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Emory Health Services Research Center

The Emory Health Services Research Center is committed to advancing healthcare access, quality of healthcare delivery, and health outcomes of patients and populations through interdisciplinary collaboration. The Center is dedicated to growing a community of health services researchers and training the next generation of health services researchers to lead and shape the future of healthcare.

The HSR Center supports health services research studies that aim to enhance, improve, and revise healthcare systems so that they can perform at the highest quality and value and can deliver the best patient outcomes. HSR Center faculty aim to impact systems of care within the Emory and community and to drive discovery and improvement in healthcare practice and policy at regional and national levels.

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HSRC Events

11th Annual Health Services Research Day

Tuesday, May 6 | 8 a.m.–3 p.m. | Claudia Nance Rollins (CNR) Building, Rollins Auditorium
The Georgia CTSA and Emory Health Services Research Center are pleased to present the 11th annual Health Services Research Day - a symposium and networking opportunity where researchers learn about ongoing quality, effectiveness, and value-based research activities across the state of Georgia. The symposium will feature invited talks, selected oral abstracts, and a Career Development in Health Services Research panel. To learn more, visit http://georgiactsa.org/research/cmdts/hsr.html. 

Keynote Speaker:
Jennifer (Jen) DeVoe, MD, DPhil, 
(left) Chair, Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Director, OHSU Center for Primary Care Research and Innovation

Featured Speakers: 
Amaka Eneanya, MD, MPH, 
(middle) Chief Transformation Officer, Emory Healthcare Associate Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Wilbur A. Lam, MD, PhD, (right)  Professor and W. Paul Bowers Research Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Chief Innovation Officer, Pediatric Technology Center, Associate Dean of Innovation, Emory University School of Medicine 

REGISTER HERE
2025 HSRC Day Speakers

Weekly Events

HSR Speaker Seminar Series

  • Date: Every 2nd Tuesday of the month, noon to 1 p.m.
  • Location: Grace Crum Rollings Building,  7th floor, Room 721

Research Work in Progress (WIP) Seminar

  • Date: Every 4th Tuesday of the month, noon to 1 p.m.
  • Location: Grace Crum Rollings Building, 7th floor, Room 721


These events follow Emory's academic calendar. To learn more and be added to our listserv, please email Melisa.Meza@emory.edu. 

Contact Melisa Meza

Recent Emory HSR Publications

  • Integrating Out-of-Pocket Costs Into Shared Decision-Making for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Stepped-Wedge Trial (POCKET-COST-HF), Dickert NW, Speight CD, Balser M, Biermann H, Davis JK, Halpern SD, Ko YA, Krishnan A, Matlock DD, Mitchell AR, Moore MA, Montembeau SC, Morris AA, Noonan K, Rao BR, Scherer LD, Sloan CE, Ubel PA, Allen LA. Integrating out-of-pocket costs into shared decision-making for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A stepped-wedge trial (POCKET-COST-HF). Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2025 Jan;18(1):e011273. Epub 2024 Dec 3. PMID: 39624892.

  • Advancing Health Equity Through Action in Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology, Marcelin JR, Hicks LA, Evans CD, Wiley Z, Kalu IC, Abdul-Mutakabbir JC. Advancing Health Equity Through Action in Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Apr;45(4):412-419. doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.7. Epub 2024 Feb 14. PMID: 38351853; PMCID: PMC11318565.

  • The Validity of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures of Quality of Life in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review, Li Y, Hung V, Ho K, Kavalieratos D, Warda N, Zimmermann C, Quinn KL. The Validity of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures of Quality of Life in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review. J Palliat Med. 2024 Apr;27(4):545-562. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2023.0294. Epub 2023 Nov 15. PMID: 37971747.

  • Addressing Health Disparities in Violence, Castater C, Jaeger BW, Hampton-Anderson J, et al. Addressing Health Disparities in Violence. Curr Trauma Rep. 2024;10:24–29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40719-024-00267-x.

  • Analysis of Travel Burden and Travel Support Among Patients Treated at a Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Southeastern United States, Bai J, Barandouzi ZA, Yeager KA, Graetz I, Gong C, Norman M, Hankins J, Paul S, Torres MA, Bruner DW. Analysis of travel burden and travel support among patients treated at a comprehensive cancer center in the Southeastern United States. Support Care Cancer. 2024 Jun 22;32(7):451. doi: 10.1007/s00520-024-08656-3. PMID: 38907006.

  • Primary Care Telemedicine and Care Continuity: Implications for Timeliness and Short-term Follow-up Healthcare, Graetz I, Huang J, Muelly E, Gopalan A, Reed ME. Primary care visits are timelier when patients choose telemedicine: A cross-sectional observational study. Telemed J E Health. 2022;28(9):1374-1378. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2021.0528

     

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