Martin Charns | Profiles RNS

Martin P. Charns, DBA

Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Health Law, Policy & Management

DBA, Harvard University
MBA, Harvard University
BS, Case Institute of Technology

Websites

	School of Public Health Faculty
	Organization Transformation Model
	VA Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR)
	LinkedIn
	Scinapse.io
	ResearchGate

ORCID : 0000-0002-7102-5331

Dr. Charns is Professor of Health Policy and Management and director emeritus of the VA Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, a VA Health Services Research and Development center of innovation. He has also served as Acting Director of VA national Health Services Research and Development. His research interests include organization design and transformation, implementation of evidence-based practices, coordination of care, quality improvement, systems redesign and service line management. He has coauthored three books as well as numerous articles, book chapters, and over 60 case studies on organization design and change. Dr. Charns has more than 40 years of consulting experience in health care organization and management, specializing in work with hospitals and health care networks. In addition to BU, he has held a faculty position at Carnegie-Mellon University. He has an MBA and DBA from Harvard Business School.

VA Boston Healthcare System

BU Research

Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Martin Charns
07/01/2023 - 06/30/2024 (PI)
VA Boston Healthcare System

Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Martin Charns
09/01/2018 - 08/31/2020 (PI)
VA Boston Healthcare System

Reducing Socioeconomic Disparities in Health at Pediatric Visits
07/10/2014 - 03/31/2019 (Subcontract PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation NIH NIMHD
5R01MD007793-05

Transition Supplement- P2 Transformational Model Dissemination
05/01/2002 - 03/31/2009 (PI)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Quality Improvement Training: Scanning the Field
05/01/2007 - 06/15/2008 (PI)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Transition Supplement- P2 Validation
12/15/2005 - 06/30/2007 (PI)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Conference Grants
06/17/2004 - 06/18/2004 (PI)
HHS/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Transitions in Organizational Design: A Study of Product Line Implementation
09/01/1999 - 08/31/2003 (PI)
National Science Foundation

VA Service Line
07/01/1998 - 09/30/2001 (PI)
HSR&D Department of VA

Impacts of Variations in Service Line Organizational Arrangements on Delivery Within IDNs
07/01/1999 - 06/30/2001 (PI)
University of Washington (from Industry Advisory Board) Ctr f Hlth Mgmt &NSF

Title

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

iCite Analysis Copy PMIDs To Clipboard

Kaitz J, Vimalananda VG, Charns MP, Fix GM. Multidisciplinary providers' perceptions of care delivery for sleep disorders: A qualitative case study. Sleep Health. 2024 Mar 21.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Charns, Martin
Vimalananda, Varsha

PMID: 38519364

Bolton RE, Mohr DC, Charns M, Herbst AN, Bokhour BG. Creating Whole Person Health Care Systems: Understanding Employee Perceptions of VAs Whole Health Cultural Transformation. J Integr Complement Med. 2023 Dec; 29(12):813-821.View Related Profiles.

Mohr, David
Charns, Martin

PMID: 37935016

Adjognon OL, Cohen-Bearak A, Kaitz J, Bokhour BG, Chatelain L, Charns MP, Mohr DC. Factors affecting the implementation of employee whole health in the veterans health administration: a qualitative evaluation. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Jun 08; 23(1):600.View Related Profiles.

Mohr, David
Charns, Martin

PMID: 37291554; PMCID: PMC10249921; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09450-3;

Charns MP, Lerner B, Yakovchenko V, Urech TH, Shin MH, Kim B, Engle RL, Vashi AA. Achieving transformation to lean management systems in health care. Health Serv Res. 2023 Apr; 58(2):343-355. PMID: 36129687; PMCID: PMC10012231; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14072;

Evans L, Fabian MP, Charns MP, Gurewich D, Stopka TJ, Cabral HJ. Medicaid Expansion and Change in Federally Qualified Health Center Accessibility From 2008 to 2016. Med Care. 2022 10 01; 60(10):743-749.View Related Profiles.

Gurewich, Deborah
Cabral, Howard
Fabian, Maria
Charns, Martin

PMID: 35948346; DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001762;

Gray CP, Azevedo KJ, Urech TH, Lerner B, Charns MP, Vashi AA. Engaging Patients in the Veterans Health Administration's Lean Enterprise Transformation: A Qualitative Study. Qual Manag Health Care. 2023 Apr-Jun 01; 32(2):75-80. PMID: 35793546; PMCID: PMC9816342; DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0000000000000371;

Merker VL, Slobogean B, Jordan JT, Langmead S, Meterko M, Charns MP, Elwy AR, Blakeley JO, Plotkin SR. Understanding barriers to diagnosis in a rare, genetic disease: Delays and errors in diagnosing schwannomatosis. Am J Med Genet A. 2022 Sep; 188(9):2672-2683.View Related Profiles.

Elwy, A. Rani
Meterko, Mark
Charns, Martin

PMID: 35678462; PMCID: PMC9378587; DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62860;

Charns MP, Bolton RE. Commentary on Burns, Nembhard and Shortell, "Integrating network theory into the study of integrated healthcare": Revisiting and extending research on structural and processual factors affecting coordination. Soc Sci Med. 2022 Jul; 305:115037. PMID: 35662513

Charns MP, Benzer JK, McIntosh NM, Mohr DC, Singer SJ, Gurewich D. A Multi-site Case Study of Care Coordination Between Primary Care and Specialty Care. Med Care. 2022 May 01; 60(5):361-367.View Related Profiles.

