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Karen Tang

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Calgary

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Karen Tang

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Social Determinants Of Health Electronic Health Record Natural Language Processing Qualitative Methods Electronic Health Records Mixed Methods Acute Care Utilization Complex Needs

Latest papers

Exploring Patient Understandings of Navigation Services Within Alberta's Healthcare System: A Qualitative Study.
Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025 · senior author
Extracting social determinants of health from inpatient electronic medical records using natural language processing.
Journal of epidemiology and population health · 2024
Prioritizing Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) to use in the clinical care of youth living with mental health concerns: a nominal group technique study.
Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2024

All 12 publications

Latest funding

Enhancing sociodemographic data in a province-wide electronic health record
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$558,451
Modernizing physician billing processes: mapping and testing newer coding systems
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$707,626
Social determinants of health data within a province-wide hospital-based electronic health record: A sequential explanatory mixed methods study
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000

All 9 grants and awards

12 publications.

Exploring Patient Understandings of Navigation Services Within Alberta's Healthcare System: A Qualitative Study.

Rabi S, Santana M, Dimitropoulos G, McBrien K, Benterud E, Wigston L, Tang K

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/hex.70383 PMID: 40790913

Extracting social determinants of health from inpatient electronic medical records using natural language processing.

Martin EA, D'Souza AG, Saini V, Tang K, Quan H, Eastwood CA

Journal of epidemiology and population health2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jeph.2024.202791 PMID: 39546940

Prioritizing Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) to use in the clinical care of youth living with mental health concerns: a nominal group technique study.

Bajgain KT, Mendoza J, Naqvi F, Aghajafari F, Tang K, Zwicker J, Santana MJ

Journal of patient-reported outcomes2024

DOI: 10.1186/s41687-024-00694-z PMID: 38381258

Patient perceptions of in-hospital laboratory blood testing: A patient-oriented and patient co-designed qualitative study.

Pokharel S, Khawaja Z, Williams J, Mithwani AA, Strain K, Khanna P, Rychtera A, Kiryanova V, Tang K, Mathura P, Hylton C, Ambasta A

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2024

DOI: 10.1111/hex.13880 PMID: 37751312

Patient-reported outcome measures used to improve youth mental health services: a systematic review.

Thapa Bajgain K, Amarbayan M, Wittevrongel K, McCabe E, Naqvi SF, Tang K, Aghajafari F, Zwicker JD, Santana M

Journal of patient-reported outcomes2023

DOI: 10.1186/s41687-023-00556-0 PMID: 36788182

Are stress-related pathways of social status differentiation more important determinants of health inequities in countries with higher levels of income inequality?

Olstad DL, Nejatinamini S, Vanderlee L, Livingstone KM, Campbell DJT, Tang K, Minaker LM, Hammond D

Sociology of health & illness2022

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13445 PMID: 35261028

Stress-Related Poor Diet Quality Does Not Explain Socioeconomic Inequities in Health: A Structural Equation Mediation Analysis of Gender-Specific Pathways.

Olstad DL, Nejatinamini S, Kirkpatrick SI, Vanderlee L, Livingstone KM, Campbell DJT, Tang K, Minaker LM, Hammond D

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2021.09.018 PMID: 34626824

Discharge against medical advice: 'deviant' behaviour or a health system quality gap?

Ambasta A, Santana M, Ghali WA, Tang K

BMJ quality & safety2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010332 PMID: 31888955

Impact of Telehealth Interventions on Processes and Quality of Care for Patients With ESRD.

Lunney M, Lee R, Tang K, Wiebe N, Bello AK, Thomas C, Rabi D, Tonelli M, James MT

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation2018

DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2018.02.353 PMID: 29699884

Barriers to data quality resulting from the process of coding health information to administrative data: a qualitative study.

Lucyk K, Tang K, Quan H

BMC health services research2017

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2697-y PMID: 29166905

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Karen Tang

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Exploring Patient Understandings of Navigation Services Within Alberta's Healthcare System: A Qualitative Study.

Extracting social determinants of health from inpatient electronic medical records using natural language processing.

Prioritizing Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) to use in the clinical care of youth living with mental health concerns: a nominal group technique study.

Patient perceptions of in-hospital laboratory blood testing: A patient-oriented and patient co-designed qualitative study.

Patient-reported outcome measures used to improve youth mental health services: a systematic review.

Are stress-related pathways of social status differentiation more important determinants of health inequities in countries with higher levels of income inequality?

Stress-Related Poor Diet Quality Does Not Explain Socioeconomic Inequities in Health: A Structural Equation Mediation Analysis of Gender-Specific Pathways.

Discharge against medical advice: 'deviant' behaviour or a health system quality gap?

Impact of Telehealth Interventions on Processes and Quality of Care for Patients With ESRD.

Barriers to data quality resulting from the process of coding health information to administrative data: a qualitative study.

Frequent collaborators

Anshula Ambasta

Fariba Aghajafari

Lana Vanderlee

Hude Quan

Marcello Tonelli

David Hammond

Fiona Clement

Erin McCabe

Diane Lorenzetti

Jennifer Zwicker

Matthew James

Anshula Ambasta

Doreen Rabi

Kerry McBrien

Paul Ronksley

Paul Ronksley

Vineet Saini

Gina Dimitropoulos

Jennifer Zwicker

Matthew James

Marcello Tonelli

Brenda Hemmelgarn