The Safety Promotion Action Research and Knowledge Network (SPARK Network) project is focused on approaches to measure and characterize adverse events in result notification and ongoing monitoring for high risk health conditions in safety net health care systems that care for diverse patient populations, including low-income and race/ ethnic minority groups. This project measures the extent of disparities in patient safety in ambulatory care settings and ways to understand underlying reasons for these disparities.
Publications
Khoong EC, Cherian R, Rivadeneira NA, Gourley G, Yazdany J, Amarnath A, Schillinger D, Sarkar U. Accurate Measurement In California's Safety-Net Health Systems Has Gaps And Barriers. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 Nov;37(11):1760-1769. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0709. Erratum in: Health Aff (Millwood). 2019 Nov;38(11):1953. PMID: 30395496; PMCID: PMC7491428.
Sharma AE, Lyson HC, Cherian R, Somsouk M, Schillinger D, Sarkar U. A Root Cause Analysis of Barriers to Timely Colonoscopy in California Safety-Net Health Systems. J Patient Saf. 2020 May 26. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000718. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32467445.
Ackerman SL, Gourley G, Le G, Williams P, Yazdany J, Sarkar U. Improving Patient Safety in Public Hospitals: Developing Standard Measures to Track Medical Errors and Process Breakdowns. J Patient Saf. 2018 Mar 14:10.1097/PTS.0000000000000480. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000480. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 29543667; PMCID: PMC6138593.