Mohr, David
Gurewich, Deborah
Charns, Martin

PMID: 35239562; PMCID: PMC8989667; DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001704;

Azevedo KJ, Gray CP, Gale RC, Urech TH, Ramirez JC, Wong EP, Lerner B, Charns MP, Vashi AA. Facilitators and barriers to the Lean Enterprise Transformation program at the Veterans Health Administration. Health Care Manage Rev. 2021 Oct-Dec 01; 46(4):308-318. PMID: 31996609

Showing 10 of 127 results. Show More

Mull HJ, Rosen AK, Charns MP, Itani KMF, Rivard PE. Identifying Risks and Opportunities in Outpatient Surgical Patient Safety: A Qualitative Analysis of Veterans Health Administration Staff Perceptions. J Patient Saf. 2021 04 01; 17(3):e177-e185.View Related Profiles.

Rosen, Amy
Mull, Hillary
Itani, Kamal
Charns, Martin

PMID: 29112029; PMCID: PMC8445239; DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000311;

Bolton RE, Bokhour BG, Dvorin K, Wu J, Elwy AR, Charns M, Taylor SL. Garnering Support for Complementary and Integrative Health Implementation: A Qualitative Study of VA Healthcare Organization Leaders. J Altern Complement Med. 2021 Mar; 27(S1):S81-S88.View Related Profiles.

Elwy, A. Rani
Charns, Martin

PMID: 33788605

Charns MP. Limitations to National Policy and Financial Incentives: The Role of Organizational Dynamics. Med Care. 2021 03 01; 59(3):193-194. PMID: 33560764

Charns MP. Limitations to National Policy and Financial Incentives: The Role of Organizational Dynamics. Med Care. 2021 Feb 03. PMID: 33560714

Fernandez WG, Benzer JK, Charns MP, Burgess JF. Applying a Model of Teamwork Processes to Emergency Medical Services. West J Emerg Med. 2020 Oct 19; 21(6):264-271. PMID: 33207175; PMCID: PMC7673905; DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2020.7.47238;

Merker VL, Plotkin SR, Charns MP, Meterko M, Jordan JT, Elwy AR. Effective provider-patient communication of a rare disease diagnosis: A qualitative study of people diagnosed with schwannomatosis. Patient Educ Couns. 2021 04; 104(4):808-814.View Related Profiles.

Elwy, A. Rani
Meterko, Mark
Charns, Martin

PMID: 33051127; PMCID: PMC8004534; DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.09.029;

Swamy L, Mohr D, Blok A, Anderson E, Charns M, Wiener RS, Rinne S. Impact of Workplace Climate on Burnout Among Critical Care Nurses in the Veterans Health Administration. Am J Crit Care. 2020 09 01; 29(5):380-389.View Related Profiles.

Mohr, David
Swamy, Lakshman
Charns, Martin
Wiener, Renda
Rinne, Seppo

PMID: 32869073

Benzer JK, Gurewich D, Singer SJ, McIntosh NM, Mohr DC, Vimalananda VG, Charns MP. A Mixed Methods Study of the Association of Non-Veterans Affairs Care With Veterans' and Clinicians' Experiences of Care Coordination. Med Care. 2020 08; 58(8):696-702.View Related Profiles.

Mohr, David
Gurewich, Deborah
Charns, Martin
Vimalananda, Varsha

PMID: 32692135

Bokhour BG, Haun JN, Hyde J, Charns M, Kligler B. Transforming the Veterans Affairs to a Whole Health System of Care: Time for Action and Research. Med Care. 2020 04; 58(4):295-300.View Related Profiles.

Bokhour, Barbara
Hyde, Justeen
Charns, Martin

PMID: 32044866

Evans L, Wewiorski NJ, Ellison ML, Ni P, Harvey KLL, Hunt MG, Gorman JA, Charns MP. Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Staff Perceptions of Recovery Climate and Culture in Mental Health Programs. Psychiatr Serv. 2020 06 01; 71(6):570-579.View Related Profiles.

Gorman, Jay
Charns, Martin
Ni, Pengsheng

PMID: 32151213

Rinne ST, Mohr DC, Swamy L, Blok AC, Wong ES, Charns MP. National Burnout Trends Among Physicians Working in the Department of Veterans Affairs. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 05; 35(5):1382-1388.View Related Profiles.

Mohr, David
Swamy, Lakshman
Charns, Martin
Rinne, Seppo

PMID: 32096080; PMCID: PMC7210363; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-05582-7;

George J, Elwy AR, Charns MP, Maguire EM, Baker E, Burgess JF, Meterko M. Exploring the Association Between Organizational Culture and Large-Scale Adverse Events: Evidence from the Veterans Health Administration. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2020 05; 46(5):270-281.View Related Profiles.

Elwy, A. Rani
Meterko, Mark
Charns, Martin

PMID: 32238298

Mull HJ, Rosen AK, Charns MP, O'Brien WJ, Hawn MT, Itani KMF, Pizer SD. Emergency Department Use After Outpatient Surgery Among Dually Enrolled VA and Medicare Patients. Qual Manag Health Care. 2019 Oct/Dec; 28(4):191-199.View Related Profiles.

