RESEARCH

Published Papers:

Kaissi, A., Kralewski, J., Dowd, B., Heaton, A. (forthcoming ) “The Effect of Culture-Structure Fit on Prescription Drug Errors in Medical Group Practices” Health Care Management Review

Kaissi, A., Parchman, M. “Assessment of Chronic Illness Care for Diabetes Care in Primary Care Clinics” Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. June 2006

Kaissi. A. (forthcoming). “An Organizational Approach to Understanding Patient Safety and Medical Errors.” The Health Care Manager

Kaissi. A. “Manager-Physician Relationships: An Organizational Theory Perspective.” The Health Care Manager. 24:2, 165-176, April-June 2005.

J. Begun, Kaissi, A. “An Exploratory Study of Healthcare Strategic Planning in Two Metropolitan Areas.” Journal of Health Care Management. 50:4, 264-275, July/August 2005

Kralewski, J., Dowd, B., Heaton, A., Kaissi, A. “The Influence of the Structure and Culture of Medical Group Practices on Prescription Drug Errors” Medical Care. 43:8, 817-825, August 2005

Kralewski, J., Dowd, B., Kaissi, A. Curoe, A., Rockwood, T. “Measuring the Culture of Medical Group Practices.” Health Care Management Review. 30:3, 184-193, July-September, 2005

Begun, J., Kaissi, A. "The Social Construction of Uncertainty in Healthcare Delivery." In R. R. McDaniel, Jr., & D. J. Driebe, (Eds.), Uncertainty and Surprise in Complex Systems (pp. 107-120). Heildelberg, Germany: Springer Verlag, 2005.

Begun, J., Kaissi, A., “Definition and Scope of Health Services Administration.” Journal of Health Administration Education, 21(2), Spring 2004.

Kaissi, A., Kralewski, J., Curoe, A., Dowd, B., Silversmith, J. “What is the Effect of Organizational Culture on Quality Programs in Medical Group Practices?” Health Care Management Review, 29(2), April-June, 2004

Begun, J. Kaissi, A., “Uncertainty in Health Care Environments: Myth or Reality?” Health Care Management Review, 29(1), January-March, 2004

Link: http://www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/Assets/20732.pdf

Kralewski, J., Dowd, B., Silversmith, J., Kaissi, A. , Gans, D. “ Managing Patient Care Costs in Minnesota Medical Group Practices .” Minnesota Medicine, February 2004

Kaissi, A., Johnson, T., Kirschbaum, M. “Measuring Teamwork and Patient Safety Attitudes of High Risk Areas.” Nursing Economics, 21(5), 211-218, September/October 2003.

Curoe, A., Kralewski, J., Kaissi, A. “Assessing the Culture of Medical Group Practices.” Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. 16(5), September-October 2003.

Link: http://www.jabfp.org/cgi/reprint/16/5/394.pdf

Kaissi, A., Kralewski, J., Dowd B. “Financial and Organizational Factors Affecting the Employment of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Medical Group Practices.” The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. 26(3), July-September 2003.

Kaissi, A., Kralewski, J., Silversmith, J. “Medical Group Practices: How Computerized Are They?” Minnesota Physician, XVI, Number 6, 20-21, September 2002.

Papers Under Review:

Kralewski, J., Kaissi, A. , Dowd, B., Irrgang, S. “Are Minnesotans Less Satisfied in Low-Cost Medical Group Practices?” Health Services Research

Papers In Preparation:

Kaissi, A., J. Begun (In preparation) “Fads, Fashions and Bandwagons in Healthcare Strategy”

Kaissi, A., J. Begun (In preparation) “How Does Strategic Planning Affect Financial and Quality Outcomes in Hospitals?”

Parchman, M., Kaissi, A. “Cardiovascular Risk Factor Control in Type 2 Diabetes and the Structure of Primary Care Clinics”

Kaissi, A., Parchman, M. “Structures, Processes and Patient Behaviors in Diabetes Primary Care Clinics”

Presentations:

6/06	AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA Presentation: “Structures, Processes and Patient Behaviors in Diabetes Primary Care Clinics ”
6/06	AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA Presentation: “Cardiovascular Risk Factor Control in Type 2 Diabetes and the Structure of Primary Care Clinics”
8/05	Academy of Management, Healthcare Management Division, Honolulu, Hawaii. Session Chair/Facilitator: “The Health Care Workplace as a Setting for Collaboration: Factors Affecting Employee Interactions”
8/05	Academy of Management, Healthcare Management Division, Honolulu, Hawaii. Visual Presentation: “An Exploratory Study of Healthcare Strategic Planning in Two Metropolitan Areas.”
6/05	AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA. Presentation: “Assessment of Chronic Illness Care for Diabetes Care in Primary Care Clinics”
2/05	Veterans Evidence-Based Research Dissemination and Implementation Center – South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX Presentation “Assessing the Culture of Medical Group Practices”
10/04	Medical Group Management Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA Presentation: “The Effect of Culture-Structure Fit on Prescription Drug Errors in Medical Group Practices”
8/04	Academy of Management, Healthcare Management Division, New Orleans, LA. Session Chair/Facilitator: "Healthcare Organizational Learning, Reliability and Patient Safety"
6/04	AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting San Diego, California. Presentation: “The Effect of Culture-Structure Fit on Prescription Drug Errors in Medical Group Practices”
5/04	National Patient Safety Foundation Congress, Boston, MA Presentation: "Patient Safety Cultures in Ambulatory Care Clinics: The Effect of Occupational and Organizational Factors"
10/03	Medical Group Management Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Presentation: “The Effect of the Culture and Structure on the Costs and Quality of Care in Medical Group Practices”
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06/03	National Research Service Award Trainees Research Conference, Nashville, TN. Presentation: “The Effect of Organizational Culture and Structure on Patient Safety in Medical Group Practices”
06/03	AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Nashville, TN. Presentation: “Financial and Organizational Factors Affecting the Employment of Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners in Medical Group Practices”
04/03	Conference on Uncertainty and Surprise: Questions on Working with the Unexpected and Unknowable, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Podium Presentation: “The Social Construction of Uncertainty in Healthcare”
06/02	National Research Service Award Trainees Research Conference, Washington D.C. Podium Presentation: “What is the Effect of Organizational Culture on Quality Programs in Medical Group Practices?”
06/02	National Research Service Award Trainees Research Conference, Washington D.C. Presentation: “Assessing the Culture of Medical Group Practices”
05/01	University of Minnesota, Division of Health Services Research & Policy, Minneapolis, Minnesota Health Services Research & Policy Seminar: “Reducing Medical Errors: Teamwork Training at Allina Hospitals”.