Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH

Special Advisor
Medicine

Urmimala Sarkar MD, MPH is Professor of Medicine at UCSF in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Associate Chair for Faculty Experience for the Department of Medicine, Associate Director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, and a primary care physician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital’s Richard H. Fine People's Clinic. Dr. Sarkar’s work centers on innovating for health equity and improving the safety and quality of outpatient care for everyone, especially low-income and diverse populations. Her expertise spans topics including medical errors and patient safety, diabetes, and cancer prevention and survivorship. Dr. Sarkar’s research is collaborative and intersects with methods found in human-centered design, human factors engineering, data science, health services research, and implementation science. Dr. Sarkar believes that mentoring and training with a commitment to diversity and inclusion are critical to achieving health equity. She advances health equity scholarship by mentoring students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty at UCSF and beyond.

If you would like to get in touch with Dr. Sarkar about her lab or the S.O.L.V.E. Health Tech program, please visit the appropriate link in the 'Website' section below to submit an interest form.

Publications: 

Electronic coding for abnormal fecal immunochemical test is associated with increased colonoscopy completion.

The American journal of gastroenterology

Burns S, Griffith M, Patel S, Sarkar U, Somsouk M

"Good Care Is Slow Enough to Be Able to Pay Attention": Primary Care Time Scarcity and Patient Safety.

Journal of general internal medicine

Satterwhite S, Nguyen MT, Honcharov V, McDermott AM, Sarkar U

Association between language discordance and unplanned hospital readmissions or emergency department revisits: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BMJ quality & safety

Chu JN, Wong J, Bardach NS, Allen IE, Barr-Walker J, Sierra M, Sarkar U, Khoong EC

Patient Safety in Outpatient Care.

Patient Safety

Urmimala Sarkar, Kiran Gupta

Policies to Support Lactation at Highly Ranked US Medical Schools.

JAMA network open

Santhosh L, Vo A, Wick C, Mourad M, Sarkar U, Jagsi R, Mangurian C

Visit and Between-Visit Interaction Frequency Before and After COVID-19 Telehealth Implementation.

JAMA network open

Nouri S, Lyles CR, Sherwin EB, Kuznia M, Rubinsky AD, Kemper KE, Nguyen OK, Sarkar U, Schillinger D, Khoong EC

Language-Specific Challenges and Solutions for Equitable Telemedicine Implementation in the Primary Care Safety Net During COVID-19.

Journal of general internal medicine

Sharma AE, Lisker S, Fields JD, Aulakh V, Figoni K, Jones ME, Arora NB, Sarkar U, Lyles CR

Social Determinants of Health Documentation in Structured and Unstructured Clinical Data of Patients With Diabetes: Comparative Analysis.

JMIR Medical Informatics

Mehta S, Lyles CR, Rubinsky AD, Kemper KE, Auerbach J, Sarkar U, Gottlieb L, Brown Iii W

Usability and acceptability of virtual reality for chronic pain management among diverse patients in a safety-net setting: a qualitative analysis.

JAMIA open

Dy M, Olazo K, Lyles CR, Lisker S, Weinberg J, Lee C, Tarver ME, Saha A, Kontson K, Araojo R, Brown E, Sarkar U

Virtual Reality for Chronic Pain Management Among Historically Marginalized Populations: Systematic Review of Usability Studies.

Journal of medical Internet research

Dy M, Olazo K, Lisker S, Brown E, Saha A, Weinberg J, Sarkar U

Acceptability & Usability of a Wearable Device for Sleep Health Among English- and Spanish-Speaking Patients in the Safety-Net: Qualitative Analysis.

JMIR formative research

Purnell L, Sierra M, Lisker S, Lim MS, Bailey E, Sarkar U, Lyles CR, Nguyen KH

Public Figure Vaccination Rhetoric and Vaccine Hesitancy: Retrospective Twitter Analysis.

JMIR infodemiology

Honcharov V, Li J, Sierra M, Rivadeneira NA, Olazo K, Nguyen TT, Mackey TK, Sarkar U

Randomized trial protocol for remote monitoring for equity in advancing the control of hypertension in safety net systems (REACH-SNS) study.

Contemporary clinical trials

Fontil V, Khoong EC, Green BB, Ralston JD, Zhou C, Garcia F, McCulloch CE, Sarkar U, Lyles CR

Factors Associated With Diagnostic Error: An Analysis of Closed Medical Malpractice Claims.

Journal of patient safety

Grenon V, Szymonifka J, Adler-Milstein J, Ross J, Sarkar U

COVID-19-Associated Misinformation Across the South Asian Diaspora: Qualitative Study of WhatsApp Messages.

JMIR infodemiology

Sharma AE, Khosla K, Potharaju K, Mukherjea A, Sarkar U

Conceptualizing the effective mechanisms of a social needs case management program shown to reduce hospital use: a qualitative study.

BMC health services research

Fleming MD, Safaeinili N, Knox M, Hernandez E, Esteban EE, Sarkar U, Brewster AL

Multilevel Determinants of Digital Health Equity: A Literature Synthesis to Advance the Field.

Annual review of public health

Lyles CR, Nguyen OK, Khoong EC, Aguilera A, Sarkar U

Medication adverse events in the ambulatory setting: A mixed-methods analysis.

American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Wong J, Lee SY, Sarkar U, Sharma AE

Crossroads.

Priya Srinivasan, Pallabi Chakravorty, Urmimala Sarkar

Training the next generation of learning health system scientists.

