Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH

Professor in Res-HCOMP

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.

Education
03/2021 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Fellow, 2008 - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, 2005 - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Intern, 2003 - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
M.D., 2002 - , University of California, San Diego
M.P.H., 2000 - Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley
B.S. Biology, 1996 - , Stanford University
Websites
Publications

  1. Arévalo Avalos MR, Patel A, Duru H, Shah S, Rivera M, Sorrentino E, Dy M, Sarkar U, Nguyen KH, Lyles CR, Aguilera A. Implementation of a Technology-Enabled Diabetes Self-Management Peer Coaching Intervention for Patients With Poorly Controlled Diabetes: Quasi-Experimental Case Study. JMIR diabetes 2024. PMID: 39405529


  2. Aguilera A, Arévalo Avalos M, Xu J, Chakraborty B, Figueroa C, Garcia F, Rosales K, Hernandez-Ramos R, Karr C, Williams J, Ochoa-Frongia L, Sarkar U, Yom-Tov E, Lyles C. Effectiveness of a Digital Health Intervention Leveraging Reinforcement Learning: Results From the Diabetes and Mental Health Adaptive Notification Tracking and Evaluation (DIAMANTE) Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of medical Internet research 2024. PMID: 39378080


  3. Rotenstein L, Wong J, Schmidt S, LaVine N, Oyler J, Sarkar U. The Organization of Academic General Internal Medicine Practice at the Top Primary Care Schools. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 39356449


  4. Kiran Gupta, Vincent Romero, Véronique Grenon, Urmimala Sarkar. Malpractice rates are lower for women physicians compared to men physicians. Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management 2024. PMID:


  5. Deiner MS, Honcharov V, Li J, Mackey TK, Porco TC, Sarkar U. Large Language Models Can Enable Inductive Thematic Analysis of a Social Media Corpus in a Single Prompt: Human Validation Study. JMIR infodemiology 2024. PMID: 39207842


  6. Lyles C, Berrean B, Buenaventura A, Milter S, Hernandez DD, Sarkar U, Gutierrez C, Palmer N, Brown Iii W. Building a Client Resource and Communication Platform for Community-Based Organizations to Address Health and Social Needs: Co-Design Study. JMIR human factors 2024. PMID: 39157908


  7. Sarkar U, Bates DW. Proactively Designing Generative Artificial Intelligence for Primary Care-Reply. JAMA internal medicine 2024. PMID: 38913345


  8. Sharma AE, Tran AS, Dy M, Najmabadi AL, Olazo K, Huang B, Sarkar U, PARTNRS Study Stakeholder Advisory Research Council. Patient and caregiver perspectives on causes and prevention of ambulatory adverse events: multilingual qualitative study. BMJ quality & safety 2024. PMID: 38991703


  9. Chu JN, Wong J, Bardach NS, Allen IE, Barr-Walker J, Sierra M, Sarkar U, Khoong EC. Association between language discordance and unplanned hospital readmissions or emergency department revisits: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ quality & safety 2023. PMID: 38160059


  10. Sarkar U. The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Understanding the Safety of Outpatient Care. Annals of internal medicine 2024. PMID: 38710087


  11. Samuel Olanrewaju, Rena Mei, Shreya Patel, Urmimala Sarkar, Ma Somsouk. Mo1008 CLINIC VARIATIONS IN COLONOSCOPY PROCESS MEASURES AFTER A POSITIVE STOOL TEST: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS WITHIN AN INTEGRATED SAFETY-NET HEALTH SYSTEM. Gastroenterology 2024. PMID:


  12. Shohei Burns, Madeline Griffith, Shreya Patel, Urmimala Sarkar, Ma Somsouk. Mo1022 ELECTRONIC CODING FOR ABNORMAL FECAL IMMUNOCHEMICAL TEST IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED COLONOSCOPY COMPLETION. Gastroenterology 2024. PMID:


  13. Fontil V, Khoong EC, Green BB, Ralston JD, Zhou C, Garcia F, McCulloch CE, Sarkar U, Lyles CR. Corrigendum to "Randomized trial protocol for remote monitoring for equity in advancing the control of hypertension in safety net systems (REACH-SNS) study" [Contemporary Clinical Trials Volume 126 (2023) 107112]. Contemporary clinical trials 2024. PMID: 38599995


  14. Nguyen MT, Honcharov V, Ballard D, Satterwhite S, McDermott AM, Sarkar U. Primary Care Physicians' Experiences With and Adaptations to Time Constraints. JAMA network open 2024. PMID: 38687477


  15. Sarkar U, Bates DW. Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Primary Care for Patients and Clinicians. JAMA internal medicine 2024. PMID: 38345801


  16. Burns S, Griffith M, Patel S, Sarkar U, Somsouk M. Electronic coding for abnormal fecal immunochemical test is associated with increased colonoscopy completion. The American journal of gastroenterology 2024. PMID: 38488169


  17. Satterwhite S, Nguyen MT, Honcharov V, McDermott AM, Sarkar U. "Good Care Is Slow Enough to Be Able to Pay Attention": Primary Care Time Scarcity and Patient Safety. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 38360962


  18. Olazo K, Gallagher TH, Sarkar U. Experiences and Perceptions of Healthcare Stakeholders in Disclosing Errors and Adverse Events to Historically Marginalized Patients. Journal of patient safety 2023. PMID: 37921753


  19. Urmimala Sarkar, Kiran Gupta. Patient Safety in Outpatient Care. Patient Safety 2023. PMID:


  20. Santhosh L, Vo A, Wick C, Mourad M, Sarkar U, Jagsi R, Mangurian C. Policies to Support Lactation at Highly Ranked US Medical Schools. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 37889493


  21. Nouri S, Lyles CR, Sherwin EB, Kuznia M, Rubinsky AD, Kemper KE, Nguyen OK, Sarkar U, Schillinger D, Khoong EC. Visit and Between-Visit Interaction Frequency Before and After COVID-19 Telehealth Implementation. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 37713198


  22. Sharma AE, Lisker S, Fields JD, Aulakh V, Figoni K, Jones ME, Arora NB, Sarkar U, Lyles CR. Language-Specific Challenges and Solutions for Equitable Telemedicine Implementation in the Primary Care Safety Net During COVID-19. Journal of general internal medicine 2023. PMID: 37653210


  23. Mehta S, Lyles CR, Rubinsky AD, Kemper KE, Auerbach J, Sarkar U, Gottlieb L, Brown Iii W. Social Determinants of Health Documentation in Structured and Unstructured Clinical Data of Patients With Diabetes: Comparative Analysis. JMIR medical informatics 2023. PMID: 37621203


  24. Dy M, Olazo K, Lyles CR, Lisker S, Weinberg J, Lee C, Tarver ME, Saha A, Kontson K, Araojo R, Brown E, Sarkar U. Usability and acceptability of virtual reality for chronic pain management among diverse patients in a safety-net setting: a qualitative analysis. JAMIA Open 2023. PMID: 37449058


  25. Dy M, Olazo K, Lisker S, Brown E, Saha A, Weinberg J, Sarkar U. Virtual Reality for Chronic Pain Management Among Historically Marginalized Populations: Systematic Review of Usability Studies. Journal of medical Internet research 2023. PMID: 37279039


  26. Purnell L, Sierra M, Lisker S, Lim MS, Bailey E, Sarkar U, Lyles CR, Nguyen KH. Acceptability & Usability of a Wearable Device for Sleep Health Among English- and Spanish-Speaking Patients in the Safety-Net: Qualitative Analysis. JMIR formative research 2023. PMID: 37098152