Rosen, Amy
Mull, Hillary
Itani, Kamal
Charns, Martin
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 31567842; PMCID: PMC8454274; DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0000000000000225;

Wewiorski NJ, Gorman JA, Ellison ML, Hunt MG, Evans L, Charns MP. A site visit protocol for assessing recovery promotion at the program level: An example from the Veterans Health Administration. Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2019 Sep; 42(3):323-328.View Related Profiles.

Gorman, Jay
Charns, Martin

PMID: 31233322; PMCID: PMC6741775; DOI: 10.1037/prj0000369;

Byhoff E, Garg A, Pellicer M, Diaz Y, Yoon GH, Charns MP, Drainoni ML. Provider and Staff Feedback on Screening for Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health for Pediatric Patients. J Am Board Fam Med. 2019 May-Jun; 32(3):297-306.View Related Profiles.

Garg, Arvin
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Charns, Martin

PMID: 31068394

McDonald KM, Singer SJ, Gorin SS, Haggstrom DA, Hynes DM, Charns MP, Yano EM, Lucatorto MA, Zulman DM, Ong MK, Axon RN, Vogel D, Upton M. Incorporating Theory into Practice: Reconceptualizing Exemplary Care Coordination Initiatives from the US Veterans Health Delivery System. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 05; 34(Suppl 1):24-29. PMID: 31098965; PMCID: PMC6542860; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-04969-w;

Mohr DC, Benzer JK, Vimalananda VG, Singer SJ, Meterko M, McIntosh N, Harvey KLL, Seibert MN, Charns MP. Organizational Coordination and Patient Experiences of Specialty Care Integration. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 05; 34(Suppl 1):30-36.View Related Profiles.

Mohr, David
Meterko, Mark
Charns, Martin
Vimalananda, Varsha

PMID: 31098971; PMCID: PMC6542960; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-04973-0;

Benzer JK, Singer SJ, Mohr DC, McIntosh N, Meterko M, Vimalananda VG, Harvey KLL, Seibert MN, Charns MP. Survey of Patient-Centered Coordination of Care for Diabetes with Cardiovascular and Mental Health Comorbidities in the Department of Veterans Affairs. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 05; 34(Suppl 1):43-49.View Related Profiles.

Mohr, David
Meterko, Mark
Charns, Martin
Vimalananda, Varsha

PMID: 31098975; PMCID: PMC6542895; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-04979-8;

Peterson K, Anderson J, Bourne D, Charns MP, Gorin SS, Hynes DM, McDonald KM, Singer SJ, Yano EM. Health Care Coordination Theoretical Frameworks: a Systematic Scoping Review to Increase Their Understanding and Use in Practice. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 05; 34(Suppl 1):90-98. PMID: 31098976; PMCID: PMC6542910; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-04966-z;

Evans L, Charns MP, Cabral HJ, Fabian MP. Change in geographic access to community health centers after Health Center Program expansion. Health Serv Res. 2019 08; 54(4):860-869.View Related Profiles.

Cabral, Howard
Fabian, Maria
Charns, Martin

PMID: 30937888; PMCID: PMC6606545; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13149;

Branch-Elliman W, Pizer SD, Dasinger EA, Gold HS, Abdulkerim H, Rosen AK, Charns MP, Hawn MT, Itani KMF, Mull HJ. Facility type and surgical specialty are associated with suboptimal surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis practice patterns: a multi-center, retrospective cohort study. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2019; 8:49.View Related Profiles.

Rosen, Amy
Mull, Hillary
Itani, Kamal
Charns, Martin
Pizer, Steven
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 30886702; PMCID: PMC6404270; DOI: 10.1186/s13756-019-0503-9;

Vashi AA, Lerner B, Urech TH, Asch SM, Charns MP. Lean Enterprise Transformation in VA: a national evaluation framework and study protocol. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Feb 04; 19(1):98. PMID: 30717729; PMCID: PMC6360753; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-3919-2;

Dasinger EA, Branch-Elliman W, Pizer SD, Abdulkerim H, Rosen AK, Charns MP, Hawn MT, Itani KMF, Mull HJ. Association between postoperative opioid use and outpatient surgical adverse events. Am J Surg. 2019 04; 217(4):605-612.View Related Profiles.

Rosen, Amy
Mull, Hillary
Itani, Kamal
Charns, Martin
Pizer, Steven
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 30639132; PMCID: PMC6664793; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.12.068;

Charns, Martin P,, Gary J. Young and Laurel E. Radwin. Burns, LR, Bradley, EH and Weiner, BJ. Shortell and Kaluzney's Organizational Theory and Behavior. Organization Design and Coordination. Delmar Publishing. Clifton Park, NY:. 2019; 57-81.
Dansinger EA, Branch-Ellman W, Pizer SD, Abdulkerim H, Rosen AK, Charns MP, Hawn MT, Itani KMF, Mull HJ. Association Between Postoperative Opioid Use and Outpatient Surgical Adverse Events. Am Jour of Surgery. 2018. View Publication

Birken S, Clary A, Tabriz AA, Turner K, Meza R, Zizzi A, Larson M, Walker J, Charns M. Middle managers' role in implementing evidence-based practices in healthcare: a systematic review. Implement Sci. 2018 12 12; 13(1):149. PMID: 30541596; PMCID: PMC6292008; DOI: 10.1186/s13012-018-0843-5;

Mull HJ, Itani KMF, Pizer SD, Charns MP, Rivard PE, McIntosh N, Hawn MT, Rosen AK. Development of an Adverse Event Surveillance Model for Outpatient Surgery in the Veterans Health Administration. Health Serv Res. 2018 12; 53(6):4507-4528.View Related Profiles.

