Dr. George Kephart

Professor

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Biography

Dr. George Kephart is a Professor at Dalhousie University, where he specializes in health services research and patient-oriented health research. His research focuses on chronic disease management, including surveillance, health resource planning, and demography. Kephart's work includes evaluating health policies and ensuring equitable access to health services. He has been involved in developing new patient-reported measures for self-management used in clinical assessments, utilizing small area rate variation methods to identify targets for chronic disease prevention and management interventions. His extensive publications include studies on the validation of measures related to patient activation and the prediction of completeness in electronic physician claims databases. Dr. Kephart is a co-founder and director of Health Data Nova Scotia, contributing significantly to the establishment of a large health data warehouse to support population health services research. He has also served on multiple peer review committees for Canadian health research organizations. His academic background includes a PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he specialized in demography, alongside a Master's and Bachelor's degree in the same field.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2002-01-01 — Present

Dalhousie University • Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Professor specializing in health services research and chronic disease management.

Awards

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Certificate of Merit

2011-01-01
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Clinical Research Scholar

1997-01-01