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Ashish Kumar Jha, MD

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Medicine

General Internal Medicine

MD, Harvard Medical School
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
BA, Columbia University

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Ashish Kumar Jha is an Indian American general internist physician and academic serving as Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. Previously, he was a health scholar, the K.T. Li Professor of Global Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Faculty Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, and a Senior Advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group. Dr. Jha is recognized as one of the leading health policy scholars in the nation.

Dr. Jha's research centers on improving the quality and cost of health care, focusing on improving the quality and costs of healthcare systems with a specialized focus on the impact of policies. Dr. Jha has published over two hundred papers in prestigious journals and heads a personal blog which focuses on using statistical data research to improve health quality. Dr. Jha is a member of the Institute of Medicine at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Dean
Brown University School of Public Health

Professor
Brown University School of Public Health
Health Services, Policy and Practice

VA Boston Healthcare System

NIH RePORTER Research

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Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs
2018	Trends in Racial Disparities in Surgical Readmissions and Strategies to Narrow the Gap	5R21MD011701-02
2017	Trends in Racial Disparities in Surgical Readmissions and Strategies to Narrow the Gap	1R21MD011701-01
2014	Understanding Disparities in Patient-Centered Hospital Care	5R01MD006230-03	1
2014	Identifying Ways to Reduce Readmissions Among Minority-Serving U.S. Hospitals	5R01HL113567-03	2
2013	Identifying Ways to Reduce Readmissions Among Minority-Serving U.S. Hospitals	5R01HL113567-02	2
2013	Understanding Disparities in Patient-Centered Hospital Care	5R01MD006230-02	1
2012	Understanding Disparities in Patient-Centered Hospital Care	1R01MD006230-01A1	1
2012	Identifying Ways to Reduce Readmissions Among Minority-Serving U.S. Hospitals	1R01HL113567-01	2

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Becerra X, Jha A. Project NextGen - Defeating SARS-CoV-2 and Preparing for the Next Pandemic. N Engl J Med. 2023 Aug 31; 389(9):773-775. PMID: 37494477

Jha AK. Preparing the United States for the Next Pandemic. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Sep; 176(9):1277-1278. PMID: 37487211

Burke LG, Burke RC, Orav EJ, Duggan CE, Figueroa JF, Jha AK. Association of Academic Medical Center Presence With Clinical Outcomes at Neighboring Community Hospitals Among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Feb 01; 6(2):e2254559. PMID: 36723939; PMCID: PMC9892959; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.54559;

Tsai TC, Orav EJ, Jha AK, Figueroa JF. National Estimates of Increase in US Mechanical Ventilator Supply During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Aug 01; 5(8):e2224853. PMID: 35917126; PMCID: PMC9346549; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.24853;

Rubin EJ, Baden LR, Jha A, Morrissey S. Audio Interview: A Look at the U.S. Government's Covid-19 Strategy. N Engl J Med. 2022 07 21; 387(3):e11. PMID: 35857665

Figueroa JF, Katz IT, Hyle EP, Horneffer KE, Nambiar K, Phelan J, Orav EJ, Jha AK. The Association Of HIV With Health Care Spending And Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 Apr; 41(4):581-588. PMID: 35377765; PMCID: PMC9153068; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01793;

Tsai TC, Jacobson BH, Griggs D, Jha AK, Orav EJ, Epstein AM. Marketplace Health Insurance Ratings: Most Potential Enrollees Have Access To Plans Of Medium Or High Quality. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 03; 41(3):390-397. PMID: 35254939

Lam MB, Friend TH, Erfani P, Orav EJ, Jha AK, Figueroa JF. ACO Spending and Utilization Among Medicare Patients at the End of Life: an Observational Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 10; 37(13):3275-3282. PMID: 35022958; PMCID: PMC9550919; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-07183-9;

Tsai TC, Jacobson BH, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Association of community-level social vulnerability with US acute care hospital intensive care unit capacity during COVID-19. Healthc (Amst). 2022 Mar; 10(1):100611. PMID: 34979442; PMCID: PMC8692088; DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100611;

Tsugawa Y, Dimick JB, Jena AB, Maggard-Gibbons M, Blumenthal DM, Gross N, Jha AK. Comparison of Patient Outcomes of Surgeons Who Are US Versus International Medical Graduates. Ann Surg. 2021 12 01; 274(6):e1047-e1055. PMID: 31850990

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Figueroa JF, Horneffer KE, Riley K, Abiona O, Arvin M, Atsma F, Bernal-Delgado E, Blankart CR, Bowden N, Deeny S, Estupiñán-Romero F, Gauld R, Hansen TM, Haywood P, Janlov N, Knight H, Lorenzoni L, Marino A, Or Z, Pellet L, Orlander D, Penneau A, Schoenfeld AJ, Shatrov K, Skudal KE, Stafford M, van de Galien O, van Gool K, Wodchis WP, Tanke M, Jha AK, Papanicolas I. A methodology for identifying high-need, high-cost patient personas for international comparisons. Health Serv Res. 2021 12; 56 Suppl 3:1302-1316. PMID: 34755334; PMCID: PMC8579201; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13890;

Erfani P, Phelan J, Orav EJ, Figueroa JF, Jha AK, Lam MB. Spending outcomes among patients with cancer in accountable care organizations 4 years after implementation. Cancer. 2022 03 01; 128(5):1093-1100. PMID: 34767638; PMCID: PMC8837672; DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34022;

Jha AK. Data: The Lifeblood of the Public Health Response to COVID-19. Ann Intern Med. 2021 12; 174(12):1757-1758. PMID: 34543587; PMCID: PMC8462513; DOI: 10.7326/M21-3725;

Papanicolas I, Figueroa JF, Schoenfeld AJ, Riley K, Abiona O, Arvin M, Atsma F, Bernal-Delgado E, Bowden N, Blankart CR, Deeny S, Estupiñán-Romero F, Gauld R, Haywood P, Janlov N, Knight H, Lorenzoni L, Marino A, Or Z, Penneau A, Shatrov K, Stafford M, van de Galien O, van Gool K, Wodchis W, Jha AK. Differences in health care spending and utilization among older frail adults in high-income countries: ICCONIC hip fracture persona. Health Serv Res. 2021 12; 56 Suppl 3:1335-1346. PMID: 34390254; PMCID: PMC8579209; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13739;

Papanicolas I, Riley K, Abiona O, Arvin M, Atsma F, Bernal-Delgado E, Bowden N, Blankart CR, Deeny S, Estupiñán-Romero F, Gauld R, Haywood P, Janlov N, Knight H, Lorenzoni L, Marino A, Or Z, Penneau A, Schoenfeld AJ, Shatrov K, Stafford M, van de Galien O, van Gool K, Wodchis W, Jha AK, Figueroa JF. Differences in health outcomes for high-need high-cost patients across high-income countries. Health Serv Res. 2021 12; 56 Suppl 3:1347-1357. PMID: 34378796; PMCID: PMC8579207; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13735;

Lam MB, Riley KE, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Jha AK, Burke LG. Healthy days at home: A population-based quality measure for cancer patients at the end of life. Cancer. 2021 11 15; 127(22):4249-4257. PMID: 34374429

Figueroa JF, Papanicolas I, Riley K, Abiona O, Arvin M, Atsma F, Bernal-Delgado E, Bowden N, Blankart CR, Deeny S, Estupiñán-Romero F, Gauld R, Haywood P, Janlov N, Knight H, Lorenzoni L, Marino A, Or Z, Penneau A, Shatrov K, van de Galien O, van Gool K, Wodchis W, Jha AK. International comparison of health spending and utilization among people with complex multimorbidity. Health Serv Res. 2021 12; 56 Suppl 3:1317-1334. PMID: 34350586; PMCID: PMC8579210; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13708;

Lam MB, Riley K, Mehtsun W, Phelan J, Orav EJ, Jha AK, Burke LG. Association of Teaching Status and Mortality After Cancer Surgery. Ann Surg Open. 2021 Sep; 2(3). PMID: 34458890; PMCID: PMC8389472; DOI: 10.1097/as9.0000000000000073;

Mehtsun WT, Orav EJ, Phelan J, Lipa SA, Dimick JB, Jha AK, Figueroa JF. Disparities in Surgical Readmissions and Use of Observation Status in Hip and Knee Replacements: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Ann Surg. 2021 07 01; 274(1):e90-e91. PMID: 33630446; PMCID: PMC8928569; DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004806;

Woskie LR, Hennessy J, Espinosa V, Tsai TC, Vispute S, Jacobson BH, Cattuto C, Gauvin L, Tizzoni M, Fabrikant A, Gadepalli K, Boulanger A, Pearce A, Kamath C, Schlosberg A, Stanton C, Bavadekar S, Abueg M, Hogue M, Oplinger A, Chou K, Corrado G, Shekel T, Jha AK, Wellenius GA, Gabrilovich E. Early social distancing policies in Europe, changes in mobility & COVID-19 case trajectories: Insights from Spring 2020. PLoS One. 2021; 16(6):e0253071.View Related Profiles.

Jha, Ashish Kumar
Wellenius, Gregory

PMID: 34191818; PMCID: PMC8244916; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253071;

Wellenius GA, Vispute S, Espinosa V, Fabrikant A, Tsai TC, Hennessy J, Dai A, Williams B, Gadepalli K, Boulanger A, Pearce A, Kamath C, Schlosberg A, Bendebury C, Mandayam C, Stanton C, Bavadekar S, Pluntke C, Desfontaines D, Jacobson BH, Armstrong Z, Gipson B, Wilson R, Widdowson A, Chou K, Oplinger A, Shekel T, Jha AK, Gabrilovich E. Impacts of social distancing policies on mobility and COVID-19 case growth in the US. Nat Commun. 2021 05 25; 12(1):3118.View Related Profiles.

