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| Urmimala SarkarSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Challenges of making a diagnosis in the outpatient setting: a multi-site survey of primary care physiciansUrmimala Sarkar
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
BMJ Qual Saf 21:641-8. 2012..The authors surveyed primary care physicians (PCPs) about barriers to timely diagnosis in the outpatient setting and assessed their perceptions of diagnostic difficulty...
Validation of self-reported health literacy questions among diverse English and Spanish-speaking populationsUrmimala Sarkar
San Francisco Center for Vulnerable Populations, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:265-71. 2011..Self-reported HL questions have not been validated among Spanish-speaking and diverse English-speaking populations...- The wrong tool for the job: diabetes public health programs and practice guidelinesUrmimala Sarkar
Division of General Internal Medicine and Center for Vulnerable Populations, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 1364, USA
Am J Public Health 101:1871-3. 2011..An opportunity exists for state diabetes control programs to better align guidelines with public health goals... - Adverse drug events in U.S. adult ambulatory medical careUrmimala Sarkar
Department of Medicine, UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Services, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco UCSF, Box 1364, 1001 Potrero, Bldg 10, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94143 1364, USA
Health Serv Res 46:1517-33. 2011..To estimate the incidence of adverse drug events (ADEs) associated with health care visits among U.S. adults across all ambulatory settings... - Social disparities in internet patient portal use in diabetes: evidence that the digital divide extends beyond accessUrmimala Sarkar
Center for Vulnerable Populations at San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 18:318-21. 2011..3 (1.9 to 2.7)). Those most at risk for poor diabetes outcomes may fall further behind as health systems increasingly rely on the internet and limit current modes of access and communication... - The literacy divide: health literacy and the use of an internet-based patient portal in an integrated health system-results from the diabetes study of northern California (DISTANCE)Urmimala Sarkar
UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, Department of Medicine, UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California 94143 1364, USA
J Health Commun 15:183-96. 2010.... - Hypoglycemia is more common among type 2 diabetes patients with limited health literacy: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)Urmimala Sarkar
UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:962-8. 2010..Limited health literacy (HL) is common among patients with type 2 diabetes, may impede diabetes self-management, and thus HL could increase the risk of hypoglycemia... - Self-efficacy as a marker of cardiac function and predictor of heart failure hospitalization and mortality in patients with stable coronary heart disease: findings from the Heart and Soul StudyUrmimala Sarkar
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Box 1732, San Francisco, CA 94143 1732, USA
Health Psychol 28:166-73. 2009..The authors sought to evaluate the association of self-efficacy with objective measures of cardiac function, subsequent hospitalization for heart failure (HF), and all-cause mortality... - Preferences for self-management support: findings from a survey of diabetes patients in safety-net health systemsUrmimala Sarkar
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, United States
Patient Educ Couns 70:102-10. 2008..We explored the possible role of a perceived communication need in influencing interest in self-management support... - Quasi-experimental trial of diabetes Self-Management Automated and Real-Time Telephonic Support (SMARTSteps) in a Medicaid managed care plan: study protocolNeda Ratanawongsa
General Internal Medicine and UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, University of California, 94110, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 12:22. 2012..This paper describes the protocol of the Self-Management Automated and Real-Time Telephonic Support Project (SMARTSteps)... - What happens between visits? Adverse and potential adverse events among a low-income, urban, ambulatory population with diabetesUrmimala Sarkar
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Center for Vulnerable Populations, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California 94143 1364, USA
Qual Saf Health Care 19:223-8. 2010..An automated telephone self-management support programme for a diverse population of diabetes patients was implemented to capture AEs, describe the self-management domains from which they emanate and explore contributing causes... 
