Judith Hibbard, Dr. P.H., professor of health policy at the University of Oregon, was quoted in a December 10, 2006 article in the Charlotte Observer that examined the role of state medical boards in overseeing physicians. The article details information provided about physicians to patients by state medical boards. Hibbard states that the state medical boards, “are not doing enough since we have such large concerns about the quality of care.”
Michael A. Morrisey, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health, was featured in a Yahoo! Finance article summarizing the latest issue of the Journal Inquiry. Morrisey is the a co-author of an article describing HCFO funded research on the effects of tort law and insurer investment returns on physician malpractice insurance premiums that was featured in this issue.
Lawrence P. Casalino, M.D., Ph.D., physician and health services researcher at the University of Chicago, was featured in a December 12, 2006 Healthcare IT News article that examined quality improvement efforts in physician practices. The article details a recent study released from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine which attributed quality improvements to practice structure rather than investment in healthcare information technology. Casalino cautioned that the study “does not capture the extent of EMR use in an organization,” because “the quality improvement measures do not distinguish intensive use from minimal use of quality improvement processes.”
