A Multi-site Case Study of Care Coordination Between Primary Care and Specialty Care.
Charns MP, Benzer JK, McIntosh NM, Mohr DC, Singer SJ, Gurewich D.
Med Care. 2022 May 01. 60(5):361-367. PMID: 35239562
Adjunct Professor of Health Care Management and Policy
Health Policy and Management
My research in the field of health care management and policy focuses on how organizational leadership and culture impact efforts to implement health delivery innovations, integrate patient care, and improve performance of health care organizations. A key feature of this research is the development of survey instruments that measure provider and patient perspectives on key interpersonal and organizational factors, enabling benchmarking and comparative effectiveness studies, rapid and reliable feedback about the effectiveness of delivery system innovations, and broader dissemination of more successful interventions. In my work, I use organizational and leadership theory and mixed quantitative and qualitative methods.
I developed and teach a course at the Harvard School of Public Health, entitled Health Care Organizations and Organizational Behavior: Leadership and Management for Learning, Innovation, and Performance Improvement, which is offered twice a year. I also teach in the Harvard PhD in Health Policy core course on the subject of “Patient Safety, Safety Culture and Safety Leadership.” In addition, I serve as advisor or dissertation committee member for Masters and Doctoral students at the School of Public Health and for junior faculty recipients of career development awards.
Previously I co-founded and served as Executive Director for the Center for Health Policy at Stanford, where I was also a Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer (1993-2003). I also served as Staff Director for the California Managed Care Improvement Task Force (1997-98), a Senior Legislative Assistant for Health Policy in the US House of Representative (1994), and Health Policy Analyst at the Office of Management and Budget (1992).
Fellowship
Harvard Business School
Fellowship
Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Most Outstanding Abstract
AcademyHealth
Runner-up Best Paper
Academy of Management, Health Care Management Division
Best Paper Award
Swiss Patient Safety Foundation
Best Paper Award
Best Paper Award
Most Outstanding Abstract
AcademyHealth
Best Paper Award, Theory to Practice Category
Academy of Management, Health Care Management Division
Best Paper Award, Theory to Practice Category
Academy of Management, Health Care Management Division
Junior Faculty Sabbatical
Harvard School of Public Health
Charns MP, Benzer JK, McIntosh NM, Mohr DC, Singer SJ, Gurewich D.
Med Care. 2022 May 01. 60(5):361-367. PMID: 35239562
Liu L, Chien AT, Singer SJ.
Health Care Manage Rev. 2022 Apr 30. PMID: 35499397
Werts S, Aveling EL, Taylor LA, Singer SJ, Geller AC, Ramanadhan S.
Am J Health Promot. 2022 Apr 06. 8901171221085452. PMID: 35383468
Singer SJ, Kellogg KC, Galper AB, Viola D.
Health Care Manage Rev. 2022 Apr-Jun 01. 47(2):E21-E31. PMID: 34516438
Giannitrapani KF, Brown-Johnson C, Connell NB, Yano EM, Singer SJ, Giannitrapani SN, Thanassi W, Lorenz KA.
J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Mar 08. PMID: 35260957
Connell NB, Prathivadi P, Lorenz KA, Zupanc SN, Singer SJ, Krebs EE, Yano EM, Wong HN, Giannitrapani KF.
J Gen Intern Med. 2022 May. 37(6):1501-1512. PMID: 35239110
Vanneman ME, Yoon J, Singer SJ, Wagner TH, Goldstein MK, Hu J, Boothroyd D, Greene L, Zulman DM.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Feb 18. 101(7):e28864. PMID: 35363189
Zulman DM, Greene L, Slightam C, Singer SJ, Maciejewski ML, Goldstein MK, Vanneman ME, Yoon J, Trivedi RB, Wagner T, Asch SM, Boothroyd D.
Health Serv Res. 2022 Feb 18. PMID: 35178702
Atkinson MK, Benneyan JC, Bambury EA, Schiff GD, Phillips RS, Hunt LS, Belleny D, Singer SJ.
Health Care Manage Rev. 2022 Jan 27. PMID: 35113043
Song N, Frean M, Covington CT, Tietschert M, Ling E, Bahadurzada H, Kerrissey M, Friedberg M, Singer SJ.
Med Care Res Rev. 2022 Jan 10. 10775587211067897. PMID: 35012390
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