Rosen, Amy
Mull, Hillary
Itani, Kamal
Charns, Martin
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 30151826; PMCID: PMC6232409; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13037;

Mull HJ, Itani KMF, Charns MP, Pizer SD, Rivard PE, Hawn MT, Rosen AK. The Nature and Severity of Adverse Events in Select Outpatient Surgical Procedures in the Veterans Health Administration. Qual Manag Health Care. 2018 Jul/Sep; 27(3):136-144.View Related Profiles.

Rosen, Amy
Mull, Hillary
Itani, Kamal
Charns, Martin
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 29944625; PMCID: PMC8445237; DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0000000000000177;

McIntosh N, Fix GM, Allsup K, Charns M, McDannold S, Manning K, Forman DE. A Qualitative Study of Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs in an Integrated Health Care System. Mil Med. 2017 Sep; 182(9):e1757-e1763.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Charns, Martin

PMID: 28885933; DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-17-00053;

Martinson BC, Mohr DC, Charns MP, Nelson D, Hagel-Campbell E, Bangerter A, Bloomfield HE, Owen R, Thrush CR. Main outcomes of an RCT to pilot test reporting and feedback to foster research integrity climates in the VA. AJOB Empir Bioeth. 2017 Jul-Sep; 8(3):211-219.View Related Profiles.

Mohr, David
Charns, Martin

PMID: 28949895; PMCID: PMC5689383; DOI: 10.1080/23294515.2017.1363318;

Engle RL, Lopez ER, Gormley KE, Chan JA, Charns MP, Lukas CV. What roles do middle managers play in implementation of innovative practices? Health Care Manage Rev. 2017 Jan/Mar; 42(1):14-27. PMID: 26488239; PMCID: PMC5131695; DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000090;

Benzer, JK, Cramer, IE, Labonte, AJ, Charns, MP, Nealon Siebert, ME, Burgess, JF. Repurposing a program evaluation for Parkinson's disease for a healthcare management research study. Research Methods Cases. 2017.

Benzer JK, Charns MP, Hamdan S, Afable M. The role of organizational structure in readiness for change: A conceptual integration. Health Serv Manage Res. 2017 Feb; 30(1):34-46. PMID: 28166670; DOI: 10.1177/0951484816682396;

Reddy SM, Rose DE, Burgess JF, Charns MP, Yano EM. The Role of Organizational Factors in the Provision of Comprehensive Women's Health in the Veterans Health Administration. Womens Health Issues. 2016 Nov - Dec; 26(6):648-655.View Related Profiles.

Burgess, James
Charns, Martin

PMID: 27745998; DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2016.09.001;

Forman DE, Fix GM, McDannold S, McIntosh N, Schopfer DW, Whooley MA, Charns MP. Decisive Bearing of Organizational Dynamics on the Application and Success of Hospital-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation. Mayo Clin Proc. 2016 07; 91(7):975-7.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Charns, Martin

PMID: 27378045; DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.04.019;

Brewster AL, Cherlin EJ, Ndumele CD, Collins D, Burgess JF, Charns MP, Bradley EH, Curry LA. What Works in Readmissions Reduction: How Hospitals Improve Performance. Med Care. 2016 Jun; 54(6):600-7.View Related Profiles.

Burgess, James
Charns, Martin

PMID: 27050446; DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000530;

Babich LP, Charns MP, McIntosh N, Lerner B, Burgess JF, Stolzmann KL, VanDeusen Lukas C. Building Systemwide Improvement Capability: Does an Organization's Strategy for Quality Improvement Matter? Qual Manag Health Care. 2016 Apr-Jun; 25(2):92-101.View Related Profiles.

Burgess, James
Charns, Martin

PMID: 27031358; DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0000000000000089;

Martinson BC, Nelson D, Hagel-Campbell E, Mohr D, Charns MP, Bangerter A, Thrush CR, Ghilardi JR, Bloomfield H, Owen R, Wells JA. Initial Results from the Survey of Organizational Research Climates (SOuRCe) in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. PLoS One. 2016; 11(3):e0151571.View Related Profiles.

Mohr, David
Charns, Martin

PMID: 26967736; PMCID: PMC4788347; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151571;

Benzer, J. K., Charns, M. P., Hamdan, S., & Afable, M. The role of organizational structure in readiness for change: A conceptual integration. Health Services Management Research. 2016; 29(1):1-13.
Merker, V., J Blakeley, A.R, Elwy, M Charns, M Meterko, S Plotkin . 16th Biennial European Conference. Improving Diagnostic Decision Making for a Rare Disease: Identifying Barriers to Early Diagnosis of Schwannomatosis. 2016.

Benzer JK, Mohr DC, Evans L, Young G, Meterko MM, Moore SC, Nealon Seibert M, Osatuke K, Stolzmann KL, White B, Charns MP. Team Process Variation Across Diabetes Quality of Care Trajectories. Med Care Res Rev. 2016 Oct; 73(5):565-89.View Related Profiles.

Mohr, David
Benzer, Justin
Meterko, Mark
Charns, Martin

PMID: 26670549; DOI: 10.1177/1077558715617380;

Benzer JK, Cramer IE, Burgess JF, Mohr DC, Sullivan JL, Charns MP. How personal and standardized coordination impact implementation of integrated care. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015; 15:448.View Related Profiles.

