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Donald Steinwachs' research interests focus on improving medical effectiveness and patient outcomes through the application of management information systems to monitor quality care. He examines the impact of financing alternatives on cost and quality within health system performance. His current research seeks to understand effective methods of increasing adherence to evidence-based practices and the impact of payment incentives on care outcomes for chronic diseases. He has contributed extensively to the literature on the effects of managed care payment systems on access, quality, utilization, and cost of care. Steinwachs is a co-developer of the widely used Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) case mix adjustment system and the Johns Hopkins Hospital at Home (HaH) model. He has developed methods for measuring provider continuity and unmet needs in care and has addressed measures of timeliness in care delivery. There is a particular emphasis in his work on the role of routine management information systems as a source of data for evaluating the effectiveness and cost of healthcare.
Department of Pathology - PhD in Pathobiology. GRE is not required.