Rachel Pozzar, PhD, APRN

Usability, Acceptability, and Barriers to Implementation of a Collaborative Agenda-Setting Intervention (CASI) to Promote Person-Centered Ovarian Cancer Care: Development Study Background: People with advanced ovarian cancer and their caregivers report unmet supportive care needs. We developed a Collaborative Agenda-Setting Intervention (CASI) to elicit patients’ and caregiv...

Our Collaborative Agenda-Setting Intervention (CASI) is an EHR-integrated tool that elicits patients' preferences and concerns prior to a clinic visit. In this study, patients, caregivers, and clinicians found the CASI usable and acceptable and identified factors that may affect its implementation.

Our findings highlight the influence of social determinants of health on patients’ cancer care experiences, and underscore the importance of delivering person-centered care in the context of a public health crisis.

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In our mixed methods study of people treated for cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic, participants faced common challenges, but distressed participants were more likely to have low resilience, exhibit symptoms of anxiety and depression, report difficulty paying their bills, and identify as Hispanic.

1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

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