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View article: Parent Race and Communication During Elective Pediatric Surgery Consultations
Parent Race and Communication During Elective Pediatric Surgery Consultations Open
Importance Child and adolescent members of marginalized racial groups have poorer surgical outcomes compared with White children and adolescents. Clinical communication may contribute to these disparities. Objective To explore racial diffe…
View article: Does Clinical Documentation Reflect How Parents and Clinicians Share Decisions About Surgery?
Does Clinical Documentation Reflect How Parents and Clinicians Share Decisions About Surgery? Open
Background While use of shared decision-making (SDM) is widely accepted and applied in practice, it is unknown how core elements of SDM are reflected in clinical documentation. This knowledge gap is uniquely pertinent in the setting of sur…
View article: Racial bias in clinician assessment of patient credibility: Evidence from electronic health records
Racial bias in clinician assessment of patient credibility: Evidence from electronic health records Open
Objective Black patients disproportionately report feeling disbelieved or having concerns dismissed in medical encounters, suggesting potential racial bias in clinicians’ assessment of patient credibility. Because this bias may be evident …
View article: Parent Race and Communication During Elective Pediatric Surgery Consultations
Parent Race and Communication During Elective Pediatric Surgery Consultations Open
Importance Children of marginalized racial groups have poorer surgical outcomes compared to White children. Clinical communication may contribute to these disparities. Objective We explore racial differences in parent-clinician communicati…
View article: Pediatric Primary Care Telemedicine: Perspectives from English- and Spanish-Speaking Medicaid Enrollees
Pediatric Primary Care Telemedicine: Perspectives from English- and Spanish-Speaking Medicaid Enrollees Open
Most participants indicated positive experiences with telemedicine and perceived negative impact if access was removed. Findings related to perceived quality of care, advantages, and disadvantages suggest that patient preferences and indiv…
View article: Validating computer-generated measures of linguistic style matching and accommodation in patient-clinician communication
Validating computer-generated measures of linguistic style matching and accommodation in patient-clinician communication Open
View article: Surgeon Information‐Sharing, Parent Verbal Engagement, and Parent Knowledge of Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy
Surgeon Information‐Sharing, Parent Verbal Engagement, and Parent Knowledge of Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy Open
Objective We characterize clinician information‐sharing and parent verbal engagement during pediatric adenotonsillectomy consultations and evaluate whether these behaviors relate to disease‐specific knowledge for parents of children with o…
View article: Characterization of Stigmatizing Language in Medical Records
Characterization of Stigmatizing Language in Medical Records Open
Keith Harrigian, Ayah Zirikly, Brant Chee, Alya Ahmad, Anne Links, Somnath Saha, Mary Catherine Beach, Mark Dredze. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 2: Short Papers). 2023.
View article: Parental Expression of Emotions and Surgeon Responses During Consultations for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children
Parental Expression of Emotions and Surgeon Responses During Consultations for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children Open
This cross-sectional study found that emotional communication occurs between surgeons and parents of pediatric patients with obstructive SDB. However, surgeon responses varied according to parental race and ethnicity, suggesting the existe…
View article: Caregiver perceptions and attitudes associated with oral immunotherapy on social media
Caregiver perceptions and attitudes associated with oral immunotherapy on social media Open
Background: Caregiver values and preferences with regard to oral immunotherapy (OIT) for treatment of food allergies are not widely reported. Understanding caregiver perspectives is integral to establishing shared decision-making in the tr…
View article: Parent Experience of Communication about Children’s Surgery: A Qualitative Analysis
Parent Experience of Communication about Children’s Surgery: A Qualitative Analysis Open
Introduction: Parent experience is a core component of the quality of pediatric care and an increasingly common focus of quality improvement initiatives. However, the parent experience of communication in the pediatric surgical setting rem…
View article: Assessment of Parental Choice Predisposition for Tonsillectomy in Children
Assessment of Parental Choice Predisposition for Tonsillectomy in Children Open
In this cohort study of parents of children with OSDB, many parents were predisposed to choose treatment with tonsillectomy prior to initial surgical consultation, which may lessen engagement and influence 2-way communication. In this coho…
View article: Identification of Potential Barriers to Timely Access to Pediatric Hearing Aids
Identification of Potential Barriers to Timely Access to Pediatric Hearing Aids Open
This study's findings suggest that insurance type, race/ethnicity, and primary language may be barriers associated with pediatric access to hearing aids, with the greatest difference observed in time to initial ABR testing. Clinical severi…
View article: Surgeon use of medical jargon with parents in the outpatient setting
Surgeon use of medical jargon with parents in the outpatient setting Open
View article: Evaluation of Parental Perspectives and Concerns About Pediatric Tonsillectomy in Social Media
Evaluation of Parental Perspectives and Concerns About Pediatric Tonsillectomy in Social Media Open
These social media findings may be used to guide clinicians in educating and counseling parents as well as further engaging parents and children in shared decision making for tonsillectomy.
View article: Follow‐up and Time to Treatment in an Urban Cohort of Children with Sleep‐Disordered Breathing
Follow‐up and Time to Treatment in an Urban Cohort of Children with Sleep‐Disordered Breathing Open
Objective To evaluate follow‐up and timing of sleep‐disordered breathing diagnosis and treatment in urban children referred from primary care. Study Design Retrospective longitudinal cohort analysis. Setting Tertiary health system. Subject…
View article: Parent Experience of Care and Decision Making for Children Who Snore
Parent Experience of Care and Decision Making for Children Who Snore Open
Importance Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is prevalent and has an impact on the physical and behavioral health of children. Adenotonsillectomy (AT), the primary treatment, is subject to unexplained variation in utilization, which may be …
View article: Shared Decision Making and Choice for Elective Surgical Care
Shared Decision Making and Choice for Elective Surgical Care Open
Objective Shared decision making (SDM), an integrative patient‐provider communication process emphasizing discussion of scientific evidence and patient/family values, may improve quality care delivery, promote evidence‐based practice, and …