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

Special Advisor for Quality, 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.

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Jha AK, Orav EJ, Zheng J, and Epstein AM.  The characteristics and performance of hospitals that care for elderly Hispanics.  Health Affairs.  In Press.

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.  In Press.

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, Wright SM, and Perlin JB. Performance Measures, Vaccinations, and Pneumonia Rates Among High- Risk Patients in Veterans Affairs Health Care. American Journal of Public Health. 2007:97.

Jha AK, Ferris TG, Donelan K, DesRoches C, Shields A, Rosenbaum S, Blumenthal D. How Common Are Electronic Health Records In the U.S.? A Summary of the Evidence. Health Affairs. 2006; w496-w507.

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, Schneider EC. From Motives to Results: Improving the Effectiveness of Quality Improvement. Am J Med. 2004; 117: 359-361.

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, Varosy PD, Kanaya AM, Hunninghake DB, Hlatky MA, Waters DB, Furberg CD, and Shlipak MG. Differences in Medical Care and Disease Outcomes Among Black and White Women with Heart Disease. Circulation. 2003; 108:1089-1094.

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.