Learning health systems

Lozano PM, Lane-Fall M, Franklin PD, Rothman RL, Gonzales R, Ong MK, Gould MK, Beebe TJ, Roumie CL, Guise JM, Enders FT, Forrest CB, Mendonca EA, Starrels JL, Sarkar U, Savitz LA, Moon J, Linzer M, Ralston JD, Chesley FD

Use of geographical information systems (GIS) in assessing ecological profile, fish community structure and production of a large reservoir of Himachal Pradesh.

Environmental monitoring and assessment

Chakraborty H, Kayal T, Lianthuamluaia L, Sarkar UK, Das AK, Chakraborty S, Sahoo BK, Mondal K, Mandal S, Das BK

Analysis of Narrative Text in Evaluations of Continuing Medical Education Faculty by Gender.

JAMA network open

Santhosh L, Rojek AE, Yim JWL, Lisker S, Wang K, Dy M, Sarkar U

Identifying the Needs of Primary Care Providers Caring for Breast and Colon Cancer Survivors in the Safety-Net: a Qualitative Study.

Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education

Dixit N, Rodriguez G, Sarkar U, Burke N, Trejo E, Devore DJ, Couey P, Nápoles AM

Centering Health Equity in Telemedicine.

Annals of family medicine

Lyles CR, Sharma AE, Fields JD, Getachew Y, Sarkar U, Zephyrin L

Impact of Sexual Harassment and Social Support on Burnout in Physician Mothers.

Journal of women's health (2002)

Linos E, Lasky-Fink J, Halley M, Sarkar U, Mangurian C, Sabry H, Linos E, Jagsi R

Preferences and Perceptions of Medical Error Disclosure Among Marginalized Populations: A Narrative Review.

Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety

Olazo K, Wang K, Sierra M, Barr-Walker J, Sarkar U

Extent of Follow-Up on Abnormal Cancer Screening in Multiple California Public Hospital Systems: A Retrospective Review.

Journal of general internal medicine

Khoong EC, Rivadeneira NA, Pacca L, Schillinger D, Lown D, Babaria P, Gupta N, Pramanik R, Tran H, Whitezell T, Somsouk M, Sarkar U

Factors Associated with Malpractice Claim Payout: An Analysis of Closed Emergency Department Claims.

Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety

Gupta K, Szymonifka J, Rivadeneira NA, Khoong EC, Adler-Milstein J, Ross J, Sarkar U

Diagnostic Trajectories in Primary Care at 12 Months: An Observational Cohort Study.

Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety

Fontil V, Khoong EC, Lyles C, Rivadeneira NA, Olazo K, Hoskote M, Sarkar U

Multispecialty Physician Online Survey Reveals That Burnout Related to Adverse Event Involvement May Be Mitigated by Peer Support.

Journal of patient safety

Gupta K, Rivadeneira NA, Lisker S, Chahal K, Gross N, Sarkar U

Opportunities to mine EHRs for malpractice risk management and patient safety.

Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management

Julia Adler-Milstein, Urmimala Sarkar, Robert M Wachter

Exploring factors associated with hepatitis B screening in a multilingual and diverse population.

BMC health services research

Chu JN, Nguyen TT, Rivadeneira NA, Hiatt RA, Sarkar U

System-level factors associated with telephone and video visit use: Survey of safety-net clinicians during the early phase of COVID-19.

JMIR formative research

Sharma AE, Khoong EC, Sierra M, Rivadeneira NA, Nijagal MA, Su G, Lyles CR, Defries T, Tuot D, Sarkar U

Family Input for Quality and Safety (FIQS): Using mobile technology for in-hospital reporting from families and patients.

Journal of hospital medicine

Bardach NS, Stotts JR, Fiore DM, Sarkar U, Sharma AE, Boscardin WJ, Avina L, Peralta-Neel C, Rosenbluth G

The Abrupt Expansion of Ambulatory Telemedicine: Implications for Patient Safety.

Journal of general internal medicine

Khoong EC, Sharma AE, Gupta K, Adler-Milstein J, Sarkar U

Do patient-reported outcome measures measure up? A qualitative study to examine perceptions and experiences with heart failure proms among diverse, low-income patients.

Journal of patient-reported outcomes

Davis J, Olazo K, Sierra M, Tarver ME, Caldwell B, Saha A, Lisker S, Lyles C, Sarkar U

Warfarin Monitoring in Safety-Net Health Systems: Analysis by Race/Ethnicity and Language Preference.

Journal of general internal medicine

Sharma AE, Khoong EC, Rivadeneira N, Sierra M, Fang MC, Gupta N, Pramanik R, Tran H, Whitezell T, Fontil V, Lee SY, Sarkar U

A Root Cause Analysis of Barriers to Timely Colonoscopy in California Safety-Net Health Systems.

Journal of patient safety

Sharma AE, Lyson HC, Cherian R, Somsouk M, Schillinger D, Sarkar U

Operationalizing Academic-Industry Partnerships to Advance Digital Health Equity: Lessons Learned.

Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

Lisker S, Sarkar U, Aguilera A, Lyles CR

Improving Patient Safety in Public Hospitals: Developing Standard Measures to Track Medical Errors and Process Breakdowns.

Journal of patient safety

Ackerman SL, Gourley G, Le G, Williams P, Yazdany J, Sarkar U

Focusing on Digital Health Equity.

JAMA

Lyles CR, Wachter RM, Sarkar U

Evaluation of Sexual Harassment Policies at Medical Institutions to Understand Attention to Harassment of Physicians by Patients.

JAMA network open

Reed G, Ahmad SR, Khoong EC, Olazo K, Jagsi R, Mangurian C, Sarkar U

Communicating Critical Information to Cancer Survivors: an Assessment of Survivorship Care Plans in Use in Diverse Healthcare Settings.

Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education

Lyson HC, Haggstrom D, Bentz M, Obeng-Gyasi S, Dixit N, Sarkar U

Health Equity in Artificial Intelligence and Primary Care Research: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

JMIR research protocols

Wang JX, Somani S, Chen JH, Murray S, Sarkar U

Patient and caregiver factors in ambulatory incident reports: a mixed-methods analysis.

BMJ open quality

Sharma AE, Huang B, Stakeholder Research Advisory Council , Del Rosario JB, Yang J, Boscardin WJ, Sarkar U

Alignment of Key Stakeholders' Priorities for Patient-Facing Tools in Digital Health: Mixed Methods Study.

Journal of medical Internet research

Lyles CR, Adler-Milstein J, Thao C, Lisker S, Nouri S, Sarkar U

Impact of language preference and health literacy on health information-seeking experiences among a low-income, multilingual cohort.

Patient education and counseling

Chu JN, Sarkar U, Rivadeneira NA, Hiatt RA, Khoong EC

Usability, inclusivity, and content evaluation of COVID-19 contact tracing apps in the United States.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Blacklow SO, Lisker S, Ng MY, Sarkar U, Lyles C

Comparison of Diagnostic Recommendations from Individual Physicians versus the Collective Intelligence of Multiple Physicians in Ambulatory Cases Referred for Specialist Consultation.

Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making

Khoong EC, Nouri SS, Tuot DS, Nundy S, Fontil V, Sarkar U

Mobile health strategies for blood pressure self-management in urban populations with digital barriers: systematic review and meta-analyses.

NPJ digital medicine

Khoong EC, Olazo K, Rivadeneira NA, Thatipelli S, Barr-Walker J, Fontil V, Lyles CR, Sarkar U

Imag(In)Ing the Nation.

Urmimala Sarkar

Humanism Before Heroism in Medicine.

JAMA

Sarkar U, Cassel C

Using incident reporting to understand and characterize sexual harassment of physicians by patients.

Journal of general internal medicine

Hemmat S, Khoong EC, Olazo K, Sharma AE, Mangurian C, Fernandez A, Sarkar U

The Role of Community-Based Organizations in Improving Chronic Care for Safety-Net Populations.

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM

Nguyen KH, Fields JD, Cemballi AG, Desai R, Gopalan A, Cruz T, Shah A, Akom A, Brown W, Sarkar U, Lyles CR

Adaptive learning algorithms to optimize mobile applications for behavioral health: guidelines for design decisions.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Figueroa CA, Aguilera A, Chakraborty B, Modiri A, Aggarwal J, Deliu N, Sarkar U, Jay Williams J, Lyles CR

Clinician experience with telemedicine at a safety-net hospital network during COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey.

Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

Sharma AE, Khoong EC, Nijagal MA, Lyles CR, Su G, DeFries T, Sarkar U, Tuot D

The Intersection of Work and Home Challenges Faced by Physician Mothers During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Analysis.

Journal of women's health (2002)

Halley MC, Mathews KS, Diamond LC, Linos E, Sarkar U, Mangurian C, Sabry H, Goyal MK, Olazo K, Miller EG, Jagsi R, Linos E

Impact of digitally acquired peer diagnostic input on diagnostic confidence in outpatient cases: A pragmatic randomized trial.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Khoong EC, Fontil V, Rivadeneira NA, Hoskote M, Nundy S, Lyles CR, Sarkar U

Real-world insights from launching remote peer-to-peer mentoring in a safety net healthcare delivery setting.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Lyles CR, Sarkar U, Patel U, Lisker S, Stark A, Guzman V, Patel A

Anxiety Levels Among Physician Mothers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The American journal of psychiatry

Linos E, Halley MC, Sarkar U, Mangurian C, Sabry H, Olazo K, Mathews KS, Diamond L, Goyal MK, Linos E, Jagsi R

Catalyzing Navigation for Breast Cancer Survivorship (CaNBCS) in Safety-Net Settings: A Mixed Methods Study.

Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center

Dixit N, Sarkar U, Trejo E, Couey P, Rivadeneira NA, Ciccarelli B, Burke N

Rapid Implementation of a Volunteer-Run Service to Combat Social Isolation in Hospitalized Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality

Lyon ZM, Yang R, Savoie MB, Schear S, Dong J, Javaherian K, Hauser K, Sarkar U, Garcia-Grossman I

Research Beyond the Ivory Tower: Partnering with Safety-Net Health Systems for Equity.

Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

Mehta KM, Babaria P, Bibbins-Domingo K, Sarkar U

Not Just Surviving, But Thriving: Overcoming Barriers to Career Advancement for Women Junior Faculty Clinician-Researchers.

Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry

Zakaras JM, Sarkar U, Bibbins-Domingo K, Mangurian CV

Correction: Recommendations From the Twitter Hashtag #DoctorsAreDickheads: Qualitative Analysis.

Journal of medical Internet research

Sharma AE, Mann Z, Cherian R, Del Rosario JB, Yang J, Sarkar U

Socioeconomic status and colorectal cancer screening behaviors in a vulnerable multiethnic population.

Ethnicity & health

Santiago-Rodríguez EJ, Rivadeneira NA, Torres JM, Sarkar U, Hiatt RA

Recommendations From the Twitter Hashtag #DoctorsAreDickheads: Qualitative Analysis.

Journal of medical Internet research

Sharma AE, Mann Z, Cherian R, Del Rosario JB, Yang J, Sarkar U

How effective are clinical decision support systems?

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

Sarkar U, Samal L

Cancer patient perspectives on survivorship goals from the Smart Patients online community.

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer

Hoskote M, Le G, Cherian R, Zeiger R, Sarkar U

Sexual harassment and suicide.

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

Sarkar U, Hemmat S, Linos E

What Safety Events Are Reported For Ambulatory Care? Analysis of Incident Reports from a Patient Safety Organization.

Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety

Sharma AE, Yang J, Del Rosario JB, Hoskote M, Rivadeneira NA

mHealth app using machine learning to increase physical activity in diabetes and depression: clinical trial protocol for the DIAMANTE Study.

BMJ open

Aguilera A, Figueroa CA, Hernandez-Ramos R, Sarkar U, Cemballi A, Gomez-Pathak L, Miramontes J, Yom-Tov E, Chakraborty B, Yan X, Xu J, Modiri A, Aggarwal J, Jay Williams J, Lyles CR

Using Electronic Health Record Portals to Improve Patient Engagement: Research Priorities and Best Practices.

Annals of internal medicine

Lyles CR, Nelson EC, Frampton S, Dykes PC, Cemballi AG, Sarkar U

Patient characteristics associated with objective measures of digital health tool use in the United States: A literature review.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Nouri SS, Adler-Milstein J, Thao C, Acharya P, Barr-Walker J, Sarkar U, Lyles C

We Dropped the Reflex Hammer on Hypertension 20 Years Ago-Reply.

JAMA neurology

Betjemann J, Hemphill JC, Sarkar U

Customized registry tool for tracking adherence to clinical guidelines for head and neck cancers: protocol for a pilot study.

Pilot and feasibility studies

Hickey MD, Lisker S, Brodie S, Vittinghoff E, Russell MD, Sarkar U

Gaps in Treatment and Surveillance: Head and Neck Cancer Care in a Safety-Net Hospital.

OTO open

Yu K, Westbrook M, Brodie S, Lisker S, Vittinghoff E, Hua V, Russell M, Sarkar U

Feasibility of implementing mobile technology-delivered mental health treatment in routine adult sickle cell disease care.

Translational behavioral medicine

Jonassaint CR, Kang C, Prussien KV, Yarboi J, Sanger MS, Wilson JD, De Castro L, Shah N, Sarkar U

Knowledge and self-efficacy for caring for breast and colon cancer survivors among safety net primary care providers.

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer

Dixit N, Burke N, Rodriguez G, Sarkar U, Cicerelli B, DeVore JD, Nápoles AM

Content shared on social media for national cancer survivors day 2018.

PloS one

Cherian R, Le G, Whall J, Gomez S, Sarkar U

Factors associated with biomedical research participation within community-based samples across 3 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers.

Cancer

Barrett NJ, Rodriguez EM, Iachan R, Hyslop T, Ingraham KL, Le GM, Martin K, Haring RC, Rivadeneira NA, Erwin DO, Fish LJ, Middleton D, Hiatt RA, Patierno SR, Sarkar U, Gage-Bouchard EA

Advancing Cancer Control in San Francisco: Cancer Screening in Under-Represented Populations.

American journal of preventive medicine

Rivadeneira NA, Hoskote M, Le GM, Nguyen TT, Nápoles AM, Pasick RJ, Sarkar U, Hiatt RA

Follow-up of incidental pulmonary nodules and association with mortality in a safety-net cohort.

Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany)

Lee JS, Lisker S, Vittinghoff E, Cherian R, McCoy DB, Rybkin A, Su G, Sarkar U

Are Patients Electronically Accessing Their Medical Records? Evidence From National Hospital Data.

Health affairs (Project Hope)

Lin SC, Lyles CR, Sarkar U, Adler-Milstein J

Time for Neurologists to Drop the Reflex Hammer on Hypertension.

JAMA neurology

Betjemann J, Hemphill JC, Sarkar U

Engaging users in the design of an mHealth, text message-based intervention to increase physical activity at a safety-net health care system.

JAMIA open

Avila-Garcia P, Hernandez-Ramos R, Nouri SS, Cemballi A, Sarkar U, Lyles CR, Aguilera A

Assessing Mobile Phone Digital Literacy and Engagement in User-Centered Design in a Diverse, Safety-Net Population: Mixed Methods Study.

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Nouri SS, Avila-Garcia P, Cemballi AG, Sarkar U, Aguilera A, Lyles CR

Collective intelligence in medical decision-making: a systematic scoping review.

BMC medical informatics and decision making

Radcliffe K, Lyson HC, Barr-Walker J, Sarkar U

Social Media as a Tool to Promote Health Awareness: Results from an Online Cervical Cancer Prevention Study.

Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education

Lyson HC, Le GM, Zhang J, Rivadeneira N, Lyles C, Radcliffe K, Pasick RJ, Sawaya G, Sarkar U, Centola D

Sharing Stories, Searching for Solutions: Sexual Harassment of Physicians by Patients.

The American journal of medicine

Hemmat S, Khoong EC, Sharma AE, Sarkar U

Health Information-seeking Behaviors and Preferences of a Diverse, Multilingual Urban Cohort.

Medical care

Khoong EC, Le GM, Hoskote M, Rivadeneira NA, Hiatt RA, Sarkar U

High perceived social support and hospital readmissions in an older multi-ethnic, limited English proficiency, safety-net population.

BMC health services research

Chan B, Goldman LE, Sarkar U, Guzman D, Critchfield J, Saha S, Kushel M

Differences in Narrative Language in Evaluations of Medical Students by Gender and Under-represented Minority Status.

Journal of general internal medicine

Rojek AE, Khanna R, Yim JWL, Gardner R, Lisker S, Hauer KE, Lucey C, Sarkar U

Locating Draupadi in The Poetics and Politics of Performance in Contemporary India.

The Journal of Dance Society for Documentation & History

Urmimala Sarkar

A Randomized Trial to Train Vulnerable Primary Care Patients to Use a Patient Portal.