  27. Honcharov V, Li J, Sierra M, Rivadeneira NA, Olazo K, Nguyen TT, Mackey TK, Sarkar U. Public Figure Vaccination Rhetoric and Vaccine Hesitancy: Retrospective Twitter Analysis. JMIR infodemiology 2023. PMID: 37113377


  28. Fontil V, Khoong EC, Green BB, Ralston JD, Zhou C, Garcia F, McCulloch CE, Sarkar U, Lyles CR. Randomized trial protocol for remote monitoring for equity in advancing the control of hypertension in safety net systems (REACH-SNS) study. Contemporary clinical trials 2023. PMID: 36738916


  29. Grenon V, Szymonifka J, Adler-Milstein J, Ross J, Sarkar U. Factors Associated With Diagnostic Error: An Analysis of Closed Medical Malpractice Claims. Journal of patient safety 2023. PMID: 36631023


  30. Sharma AE, Khosla K, Potharaju K, Mukherjea A, Sarkar U. COVID-19-Associated Misinformation Across the South Asian Diaspora: Qualitative Study of WhatsApp Messages. JMIR infodemiology 2023. PMID: 37113380


  31. Fleming MD, Safaeinili N, Knox M, Hernandez E, Esteban EE, Sarkar U, Brewster AL. Conceptualizing the effective mechanisms of a social needs case management program shown to reduce hospital use: a qualitative study. BMC health services research 2022. PMID: 36572882


  32. Lyles CR, Nguyen OK, Khoong EC, Aguilera A, Sarkar U. Multilevel Determinants of Digital Health Equity: A Literature Synthesis to Advance the Field. Annual review of public health 2022. PMID: 36525960


  33. Wong J, Lee SY, Sarkar U, Sharma AE. 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 2022. PMID: 36164846


  34. Priya Srinivasan, Pallabi Chakravorty, Urmimala Sarkar. Crossroads. 2022. PMID:


  35. Zeng B, Rivadeneira NA, Wen A, Sarkar U, Khoong EC. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Internet Use and Use of Digital Health Tools: A Secondary Analysis of the 2020 Health Information National Trends Survey. Journal of medical Internet research 2022. PMID: 36041005


  36. 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. Training the next generation of learning health system scientists. Learning health systems 2022. PMID: 36263260


  37. Sarkar U, Bibbins-Domingo K. Achieving Diagnostic Equity in Cardiovascular Disease. JAMA 2022. PMID: 35969406


  38. Santiago-Rodr?guez EJ, Rivadeneira NA, DeVost MA, Sarkar U, Hiatt RA. Cancer Risk Behaviors, Cancer Beliefs, and Health Information Seeking Among Under-Represented Populations in San Francisco: Differences by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Health equity 2022. PMID: 36225663


  39. Chakraborty H, Kayal T, Lianthuamluaia L, Sarkar UK, Das AK, Chakraborty S, Sahoo BK, Mondal K, Mandal S, Das BK. 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 2022. PMID: 35930070


  40. Santhosh L, Rojek AE, Yim JWL, Lisker S, Wang K, Dy M, Sarkar U. Analysis of Narrative Text in Evaluations of Continuing Medical Education Faculty by Gender. JAMA network open 2022. PMID: 35994291


  41. Dixit N, Rodriguez G, Sarkar U, Burke N, Trejo E, Devore DJ, Couey P, Nápoles AM. 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 2022. PMID: 35829986


  42. Lyles CR, Sharma AE, Fields JD, Getachew Y, Sarkar U, Zephyrin L. Centering Health Equity in Telemedicine. Annals of family medicine 2022. PMID: 35879077


  43. Linos E, Lasky-Fink J, Halley M, Sarkar U, Mangurian C, Sabry H, Linos E, Jagsi R. Impact of Sexual Harassment and Social Support on Burnout in Physician Mothers. Journal of women's health (2002) 2022. PMID: 35730998


  44. Olazo K, Wang K, Sierra M, Barr-Walker J, Sarkar U. Preferences and Perceptions of Medical Error Disclosure Among Marginalized Populations: A Narrative Review. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2022. PMID: 35871035


  45. Khoong EC, Rivadeneira NA, Pacca L, Schillinger D, Lown D, Babaria P, Gupta N, Pramanik R, Tran H, Whitezell T, Somsouk M, Sarkar U. Extent of Follow-Up on Abnormal Cancer Screening in Multiple California Public Hospital Systems: A Retrospective Review. 2022. PMID: 35641722


  46. Gupta K, Szymonifka J, Rivadeneira NA, Khoong EC, Adler-Milstein J, Ross J, Sarkar U. Factors Associated with Malpractice Claim Payout: An Analysis of Closed Emergency Department Claims. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2022. PMID: 35764489


  47. Fontil V, Khoong EC, Lyles C, Rivadeneira NA, Olazo K, Hoskote M, Sarkar U. Diagnostic Trajectories in Primary Care at 12 Months: An Observational Cohort Study. 2022. PMID: 35649741


  48. Gupta K, Rivadeneira NA, Lisker S, Chahal K, Gross N, Sarkar U. Multispecialty Physician Online Survey Reveals That Burnout Related to Adverse Event Involvement May Be Mitigated by Peer Support. 2022. PMID: 35482414


  49. Julia Adler-Milstein, Urmimala Sarkar, Robert M Wachter. Opportunities to mine EHRs for malpractice risk management and patient safety. Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management 2022. PMID:


  50. Chu JN, Nguyen TT, Rivadeneira NA, Hiatt RA, Sarkar U. Exploring factors associated with hepatitis B screening in a multilingual and diverse population. 2022. PMID: 35410249


  51. Sharma AE, Khoong EC, Sierra M, Rivadeneira NA, Nijagal MA, Su G, Lyles CR, Defries T, Tuot D, Sarkar U. System-level factors associated with telephone and video visit use: Survey of safety-net clinicians during the early phase of COVID-19. 2022. PMID: 35148271


  52. Nguyen MT, Garcia F, Juarez J, Zeng B, Khoong EC, Nijagal MA, Sarkar U, Su G, Lyles CR. Satisfaction can co-exist with hesitation: qualitative analysis of acceptability of telemedicine among multi-lingual patients in a safety-net healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2022. PMID: 35164746


  53. Bardach NS, Stotts JR, Fiore DM, Sarkar U, Sharma AE, Boscardin WJ, Avina L, Peralta-Neel C, Rosenbluth G. Family Input for Quality and Safety (FIQS): Using mobile technology for in-hospital reporting from families and patients. 2022. PMID: 35535946


  54. Khoong EC, Sharma AE, Gupta K, Adler-Milstein J, Sarkar U. The Abrupt Expansion of Ambulatory Telemedicine: Implications for Patient Safety. 2022. PMID: 35048294


  55. Davis J, Olazo K, Sierra M, Tarver ME, Caldwell B, Saha A, Lisker S, Lyles C, 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. 2022. PMID: 35032226


  56. Sharma AE, Khoong EC, Rivadeneira N, Sierra M, Fang MC, Gupta N, Pramanik R, Tran H, Whitezell T, Fontil V, Lee SY, Sarkar U. Warfarin Monitoring in Safety-Net Health Systems: Analysis by Race/Ethnicity and Language Preference. 2022. PMID: 34993871


  57. 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. Journal of patient safety 2020. PMID: 32467445


  58. Lisker S, Sarkar U, Aguilera A, Lyles CR. Operationalizing Academic-Industry Partnerships to Advance Digital Health Equity: Lessons Learned. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2022. PMID: 36533464


  59. 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. Journal of patient safety 2018. PMID: 29543667


