Scholars@Duke
Sachiko Marie Oshima

Sachiko Marie Oshima

Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine
Medicine, General Internal Medicine

Selected Publications

Hepatitis C Nucleic Acid Test Positive (NAT+) Solid Organ Consent Rates Are Highest in Patients Listed for Liver Transplant and With an English Language Preference.

Journal Article Clin Transplant · June 2025 BACKGROUND: Transplantation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) nucleic acid (NAT) positive organs is associated with shorter time to transplant and decreased risk of death on the waiting list. Treatment for HCV post-transplant is well-tolerated, successful, and le ... Full text Link to item Cite

Identifying inequities in lung transplantation: a call for strategies and future research.

Journal Article JHLT Open · December 2023 Innovations in organ preservation, surgical technique, and postoperative care have transformed solid organ transplantation. As organ transplantation becomes more common, potential racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in the referral and selection p ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Creating opportunities for telehealth education, assessment, and care through Hotspotting (CO-TEACH): An interprofessional telehealth delivery curriculum and guide

Journal Article Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice · June 1, 2023 Telehealth offers a healthcare solution when functional, social, or geographic barriers arise; however, many clinical education curricula are ill-equipped to prepare learners for effective, multidisciplinary telehealth consultations. The COVID-19 pandemic ... Full text Cite

Implementation of an educational intervention to improve medical student cost awareness: a prospective cohort study.

Journal Article BMC Med Educ · January 30, 2023 BACKGROUND: In the context of rising healthcare costs, formal education on treatment-related financial hardship is lacking in many medical schools, leaving future physicians undereducated and unprepared to engage in high-value care. METHOD: We performed a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dissatisfaction After Post-Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Journal Article Ann Surg Oncol · February 2022 BACKGROUND: Breast reconstruction is associated with improved patient well-being after mastectomy; however, factors that contribute to post-surgical dissatisfaction remain poorly characterized. METHODS: Adult women who underwent post-mastectomy implant-bas ... Full text Link to item Cite

Characterizing participants in the North Carolina Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program: A retrospective review of 90,000 women.

Conference Cancer · July 15, 2021 BACKGROUND: The North Carolina Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program (NC BCCCP) provides breast cancer screening services to underserved women to mitigate disparities in access to care. The authors sought to characterize this understudied population. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cellphone enabled point-of-care assessment of breast tumor cytology and molecular HER2 expression from fine-needle aspirates.

Journal Article NPJ Breast Cancer · July 2, 2021 Management of breast cancer in limited-resource settings is hindered by a lack of low-cost, logistically sustainable approaches toward molecular and cellular diagnostic pathology services that are needed to guide therapy. To address these limitations, we h ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Smartphone Ownership and Internet Use With Markers of Health Literacy and Access: Cross-sectional Survey Study of Perspectives From Project PLACE (Population Level Approaches to Cancer Elimination).

Journal Article J Med Internet Res · June 9, 2021 BACKGROUND: Telehealth is an increasingly important component of health care delivery in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, well-documented disparities persist in the use of digital technologies. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to describe smartphone a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Patient Perspectives on the Financial Costs and Burdens of Breast Cancer Surgery.

Journal Article JCO Oncol Pract · June 2021 PURPOSE: Although financial toxicity is a well-documented aspect of cancer care, little is known about how patients narratively characterize financial experiences related to breast cancer treatment. We sought to examine these patient experiences through mi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Primary care provider perspectives on screening mammography in older women: A qualitative study.

Journal Article Prev Med Rep · June 2021 OBJECTIVE: Guidelines informing screening mammography for older women are lacking. This study sought to characterize PCP perspectives on screening mammography for patients aged 75 and older. METHODS: This was an exploratory, qualitative study based on semi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Electronic Health Record Use by Sex Among Physicians in an Academic Health Care System.

Journal Article JAMA Intern Med · February 1, 2021 This cohort study examines the association of sex with electronic health record use among physicians and patient satisfaction. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Smartphone Ownership and Internet Use With Markers of Health Literacy and Access: Cross-sectional Survey Study of Perspectives From Project PLACE (Population Level Approaches to Cancer Elimination) (Preprint)

Journal Article · October 11, 2020 BACKGROUNDTelehealth is an increasingly important component of health care delivery in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, well-documented disparities persist in the use of digita ... Full text Cite

Undergraduate Premedical Student Perceptions of an Emergency Department-Based Social Needs Screening Program.

Journal Article Med Sci Educ · June 2020 BACKGROUND: Medical school admission requirements increasingly encompass competencies beyond the traditional premedical curriculum, such as service orientation and knowledge of "social determinants of health." ACTIVITY: The Stanford Help Desk is an undergr ... Full text Link to item Cite

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

Journal Article Am J Gastroenterol · February 2017 OBJECTIVES: The effectiveness of stool-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is contingent on colonoscopy completion in patients with an abnormal fecal immunochemical test (FIT). Understanding system and patient factors affecting follow-up of abnormal sc ... Full text Link to item Cite