Jha, Ashish Kumar
Wellenius, Gregory

PMID: 34035295; PMCID: PMC8149701; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23404-5;

Holmgren AJ, Phelan J, Jha AK, Adler-Milstein J. Hospital organizational strategies associated with advanced EHR adoption. Health Serv Res. 2022 04; 57(2):259-269. PMID: 33779993; PMCID: PMC8928026; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13655;

Upadhyay V, Malviya D, Nath SS, Tripathi M, Jha A. Comparison of Superior Vena Cava and Inferior Vena Cava Diameter Changes by Echocardiography in Predicting Fluid Responsiveness in Mechanically Ventilated Patients. Anesth Essays Res. 2020 Jul-Sep; 14(3):441-447. PMID: 34092856; PMCID: PMC8159031; DOI: 10.4103/aer.AER_1_21;

Salas RN, Friend TH, Bernstein A, Jha AK. Adding A Climate Lens To Health Policy In The United States. Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 12; 39(12):2063-2070. PMID: 33284694

Lam MB, Raphael K, Mehtsun WT, Phelan J, Orav EJ, Jha AK, Figueroa JF. Changes in Racial Disparities in Mortality After Cancer Surgery in the US, 2007-2016. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 12 01; 3(12):e2027415. PMID: 33270126; PMCID: PMC7716190; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.27415;

Figueroa JF, Wadhera RK, Mehtsun WT, Riley K, Phelan J, Jha AK. Association of race, ethnicity, and community-level factors with COVID-19 cases and deaths across U.S. counties. Healthc (Amst). 2021 Mar; 9(1):100495. PMID: 33285500; PMCID: PMC7680060; DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2020.100495;

Cherla A, Renwick M, Jha A, Mossialos E. Cost-effectiveness of cancer drugs: Comparative analysis of the United States and England. EClinicalMedicine. 2020 Dec; 29-30:100625. PMID: 33437948; PMCID: PMC7788430; DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100625;

Lam MB, Phelan J, Orav EJ, Jha AK, Keating NL. Medicaid Expansion and Mortality Among Patients With Breast, Lung, and Colorectal Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 11 02; 3(11):e2024366. PMID: 33151317; PMCID: PMC7645694; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.24366;

Figueroa JF, Jha AK. Polysocial Risk Scores for Assessing Social Determinants of Health-Reply. JAMA. 2020 10 27; 324(16):1681-1682. PMID: 33107937

Figueroa JF, Wadhera RK, Papanicolas I, Riley K, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Association of Nursing Home Ratings on Health Inspections, Quality of Care, and Nurse Staffing With COVID-19 Cases. JAMA. 2020 Sep 15; 324(11):1103-1105. PMID: 32790822; PMCID: PMC7418040; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.14709;

Figueroa JF, Lam MB, Phelan J, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Accountable Care Organizations Are Associated with Savings Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Frailty. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 12; 36(12):3891-3893. PMID: 32869199; PMCID: PMC8642496; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-06166-6;

Frakt AB, Jha AK, Glied S. Pivoting from decomposing correlates to developing solutions: An evidence-based agenda to address drivers of health. Health Serv Res. 2020 10; 55 Suppl 2:781-786.View Related Profiles.

Jha, Ashish Kumar
Frakt, Austin

PMID: 32776528; PMCID: PMC7518812; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13539;

Papanicolas I, Marino A, Lorenzoni L, Jha A. Comparison of Health Care Spending by Age in 8 High-Income Countries. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 08 03; 3(8):e2014688. PMID: 32761158; PMCID: PMC7411536; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.14688;

Burke LG, Burke RC, Epstein SK, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Trends in Costs of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries Treated in the Emergency Department From 2011 to 2016. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 08 03; 3(8):e208229. PMID: 32761159; PMCID: PMC7411538; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.8229;

Figueroa JF, Burke LG, Horneffer KE, Zheng J, John Orav E, Jha AK. Avoidable Hospitalizations And Observation Stays: Shifts In Racial Disparities. Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 06; 39(6):1065-1071. PMID: 32479235; PMCID: PMC8928573; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01019;

Figueroa JF, Frakt AB, Jha AK. Addressing Social Determinants of Health: Time for a Polysocial Risk Score. JAMA. 2020 Apr 28; 323(16):1553-1554.View Related Profiles.

Jha, Ashish Kumar
Frakt, Austin

PMID: 32242887

Ranney ML, Griffeth V, Jha AK. Critical Supply Shortages - The Need for Ventilators and Personal Protective Equipment during the Covid-19 Pandemic. N Engl J Med. 2020 Apr 30; 382(18):e41. PMID: 32212516

Figueroa JF, Phelan J, Orav EJ, Patel V, Jha AK. Association of Mental Health Disorders With Health Care Spending in the Medicare Population. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 03 02; 3(3):e201210. PMID: 32191329; PMCID: PMC7082719; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.1210;

Jha AK. Love of the UK's National Health Service-and Its Lessons for Health Policy. JAMA Health Forum. 2020 Mar 02; 1(3):e200320. PMID: 36218592

Mehta MC, Katz IT, Jha AK. Transforming Global Health with AI. N Engl J Med. 2020 Feb 27; 382(9):791-793. PMID: 32101661

Macarayan E, Papanicolas I, Jha A. The quality of malaria care in 25 low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Glob Health. 2020; 5(2):e002023. PMID: 32133188; PMCID: PMC7042579; DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002023;

Gotanda H, Jha AK, Kominski GF, Tsugawa Y. Out-of-pocket spending and financial burden among low income adults after Medicaid expansions in the United States: quasi-experimental difference-in-difference study. BMJ. 2020 Feb 05; 368:m40. PMID: 32024637; PMCID: PMC7190017; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m40;

Papanicolas I, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Is mortality readmissions bias a concern for readmission rates under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program? Health Serv Res. 2020 04; 55(2):249-258. PMID: 31984494; PMCID: PMC7080391; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13268;

Figueroa JF, Wadhera RK, Jha AK. Eliminating Wasteful Health Care Spending-Is the United States Simply Spinning Its Wheels? JAMA Cardiol. 2020 01 01; 5(1):9-10. PMID: 31589241

Burke LG, Epstein SK, Burke RC, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Trends in Mortality for Medicare Beneficiaries Treated in the Emergency Department From 2009 to 2016. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 01 01; 180(1):80-88. PMID: 31682713; PMCID: PMC6830439; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.4866;

Figueroa JF, Burke LG, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Trends in Hospitalization vs Observation Stay for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 12 01; 179(12):1714-1716. PMID: 31449290; PMCID: PMC6714003; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.3177;

Lam MB, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Early Accountable Care Organization Results in End-of-Life Spending Among Cancer Patients. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2019 12 01; 111(12):1307-1313. PMID: 30859226; PMCID: PMC6910163; DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djz033;

Kazi DS, Katz IT, Jha AK. PrEParing to End the HIV Epidemic - California's Route as a Road Map for the United States. N Engl J Med. 2019 Dec 26; 381(26):2489-2491. PMID: 31774949

Papanicolas I, Mossialos E, Gundersen A, Woskie L, Jha AK. Performance of UK National Health Service compared with other high income countries: observational study. BMJ. 2019 Nov 27; 367:l6326. PMID: 31776110; PMCID: PMC6880250; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l6326;

Burke LG, Orav EJ, Zheng J, Jha AK. Healthy Days at home: A novel population-based outcome measure. Healthc (Amst). 2020 Mar; 8(1):100378. PMID: 31708403

Figueroa JF, Horneffer KE, Jha AK. Disappointment in the Value-Based Era: Time for a Fresh Approach? JAMA. 2019 Nov 05; 322(17):1649-1650. PMID: 31596430

Tsugawa Y, Kato H, Jha AK, Wenger NS, Zingmond DS, Gross N, Jena AB. Characteristics of Physicians Who Adopted Medicare's New Advance Care Planning Codes in the First Year. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 06; 35(6):1914-1916. PMID: 31637655; PMCID: PMC7280371; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-05368-x;

Salas RN, Jha AK. Climate change threatens the achievement of effective universal healthcare. BMJ. 2019 Sep 23; 366:l5302. PMID: 31548271; PMCID: PMC6753637; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l5302;

Tsugawa Y, Figueroa JF, Papanicolas I, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Assessment of Strategies for Managing Expansion of Diagnosis Coding Using Risk-Adjustment Methods for Medicare Data. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Sep 01; 179(9):1287-1290. PMID: 31242282; PMCID: PMC6596333; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.1005;

Papanicolas I, Woskie LR, Orlander D, Orav EJ, Jha AK. The Relationship Between Health Spending And Social Spending In High-Income Countries: How Does The US Compare? Health Aff (Millwood). 2019 09; 38(9):1567-1575. PMID: 31411912

Jha AK. Population Health Management: Saving Lives and Saving Money? JAMA. 2019 08 06; 322(5):390-391. PMID: 31386122

Iliff AR, Jha AK. Public-Private Partnerships in Global Health. Reply. N Engl J Med. 2019 07 11; 381(2). PMID: 31291537

Burke LG, Khullar D, Zheng J, Frakt AB, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Comparison of Costs of Care for Medicare Patients Hospitalized in Teaching and Nonteaching Hospitals. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 06 05; 2(6):e195229.View Related Profiles.

