Joshua R Vest

Summary

Affiliation: Texas A and M Health Science Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Health information exchange and healthcare utilization
    Joshua R Vest
    School of Rural Public Health, Texas A and M Health Science Center, College Station, TX, USA
    J Med Syst 33:223-31. 2009
  2. ncbi A critical review of the research literature on Six Sigma, Lean and StuderGroup's Hardwiring Excellence in the United States: the need to demonstrate and communicate the effectiveness of transformation strategies in healthcare
    Joshua R Vest
    Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A and M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, USA
    Implement Sci 4:35. 2009
  3. ncbi Health information exchange: persistent challenges and new strategies
    Joshua R Vest
    Center for Health Organization Transformation, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A and M Health Science Center, Texas 77843 1266, USA
    J Am Med Inform Assoc 17:288-94. 2010
  4. ncbi What should we measure? Conceptualizing usage in health information exchange
    Joshua R Vest
    Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A and M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
    J Am Med Inform Assoc 17:302-7. 2010
  5. ncbi Medical homes: "where you stand on definitions depends on where you sit"
    Joshua R Vest
    Texas A and M Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Center for Health Organization Transformation, College Station, TX 77842, USA
    Med Care Res Rev 67:393-411. 2010
  6. ncbi Factors motivating and affecting health information exchange usage
    Joshua R Vest
    Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A and M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, USA
    J Am Med Inform Assoc 18:143-9. 2011
  7. ncbi Patient-centered medical homes: will health care reform provide new options for rural communities and providers?
    Jane N Bolin
    Department of Health Policy and Management, Texas A and M Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, College Station, TX 77843, USA
    Fam Community Health 34:93-101. 2011
  8. ncbi Using e-mail to notify pseudonymous e-mail sexual partners
    Joshua R Vest
    Austin Travis County Health and Human Services Department, Austin, TX, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 34:840-5. 2007

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Health information exchange and healthcare utilization
    Joshua R Vest
    School of Rural Public Health, Texas A and M Health Science Center, College Station, TX, USA
    J Med Syst 33:223-31. 2009
    ..Ultimately, these results imply that HIE information access did not transform care in the ways many would expect. Expectations in utilization reductions, however logical, may have to be reevaluated or postponed...
  2. ncbi A critical review of the research literature on Six Sigma, Lean and StuderGroup's Hardwiring Excellence in the United States: the need to demonstrate and communicate the effectiveness of transformation strategies in healthcare
    Joshua R Vest
    Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A and M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, USA
    Implement Sci 4:35. 2009
    ..Demanding more exacting evaluation of projects consultants, or partnerships with health management researchers in academic settings, can support such efforts...
  3. ncbi Health information exchange: persistent challenges and new strategies
    Joshua R Vest
    Center for Health Organization Transformation, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A and M Health Science Center, Texas 77843 1266, USA
    J Am Med Inform Assoc 17:288-94. 2010
    ..The lessons of these experiences include a recurrence of barriers and challenges beyond those associated with technology. Without new strategies, the current support and methods of facilitating HIE may not address these barriers...
  4. ncbi What should we measure? Conceptualizing usage in health information exchange
    Joshua R Vest
    Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A and M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
    J Am Med Inform Assoc 17:302-7. 2010
    ..Attention to these issues will provide greater insight into the effects of previously inaccessible information on medical decision-making and the process of care...
  5. ncbi Medical homes: "where you stand on definitions depends on where you sit"
    Joshua R Vest
    Texas A and M Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Center for Health Organization Transformation, College Station, TX 77842, USA
    Med Care Res Rev 67:393-411. 2010
    ..Differences in definitions have implications at both the policy and practice levels...
  6. ncbi Factors motivating and affecting health information exchange usage
    Joshua R Vest
    Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A and M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, USA
    J Am Med Inform Assoc 18:143-9. 2011
    ..However, where implemented, reports indicate HIE system usage is low. The aim of this study was to determine the factors associated with different types of HIE usage...
  7. ncbi Patient-centered medical homes: will health care reform provide new options for rural communities and providers?
    Jane N Bolin
    Department of Health Policy and Management, Texas A and M Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, College Station, TX 77843, USA
    Fam Community Health 34:93-101. 2011
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  8. ncbi Using e-mail to notify pseudonymous e-mail sexual partners
    Joshua R Vest
    Austin Travis County Health and Human Services Department, Austin, TX, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 34:840-5. 2007
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