  60. Centola D, Guilbeault D, Sarkar U, Khoong E, Zhang J. The reduction of race and gender bias in clinical treatment recommendations using clinician peer networks in an experimental setting. 2021. PMID: 34782636


  61. Lyles CR, Wachter RM, Sarkar U. Focusing on Digital Health Equity. 2021. PMID: 34677577


  62. Reed G, Ahmad SR, Khoong EC, Olazo K, Jagsi R, Mangurian C, Sarkar U. Evaluation of Sexual Harassment Policies at Medical Institutions to Understand Attention to Harassment of Physicians by Patients. 2021. PMID: 34787660


  63. Lyson HC, Haggstrom D, Bentz M, Obeng-Gyasi S, Dixit N, 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 2020. PMID: 32128714


  64. Sarkar U, Lee JE, Nguyen KH, Lisker S, Lyles CR. Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of Virtual Reality as a Pain Management Modality in Academic, Community, and Safety-Net Settings: Qualitative Analysis. Journal of medical Internet research 2021. PMID: 34550074


  65. Wang JX, Somani S, Chen JH, Murray S, Sarkar U. Health Equity in Artificial Intelligence and Primary Care Research: Protocol for a Scoping Review. JMIR research protocols 2021. PMID: 34533458


  66. Sharma AE, Huang B, Stakeholder Research Advisory Council , Del Rosario JB, Yang J, Boscardin WJ, Sarkar U. Patient and caregiver factors in ambulatory incident reports: a mixed-methods analysis. BMJ open quality 2021. PMID: 34544693


  67. Lyles CR, Adler-Milstein J, Thao C, Lisker S, Nouri S, Sarkar U. Alignment of Key Stakeholders' Priorities for Patient-Facing Tools in Digital Health: Mixed Methods Study. Journal of medical Internet research 2021. PMID: 34435966


  68. Chu JN, Sarkar U, Rivadeneira NA, Hiatt RA, Khoong EC. Impact of language preference and health literacy on health information-seeking experiences among a low-income, multilingual cohort. Patient education and counseling 2021. PMID: 34474924


  69. Blacklow SO, Lisker S, Ng MY, Sarkar U, Lyles C. Usability, inclusivity, and content evaluation of COVID-19 contact tracing apps in the United States. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2021. PMID: 34022053


  70. Khoong EC, Nouri SS, Tuot DS, Nundy S, Fontil V, Sarkar U. 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 2021. PMID: 34378444


  71. Khoong EC, Olazo K, Rivadeneira NA, Thatipelli S, Barr-Walker J, Fontil V, Lyles CR, Sarkar U. Mobile health strategies for blood pressure self-management in urban populations with digital barriers: systematic review and meta-analyses. NPJ digital medicine 2021. PMID: 34294852


  72. Urmimala Sarkar. Imag(In)Ing the Nation. 2021. PMID:


  73. Sarkar U, Cassel C. Humanism Before Heroism in Medicine. 2021. PMID: 34110356


  74. Hemmat S, Khoong EC, Olazo K, Sharma AE, Mangurian C, Fernandez A, Sarkar U. Using incident reporting to understand and characterize sexual harassment of physicians by patients. Journal of general internal medicine 2021. PMID: 34254222


  75. Nguyen KH, Fields JD, Cemballi AG, Desai R, Gopalan A, Cruz T, Shah A, Akom A, Brown W, Sarkar U, Lyles CR. The Role of Community-Based Organizations in Improving Chronic Care for Safety-Net Populations. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2021. PMID: 34312263


  76. Figueroa CA, Aguilera A, Chakraborty B, Modiri A, Aggarwal J, Deliu N, Sarkar U, Jay Williams J, Lyles CR. Adaptive learning algorithms to optimize mobile applications for behavioral health: guidelines for design decisions. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2021. PMID: 33657217


  77. Lyson HC, Sharma AE, Cherian R, Patterson ES, McDonald KM, Lee SY, Sarkar U. A Qualitative Analysis of Outpatient Medication Use in Community Settings: Observed Safety Vulnerabilities and Recommendations for Improved Patient Safety. Journal of patient safety 2019. PMID: 30882615


  78. Sharma AE, Khoong EC, Nijagal MA, Lyles CR, Su G, DeFries T, Sarkar U, Tuot D. 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 2021. PMID: 37020792


  79. Halley MC, Mathews KS, Diamond LC, Linos E, Sarkar U, Mangurian C, Sabry H, Goyal MK, Olazo K, Miller EG, Jagsi R, Linos E. 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) 2021. PMID: 33761277


  80. Khoong EC, Fontil V, Rivadeneira NA, Hoskote M, Nundy S, Lyles CR, Sarkar U. 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 2020. PMID: 33260212


  81. Lyles CR, Sarkar U, Patel U, Lisker S, Stark A, Guzman V, Patel A. 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 2020. PMID: 33180917


  82. Linos E, Halley MC, Sarkar U, Mangurian C, Sabry H, Olazo K, Mathews KS, Diamond L, Goyal MK, Linos E, Jagsi R. Anxiety Levels Among Physician Mothers During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The American journal of psychiatry 2021. PMID: 33517747


  83. Dixit N, Sarkar U, Trejo E, Couey P, Rivadeneira NA, Ciccarelli B, Burke N. Catalyzing Navigation for Breast Cancer Survivorship (CaNBCS) in Safety-Net Settings: A Mixed Methods Study. 2021. PMID: 34657452


  84. Lyon ZM, Yang R, Savoie MB, Schear S, Dong J, Javaherian K, Hauser K, Sarkar U, Garcia-Grossman I. Rapid Implementation of a Volunteer-Run Service to Combat Social Isolation in Hospitalized Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 2021. PMID: 33764919


  85. Mehta KM, Babaria P, Bibbins-Domingo K, Sarkar U. Research Beyond the Ivory Tower: Partnering with Safety-Net Health Systems for Equity. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2021. PMID: 34421023


  86. Zakaras JM, Sarkar U, Bibbins-Domingo K, Mangurian CV. 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 2020. PMID: 33174107


  87. Sharma AE, Mann Z, Cherian R, Del Rosario JB, Yang J, Sarkar U. Correction: Recommendations From the Twitter Hashtag #DoctorsAreDickheads: Qualitative Analysis. Journal of medical Internet research 2020. PMID: 33166260


  88. Santiago-Rodríguez EJ, Rivadeneira NA, Torres JM, Sarkar U, Hiatt RA. Socioeconomic status and colorectal cancer screening behaviors in a vulnerable multiethnic population. Ethnicity & health 2020. PMID: 33121258


  89. Sharma AE, Mann Z, Cherian R, Del Rosario JB, Yang J, Sarkar U. Recommendations From the Twitter Hashtag #DoctorsAreDickheads: Qualitative Analysis. Journal of medical Internet research 2020. PMID: 33112246


  90. Sarkar U, Samal L. How effective are clinical decision support systems? BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2020. PMID: 32943393


  91. Hoskote M, Le G, Cherian R, Zeiger R, Sarkar U. 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 2020. PMID: 32918605


  92. Chittamuru D, Daniels R, Sarkar U, Schillinger D. Evaluating values-based message frames for type 2 diabetes prevention among Facebook audiences: Divergent values or common ground? Patient education and counseling 2020. PMID: 32938563


  93. Sarkar U, Hemmat S, Linos E. Sexual harassment and suicide. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2020. PMID: 32878861


  94. Sharma AE, Yang J, Del Rosario JB, Hoskote M, Rivadeneira NA. 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 2020. PMID: 32980254


