Efrat Shadmi, RN, PhD

  Health services research

Quality of care and outcomes

Equity in health and health care

Chronic illness and multi-morbidity

Risk adjustment and predictive modeling

Integration of care across care settings

SCHOLARLY  POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES  OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY

2009-present - Associate editor International Journal for Equity in Health

2007-present - Consultant for Clalit Health Services Headquarters, Health Policy and Planning Department, Chief Physician`s Office 

SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND PRIZES

Articles in Refereed Journals

Shadmi, E., Boyd, C.M., Hsiao, C.J., Sylvia, M., Schuster, A.B. & Boult, C. (2006). Morbidity and older persons' perceptions of the quality of their primary care. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 54 (2), 330-4.

Sylvia, M.L., Shadmi, E., Hsiao, C.J., Boyd, C.M., Schuster, A.B. & Boult, C. (2006) Clinical features of high-risk older persons identified by predictive modeling. Disease Management. 9 (1), 56-62.

Khatib, M., Shadmi, E. & Deeb, D.  (2007). Knowledge, Beliefs, and Economic Barriers to Healthcare: A Survey of Diabetic Patients in an Arab-Israeli Town. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. 30 (1), 79-85.

Forrest, C.B., Shadmi, E., Nutting, P., & Starfield, B. (2007). Specialty Referral Completion among Patients Referred From Primary Care Practices: Results from the ASPN Referral Study. Annals of Family Medicine. 5 (4), 361-7

Boyd, C.M., Boult, C., Shadmi, E., Leff, B., Brager, R., Dunbar, L. & Wolff, J. (2007). Guided Care for Multi-Morbid Older Adults. The Gerontologist. 47 (5), 697-704.

Boyd, C.M., Shadmi, E., Conwell, L.J., Griswold M., Leff, B., Brager, R., Sylvia, M, & Boult, C. (2008). A Pilot Test of the Effect of Guided Care on the Quality of Primary Care Experiences for Multi-Morbid Older Adults. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 23 (5), 536-42.

Shadmi, E., Zisberg, A. & Coleman, E. (2009).Translation and Validation of the Care Transition Measure into Hebrew and Arabic. International Journal of Quality in Health Care. 21 (2), 97-102.

Shadmi, E., Admi, H., Ungar, L., Naveh, N., Muller, E., Kaffman, M., Rayan, N. & Reis, S. (2009). Cancer Care at the Hospital - Community Interface: Perspectives of Patients from Different Cultural Groups. Patient Education and Counseling. Epub Ahead of print Aug 24.

Drach-Zahavy, A., Shadmi, E., Freund, A., & Goldfracht, M. (2009). High quality diabetes care: Identifying successful strategies of steering committees teamwork. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance. 22 (7), 709-27.

Shuval, K.,  Linn, S.,  Brezis, M., Shadmi, E., Green, M., & Reis, S. (2010). Association between Primary Care Physicians’ Evidence Based Medicine Knowledge and Quality of Care. International Journal for Quality in Healthcare. 22 (1), 16-23. Epub 2009 Dec 1.

Balicer, R.*, Shadmi, E.*, Geffen, K., Cohen, A., Abrams, C., Kinder-Siemens, K., & Regev-Rosenberg, S. Towards a more equitable distribution of resources and assessment of quality of care: Validation of a comorbidity based case-mix system. Harefuah.149(10): 665-669 [Hebrew]. 

Zisberg, A.*, Shadmi E.*, Sinoff, G., Gur-Yaish, N., Srulovici, E., Admi, H. Low mobility during hospitalization and older adults' functional decline. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. In Press

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS IN RECENT YEARS

Supervision with Prof. Spitzer & Prof. Shani of Galit Kaufman, a doctoral degree student in: “The Effect of Integrated Tele-Monitoring and Disease Management Program for Chronic Heart Failure  Patients on Caregiver Burden and Patients' and Caregivers' Health Outcomes”.

Supervisor of Sivan Shohat a doctoral degree student in: “Understanding organizational mechanisms and their role in reducing health care disparities: Evaluating the assimilation of a disparities reduction program”.

Supervisor of Nussaiba Rayan Master's degree student in the department of Public Health in: “Cultural Differences in the Quality of Care of Oncology Patients Discharge from the Hospital”, graduated with honors.

Supervisor of Michal Pinchuk Master's degree student in the department of Nursing at the University of Haifa in:” Coordination at the interface between hospital and community care and its effect on the quality of the transition process”. 

Supervisor of Martha Bakhous, Master's degree student in the department of Nursing at the University of Haifa in: " Integrating the care of children at the community – emergency room interface:  the role of physician referral letters and computerized information systems”.