Jha, Ashish Kumar
Frakt, Austin

PMID: 31173121; PMCID: PMC6563581; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.5229;

Das S, Jha AK. Getting Coverage Right for 500 Million Indians. N Engl J Med. 2019 Jun 13; 380(24):2287-2289. PMID: 31116915

Jha AK. What Readmission Rates in Canada Tell Us About the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. JAMA Cardiol. 2019 05 01; 4(5):453-454. PMID: 30969318

Jha AK. Deprescribing Policies: Time for a Fresh Approach. JAMA. 2019 Apr 09; 321(14):1341-1342. PMID: 30964517

Boozary AS, Feyman Y, Reinhardt UE, Jha AK. The Association Between Hospital Concentration And Insurance Premiums In ACA Marketplaces. Health Aff (Millwood). 2019 04; 38(4):668-674. PMID: 30933578

Katz I, Jha AK. HIV in the United States: Getting to Zero Transmissions by 2030. JAMA. 2019 Mar 26; 321(12):1153-1154. PMID: 30848778

Iliff AR, Jha AK. Public-Private Partnerships in Global Health - Driving Health Improvements without Compromising Values. N Engl J Med. 2019 Mar 21; 380(12):1097-1099. PMID: 30893531

Salas RN, Laden F, Jacobs WB, Jha AK. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Proposed Transparency Rule Threatens Health. Ann Intern Med. 2019 02 05; 170(3):197-198. PMID: 30690643

Figueroa JF, Zhou X, Jha AK. Characteristics And Spending Patterns Of Persistently High-Cost Medicare Patients. Health Aff (Millwood). 2019 01; 38(1):107-114. PMID: 30615516

Jha AK. Accreditation, Quality, and Making Hospital Care Better. JAMA. 2018 Dec 18; 320(23):2410-2411. PMID: 30561469

Gupta V, Kraemer JD, Katz R, Jha AK, Kerry VB, Sane J, Ollgren J, Salminen MO. Analysis of results from the Joint External Evaluation: examining its strength and assessing for trends among participating countries. J Glob Health. 2018 Dec; 8(2):020416. PMID: 30410738; PMCID: PMC6204750; DOI: 10.7189/jogh.08.020416;

Sadilek A, Caty S, DiPrete L, Mansour R, Schenk T, Bergtholdt M, Jha A, Ramaswami P, Gabrilovich E. Machine-learned epidemiology: real-time detection of foodborne illness at scale. NPJ Digit Med. 2018; 1:36. PMID: 31304318; PMCID: PMC6550174; DOI: 10.1038/s41746-018-0045-1;

Lam MB, Figueroa JF, Feyman Y, Reimold KE, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Association between patient outcomes and accreditation in US hospitals: observational study. BMJ. 2018 Oct 18; 363:k4011. PMID: 30337294; PMCID: PMC6193202; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k4011;

Figueroa JF, Lyon Z, Zhou X, Grabowski DC, Jha AK. Persistence and Drivers of High-Cost Status Among Dual-Eligible Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries: An Observational Study. Ann Intern Med. 2018 10 16; 169(8):528-534. PMID: 30285049

Tsugawa Y, Blumenthal DM, Jha AK, Orav EJ, Jena AB. Association between physician US News & World Report medical school ranking and patient outcomes and costs of care: observational study. BMJ. 2018 09 26; 362:k3640. PMID: 30257919; PMCID: PMC6156557; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k3640;

Jha AK. Death, Readmissions, and Getting Policy Right. JAMA Netw Open. 2018 09 07; 1(5):e182776. PMID: 30646175

Lam MB, Figueroa JF, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Spending Among Patients With Cancer in the First 2 Years of Accountable Care Organization Participation. J Clin Oncol. 2018 10 10; 36(29):2955-2960. PMID: 30156985

Papanicolas I, Woskie LR, Jha AK. Comparing Spending on Medical Care in the United States and Other Countries-In Reply. JAMA. 2018 08 28; 320(8):840. PMID: 30167693

Jha AK. End-of-Life Care, Not End-of-Life Spending. JAMA. 2018 Aug 21; 320(7):631-632. PMID: 30140864

Figueroa JF, Jha AK. Disparities In Readmissions: The Authors Reply. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 08; 37(8):1340. PMID: 30080471

Gondi S, Soled D, Jha A. The problem with pay-for-performance schemes. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019 06; 28(6):511-513. PMID: 30061103

Lin SC, Jha AK, Adler-Milstein J. Electronic Health Records Associated With Lower Hospital Mortality After Systems Have Time To Mature. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 07; 37(7):1128-1135. PMID: 29985687

Burke L, Khullar D, Orav EJ, Zheng J, Frakt A, Jha AK. Do Academic Medical Centers Disproportionately Benefit The Sickest Patients? Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 06; 37(6):864-872.View Related Profiles.

Jha, Ashish Kumar
Frakt, Austin

PMID: 29863940

Gupta V, Tsai AC, Mason-Sharma A, Goosby EP, Jha AK, Kerry VB. Have geopolitics influenced decisions on American health foreign assistance efforts during the Obama presidency? J Glob Health. 2018 Jun; 8(1):010417. PMID: 29740500; PMCID: PMC5912092; DOI: 10.7189/jogh.08.010417;

Figueroa JF, Jha AK. Approach for Achieving Effective Care for High-Need Patients. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 06 01; 178(6):845-846. PMID: 29630697

Jonas O, Katz R, Yansen S, Geddes K, Jha A. Call for independent monitoring of disease outbreak preparedness. BMJ. 2018 May 24; 361:k2269. PMID: 29794069

Das J, Woskie L, Rajbhandari R, Abbasi K, Jha A. Rethinking assumptions about delivery of healthcare: implications for universal health coverage. BMJ. 2018 May 21; 361:k1716. PMID: 29784870; PMCID: PMC5961312; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k1716;

Tsugawa Y, Jena AB, Orav EJ, Blumenthal DM, Tsai TC, Mehtsun WT, Jha AK. Age and sex of surgeons and mortality of older surgical patients: observational study. BMJ. 2018 04 25; 361:k1343. PMID: 29695473; PMCID: PMC5915700; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k1343;

Barry D, Kimble LE, Nambiar B, Parry G, Jha A, Chattu VK, Massoud MR, Goldmann D. A framework for learning about improvement: embedded implementation and evaluation design to optimize learning. Int J Qual Health Care. 2018 Apr 20; 30(suppl_1):10-14. PMID: 29873794; PMCID: PMC5909667; DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzy008;

Figueroa JF, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Epstein AM, Jha AK. Medicare Program Associated With Narrowing Hospital Readmission Disparities Between Black And White Patients. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 04; 37(4):654-661. PMID: 29608366

Mehtsun WT, Papanicolas I, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Lillemoe KD, Jha AK. National Trends in Readmission Following Inpatient Surgery in the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Era. Ann Surg. 2018 04; 267(4):599-605. PMID: 28657950

Papanicolas I, Woskie LR, Jha AK. Health Care Spending in the United States and Other High-Income Countries. JAMA. 2018 Mar 13; 319(10):1024-1039. PMID: 29536101

Gupta V, Mason-Sharma A, Lyon ZM, Orav EJ, Jha AK, Kerry VB. Has development assistance for health facilitated the rise of more peaceful societies in sub-Saharan Africa? Glob Public Health. 2018 12; 13(12):1796-1806. PMID: 29532733

Jha AK. To Fix the Hospital Readmissions Program, Prioritize What Matters. JAMA. 2018 Feb 06; 319(5):431-433. PMID: 29411022

Lam MB, Burke LG, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Proportion of patients with cancer among high-cost Medicare beneficiaries: Who they are and what drives their spending. Healthc (Amst). 2018 Mar; 6(1):46-51. PMID: 29398469

Scott KW, Orav EJ, Cutler DM, Jha AK. Changes in Hospital-Physician Affiliations in U.S. Hospitals. Ann Intern Med. 2018 01 16; 168(2):156-157. PMID: 29335733

Bonfrer I, Figueroa JF, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Impact of Financial Incentives on Early and Late Adopters among US Hospitals: observational study. BMJ. 2018 01 03; 360:j5622. PMID: 29298765; PMCID: PMC5749590; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j5622;

Mehtsun WT, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Lillemoe KD, Jha AK. Unintended Consequences of the 30-Day Mortality Metric: Fact or Fiction. Ann Surg. 2017 12; 266(6):962-967. PMID: 27849667

Frakt AB, Jha AK. Face the Facts: We Need to Change the Way We Do Pay for Performance. Ann Intern Med. 2018 02 20; 168(4):291-292.View Related Profiles.

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Figueroa JF, Joynt Maddox KE, Beaulieu N, Wild RC, Jha AK. Concentration of Potentially Preventable Spending Among High-Cost Medicare Subpopulations: An Observational Study. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Nov 21; 167(10):706-713. PMID: 29049488

Jha AK. Public Reporting of Surgical Outcomes: Surgeons, Hospitals, or Both? JAMA. 2017 10 17; 318(15):1429-1430. PMID: 28973291

West J, Johnson G, Jha AK. Trends in acquisitions of physician practices and subsequent clinical integration: A mixed methods study. J Eval Clin Pract. 2017 Dec; 23(6):1444-1450. PMID: 28971563

Ahmed F, Ahmed N, Briggs TWR, Pronovost PJ, Shetty DP, Jha AK, Govindarajan V. Can reverse innovation catalyse better value health care? Lancet Glob Health. 2017 10; 5(10):e967-e968. PMID: 28911759

Figueroa J, Feyman Y, Blumenthal D, Jha A. Do the stars align? Distribution of high-quality ratings of healthcare sectors across US markets. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 04; 27(4):287-292. PMID: 28899901

Papanicolas I, Jha AK. Challenges in International Comparison of Health Care Systems. JAMA. 2017 Aug 08; 318(6):515-516. PMID: 28750110

Adler-Milstein J, Jha AK. HITECH Act Drove Large Gains In Hospital Electronic Health Record Adoption. Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 08 01; 36(8):1416-1422. PMID: 28784734

Nakamura MM, Zaslavsky AM, Toomey SL, Petty CR, Bryant MC, Geanacopoulos AT, Jha AK, Schuster MA. Pediatric Readmissions After Hospitalizations for Lower Respiratory Infections. Pediatrics. 2017 Aug; 140(2). PMID: 28771405

Jha AK. Payment Power to the Patients. JAMA. 2017 Jul 04; 318(1):18-19. PMID: 28672304

Tsugawa Y, Jena AB, Jha AK. Limitations Concerning the Association of Physician Sex and Patient Outcomes-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 07 01; 177(7):1058-1059. PMID: 28672364

Figueroa JF, Frakt AB, Lyon ZM, Zhou X, Jha AK. Characteristics and spending patterns of high cost, non-elderly adults in Massachusetts. Healthc (Amst). 2017 Dec; 5(4):165-170.View Related Profiles.

