Sheena Bhalla, Thoracic Oncologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“How should patients learn they have cancer?
Our new study in JAMA Network Open of 2,400+ patients found that 75% prefer clinician delivery over a patient portal—highlighting the trade-off between immediate access to results and clinical guidance.”
Title: Patient Perspectives on Electronic Communication of Cancer Diagnoses
Authors: Sheena Bhalla, Meera Patel, Lauren Abruzzo, Alana Christie, Ruchira Garg, Donglu Xie, Jeremy Louissaint, Song Zhang, Heather Kitzman, David Gerber
Read the Full Article on JAMA Network Open
“Learning about a cancer diagnosis without the ability to immediately ask questions or discuss next steps with a trusted clinician can add to the significant stress, uncertainty, and fear that patients experience.
Appreciate the thoughtful commentary on our study by S. Trent Rosenbloom and colleagues.”
Title: A New Cancer Diagnosis is Never Good—Patient Choice, Busy Health Systems, and Health Information Access
Authors: S. Trent Rosenbloom, Bryan Steitz, Catherine DesRoches
Read the Full Article on JAMA Network Open
Sarah Sammons, Associate Director of the Metastatic Breast Cancer Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, shared this post, adding:
“Patients should be able to opt in or out of immediate results on their portal. Some love it and many don’t…Great study.”
Allison Fitzgerald, Hematology/Oncology Clinical Fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, also shared this post, adding:
“What’s most surprising to me about this is that 25% of patients prefer to find out about a new or recurrent cancer diagnosis from the portal!!”
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