The array of projects funded by the Center, listed below in chronological order, illustrates the breadth and depth of the research efforts of the Center for Health Management Research. The projects have served to inform our corporate members about key issues that they have identified to be both of current and long-term interest and importance. The results of the projects have further served to influence administrative and clinical leadership of member systems regarding strategies and tactics useful in addressing such issues.
Factors Associated with Use of Management Research in Health
Systems
Anthony R. Kovner, PhD, New York University
Making and Enacting Strategic Decisions in Integrated Delivery
Networks: The Role of Physician Executive Trustworthiness and Webs of
Trust
Eugene S. Schneller, PhD, Arizona State University
The Business Case for Quality
George Pink, PhD and Marci Thomas, CPA, MHA, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paying for Performance: Incentive Effects on Quality of Health Services
Douglas A. Conrad, Ph.D. and Barry Saver, M.D., University of
Washington
Hospital and Integrated Delivery Networks' Supply Chain Management
Eugene S. Schneller, Ph.D., and Larry Smeltzer, Ph.D., Arizona State
University
Leadership Development in Health Care: Practical Strategies for Health
Care Organizations
Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, Ohio State University
Handheld Devices in Patient Care Delivery: Implementation Strategies
and Challenges
Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, Sharon Schweikhart, PhD, Ohio State
University
Living with Diabetes
Harold Goldberg, MD, University of Washington
Assessment of Dissemination and Utilization of Innovations
University of North Carolina
Clinical Practice Patterns and Health Care Information Systems
University of Missouri, University of North Carolina
Continuum of Care Services in Integrated Delivery Systems
California State University-Long Beach
Evaluating New Ways of Managing Quality
Northwestern University, University of California (Berkeley), University
of Colorado
Evaluating Quality Improvement in U.S. Hospitals
Northwestern University, University of California (Berkeley)
Impact of System Integration on Supplier Contracting
University of Pennsylvania
Impacts of Service Line Organizational Arrangements on Integrated
Delivery Networks
Martin Charns, DBA, MBA, Boston University; Lucy Savitz, PhD, MBA,
University of North Carolina
Managed Health Care
University of Washington
Organizational and Clinical Factors Influencing Use of Clinical Practice
Guidelines
University of Missouri, Ohio State University, University of Michigan
Patient Care Restructuring
Arizona State University, Ohio State University
Physician-System Alignment
Northwestern University, University of Michigan, University of
Pennsylvania, University of Washington, University of California
(Berkeley)
Prenatal Services for Teens
University of Colorado
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