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Stephan D. Fihn
Professor
Professor, General Internal Medicine (primary appt.)

Professor Fihn is a general internist with interests in quality of care particularly in the outpatient setting and in health measurement. He also serves as Director of the Office of Analytics and Business Intelligence at VA Puget Sound Health Care System and as Head of the Division of General Internal Medicine in the Department of Medicine. He co-directs the GIM/HSR&D fellowship program at the VAPSHCS.

Research Interests:
Quality of care particularly in the outpatient setting and in health measurement; clinical topics including heart disease, COPD, UTI, anticoagulation

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Contact Information

email:   sfihn@u.washington.edu

address:
VA Health Services R&D
Center of Excellence
1100 Olive Way, Suite 1400
Seattle, WA 98101

voice:   206-764-2651
fax:   206-768-5412

office:   10EH33

address:
Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Ave
Seattle, WA 98104

campus box:   359780
voice:   206-731-3391
fax:   206-731-6988

Education

MPH   University of Washington, 1981   (Health Services)
MD   St Louis University, 1977
BS   , 1973   (Chemistry)

Recent Publications



Bryson CL, Au DH, Maciejewski ML, Piette JD, Fihn SD, Jackson GL, Perkins M, Wong ES, Yano EM, Liu CF. Wide Clinic-Level Variation in Adherence to Oral Diabetes Medications in the VA. J Gen Intern Med. 2013 Jan 31. [Epub ahead of print]  PMID: 23371383
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Wong ES, Piette JD, Liu CF, Perkins M, Maciejewski ML, Jackson GL, Blough DK, Fihn SD, Au DH, Bryson CL. Measures of adherence to oral hypoglycemic agents at the primary care clinic level: the role of risk adjustment. Med Care. 2012 Jul;50(7):591-8. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318249cb74.  PMID: 22354208
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Littman AJ, Boyko EJ, McDonell MB, Fihn SD. Evaluation of a weight management program for veterans. Prev Chronic Dis. 2012 May;9:E99. Epub 2012 May 17.  PMID: 22595323
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Trivedi RB, Piette J, Fihn SD, Edelman D. Examining the interrelatedness of patient and spousal stress in heart failure: conceptual model and pilot data. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2012 Jan-Feb;27(1):24-32.  PMID: 21743348
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Fihn SD, Bucher JB, McDonell M, Diehr P, Rumsfeld JS, Doak M, Dougherty C, Gerrity M, Heidenreich P, Larsen G, Lee PI, Lucas L, McBryde C, Nelson K, Plomondon ME, Stadius M, Bryson C. Collaborative care intervention for stable ischemic heart disease. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Sep 12;171(16):1471-9.  PMID: 21911632
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Dissertation, Thesis & Capstone Committees (recent HSERV graduates)

2009
Chair, thesis committee for Steven Bradley
Missed Opportunities for Pharmacologic Risk Reduction of Ischemic Heart Disease

2009
Member, dissertation committee for Kelly McDermott
Characteristics, treatment and mortality associated with admission more than 12 hours after symptom onset of acute myocardial infarction in the Veterans Health Administration

2009
Chair, thesis committee for Gregory Roth
Awareness, coverage, and control of high cholesterol: A global perspective

Projects

Risk Factors for Urinary Tract Infections in Postmenopausal Women
Cohort study conducted at Group Health of Puget Sound
Population-Based Assessments of Health and Satisfaction Using ACQUIP
Secondary analyses of a large, longtitudinal dataset containing information on over 30,000 primary care patients from 7 VA medical centers.
Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI), Ischemic Heart Disease Coordinating Center
Coordinating center for several quality improvement/research projects in the Dept. of Veteran Affairs.

Links

Division of General Internal Medicine
Northwest VA Health Services Research & Development Center of Excellence