Joseph Restuccia, DPH, DrPH
Professor
Boston University Questrom School of Business
Operations & Technology Management

DPH/DrPH, University of California, Berkeley
MPH, University of California, Berkeley
BA, Tufts University



Joseph Restuccia, DrPH, MPH is Professor and Chair Emeritus, Operations and Technology Management Department and Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar Boston University Questrom School of Business. Dr. Restuccia also holds the positions of Visiting Professor at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy and at Catholic University in Milan and Rome, Italy. He previously served as a Research Scientist at the Veterans Health Administration’s Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR). Dr. Restuccia’s teaching and research spans over 40 years and has focused on issues related to health care quality measurement and improvement, cost containment, information technology, and healthcare system transformation. Among his activities are developing the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol, a quality improvement instrument used internationally; co-authoring the widely-used health care Organizational Transformation Model; and publishing extensively in the health services research literature. His research has been funded with over $8,000,000 of extramural support as Principal or Co-Principal Investigator by organizations including US AHRQ, VA HSR&D, US HRSA, the Commonwealth Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He has also consulted with numerous organizations in both the U.S. and in Europe on improving health care quality and productivity. Dr. Restuccia has served as a Senior Fellow at Boston University’s Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy and the boards of the University of California, Berkeley Center for Lean Engagement and Research (CLEAR); the Global Education Network for Innovation Education (GENiE); the Institute for Community Health; and the Scientific Advisory Committee of Catholic’s Graduate School of Economics and Management (ALTEMS).

Chair
Boston University Questrom School of Business
Operations & Technology Management


VA Boston Healthcare System




The Primary Care Training and Enhancement Program at Boston Medical Center
07/01/2016 - 06/30/2021 (Subcontract PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation HHS HRSA


IPA with VA Boston Health Care System, COLMR (Yong-Taek Min)
10/01/2013 - 09/14/2014 (PI)
VA Boston Healthcare System


Evaluation of the BMC Safe Sign Outs Project
12/01/2011 - 08/31/2012 (Subcontract PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation Yankee Alliance




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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2002 Does Patient Severity Affect Variation in Hospital Use? 1R01HS013305-01

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  1. Chaiken B, Restuccia J. Process Improvement and Information Technology: The Keys to Health Care Transformation. J Ambul Care Manage. 2023 Apr-Jun 01; 46(2):106-113. PMID: 36727744
     
  2. Shwartz M, Restuccia JD. Commentary on "Improving Quality Measurement: Design Principles for Quality Measures". J Ambul Care Manage. 2020 Apr/Jun; 43(2):106-109. PMID: 32011415
     
  3. Sullivan JL, Shin MH, Engle RL, Yaksic E, VanDeusen Lukas C, Paasche-Orlow MK, Starr LM, Restuccia JD, Holmes SK, Rosen AK. Evaluating the Implementation of Project Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) in Five Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Hospitals. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2018 11; 44(11):663-673.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30097383
     
  4. Mohr DC, Eaton JL, Meterko M, Stolzmann KL, Restuccia JD. Factors associated with internal medicine physician job attitudes in the Veterans Health Administration. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 04 05; 18(1):244.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29622008; PMCID: PMC5885351; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-3015-z;
     
  5. Restuccia JD, Shwartz M. Commentary on "Moving Toward Paying for Outcomes in Medicaid". J Ambul Care Manage. 2018 Apr/Jun; 41(2):97-98. PMID: 29474247; DOI: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000235;
     
  6. Villa S, Restuccia JD, Anessi-Pessina E, Rizzo MG, Cohen AB. Quality improvement strategies and tools: A comparative analysis between Italy and the United States. Health Serv Manage Res. 2018 11; 31(4):205-217.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29486603
     
  7. Shwartz M, Restuccia JD, Rosen AK. Composite Measures of Health Care Provider Performance: A Description of Approaches. Milbank Q. 2015 Dec; 93(4):788-825.View Related Profiles. PMID: 26626986; PMCID: PMC4678940; DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12165;
     
  8. Borzecki A, Chen Q, Restuccia J, Mull H, Shwartz M, Gupta K, Hanchate A, Strymish J, Rosen A. Response to: 'Misinterpretation of meaning and intended use of potentially preventable readmissions' by Goldfield et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 Mar; 25(3):208-9.View Related Profiles. PMID: 26614775; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-005010;
     
  9. Borzecki AM, Chen Q, Restuccia J, Mull HJ, Shwartz M, Gupta K, Hanchate A, Strymish J, Rosen A. Do pneumonia readmissions flagged as potentially preventable by the 3M PPR software have more process of care problems? A cross-sectional observational study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Dec; 24(12):753-63.View Related Profiles. PMID: 26283672; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003911;
     
  10. McHugh M, Kang R, Cohen AB, Restuccia JD, Periyanayagam U, Hasnain-Wynia R. Use of quality improvement interventions and the link to performance on percutaneous intervention for acute myocardial infarction. J Emerg Med. 2015 Jun; 48(6):744-50.View Related Profiles. PMID: 25766427; DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.12.049;
     
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Bar chart showing 53 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2014 and 2015

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2020 Boston University: Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar
2020 Boston University: Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar
2008 Boston University Questrom School of Business: Dean’s Research Scholar
1996 Boston University Questrom School of Business: Promotion to Full Professor
1986 Boston University Questrom School of Business: Promotion to Associate Professor with tenure
1984 National Business Honorary Society: Beta Gamma Sigma
1982 Boston University Questrom School of Business: Bromfield Prize for Excellence in Research Scholarship
1976 W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Hospital Research and Educational Trust: HRET-Kellogg Foundation Fellowship Award
1975 University of California, Berkeley: Doctorate Awarded "With Distinction"
1974 Association of University Programs in Health Administration: Bugbee-Falk National Award for Outstanding Healthcare Management Program Graduate
1972-1974 U.S. Public Health Service Fellowship Award
1967-1969 Massachusetts Department of Education Scholarship Award
1965-1969 Tufts University Merit Scholarship Award
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