  95. 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. mHealth app using machine learning to increase physical activity in diabetes and depression: clinical trial protocol for the DIAMANTE Study. BMJ open 2020. PMID: 32819981


  96. Sarkar U, Lyles C. Devil in the details: understanding the effects of providing electronic health record access to patients and families. BMJ quality & safety 2020. PMID: 32699029


  97. Lyles CR, Nelson EC, Frampton S, Dykes PC, Cemballi AG, Sarkar U. Using Electronic Health Record Portals to Improve Patient Engagement: Research Priorities and Best Practices. Annals of internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32479176


  98. Nouri SS, Adler-Milstein J, Thao C, Acharya P, Barr-Walker J, Sarkar U, Lyles C. 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 2020. PMID: 32364238


  99. Khoong EC, Rivadeneira NA, Hiatt RA, Sarkar U. The Use of Technology for Communicating With Clinicians or Seeking Health Information in a Multilingual Urban Cohort: Cross-Sectional Survey. Journal of medical Internet research 2020. PMID: 32250280


  100. Betjemann J, Hemphill JC, Sarkar U. We Dropped the Reflex Hammer on Hypertension 20 Years Ago-Reply. JAMA neurology 2020. PMID: 32119033


  101. Hickey MD, Lisker S, Brodie S, Vittinghoff E, Russell MD, 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 2020. PMID: 32047648


  102. Yu K, Westbrook M, Brodie S, Lisker S, Vittinghoff E, Hua V, Russell M, Sarkar U. Gaps in Treatment and Surveillance: Head and Neck Cancer Care in a Safety-Net Hospital. OTO open 2020. PMID: 32083239


  103. Jonassaint CR, Kang C, Prussien KV, Yarboi J, Sanger MS, Wilson JD, De Castro L, Shah N, Sarkar U. Feasibility of implementing mobile technology-delivered mental health treatment in routine adult sickle cell disease care. Translational behavioral medicine 2018. PMID: 30508141


  104. Dixit N, Burke N, Rodriguez G, Sarkar U, Cicerelli B, DeVore JD, Nápoles AM. 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 2020. PMID: 32016600


  105. Cherian R, Le G, Whall J, Gomez S, Sarkar U. Content shared on social media for national cancer survivors day 2018. PloS one 2020. PMID: 31940384


  106. Fontil V, Kazi D, Cherian R, Lee SY, Sarkar U. Evaluation of a Health Information Technology-Enabled Panel Management Platform to Improve Anticoagulation Control in a Low-Income Patient Population: Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Design. JMIR research protocols 2020. PMID: 31929105


  107. 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. Factors associated with biomedical research participation within community-based samples across 3 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers. Cancer 2020. PMID: 31909824


  108. Rivadeneira NA, Hoskote M, Le GM, Nguyen TT, Nápoles AM, Pasick RJ, Sarkar U, Hiatt RA. Advancing Cancer Control in San Francisco: Cancer Screening in Under-Represented Populations. American journal of preventive medicine 2020. PMID: 31862104


  109. Lee JS, Lisker S, Vittinghoff E, Cherian R, McCoy DB, Rybkin A, Su G, Sarkar U. Follow-up of incidental pulmonary nodules and association with mortality in a safety-net cohort. Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany) 2019. PMID: 31373897


  110. Lin SC, Lyles CR, Sarkar U, Adler-Milstein J. Are Patients Electronically Accessing Their Medical Records? Evidence From National Hospital Data. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2019. PMID: 31682494


  111. Betjemann J, Hemphill JC, Sarkar U. Time for Neurologists to Drop the Reflex Hammer on Hypertension. JAMA neurology 2019. PMID: 31424488


  112. Avila-Garcia P, Hernandez-Ramos R, Nouri SS, Cemballi A, Sarkar U, Lyles CR, Aguilera A. 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 2019. PMID: 32025646


  113. Patterson ES, Su G, Sarkar U. Reducing delays to diagnosis in ambulatory care settings: A macrocognition perspective. Applied ergonomics 2019. PMID: 31605828


  114. Nouri SS, Avila-Garcia P, Cemballi AG, Sarkar U, Aguilera A, Lyles CR. Assessing Mobile Phone Digital Literacy and Engagement in User-Centered Design in a Diverse, Safety-Net Population: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2019. PMID: 31469083


  115. Cedars B, Lisker S, Borno HT, Kamal P, Breyer B, Sarkar U. An electronic registry to improve adherence to active surveillance monitoring among men with prostate cancer at a safety-net hospital: protocol for a pilot study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2019. PMID: 31428442


  116. Radcliffe K, Lyson HC, Barr-Walker J, Sarkar U. Collective intelligence in medical decision-making: a systematic scoping review. BMC medical informatics and decision making 2019. PMID: 31399099


  117. Fontil V, Khoong EC, Hoskote M, Radcliffe K, Ratanawongsa N, Lyles CR, Sarkar U. Evaluation of a Health Information Technology-Enabled Collective Intelligence Platform to Improve Diagnosis in Primary Care and Urgent Care Settings: Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR research protocols 2019. PMID: 31389337


  118. Lyson HC, Le GM, Zhang J, Rivadeneira N, Lyles C, Radcliffe K, Pasick RJ, Sawaya G, Sarkar U, Centola D. 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 2018. PMID: 29948924


  119. Hemmat S, Khoong EC, Sharma AE, Sarkar U. Sharing Stories, Searching for Solutions: Sexual Harassment of Physicians by Patients. The American journal of medicine 2019. PMID: 31300215


  120. Kith G, Lisker S, Sarkar U, Barr-Walker J, Breyer BN, Palmer NR. Defining and Measuring Adherence in Observational Studies Assessing Outcomes of Real-world Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review. European urology oncology 2019. PMID: 31288992


  121. Zhang J, Le G, Larochelle D, Pasick R, Sawaya GF, Sarkar U, Centola D. Facts or stories? How to use social media for cervical cancer prevention: A multi-method study of the effects of sender type and content type on increased message sharing. Preventive medicine 2019. PMID: 31226342


  122. Tieu L, Hobbs A, Sarkar U, Nacev EC, Lyles CR. Adapting Patient Experience Data Collection Processes for Lower Literacy Patient Populations Using Tablets at the Point of Care. Medical care 2019. PMID: 31095053


  123. Khoong EC, Le GM, Hoskote M, Rivadeneira NA, Hiatt RA, Sarkar U. Health Information-seeking Behaviors and Preferences of a Diverse, Multilingual Urban Cohort. Medical care 2019. PMID: 31095058


  124. Chan B, Goldman LE, Sarkar U, Guzman D, Critchfield J, Saha S, Kushel M. High perceived social support and hospital readmissions in an older multi-ethnic, limited English proficiency, safety-net population. BMC health services research 2019. PMID: 31126336


  125. Rojek AE, Khanna R, Yim JWL, Gardner R, Lisker S, Hauer KE, Lucey C, Sarkar U. Differences in Narrative Language in Evaluations of Medical Students by Gender and Under-represented Minority Status. Journal of general internal medicine 2019. PMID: 30993609


  126. Urmimala Sarkar. Locating Draupadi in The Poetics and Politics of Performance in Contemporary India. The Journal of Dance Society for Documentation & History 2019. PMID:


  127. Lyles CR, Tieu L, Sarkar U, Kiyoi S, Sadasivaiah S, Hoskote M, Ratanawongsa N, Schillinger D. A Randomized Trial to Train Vulnerable Primary Care Patients to Use a Patient Portal. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2019. PMID: 30850461


  128. Le GM, Radcliffe K, Lyles C, Lyson HC, Wallace B, Sawaya G, Pasick R, Centola D, Sarkar U. Perceptions of cervical cancer prevention on Twitter uncovered by different sampling strategies. PloS one 2019. PMID: 30742683