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Mehtsun WT, Figueroa JF, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Racial Disparities In Surgical Mortality: The Gap Appears To Have Narrowed. Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 06 01; 36(6):1057-1064. PMID: 28583964

Burke LG, Frakt AB, Khullar D, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Association Between Teaching Status and Mortality in US Hospitals. JAMA. 2017 May 23; 317(20):2105-2113.View Related Profiles.

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Tsugawa Y, Jha AK, Newhouse JP, Zaslavsky AM, Jena AB. Variation in Physician Spending and Association With Patient Outcomes. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 05 01; 177(5):675-682. PMID: 28288254; PMCID: PMC5470365; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0059;

Beaulieu ND, Joynt KE, Wild R, Jha AK. Concentration of high-cost patients in hospitals and markets. Am J Manag Care. 2017 Apr; 23(4):233-238. PMID: 28554206

Jha AK. Value-Based Purchasing: Time for Reboot or Time to Move On? JAMA. 2017 Mar 21; 317(11):1107-1108. PMID: 28324079

Figueroa JF, Joynt KE, Zhou X, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Safety-net Hospitals Face More Barriers Yet Use Fewer Strategies to Reduce Readmissions. Med Care. 2017 03; 55(3):229-235. PMID: 28060053; PMCID: PMC5309202; DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000687;

Adler-Milstein J, Lin SC, Jha AK. Health Information Exchanges: The Authors Reply. Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 03 01; 36(3):580. PMID: 28264965

Hunter DJ, Frumkin H, Jha A. Preventive Medicine for the Planet and Its Peoples. N Engl J Med. 2017 04 27; 376(17):1605-1607. PMID: 28249124

Merino JG, Jha A, Loder E, Abbasi K. Standing up for science in the era of Trump. BMJ. 2017 02 21; 356:j775. PMID: 28246103

Tsugawa Y, Jena AB, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Quality of care delivered by general internists in US hospitals who graduated from foreign versus US medical schools: observational study. BMJ. 2017 Feb 02; 356:j273. PMID: 28153977; PMCID: PMC5415101; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j273;

Tsugawa Y, Jena AB, Figueroa JF, Orav EJ, Blumenthal DM, Jha AK. Comparison of Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates for Medicare Patients Treated by Male vs Female Physicians. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 02 01; 177(2):206-213. PMID: 27992617; PMCID: PMC5558155; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.7875;

Moon S, Leigh J, Woskie L, Checchi F, Dzau V, Fallah M, Fitzgerald G, Garrett L, Gostin L, Heymann DL, Katz R, Kickbusch I, Morrison JS, Piot P, Sands P, Sridhar D, Jha AK. Post-Ebola reforms: ample analysis, inadequate action. BMJ. 2017 Jan 23; 356:j280. PMID: 28115316

Jha AK. How Would the Next President Ensure Competitiveness in the Health Care Marketplace? JAMA. 2017 01 10; 317(2):125-126. PMID: 28097347

Joynt KE, Orav EJ, Zheng J, Jha AK. Public Reporting of Mortality Rates for Hospitalized Medicare Patients. Ann Intern Med. 2017 01 03; 166(1):75-76. PMID: 28030667; PMCID: PMC6948722; DOI: 10.7326/L16-0546;

Burke LG, Tsai TC, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Jha AK. The effect of Massachusetts health reform on access to care for Medicaid beneficiaries. Am J Manag Care. 2017 Jan 01; 23(1):e24-e30. PMID: 28141937

Papanicolas I, Figueroa JF, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Patient Hospital Experience Improved Modestly, But No Evidence Medicare Incentives Promoted Meaningful Gains. Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 01 01; 36(1):133-140. PMID: 28069856

Joynt KE, Figueroa JF, Beaulieu N, Wild RC, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Segmenting high-cost Medicare patients into potentially actionable cohorts. Healthc (Amst). 2017 Mar; 5(1-2):62-67. PMID: 27914968

Wang DE, Tsugawa Y, Jha AK. Patient Experience and Health Care Quality-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 10 01; 176(10):1575-1576. PMID: 27695843

Scott KW, Orav EJ, Cutler DM, Jha AK. Changes in Hospital-Physician Affiliations in U.S. Hospitals and Their Effect on Quality of Care. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Jan 03; 166(1):1-8. PMID: 27654704

Tsai TC, Greaves F, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Zinner MJ, Jha AK. Better Patient Care At High-Quality Hospitals May Save Medicare Money And Bolster Episode-Based Payment Models. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 09 01; 35(9):1681-9. PMID: 27605651

Johnson G, Figueroa JF, Zhou X, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Recent Growth In Medicare Advantage Enrollment Associated With Decreased Fee-For-Service Spending In Certain US Counties. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 09 01; 35(9):1707-15. PMID: 27605654

Figueroa JF, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Across US Hospitals, Black Patients Report Comparable Or Better Experiences Than White Patients. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 08 01; 35(8):1391-8. PMID: 27503962; PMCID: PMC5561548; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1426;

Joynt KE, Figueroa JE, Oray J, Jha AK. Opinions on the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program: results of a national survey of hospital leaders. Am J Manag Care. 2016 08 01; 22(8):e287-94. PMID: 27556831; PMCID: PMC6948716

Adler-Milstein J, Lin SC, Jha AK. The Number Of Health Information Exchange Efforts Is Declining, Leaving The Viability Of Broad Clinical Data Exchange Uncertain. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 07 01; 35(7):1278-85. PMID: 27385245

Jha AK. The Stars of Hospital Care: Useful or a Distraction? JAMA. 2016 Jun 07; 315(21):2265-6. PMID: 27272569

Wang DE, Tsugawa Y, Figueroa JF, Jha AK. Association Between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Star Rating and Patient Outcomes. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 06 01; 176(6):848-50. PMID: 27062275

Joynt KE, Orav EJ, Zheng J, Jha AK. Public Reporting of Mortality Rates for Hospitalized Medicare Patients and Trends in Mortality for Reported Conditions. Ann Intern Med. 2016 08 02; 165(3):153-60. PMID: 27239794; PMCID: PMC6935351; DOI: 10.7326/M15-1462;

Gostin LO, Tomori O, Wibulpolprasert S, Jha AK, Frenk J, Moon S, Phumaphi J, Piot P, Stocking B, Dzau VJ, Leung GM. Toward a Common Secure Future: Four Global Commissions in the Wake of Ebola. PLoS Med. 2016 05; 13(5):e1002042. PMID: 27195954; PMCID: PMC4873000; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002042;

Sridhar D, Kickbusch I, Moon S, Dzau V, Heymann D, Jha AK, Saavendra J, Stocking B, Woskie L, Piot P. Facing forward after Ebola: questions for the next director general of the World Health Organization. BMJ. 2016 May 18; 353:i2666. PMID: 27193334

Figueroa JF, Tsugawa Y, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Association between the Value-Based Purchasing pay for performance program and patient mortality in US hospitals: observational study. BMJ. 2016 05 09; 353:i2214. PMID: 27160187; PMCID: PMC4861084; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i2214;

Jha A, Pronovost P. Toward a Safer Health Care System: The Critical Need to Improve Measurement. JAMA. 2016 May 03; 315(17):1831-2. PMID: 27077647

Jha A, Godlee F, Abbasi K. Delivering on the promise of universal health coverage. BMJ. 2016 04 26; 353:i2216. PMID: 27117561

Figueroa JF, Wang DE, Jha AK. Characteristics of hospitals receiving the largest penalties by US pay-for-performance programmes. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 11; 25(11):898-900. PMID: 26939872

Powers BW, Jha AK, Jain SH. Remembering the strength of weak ties. Am J Manag Care. 2016 Mar; 22(3):202-3. PMID: 27023025

Jha AK. Learning From the Past to Improve VA Health Care. JAMA. 2016 Feb 09; 315(6):560-1. PMID: 26864409

Jha A, Kickbusch I, Taylor P, Abbasi K. Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals. BMJ. 2016 Jan 29; 352:i409. PMID: 26825535

Little SE, Orav EJ, Robinson JN, Caughey AB, Jha AK. The relationship between variations in cesarean delivery and regional health care use in the United States. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Jun; 214(6):735.e1-8. PMID: 26721777

Moon S, Sridhar D, Pate MA, Jha AK, Clinton C, Delaunay S, Edwin V, Fallah M, Fidler DP, Garrett L, Goosby E, Gostin LO, Heymann DL, Lee K, Leung GM, Morrison JS, Saavedra J, Tanner M, Leigh JA, Hawkins B, Woskie LR, Piot P. Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. The report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola. Lancet. 2015 Nov 28; 386(10009):2204-21. PMID: 26615326; PMCID: PMC7137174; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00946-0;

Adler-Milstein J, DesRoches CM, Kralovec P, Foster G, Worzala C, Charles D, Searcy T, Jha AK. Electronic Health Record Adoption In US Hospitals: Progress Continues, But Challenges Persist. Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Dec; 34(12):2174-80. PMID: 26561387

Jha AK. Seeking Rational Approaches to Fixing Hospital Readmissions. JAMA. 2015 Oct 27; 314(16):1681-2. PMID: 26505584

Lynn J, McKethan A, Jha AK. Value-Based Payments Require Valuing What Matters to Patients. JAMA. 2015 Oct 13; 314(14):1445-6. PMID: 26378889

Cooper Z, Mitchell SL, Lipsitz S, Harris MB, Ayanian JZ, Bernacki RE, Jha AK. Mortality and Readmission After Cervical Fracture from a Fall in Older Adults: Comparison with Hip Fracture Using National Medicare Data. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Oct; 63(10):2036-42. PMID: 26456855; PMCID: PMC4801231; DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13670;

Chatterjee P, Tsai TC, Jha AK. Delivering value by focusing on patient experience. Am J Manag Care. 2015 Oct; 21(10):735-7. PMID: 26633097

