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Gary Rosenthal, MD
Director
Investigator
MD University of Pennsylvania, 1983
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Dr. Rosenthal is the Director of CRIISP. In addition he is a Professor and Division Director of General Internal Medicine in the Carver College of Medicine, and Professor of Health Management and Policy in the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa. Dr. Rosenthal is a Veterans Affairs Senior Quality Scholar and directs the Veterans Affairs Quality Scholar Fellowship Training Program at the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He is a prolific investigator who has pioneered several novel approaches to quality measurement, including a program to evaluate hospital quality on a regional level—Cleveland Health Quality Choice—that serves as a national model. Dr. Rosenthal’s research has centered around four related themes: 1) organizational interventions to improve health care quality and costs; 2) patient safety; 3) relative performance of Veterans Affairs and private sector hospitals; and 4) severity and case-mix adjustment. Dr. Rosenthal is a prior recipient of a Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development Career Development Award (1995-98) and is a prior Picker/Commonwealth Scholar in Patient-Centered Care (1993-95).
Research Interests
Measurement of severity of illness and case-mix.
Organizational interventions to improve health care quality and efficiency.
Measurement of health care quality and provider performance.
Variations in health care delivery and patient outcomes.
Research Projects
Impact of Outsourcing VA Cardiac Surgery on the Cost and Quality of Care
Randomized Controlled Trial of Enhanced Pharmacy Care in Older Veteran Outpatients
Outsourcing VA Inpatient Care: Impact on Utilization, Quality, and Policy
Iowa Scholars in Clinical Investigation
Improving Geriatric Education and Training in Iowa
Selected Publications
Rosenthal GE, Shannon SE. The use of patient perceptions in the evaluation of health care delivery systems. Med Care 1997; 35(Suppl):N58-N68.
Aron DC, Shepardson LB, Harper DL, Rosenthal GE. Impact of risk-adjusting cesarean delivery rates when reporting hospital performance. JAMA 1998; 279:1968-72.
Pioro MH, Landefeld CS, Brennan PF, Daly B, Fortinsky RH, Malone U, Rosenthal GE. Outcomes based trial of an inpatient nurse practitioner service for general medical patients. J Eval Clin Prac 2001; 7: 21-33.
Vaughan Sarrazin MS, Hannan EL, Gormley CJ, Rosenthal GE. Mortality in Medicare beneficiaries following coronary artery bypass surgery in states with and without certificate of need regulation. JAMA 2002; 288:1859-66.
Rosenthal GE, Vaughan Sarrazin M, Hannan EL. Mortality following coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Veterans Health Administration and private sector hospitals. Med Care 2003; 41:422-35.
Rosenthal GE, Kaboli PJ, Barnett MJ. Differences in length of stay in Veterans Health Administration and other United Sates hospitals: Is the gap closing? Med Care 2003; 41:882-94.
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Contact Information
VA Iowa City Health Care System
CRIISP (152)
601 Highway 6 West
Iowa City, IA 52246-2208
Phone: 319-887-4938
Facsimile: 319-887-4932
University of Iowa, Dr. Gary Rosenthal
Department of Internal Medicine Room SE618GH
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 319-356-4241
Facsimile: 319-356-3086
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