  129. Cherian R, Sarkar U, Khoong EC, Ackerman S, Gourley G, Schillinger D. Standardization in Diverse Populations: Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in a Safety-Net Setting. Health literacy research and practice 2019. PMID: 31294306


  130. Gupta K, Lisker S, Rivadeneira NA, Mangurian C, Linos E, Sarkar U. Decisions and repercussions of second victim experiences for mothers in medicine (SAVE DR MoM). BMJ quality & safety 2019. PMID: 30718333


  131. Fontil V, Radcliffe K, Lyson HC, Ratanawongsa N, Lyles C, Tuot D, Yuen K, Sarkar U. Testing and improving the acceptability of a web-based platform for collective intelligence to improve diagnostic accuracy in primary care clinics. JAMIA Open 2019. PMID: 31984344


  132. Lyson HC, Ackerman S, Lyles C, Schillinger D, Williams P, Gourley G, Gupta R, Handley M, Sarkar U. Redesigning primary care in the safety net: A qualitative analysis of team-based care implementation. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2018. PMID: 30552044


  133. Valy Fontil, Elaine Khoong, Mekhala Hoskote, Kate Radcliffe, Neda Ratanawongsa, Courtney Rees Lyles, Urmimala Sarkar. Evaluation of an health-IT-enabled collective intelligence platform to improve diagnosis in primary care and urgent care settings: Study Design (Preprint). 2018. PMID:


  134. Ramo DE, Meacham M, Thrul J, Belohlavek A, Sarkar U, Humfleet G. 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 2018. PMID: 30509769


  135. Schmajuk G, Jafri K, Evans M, Shiboski S, Gianfrancesco M, Izadi Z, Patterson SL, Aggarwal I, Sarkar U, Dudley RA, Yazdany J. Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis patterns among patients with rheumatic diseases receiving high-risk immunosuppressant drugs. Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism 2018. PMID: 30449650


  136. 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 affairs (Project Hope) 2018. PMID: 30395496


  137. Giardina TD, Haskell H, Menon S, Hallisy J, Southwick FS, Sarkar U, Royse KE, Singh H. Learning From Patients' Experiences Related To Diagnostic Errors Is Essential For Progress In Patient Safety. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2018. PMID: 30395513


  138. Sharma AE, Rivadeneira NA, Barr-Walker J, Stern RJ, Johnson AK, Sarkar U. Patient Engagement In Health Care Safety: An Overview Of Mixed-Quality Evidence. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2018. PMID: 30395509


  139. Lyles CR, Handley MA, Ackerman SL, Schillinger D, Williams P, Westbrook M, Gourley G, 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 2018. PMID: 30198304


  140. Fontil V, Lyles CR, Schillinger D, Handley MA, Ackerman S, Gourley G, Bibbins-Domingo K, 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 2018. PMID: 30034258


  141. Cherian R, Sarkar U, Khoong EC, Ackerman S, Gourley G, Schillinger D. Efficiency, Efficacy, and Power in the Implementation of a Medication Adherence Aid. Health literacy research and practice 2018. PMID: 31294287


  142. Khoong EC, Cherian R, Smith DE, Schillinger D, Wolf MS, Sarkar U. 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 2018. PMID: 29950392


  143. Sarkar U, Le GM, Lyles CR, Ramo D, Linos E, Bibbins-Domingo K. Using Social Media to Target Cancer Prevention in Young Adults: Viewpoint. Volume 20 of Issue 6. Journal of medical Internet research 2018. PMID: 29871850


  144. . PCPs knowledge and self-efficacy for caring for breast and colon cancer survivors. 2018. PMID:


  145. Ratanawongsa N, Quan J, Handley MA, Sarkar U, Schillinger D. Language-concordant automated telephone queries to assess medication adherence in a diverse population: a cross-sectional analysis of convergent validity with pharmacy claims. Volume 18 of Issue 1. BMC health services research 2018. PMID: 29625571


  146. Cherian R, Westbrook M, Ramo D, Sarkar U. Representations of Codeine Misuse on Instagram: Content Analysis. Volume 4 of Issue 1. JMIR public health and surveillance 2018. PMID: 29559422


  147. Sarkar U, McDonald K, Motala A, Smith P, Zipperer L, Wachter RM, Shanman R, Shekelle PG. Pragmatic Insights on Patient Safety Priorities and Intervention Strategies in Ambulatory Settings. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2017. PMID: 29173287


  148. Clarity C, Sarkar U, Lee J, Handley MA, Goldman LE. Clinician Perspectives on the Management of Abnormal Subcritical Tests in an Urban Academic Safety-Net Health Care System. Volume 43 of Issue 10. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2017. PMID: 28942776


  149. Ackerman SL, Sarkar U, Tieu L, Handley MA, Schillinger D, Hahn K, Hoskote M, Gourley G, Lyles C. Meaningful use in the safety net: a rapid ethnography of patient portal implementation at five community health centers in California. Volume 24 of Issue 5. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2017. PMID: 28340229


  150. Handley MA, Quan J, Chao MT, Ratanawongsa N, Sarkar U, Emmons-Bell S, Schillinger D. 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). Volume 30 of Issue 5. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2017. PMID: 28923815


  151. Luxenberg A, Chan B, Khanna R, Sarkar U. Efficiency and Interpretability of Text Paging Communication for Medical Inpatients: A Mixed-Methods Analysis. Volume 177 of Issue 8. JAMA internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28628695


  152. McDonald KM, Su G, Lisker S, Patterson ES, Sarkar U. Implementation science for ambulatory care safety: a novel method to develop context-sensitive interventions to reduce quality gaps in monitoring high-risk patients. Volume 12 of Issue 1. Implementation science : IS 2017. PMID: 28646886


  153. Clarity C, Gourley G, Lyles C, Ackerman S, Handley MA, Schillinger D, Sarkar U, Conigliaro J. Implementation Science Workshop: Barriers and Facilitators to Increasing Mammography Screening Rates in California's Public Hospitals. Volume 32 of Issue 6. Journal of general internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28188571


  154. Hemmat S, Schillinger D, Lyles C, Ackerman S, Gourley G, Vittinghoff E, Handley M, Sarkar U. Performance Measurement and Target-Setting in California's Safety Net Health Systems. Volume 33 of Issue 2. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2017. PMID: 28555507


  155. Lyles C, Sarkar U. Seeing the Effect of Health Care Delivery Innovation in the Safety Net. Volume 177 of Issue 5. JAMA internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28346579


  156. Lee SY, Cherian R, Ly I, Horton C, Salley AL, Sarkar U. Designing and Implementing an Electronic Patient Registry to Improve Warfarin Monitoring in the Ambulatory Setting. Volume 43 of Issue 7. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2017. PMID: 28648221


  157. Tieu L, Schillinger D, Sarkar U, Hoskote M, Hahn KJ, Ratanawongsa N, Ralston JD, Lyles CR. Online patient websites for electronic health record access among vulnerable populations: portals to nowhere? Volume 24 of Issue e1. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2017. PMID: 27402138


  158. Schmajuk G, Tonner C, Trupin L, Li J, Sarkar U, Ludwig D, Shiboski S, Sirota M, Dudley RA, Murray S, Yazdany J. Using health-system-wide data to understand hepatitis B virus prophylaxis and reactivation outcomes in patients receiving rituximab. Volume 96 of Issue 13. Medicine 2017. PMID: 28353614


