DEGREES
1982 BSN, School of Nursing,
University of Michigan Ann
Arbor, MI
1994-
Principal, Laura E. Peterson, RN, MS, Health Care Consultant,
2000-2005 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Health
Policy and Management,
Public Health
1996-1999 Senior Clinical Research Specialist,
Center for Quality of Care Research and
Education
(QCARE),
1989-1996
Consultant, QCARE,
1995-1997 Senior Clinical Analyst, Center for
Clinical Quality Evaluation,
1990-1992 Director of Clinical Services,
Commonwealth Care, Inc.,
1987-1989 Executive Director, New England Medical
Claims Analysts, Inc.,
1982-1984
Registered Nurse, Hematology/Oncology,
Lannon C, Peterson LE, Goudie
A. Quality Measures for the Care of Children with Otitis Media with Effusion.
Pediatrics. Pediatrics.
2011;127(6):e1490-7.
McDonald
MV and Peterson LE. Finding Success in Medication Management. Home Health Care
Management & Practice. 2008;20(2):135-140
Rockey DC, Barish M, Brill JV,
Cash BD, Fletcher, JG, Sharma P, Wani S, Wiersema MJ, Peterson LE, Conte J. Standards for
Gastroenterologists for Performing and Interpreting Diagnostic Computed
Tomographic Colonography. Gastroenterology. 2007;133:1005–1024
Brotman
M, Allen JI, Bickston SJ, Campbell DR, Huddleston JM,
Peterson LE, Schoenfeld PS, Sennett
CS, Willis JR. American Gastroenterological Association Task Force on Quality
Practice: A National Overview and Implications for GI Practice.
Gastroenterology. 2005;129:361-369
Homer CJ, Forbes P, Horvitz L, Peterson LE, Wypij D, Heinrich P. Impact of a Quality Improvement
Program on Care and Outcomes for Children with Asthma. Archives of Pediatrics
& Adolescent Medicine. 2005;159:464-69
Hollander-Feldman P, Peterson
LE, Reische L, Bruno L, Clark A.
Charting the Course for Home Health Care Quality: Action Steps for Achieving
Sustainable Improvement: Conference Proceedings. Home Healthcare Nurse. 2004;22(12):841-50
Salem-Schatz SS, Peterson LE,
Palmer RH, Clanton M, Ezhuthachan S, Luttrell RC,
Newman C, Westbury R. Barriers to First-Week Follow-up of Newborns: Findings
from Parent and Clinician Focus Groups. Joint
Commission Journal on Quality and Safety. 2004;30(11):593-601
Peterson LE. Strengthening
Condition Specific Evidence-Based Practice: Charting a Course for Home Health
Care Quality. Journal for Healthcare Quality. 2004;26(3):10-18
LAURA E. PETERSON, BSN, SM
Lawthers
AG, Pransky GS, Peterson LE, Himmelstein
J. Rethinking Quality in the Context of Persons with Disability. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 2003;15(4):287-99
Lawthers AG, McCarthy EP, Davis RB, Peterson LE, Palmer RH, Iezzoni
LI. Identifying In-hospital Complications from Claims Data: Is it Valid?
Medical Care. 2000;38(8):785-95
Normand SL, McNeil BJ, Peterson LE, Palmer RH.
Eliciting Expert Opinion Using the
Palmer
RH, Warren RL, Guest Editors, Peterson LE, Teek M,
Associate Editors. Boston Working Group on Improving Health Care Outcomes
through Geriatric Rehabilitation, Proceedings from the Conference
Palmer
RH, Peterson LE. Development and Testing of Performance Measures for Quality
Improvement in Clinical Preventive Services, American Journal of Preventive
Medicine. 1995;11(6), 402-6
Lannon C,
Peterson LE, Goudie A. Issues in Using
Metrics for National Performance Reporting: The Example of Otitis Media with
Effusion. Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, 2010. Vancouver, BC,
Canada.