Is self-efficacy associated with diabetes self-management across race/ethnicity and health literacy?Urmimala Sarkar
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Diabetes Care 29:823-9. 2006..We examined the relationship between diabetes self-efficacy and self-management behavior in an urban, diverse, low-income population with a high prevalence of limited health literacy...- Refocusing the lens: patient safety in ambulatory chronic disease careUrmimala Sarkar
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Fransisco, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 35:377-83, 341. 2009..A framework, provided in the context of the Chronic Care Model, outlines the multifaceted approach needed for ambulatory care... - Lower Health Literacy is Associated with Poorer Health Status and Outcomes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseTheodore A Omachi
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94118, USA
J Gen Intern Med 28:74-81. 2013..Limited health literacy is associated with poor outcomes in many chronic diseases, but little is known about health literacy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)... - Signal and noise: applying a laboratory trigger tool to identify adverse drug events among primary care patientsSTACEY BRENNER
Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
BMJ Qual Saf 21:670-5. 2012..The extent of outpatient adverse drug events (ADEs) remains unclear. Trigger tools are used as a screening method to identify care episodes that may be ADEs, but their value in a population with high chronic-illness burden remains unclear... - What patients say about their doctors online: a qualitative content analysisAndrea Lopez
UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Gen Intern Med 27:685-92. 2012..Doctor rating websites are a burgeoning trend, yet little is known about their content... - Patient-physicians' information exchange in outpatient cardiac care: time for a heart to heart?Urmimala Sarkar
University of California, San Francisco Division of General Internal Medicine, UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Service, USA
Patient Educ Couns 85:173-9. 2011..Agreement between patients and physicians is an indicator of successful communication. Concordance in domains of communication among patients with heart disease and communication barriers has not been studied... - Use of an interactive, telephone-based self-management support program to identify adverse events among ambulatory diabetes patientsUrmimala Sarkar
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 1211, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:459-65. 2008..We used the implementation of an automated telephone self-management support program for diabetes patients as an opportunity to monitor patient safety... - Factors associated with longer ED lengths of stayRebekah L Gardner
Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Am J Emerg Med 25:643-50. 2007..The aim of the study was to identify and quantify patient, physician, hospital, and system factors that are associated with a longer ED length of stay... - A cross-sectional study of barriers to personal health record use among patients attending a safety-net clinicJoan F Hilton
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e31888. 2012.... - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use among persons with chronic kidney disease in the United StatesLaura Plantinga
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Ann Fam Med 9:423-30. 2011..Because avoidance of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is recommended for most individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), we sought to characterize patterns of NSAID use among persons with CKD in the United States... - Points for improvement: performance measurement for glycemic control in diabetes patients in a safety-net populationSanjiv Baxi
University of California, San Francisco, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 39:109-13. 2013..The categorization of glycemic control within a safety-net clinic population was compared using a common performance measure against one derived from a metric accounting for change in glycated hemoglobin (A1c) over time... - "5 mins of uncomfyness is better than dealing with cancer 4 a lifetime": an exploratory qualitative analysis of cervical and breast cancer screening dialogue on TwitterCourtney R Lyles
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Cancer Educ 28:127-33. 2013..About one quarter of the messages expressed personal experiences with cancer screening. This demonstrates that Twitter can be a rich source of information and could be used to design new health-related interventions... - SynopSIS: integrating physician sign-out with the electronic medical recordUrmimala Sarkar
Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 1211, USA
J Hosp Med 2:336-42. 2007..The traditional medical chart does not adequately support such communication. We designed a patient-tracking tool that enhances provider communication and supports clinical decision making... - Risk factors for death in adults with severe asthmaTheodore A Omachi
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0111, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 101:130-6. 2008..Mortality risk in adult asthma is poorly understood, especially the interplay among race, disease severity, and health care access... - Self-efficacy and health status in patients with coronary heart disease: findings from the heart and soul studyUrmimala Sarkar
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 1211, USA
Psychosom Med 69:306-12. 2007..We hypothesized that lower self-efficacy would predict worse health status, independent of CHD severity and depression... - Evaluation of language concordant, patient-centered drug label instructionsStacy Cooper Bailey
Health Literacy and Learning Program, Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, 750 N Lake Shore Drive, 10th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
J Gen Intern Med 27:1707-13. 2012..Despite federal laws requiring language access in healthcare settings, most US pharmacies are unable to provide prescription (Rx) medication instructions to limited English proficient (LEP) patients in their native language... - Population-based case-control investigation of risk factors for leptospirosis during an urban epidemicUrmimala Sarkar
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley 94720-7360, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 66:605-10. 2002..Environmental control of transmission may help to greatly reduce the incidence of severe leptospirosis...