  159. Schillinger D, McNamara D, Crossley S, Lyles C, Moffet HH, Sarkar U, Duran N, Allen J, Liu J, Oryn D, Ratanawongsa N, Karter AJ. The Next Frontier in Communication and the ECLIPPSE Study: Bridging the Linguistic Divide in Secure Messaging. Volume 2017. Journal of diabetes research 2017. PMID: 28265579


  160. Issaka RB, Singh MH, Oshima SM, Laleau VJ, Rachocki CD, Chen EH, Day LW, Sarkar U, Somsouk M. Inadequate Utilization of Diagnostic Colonoscopy Following Abnormal FIT Results in an Integrated Safety-Net System. Volume 112 of Issue 2. The American journal of gastroenterology 2016. PMID: 28154400


  161. Rajan JV, Moura J, Gourley G, Kiso K, Sizilio A, Cortez AM, Riley LW, Veras MA, Sarkar U. 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. Volume 16 of Issue 1. BMC medical informatics and decision making 2016. PMID: 27855685


  162. Sarkar U, Lyles C, Steinman M, Huang ES, Moffet HH, Whitmer RA, Warton EM, Karter AJ. Changes in Medication Use After Dementia Diagnosis in an Observational Cohort of Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus. Volume 65 of Issue 1. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016. PMID: 27642180


  163. Gertler SA, Coralic Z, López A, Stein JC, Sarkar U. Root Cause Analysis of Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events That Present to the Emergency Department. Volume 12 of Issue 3. Journal of patient safety 2016. PMID: 24583958


  164. Price EL, Sewell JL, Chen AH, Sarkar U. Minding the Gaps: Assessing Communication Outcomes of Electronic Preconsultation Exchange. Volume 42 of Issue 8. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2016. PMID: 27456415


  165. Sarkar U, Gourley GI, Lyles CR, Tieu L, Clarity C, Newmark L, Singh K, Bates DW. Usability of Commercially Available Mobile Applications for Diverse Patients. Volume 31 of Issue 12. Journal of general internal medicine 2016. PMID: 27418347


  166. Patterson ES, Militello LG, Su G, Sarkar U. Characterizing a Naturalistic Decision Making Phenomenon: Loss of System Resilience Associated with Implementation of New Technology. Volume 10 of Issue 3. Journal of cognitive engineering and decision making 2016. PMID: 28138316


  167. Lyles CR, Godbehere A, Le G, El Ghaoui L, Sarkar U. Applying Sparse Machine Learning Methods to Twitter: Analysis of the 2012 Change in Pap Smear Guidelines. A Sequential Mixed-Methods Study. Volume 2 of Issue 1. JMIR public health and surveillance 2016. PMID: 27288093


  168. Rachel B. Issaka, Maneesh H. Singh, Victoria Laleau, Sachi Oshima, Carly Rachocki, Urmimala Sarkar, Lukejohn Day, Ma Somsouk. Sa1132 Limited Utilization of Diagnostic Colonoscopy Following Positive FIT in a Safety-Net System. Gastroenterology 2016. PMID:


  169. Giardina TD, Sarkar U, Gourley G, Modi V, Meyer AN, Singh H. Online public reactions to frequency of diagnostic errors in US outpatient care. Volume 3 of Issue 1. Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany) 2016. PMID: 27347474


  170. Garg SK, Lyles CR, Ackerman S, Handley MA, Schillinger D, Gourley G, Aulakh V, Sarkar U. Qualitative analysis of programmatic initiatives to text patients with mobile devices in resource-limited health systems. Volume 16. BMC medical informatics and decision making 2016. PMID: 26851941


  171. Sarkar U, Bates DW. Re: A systematic review of patients' experiences of adverse events in health care. Volume 28 of Issue 2. International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care 2016. PMID: 26843549


  172. Tuot DS, Leeds K, Murphy EJ, Sarkar U, Lyles CR, Mekonnen T, Chen AH. Facilitators and barriers to implementing electronic referral and/or consultation systems: a qualitative study of 16 health organizations. Volume 15. BMC health services research 2015. PMID: 26687507


  173. Sarkar U. Tip of the iceberg: patient safety incidents in primary care. Volume 25 of Issue 7. BMJ quality & safety 2015. PMID: 26677214


  174. Tieu L, Sarkar U, Schillinger D, Ralston JD, Ratanawongsa N, Pasick R, Lyles CR. Barriers and Facilitators to Online Portal Use Among Patients and Caregivers in a Safety Net Health Care System: A Qualitative Study. Volume 17 of Issue 12. Journal of medical Internet research 2015. PMID: 26681155


  175. Urmimala Sarkar, David Lown, Sara Ackerman, Courtney Lyles, Gato Gourley, Dean Schillinger, Margaret A Handley. Coordinated performance measurement and improvement efforts in California's safety net systems: early experience and lessons. Implementation Science 2015. PMID:


  176. Chodos AH, Kushel MB, Greysen SR, Guzman D, Kessell ER, Sarkar U, Goldman LE, Critchfield JM, Pierluissi E. Hospitalization-Associated Disability in Adults Admitted to a Safety-Net Hospital. Volume 30 of Issue 12. Journal of general internal medicine 2015. PMID: 25986139


  177. Chan B, Goldman LE, Sarkar U, Schneidermann M, Kessell E, Guzman D, Critchfield J, Kushel M. 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. Volume 30 of Issue 12. Journal of general internal medicine 2015. PMID: 25986136


  178. Mirsky JB, Tieu L, Lyles C, Sarkar U. A Mixed-Methods Study of Patient-Provider E-Mail Content in a Safety-Net Setting. Volume 21 of Issue 1. Journal of health communication 2015. PMID: 26332306


  179. Lyles CR, Sarkar U, Schillinger D, Ralston JD, Allen JY, Nguyen R, Karter AJ. Refilling medications through an online patient portal: consistent improvements in adherence across racial/ethnic groups. Volume 23 of Issue e1. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2015. PMID: 26335983


  180. Chan B, Lopez A, Sarkar U. The Canary in the Coal Mine Tweets: Social Media Reveals Public Perceptions of Non-Medical Use of Opioids. Volume 10 of Issue 8. PloS one 2015. PMID: 26252774


  181. Ratanawongsa N, Karter AJ, Quan J, Parker MM, Handley M, Sarkar U, Schmittdiel JA, Schillinger D. Reach and Validity of an Objective Medication Adherence Measure Among Safety Net Health Plan Members with Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study. Volume 21 of Issue 8. Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy 2015. PMID: 26233541


  182. Mirsky JB, Tieu L, Lyles C, Sarkar U. Readability assessment of patient-provider electronic messages in a primary care setting. Volume 23 of Issue 1. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2015. PMID: 26177659


  183. Lyles C, Schillinger D, Sarkar U. Connecting the Dots: Health Information Technology Expansion and Health Disparities. Volume 12 of Issue 7. PLoS medicine 2015. PMID: 26172977


  184. Chao MT, Handley MA, Quan J, Sarkar U, Ratanawongsa N, Schillinger D. Disclosure of complementary health approaches among low income and racially diverse safety net patients with diabetes. Patient education and counseling 2015. PMID: 26146238


  185. Quan J, Lee AK, Handley MA, Ratanawongsa N, Sarkar U, Tseng S, Schillinger D. Automated Telephone Self-Management Support for Diabetes in a Low-Income Health Plan: A Health Care Utilization and Cost Analysis. Volume 18 of Issue 6. Population health management 2015. PMID: 26102298


  186. Lyles CR, Sarkar U. Health literacy, vulnerable patients, and health information technology use: where do we go from here? Volume 30 of Issue 3. Journal of general internal medicine 2015. PMID: 25588688