Khullar D, Jha AK, Jena AB. Reducing Diagnostic Errors--Why Now? N Engl J Med. 2015 Dec 24; 373(26):2491-3. PMID: 26397948; PMCID: PMC4943217; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1508044;

Blumenthal DM, Orav EJ, Jena AB, Dudzinski DM, Le ST, Jha AK. Access, quality, and costs of care at physician owned hospitals in the United States: observational study. BMJ. 2015 Sep 02; 351:h4466. PMID: 26333819; PMCID: PMC4558297; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h4466;

Hogan DR, Danaei G, Ezzati M, Clarke PM, Jha AK, Salomon JA. Estimating The Potential Impact Of Insurance Expansion On Undiagnosed And Uncontrolled Chronic Conditions. Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Sep; 34(9):1554-62. PMID: 26355058

Tsugawa Y, Hasegawa K, Hiraide A, Jha AK. Regional health expenditure and health outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Japan: an observational study. BMJ Open. 2015 Aug 19; 5(8):e008374. PMID: 26289451; PMCID: PMC4550714; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008374;

Tsai TC, Jha AK, Gawande AA, Huckman RS, Bloom N, Sadun R. Hospital board and management practices are strongly related to hospital performance on clinical quality metrics. Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Aug; 34(8):1304-11. PMID: 26240243

Jha AK. Back to the Future: Volume as a Quality Metric. JAMA. 2015 Jul 21; 314(3):214-5. PMID: 26197170

Jha AK. Innovating care for Medicare beneficiaries: time for riskier bets and embracing failure. JAMA. 2015 May 05; 313(17):1701-2. PMID: 25942710

Zaslavsky AM, Jha AK. The role of socioeconomic status in hospital outcomes measures. Ann Intern Med. 2015 May 05; 162(9):669-70. PMID: 25939003

Joynt KE, Chatterjee P, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Hospital closures had no measurable impact on local hospitalization rates or mortality rates, 2003-11. Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 May; 34(5):765-72. PMID: 25941277

Frandsen BR, Joynt KE, Rebitzer JB, Jha AK. Care fragmentation, quality, and costs among chronically ill patients. Am J Manag Care. 2015 May; 21(5):355-62. PMID: 26167702

Burke LG, Jha AK. Patients' functional status and hospital readmissions: remembering what matters. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Apr; 175(4):565-6. PMID: 25643287

Nakamura MM, Harper MB, Castro AV, Yu FB, Jha AK. Impact of the meaningful use incentive program on electronic health record adoption by US children's hospitals. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2015 Mar; 22(2):390-8. PMID: 25755126

Tsai TC, Joynt KE, Wild RC, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Medicare's Bundled Payment initiative: most hospitals are focused on a few high-volume conditions. Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Mar; 34(3):371-80. PMID: 25732486

Austin JM, Jha AK, Romano PS, Singer SJ, Vogus TJ, Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. National hospital ratings systems share few common scores and may generate confusion instead of clarity. Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Mar; 34(3):423-30. PMID: 25732492

Tsai TC, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Care fragmentation in the postdischarge period: surgical readmissions, distance of travel, and postoperative mortality. JAMA Surg. 2015 Jan; 150(1):59-64. PMID: 25472595

Tsai TC, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Patient satisfaction and quality of surgical care in US hospitals. Ann Surg. 2015 Jan; 261(1):2-8. PMID: 24887985; PMCID: PMC4248016; DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000765;

Cassel CK, Conway PH, Delbanco SF, Jha AK, Saunders RS, Lee TH. Getting more performance from performance measurement. N Engl J Med. 2014 Dec 04; 371(23):2145-7. PMID: 25470691

McKethan A, Jha AK. Designing smarter pay-for-performance programs. JAMA. 2014 Dec 24-31; 312(24):2617-8. PMID: 25375310

Pronovost P, Jha AK. Did hospital engagement networks actually improve care? N Engl J Med. 2014 11 20; 371(21):2041. PMID: 25409389

Boozary AS, Farmer PE, Jha AK. The Ebola outbreak, fragile health systems, and quality as a cure. JAMA. 2014 Nov 12; 312(18):1859-60. PMID: 25285459

Adler-Milstein J, Woody Scott K, Jha AK. Leveraging EHRs to improve hospital performance: the role of management. Am J Manag Care. 2014 Nov; 20(11 Spec No. 17):SP511-9. PMID: 25811825

Joynt KE, Sarma N, Epstein AM, Jha AK, Weissman JS. Challenges in Reducing Readmissions: Lessons from Leadership and Frontline Personnel at Eight Minority-Serving Hospitals. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2014 Oct; 40(10):435-7. PMID: 26111303; PMCID: PMC6948718; DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(14)40056-4;

Burke LG, Jha AK. Less is not always more: embracing (appropriate) medical intensity. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014 Dec; 23(12):968-9. PMID: 25273360

Epstein AM, Jha AK, Orav EJ. The impact of pay-for-performance on quality of care for minority patients. Am J Manag Care. 2014 Oct 01; 20(10):e479-86. PMID: 25414986

Joynt KE, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Association between hospital conversions to for-profit status and clinical and economic outcomes. JAMA. 2014 Oct 22-29; 312(16):1644-52. PMID: 25335146

Adler-Milstein J, Jha AK. Electronic health records: the authors reply. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Oct; 33(10):1877. PMID: 25288435

Joynt KE, Chan DC, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Jha AK. The impact of Massachusetts health care reform on access, quality, and costs of care for the already-insured. Health Serv Res. 2015 Apr; 50(2):599-613. PMID: 25219772; PMCID: PMC4369224; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12228;

Adler-Milstein J, Sarma N, Woskie LR, Jha AK. A comparison of how four countries use health IT to support care for people with chronic conditions. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Sep; 33(9):1559-66. PMID: 25201660

Nakamura MM, Toomey SL, Zaslavsky AM, Berry JG, Lorch SA, Jha AK, Bryant MC, Geanacopoulos AT, Loren SS, Pain D, Schuster MA. Measuring pediatric hospital readmission rates to drive quality improvement. Acad Pediatr. 2014 Sep-Oct; 14(5 Suppl):S39-46. PMID: 25169456

Epstein AM, Joynt KE, Jha AK, Orav EJ. Access to coronary artery bypass graft surgery under pay for performance: evidence from the premier hospital quality incentive demonstration. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014 Sep; 7(5):727-34. PMID: 25160840; PMCID: PMC4279704; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.001024;

Pronovost P, Jha AK. Did hospital engagement networks actually improve care? N Engl J Med. 2014 Aug 21; 371(8):691-3. PMID: 25140953

Adler-Milstein J, DesRoches CM, Furukawa MF, Worzala C, Charles D, Kralovec P, Stalley S, Jha AK. More than half of US hospitals have at least a basic EHR, but stage 2 criteria remain challenging for most. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Sep; 33(9):1664-71. PMID: 25104826

Furukawa MF, King J, Patel V, Hsiao CJ, Adler-Milstein J, Jha AK. Despite substantial progress In EHR adoption, health information exchange and patient engagement remain low in office settings. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Sep; 33(9):1672-9. PMID: 25104827

Joynt KE, Jha AK. What is a "nonprofit" hospital?--reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Aug; 174(8):1412. PMID: 25090175

Jha AK, Zaslavsky AM. Quality reporting that addresses disparities in health care. JAMA. 2014 Jul 16; 312(3):225-6. PMID: 25027134

Sheikh A, Jha A, Cresswell K, Greaves F, Bates DW. Adoption of electronic health records in UK hospitals: lessons from the USA. Lancet. 2014 Jul 05; 384(9937):8-9. PMID: 24998803

Scott KW, Jha AK. Putting quality on the global health agenda. N Engl J Med. 2014 Jul 03; 371(1):3-5. PMID: 24988552

Tsai TC, Jha AK. Hospital consolidation, competition, and quality: is bigger necessarily better? JAMA. 2014 Jul 02; 312(1):29-30. PMID: 25058212

Adler-Milstein J, Jha AK. No evidence found that hospitals are using new electronic health records to increase Medicare reimbursements. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Jul; 33(7):1271-7. PMID: 25006156

Greaves F, Jha AK. Quality and the curate's egg. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014 Jul; 23(7):525-7. PMID: 24925576

Jha AK. Reducing readmissions: what might it take? J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Jun 19; 3(3):e001080. PMID: 24947999; PMCID: PMC4309111; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001080;

Kizer KW, Jha AK. Restoring trust in VA health care. N Engl J Med. 2014 Jul 24; 371(4):295-7. PMID: 24896816

Kim Y, Oh J, Jha A. Contribution of hospital mortality variations to socioeconomic disparities in in-hospital mortality. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014 Sep; 23(9):741-8. PMID: 24608101

McCrum ML, Lipsitz SR, Berry WR, Jha AK, Gawande AA. Beyond volume: does hospital complexity matter?: an analysis of inpatient surgical mortality in the United States. Med Care. 2014 Mar; 52(3):235-42. PMID: 24509361

Adler-Milstein J, Jha AK. Health information exchange among U.S. hospitals: who's in, who's out, and why? Healthc (Amst). 2014 Mar; 2(1):26-32. PMID: 26250086

Joynt KE, Le ST, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Compensation of chief executive officers at nonprofit US hospitals. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Jan; 174(1):61-7. PMID: 24126743

Epstein AM, Jha AK, Orav EJ, Liebman DL, Audet AM, Zezza MA, Guterman S. Analysis of early accountable care organizations defines patient, structural, cost, and quality-of-care characteristics. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Jan; 33(1):95-102. PMID: 24395940

Calderwood MS, Kleinman K, Soumerai SB, Jin R, Gay C, Platt R, Kassler W, Goldmann DA, Jha AK, Lee GM. Impact of Medicare's payment policy on mediastinitis following coronary artery bypass graft surgery in US hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Feb; 35(2):144-51. PMID: 24442076