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM

Lyles CR, Tieu L, Sarkar U, Kiyoi S, Sadasivaiah S, Hoskote M, Ratanawongsa N, Schillinger D

Perceptions of cervical cancer prevention on Twitter uncovered by different sampling strategies.

PloS one

Le GM, Radcliffe K, Lyles C, Lyson HC, Wallace B, Sawaya G, Pasick R, Centola D, Sarkar U

Standardization in Diverse Populations: Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in a Safety-Net Setting.

Health literacy research and practice

Cherian R, Sarkar U, Khoong EC, Ackerman S, Gourley G, Schillinger D

Decisions and repercussions of second victim experiences for mothers in medicine (SAVE DR MoM).

BMJ quality & safety

Gupta K, Lisker S, Rivadeneira NA, Mangurian C, Linos E, Sarkar U

Redesigning primary care in the safety net: A qualitative analysis of team-based care implementation.

Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Lyson HC, Ackerman S, Lyles C, Schillinger D, Williams P, Gourley G, Gupta R, Handley M, Sarkar U

Evaluation of an health-IT-enabled collective intelligence platform to improve diagnosis in primary care and urgent care settings: Study Design (Preprint).

Valy Fontil, Elaine Khoong, Mekhala Hoskote, Kate Radcliffe, Neda Ratanawongsa, Courtney Rees Lyles, Urmimala Sarkar

Exploring Identities and Preferences for Intervention Among LGBTQ+ Young Adult Smokers Through Online Focus Groups.

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine

Ramo DE, Meacham M, Thrul J, Belohlavek A, Sarkar U, Humfleet G

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis patterns among patients with rheumatic diseases receiving high-risk immunosuppressant drugs.

Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

Schmajuk G, Jafri K, Evans M, Shiboski S, Gianfrancesco M, Izadi Z, Patterson SL, Aggarwal I, Sarkar U, Dudley RA, Yazdany J

Accurate Measurement In California's Safety-Net Health Systems Has Gaps And Barriers.

Health affairs (Project Hope)

Khoong EC, Cherian R, Rivadeneira NA, Gourley G, Yazdany J, Amarnath A, Schillinger D, Sarkar U

Learning From Patients' Experiences Related To Diagnostic Errors Is Essential For Progress In Patient Safety.

Health affairs (Project Hope)

Giardina TD, Haskell H, Menon S, Hallisy J, Southwick FS, Sarkar U, Royse KE, Singh H

Patient Engagement In Health Care Safety: An Overview Of Mixed-Quality Evidence.

Health affairs (Project Hope)

Sharma AE, Rivadeneira NA, Barr-Walker J, Stern RJ, Johnson AK, Sarkar U

Innovative Implementation Studies Conducted in US Safety Net Health Care Settings: A Systematic Review.

American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality

Lyles CR, Handley MA, Ackerman SL, Schillinger D, Williams P, Westbrook M, Gourley G, Sarkar U

Safety-net institutions in the US grapple with new cholesterol treatment guidelines: a qualitative analysis from the PHoENIX Network.

Risk management and healthcare policy

Fontil V, Lyles CR, Schillinger D, Handley MA, Ackerman S, Gourley G, Bibbins-Domingo K, Sarkar U

Efficiency, Efficacy, and Power in the Implementation of a Medication Adherence Aid.

Health literacy research and practice

Cherian R, Sarkar U, Khoong EC, Ackerman S, Gourley G, Schillinger D

Implementation of patient-centered prescription labeling in a safety-net ambulatory care network.

American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Khoong EC, Cherian R, Smith DE, Schillinger D, Wolf MS, Sarkar U

Using Social Media to Target Cancer Prevention in Young Adults: Viewpoint.

Journal of medical Internet research

Sarkar U, Le GM, Lyles CR, Ramo D, Linos E, Bibbins-Domingo K

PCPs knowledge and self-efficacy for caring for breast and colon cancer survivors.

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Niharika Dixit, Nancy Burke, Gladys Rodriguez, Urmimala Sarkar, Judy Quan, Joana Devore, Barbara Cicerelli, Anna Napoles

Representations of Codeine Misuse on Instagram: Content Analysis.

JMIR public health and surveillance

Cherian R, Westbrook M, Ramo D, Sarkar U

Pragmatic Insights on Patient Safety Priorities and Intervention Strategies in Ambulatory Settings.

Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety

Sarkar U, McDonald K, Motala A, Smith P, Zipperer L, Wachter RM, Shanman R, Shekelle PG

Clinician Perspectives on the Management of Abnormal Subcritical Tests in an Urban Academic Safety-Net Health Care System.

Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety

Clarity C, Sarkar U, Lee J, Handley MA, Goldman LE

Meaningful use in the safety net: a rapid ethnography of patient portal implementation at five community health centers in California.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Ackerman SL, Sarkar U, Tieu L, Handley MA, Schillinger D, Hahn K, Hoskote M, Gourley G, Lyles C

Use of Complementary Health Approaches Among Diverse Primary Care Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Association with Cardiometabolic Outcomes: From the SF Bay Collaborative Research Network (SF Bay CRN).

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM

Handley MA, Quan J, Chao MT, Ratanawongsa N, Sarkar U, Emmons-Bell S, Schillinger D

Implementation Science Workshop: Barriers and Facilitators to Increasing Mammography Screening Rates in California's Public Hospitals.

Journal of general internal medicine

Clarity C, Gourley G, Lyles C, Ackerman S, Handley MA, Schillinger D, Sarkar U, Conigliaro J

Performance Measurement and Target-Setting in California's Safety Net Health Systems.

American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality

Hemmat S, Schillinger D, Lyles C, Ackerman S, Gourley G, Vittinghoff E, Handley M, Sarkar U

Designing and Implementing an Electronic Patient Registry to Improve Warfarin Monitoring in the Ambulatory Setting.

Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety

Lee SY, Cherian R, Ly I, Horton C, Salley AL, Sarkar U

Online patient websites for electronic health record access among vulnerable populations: portals to nowhere?

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Tieu L, Schillinger D, Sarkar U, Hoskote M, Hahn KJ, Ratanawongsa N, Ralston JD, Lyles CR

Using health-system-wide data to understand hepatitis B virus prophylaxis and reactivation outcomes in patients receiving rituximab.

Medicine

Schmajuk G, Tonner C, Trupin L, Li J, Sarkar U, Ludwig D, Shiboski S, Sirota M, Dudley RA, Murray S, Yazdany J

The Next Frontier in Communication and the ECLIPPSE Study: Bridging the Linguistic Divide in Secure Messaging.

Journal of diabetes research

Schillinger D, McNamara D, Crossley S, Lyles C, Moffet HH, Sarkar U, Duran N, Allen J, Liu J, Oryn D, Ratanawongsa N, Karter AJ

Inadequate Utilization of Diagnostic Colonoscopy Following Abnormal FIT Results in an Integrated Safety-Net System.

The American journal of gastroenterology

Issaka RB, Singh MH, Oshima SM, Laleau VJ, Rachocki CD, Chen EH, Day LW, Sarkar U, Somsouk M

Understanding the barriers to successful adoption and use of a mobile health information system in a community health center in São Paulo, Brazil: a cohort study.

BMC medical informatics and decision making

Rajan JV, Moura J, Gourley G, Kiso K, Sizilio A, Cortez AM, Riley LW, Veras MA, Sarkar U

Changes in Medication Use After Dementia Diagnosis in an Observational Cohort of Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Sarkar U, Lyles C, Steinman M, Huang ES, Moffet HH, Whitmer RA, Warton EM, Karter AJ

Root Cause Analysis of Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events That Present to the Emergency Department.

Journal of patient safety

Gertler SA, Coralic Z, López A, Stein JC, Sarkar U

Minding the Gaps: Assessing Communication Outcomes of Electronic Preconsultation Exchange.

Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety

Price EL, Sewell JL, Chen AH, Sarkar U

Usability of Commercially Available Mobile Applications for Diverse Patients.

Journal of general internal medicine

Sarkar U, Gourley GI, Lyles CR, Tieu L, Clarity C, Newmark L, Singh K, Bates DW

Characterizing a Naturalistic Decision Making Phenomenon: Loss of System Resilience Associated with Implementation of New Technology.

Journal of cognitive engineering and decision making

Patterson ES, Militello LG, Su G, Sarkar U

Sa1132 Limited Utilization of Diagnostic Colonoscopy Following Positive FIT in a Safety-Net System.

Gastroenterology

Rachel B. Issaka, Maneesh H. Singh, Victoria Laleau, Sachi Oshima, Carly Rachocki, Urmimala Sarkar, Lukejohn Day, Ma Somsouk

Online public reactions to frequency of diagnostic errors in US outpatient care.

Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany)

Giardina TD, Sarkar U, Gourley G, Modi V, Meyer AN, Singh H

Qualitative analysis of programmatic initiatives to text patients with mobile devices in resource-limited health systems.

BMC medical informatics and decision making

Garg SK, Lyles CR, Ackerman S, Handley MA, Schillinger D, Gourley G, Aulakh V, Sarkar U

Re: A systematic review of patients' experiences of adverse events in health care.

International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care

Sarkar U, Bates DW

Facilitators and barriers to implementing electronic referral and/or consultation systems: a qualitative study of 16 health organizations.

BMC health services research

Tuot DS, Leeds K, Murphy EJ, Sarkar U, Lyles CR, Mekonnen T, Chen AH

Barriers and Facilitators to Online Portal Use Among Patients and Caregivers in a Safety Net Health Care System: A Qualitative Study.

Journal of medical Internet research

Tieu L, Sarkar U, Schillinger D, Ralston JD, Ratanawongsa N, Pasick R, Lyles CR

Coordinated performance measurement and improvement efforts in California's safety net systems: early experience and lessons.

Implementation Science

Urmimala Sarkar, David Lown, Sara Ackerman, Courtney Lyles, Gato Gourley, Dean Schillinger, Margaret A Handley

Hospitalization-Associated Disability in Adults Admitted to a Safety-Net Hospital.

Journal of general internal medicine

Chodos AH, Kushel MB, Greysen SR, Guzman D, Kessell ER, Sarkar U, Goldman LE, Critchfield JM, Pierluissi E

The Effect of a Care Transition Intervention on the Patient Experience of Older Multi-Lingual Adults in the Safety Net: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal of general internal medicine

Chan B, Goldman LE, Sarkar U, Schneidermann M, Kessell E, Guzman D, Critchfield J, Kushel M

A Mixed-Methods Study of Patient-Provider E-Mail Content in a Safety-Net Setting.

Journal of health communication

Mirsky JB, Tieu L, Lyles C, Sarkar U

Refilling medications through an online patient portal: consistent improvements in adherence across racial/ethnic groups.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Lyles CR, Sarkar U, Schillinger D, Ralston JD, Allen JY, Nguyen R, Karter AJ

Reach and Validity of an Objective Medication Adherence Measure Among Safety Net Health Plan Members with Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy

Ratanawongsa N, Karter AJ, Quan J, Parker MM, Handley M, Sarkar U, Schmittdiel JA, Schillinger D

Readability assessment of patient-provider electronic messages in a primary care setting.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Mirsky JB, Tieu L, Lyles C, Sarkar U

Disclosure of complementary health approaches among low income and racially diverse safety net patients with diabetes.

