Faculty

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Mary L. Richardson
Professor Emeritus
As Professor Emeritus, I now enjoy being involved with the Department of Health Services - including the MHA Program - for special projects. Working with the talented students recruited into Department of Health Service programs, in both a teaching and advisory capacity remains a favorite activity of mine.
PhD  
University of Washington, 1984
Health Services Admin
MHA  
University of Washington, 1978
Health Services Admin

Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
  -  Master of Health Administration Program
  -  Center for Disability Policy and Research

Mary Richardson was director of the MHA Program from 1990-2000. She was also Co-Director of the Center for Disability Policy and Research examining health and health care services for persons with chronic conditions and disabilities. Dr. Richardson serves on the Accrediting Commission for Education in Health Services Administration (ACHESA) and is past Chair of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA). She also served (1989-1990) as the Kennedy Fellow in Public Policy, working for U.S. Senator Tom Harkin on health and disability policy.

Teaching Interests
Managing people and teams toward achieving effective organizational outcomes; Developing and using systems for effectively defining, monitoring and maintaining high quality clinical and organizational outcomes.
Research Interests
management, quality improvement, disability, chronic conditions,
Projects
Core Indicators Project
This study of quality indicators, designed to measure the effectiveness of services for people with developmental disabilities and their families, is being conducted for the State of Washington Division of Developmental Disabilities. The Division is participating with other states in the development of quality indicators.
http://depts.washington.edu/cdpr/
Family Support Opportunities Program
The State Division of Developmental Disabilities initiated a pilot project three years ago aimed at increasing in home supports and reducing the risk of institutional placement. Our evaluation of their pilot led to a broader implementation of the program. We now conduct ongoing evaluation and monitoring of this program.
http://depts.washington.edu/cdpr/
Voluntary Placement Program
This project is an evaluation of a program, initiated by the Washington State Division of Developmental Disabilities, to provide enhanced services to children with complex needs and their families as a means of reducing the risk of out of home placement.
http://depts.washington.edu/cdpr/
External Funding (sampling of current and past involvement)
DDD Evaluation - The Core Indicators Project
WA State Department of Social and Health Services
PI:   Richardson           Dates:    01/2002 - 06/2003
The major goal of the Core Indicators Project is to develop a set of sound performance and outcome measures common to all developmental disabilities agencies that will allow cross-state comparisons and intra-state comparisons from year to year.

DDD Evaluation - The Core Indicators Project Amendment 4
WA State Department of Social and Health Services
PI:   Richardson           Dates:    01/2002 - 06/2002
Continues support for evaluation of various programs of the Division on Developmental Disabilities and continuing Core Indicators support.

Autism Community Services Evaluation
US Department of Health and Human Services
PI:   Richardson           Dates:    02/2000 - 06/2001
Evaluation of State of WA Autism services.

DDD Program Evaluation
WA State DSHS Division of Developmental Disabilities
PI:   Richardson           Dates:    07/1999 - 06/2001
Evaluation of various programs of the Division on Developmental Disabilities and continuation of community guide support.

Voluntary Placement for Children with Developmental Disabilities
WA State Department of Social and Health Services
PI:   Richardson           Dates:    04/2000 - 01/2001
Analysis of the evolution of Washington programs and literature pertaining to shared parenting and other alternatives to supporting children with developmental disabilities outside of their biological family homes.

Maternal and Child Health Public Health Training
Health Resources Services Administration
PI:   Connell           Dates:    07/1983 - 05/2000
The goals of this program are to train leaders in public health aspects of maternal and child health care.


Selected Publications

Richardson, M., Casey, S. & Rosenblatt, R.A., 2000; 'Local health districts and the public health workforce', Public Health Management and Practice, 7(1):37-48.

Richardson, M., Gurtner, W.H., 1999, Contemporary organizational strategies for enhancing value in health care', Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 12(5)183-189

Richardson, M. and Schnellar, E., 1998; 'Out of the box: health management education in the 21st century', Journal of Health Management Education, 16(1):87-97

Patrick, D., Richardson, M., Starks,HE, Rose, MA, Kinne, S., 1997, 'Rethinking prevention for people with disabilities: A framework for designing interventions', American Journal of Health Promotion, 11(4)

Froese, P, Richardson, M., Romer, L.T., Swank, M., 1999, 'Comparing opinions of people with disabilities and significant persons in their lives using the Individual Supports Identification System (ISIS); Mental Retardation, 14(6):831-843.