Tsai TC, Jha AK. Surgical-readmission rates and quality of care. N Engl J Med. 2013 12 19; 369(25):2460-1. PMID: 24350963

Jha AK. Going after the money: curbing the rapid growth in medicare expenditures for medical services more than 30 days after hospital admission. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Dec 9-23; 173(22):2061-2. PMID: 24061144

Joynt KE, Gawande AA, Jha AK. Preventable acute care spending for medicare patients-reply. JAMA. 2013 Nov 13; 310(18):1985. PMID: 24219958

Jha AK. Health information technology: on the cusp of healthcare transformation. Am J Manag Care. 2013 Nov; 19(10 Spec No):SP335-6. PMID: 24511887

Tsai TC, Joynt KE, Orav EJ, Gawande AA, Jha AK. Variation in surgical-readmission rates and quality of hospital care. N Engl J Med. 2013 Sep 19; 369(12):1134-42. PMID: 24047062; PMCID: PMC4107655; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1303118;

Jha AK, Larizgoitia I, Audera-Lopez C, Prasopa-Plaizier N, Waters H, Bates DW. The global burden of unsafe medical care: analytic modelling of observational studies. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013 Oct; 22(10):809-15. PMID: 24048616

Joynt KE, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Physician volume, specialty, and outcomes of care for patients with heart failure. Circ Heart Fail. 2013 Sep 01; 6(5):890-7. PMID: 23926203

Joynt KE, Orav JE, Jha AK. Mortality trends in critical access hospitals--in reply. JAMA. 2013 Jul 24; 310(4):430. PMID: 23917298

McCrum ML, Joynt KE, Orav EJ, Gawande AA, Jha AK. Mortality for publicly reported conditions and overall hospital mortality rates. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Jul 22; 173(14):1351-7. PMID: 23797306

Jha AK. BOOST and readmissions: thinking beyond the walls of the hospital. J Hosp Med. 2013 Aug; 8(8):470-1. PMID: 23873761

DesRoches CM, Charles D, Furukawa MF, Joshi MS, Kralovec P, Mostashari F, Worzala C, Jha AK. Adoption of electronic health records grows rapidly, but fewer than half of US hospitals had at least a basic system in 2012. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 Aug; 32(8):1478-85. PMID: 23840052

Hsiao CJ, Jha AK, King J, Patel V, Furukawa MF, Mostashari F. Office-based physicians are responding to incentives and assistance by adopting and using electronic health records. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 Aug; 32(8):1470-7. PMID: 23840050

Adler-Milstein J, Bates DW, Jha AK. Operational health information exchanges show substantial growth, but long-term funding remains a concern. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 Aug; 32(8):1486-92. PMID: 23840051

Adler-Milstein J, Furukawa MF, King J, Jha AK. Early results from the hospital Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs. Am J Manag Care. 2013 Jul 01; 19(7):e273-84. PMID: 23919447

Joynt KE, Gawande AA, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Contribution of preventable acute care spending to total spending for high-cost Medicare patients. JAMA. 2013 Jun 26; 309(24):2572-8. PMID: 23797716

Adler-Milstein J, Ronchi E, Cohen GR, Winn LA, Jha AK. Benchmarking health IT among OECD countries: better data for better policy. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014 Jan-Feb; 21(1):111-6. PMID: 23721983; PMCID: PMC3912720; DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001710;

Navathe A, Jain S, Jha A, Milstein A, Shannon R. Introducing you to Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation. Healthc (Amst). 2013 Jun; 1(1-2):1. PMID: 26249630

Nakamura MM, Harper MB, Jha AK. Change in adoption of electronic health records by US children's hospitals. Pediatrics. 2013 May; 131(5):e1563-75. PMID: 23589808

Joynt KE, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Mortality rates for Medicare beneficiaries admitted to critical access and non-critical access hospitals, 2002-2010. JAMA. 2013 Apr 03; 309(13):1379-87. PMID: 23549583

Jha AK, Epstein AM. A survey of board chairs of English hospitals shows greater attention to quality of care than among their US counterparts. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 Apr; 32(4):677-85. PMID: 23569047

Chatterjee P, Joynt KE, Jha AK. Safety-net hospitals: other hospitals score similarly on patient experience--reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Mar 11; 173(5):389-91. PMID: 23479106

Joynt KE, Jha AK. A path forward on Medicare readmissions. N Engl J Med. 2013 Mar 28; 368(13):1175-7. PMID: 23465069

Joynt KE, Chan D, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Insurance expansion in Massachusetts did not reduce access among previously insured Medicare patients. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 Mar; 32(3):571-8. PMID: 23459737; PMCID: PMC3989928; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1018;

Jha AK. Time to get serious about pay for performance. JAMA. 2013 Jan 23; 309(4):347-8. PMID: 23340633

Joynt KE, Jha AK. Characteristics of hospitals receiving penalties under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. JAMA. 2013 Jan 23; 309(4):342-3. PMID: 23340629

Berry JG, Toomey SL, Zaslavsky AM, Jha AK, Nakamura MM, Klein DJ, Feng JY, Shulman S, Chiang VW, Chiang VK, Kaplan W, Hall M, Schuster MA. Pediatric readmission prevalence and variability across hospitals. JAMA. 2013 Jan 23; 309(4):372-80. PMID: 23340639; PMCID: PMC3640861; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.188351;

Lee GM, Soumerai SB, Jha AK. Nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals. N Engl J Med. 2013 01 10; 368(2):191-2. PMID: 23301746

Chen LM, Birkmeyer JD, Saint S, Jha AK. Hospitalist staffing and patient satisfaction in the national Medicare population. J Hosp Med. 2013 Mar; 8(3):126-31. PMID: 23288691; PMCID: PMC3663143; DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2001;

Bream E, Jha AK, Epstein AM, Black N. Views of the chairs of Scottish health boards on engagement with quality management and comparisons with English trusts. J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2013; 43(3):215-21. PMID: 24087799

Lee GM, Kleinman K, Soumerai SB, Tse A, Cole D, Fridkin SK, Horan T, Platt R, Gay C, Kassler W, Goldmann DA, Jernigan J, Jha AK. Effect of nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals. N Engl J Med. 2012 Oct 11; 367(15):1428-37. PMID: 23050526

Joynt KE, Blumenthal DM, Orav EJ, Resnic FS, Jha AK. Association of public reporting for percutaneous coronary intervention with utilization and outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries with acute myocardial infarction. JAMA. 2012 Oct 10; 308(14):1460-8. PMID: 23047360; PMCID: PMC3698951; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.12922;

Chatterjee P, Joynt KE, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Patient experience in safety-net hospitals: implications for improving care and value-based purchasing. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Sep 10; 172(16):1204-10. PMID: 22801941

Jha AK, Aubert RE, Yao J, Teagarden JR, Epstein RS. Greater adherence to diabetes drugs is linked to less hospital use and could save nearly $5 billion annually. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Aug; 31(8):1836-46. PMID: 22869663

López L, Jha AK. Outcomes for whites and blacks at hospitals that disproportionately care for black Medicare beneficiaries. Health Serv Res. 2013 Feb; 48(1):114-28. PMID: 22816447; PMCID: PMC3589958; DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01445.x;

Bitton A, Flier LA, Jha AK. Health information technology in the era of care delivery reform: to what end? JAMA. 2012 Jun 27; 307(24):2593-4. PMID: 22735426

Jha AK. Health information technology comes of age: comment on "Achieving meaningful use of health information technology". Arch Intern Med. 2012 May 14; 172(9):737-8. PMID: 22782204

Lee GM, Hartmann CW, Graham D, Kassler W, Dutta Linn M, Krein S, Saint S, Goldmann DA, Fridkin S, Horan T, Jernigan J, Jha A. Perceived impact of the Medicare policy to adjust payment for health care-associated infections. Am J Infect Control. 2012 May; 40(4):314-9.View Related Profiles.

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Adler-Milstein J, Jha AK. Sharing clinical data electronically: a critical challenge for fixing the health care system. JAMA. 2012 Apr 25; 307(16):1695-6. PMID: 22535851

DesRoches CM, Worzala C, Joshi MS, Kralovec PD, Jha AK. Small, nonteaching, and rural hospitals continue to be slow in adopting electronic health record systems. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 May; 31(5):1092-9. PMID: 22535503

Adler-Milstein J, Jha AK. Organizational complements to electronic health records in ambulatory physician performance: the role of support staff. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012 Jul-Aug; 19(4):537-40. PMID: 22517802; PMCID: PMC3384125; DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000759;

Joynt KE, Jha AK. Thirty-day readmissions--truth and consequences. N Engl J Med. 2012 Apr 12; 366(15):1366-9. PMID: 22455752

Jha AK, Joynt KE, Orav EJ, Epstein AM. The long-term effect of premier pay for performance on patient outcomes. N Engl J Med. 2012 Apr 26; 366(17):1606-15. PMID: 22455751

Joynt KE, Jha AK. The relationship between cost and quality: no free lunch. JAMA. 2012 Mar 14; 307(10):1082-3. PMID: 22416105

Wolf L, Harvell J, Jha AK. Hospitals ineligible for federal meaningful-use incentives have dismally low rates of adoption of electronic health records. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Mar; 31(3):505-13. PMID: 22392661

Gao GG, McCullough JS, Agarwal R, Jha AK. A changing landscape of physician quality reporting: analysis of patients' online ratings of their physicians over a 5-year period. J Med Internet Res. 2012 Feb 24; 14(1):e38. PMID: 22366336; PMCID: PMC3374528; DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2003;

Epstein AM, Jha AK, Orav EJ. The relationship between hospital admission rates and rehospitalizations. N Engl J Med. 2011 Dec 15; 365(24):2287-95. PMID: 22168643

Jha AK, Burke MF, DesRoches C, Joshi MS, Kralovec PD, Campbell EG, Buntin MB. Progress toward meaningful use: hospitals' adoption of electronic health records. Am J Manag Care. 2011 Dec; 17(12 Spec No.):SP117-24. PMID: 22216770

