Kristine T. Hanson
Papers
4
Total Citations
49
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About
Kristine T. Hanson is a health services researcher whose work bridges cardiac surgery, gynecologic surgery, and patient-centered outcomes. Her research focuses on understanding what drives clinical decision-making and how to improve the patient experience. In her most-cited work, "What Drives Opioid Prescriptions After Cardiac Surgery: Practice or Patient?" (20 citations), she challenged assumptions about postoperative pain management, revealing that institutional practice patterns often outweigh individual patient needs. Her complementary study on patient experience after cardiac surgery (14 citations) identified specific areas for quality improvement, directly informing perioperative care protocols. Hanson has also made significant contributions to female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. Her 2023 study on perioperative outcomes of vesicovaginal fistula repair by surgical approach (10 citations) provides crucial comparative data for surgical planning and patient counseling, addressing a gap in the literature. Additionally, her analysis of same-day discharge following minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy (5 citations) used a national contemporary database to demonstrate the safety and feasibility of ambulatory surgery for this procedure. Through her work, Hanson consistently translates large-scale data into actionable insights that improve surgical care and patient outcomes across multiple specialties.
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Top Papers
- 1What Drives Opioid Prescriptions After Cardiac Surgery: Practice or Patient?20 citations · 2020
- 2Patient Experience After Cardiac Surgery: Identifying Areas for Improvement14 citations · 2018
- 3Perioperative Outcomes of Vesicovaginal Fistula Repair by Surgical Approach10 citations · 2023
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