CHAMP:
Curricula for Homecare Advances in Management and Practice. Developed in a
partnership between the Center for Home Care Policy & Research and the Visiting
Nurse Associations of America.
·
“Be a CHAMP at Geriatric Medication Management” at the Home Care
Association (HCA) of New York 2008 Clinical and Technology Conference, Albany,
NY, November 5, 2008
·
“CHAMP: Transform Your Frontline Managers into Quality Champions”, at
the California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH) 2008 Annual
Conference and Home Care Expo, Palm Springs, CA, May 8, 2008
·
“Pain Management – Tested Changes That Work”, at Pain Management course
workshop, Chicago, IL, January 31, 2008
·
“Data and Measurement in CHAMP” at Medication Management workshop, Philadelphia, PA, May
8, 2007 and Chicago, IL, May 17, 2007
·
“Curricula for
Homecare Advances in Management & Practice” at the Visiting Nurse
Associations of America Annual Meeting, Desert Springs, CA, January 22, 2007
·
“Data and Measurement in CHAMP” at Medication Management workshop,
Framingham, MA on March 9, 2006, San Francisco, CA on May 3, 2006, and
Minneapolis, MN on May 10, 2006
EQUIP
/ Partnership for Achieving Quality
Homecare (PAQH)
National Home Care Diabetes Learning Collaborative. Center for Home Care Policy
& Research. New York, NY, January 2003 – April 2004
·
Learning Session 1. “Model for
Improvement and Review of Change Package” and “Tracking our Progress: Measurement
Strategies Going Forward”
·
Learning Session 2. “How Are We Doing? What Does Our Data Tell Us?”
·
Learning Session 3. “A Final Look at Our Monthly Measures: Where Did We
Start? Where Have We Come?”
"Quality
Indicators for Health Care Systems", at Providing Pharmaceutical Services
to the Medicaid Population: A Forum on Public Policy and Quality Assessment,
sponsored by The Council of Ohio Colleges of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH, November
18, 1997.
"Quality
of Care Measurement for Improvement and Accountability", Mercy-Harvard
Executive Program in Health Policy and Management, Des Moines, IA, November 14,
1997.
LAURA E. PETERSON, BSN, SM
“Performance
Measurement for Quality Improvement”, a workshop for The MEDSTAT Group, Ann
Arbor, MI, October 28-29, 1997 (repeated January 21-22, 1998).
"A
Computerized Tool for Selecting and Evaluating Clinical Performance Measures
for Quality Improvement", The American Health Information Management
Association, Quality Management Section Annual Meeting,
"Finding
Clinical Performance Measures Using CONQUEST 1.1", Association for Health
Services Research, 14th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 15, 1997.
List of lectures and talks
prior to 1997 available upon request.
Co-Instructor,
Quality Measurement in Health Care, HPM515c, Department of Health Policy and
Management, Harvard School of Public Health, February-March, 2004 (also
Feb.-Mar. 2003 and 2001)
Co-Instructor,
Clinical Quality Measurement for Quality Improvement, HPM256c, Department of
Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, February-March,
2000 (also February-March 1999, January-March, 1998, and January-March, 1997)
"Measuring
Clinical Performance", guest lecturer, Health Care Quality and Utilization
Management, Boston University School of Management, February 9, 1999.
"Quality of Care Assessments", in Measurement, Design and Analysis Methods for Health Outcomes Research, conducted by the Center for Continuing Professional Education, Harvard School of Public Health, June 17, 1998.
"Clinical
Performance Measurement", guest lecturer, Health Care Quality and
Utilization Management: HM 897, Boston University School of Management,
"Patient Reports of Process and
Satisfaction", in Measurement, Design and Analysis Methods for Health
Outcomes Research, conducted by the Center for Continuing Professional
Education, Harvard School of Public Health, June 18, 1997.
Co-instructor,
Effective Strategies for Building Clinical Performance Measures Based on
Practice Guidelines, Center for Continuing Professional Education, HSPH,
List of teaching activities
prior to 1997 available upon request.
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