Download PUBLIC HEALTH GRAND ROUNDS Social Network Approaches to Studying

PUBLIC HEALTH GRAND ROUNDS
Linking Research to Community Health Improvement
Jointly sponsored by the Department of Public Health Sciences & URMC Center for Community Health
Social Network Approaches to Studying
The Delivery of Cancer Care
Craig Pollack, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins
Cancer care is longitudinal and interdisciplinary with much of the care delivered outside of hospitals. Focusing
exclusively on surgeons or hospitals when seeking to identify high quality care may obscure the complex way
that cancer care is delivered. Instead, we identify naturally occurring physician networks that may provide a
more accurate representation of the decisions that patients and their referring physicians make about where to
receive care. These physician-patient sharing networks, as derived from insurance claims data, reflect groups
of physicians who provide cancer care for the same patients. We leverage physician-patient sharing networks
to examine variation in treatment and outcomes for patients with prostate cancer, develop novel metrics that
may reflect aspects of care coordination, and study the diffusion of innovation for breast cancer.
Friday, October 3, 2014
Helen Wood Hall Auditorium (1W304)
12p – 1p
Assorted wraps will be available while supplies last. Bring your own beverage.
ASL interpreters or other accommodations are available upon request.
Contact Ann Marie Klass or call (585) 275-0624 with requests and/or questions
This seminar series is funded in part by Cooperative Agreement #5U36CD319276CFDA93.283
which is shared by the American Association for Medical Colleges and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention