Overview
Background
Jason D. Pole is the Deputy Director of the Queensland Digital Health Centre (QDHeC) and a Professor in the Centre for Health Services Research (CHSR) within the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences. Jason provides research leadership for QDHeC and manages his own research program that utilises clinical and surveillance data linked with real-world administrative data to answer health questions in several areas.
Jason has a background in epidemiology, health services research and digital health with an emphasis in the use of real-world data and complex survey instruments.
Currently, Jason has research interests in the areas of digital health applications to improve system performance including patient safety, health care utilization among childhood cancer survivors, the effects of childhood cancer treatment specifically on the development of second cancers and education achievement and has interests in the financial impact of a childhood cancer diagnosis on the family and the long-term financial health of the survivor. More recently, Jason has developed an interest in adolescent and young adult oncology (AYA) survivors and the specific long-term needs of this unique cancer population.
Jason maintains appointments as an Associate Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto and an Adjunct Scientist with the Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute and an Adjunct Senior Scientist with ICES, Toronto.
Availability
- Professor Jason Pole is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours), University of Waterloo
- Masters (Research) of Science, Queen's University
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toronto
Research interests
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Digital Health / Data Linkage / Real-World Data
Experience in linking detailed clinical / surveillance data to administrative data to answer population based research questions.
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Pediatric & Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
Program of research examining health service utilization and survivorship among pediatric and adolescent and young adult oncology patients. This includes educational and economic outcomes and the utilization of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs).
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Digital Health
Development of clinical decision aids and integrated clinical analytics to support health system change.
Research impacts
From a digital health standpoint, the primary research driver is the application and implimentation of digtial tools and techniques to imporve the quintuple aim. From a cancer survivorships stanpoint the primary research driver is to improve the health system and the lives of survivors and families who experience childhood or AYA cancer. This is achieved by examining health outcomes of and treatment consequences for survivors of childhood and AYA cancer, and the resultant health service use and diverse needs of this growing population. My cancer research program focuses not only on traditional health outcomes such as subsequent morbidity, but expands this concept to create a model of burden of illness using such quality of life-limiting outcomes as educational attainment and economic status, which are directly linked to the cancer survivors’ health-related quality of life. This work improves the quality of life for current survivors and protects the quality of life for future survivors through effective surveillance and screening, together with patient education focused on health promotion and preventative action. Describing the patterns of healthcare utilization by various diagnosis and treatment-related elements has the potential to identify specific groups of survivors at highest risk and allow for targeted interventions and related policy development.
Works
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2023
Journal Article
Mental health patient‐reported outcomes among adolescents and young adult cancer survivors: A systematic review
Tanner, Sarah, Engstrom, Teyl, Lee, Wen Ray, Forbes, Cheryl, Walker, Rick, Bradford, Natalie and Pole, Jason D. (2023). Mental health patient‐reported outcomes among adolescents and young adult cancer survivors: A systematic review. Cancer Medicine, 12 (17), 18381-18393. doi: 10.1002/cam4.6444
2023
Journal Article
The impact of transition to a digital hospital on medication errors (TIME study)
Engstrom, Teyl, McCourt, Elizabeth, Canning, Martin, Dekker, Katharine, Voussoughi, Panteha, Bennett, Oliver, North, Angela, Pole, Jason D., Donovan, Peter J. and Sullivan, Clair (2023). The impact of transition to a digital hospital on medication errors (TIME study). npj Digital Medicine, 6 (1) 133, 133. doi: 10.1038/s41746-023-00877-w
2023
Journal Article
Treatment patterns and outcomes in adolescents and young adults with nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma: an IMPACT cohort study
Punnett, Angela, Baxter, Nancy N., Hodgson, David, Sutradhar, Rinku, Pole, Jason D., Lau, Cindy, Nathan, Paul C. and Gupta, Sumit (2023). Treatment patterns and outcomes in adolescents and young adults with nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma: an IMPACT cohort study. British Journal of Haematology, 201 (6), 1081-1087. doi: 10.1111/bjh.18757
2023
Journal Article
Long-term surgical consequences of childhood cancer
Youlden, Danny R., Pole, Jason D., Baxter, Nancy N. and Aitken, Joanne F. (2023). Long-term surgical consequences of childhood cancer. The Lancet Oncology, 24 (6), 582-583. doi: 10.1016/s1470-2045(23)00166-3
2023
Journal Article
Immediate and ongoing impact of COVID-19 on chlamydia treatment in Australia