Patient education and counseling

Chao MT, Handley MA, Quan J, Sarkar U, Ratanawongsa N, Schillinger D

Automated Telephone Self-Management Support for Diabetes in a Low-Income Health Plan: A Health Care Utilization and Cost Analysis.

Population health management

Quan J, Lee AK, Handley MA, Ratanawongsa N, Sarkar U, Tseng S, Schillinger D

Functional disability in late-middle-aged and older adults admitted to a safety-net hospital.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Brown RT, Pierluissi E, Guzman D, Kessell ER, Goldman LE, Sarkar U, Schneidermann M, Critchfield JM, Kushel MB

Support from hospital to home for elders: a randomized trial.

Annals of internal medicine

Goldman LE, Sarkar U, Kessell E, Guzman D, Schneidermann M, Pierluissi E, Walter B, Vittinghoff E, Critchfield J, Kushel M

A Qualitative Analysis of Physician Perspectives on Missed and Delayed Outpatient Diagnosis: The Focus on System-Related Factors.

Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety

Sarkar U, Simchowitz B, Bonacum D, Strull W, Lopez A, Rotteau L, Shojania KG

"Missing pieces"--functional, social, and environmental barriers to recovery for vulnerable older adults transitioning from hospital to home.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Greysen SR, Hoi-Cheung D, Garcia V, Kessell E, Sarkar U, Goldman L, Schneidermann M, Critchfield J, Pierluissi E, Kushel M

A large-scale quantitative analysis of latent factors and sentiment in online doctor reviews.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Wallace BC, Paul MJ, Sarkar U, Trikalinos TA, Dredze M

Disclosure of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Diverse Safety Net Patients with Diabetes.

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Maria T. Chao, Margaret Handley, Judy Quan, Urmimala Sarkar, Neda Ratanawongsa, Dean Schillinger

Low socioeconomic status is associated with increased risk for hypoglycemia in diabetes patients: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE).

Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

Berkowitz SA, Karter AJ, Lyles CR, Liu JY, Schillinger D, Adler NE, Moffet HH, Sarkar U

Diabetes health information technology innovation to improve quality of life for health plan members in urban safety net.

The Journal of ambulatory care management

Ratanawongsa N, Handley MA, Sarkar U, Quan J, Pfeifer K, Soria C, Schillinger D

Use of the refill function through an online patient portal is associated with improved adherence to statins in an integrated health system.

Medical care

Sarkar U, Lyles CR, Parker MM, Allen J, Nguyen R, Moffet HH, Schillinger D, Karter AJ

Expanding the Universal Medication Schedule: a patient-centred approach.

BMJ open

Bailey SC, Wolf MS, Lopez A, Russell A, Chen AH, Schillinger D, Moy G, Sarkar U

Patient Safety in Outpatient Care.

Patient Safety

Urmimala Sarkar

Innovation and transformation in California's safety net health care settings: an inside perspective.

American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality

Lyles CR, Aulakh V, Jameson W, Schillinger D, Yee H, Sarkar U

Long-term doctor-patient relationships: patient perspective from online reviews.

Journal of medical Internet research

Detz A, López A, Sarkar U

Patient-provider communication and trust in relation to use of an online patient portal among diabetes patients: The Diabetes and Aging Study.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Lyles CR, Sarkar U, Ralston JD, Adler N, Schillinger D, Moffet HH, Huang ES, Karter AJ

Safety events during an automated telephone self-management support intervention.

Journal of diabetes science and technology

Lyles CR, Schillinger D, Lopez A, Handley M, Ratanawongsa N, Sarkar U

Trends in on-label and off-label modafinil use in a nationally representative sample.

JAMA internal medicine

Peñaloza RA, Sarkar U, Claman DM, Omachi TA

"5 mins of uncomfyness is better than dealing with cancer 4 a lifetime": an exploratory qualitative analysis of cervical and breast cancer screening dialogue on Twitter.

Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education

Lyles CR, López A, Pasick R, Sarkar U

Points for improvement: performance measurement for glycemic control in diabetes patients in a safety-net population.

Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety

Baxi S, Lakin J, Lyles CR, Berkowitz S, Horton C, Sarkar U

Do clinical standards for diabetes care address excess risk for hypoglycemia in vulnerable patients? A systematic review.

Health services research

Berkowitz SA, Aragon K, Hines J, Seligman H, Lee S, Sarkar U

Access, interest, and attitudes toward electronic communication for health care among patients in the medical safety net.

Journal of general internal medicine

Schickedanz A, Huang D, Lopez A, Cheung E, Lyles CR, Bodenheimer T, Sarkar U

Ice cream rounds.

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Cohen S, Sarkar U

Communication about diabetes risk factors during between-visit encounters.

The American journal of managed care

Lyles CR, Grothaus L, Reid RJ, Sarkar U, Ralston JD

Electronic health record implementation in outpatient safety-net settings in California.

Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

López A, Patterson AM, John V, Sarkar U

Abstract ED04-03: Health literacy and health information technology: Promises and pitfalls.

Health Economics, Outcomes, and Policy Research

Urmimala Sarkar

Lower health literacy is associated with poorer health status and outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Journal of general internal medicine

Omachi TA, Sarkar U, Yelin EH, Blanc PD, Katz PP

Challenges of making a diagnosis in the outpatient setting: a multi-site survey of primary care physicians.

BMJ quality & safety

Sarkar U, Bonacum D, Strull W, Spitzmueller C, Jin N, López A, Giardina TD, Meyer AN, Singh H

Evaluation of language concordant, patient-centered drug label instructions.

Journal of general internal medicine

Bailey SC, Sarkar U, Chen AH, Schillinger D, Wolf MS

A cross-sectional study of barriers to personal health record use among patients attending a safety-net clinic.

