Is having a regular provider of diabetes care related to intensity of care and glycemic control? Poster CDC Diabetes Translation Conference San Diego, CA Mar 1997 …
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
|NAME |POSITION TITLE |
|William A Rush, PhD |Research Associate |
EDUCATION/TRAINING
|INSTITUTION AND LOCATION |DEGREE |YEARs |FIELD OF STUDY |
| |if | | |
| |applicable | | |
|Miami University, Oxford, OH |BA |1970 |Psychology |
|University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, |PhD |1974 |Psychology/Behavior |
|MN | | |Genetics |
Positions and Honors
1979 - 1983 Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, MN, Senior
Research Analyst
1983 - 1985 General Health, Biostatistician
1986 - 1990 HealthDecisions, Director of Product Development
1990 - 1994 Health Systems Integration, Programmer/Analyst
1994 - 2000 HealthPartners Research Foundation, Senior Systems Analyst
2000 - pres HealthPartners Research Foundation, Research Associate
Selected
Publications:
Willis KA, Wehler R, Rush WA MacAndrew Scale Scores of Smoking and
Nonsmoking Alcoholics 1979 J Studies Alcohol 409:906-907
Gunderson P, Rush WA, Smutka M 1982 Healthy People: The Minnesota
Experience Minnesota Department of Health 55-135
OConnor PJ; Peterson J; Keogh C; Morben PJ; Cherney LM; Rush WA;
Continuous Quality Improvement CQI can improve glycemic control for HMO
patients with diabetes, Arch Fam Med, Oct 1996, 5:9502-6
OConnor PJ; Rush WA; Rardin KA; Isham GJ; Are HMO members willing to
engage in two-way communication to improve health? HMO Pract, Mar 1996,
10:117-9
OConnor PJ; Rush WA; Pronk NP; Database system to identify biological risk
in managed care organizations: implications for clinical care, J
Ambulatory Care Manage, Oct 1997, 20:417-23
OConnor PJ; Rush WA; Cherney LM; Pronk N; Benefits and costs of screening
dyslipidemic hypertensive HMO members for diabetes mellitus; SCAN
Scientific Conference and Abstract News, Summer 1997
OConnor PJ; Rush WA; Trence DL; Relative Effectiveness of Niacin and
Lovastatin for treatment of dyslipidemias in a Health Maintenance
Organization, J Fam Pract, May 1997;
44:5462-7
OConnor PJ; Rush WA; Pronk NP; Cherney LM; Identifying health maintenance
organization members with diabetes mellitus or heart disease:
sensitivity, specificity, predictive value and cost of survey and
database methods, Amer J Mgmt Care 1998;43:335-42
OConnor PJ, Desai J, Rush WA, Cherney LM, Solberg LI, Bishop DB Is
having a regular provider of diabetes care related to intensity of care
and glycemic control? J Fam Pract 1998;4:290-97
OConnor J, Pronk NP, Tan AWH, Rush WA, Gray RJ Does professional advice
influence aspirin use to prevent heart disease in an HMO population? Eff
Clin Pract 1998;11:26-32
Solberg LI, Fischer LR, Wei F, Rush WA, Conboy KS, Davis TF, Heinrich RL
A CQI intervention to change the care of depression: a controlled study
Eff Clin Pract 2001;46:239-249
Presentations
OConnor PJ; Rush WA; Rardin KA; Isham GJ; Are managed care members willing
to engage in two-way communication to improve health? Presented at the
Tenth National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Dec
1995, Atlanta, GA, Centers for Disease Control
OConnor PJ; Rush WA; Pronk NP; Cherney LM; Identifying managed care plan
members
with diabetes mellitus or heart disease: Sensitivity,
specificity, predictive value, and cost of survey and database methods
Paper presented at the CDC 10th National Conference on Chronic Disease
Prevention and Control, Dec 1995, Atlanta, GA
OConnor PJ; Rush WA; Prochaska JO; Pronk NP; Readiness to change among
members of a managed care organization Presented at the Tenth National
Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Dec 1995, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
OConnor PJ; Rush WA; Relation of biological risk and behavioral risk to
utilization of care in a managed care population Presented at the Tenth
National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, Dec 1995, Atlanta, GA
OConnor PJ, Rush WA, Prochaska JO, Pronk N Readiness to Change Among
Members of a Managed Care Organization Sixteenth Annual Scientific
Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, March 22-25, 1995