  187. Brown RT, Pierluissi E, Guzman D, Kessell ER, Goldman LE, Sarkar U, Schneidermann M, Critchfield JM, Kushel MB. Functional disability in late-middle-aged and older adults admitted to a safety-net hospital. Volume 62 of Issue 11. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2014. PMID: 25367281


  188. Goldman LE, Sarkar U, Kessell E, Guzman D, Schneidermann M, Pierluissi E, Walter B, Vittinghoff E, Critchfield J, Kushel M. Support from hospital to home for elders: a randomized trial. Volume 161 of Issue 7. Annals of internal medicine 2014. PMID: 25285540


  189. Sarkar U, Simchowitz B, Bonacum D, Strull W, Lopez A, Rotteau L, Shojania KG. A Qualitative Analysis of Physician Perspectives on Missed and Delayed Outpatient Diagnosis: The Focus on System-Related Factors. Volume 40 of Issue 10. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2014. PMID: 26111306


  190. Lyles CR, Sarkar U, Osborn CY. Getting a technology-based diabetes intervention ready for prime time: a review of usability testing studies. Volume 14 of Issue 10. Current diabetes reports 2014. PMID: 25173689


  191. Greysen SR, Hoi-Cheung D, Garcia V, Kessell E, Sarkar U, Goldman L, Schneidermann M, Critchfield J, Pierluissi E, Kushel M. "Missing pieces"--functional, social, and environmental barriers to recovery for vulnerable older adults transitioning from hospital to home. Volume 62 of Issue 8. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2014. PMID: 24934494


  192. Wallace BC, Paul MJ, Sarkar U, Trikalinos TA, Dredze M. A large-scale quantitative analysis of latent factors and sentiment in online doctor reviews. Volume 21 of Issue 6. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2014. PMID: 24918109


  193. . Disclosure of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Diverse Safety Net Patients with Diabetes. 2014. PMID:


  194. Berkowitz SA, Karter AJ, Lyles CR, Liu JY, Schillinger D, Adler NE, Moffet HH, Sarkar U. Low socioeconomic status is associated with increased risk for hypoglycemia in diabetes patients: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). Volume 25 of Issue 2. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2014. PMID: 24858863


  195. Ratanawongsa N, Handley MA, Sarkar U, Quan J, Pfeifer K, Soria C, Schillinger D. Diabetes health information technology innovation to improve quality of life for health plan members in urban safety net. Volume 37 of Issue 2. The Journal of ambulatory care management 2014. PMID: 24594561


  196. Sarkar U, Lyles CR, Parker MM, Allen J, Nguyen R, Moffet HH, Schillinger D, Karter AJ. Use of the refill function through an online patient portal is associated with improved adherence to statins in an integrated health system. Volume 52 of Issue 3. Medical care 2014. PMID: 24374412


  197. Bailey SC, Wolf MS, Lopez A, Russell A, Chen AH, Schillinger D, Moy G, Sarkar U. Expanding the Universal Medication Schedule: a patient-centred approach. Volume 4 of Issue 1. BMJ open 2014. PMID: 24413344


  198. Sarkar U, Bates DW. Care partners and online patient portals. Volume 311 of Issue 4. JAMA 2014. PMID: 24394945


  199. Urmimala Sarkar. Patient Safety in Outpatient Care. Patient Safety 2014. PMID:


  200. Lyles CR, Aulakh V, Jameson W, Schillinger D, Yee H, Sarkar U. Innovation and transformation in California's safety net health care settings: an inside perspective. Volume 29 of Issue 6. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2013. PMID: 24170938


  201. Detz A, López A, Sarkar U. Long-term doctor-patient relationships: patient perspective from online reviews. Volume 15 of Issue 7. Journal of medical Internet research 2013. PMID: 23819959


  202. Lyles CR, Sarkar U, Ralston JD, Adler N, Schillinger D, Moffet HH, Huang ES, Karter AJ. Patient-provider communication and trust in relation to use of an online patient portal among diabetes patients: The Diabetes and Aging Study. Volume 20 of Issue 6. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2013. PMID: 23676243


  203. Lyles CR, Schillinger D, Lopez A, Handley M, Ratanawongsa N, Sarkar U. Safety events during an automated telephone self-management support intervention. Volume 7 of Issue 3. Journal of diabetes science and technology 2013. PMID: 23759391


  204. Peñaloza RA, Sarkar U, Claman DM, Omachi TA. Trends in on-label and off-label modafinil use in a nationally representative sample. Volume 173 of Issue 8. JAMA internal medicine 2013. PMID: 23552641


  205. Lyles CR, Sarkar U. Additional considerations for 'Harnessing the cloud of patient experience'. Volume 22 of Issue 8. BMJ quality & safety 2013. PMID: 23476069


  206. Lyles CR, López A, Pasick R, Sarkar U. "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. Volume 28 of Issue 1. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2013. PMID: 23132231


  207. Baxi S, Lakin J, Lyles CR, Berkowitz S, Horton C, Sarkar U. Points for improvement: performance measurement for glycemic control in diabetes patients in a safety-net population. Volume 39 of Issue 3. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2013. PMID: 23516760


  208. Berkowitz SA, Aragon K, Hines J, Seligman H, Lee S, Sarkar U. Do clinical standards for diabetes care address excess risk for hypoglycemia in vulnerable patients? A systematic review. Volume 48 of Issue 4. Health services research 2013. PMID: 23445498


  209. Schickedanz A, Huang D, Lopez A, Cheung E, Lyles CR, Bodenheimer T, Sarkar U. Access, interest, and attitudes toward electronic communication for health care among patients in the medical safety net. Volume 28 of Issue 7. Journal of general internal medicine 2013. PMID: 23423453


  210. Cohen S, Sarkar U. Ice cream rounds. Volume 88 of Issue 1. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2013. PMID: 23267226


  211. Lyles CR, Grothaus L, Reid RJ, Sarkar U, Ralston JD. Communication about diabetes risk factors during between-visit encounters. Volume 18 of Issue 12. The American journal of managed care 2012. PMID: 23286610


  212. López A, Patterson AM, John V, Sarkar U. Electronic health record implementation in outpatient safety-net settings in California. Volume 23 of Issue 4. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2012. PMID: 23698659


  213. Urmimala Sarkar. Abstract ED04-03: Health literacy and health information technology: Promises and pitfalls. Health Economics, Outcomes, and Policy Research 2012. PMID:


  214. Omachi TA, Sarkar U, Yelin EH, Blanc PD, Katz PP. Lower health literacy is associated with poorer health status and outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Volume 28 of Issue 1. Journal of general internal medicine 2012. PMID: 22890622


  215. Sarkar U, Bonacum D, Strull W, Spitzmueller C, Jin N, López A, Giardina TD, Meyer AN, Singh H. Challenges of making a diagnosis in the outpatient setting: a multi-site survey of primary care physicians. Volume 21 of Issue 8. BMJ quality & safety 2012. PMID: 22626738


  216. Brenner S, Detz A, López A, Horton C, Sarkar U. Signal and noise: applying a laboratory trigger tool to identify adverse drug events among primary care patients. Volume 21 of Issue 8. BMJ quality & safety 2012. PMID: 22626736


  217. Bailey SC, Sarkar U, Chen AH, Schillinger D, Wolf MS. Evaluation of language concordant, patient-centered drug label instructions. Volume 27 of Issue 12. Journal of general internal medicine 2012. PMID: 22451015


  218. Hilton JF, Barkoff L, Chang O, Halperin L, Ratanawongsa N, Sarkar U, Leykin Y, Muñoz RF, Thom DH, Kahn JS. A cross-sectional study of barriers to personal health record use among patients attending a safety-net clinic. Volume 7 of Issue 2. PloS one 2012. PMID: 22363761


