Sydney Morss Dy, MD, MS

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality
• Evidence-based Practice Center, Johns Hopkins University
• Health Services and Outcomes Research, Center for
• Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

Additional Academic Titles

Joint Appointment in Medicine, Joint Appointment in Oncology

Research Interests

Cancer, Care transitions, Communication, Comparative effectiveness, Consensus processes, Decision-making, End-of-life care, Health policy and management, Health services research, Hospice, Implementation science, Information technology, Medicare, Medication safety, Medications, Oncology, Opioids, Pain, Palliative care, Patient safety, Patient-reported outcomes, Primary care, Qualitative, Quality improvement, Quality indicators, Quality measurement, Quality of care, Symptoms, Systematic reviews, Technology

Lab Website

Sydney Dy Lab - Lab Website

• The Sydney Dy Lab has conducted extensive research on quality of care, patient safety and decision-making, with a focus on patients with cancer and other serious and terminal diseases. Our team seeks to improve health systems and services to optimize the use of technology and medication, particularly in end-of-life health care policy. Our research approach includes primary and quantitative data collection, quality measurement improvement, systematic literature reviews and analysis of secondary database.

Research Summary

Dr. Dy has extensively investigated quality of care, safety and decision-making, particularly in patients with cancer and other serious and terminal illnesses. Her research has included systematic literature reviews, primary qualitative and quantitative data collection, analyses of secondary databases and quality measurement improvement. She is particularly interested in improving health systems and services to increase the appropriateness of technology and medication use, as well as in end-of-life health care policy, especially with quality measurement.

PubMed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=dy+sydney

Selected Publications

• Lashoher A, Schneider EB, Juillard C, Stevens K, Colantuoni E, Berry WR, Bloem C, Chadbunchachai W, Dharap S, Dy SM, Dziekan G, Gruen RL, Henry JA, Huwer C, Joshipura M, Kelley E, Krug E, Kumar V, Kyamanywa P, Mefire AC, Musafir M, Nathens AB, Ngendahayo E, Nguyen TS, Roy N, Pronovost PJ, Khan IQ, Razzak JA, Rubiano AM, Turner JA, Varghese M, Zakirova R, Mock C. “Implementation of the World Health Organization Trauma Care Checklist Program in 11 centers across multiple economic strata: effect on care process measures.” World J Surg. 2016 Oct 31. [Epub ahead of print]

• Lee JL, Beach MC, Berger ZD, Pfoh ER, Gallo J, Dy SM, Wu AW. “A qualitative exploration of favorite patients in primary care.” Patient Educ Couns. 2016 Nov;99(11):1888-1893. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.06.023.

• Waldfogel JM, Battle DJ, Rosen M, Knight L, Saiki CB, Nesbit SA, Cooper RS, Browner IS, Hoofring LH, Billing LS, Dy SM. “Team leadership and cancer end-of-life decision making.” J Oncol Pract. 2016 Nov;12(11):1135-1140.

• Waldfogel JM, Nesbit S, Cohen SP, Dy SM. “Successful treatment of opioid-refractory cancer pain with short-course, low-dose ketamine.” J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2016 Oct 18:1-4. [Epub ahead of print].

• Winters BD, Bharmal A, Wilson RF, Zhang A, Engineer L, Defoe D, Bass EB, Dy S, Pronovost PJ. “Validity of the agency for health care research and quality patient safety indicators and the centers for Medicare and Medicaid hospital-acquired conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.” Med Care. 2016 Dec;54(12):1105-1111.