M.P.H., 2004, Harvard School of Public Health
M.D., 1997, Harvard Medical School
A.B., 1992, Columbia College

Training:
Fellow, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2002-04
Chief Resident, University of California, San Francisco, 2000-01
Resident, University of California, San Francisco, 1997-2000

Senior Advisor for Quality and Safety, Veterans Health Administration 

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital

I am a practicing general internist with a clinical focus on hospital care. The major themes of my research include:

1. Quality of care provided by health care systems, with a focus on health care disparities as a marker of poor care.
2. Information technology among other tools as potential solutions for reducing medical errors and disparities while improving over-all quality.
3. Organizations that provide care for minorities and underserved populations and the role clinicial information systems can play in improving their care.

Jha AK, Orav EJ and Epstein AM. Preventing Readmissions – The Potential Consequences of Improving Discharge Planning in U.S. Hospitals. N Engl J Med. 2009 Dec; 361: 2637-2645

Jha AK, Epstein AM.  Boards, Governance, and Quality of Care in U.S. Hospitals.  Health Affairs.  2009 Nov; 28(6): w10.1377

Jha AK, DesRoches CM, Shields A, Miralles P, Zheng J, Rosenbaum S, and Campbell EG.  Adoption of Electronic Health Reconds Among Hospitals That Care for the Poor:  Early Evidence of a New Healthcare Digital Divide? Health Affairs.  2009;28(6):w1160-1170. 

Jha AK, Prasopa-Plaizier N, Larizgoitia I, and Bates DW. Patient safety: an overview of the global evidence. Qual Saf Health Care: In Press.  

Jha AK, Chan DC, Ridgway A, Franz C, and Bates DW.  Improving Safety and Eliminating Redundant Tests:  Cutting Costs in U.S. Hospitals.  Health Affairs, 28, No. 5 (2009): 1475-1484

Bates DW, Prasopa-Plaizier N, Larizgoitia I, and Jha AK.  Global Priorities for Patient Safety Research.  BMJ: 2009; 338:b1775.

Jha AK, Orav EJ, Dobson A, Book R, and Epstein AM.  Measuring Efficiency: The Association of Risk Adjusted Hospital Costs and Quality of Care.  Health Affairs.  May, 2009.

Jha AK, DesRoches CM, Campbell EG, Donelan K, Rao SR, Ferris TG, Shields AE, Rosenbaum S, and Blumenthal D. The Use of Electronic Health Records in U.S. Hospitals.   N Engl J Med. 2009 Apr 16;360(16):1628-38. Epub 2009 Mar 25.

Adler-Milstein J, Bates DW, and Jha AK. Regional Health Information Organizations in the U.S.: Progress but Challenges Remain. Health Affairs. 2009 Mar-Apr;28(2):483-92.

Jha AK, Orav EJ, Zheng J, and Epstein, AM.  Patients’ Perception of Hospital Care in the United States.  N Engl J Med. 2008.  October 30. 

Jha AK, Orav EJ, Zheng J, and Epstein AM.  The characteristics and performance of hospitals that care for elderly Hispanics.  Health Affairs.  March/April 2008; 27(2): 528-537

Adler-Milstein J, McAfee A, Bates DW, and Jha AK. The State of Regional Health Information Organizations in the US: Current Activities and Financing. Health Affairs. 2007:  27.1.w60

Jha AK, Orav EJ, Li Z, and Epstein AM.  Where do elderly blacks receive hospital care?  The concentration and quality of hospitals that care for elderly black Americans.  Archives of Internal Medicine.  2007; 167: 1177-1182.

Jha, AK Orav EJ, Li Z, and Epstein AM.  The Inverse Relationship between Performance in the Hospital Quality Alliance Measures and Mortality Rates. Health Affairs.  26, no.4 (2007): 1104-1110.

Jha AK, Staiger DO, Lucas L, and Chandra A. Do Race-specific models explain disparities in treatment after acute myocardial infarction? American Heart Journal. 2007; 153: 785-91.

Jha AK. Measuring hospital quality: what physicians do? How patients fare? Or both? JAMA. 2006 Jul 5;296(1):95-7.

Jha AK, Epstein AM. The Predictive Accuracy of the New York State Coronary Bypass Surgery Reporting System and its Impact on Market Share and Surgical Practice. Health Affairs. 2006; 25(3): 844-855.

Jha AK, Fisher ES, Li Z, Orav EJ, and Epstein AM. Racial Trends in the Use of Major Procedures among the Elderly. N Engl J Med. 2005; 353: 34-42.

Jha AK, Li Z, Orav EJ, and Epstein AM. Quality of Hospital Care: the Hospital Quality Alliance Performance Measures. N Engl J Med. 2005; 353: 265-74.

Jha AK, Perlin JB, Kizer KW, Dudley RA. Transformation of VA Healthcare: Impact on Quality. N Engl J Med. 2003; 348:2218-2227.

Jha AK, Shlipak MG, Hosmer W, Frances C, and Browner, WS. Racial differences in mortality among men hospitalized in the Veterans Affairs health care system. JAMA 2001; 285:297-303.

Jha A, Kuperman G, Teich J, et al. Identifying adverse drug events: development of a computer-based monitor and comparison with chart review and stimulated voluntary report. JAMIA 1998 May-Jun; 5(3): 305-314.

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