Publications by authors named "L DiMartino"
Article Synopsis
- The study explores the integration of clinical informatics (CI) and implementation science (IS) in improving cancer symptom management during trials, focusing on electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs).
- Researchers faced challenges with electronic health records (EHRs), including limited functionality and the need for strong planning and organizational support to effectively collect and respond to patient-reported symptoms.
- A unified understanding and shared terminology between CI and IS teams can enhance EHR design and improve the implementation of ePRO systems in oncology, leading to better monitoring and management of cancer symptoms.
Background: A substantial percentage of the US population is not up to date on guideline-recommended cancer screenings. Identifying interventions that effectively improve screening rates would enhance the delivery of such screening. Interventions involving health IT (HIT) show promise, but much remains unknown about how HIT is optimized to support cancer screening in primary care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine whether variations in Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) are associated with disparities in colon cancer surgery and mortality.
Summary Background Data: Colon cancer mortality is influenced by health care access, which is affected by individual and community-level factors. Prior studies have not used the SVI to compare surgical access and survival in localized colon cancer patients.
Background: Stage IV colorectal cancer (CRC) often requires multidisciplinary approach. However, multimodal treatment options (receipt of > 1 type of treatment) may not be uniformly delivered across health systems. We characterized the association between center-level cancer center designation and receipt of multimodal treatment and survival.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Systematic approaches are needed to accurately characterize the dynamic use of implementation strategies and how they change over time. We describe the development and preliminary evaluation of the Longitudinal Implementation Strategy Tracking System (LISTS), a novel methodology to document and characterize implementation strategies use over time.
Methods: The development and initial evaluation of the LISTS method was conducted within the Improving the Management of SymPtoms during And following Cancer Treatment (IMPACT) Research Consortium (supported by funding provided through the NCI Cancer Moonshot).