Engstrom, Teyl, Baliunas, Dolly, Smith, Angela, Dean, Judith A. and Pole, Jason D. (2023). Immediate and ongoing impact of COVID-19 on chlamydia treatment in Australia. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 50 (6), 363-369. doi: 10.1097/olq.0000000000001785
2023
Journal Article
Association of country income level with the characteristics and outcomes of critically ill patients hospitalized with acute kidney injury and COVID-19
Wainstein, Marina, Spyrison, Nicholas, Dai, Danyang, Ghadimi, Moji, Chavez-Iniquez, Jonathan Samuel, Rizo Topete, Lilia María, Citarella, Barbara Wanjiru, Merson, Laura, Pole, Jason, Claure-Del Granado, Rolando, Johnson, David W., Shrapnel, Sally, Abdukahil, heryl Ann, Abdulkadir, Nurul Najmee, Abe, Ryuzo, Abel, Laurent, Abrous, Amal, Absil, Lara, Acker, Andrew, Adachi, Shingo, Adrião, Diana, Al Ageel, Saleh, Ahmed, Shakeel, Ainscough, Kate, Airlangga, Eka, Aisa, Tharwat, Hssain, Ali Ait, Tamlihat, Younes Ait, Akimoto, Takako ... ISARIC Characterization Group (2023). Association of country income level with the characteristics and outcomes of critically ill patients hospitalized with acute kidney injury and COVID-19. Kidney International Reports, 8 (8), 1514-1530. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.05.015
2023
Journal Article
Measuring what gets done: Using goal attainment scaling in a vocational counseling program for survivors of childhood cancer
Pole, Jason D., Williams, Barb, Di Giuseppe, Giancarlo, Guger, Sharon, Stasiulis, Elaine, Greenberg, Mark L., Spiegler, Brenda J. and Edelstein, Kim (2023). Measuring what gets done: Using goal attainment scaling in a vocational counseling program for survivors of childhood cancer. Cancer Medicine, 12 (7), 8676-8689. doi: 10.1002/cam4.5576
2023
Journal Article
Financial toxicity among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: A systematic review of educational attainment, employment, and income
Di Giuseppe, Giancarlo, Pagalan, Lief, Jetha, Arif, Pechlivanoglou, Petros and Pole, Jason D. (2023). Financial toxicity among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: A systematic review of educational attainment, employment, and income. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, 183 103914, 103914. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2023.103914
2023
Journal Article
Facilitators and barriers to implementing electronic patient-reported outcome and experience measures in a health care setting: a systematic review
Glenwright, Ben G., Simmich, Joshua, Cottrell, Michelle, O'Leary, Shaun P., Sullivan, Clair, Pole, Jason D. and Russell, Trevor (2023). Facilitators and barriers to implementing electronic patient-reported outcome and experience measures in a health care setting: a systematic review. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 7 (1) 13, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s41687-023-00554-2
2023
Journal Article
Patient reported outcome measure domains and tools used among adolescents and young adults with cancer: a scoping review
Engstrom, Teyl, Tanner, Sarah, Lee, Wen Ray, Forbes, Cheryl, Walker, Rick, Bradford, Natalie and Pole, Jason D. (2023). Patient reported outcome measure domains and tools used among adolescents and young adults with cancer: a scoping review. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, 181 103867, 103867. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2022.103867
2022
Conference Publication
Treatment Patterns and Outcomes in Adolescent and Young Adults with Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma: An Impact Cohort Population-Based Study
Gupta, Sumit, Baxter, Nancy N., Hodgson, David C., Pole, Jason, Lau, Cindy, Sutradhar, Rinku, Nathan, Paul and Punnett, Angela (2022). Treatment Patterns and Outcomes in Adolescent and Young Adults with Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma: An Impact Cohort Population-Based Study. 64th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH), New Orleans La, Dec 10-13, 2022. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. doi: 10.1182/blood-2022-165440
2022
Journal Article
KIdney aNd blooD prESsure ouTcomes in Childhood Cancer Survivors: description of clinical research protocol of the KINDEST-CCS Study
Khondker, Adree, Groff, Michael, Nunes, Sophia, Sun, Carolyn, Jawa, Natasha, Lee, Jasmine, Cockovski, Vedran, Hejri-Rad, Yasmine, Chanchlani, Rahul, Fleming, Adam, Garg, Amit, Jeyakumar, Nivethika, Kitchlu, Abhijat, Lebel, Asaf, McArthur, Eric, Mertens, Luc, Nathan, Paul, Parekh, Rulan, Patel, Serina, Pole, Jason, Ramphal, Raveena, Schechter, Tal, Silva, Mariana, Silver, Samuel, Sung, Lillian, Wald, Ron, Gibson, Paul, Pearl, Rachel, Wheaton, Laura ... Zappitelli, Michael (2022). KIdney aNd blooD prESsure ouTcomes in Childhood Cancer Survivors: description of clinical research protocol of the KINDEST-CCS Study. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, 8, 1-17. doi: 10.1177/20543581221130156
2022
Journal Article
Healthcare utilization and costs associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children with and without Down syndrome
Athale, Uma, Sutradhar, Rinku, Breakey, Vicky R., Li, Qing, Bassal, Mylene, Gibson, Paul, Patel, Serina, Wheaton, Laura, Pole, Jason D., Mittman, Nicole, Pechlivanoglou, Petros and Gupta, Sumit (2022). Healthcare utilization and costs associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children with and without Down syndrome. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 69 (10) e29829, 1-8. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29829
2022
Journal Article
Understanding the digital disruption of health care: an ethnographic study of real-time multidisciplinary clinical behavior in a new digital hospital
