Karen Okrainec, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Affiliate Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI)

Keywords: health disparities, patient experience, health services research

Dr. Okrainec's research program examines the impact of health disparities and patient-centered care on patient experience, health outcomes and health care utilization, particularly among individuals with chronic diseases.

Health Literacy Among Surgical Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
World J Surg. 2018 Aug 13;:
Roy M, Corkum JP, Urbach DR, Novak CB, von Schroeder HP, McCabe SJ, Okrainec K
"We are doing it together"; The integral role of caregivers in a patients' transition home from the medicine unit.
PLoS One. 2018;13(5):e0197831
Hahn-Goldberg S, Jeffs L, Troup A, Kubba R, Okrainec K
Impact of patient-centered discharge tools: A systematic review.
J Hosp Med. 2017 Feb;12(2):110-117
Okrainec K, Lau D, Abrams HB, Hahn-Goldberg S, Brahmbhatt R, Huynh T, Lam K, Bell CM
A point prevalence study of urinary catheter use among teaching hospitals with and without reduction programs.
J Hosp Med. 2016 Nov;11(11):799-800
Soong C, Leis JA, Okrainec K, McDonald EG, Lee TC
Implementing Patient-Oriented Discharge Summaries (PODS): A Multisite Pilot Across Early Adopter Hospitals.
Healthc Q. 2016;19(1):42-8
Hahn-Goldberg S, Okrainec K, Damba C, Huynh T, Lau D, Maxwell J, McGuire R, Yang L, Abrams HB
Co-creating patient-oriented discharge instructions with patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers.
J Hosp Med. 2015 Dec;10(12):804-7
Hahn-Goldberg S, Okrainec K, Huynh T, Zahr N, Abrams H
Language Barriers Among the Foreign-Born in Canada: Agreement of Self-Reported Measures and Persistence Over Time.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2017 Feb;19(1):50-56
Okrainec K, Booth GL, Hollands S, Bell CM
Risk of cardiovascular events and mortality among a population-based cohort of immigrants and long-term residents with diabetes: Are all immigrants healthier and if so, for how long?
Am Heart J. 2015 Jul;170(1):123-32
Okrainec K, Bell CM, Hollands S, Booth GL
Impact of language barriers on complications and mortality among immigrants with diabetes: a population-based cohort study.
Diabetes Care. 2015 Feb;38(2):189-96
Okrainec K, Booth GL, Hollands S, Bell CM
Assessing the need for a medical interpreter: are all questions created equal?
J Immigr Minor Health. 2014 Aug;16(4):756-60
Okrainec K, Miller M, Holcroft C, Boivin JF, Greenaway C

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Affiliate Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI)

Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Staff Physician, Division of General Internal Medicine, UHN
Senior Fellow, Open Lab, UHN