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sokun: Plm-researcher

sokun: Female, 58 years; Pocasset, MA

Sally Okun, RN, MMHS: Health Data Integrity & Patient Safety; PatientsLikeMe

About sokun

I joined the team in May '08 as Health Data Integrity Manager. It's my job to be sure that information entered by patients is accurately captured in our databases. This is important for many reasons, not the least of which is the need to be good stewards of the data entrusted to us by the patients who use our site. I've been a nurse for many years spending much of my career working with people living with the daily challenges of serious & advancing illnesses. My husband Scott and I have two wonderful daughters, a great son-in-law and Nathaniel, our first grandchild, who arrived 4/16/10!

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Member since: May 19, 2008 Last Login May 26, 2012

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Our girls and Nathan

Publications include:

Frost J, Okun S, Vaughan T, Heywood J, Wicks P Patient-reported Outcomes as a Source of Evidence in Off-Label Prescribing: Analysis of Data From PatientsLikeMe, J Med Internet Res 2011;13(1):e6 URL: http://www.jmir.org/2011/1/e6/

TOOLKIT Project Resource Guide: Measurement to Improve Quality of Care at Life’s End, Brown University. Coauthor with Joan Teno, MD http://www.chcr.brown.edu/pcoc/resourceguide/titlepage.pdf

Okun, S, A framework for collaborative, consumer centered care. Innovations in End-of-Life Care. 2003;5(2): www.edc.org/lastacts. http://www2.edc.org/lastacts/archives/archivesMay03/featureinn.asp

Cumming K, Okun S. “Community-based palliative care.” Gerontologic Palliative Care Nursing - Across Illness Trajectories. St. Louis: Elsevier, 2004. 52-64.

Manage Nursing Home Pain Website http://www.chcr.brown.edu/pain/managenhpain.htm