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Pages 58-70

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From page 58...
... He also is a Co-Investigator in an NIH-funded research study investigating the use of telemedicine in rural health-care settings and has served as a consultant for research studies evaluating computerized physician order entry and adverse drug events. Rachel E
From page 59...
... She is one of four Missourians who is a graduate of the Patient Safety Improvement Corp, a training partnership with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Veteran's Administration. Her areas of practice and research include population-based clinical outcomes improvement; health-care operations redesign; organizational culture change as it relates to patient safety; and faculty, student, and staff curriculum development and instruction in quality improvement, patient safety, and crew training.
From page 60...
... , two national projects aimed at advancing the CMS quality improvement and patient safety
From page 61...
... After completing his residency training in internal medicine, he completed a fellowship program in clinical pharmacology and was a Burroughs Wellcome Scholar in Clinical Pharmacology. The BCDSP has pioneered the use of automated databases in drug safety studies.
From page 62...
... Kilbridge is working with clinicians to track and measure improvements in patient safety and quality. Current projects include the development of an automated system for detection and tracking of adverse drug events across the Duke University Health System; creation of a computerized safety incident reporting system; and measurement and tracking of safety, quality, and operational benefits resulting from the use of computer systems to aid in patient care.
From page 63...
... He earned a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Swarthmore College and his MD from the University of Pittsburgh, trained as a Staff Associate at the National Institutes of Health Epilepsy Branch, and completed his training in neurology and clinical pharmacology at the University of Rochester. He is board certified in neurology and is Immediate Past President of the National Sleep Foundation, a member of the Board of Directors of the Delaware Valley Science Fairs, and a past Trustee of the American Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians.
From page 64...
... Robert Powell, PharmD, is Director, Pharmacometrics, Office of Clinical Pharmacology & Biopharmaceutics, Food and Drug Administration. Previously, he was the Senior Vice President, Drug Development Consulting Services, Pharsight Corp., where he worked with internal consultants and industry partners to increase drug development productivity through modeling and simulation of clinical trials and application of software products.
From page 65...
... Her areas of research interest include the development and validation of outcome measures for use in clinical trials; study design; adherence to therapy; satisfaction with and preference for therapy; effectiveness studies; pharmacoepidemiology; and interventions related to chronic diseases, particularly respiratory, migraine, and cardiovascular diseases.
From page 66...
... He has been a member of the editorial boards of the Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, Quality Management in Health Care, and the American Journal of Managed Care and served as founding Editor-in-Chief of Preventive Medicine in Managed Care. He was Co-Chair of the Steering Committee on Hospital Measurement for the National Quality Forum (NQF)
From page 67...
... While at BCG, he served as the founding President and CEO of the Indiana Health Information Exchange, an Indianapolis-based non-profit company partnered with the Regenstrief Institute to create a statewide health information infrastructure in the state of Indiana. As a manager in BCG's health care practice, Dr.
From page 68...
... While at HCFA, she managed a national public health outreach campaign to promote use of the Medicare mammography benefit. Her experience in epidemiology includes work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where she served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the National Center for Health Statistics and the Office on Smoking and Health.
From page 69...
... He has given more than 250 presentations on evidence-based medicine, computerized physician order entry, quality improvement, disease management, outcomes measurement, and related subjects throughout the United States and internationally.
From page 70...
... His research discovered the mechanism of the toxicity of the antihistamine Seldane, which contributed to its subsequent removal from the market. For his contributions to medicine, he received the RawlsPalmer Award from the American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and the FDA Commissioner's Special Citation for his work to advise the agency on the toxicity of dietary supplements containing ephedra.


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