Fischer LR; Wisner C; Leutz W; Rush WA; Ryu S; Gilmer TP; Nelson AF; Von
Sternberg TL; Ripley J; At risk elderly and the loss of the social HMO
long-term care benefit Paper
presented at the Gerontological Society of
America, Annual Meeting, Nov 1996, Washington DC
OConnor PJ; Desai J; Rush WA; Bishop D; Agreement of patient self report
versus HMO database report of annual dilated retinal exam in HMO members
with diabetes Poster presented at the HealthPartners Research
Conference, Sep 1996, Minneapolis, MN
OConnor PJ; Rush WA; Pronk N; Cherney LM; Identifying managed care plan
members with diabetes mellitus or heart disease: sensitivity,
specificity, predictive value and cost of survey and database methods
Abstract presented at the HMO Research Network Conference, Jun 1996,
Minneapolis, MN
OConnor PJ; Rush WA; Gilmer TP; Relationship of baseline glycemic control
to subsequent charges for medical care in a cohort of HMO members with
diabetes mellitus Presented at the HMO Research Conference, Second
Annual, Jun 1996, , MN
Desai J; OConnor PJ; Rush WA; Bishop DB; Having a regular health provider
is associated with better diabetes care Abstract presented at the HMO
Research Network Conference Jun 1996, Minneapolis, MN
OConnor PJ; Rolnick SJ; Carlson R; Rush WA; Breast Cancer Prevention: The
limits of conventional
screening programs Abstract presented at the HMO
Research Network Conference, Jun 1996, Minneapolis, MN
Pronk NP; Boyle RG; OConnor PJ; Rush WA; Physical fitness and chronic
disease in HMO members with heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, or
dyslipidemia, poster presented at the HealthPartners Research Conference,
Sept 1996, Minneapolis, MN
Rolnick SJ; OConnor PJ; Jackson JM; Sherkow S; Rush WA; Boyle RG;
Understanding womens health attitudes toward mammography screening
within HealthPartners poster presented at the HealthPartners Research
Conference, Sep 1996, Minneapolis, MN
OConnor PJ; Rush WA; Peterson J; Morben P; Cherney LM; Keogh C; Lasch S;
Clark C; Continuous quality improvement CQI can improve glycemic
control for HMO patients with diabetes Poster presented at the
HealthPartners Research Conference, Sep 1996, Minneapolis, MN
OConnor PJ; Boyle RG; Pronk N; Rush WA; Cherney LM; Who is using aspirin
to prevent heart disease? Poster presented at the HealthPartners Research
Conference, Sep 1996, Minneapolis, MN
OConnor PJ; Pronk N; Cherney LM; Rush WA; Screening high-risk HMO members
for diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance; a pilot
study Poster
presented at the HealthPartners Research Conference, Sep 1996,
Minneapolis MN
OConnor PJ; Pronk N; Tan A; Boyle RG; Rush WA; Readiness to change
behavioral risk factors among HMO members with and without chronic
diseases, poster presented at the HealthPartners Research Conference, Sep
1996, Minneapolis, MN
OConnor; Gilmer, TM; Manning WG; Rush WA; Relation of glycemic control to
medical care charges in patients with diabetes, speech presented at
American Diabetes Association 57th Scientific Sessions, Jun 21-24, 1997,
Boston, MA
Pronk NP; Boyle RG; OConnor; Rush WA; Physical fitness and chronic disease
in HMO members with heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, or
dyslipidemia, paper presented at the American College of Sports Medicine
Annual Meeting, May, 1997, Denver, CO
OConnor PJ; Boyle RG; Pronk NP; Rush WA; Cherney LM; Who is using aspirin
to prevent heart disease? Poster presented at Building Bridges III-
Translating Research into Action-AAHP, New Orleans, Apr 1997
OConnor PJ; Pronk NP; Tan A; Boyle RG; Rush WA; Readiness to change
behavioral risk factors among HMO members with and without chronic
diseases, poster
presented at Building Bridges III-Translating Research
into Action-AAHP, New Orleans, Apr 1997
OConnor PJ; Gilmer T; Rush WA; Desai J; Bishop D; Potential saving from
improved diabetes care in Minnesota and United States Poster presented
at CDC Diabetes Translation Conf, San Diego, CA, March 1997
Desai J; OConnor PJ; Rush WA; Harris J; Bluhm J; Clark C; Cherney LM;
Bishop D; Lasch S; Reger L; Assessing the quality of diabetes care in
owned and contracted HMO clinic populations Poster CDC Diabetes
Translation Conference San Diego, CA Mar 1997