Mohr, David
Cramer, Irene
Burgess, James
Sullivan, Jennifer
Benzer, Justin
Charns, Martin
Xanthakis, Vanessa

PMID: 26432790; PMCID: PMC4592548; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1079-6;

Labonte AJ, Benzer JK, Burgess JF, Cramer IE, Meterko M, Pogoda TK, Charns MP. The Effects of Organization Design and Patient Perceptions of Care on Switching Behavior and Reliance on a Health Care System Across Time. Med Care Res Rev. 2016 Apr; 73(2):182-204.View Related Profiles.

Labonte, Alan
Cramer, Irene
Burgess, James
Benzer, Justin
Meterko, Mark
Charns, Martin
Pogoda, Terri

PMID: 26311255; DOI: 10.1177/1077558715601543;

Martelli PF, Rivard P, Charns MP, Hill T, Klein K, Mittman B. Implementation and Governance in Health Care: Tensions and Synergies. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings. 2015; 2015(1):17302. View Publication
Engle, R., Lopez, E., Gormley, K., Chan, J., Charns, M. P., & Lukas, C. V. . Academy of Management Proceedings. Middle Managers’ Role in Implementing Innovative Practices in VA: Lessons Learned from the Field. 2015; 2015(1):17368.
Benzer, J. K., Mohr, D. C., Young, G. J., Meterko, M., Moore, S. C., Seibert, M. N. White, B., Charns, M.P. . Academy of Management Proceedings. An Application of the Temporal-based Framework of Teamwork Processes to Diabetes Quality of Care. 2015; 2015(1):18468.

Charns MP, Egede LE, Rumsfeld JS, McGlynn GC, Yano EM. Advancing partnered research in the VA healthcare system: the pursuit of increased research engagement, responsiveness, and impact. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Dec; 29 Suppl 4:811-3. PMID: 25355095; PMCID: PMC4239282; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-3060-1;

Benzer JK, Creech SK, Mohr DC, Charns MP. Learning goals may prevent "goals gone wild". Am J Public Health. 2014 Dec; 104(12):e1.View Related Profiles.

Mohr, David
Benzer, Justin
Charns, Martin

PMID: 25320875; PMCID: PMC4232136; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302264;

McIntosh N, Meterko M, Burgess JF, Restuccia JD, Kartha A, Kaboli P, Charns M. Organizational predictors of coordination in inpatient medicine. Health Care Manage Rev. 2014 Oct-Dec; 39(4):279-92.View Related Profiles.

Kartha, Anand Bhaskaran
Burgess, James
Restuccia, Joseph
Meterko, Mark
Charns, Martin

PMID: 24378402; DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000004;

Stetler CB, Ritchie JA, Rycroft-Malone J, Charns MP. Leadership for evidence-based practice: strategic and functional behaviors for institutionalizing EBP. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2014 Aug; 11(4):219-26. PMID: 24986669; PMCID: PMC4240461; DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12044;

McIntosh N, Burgess JF, Meterko M, Restuccia JD, Alt-White AC, Kaboli P, Charns M. Impact of provider coordination on nurse and physician perceptions of patient care quality. J Nurs Care Qual. 2014 Jul-Sep; 29(3):269-79.View Related Profiles.

Burgess, James
Restuccia, Joseph
Meterko, Mark
Charns, Martin

PMID: 24509244; DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000055;

Pogoda TK, Iverson KM, Meterko M, Baker E, Hendricks AM, Stolzmann KL, Krengel M, Charns MP, Amara J, Kimerling R, Lew HL. Concordance of clinician judgment of mild traumatic brain injury history with a diagnostic standard. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2014; 51(3):363-75.View Related Profiles.

Hendricks, Ann
Iverson, Katherine
Meterko, Mark
Charns, Martin
Krengel, Maxine
Pogoda, Terri

PMID: 25019660; DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2013.05.0115;

Benzer, J.K., Miller, C.J., Mohr, D.C., Burgess Jr, J.F., & Charns, M. P. Industrial-Organizational psychology programs need to differentiate from business schools: One opportunity in behavioral health. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Science and Practice. 2014; 7(3):351-355. View Publication

Benzer JK, Bauer MS, Charns MP, Topor DR, Dickey CC. Resident/faculty collaboration for systems-based quality improvement. Acad Psychiatry. 2013 Nov; 37(6):433-5.View Related Profiles.

Topor, David
Benzer, Justin
Charns, Martin

PMID: 24185294; DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.12090169;

Benzer JK, Young GJ, Burgess JF, Baker E, Mohr DC, Charns MP, Kaboli PJ. Sustainability of quality improvement following removal of pay-for-performance incentives. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Jan; 29(1):127-32.View Related Profiles.

Mohr, David
Burgess, James
Benzer, Justin
Charns, Martin

PMID: 23929219; PMCID: PMC3889947; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2572-4;

Benzer JK, Beehler S, Cramer IE, Mohr DC, Charns MP, Burgess JF. Between and within-site variation in qualitative implementation research. Implement Sci. 2013; 8:4.View Related Profiles.