  219. Bailey SC, Hasnain-Wynia R, Chen AH, Sarkar U, Schoua-Glusberg A, Lindquist LA, Schillinger D, Wolf MS. Developing multilingual prescription instructions for patients with limited english proficiency. Volume 23 of Issue 1. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2012. PMID: 22643463


  220. Ratanawongsa N, Handley MA, Quan J, Sarkar U, Pfeifer K, Soria C, Schillinger D. Quasi-experimental trial of diabetes Self-Management Automated and Real-Time Telephonic Support (SMARTSteps) in a Medicaid managed care plan: study protocol. Volume 12. BMC health services research 2012. PMID: 22280514


  221. López A, Detz A, Ratanawongsa N, Sarkar U. What patients say about their doctors online: a qualitative content analysis. Volume 27 of Issue 6. Journal of general internal medicine 2012. PMID: 22215270


  222. Plantinga L, Grubbs V, Sarkar U, Hsu CY, Hedgeman E, Robinson B, Saran R, Geiss L, Burrows NR, Eberhardt M, Powe N. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use among persons with chronic kidney disease in the United States. Volume 9 of Issue 5. Annals of family medicine 2011. PMID: 21911761


  223. Sarkar U, López A, Black K, Schillinger D. The wrong tool for the job: diabetes public health programs and practice guidelines. Volume 101 of Issue 10. American journal of public health 2011. PMID: 21852653


  224. Seligman HK, Jacobs EA, Lopez A, Sarkar U, Tschann J, Fernandez A. Food insecurity and hypoglycemia among safety net patients with diabetes. Volume 171 of Issue 13. Archives of internal medicine 2011. PMID: 21747017


  225. Sarkar U, López A, Maselli JH, Gonzales R. Adverse drug events in U.S. adult ambulatory medical care. Volume 46 of Issue 5. Health services research 2011. PMID: 21554271


  226. Moffet HH, Parker MM, Sarkar U, Schillinger D, Fernandez A, Adler NE, Adams AS, Karter AJ. Adherence to laboratory test requests by patients with diabetes: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). Volume 17 of Issue 5. The American journal of managed care 2011. PMID: 21718081


  227. Sarkar U, Karter AJ, Liu JY, Adler NE, Nguyen R, López A, Schillinger D. Social disparities in internet patient portal use in diabetes: evidence that the digital divide extends beyond access. Volume 18 of Issue 3. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2011. PMID: 21262921


  228. Sarkar U, Schillinger D, López A, Sudore R. Validation of self-reported health literacy questions among diverse English and Spanish-speaking populations. Volume 26 of Issue 3. Journal of general internal medicine 2010. PMID: 21057882


  229. Urmimala Sarkar, Andrew J. Karter, Jennifer Y. Liu, Howard H. Moffet, Nancy E. Adler, Dean Schillinger. 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 2010. PMID:


  230. Sarkar U, Schillinger D, Bibbins-Domingo K, Nápoles A, Karliner L, Pérez-Stable EJ. Patient-physicians' information exchange in outpatient cardiac care: time for a heart to heart? Volume 85 of Issue 2. Patient education and counseling 2010. PMID: 21035298


  231. Sarkar U, Karter AJ, Liu JY, Moffet HH, Adler NE, Schillinger D. Hypoglycemia is more common among type 2 diabetes patients with limited health literacy: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). Volume 25 of Issue 9. Journal of general internal medicine 2010. PMID: 20480249


  232. Sarkar U, Handley MA, Gupta R, Tang A, Murphy E, Seligman HK, Shojania KG, Schillinger D. What happens between visits? Adverse and potential adverse events among a low-income, urban, ambulatory population with diabetes. Volume 19 of Issue 3. Quality & safety in health care 2010. PMID: 20378619


  233. Sarkar U, Karter AJ, Liu JY, Adler NE, Nguyen R, Lopez A, Schillinger D. The literacy divide: health literacy and the use of an internet-based patient portal in an integrated health system-results from the diabetes study of northern California (DISTANCE). Volume 15 Suppl 2. Journal of health communication 2010. PMID: 20845203


  234. Schillinger D, Sarkar U. Numbers don't lie, but do they tell the whole story? Volume 32 of Issue 9. Diabetes care 2009. PMID: 19717819


  235. Sarkar U, Wachter RM, Schroeder SA, Schillinger D. Refocusing the lens: patient safety in ambulatory chronic disease care. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2009. PMID: 19634806


  236. Casalino LP, Dunham D, Chin MH, Bielang R, Kistner EO, Karrison TG, Ong MK, Sarkar U, McLaughlin MA, Meltzer DO. Frequency of failure to inform patients of clinically significant outpatient test results. Volume 169 of Issue 12. Archives of internal medicine 2009. PMID: 19546413


  237. Sarkar U, Ali S, Whooley MA. 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. Volume 28 of Issue 2. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association 2009. PMID: 19290708


  238. Sarkar U, Schillinger D. Does lower diabetes-related numeracy lead to increased risk for hypoglycemic events? Volume 149 of Issue 8. Annals of internal medicine 2008. PMID: 18936513


  239. Omachi TA, Iribarren C, Sarkar U, Tolstykh I, Yelin EH, Katz PP, Blanc PD, Eisner MD. Risk factors for death in adults with severe asthma. Volume 101 of Issue 2. Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2008. PMID: 18727467


  240. Sarkar U, Handley MA, Gupta R, Tang A, Murphy E, Seligman HK, Shojania KG, Schillinger D. Use of an interactive, telephone-based self-management support program to identify adverse events among ambulatory diabetes patients. Volume 23 of Issue 4. Journal of general internal medicine 2008. PMID: 18373145


  241. Sarkar U, Piette JD, Gonzales R, Lessler D, Chew LD, Reilly B, Johnson J, Brunt M, Huang J, Regenstein M, Schillinger D. Preferences for self-management support: findings from a survey of diabetes patients in safety-net health systems. Volume 70 of Issue 1. Patient education and counseling 2007. PMID: 17997264


  242. Theodore A. Omachi, Carlos Iribarren, Urmimala Sarkar, Irina Tolstykh, Edward H. Yelin, Patricia P. Katz, Paul D. Blanc, Mark D. Eisner. PROSPECTIVE RISK FACTORS FOR DEATH AMONG ADULTS WITH SEVERE ASTHMA. CHEST Journal 2007. PMID:


  243. Sarkar U, Carter JT, Omachi TA, Vidyarthi AR, Cucina R, Bokser S, van Eaton E, Blum M. SynopSIS: integrating physician sign-out with the electronic medical record. Volume 2 of Issue 5. Journal of hospital medicine 2007. PMID: 17935249


  244. Gardner RL, Sarkar U, Maselli JH, Gonzales R. Factors associated with longer ED lengths of stay. Volume 25 of Issue 6. The American journal of emergency medicine 2007. PMID: 17606089


  245. Sarkar U, Ali S, Whooley MA. Self-efficacy and health status in patients with coronary heart disease: findings from the heart and soul study. Volume 69 of Issue 4. Psychosomatic medicine 2007. PMID: 17510290


  246. Sarkar U, Fisher L, Schillinger D. Is self-efficacy associated with diabetes self-management across race/ethnicity and health literacy? Volume 29 of Issue 4. Diabetes care 2006. PMID: 16567822


  247. 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. Population-based case-control investigation of risk factors for leptospirosis during an urban epidemic. Volume 66 of Issue 5. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2002. PMID: 12201599