PloS one

Hilton JF, Barkoff L, Chang O, Halperin L, Ratanawongsa N, Sarkar U, Leykin Y, Muñoz RF, Thom DH, Kahn JS

Developing multilingual prescription instructions for patients with limited english proficiency.

Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

Bailey SC, Hasnain-Wynia R, Chen AH, Sarkar U, Schoua-Glusberg A, Lindquist LA, Schillinger D, Wolf MS

Quasi-experimental trial of diabetes Self-Management Automated and Real-Time Telephonic Support (SMARTSteps) in a Medicaid managed care plan: study protocol.

BMC health services research

Ratanawongsa N, Handley MA, Quan J, Sarkar U, Pfeifer K, Soria C, Schillinger D

What patients say about their doctors online: a qualitative content analysis.

Journal of general internal medicine

López A, Detz A, Ratanawongsa N, Sarkar U

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use among persons with chronic kidney disease in the United States.

Annals of family medicine

Plantinga L, Grubbs V, Sarkar U, Hsu CY, Hedgeman E, Robinson B, Saran R, Geiss L, Burrows NR, Eberhardt M, Powe N

The wrong tool for the job: diabetes public health programs and practice guidelines.

American journal of public health

Sarkar U, López A, Black K, Schillinger D

Food insecurity and hypoglycemia among safety net patients with diabetes.

Archives of internal medicine

Seligman HK, Jacobs EA, Lopez A, Sarkar U, Tschann J, Fernandez A

Adverse drug events in U.S. adult ambulatory medical care.

Health services research

Sarkar U, López A, Maselli JH, Gonzales R

Adherence to laboratory test requests by patients with diabetes: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE).

The American journal of managed care

Moffet HH, Parker MM, Sarkar U, Schillinger D, Fernandez A, Adler NE, Adams AS, Karter AJ

Social disparities in internet patient portal use in diabetes: evidence that the digital divide extends beyond access.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Sarkar U, Karter AJ, Liu JY, Adler NE, Nguyen R, López A, Schillinger D

Validation of self-reported health literacy questions among diverse English and Spanish-speaking populations.

Journal of general internal medicine

Sarkar U, Schillinger D, López A, Sudore R

Erratum to: Hypoglycemia is More Common Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Limited Health Literacy: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE).

Journal of general internal medicine

Urmimala Sarkar, Andrew J. Karter, Jennifer Y. Liu, Howard H. Moffet, Nancy E. Adler, Dean Schillinger

Patient-physicians' information exchange in outpatient cardiac care: time for a heart to heart?

Patient education and counseling

Sarkar U, Schillinger D, Bibbins-Domingo K, Nápoles A, Karliner L, Pérez-Stable EJ

Hypoglycemia is more common among type 2 diabetes patients with limited health literacy: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE).

Journal of general internal medicine

Sarkar U, Karter AJ, Liu JY, Moffet HH, Adler NE, Schillinger D

What happens between visits? Adverse and potential adverse events among a low-income, urban, ambulatory population with diabetes.

Quality & safety in health care

Sarkar U, Handley MA, Gupta R, Tang A, Murphy E, Seligman HK, Shojania KG, Schillinger D

Numbers don't lie, but do they tell the whole story?

Diabetes care

Schillinger D, Sarkar U

Refocusing the lens: patient safety in ambulatory chronic disease care.

Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety

Sarkar U, Wachter RM, Schroeder SA, Schillinger D

Frequency of failure to inform patients of clinically significant outpatient test results.

Archives of internal medicine

Casalino LP, Dunham D, Chin MH, Bielang R, Kistner EO, Karrison TG, Ong MK, Sarkar U, McLaughlin MA, Meltzer DO

Self-efficacy as a marker of cardiac function and predictor of heart failure hospitalization and mortality in patients with stable coronary heart disease: findings from the Heart and Soul Study.

Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association

Sarkar U, Ali S, Whooley MA

Risk factors for death in adults with severe asthma.

Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology

Omachi TA, Iribarren C, Sarkar U, Tolstykh I, Yelin EH, Katz PP, Blanc PD, Eisner MD

Use of an interactive, telephone-based self-management support program to identify adverse events among ambulatory diabetes patients.

Journal of general internal medicine

Sarkar U, Handley MA, Gupta R, Tang A, Murphy E, Seligman HK, Shojania KG, Schillinger D

Preferences for self-management support: findings from a survey of diabetes patients in safety-net health systems.

Patient education and counseling

Sarkar U, Piette JD, Gonzales R, Lessler D, Chew LD, Reilly B, Johnson J, Brunt M, Huang J, Regenstein M, Schillinger D

PROSPECTIVE RISK FACTORS FOR DEATH AMONG ADULTS WITH SEVERE ASTHMA.

CHEST Journal

Theodore A. Omachi, Carlos Iribarren, Urmimala Sarkar, Irina Tolstykh, Edward H. Yelin, Patricia P. Katz, Paul D. Blanc, Mark D. Eisner

SynopSIS: integrating physician sign-out with the electronic medical record.

Journal of hospital medicine

Sarkar U, Carter JT, Omachi TA, Vidyarthi AR, Cucina R, Bokser S, van Eaton E, Blum M

Factors associated with longer ED lengths of stay.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Gardner RL, Sarkar U, Maselli JH, Gonzales R

Population-based case-control investigation of risk factors for leptospirosis during an urban epidemic.

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene

Sarkar U, Nascimento SF, Barbosa R, Martins R, Nuevo H, Kalofonos I, Kalafanos I, Grunstein I, Flannery B, Dias J, Riley LW, Reis MG, Ko AI