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HCM Plenary Session (session 1240) [Speaker: Ann Barry Flood] Aug 3 Tue, 12:00 noon to 13:15 pm EDT

  • 1.  HCM Plenary Session (session 1240) [Speaker: Ann Barry Flood] Aug 3 Tue, 12:00 noon to 13:15 pm EDT

    Posted 08-03-2021 00:12
    Dear OB Scholars,
    You are cordially invited to attend the Health Care Management (HCM) Division Plenary Session on Tuesday, August 03 (session #1240) at lunch hour 12:00 noon - 13:15 pm . Dr. Ann Barry Flood, Dartmouth College, the recipient of 2021 Keith G. Provan Distinguished Scholar Award (sponsored by HCM division) will deliver the keynote address. She will be introduced by eminent organizational sociologist W. Richard Scott, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Stanford University.

    Speaker: Ann Barry Flood, PhD 
    Keynote Address:  "Does (Organizational) Practice Make Perfect? 45 Years of Perspectives Add Many Nuances"

    Keith G. Provan Distinguished Scholar Award: Sponsored by Health Care Management Division and established in 2012, the Keith G. Provan Distinguished Scholar Award recognizes an individual who has contributed to scholarship in health care management through an exemplary record of high-quality research that demonstrates conceptual and methodological rigor. Evidence of contribution may take various forms. At a minimum, the awardee will have an exemplary record of publishing high-quality research in major academic journals. The awardee also may have contributed to the field through editorial work, serving either as an editor or editorial board member for major journals in health care management. The awardee's entire portfolio of contribution to and impact on the scholarly field of health care management is considered.

    Dr. Flood's area of expertise involves the theoretical and policy implications regarding professional and organizational factors which influence the outcomes of health care. Besides using outcomes to evaluate quality of care, she investigated the effects of financial incentives and managed care techniques on clinical decision-making and resource use and how clinical organizations respond to insurance incentives. She participated in the Institutional Differences Study, a major study of quality of surgical care in US hospitals sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences. Some of her other work involves improving shared decision making under uncertainty especially for patients choosing to undergo periodic screening for prostate cancer. She was the principal investigator on a study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Commonwealth, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to investigate factors affecting physicians' practice decisions, their treatment choices for HMO and fee-for-service patients, and their reactions to changes in financial incentives introduced into their group practices. Her recent and ongoing work includes investigation of effective strategies to increase up-to-date screening for cancer among poor women; analysis of gender and racial variations in choice of treatment for knee arthroplasty; factors influencing patient ratings of health care insurers, and the development of the technology for clinical applications of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) for purposes of radiation dosimetry and oximetry.

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    Ajit Appari
    Lecturer
    Northeastern University
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