Isaac T, Zheng J, Jha A. Use of UpToDate and outcomes in US hospitals. J Hosp Med. 2012 Feb; 7(2):85-90. PMID: 22095750

Jha AK, Classen DC. Getting moving on patient safety--harnessing electronic data for safer care. N Engl J Med. 2011 Nov 10; 365(19):1756-8. PMID: 22070474

Adler-Milstein J, DesRoches CM, Jha AK. Health information exchange among US hospitals. Am J Manag Care. 2011 Nov; 17(11):761-8. PMID: 22084896

Kwok AC, Semel ME, Lipsitz SR, Bader AM, Barnato AE, Gawande AA, Jha AK. The intensity and variation of surgical care at the end of life: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet. 2011 Oct 15; 378(9800):1408-13. PMID: 21982520

Jha AK, Orav EJ, Epstein AM. Low-quality, high-cost hospitals, mainly in South, care for sharply higher shares of elderly black, Hispanic, and medicaid patients. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 Oct; 30(10):1904-11. PMID: 21976334

Jha AK, Epstein AM. Governance around quality of care at hospitals that disproportionately care for black patients. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Mar; 27(3):297-303. PMID: 21948204; PMCID: PMC3286564; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1880-9;

Janakiraman V, Lazar J, Joynt KE, Jha AK. Hospital volume, provider volume, and complications after childbirth in U.S. hospitals. Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Sep; 118(3):521-7. PMID: 21826039

Jha AK. The promise of electronic records: around the corner or down the road? JAMA. 2011 Aug 24; 306(8):880-1. PMID: 21862751

Ly DP, Jha AK, Epstein AM. The association between hospital margins, quality of care, and closure or other change in operating status. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Nov; 26(11):1291-6.View Related Profiles.

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Rodriguez F, Joynt KE, López L, Saldaña F, Jha AK. Readmission rates for Hispanic Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure and acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J. 2011 Aug; 162(2):254-261.e3. PMID: 21835285

Joynt KE, Harris Y, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Quality of care and patient outcomes in critical access rural hospitals. JAMA. 2011 Jul 06; 306(1):45-52. PMID: 21730240; PMCID: PMC3337777; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.902;

Greenberg CC, Lipsitz SR, Neville B, In H, Hevelone N, Porter SA, Weeks C, Jha AK, Gawande AA, Schrag D, Weeks JC. Receipt of appropriate surgical care for Medicare beneficiaries with cancer. Arch Surg. 2011 Oct; 146(10):1128-34. PMID: 21690439; PMCID: PMC3196805; DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.141;

Adler-Milstein J, Bates DW, Jha AK. A survey of health information exchange organizations in the United States: implications for meaningful use. Ann Intern Med. 2011 May 17; 154(10):666-71. PMID: 21576534

Funk LM, Gawande AA, Semel ME, Lipsitz SR, Berry WR, Zinner MJ, Jha AK. Esophagectomy outcomes at low-volume hospitals: the association between systems characteristics and mortality. Ann Surg. 2011 May; 253(5):912-7. PMID: 21422913; PMCID: PMC7065506; DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318213862f;

Rao SR, Desroches CM, Donelan K, Campbell EG, Miralles PD, Jha AK. Electronic health records in small physician practices: availability, use, and perceived benefits. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011 May 01; 18(3):271-5. PMID: 21486885; PMCID: PMC3078653; DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2010-000010;

Gao J, Moran E, Almenoff PL, Render ML, Campbell J, Jha AK. Variations in efficiency and the relationship to quality of care in the veterans health system. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 Apr; 30(4):655-63. PMID: 21471486

Elnahal SM, Joynt KE, Bristol SJ, Jha AK. Electronic health record functions differ between best and worst hospitals. Am J Manag Care. 2011 Apr; 17(4):e121-47. PMID: 21774097; PMCID: PMC3335431

Joynt KE, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Thirty-day readmission rates for Medicare beneficiaries by race and site of care. JAMA. 2011 Feb 16; 305(7):675-81. PMID: 21325183; PMCID: PMC3332042; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.123;

Joynt KE, Orav EJ, Jha AK. The association between hospital volume and processes, outcomes, and costs of care for congestive heart failure. Ann Intern Med. 2011 Jan 18; 154(2):94-102. PMID: 21242366; PMCID: PMC3336194; DOI: 10.1059/0003-4819-154-2-201101180-00008;

Joynt KE, Jha AK. Who has higher readmission rates for heart failure, and why? Implications for efforts to improve care using financial incentives. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2011 Jan 01; 4(1):53-9. PMID: 21156879; PMCID: PMC3050549; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.950964;

Nakamura MM, Ferris TG, DesRoches CM, Jha AK. Electronic health record adoption by children's hospitals in the United States. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Dec; 164(12):1145-51. PMID: 21135344

Ly DP, Lopez L, Isaac T, Jha AK. How do black-serving hospitals perform on patient safety indicators? Implications for national public reporting and pay-for-performance. Med Care. 2010 Dec; 48(12):1133-7.View Related Profiles.

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Jha AK. Meaningful use of electronic health records: the road ahead. JAMA. 2010 Oct 20; 304(15):1709-10. PMID: 20959581

Jha AK, Orav EJ, Epstein AM. The effect of financial incentives on hospitals that serve poor patients. Ann Intern Med. 2010 Sep 07; 153(5):299-306. PMID: 20820039

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Jha AK, DesRoches CM, Kralovec PD, Joshi MS. A progress report on electronic health records in U.S. hospitals. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Oct; 29(10):1951-7. PMID: 20798168

DesRoches CM, Campbell EG, Vogeli C, Zheng J, Rao SR, Shields AE, Donelan K, Rosenbaum S, Bristol SJ, Jha AK. Electronic health records' limited successes suggest more targeted uses. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Apr; 29(4):639-46. PMID: 20368593

Chen LM, Jha AK, Guterman S, Ridgway AB, Orav EJ, Epstein AM. Hospital cost of care, quality of care, and readmission rates: penny wise and pound foolish? Arch Intern Med. 2010 Feb 22; 170(4):340-6. PMID: 20177036

Jha AK, Prasopa-Plaizier N, Larizgoitia I, Bates DW. Patient safety research: an overview of the global evidence. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010 Feb; 19(1):42-7. PMID: 20172882

Adler-Milstein J, Landefeld J, Jha AK. Characteristics associated with regional health information organization viability. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2010 Jan-Feb; 17(1):61-5. PMID: 20064803; PMCID: PMC2995627; DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M3284;

Jha AK, Orav EJ, Epstein AM. Public reporting of discharge planning and rates of readmissions. N Engl J Med. 2009 Dec 31; 361(27):2637-45. PMID: 20042755

Chen LM, Farwell WR, Jha AK. Primary care visit duration and quality: does good care take longer? Arch Intern Med. 2009 Nov 09; 169(20):1866-72. PMID: 19901138

Jha A, Epstein A. Hospital governance and the quality of care. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Jan-Feb; 29(1):182-7. PMID: 19897509

Jha AK, DesRoches CM, Shields AE, Miralles PD, Zheng J, Rosenbaum S, Campbell EG. Evidence of an emerging digital divide among hospitals that care for the poor. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Nov-Dec; 28(6):w1160-70. PMID: 19858142

Jha AK, Chan DC, Ridgway AB, Franz C, Bates DW. Improving safety and eliminating redundant tests: cutting costs in U.S. hospitals. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Sep-Oct; 28(5):1475-84. PMID: 19738266

Regenbogen SE, Gawande AA, Lipsitz SR, Greenberg CC, Jha AK. Do differences in hospital and surgeon quality explain racial disparities in lower-extremity vascular amputations? Ann Surg. 2009 Sep; 250(3):424-31. PMID: 19652590

Bates DW, Larizgoitia I, Prasopa-Plaizier N, Jha AK. Global priorities for patient safety research. BMJ. 2009 May 14; 338:b1775. PMID: 19443552

Jha AK, Orav EJ, Dobson A, Book RA, Epstein AM. Measuring efficiency: the association of hospital costs and quality of care. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 May-Jun; 28(3):897-906. PMID: 19414903

Jha AK, DesRoches CM, Campbell EG, Donelan K, Rao SR, Ferris TG, Shields A, Rosenbaum S, Blumenthal D. Use of electronic health records in U.S. hospitals. N Engl J Med. 2009 Apr 16; 360(16):1628-38. PMID: 19321858

Adler-Milstein J, Bates DW, Jha AK. U.S. Regional health information organizations: progress and challenges. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Mar-Apr; 28(2):483-92. PMID: 19276008

Jha AK, Orav EJ, Zheng J, Epstein AM. Patients' perception of hospital care in the United States. N Engl J Med. 2008 Oct 30; 359(18):1921-31. PMID: 18971493

Jha AK, Bates DW, Jenter C, Orav EJ, Zheng J, Cleary P, Simon SR. Electronic health records: use, barriers and satisfaction among physicians who care for black and Hispanic patients. J Eval Clin Pract. 2009 Feb; 15(1):158-63.View Related Profiles.