Mohr, David
Cramer, Irene
Burgess, James
Benzer, Justin
Charns, Martin

PMID: 23286552; PMCID: PMC3598511; DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-4;

Osatuke, K., McNamara, B., Pohl, M., Moore, S. C., Meterko, M., Charns, M. P., & Dyrenforth, S. R. Response Rates and Incentives in a National Employee Survey: The Case of the Veterans Administration. Applied HRM Research. 2013; 13(1):37-50.
Benzer, J. K., Mohr, D. C., Stolzmann, K. L., Meterko, M., White, B., Osatuke, K., Moore, S.C., Charns, M.P & Young, G. J. Academy of Management Proceedings. Collaborative Performance: A Mixed Methods Study of Relational Climate, Culture, and Quality. 2013; 11447-11447.

Hendricks AM, Amara J, Baker E, Charns MP, Gardner JA, Iverson KM, Kimerling R, Krengel M, Meterko M, Pogoda TK, Stolzmann KL, Lew HL. Screening for mild traumatic brain injury in OEF-OIF deployed US military: an empirical assessment of VHA's experience. Brain Inj. 2013; 27(2):125-34.View Related Profiles.

Hendricks, Ann
Iverson, Katherine
Meterko, Mark
Charns, Martin
Krengel, Maxine
Pogoda, Terri

PMID: 23384211; DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2012.729284;

Kilbourne AM, Greenwald DE, Bauer MS, Charns MP, Yano EM. Mental health provider perspectives regarding integrated medical care for patients with serious mental illness. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2012 Nov; 39(6):448-57. PMID: 21735302; DOI: 10.1007/s10488-011-0365-9;

Charns MP, Foster MK, Alligood EC, Benzer JK, Burgess JF, Li D, McIntosh NM, Burness A, Partin MR, Clauser SB. Multilevel interventions: measurement and measures. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2012 May; 2012(44):67-77.View Related Profiles.

Burgess, James
Benzer, Justin
Charns, Martin

PMID: 22623598; PMCID: PMC3482970; DOI: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgs011;

Wiltsey Stirman S, Kimberly J, Cook N, Calloway A, Castro F, Charns M. The sustainability of new programs and innovations: a review of the empirical literature and recommendations for future research. Implement Sci. 2012; 7:17.View Related Profiles.

Castro, Frank
Charns, Martin
Wiltsey Stirman, Shannon

PMID: 22417162; PMCID: PMC3317864; DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-17;

Davies EA, Meterko MM, Charns MP, Seibert ME, Cleary PD. Factors affecting the use of patient survey data for quality improvement in the Veterans Health Administration. BMC Health Serv Res. 2011; 11:334.View Related Profiles.

Meterko, Mark
Charns, Martin

PMID: 22151714; PMCID: PMC3266219; DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-334;

Kilbourne AM, Pirraglia PA, Lai Z, Bauer MS, Charns MP, Greenwald D, Welsh DE, McCarthy JF, Yano EM. Quality of general medical care among patients with serious mental illness: does colocation of services matter? Psychiatr Serv. 2011 Aug; 62(8):922-8. PMID: 21807832; DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.62.8.922;

Charns MP, G Young. Shortell and Kaluzny’s Health Care Management: Organizational Theory and Behavior (Burns, LR, Bradley, EH, Weiner, BJ. Organization Design and Coordination. Delmar. Clifton Parl. 2011; 64-90.

Shwartz M, Cramer IE, Holmes SK, Cohen AB, Restuccia JD, VanDeusen Lukas C, Sullivan JL, Charns MP. Survey-assessed quality and organizational factors related to quality in Pursuing Perfection hospitals. Qual Manag Health Care. 2010 Oct-Dec; 19(4):349-63.View Related Profiles.

Cohen, Alan
Lukas, Carol
Cramer, Irene
Sullivan, Jennifer
Restuccia, Joseph
Charns, Martin
Xanthakis, Vanessa

PMID: 20924255; DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0b013e3181f9ef02;

Kilbourne AM, Greenwald DE, Hermann RC, Charns MP, McCarthy JF, Yano EM. Financial incentives and accountability for integrated medical care in Department of Veterans Affairs mental health programs. Psychiatr Serv. 2010 Jan; 61(1):38-44. PMID: 20044416; DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.61.1.38;

Stetler CB, Ritchie JA, Rycroft-Malone J, Schultz AA, Charns MP. Institutionalizing evidence-based practice: an organizational case study using a model of strategic change. Implement Sci. 2009; 4:78. PMID: 19948064; PMCID: PMC2795741; DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-4-78;

Pogoda TK, Cramer IE, Meterko M, Lin H, Hendricks A, Holloway RG, Charns MP. Patient and organizational factors related to education and support use by Veterans with Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord. 2009 Oct 15; 24(13):1916-24.View Related Profiles.

Hendricks, Ann
Cramer, Irene
Meterko, Mark
Charns, Martin
Pogoda, Terri

PMID: 19606487; DOI: 10.1002/mds.22516;

Hodgson MJ, Warren N, Mohr DC, Meterko M, Charns MP, Osatuke K, Dyrenforth S, Belton L, Springer M, Drummond D, Wilson R. Violence Assessment and Intervention in the Veterans Health Administration 2001-2008. 2008.

Lukas CV, Holmes SK, Cohen AB, Restuccia J, Cramer IE, Shwartz M, Charns MP. Transformational change in health care systems: an organizational model. Health Care Manage Rev. 2007 Oct-Dec; 32(4):309-20.View Related Profiles.

