"Leading Health Care Teams Beyond Covid-19: Marking the Moment and Shifting From Recuperation to Regeneration"
Singer S, Kerrissey M.
NEJM Catalyst. 2021.
Assistant Professor
Michaela June Kerrissey
Overview
Michaela Kerrissey, PhD, MS, is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Dr. Kerrissey's research explores how healthcare organizations innovate, improve, and integrate services. In particular, her work has examined the factors that enable care integration, teamwork, quality improvement, and organizational learning. She has received numerous awards, including the Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in Healthcare Management from Emerald/EFMG, Best Conference Paper from the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research, and Best Paper Proceedings from the Academy of Management. Her research has been published in leading journals such as Health Affairs, Medical Care Research and Review, and the Health Care Management Review.
Dr. Kerrissey has taught at both Harvard College and the Harvard Chan School. Her courses include Organizational Behavior and Leadership in Health Care, Negotiation, and Research in Global Health and Health Policy. She has received several teaching awards, including the Derek Bok Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching of Undergraduates in 2016.
Dr. Kerrissey received a B.A. from Duke University, a Masters of Science in Health Policy and Management from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a PhD in Health Policy Management from Harvard University. Her experience also includes positions as Consulting Team Leader at The Bridgespan Group and as Program Design Specialist at Reach Out Mbuya HIV/AIDS Initiative/US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Uganda. She is a member of the Academy of Management.
Bibliography
"Associations between Patient Perceptions of Integrated Care and Healthcare Expenditures among Medicare Beneficiaries"
Kerrissey, M., Traboulsi, AAR., Frean, M., Singer, SJ.
Medical Care. 2021. 59(7):565-571.
"Social Features of Integration in Health Systems and their Relationship to Provider Experience, Care Quality and Clinical Integration"
Kerrissey, M., Tietschert, M., Novikov, Z., Bahadurzada, H., Sinaiko, A., Martin, V., Singer, S.
Medical Care Research and Review. 2021.
"Masked and Distanced: A Qualitative Study of How Personal Protective Equipment and Distancing Affect Teamwork in Emergency Care"
Hayirli, T., Bhanja, A., Stark, N., Peabody, T., Hardy, J., Kerrissey, M.
International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 2021. 33(2).
"Considering dentists within the healthcare team: A cross-sectional, multi-state analysis of primary care provider and staff perspectives"
Ahern, J., Singer, S., Bhanja, A., Barrow, J., Kerrissey, M.
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2021.
"Care Integration Within and Outside Health System Boundaries"
Singer, SJ., Sinaiko, AD., Tietschert, MV., Kerrissey, MJ., Phillips, RS., Martin, V., Joseph, GA., Bahadurzada, H., Agniel, D.
Health Services Research. 2020. 55(S3):1033-1048.
"The Voice Cultivation Process: How Team Members Can Help Upward Voice Live on to Implementation"
Satterstrom, P., Kerrissey, M., Dibenigno, J.
Administrative Science Quarterly. 2020. 66(2):380-425.
"Streamlining Care in Crisis: Rapid Creation and Implementation of a Digital Support Tool for COVID-19"
Stark, N., Kerrissey, M., Grade, M., Berrean, B., Peabody, C.
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2020. 21(5).
"Joint Problem-solving Orientation in Fluid Cross-boundary Teams"
Kerrissey, M., Mayo, A., Edmondson, A.
Academy of Management Discoveries. 2020.
"Mental Health Support for Frontline Caregivers during Covid-19: Lessons from Organizational Scholarship on the Benefits of Unit-aligned Support"
DiBenigno, J., Kerrissey, M.
BMJ Leader. 2020. 4(3):124-127.