Publications by authors named "Danny Sama"
Sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex recorded at birth (SOGI) have been routinely excluded from demographic data collection tools, including in electronic medical record (EMR) systems. We assessed the ability of adding structured SOGI data capture to improve identification of transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) patients compared to using only International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes and text mining and comment on the ethics of these cohort formation methods. We conducted a retrospective chart review to classify patient gender at a single institution using ICD-10 codes, structured SOGI data, and text mining for patients presenting for care between March 2019 and February 2021.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Adherence to screening guidelines among transgender and non-binary (TGNB) populations is not well studied. This study examines breast cancer screening patterns among TGNB patients at an urban academic medical center.
Methods: Demographic information, risk factors, and screening mammography were collected.
Objective: To ascertain which components of healthcare worker (HCW) influenza vaccination programs are associated with higher vaccination rates.
Design: Survey.
Setting: University-affiliated hospitals.
Background And Purpose: Differences in the management of women and men with acute coronary symptoms are well documented, but relatively little is known about practices for patients with ischemic stroke. We sought to determine whether there are sex-associated differences in the utilization of diagnostic tests for ischemic stroke patients treated at academic hospitals in the United States.
Methods: Medical records were abstracted for consecutive ischemic stroke patients admitted to 32 US academic medical centers from January through June, 2004, as part of the University HealthSystem Consortium Ischemic Stroke Benchmarking Project.
Background: We evaluated whether there were sex-related differences in the administration of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV-tPA) to patients with acute ischemic stroke admitted to US academic medical centers.
Methods: Medical records were abstracted for consecutive ischemic stroke patients admitted to 32 academic medical centers from January through June, 2004, as part of the University HealthSystem Consortium Ischemic Stroke Benchmarking Project. Multivariate logistic models were used to test for sex-related differences in the receipt of IV-tPA with adjustment for demographic and clinical factors.
Outcomes of an initial set of standardized performance measures for inpatient mental health.
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf
July 2008
Background: In January 2006, the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) convened a committee of experts from academic health centers to identify an initial set of important standardized performance measures for inpatient psychiatric services and to evaluate the current state of performance in these measures at eight academic health centers.
Method: The eight UHC academic medical centers completed a retrospective review of 20 inpatient psychiatric records on patients who were 18-65 years of age with a primary diagnosis of psychosis and a length of stay > or = 2 days. The performance measures, derived from practice standards and the consensus of an interdisciplinary committee of experts, focused on the processes of care, including screening, assessment, treatment, coordination, continuity, and safety.
Hypothesis: Bariatric surgery performed at US academic centers is safe and associated with low mortality.
Design: Multi-institutional consecutive cohort study.
Setting: Academic medical centers.