Communication between patients and providers and informed decision makingJoann G Elmore
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104 2499, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 2010:204-9. 2010
..In this article, we define informed medical decision making, review challenges to its implementation, and provide suggestions on how to improve communication with women about the diagnosis and treatment of DCIS...
- Variability in interpretive performance at screening mammography and radiologists' characteristics associated with accuracy
Joann G Elmore
Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Ave, Box 359780, Seattle, WA 98104 2499, USA
Radiology 253:641-51. 2009
..To identify radiologists' characteristics associated with interpretive performance in screening mammography...
- Are radiologists' goals for mammography accuracy consistent with published recommendations?
Sara L Jackson
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Acad Radiol 19:289-95. 2012
..Mammography quality assurance programs have been in place for more than a decade. We studied radiologists' self-reported performance goals for accuracy in screening mammography and compared them to published recommendations...
- Disclosing harmful mammography errors to patients
Thomas H Gallagher
Department of Medicine, and Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, 4311 11th Ave NE, Suite 230, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Radiology 253:443-52. 2009
..To assess radiologists' attitudes about disclosing errors to patients by using a survey with a vignette involving an error interpreting a patient's mammogram, leading to a delayed cancer diagnosis...
- Variability of interpretive accuracy among diagnostic mammography facilities
Sara L Jackson
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 359854, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 101:814-27. 2009
..Interpretive performance of screening mammography varies substantially by facility, but performance of diagnostic interpretation has not been studied...
- Influence of annual interpretive volume on screening mammography performance in the United States
Diana S M Buist
Group Health Research Institute, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Radiology 259:72-84. 2011
..To examine whether U.S. radiologists' interpretive volume affects their screening mammography performance...
Mammographic interpretation: radiologists' ability to accurately estimate their performance and compare it with that of their peersAndrea J Cook
Biostatistics Unit, Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 199:695-702. 2012
..The purposes of this study were to determine whether U.S. radiologists accurately estimate their own interpretive performance of screening mammography and to assess how they compare their performance with that of their peers...
- Radiologists' attitudes and use of mammography audit reports
Joann G Elmore
Division of General Internal Medicine, 325 Ninth Avenue, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Acad Radiol 17:752-60. 2010
..The objectives of our study were to assess the content and style of audits and examine use of, attitudes toward, and perceptions of the value that radiologists' have regarding mandated medical audits...
- When radiologists perform best: the learning curve in screening mammogram interpretation
Diana L Miglioretti
Group Health Research Institute, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Radiology 253:632-40. 2009
..To examine changes in screening mammogram interpretation as radiologists with and radiologists without fellowship training in breast imaging gain clinical experience...
- Predictors of radiologists' perceived risk of malpractice lawsuits in breast imaging
John F Dick
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 192:327-33. 2009
..Our objective was to examine radiologists' reported experiences and perceptions of future lawsuit risk and explore personal and professional factors that may be associated with elevated perceptions of risk...
- Decreased accuracy in interpretation of community-based screening mammography for women with multiple clinical risk factors
Andrea J Cook
Biostatistics Unit, Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 63:441-51. 2010
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- Recommendation for short-interval follow-up examinations after a probably benign assessment: is clinical practice consistent with BI-RADS guidance?
Erin J Aiello Bowles
Group Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Ave, Ste 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 194:1152-9. 2010
..We evaluated predictors of discordance between probably benign assessments and short-interval follow-up recommendations...
Efficacy of breast cancer screening in the community according to risk levelJoann G Elmore
School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 97:1035-43. 2005
..The efficacy of breast cancer screening in the community may differ from that suggested by the results of randomized trials, and no data have been available on efficacy among women who have different levels of breast cancer risk...
- Does litigation influence medical practice? The influence of community radiologists' medical malpractice perceptions and experience on screening mammography
Joann G Elmore
Dept of Internal Medicine, Univ of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Ctr, 325 Ninth Ave, Box 359780, Seattle, WA 98104 2499, USA
Radiology 236:37-46. 2005
..To assess the relationship between radiologists' perception of and experience with medical malpractice and their patient-recall rates in actual community-based clinical settings...
- Cost of breast-related care in the year following false positive screening mammograms
Jessica Chubak
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101 1448, USA
Med Care 48:815-20. 2010
..We sought to estimate the direct cost, from the perspective of the health insurer or purchaser, of breast-care services in the year following a false positive screening mammogram compared with a true negative examination...
- Self-detection remains a key method of breast cancer detection for U.S. women
Mara Y Roth
University of Washington School of Medicin, eDepartment of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195 7138, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 20:1135-9. 2011
..This report describes patient characteristics and time trends for various methods of breast cancer detection in the United States...
- Accuracy of short-interval follow-up mammograms by patient and radiologist characteristics
Erin J Aiello Bowles
Group Health Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Ave, Ste 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 190:1200-8. 2008
..The purpose of our study was to examine the accuracy of short-interval follow-up mammograms and evaluate patient and radiologist characteristics associated with accuracy...
- Radiologist characteristics associated with interpretive performance of diagnostic mammography
Diana L Miglioretti
Group Health Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Ave, Ste 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 99:1854-63. 2007
..Extensive variability has been noted in the interpretive performance of screening mammography; however, less is known about variability in diagnostic mammography performance...
- Breast self-examination: self-reported frequency, quality, and associated outcomes
Shin Ping Tu
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
J Cancer Educ 21:175-81. 2006
..There is little information on the quality of breast self-examination (BSE) and associated outcomes...
- Challenges in ductal carcinoma in situ risk communication and decision-making: report from an American Cancer Society and National Cancer Institute workshop
Ann H Partridge
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
CA Cancer J Clin 62:203-10. 2012
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- Attitudes toward participation in breast cancer randomized clinical trials in the African American community: a focus group study
Hannah M Linden
Department of Medicine, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Cancer Nurs 30:261-9. 2007
..Lessons learned from this study support the selection of a culturally diverse research staff and can guide the development of research protocols, recruitment efforts, and clinical procedures that are culturally sensitive and relevant...
- Gender differences in chronic medical, psychiatric, and substance-dependence disorders among jail inmates
Ingrid A Binswanger
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, CO 80045, USA
Am J Public Health 100:476-82. 2010
..We investigated whether there were gender differences in chronic medical, psychiatric, and substance-dependence disorders among jail inmates and whether substance dependence mediated any gender differences found...
- Impact of IRB requirements on a multicenter survey of prophylactic mastectomy outcomes
Sarah M Greene
Group Health Cooperative Center for Health Studies, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Ann Epidemiol 16:275-8. 2006
..This study assesses the variability in requirements among six institutional review boards (IRBs) and the resulting protocol variations for a multicenter mailed survey...
- Population-based estimates of the relation between breast cancer risk, tumor subtype, and family history
Megan L Welsh
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 114:549-58. 2009
..We provide population-based estimates of breast cancer risk and different tumor subtypes in relation to the degree, number, and age at diagnosis of affected relatives...
- Trends in study methods used in undergraduate medical education research, 1969-2007
Amy Baernstein
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA
JAMA 298:1038-45. 2007
..Evidence-based medical education requires rigorous studies appraising educational efficacy...
- Mammographers' perception of women's breast cancer risk
Joseph R Egger
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98104-2499, USA
Med Decis Making 25:283-9. 2005
..However, only age was statistically significant. No association was found between radiologists' risk estimate and their recall rate. CONCLUSION: U.S. radiologists have a heightened perception of breast cancer risk...
