John W. Sweetenham, MD

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November 13th 2024

How English- and Spanish-Preferring Patients With Cancer Decide on Emergency Care

Arthur S. Hong, MD, MPH Beverly Kyalwazi, MD Ethan A. Halm, MD, MPH, MBA D. Mark Courtney, MD, MSCI John W. Sweetenham, MD Navid Sadeghi, MD, MSPH John V. Cox, DO, MBA Simon J. Craddock Lee, PhD, MPH

Care delivery innovations to help patients with cancer avoid emergency department visits are underused. The authors interviewed English- and Spanish-preferring patients at 2 diverse health systems to understand why.

September 14th 2023

Characteristics of Self-Triaged Emergency Department Visits by Adults With Cancer

Arthur S. Hong, MD, MPH Amy Hughes, PhD D. Mark Courtney, MD, MSCI Hannah Fullington, MPH Simon J. Craddock Lee, PhD, MPH John W. Sweetenham, MD Navid Sadeghi, MD, MSPH Song Zhang, PhD Angela Bazzell, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, AOCNP Ethan A. Halm, MD, MPH, MBA

Adults with cancer may have difficulty self-assessing the clinical severity of their acute care needs, yet they rarely use a telephone triage line available to them.