Katie Coleman, MSPH
Research Associate
206-287-2872
coleman.cf@ghc.org
Recent publications
Curriculum vitae (CV)
Research interests and experience
- Health services & economics: health policy (access to care, health disparities, primary care safety net providers); practice variation; primary care organization and design; translation of preventive care research into clinical practice; health care financing (pay for performance, business case for quality); payment reform; performance measurement and incentives
- Chronic illness management: collaborative approaches to transforming health care systems; design of health care systems and teams; evaluation of health care systems; measurement of change in health care systems
Quality improvement is never easy. But Katie Coleman is finding strategies that make it easier to integrate what's known about how best to care for patients into daily practice. Her work aims to improve the quality, equity, and long-term viability of outpatient care in the United States.
At the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation, Ms. Coleman is interested in gathering knowledge about how best to deliver, organize, and finance health care—and translating it into practice. She focuses especially on improving the quality of primary care for patients and providers.
As part of her interest in exploring methods to help primary care practices improve care, Ms. Coleman, with collaborators at the Commonwealth Fund and Qualis Health, works with practice facilitators to help 65 safety-net practices across the country become patient-centered medical homes (PCMH). This effort strengthens the partnerships between patients and their primary care physicians.
Ms. Coleman also provides technical assistance to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Aligning Forces for Quality AF4Q initiative, which aims to improve the care of Americans in 17 regions that together cover 12.5% percent of the U.S. population.
Ms. Coleman has also published important findings that have clarified the limitations of pay-for-performance programs in improving outcomes for chronically ill patients. She has also contributed to early work evaluating the Group Health Patient Centered Medical Home demonstration and the VA's Patient Aligned Care Team initiative.
Related information:
- MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation
- Commonwealth Fund
- Qualis Health
- NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q)
- VA's Patient Aligned Care Team initiative
Recent publications
Hsu C, Coleman K, Ross TR, Johnson E, Fishman PA, Larson EB, Liss D, Trescott C, Reid RJ. Spreading a patient-centered medical home redesign: a case study. J Ambul Care Manage. 2012;35(2):99-108. PubMed
Fishman PA, Johnson EA, Coleman K, Larson EB, Hsu C, Ross TR, Liss D, Tufano J, Reid RJ. Impact on seniors of the patient-centered medical home: evidence from a pilot study. Gerontologist. 2012 Mar 15. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed
Wagner EH, Coleman K, Reid RJ, Phillips K, Sugarman JR. Guiding the transformation to a medical home. The Commonwealth Fund. February 27, 2012.
Hsu C, Coleman K, Ross TR, Johnson E, Fishman P, Larson E, Liss D, Trescott C, Reid RJ. Spreading a patient-centered medical home redesign using Lean: a case study. J Amb Care Manage. 2012;35(2):99-108.
Weppner W, Coleman K, Reid RJ, Larson EB. Improving management of chronic disease. In: From Front Office to Front Line: Essential Issues for Health Care Leaders, Second Edition. Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois: Joint Commission Resources; 2012. p. 127-58.
Coleman K. Without changes in care, should we expect changes in outcomes? Ann Fam Med.
Reid RJ, Coleman K, Johnson EA, Fishman PA, Hsu C, Soman MP, Trescott CE, Erikson M, Larson EB. The Group Health medical home at year two: cost savings, higher patient satisfaction, and less burnout for providers. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29(5):835-43. PubMed
Ralston JD, Coleman K, Reid RJ, Handley MR, Larson EB. Patient experience should be part of meaningful-use criteria. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29(4):607-13. PubMed
Coleman K, Reid RJ, Johnson E, Hsu C, Ross TR, Fishman P, Larson E. Implications of reassigning patients for the medical home: a case study. Ann Fam Med. 2010;8(6):493-8. PubMed
Coleman K. Real redesign required. Invited commentary. Ann Fam Med. May/June 2009. Available at http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/eletters?lookup=by_date&days=365#10868.
To view more publications, please see Ms. Coleman's CV.