Barriers and facilitators to breast cancer screening among high-risk women: a qualitative study.

Purpose: Women with greater than 20-25% lifetime breast cancer risk are recommended to have breast cancer screening with annual mammogram and supplemental breast MRI. However, few women follow these screening recommendations. The objective of this study was to identify barriers and facilitators of screening among women at high risk for breast cancer, guided by the Health Services Utilization Model (HSUM).

Patterns and Predictors of Referral for Screening Breast MRI: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Women with ≥20% lifetime breast cancer risk can receive supplemental breast cancer screening with MRI. We examined factors associated with recommendation for screening breast MRI among primary care providers (PCPs), gynecologists (GYNs), and radiologists. We conducted a sequential mixed-methods study.

The Display of Medical Information: Content, Format, and Subjective Experience.

Objectives: To address a gap in the literature by investigating the subjective experience of participants to the form and content of medical information displayed in a healthcare setting.

Background: Artwork can enhance the experience of patients, but much less is known about how individuals react to displays of medical information in the form of posters or pamphlets, especially those about unsettling conditions (e.g.

Magnitude Matters: Art Image Size and Waiting Time Impact Perceived Quality of Care.

Objective: The study fills a gap in the literature by examining the size of the art displayed and waiting time in an exam office on patients' judgments of the quality of care they are likely to receive.

Background: A body of research shows that the content of art in healthcare settings has an impact on patients' well-being, yet no work has empirically systematically examined the size of the art displayed on perceived healthcare outcomes.

Method: A fully crossed 4 ×2 between-subjects experimental design examined the impact of exposure to images in an outpatient exam room that varied in the size of what was displayed (a landscape scene: small, medium, large, and control-blank wall) crossed by the time waiting for the physician (10 vs.