Faculty
Epidemiology
Internal Medicine
Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
- PhD program in Health Services
Dr. Wagner is a general internist/epidemiologist and Director of the W.A. MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation at the Group Health Research Institute. He is also Professor of Health Services at the University of Washington School of Public Health. Current research interests include the development and testing of population-based care models for diabetes, frail elderly, cancer, and other chronic illnesses; the evaluation of the health and cost impacts of chronic disease and cancer interventions, and interventions to prevent disability and reduce depressive symptoms in older adults. He has written two books and more than 200 journal articles. He serves on the editorial boards of Health Services Research, the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, and BMJ-USA, and acts as a consultant to multiple Federal agencies and provate foundations. As of June 1998, he directs "Improving Chronic Illness Care (ICIC)", a national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The overall goal of ICIC is to assist health systems improve their care of chronic illness through quality improvement and evaluation, research, and dissemination. He is also Principal Investigator of the Cancer Research Network, and NCI funded consortium of 10 HMOs conducting collaborative cancer effectiveness research. He served as Director of the research center at Group Health Cooperative since its inception 15 years ago and resigned in April 1998. He has turned his energy towards directing the MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation. This Institute, within Group Health Research Institute, is concerned with developing and evalutating health care innovations which serve the needs of the chronically ill.
1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600
Seattle, WA 98101-1448
(voice) 206-287-2877 (fax) 206-287-2871
wagner.e@ghc.org
http://www.grouphealthresearch.org/maccoll/maccoll.html
PI: Grembowski Dates: 08/1998 - 06/2010
This program is designed to train physicians for academic research careers aimed at improving recognition and management of mental health problems encountered in primary medical care settings.
PI: Phelan Dates: 07/2003 - 06/2008
The major goals of the project are to evaluate the effect of (1) provider practice style on patient functional status; (2) a community-based replication of a disability prevention intervention in delaying patient functional decline; (3) integrating geriatric care teams into outpatient, primary care.
PI: Lober Dates: 08/2005 - 09/2005
The Clinical Informatics Research Group will develop and apply methods for automated electronic data collection and data integration to the continued development of the WA State Department of Health Public Health reporting of Electronic Data.
Wagner EH. Chronic Disease Management: What Will it Take to Improve Care for Chronic Illness? Effective Clinical Practice 1998;12(4):1-3.
Wagner EH, Grothaus LC, Sandhu N, Galvin MS, McGregor M, Artz K, Coleman EA. Chronic care clinics for diabetes clinics in primary care: A system-wide randomized trial. Diabetes Care, 2001;25(4):695-700.
Wagner EH, Sandhu N, Newton KM, McCulloch DK, Ramsey SD, Grothaus LC. Effect of improved glycemic control on health care costs and utilization. JAMA 2001;285(2):182-189.
Wagner EH, Glasgow RE, Davis C, Bonomi AE, Provost L, McCulloch D, Carver P, Sixta C. Quality Improvement in chronic illness care: A collaborative approach. Joint Commis J Qual Improve 2001;27:63-80.
Wagner EH, Austin B, Davis C, Hindmarsh M, Schaefer J, Bonomi A. Improving Chronic Illness Care: Translating Evidence to Action. Health Affairs. 2001;20(6):64-78.
http://www.improvingchroniccare.org