Fischer LR; Wisner C; Leutz W; Rush WA; Ryu S; Nelson AF; Von Sternberg T;
Ripley J At risk elderly and the loss of the social HMO Panel presented
at MN Health Services Research Conf U of M Earle Brown Center, Feb 24,
1997
Current and Completed Studies
A01-053 Patient-Based Strategy to Reduce Errors in Diabetes Care
MOVES
Contract Number: 1 U18 HS11919-01 Source: AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare
Research Quality
PI: Patrick OConnor, MD, Role on Project: Co-Inv Start Date:
9/28/2001 Duration: 3 Years
Diabetes medical errors affect 80 of adults with diabetes in the US The
leading cause of error is
inappropriate or inadequate pharmacologic action
that fails to achieve specific clinical aims Diabetes medical errors lead
to tens of thousands of preventable diabetes complications in the US each
year, and to 39 billion a year of potentially avoidable health care
charges This project evaluates a HPMG effort to reduce error rates
through customized direct feedback of diabetes quality of care data to
diabetes patients and their physicians
98-030 QUEST - Organizational Characteristics and Chronic Disease Care
Contract Number: R01-HS09946-01A1 Source: AHCPR - Agency for Health Care
Policy Research
PI: Patrick OConnor, MD, MPH Role on Project: Co-Inv Start Date:
9/1/1999 Duration: 3 Years
A prospective cohort study of the relationship of health plan, medical
group, and clinic characteristics to measures of chronic disease care and
resource utilization for patients with diabetes mellitus DM or coronary
heart disease CHD Health plan, medical group and clinic characteristics
are drawn from a conceptual model based on both health services and
organizational science, and data on relevant characteristics will be sought
using standardized measures whenever
possible
A00-016 Physician Intervention to Improve Diabetes Care SimCare
Contract Number: 1R01 HS10639 Source: AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare
Research Quality
PI: Patrick OConnor, MD, MPH Role on Project: Co-Inv Start Date:
9/30/2000 Duration: 3 Years
This randomized trial will test the hypotheses that a a physician opinion
leader intervention, b a narrative process trace physician feedback
intervention, or c the combined intervention a b, are no more
effective than d usual care in improving the clinical care of adult
patients with type 2 diabetes
A01-093 The Business Case for Quality: Phase Two
Contract Number: Source: Commonwealth Fund/Institute of Healthcare
Improvement
PI: David Cutler Role on Project: Site PI Start Date: 11/16/2001
Duration: 9 Months
This study is a cost benefit analysis of the initiatives within
HealthPartners Medical Group to improve the quality of care of members of
diabetes
A00-065 Financial Analysis of Diabetes
Contract Number: Source: Schering Sales Corp
PI: Patrick OConnor, MD, Role on Project: Co-Inv Start Date:
6/1/2000 Duration: 3 Years
We will ascertain whether improvements in glycemic control in
adults with
diabetes mellitus result in lower subsequent health care charges
94-322 Project IDEAL Enhanced Diabetes
Contract Number: U32/CCU500347-18 Source: CDC - Centers for Disease Control
Prevention
PI: Patrick OConnor, MD, MPH Role on Project: Co-Inv Start Date:
7/1/1994 Duration: 7 years
The key elements of this project include 1 description and analysis of
current diabetes care patterns, patient/provider knowledge, attitudes,
beliefs, behaviors, capabilities of HealthPartners data systems to
facilitate understanding and care of diabetes 2 Development of CQI based
intervention that HP can use to facilitate implementation of the ICSI
guideline or any HMO could use to improve diabetes care 3 Pilot-testing
of this intervention in 2-3 HP primary care clinics 4 Randomized
controlled trial of the tested intervention in a larger group of HP
clinics 5 Description, evaluation, and recommendations of the process
and outcomes of the intervention 6 Development of manuals and materials
that HP or any HMO could use to replicate this intervention model 7
Development of community and work site strategies to complement the clinic
strategies 8 Dissemination of the
approach within HP and to other HMOs
locally and nationwide
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