David A. Haggstrom
Research Scientist
Centre for health services research
Regenstrief Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Haggstrom is a cancer health services researcher broadly interested in the measurement and improvement of the quality of health care delivery across the cancer continuum. Dr. Haggstrom has assessed the quality of cancer treatment and surveillance using large datasets, including VA cancer registry and SEER-Medicare data. With support from the VA and Livestrong Foundation, Dr. Haggstrom has studied the influence of patient, provider, and organizational factors upon the quality of survivorship care among colorectal cancer survivors. He has also developed a personal health record to meet the patient-centered needs of cancer survivors, and performed qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the tool.
Research Interest
Dr. Haggstrom has a special interest in medical informatics, including personal health records and health information exchange.
Publications
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Bernat JK, Skolarus TA, Hawley ST, Haggstrom DA, Darwish-Yassine M et al (2016) Negative information-seeking experiences of long-term prostate cancer survivors.J Cancer Surviv 10: 1089-1095.
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Sehdev A, Sherer EA, Hui SL, Wu J, Haggstrom DA (2017) Patterns of computed tomography surveillance in survivors of colorectal cancer at Veterans Health Administration facilities. Cancer 123: 2338-2351.
