2024
Prognostic Understanding, Goals of Care, and Quality of Life in Hospitalized Patients with Leukemia or Multiple Myeloma
Shimer S, Allen O, Yang C, Canavan M, Westvold S, Kim N, Morillo J, Parker T, Wallace N, Smith C, Adelson K. Prognostic Understanding, Goals of Care, and Quality of Life in Hospitalized Patients with Leukemia or Multiple Myeloma. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2024, 27: 879-887. PMID: 38990245, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2023.0530.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGoals of carePrognostic awarenessQuality of lifeIllness understandingPrognostic understandingMultiple myelomaHematologic malignanciesAcute leukemiaFaith-based responseInformed treatment choicesChi-square testCohort of patientsLikelihood ratio chi-square testMount Sinai HospitalTreatment goalsMM cohortSinai HospitalCarePatient populationTreatment choiceHospitalized patientsHematologistsAssess discordanceLeukemiaPatients
2021
Oncology Medical Home: ASCO and COA Standards
Woofter K, Kennedy EB, Adelson K, Bowman R, Brodie R, Dickson N, Gerber R, Fields KK, Murtaugh C, Polite B, Paschall M, Skelton M, Zoet D, Cox JV. Oncology Medical Home: ASCO and COA Standards. JCO Oncology Practice 2021, 17: 475-492. PMID: 34255551, DOI: 10.1200/op.21.00167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurvivorship care plansEvidence baseClinical pathwayCare plansExpert panelSystematic reviewLong-term outcome dataGoals of careEvidence-based careLife care discussionsTeam-based careInformal consensus processEvidence-based medicineMeasurement of outcomesPeer-reviewed journalsSurvivorship careChemotherapy safetyCare discussionsInclusion criteriaOutcome dataPatient engagementEvidence reviewExpert consensusPeer-reviewed studiesCare delivery
2018
Disparities in length of goals of care conversations between oncologists and patients with advanced cancer.
Smith C, Pintova S, Adelson K, Gonsky J, Egorova N, Bickell N. Disparities in length of goals of care conversations between oncologists and patients with advanced cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2018, 36: 19-19. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.34_suppl.19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-minority patientsProgression of diseaseMinority patientsAdvanced cancerCancer patientsHigh-quality cancer careAdvanced cancer patientsGoals of careMinority cancer patientsNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic whitesPaucity of dataGOC conversationsGOC discussionsCancer carePoor survivalCare conversationsPatientsRural hospitalsSubstandard treatmentCommunication skills trainingOncologistsCancer treatmentRisk adjustmentMixed-effects models