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The US needs healthcare solutions for the high cost patient

Welcome to my research web page. I am an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine. I work on developing strategies to improve care for high intensity and high cost patients.
 
Health professionals strive to deliver quality care to every patient. Despite their best efforts, the systems in which they work can break down, especially when presented with the complex patient. As a result, patients who need intensive medical services are often frustrated or even harmed by poorly delivered care.
 
Getting the right care to the patient who needs it most is a great challenge for the US healthcare system, but it is also our greatest opportunity for change.



Watch a video describing my recent paper with Matthew Klein at the University of Washington on Access to Burn Care Hospitals in the US:

 


 


Link to articles about my research:

New York Timeswashington post dot com us News and world reportWeb MD




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My research is funded by:

                           Tufts Medical Center

                           Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

                           Pfizer, Inc.