Cohen, Alan
Lukas, Carol
Cramer, Irene
Restuccia, Joseph
Charns, Martin

PMID: 18075440

Stetler CB, Ritchie J, Rycroft-Malone J, Schultz A, Charns M. Improving quality of care through routine, successful implementation of evidence-based practice at the bedside: an organizational case study protocol using the Pettigrew and Whipp model of strategic change. Implement Sci. 2007; 2:3. PMID: 17266756; PMCID: PMC1803000; DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-2-3;

Mohr D., Meterko M., Charns M., Dyrenforth S., & Osatuke K. Academy of Health Annual Meeting. Workplace factors that increase employee’s satisfaction and performance. Orlando. 2007.

Wrobel JS, Robbins JM, Charns MP, Bonacker KM, Reiber GE, Pogach L. Diabetes-related foot care at 10 Veterans Affairs medical centers: must do's associated with successful microsystems. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006 Apr; 32(4):206-13. PMID: 16649651

Cramer, I. E., Charns, M. P., Hendricks, A., Holloway, R., & Bruner-Canhoto, L. Multi-method evaluation of VA's efforts to improve care for Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders. 2006; 21:S154-S154.

Pogach L, Charns MP, Wrobel JS, Robbins JM, Bonacker KM, Haas L, Reiber GE. Impact of policies and performance measurement on development of organizational coordinating strategies for chronic care delivery. Am J Manag Care. 2004 Feb; 10(2 Pt 2):171-80. PMID: 15005510

Young GJ, Charns MP, Heeren TC. Product-Line Management in Professional Organizations: An Empirical Test of Competing Theoretical Perspectives. The Academy of Management Journal. 2004; 47(5):723-724. View Publication

Byrne MM, Charns MP, Parker VA, Meterko MM, Wray NP. The effects of organization on medical utilization: an analysis of service line organization. Med Care. 2004 Jan; 42(1):28-37.View Related Profiles.

Meterko, Mark
Charns, Martin
Parker, Victoria

PMID: 14713737

Wrobel JS, Charns MP, Diehr P, Robbins JM, Reiber GE, Bonacker KM, Haas LB, Pogach L. The relationship between provider coordination and diabetes-related foot outcomes. Diabetes Care. 2003 Nov; 26(11):3042-7. PMID: 14578237

Greenberg GA, Rosenheck RA, Charns MP. From profession-based leadership to service line management in the Veterans Health Administration: impact on mental health care. Med Care. 2003 Sep; 41(9):1013-23. PMID: 12972841

Parker VA, Charns MP, Young GJ. Clinical service lines in integrated delivery systems: an initial framework and exploration. J Healthc Manag. 2001 Jul-Aug; 46(4):261-75.View Related Profiles.

Charns, Martin
Parker, Victoria

PMID: 11482244

Young, GJ, MP Charns, SM Shortell. Top Manager and Network Effects on the Adoption of Innovative Management Practices: A Study of TQM in a Public Hospital System. Strategic Management Journal. 2001; 22:935-951.

Young GJ, Parker VA, Charns MP. Provider integration and local market conditions: a contingency theory perspective. Health Care Manage Rev. 2001; 26(2):73-9.View Related Profiles.

Charns, Martin
Parker, Victoria

PMID: 11293013

Charns MP, G. Young, J. Daley, S. Khuri, W. Henderson. The Quality Imperative (Kimberly, JR, E Minivielle, eds.). Coordination and Patient Care Outcomes. Imperial College Press. London. 2000.
Charns MP, Young GJ, Daley J, Khuri SF, Henderson WG. The Quality Imperative. Coordination and Patient Care Outcomes. 1999; 49-78. View Publication

Parker VA, Wubbenhorst WH, Young GJ, Desai KR, Charns MP. Implementing quality improvement in hospitals: the role of leadership and culture. Am J Med Qual. 1999 Jan-Feb; 14(1):64-9.View Related Profiles.

Charns, Martin
Parker, Victoria

PMID: 10446665

Young GJ, Charns MP, Desai K, Khuri SF, Forbes MG, Henderson W, Daley J. Patterns of coordination and clinical outcomes: a study of surgical services. Health Serv Res. 1998 Dec; 33(5 Pt 1):1211-36. PMID: 9865218; PMCID: PMC1070314

Daley J, Forbes MG, Young GJ, Charns MP, Gibbs JO, Hur K, Henderson W, Khuri SF. Validating risk-adjusted surgical outcomes: site visit assessment of process and structure. National VA Surgical Risk Study. J Am Coll Surg. 1997 Oct; 185(4):341-51. PMID: 9328382

Young GJ, Charns MP, Barbour GL. Quality improvement in the US Veterans Health Administration. Int J Qual Health Care. 1997 Jun; 9(3):183-8. PMID: 9209914

Young, G. J., Charns, M. P., Daley, J., Forbes, M., Henderson, W., Khuri, S., & DePorcq, B. Gestions hospitalières. Les meilleures pratiques de coordination dans les services chirurgicaux. 1997; (369):628-636.
Young, G., M. Charns, J. Daley, M. Forbes, W. Henderson, S. Khuri. Proceedings 1997 Meeting Academy of Management. Patterns of Coordination and Clinical Outcomes: A Study of Surgical Services. 1997.

