Health Policy and Quality Safety Research

Harold Alan Pincus, M.D., PI Unit 9, Tel. 543-5401
Vice Chair for Strategic Initiatives, Department of Psychiatry and
Director of Quality and Outcomes Research, New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Research focuses on health and science policy, the practice of evidence-based medicine, quality improvement/performance measurement, and the relationships among general medicine, mental health, and substance abuse, developing and empirically testing models of those relationships. Several projects with which medical students/trainees could be involved include:

• quality and safety projects at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• evaluation of a national program to improve care of depression in primary care
• aging and health policy issues
• assessing research mentoring
• evaluation of interdisciplinary research centers in clinical/translation research and geriatrics

Phuong Trang Huynh, Ph.D., PI Unit 9, Tel. 543-6213
Deputy Director, Clinical Geriatric Policy Scholars Program
Current work focuses on identifying pathways for professionals to participate in the policymaking process and assessing opportunities for faculty development and mentoring models. Dr. Huynh has also worked on international surveys and studies on health care policy developments in the U.S. and industrialized countries. Projects with which medical students/trainees could be involved include: evaluating current health and aging policy issues and conducting a review of existing faculty development activities in U.S. medical schools.

Daniel Hyman M.D., MMM, email: dah9024@nyp.org
Chief Medical Officer for Ambulatory Care and
Chief Children’s Quality Officer, New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Work focuses on improving quality and safety of care locally, regionally and nationally. Specific areas of focus include: Ambulatory Care - reducing disparities in health outcome measures: chronic disease management/chronic illness care model for asthma, diabetes, etc; redesigning visits to improve efficiency and patient satisfaction: women’s health care, childhood immunizations/ preventive services; and Children’s Services - areas of focus include reducing errors, reducing healthcare associated infections, measuring effectiveness of care in children’s health care delivery.

Practicums, internships or electives in assessing quality and safety or in actual improvement efforts are available for medical students/trainees.

Gilad J. Kuperman, M.D., Ph.D., email: gjk9001@nyp.org
Director for Quality Informatics, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics
Research focuses on ways that information systems can be used to measure and improve quality. Dr. Kuperman also is working on the development and evaluation of a regional health information organization (RHIO) in New York. Projects with which medical students/trainees could be involved include: how best to capture documentation data from clinicians electronically, how best to fit electronic health records applications into the workflow, how best to architect information systems so that regulatory and quality improvement measures can be captured automatically, and how to best use knowledge-based clinical decision support software (e.g., alerts and reminders) to change provider behavior and increase compliance with guidelines.