Models of Health Care Delivery

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There are numerous models of health care delivery, or ways that health care delivery systems, such as hospitals, operate. Nurses often serve as the "backbone" to health care delivery models because of the unique hands-on role they play in providing care. Columbia University School of Nursing researchers carefully examine the wide array of models of health care delivery across many settings (e.g., inpatient, outpatient) to determine which are the most beneficial, efficient, and cost-effective. Our research is examining health care delivery models that are not only integrated, coordinated, leverage technology, and theory-driven, but that also elevate the nurse’s role from caregivers to "care integrators" to maximize their positive impact on patients. Such research is driving change in health care delivery by developing and launching innovative solutions to today’s health care problems.

Researchers

  • Melissa P. Beauchemin, PhD, MSN, BSN, BA, CPNP-PC, CPON, FAAN

    • Assistant Professor of Nursing

    Research Approaches: Dissemination and Implementation, Health Services and Policy, Informatics

    Research Interests: Health-related Social Risk Screening, Systematic Screening Implementation, Clinical Practice Guideline Implementation, Cancer Care Delivery Research

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  • Suzanne Courtwright, PhD, PNP, NEA-BC

    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Nursing

    Research Approaches: Comparative Effectiveness, Health Services and Policy
    Research Interests: Nurse Practitioners, Integrated Behavioral Healthcare, School-based Healthcare, Mental Health, Primary Care, Adolescents and Young Adults, Healthcare Systems, Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program

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  • Stephen Ferrara, DNP, FNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, FNAP, FNAM

    • Associate Dean of Artificial Intelligence, School of Nursing
    • Professor of Nursing at CUMC

    Research Approaches: Clinical, Health Services and Policy

  • Jianfang Liu, PhD, MAS, MPA, BE

    • Associate Professor of Quantitative Research (in Nursing) at CUMC

    Research Approaches: Clinical, Health Services and Policy
    Research Interests: Statistical Modeling, Psychometric Testing, Experimental Design, Big Data Analysis and Management

  • Allison Andreno Norful, PhD, MPhil, MSN, BSN, ANP-BC, FAAN

    • Assistant Professor of Nursing

    Research Approaches: Comparative Effectiveness, Health Services and Policy, Interdisciplinary
    Research Interests: Nurse Practitioners, Interprofessional Teams, Provider Co-Management, Primary Care Nursing, Care Delivery, Provider Burnout, Team Communication, Quality of Care

  • Monica K O'Reilly-Jacob, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, FAAN

    • Assistant Professor of Nursing

    Research Approaches: Health Services and Policy

    Research Interests: nurse practitioners, home-based primary care, NP-owned practices, entrepreneurship, aging populations, Medicare claims analysis, implementation of full practice authority

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  • Lusine Poghosyan, PhD, MPH, RN

    • Stone Foundation and Elise D. Fish Professor of Nursing and Professor of Health Policy and Management

    Research Approaches: Health Services and Policy, Interdisciplinary
    Research Interests: Primary Care, Chronic Diseases, Minority Populations, Nurse Practitioners, Health Care Teams

  • Jingjing Shang, PhD, FAAN

    • Professor of Nursing at CUMC

    Research Approaches: Comparative Effectiveness, Health Services and Policy
    Research Interests: Infection Control, Home Health Care, Health Policy

  • Patricia W. Stone, PhD, MPH, MSN, BSN, FAAN, FAPIC

    • Centennial Professor of Health Policy in the Faculty of Nursing

    Research Approaches: Comparative Effectiveness, Economic Analysis, Health Services and Policy
    Research Interests: Infection Control, Palliative Care, Geriatrics, Nursing Homes, Home Health Care, End-of-Life, Community Settings, Comparative Effectiveness

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