Jonathan Nicolla, MBA

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April 9th 2020

The Need for a Serious Illness Digital Ecosystem (SIDE) to Improve Outcomes for Patients Receiving Palliative and Hospice Care

Jonathan Nicolla, MBA Hayden B. Bosworth, PhD Sharron L. Docherty, PhD, PNP-BC Kathryn I. Pollak, PhD Jeremy Powell, MEd Nichole Sellers, BA Bryce B. Reeve, PhD Greg Samsa, PhD Linda Sutton, MD Arif H. Kamal, MD, MBA, MHS

Palliative and hospice care services produce well-known benefits for patients living with serious illness and for their families. Benefits include improved quality of life and reduced symptom burden, spiritual and emotional distress, and caregiver distress.

September 15th 2015

The Utility of Cost Discussions Between Patients With Cancer and Oncologists

S. Yousuf Zafar, MD, MHS Fumiko Chino, MD Peter A. Ubel, MD Christel Rushing, MS Gregory Samsa, PhD Ivy Altomare, MD Jonathan Nicolla, MBA Deborah Schrag, MD James A. Tulsky, MD Amy P. Abernethy, MD, PhD Jeffery M. Peppercorn, MD, MPH

Many patients with cancer desire cost discussions with doctors, but those discussions are rare. Nevertheless, cost discussions may lower patient costs-usually without altering treatment.