Canfell, Oliver J, Meshkat, Yasaman, Kodiyattu, Zack, Engstrom, Teyl, Chan, Wilkin, Mifsud, Jayden, Pole, Jason D., Byrne, Martin, Raders, Ella Van and Sullivan, Clair (2022). Understanding the digital disruption of health care: an ethnographic study of real-time multidisciplinary clinical behavior in a new digital hospital. Applied Clinical Informatics, 13 (5), 1079-1091. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1758482
2022
Journal Article
Publicly subsidised smoking cessation medicines in times of COVID-19 in Australia: an interrupted time seriesanalysis
Baliunas, Dolly, Gartner, Coral , Hollingworth, Samantha A. , Sullivan, Clair , Comans, Tracy and Pole, Jason D. (2022). Publicly subsidised smoking cessation medicines in times of COVID-19 in Australia: an interrupted time seriesanalysis. Drug and Alcohol Review, 42 (1), 225-232. doi: 10.1111/dar.13557
2022
Journal Article
A comparison of leximancer semi-automated content analysis to manual content analysis: a healthcare exemplar using emotive transcripts of COVID-19 hospital staff interactive webcasts
Engstrom, Teyl, Strong, Jenny, Sullivan, Clair and Pole, Jason D. (2022). A comparison of leximancer semi-automated content analysis to manual content analysis: a healthcare exemplar using emotive transcripts of COVID-19 hospital staff interactive webcasts. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21, 160940692211189. doi: 10.1177/16094069221118993
2022
Journal Article
Childhood cancer survival and avoided deaths in Australia, 1983–2016
Youlden, Danny R., Baade, Peter D., Moore, Andrew S., Pole, Jason D., Valery, Patricia C. and Aitken, Joanne F. (2022). Childhood cancer survival and avoided deaths in Australia, 1983–2016. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 37 (1), 81-91. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12895
2022
Journal Article
Machine learning models for diabetes management in acute care using electronic medical records: a systematic review
Kamel Rahimi, Amir, Canfell, Oliver J., Chan, Wilkin, Sly, Benjamin, Pole, Jason D., Sullivan, Clair and Shrapnel, Sally (2022). Machine learning models for diabetes management in acute care using electronic medical records: a systematic review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 162 104758, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2022.104758
2022
Journal Article
The impact of hospital surgical volume on healthcare utilization outcomes after pediatric thyroidectomy
Chesover, Alexander D., Eskander, Antoine, Griffiths, Rebecca, Pasternak, Jesse D., Pole, Jason D., Wolter, Nikolaus E. and Wasserman, Jonathan D. (2022). The impact of hospital surgical volume on healthcare utilization outcomes after pediatric thyroidectomy. World Journal of Surgery, 46 (5), 1082-1092. doi: 10.1007/s00268-022-06456-6
2022
Journal Article
Temporal clustering of neuroblastic tumours in children and young adults from Ontario, Canada
Hayes, Louise, Basta, Nermine, Muirhead, Colin R., Pole, Jason D., Gibson, Paul, Di Monte, Bruna, Irwin, Meredith S., Greenberg, Mark, Tweddle, Deborah A. and McNally, Richard J Q (2022). Temporal clustering of neuroblastic tumours in children and young adults from Ontario, Canada. Environmental Health, 21 (1) 30, 30. doi: 10.1186/s12940-022-00846-y
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Jason Pole is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Open to supervision in the broad area of digital health.
I am open to supervise HDR in various areas of digital health and pediatric, adolescent and young adult oncology, I generally like my HDR students to formulate their own questions in an area of of mutual interest.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Using technology to efficiently analyse qualitative healthcare data at scale
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Clair Sullivan, Dr Lee Woods
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Doctor Philosophy
Digital Health Methods for Evaluating Chronic Organ Injuries Resulting from Infectious Epidemics: Acute Kidney Injury post COVID-19 Omicron Surge as an Exemplar
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sally Shrapnel
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing an Inclusive Framework for Public Willingness to Share Health Data for AI-Driven Healthcare Models in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lee Woods, Dr Amalie Dyda
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Doctor Philosophy
Predicting adverse diabetes events in hospitals using machine learning
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sally Shrapnel, Professor Clair Sullivan
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Doctor Philosophy
Measuring equitable access to primary care services.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Geoff Spurling
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Doctor Philosophy
DIFFERENCE
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Elton Henry Savio Lobo, Professor Clair Sullivan
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Doctor Philosophy
How can we streamline the extraction and validation of data from EMRs to inform a learning health care system?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Mr Anton Van Der Vegt, Professor Clair Sullivan
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Hospitals
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Clair Sullivan, Dr Oliver Canfell, Associate Professor Sally Shrapnel
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Essays in Welfare Economics
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kim-Huong Nguyen
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