Charns MP. Organization design of integrated delivery systems. Hosp Health Serv Adm. 1997; 42(3):411-32. PMID: 10169295

Young GJ, Charns MP, Daley J, Forbes MG, Henderson W, Khuri SF. Best practices for managing surgical services: the role of coordination. Health Care Manage Rev. 1997; 22(4):72-81. PMID: 9358262

Ashton CM, Menke TJ, Deykin D, Camberg LC, Charns MP. A state-of-the-art conference on databases pertaining to veterans' health. A resource for research and decision making. Med Care. 1996 Mar; 34(3 Suppl):MS1-8. PMID: 8598681

Stetler, CB., Charns MP. Collaboration in Health Care: The Hartford Hospital’s Experience in Changing Management and Practice. American Hospital Publishing. Chicago. 1995.
Charns MP, Tewksbury LS. Collaborative Management in Health Care: Implementing the Integrative Organization. Jossey-Bass Publishing. San Francisco. 1993.

Charns MP, Tewksbury LS. A model for product line management in health care. Aust Health Rev. 1991; 14(1):65-82. PMID: 10116917

Charns MP, Smith LJ. Product line management and continuum of care. Health Matrix. 1989; 7(1):40-9. PMID: 10303547

Gordon HW, Charns MP, Sherman E. Management Success as a Function of Performance on Specialized Cognitive Tests. Human Relations. 1987; 40(10).

Charns MP. Product line management and clinical costing system. Aust Health Rev. 1986; 9(4):396-405. PMID: 10281215

Charns MP. Changing health care organisations for increased effectiveness. Aust Health Rev. 1984; 7(3):191-202. PMID: 10270913

Charns, MP., Schaefer MJ. Health Care Organizations: A Model for Management. Prentice-Hall Publishing Co. Englewood Cliffs. 1983.

Alt-White AC, Charns M, Strayer R. Personal, organizational and managerial factors related to nurse - physician collaboration. Nurs Adm Q. 1983; 8(1):8-18. PMID: 6556464

Stoelwinder, J. U., M. P. Charns. The Task Field Model of Organization Analysis and Design. Human Relations. 1981; 34(9):743-762.
Stoelwinder JU, Charns MP. Proceedings 1981 AIDS National Meeting. Coordination Among Health Professionals. 1981.
Charns MP, Yoram N. Task Characteristics of Faculty in Medical School Departments. Journal of Research in Higher Education. 1979; 11(2):125-135.

Weisbord MR, Lawrence PR, Charns MP. Three dilemmas of academic medical centers. J Appl Behav Sci. 1978 Jul-Aug; 14(3):284-304. PMID: 10237924

Charns, M. P., P. R. Lawrence, and M. R. Weisbord. Organizing Multiple Task Professionals in Academic Medical Centers. Management Science, Special Issue on Prescriptive Models of Organization,. 1977; 5:71-88.
Charns MP. Proceedings 1977 Annual Meeting -- Association for Academic Health Centers. Managing Organizational Change in Academic Health Centers. 1977; 49-59.

Charns MP. Breaking the tradition barrier: managing integration in health care facilities. Health Care Manage Rev. 1976; 1(1):55-67. PMID: 10241298

Charns, MP. Organizational Planning: Cases and Concepts (Lorsch, J.W., P.R. Lawrence, eds.). The Theories of Joan Woodward and James Thompson. Irwin-Dorsey. Homewood. 1972; 28-37.
Brown RV, Charns MP. Proceedings American Marketing Association, Fall 1970 Conference. Credence Decomposition by Computer. 1970; 160-167.
Charns MP, Wubbenhorst W, Parker VA. VISN Service Line Implementation: Who's Doing What?.
Charns MP. The organization of multiple task professionals: a study of four academic medical centers. OAI.
Pobirsky N, Charns MP. Approaches to Implementing Service Lines.
Charns MP, Wray NP, Byrne M, Parker VA, Meterko M. Highlights from the Service Line Study (1997-2000).
Meterko M, Rosenheck R, Greenberg G, Charns MP. Mental Health Service Lines and Facility Performance.

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 115 publications over 36 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2019

Bar chart showing 115 publications over 36 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2019

Year	Publications
1981	2
1983	2
1984	1
1986	1
1987	1
1989	1
1991	1
1993	1
1995	1
1996	1
1997	6
1998	1
1999	2
2000	1
2001	3
2003	2
2004	3
2006	2
2007	3
2008	1
2009	2
2010	2
2011	3
2012	3
2013	6
2014	7
2015	6
2016	8
2017	4
2018	4
2019	12
2020	8
2021	5
2022	6
2023	2
2024	1

2010 Boston University School of Public Health: Teaching Award

2008 Boston University School of Public Health: Teaching Award

1997 Academy of Management Healthcare Administration Division: Best paper award

1987 Academy of Management: Healthcare Administration Division Chair

1985 American College of Healthcare Executives: Ray E. Brown Collection - book award

1984 Hospitals - Journal of American Hospital Association: Best management book

In addition to these self-described keywords below, a list of MeSH based concepts is available here.

Coordination
Healthcare Organization
Organization Design
Organizational Transformation
Quality of Care
Service Line Management

Available to Mentor as: (Review Mentor Role Definitions):

Advisor
Career Mentor
Research / Scholarly Mentor

Contact for Mentoring:

Email (see 'Contact Info')

715 Albany St
Boston MA 02118
Google Map

617.358.2774

Download vCard

Charns's Networks

Click the "See All" links for more information and interactive visualizations

Concepts

See all (271) concept(s)

Co-Authors

See all (29) people

Similar People

See all (60) people

Same Department

Search Department