Summaries of Independent Scientist (K) Awards

Orzano, John

Institution: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Grant Title: Capacity Building in Organizational Research
Grant Number: K08 HS014018
Duration: 4 years (2004-2008)
Total Award: $533,600

 Project Description: The practice-based research and organizational assessment products developed in this project will produce information that:

• Is relevant and useful to health care policymakers, payers, providers, and consumers.
• Can be applied in other health care organizational settings.
• Will help address the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ's) response to challenges of organizational research.

Career Goals: Dr. Orzano, a family physician and faculty member, seeks to accelerate the development of a family physician faculty member into a generalist, practice-based researcher with a specific focus on enhancing the organizational capacity of community practices to provide safe, evidenced-based care to their patients.

Progress to Date: Dr. Orzano is Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He has completed a two-year National Research Service Awards (NRSA) Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Primary Care/Health Services Research and Masters in Public Health (M.P.H.) program in 2000, focused on improving preventive service delivery in primary care practice.

Future Plans: Continue analysis and plan for additional primary data collection and analysis.

Highlights and Specific Accomplishments:

• Professional Societies:
  • American Academy of Family Physicians.
  • American Board of Family Practice.
  • North American Primary Care Research Group.

K-Generated Publications:

• Orzano AJ, Cohen D, Scott J, Crabtree B. Closing the Vaccine Gap Among Toddlers in NJ Family Physicians' Practices. Journal of Oklahoma State Medical Association 2005;98(9):436-40.
• Scott J, Tallia A, Crosson J, Orzano A.J, et al. Social Network Analysis as an Analytic Tool for Interaction Patterns in Primary Care Practices. Annals of Family Medicine 2005;3: 443-8.
• Orzano AJ, Tallia AF, Nutting PA, et al. Are Attributes of Organizational Performance in Large Health Care Organizations Relevant in Primary Care Practices? Health Care Management Review 2006;31(1):2-10.
• Hudson S, Haywood-Harris S, Stange KC, et al. Recruiting Minority Primary Care Practices into Practice-Based Research. Medical Care (in press).

AHRQ Research Portfolio: Quality and Patient Safety; Training.
AHRQ Goals: Efficiency

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