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Kaelber DC, Jha AK, Johnston D, Middleton B, Bates DW. A research agenda for personal health records (PHRs). J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008 Nov-Dec; 15(6):729-36. PMID: 18756002; PMCID: PMC2585530; DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2547;

Jha AK, Doolan D, Grandt D, Scott T, Bates DW. The use of health information technology in seven nations. Int J Med Inform. 2008 Dec; 77(12):848-54. PMID: 18657471

Jha AK, Laguette J, Seger A, Bates DW. Can surveillance systems identify and avert adverse drug events? A prospective evaluation of a commercial application. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008 Sep-Oct; 15(5):647-53. PMID: 18579834; PMCID: PMC2528042; DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2634;

Isaac T, Jha AK. Are patient safety indicators related to widely used measures of hospital quality? J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Sep; 23(9):1373-8. PMID: 18574640; PMCID: PMC2518036; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0665-2;

DesRoches CM, Campbell EG, Rao SR, Donelan K, Ferris TG, Jha A, Kaushal R, Levy DE, Rosenbaum S, Shields AE, Blumenthal D. Electronic health records in ambulatory care--a national survey of physicians. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jul 03; 359(1):50-60. PMID: 18565855

Jha AK, Orav EJ, Ridgway AB, Zheng J, Epstein AM. Does the Leapfrog program help identify high-quality hospitals? Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008 Jun; 34(6):318-25. PMID: 18595377

Rhoads KF, Ackerson LK, Jha AK, Dudley RA. Quality of colon cancer outcomes in hospitals with a high percentage of Medicaid patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Aug; 207(2):197-204. PMID: 18656047

Polsky D, Jha AK, Lave J, Pauly MV, Cen L, Klusaritz H, Chen Z, Volpp KG. Short- and long-term mortality after an acute illness for elderly whites and blacks. Health Serv Res. 2008 Aug; 43(4):1388-402. PMID: 18355259; PMCID: PMC2517279; DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00837.x;

Adler-Milstein J, Jha A. Fledgling firms offer hope on health costs. Harv Bus Rev. 2008 Mar; 86(3):26, 28, 131. PMID: 18411963

Jha AK, Orav EJ, Zheng J, Epstein AM. The characteristics and performance of hospitals that care for elderly Hispanic Americans. Health Aff (Millwood). 2008 Mar-Apr; 27(2):528-37. PMID: 18332511

Adler-Milstein J, McAfee AP, Bates DW, Jha AK. The state of regional health information organizations: current activities and financing. Health Aff (Millwood). 2008 Jan-Feb; 27(1):w60-9. PMID: 18073225

Polsky D, Lave J, Klusaritz H, Jha A, Pauly MV, Cen L, Xie H, Stone R, Chen Z, Volpp K. Is lower 30-day mortality posthospital admission among blacks unique to the Veterans Affairs health care system? Med Care. 2007 Nov; 45(11):1083-9. PMID: 18049349

Jha AK, Wright SM, Perlin JB. Performance measures, vaccinations, and pneumonia rates among high-risk patients in Veterans Administration health care. Am J Public Health. 2007 Dec; 97(12):2167-72. PMID: 17971554; PMCID: PMC2089115; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.099440;

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Volpp KG, Stone R, Lave JR, Jha AK, Pauly M, Klusaritz H, Chen H, Cen L, Brucker N, Polsky D. Is thirty-day hospital mortality really lower for black veterans compared with white veterans? Health Serv Res. 2007 Aug; 42(4):1613-31. PMID: 17610440; PMCID: PMC1955274; DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00688.x;

Jha AK, Orav EJ, Li Z, Epstein AM. The inverse relationship between mortality rates and performance in the Hospital Quality Alliance measures. Health Aff (Millwood). 2007 Jul-Aug; 26(4):1104-10. PMID: 17630453

Jha AK, Orav EJ, Li Z, Epstein AM. Concentration and quality of hospitals that care for elderly black patients. Arch Intern Med. 2007 Jun 11; 167(11):1177-82. PMID: 17563027

Jha AK, Staiger DO, Lucas FL, Chandra A. Do race-specific models explain disparities in treatments after acute myocardial infarction? Am Heart J. 2007 May; 153(5):785-91. PMID: 17452154; PMCID: PMC2128703; DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.02.014;

Seger AC, Jha AK, Bates DW. Adverse drug event detection in a community hospital utilising computerised medication and laboratory data. Drug Saf. 2007; 30(9):817-24. PMID: 17722972

Jha AK, Ferris TG, Donelan K, DesRoches C, Shields A, Rosenbaum S, Blumenthal D. How common are electronic health records in the United States? A summary of the evidence. Health Aff (Millwood). 2006 Nov-Dec; 25(6):w496-507. PMID: 17035341

Jha AK. Measuring hospital quality: what physicians do? How patients fare? Or both? JAMA. 2006 Jul 05; 296(1):95-7. PMID: 16820553

Jha AK, Epstein AM. The predictive accuracy of the New York State coronary artery bypass surgery report-card system. Health Aff (Millwood). 2006 May-Jun; 25(3):844-55. PMID: 16684751

Kaushal R, Jha AK, Franz C, Glaser J, Shetty KD, Jaggi T, Middleton B, Kuperman GJ, Khorasani R, Tanasijevic M, Bates DW. Return on investment for a computerized physician order entry system. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006 May-Jun; 13(3):261-6. PMID: 16501178; PMCID: PMC1513660; DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1984;

Poon EG, Jha AK, Christino M, Honour MM, Fernandopulle R, Middleton B, Newhouse J, Leape L, Bates DW, Blumenthal D, Kaushal R. Assessing the level of healthcare information technology adoption in the United States: a snapshot. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2006; 6:1.View Related Profiles.

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Jha AK, Li Z, Orav EJ, Epstein AM. Care in U.S. hospitals--the Hospital Quality Alliance program. N Engl J Med. 2005 Jul 21; 353(3):265-74. PMID: 16034012

Jha AK, Schneider EC. From motives to results: improving the effectiveness of quality improvement. Am J Med. 2004 Sep 01; 117(5):359-61. PMID: 15336587

Jha AK, Shojania KG, Saint S. Clinical problem-solving. Forgotten but not gone. N Engl J Med. 2004 Jun 03; 350(23):2399-404. PMID: 15175442

Jha AK, Varosy PD, Kanaya AM, Hunninghake DB, Hlatky MA, Waters DD, Furberg CD, Shlipak MG. Differences in medical care and disease outcomes among black and white women with heart disease. Circulation. 2003 Sep 02; 108(9):1089-94. PMID: 12939228

Jha AK, Perlin JB, Kizer KW, Dudley RA. Effect of the transformation of the Veterans Affairs Health Care System on the quality of care. N Engl J Med. 2003 May 29; 348(22):2218-27. PMID: 12773650

Tan EJ, Lui LY, Eng C, Jha AK, Covinsky KE. Differences in mortality of black and white patients enrolled in the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2003 Feb; 51(2):246-51. PMID: 12558723

Jha AK, Poon EG, Bates DW, Blumenthal D, Middleton B, Kuperman GJ, Kaushal R. Defining the priorities and challenges for the adoption of Information Technology in HealthCare: opinions from an expert panel. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2003; 881.View Related Profiles.

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Jha AK, Collard HR, Tierney LM. Clinical problem-solving. Diagnosis still in question. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jun 06; 346(23):1813-6. PMID: 12050343

Jha AK, Kuperman GJ, Rittenberg E, Teich JM, Bates DW. Identifying hospital admissions due to adverse drug events using a computer-based monitor. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2001 Mar-Apr; 10(2):113-9. PMID: 11499849

Jha AK, Shlipak MG, Hosmer W, Frances CD, Browner WS. Racial differences in mortality among men hospitalized in the Veterans Affairs health care system. JAMA. 2001 Jan 17; 285(3):297-303. PMID: 11176839

Kuperman GJ, Teich JM, Tanasijevic MJ, Ma'Luf N, Rittenberg E, Jha A, Fiskio J, Winkelman J, Bates DW. Improving response to critical laboratory results with automation: results of a randomized controlled trial. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 1999 Nov-Dec; 6(6):512-22. PMID: 10579608

Jha AK, Kuperman GJ, Rittenberg E, Bates DW. Gender and utilization of ancillary services. J Gen Intern Med. 1998 Jul; 13(7):476-81. PMID: 9686714

Jha AK, Kuperman GJ, Teich JM, Leape L, Shea B, Rittenberg E, Burdick E, Seger DL, Vander Vliet M, Bates DW. Identifying adverse drug events: development of a computer-based monitor and comparison with chart review and stimulated voluntary report. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 1998 May-Jun; 5(3):305-14. PMID: 9609500

Kuperman GJ, Boyle D, Jha A, Rittenberg E, Ma'Luf N, Tanasijevic MJ, Teich JM, Winkelman J, Bates DW. How promptly are inpatients treated for critical laboratory results? J Am Med Inform Assoc. 1998 Jan-Feb; 5(1):112-9. PMID: 9452990

Bates DW, Sands K, Miller E, Lanken PN, Hibberd PL, Graman PS, Schwartz JS, Kahn K, Snydman DR, Parsonnet J, Moore R, Black E, Johnson BL, Jha A, Platt R. Predicting bacteremia in patients with sepsis syndrome. Academic Medical Center Consortium Sepsis Project Working Group. J Infect Dis. 1997 Dec; 176(6):1538-51.View Related Profiles.

Jha, Ashish Kumar
Hibberd, Patricia

PMID: 9395366

Bates DW, Kuperman GJ, Jha A, Teich JM, Orav EJ, Ma'luf N, Onderdonk A, Pugatch R, Wybenga D, Winkelman J, Brennan TA, Komaroff AL, Tanasijevic MJ. Does the computerized display of charges affect inpatient ancillary test utilization? Arch Intern Med. 1997 Nov 24; 157(21):2501-8. PMID: 9385303

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

Bar chart showing 332 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 31 publications in 2014

Bar chart showing 332 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 31 publications in 2014

Year	Publications
1997	2
1998	3
1999	1
2001	2
2002	1
2003	4
2004	2
2005	5
2006	5
2007	9
2008	12
2009	10
2010	12
2011	21
2012	16
2013	30
2014	31
2015	23
2016	20
2017	29
2018	28
2019	21
2020	22
2021	15
2022	5
2023	3

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2009 Society of General Internal Medicine: Young Investigator of the Year

2008 AcademyHealth: Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award

2007 Society of General Internal Medicine: Junior Clinician-Investigator of the Year

2006 Robert Wood Johnson Physician Faculty Scholar

2006 Society of General Internal Medicine: Milton H. Hamolsky Award

1999 University of California, San Francisco: Housestaff Teaching Award

1997 Harvard Medical School: Rose Seegal Prize

1995 Harvard Medical School: Carl W. Walter Research Fellowship

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