciplinary Liver Tumor Boards in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System: A 10-Year Experience. Cancers 2021, 13: 4849. PMID: 34638333, PMCID: PMC8508370, DOI: 10.3390/cancers13194849.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Affairs Health Care SystemMultidisciplinary liver tumor boardHealth care systemTumor boardCare systemIntegrated health care systemSingle care providerMultidisciplinary tumor boardUnnecessary invasive proceduresVirtual tumor boardsHealth care costsActive therapyVA centersPatient outcomesHepatology careHigher oddsCare providersInvasive proceduresCare costsSignificant heterogeneityCareHealthcare deliveryMortalitySignificant barriersVA
2017
A Clinical Decision Support System for Monitoring Post-Colonoscopy Patient Follow-Up and Scheduling.
Wadia R, Shifman M, Levin FL, Marenco L, Brandt CA, Cheung KH, Taddei T, Krauthammer M. A Clinical Decision Support System for Monitoring Post-Colonoscopy Patient Follow-Up and Scheduling. AMIA Joint Summits On Translational Science Proceedings 2017, 2017: 295-301. PMID: 28815144, PMCID: PMC5543375.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVA Connecticut Health Care SystemClinical decision support systemPathology reportsCancer care coordinatorClose clinical followHealth care systemClose followClinical followPatient followCare coordinatorsVA sitesFollowPilot studyCare systemLanguage functionReportPatientsDecision support systemPathologyIdentifying barriers to hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in a national sample of patients with cirrhosis
Goldberg DS, Taddei TH, Serper M, Mehta R, Dieperink E, Aytaman A, Baytarian M, Fox R, Hunt K, Pedrosa M, Pocha C, Valderrama A, Kaplan DE. Identifying barriers to hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in a national sample of patients with cirrhosis. Hepatology 2017, 65: 864-874. PMID: 27531119, DOI: 10.1002/hep.28765.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedCarcinoma, HepatocellularCohort StudiesEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHumansLinear ModelsLiver CirrhosisLiver NeoplasmsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedMultimodal ImagingPopulation SurveillancePrevalenceProportional Hazards ModelsRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexSex FactorsTomography, X-Ray ComputedUltrasonography, DopplerUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsConceptsHCC surveillanceHepatocellular carcinomaPatients 75 yearsHepatocellular carcinoma surveillancePrimary care physiciansHigh-risk populationVeterans Health AdministrationOverall health care systemVeterans Administration CenterHealth care systemAbdominal ultrasoundCirrhosis patientsPrimary outcomeCare physiciansInverse associationCirrhosis diagnosisLeading causeOdds ratioPercentage of timeSurveillance ratesNumber of visitsHealth AdministrationPatientsCirrhosisCare system