Health Care Consultant
Phone: (617) 426-0066
FAX: (617) 426-0002
Laura@consultingpractice.net
DEGREES
BSN,
Principal, Laura E.
Peterson, RN, MS, Health Care Consultant,
Visiting Lecturer,
Health Policy and Management,
Senior Clinical
Research Specialist, Center for Quality of Care Research and Education (QCARE),
Consultant,
QCARE,
Senior Clinical Analyst, Center for Clinical Quality
Evaluation,
Director of Clinical Services, Commonwealth Care, Inc.,
Executive Director, New England Medical Claims Analysts, Inc.,
Registered
Nurse, Hematology/Oncology,
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
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
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
Zapka JG, Lemon S,
Peterson LE, Palmer RH, Goldman MB. The silent consumer: women’s reports and
ratings of abortion services. Medical
Care, 2001, Jan;39(1):50-60
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):785-795
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 May 16-18, 1996, Medical Care Supplement, June 1997, 35(6).
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), 402-406.
Measuring Quality in
Workers’ Compensation Managed Care Organizations: A Strategy for Purchasers,
and Technical Manual of Performance Measures. URAC American
Accreditation HealthCare Commission. Funded by a grant
from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. June 2001.
Project to
Validate the Complications Screening Program. Final Report to the
Health Care Financing Administration, Iezzoni, LI, Lawthers, A, Davis, RB, Peterson, LE, et al, Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard School of Public Health, March 31, 1998.
CONQUEST 1.0: A COmputerized Needs-oriented QUality
measurement Evaluation SysTem. Final Report to the Agency for Health Care
Policy and Research, prepared by the Center for Quality of Care Research and
Education, Harvard School of Public Health, in collaboration with Mikalix & Company, February 1996.
AACVPR/CCQE
Cardiac Rehabilitation Criteria Project. Final Report to the American Association of
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Cardiac Rehabilitation Guidelines
Project, prepared by the Center for Clinical Quality Evaluation, December 1995.
Understanding and
Choosing Clinical Performance Measures for Quality Improvement: Development of
a Typology. Final Report to the Agency
for Health Care Policy and Research, prepared by the Center for Health Policy
Studies and The Center for Quality of Care Research and Education, Harvard School
of Public Health, January 31, 1995.
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,
“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,
"Developing
Medical Review Criteria from a Clinical Practice Guideline", Quality of
Care: New Initiatives, Partnerships, and Technology,
"Implementing
Clinical Guidelines: Benefits and Challenges", National Abortion
Federation Risk Management Seminar,
"Using Clinical
Practice Guidelines to Evaluate Quality of Care", Developing Performance
Measures, The Center for Clinical Quality Evaluation,
Co-Instructor,
Quality Measurement in Health Care, HPM515c, Department of Health Policy and
Management, Harvard School of Public Health, February-March, 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.
"Data for
Performance Measurement", "Patient-Reported Data for Performance
Measurement", and "Constructing Measures Based on Clinical Practice
Guidelines", in Effective Strategies for Building Clinical Performance
Measures Based on Practice Guidelines, conducted by the Center for Continuing
Professional Education, Harvard School of Public Health, March 26-28, 1997.
"Designing and
Applying Instruments to Measure Quality of Care", guest lecturer, Health
Administration 897, Boston University School of Management,
Quality Measurement
in Health Care, Harvard Institute for International Development,
"Specification
of Data Items, Data Acquisition Rules and Procedures", in Assessing
Clinical Quality in Managed Care Organizations, conducted by the Center for
Quality of Care Research and Education and The Office of Continuing
Professional Education, Harvard School of Public Health, March 24-28, 1996.
"Developing
Performance Measures Using Medical Records Data", guest lecturer,
Epidemiology 208S,