John Hsu, MD, MBA MSCE

John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE, is the Director of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Policy Studies, and a physician scientist and internist in the Division of Research (DOR), Kaiser Permanente Northern California.

Dr. Hsu studies health system financial and structural innovations and their impact on the quality and efficiency of medical care. Currently, he is evaluating the use of financial incentives and cost-sharing structures for prescription drugs and medical care, the use of health information technology and organizational structures, and the use of automated clinical data for population surveillance. He also examines how to help policy-makers and organizational decision-makers incorporate these types of information.

Dr. Hsu has served on a number of national committees, including scientific review committees for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). He is the Principal Investigator on National Institute on Aging, AHRQ, and CMWF sponsored research grants. His work has appeared in a number of scientific journals including the N Engl J Med, JAMA, Br Med J, Health Serv Res, and Med Care, and has won awards including Academy Health’s Article-of-the-Year award, and ISPOR’s Research Excellence Award for Practical Application Excellence (Article-of-the-Year).

Dr. Hsu completed his residency and fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He has a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) from the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Health Care Finance and Management from the Wharton School of Business.

Current Positions:

	Director, Center for Health Policy Studies, Kaiser Permanente
	Physician Scientist, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
	Senior Physician, The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG)
	Senior Fellow, Kaiser Institute for Health Policy
	Faculty, Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS), University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
	Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA

Primary Research Interests:

	Health system innovation and management
	Health economics
	Health information technology
	Medical decision making
	Applications of automated clinical information for population management

Current Projects:

	Medicare Study on Cost-sharing Ramifications and Prescription Drug Benefits (SCRIPTS, R01-AG029316)
	Impact of Health Information Technology on Clinical Care (IMPACT, R01-HS015280)
	High Deductible Health Plans (HDHP)
	Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS, U01-GM076672)
	Biosense (R01-PH000032)
	Information Feedback on Treatment Intensity and Outcomes (INFO, R18-HS01703)

Recently Completed Projects:

	Prescription Drug Cost-sharing Study (PCAPS, R01-HS013902)
	Information Technology Ramifications for Communication (The INTERACTION Study)
	The Impact of Consumer Driven Health Products on People With Chronic Diseases
	Electronic Communication in Integrated Delivery Systems (E-Comm Study)
	CERT Prescribing Safety Study
	Methods for Developing Actionable Evidence for Consumers of Health Services (MATCH)
	Comparable Effectiveness of Medications for Heart Failure
	Safety and Financial Ramifications of ED Copayments (SAFE, R01-HS011434)

Selected Publications:

	Hsu J, Huang J, Kinsman J, Fireman B, Miller R, Selby J, Ortiz E. Use of e-Health services between 1999 and 2002: a growing digital divide. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2005;12:164-71.
	Reed M, Fung V, Brand R, Fireman B, Newhouse JP, Selby JV, Hsu J. Care-seeking behavior in response to emergency department copayments. Med Care 2005;43:810-6.
	Hsu J, Huang J, Fung V, Robertson N, Jimison H, Frankel R. Health information technology and physician-patient interactions: impact of computers on communication during outpatient primary care visits. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2005;12:474-80.
	Frankel R, Altschuler A, George S, Kinsman J, Jimison H, Robertson NR, Hsu J. Effects of exam-room computing on clinician-patient communication: a longitudinal qualitative study. J Gen Intern Med 2005;20:677-82.
	Scott JT, Rundall TG, Vogt TM, Hsu J. Kaiser Permanente's experience of implementing an electronic medical record: a qualitative study. BMJ 2005;331:1313-16.
	Hsu J, Price M, Brand R, Ray T, Fireman B, Newhouse J, Selby J. Safety of cost-sharing for emergency care: effects on adverse health outcomes from the Safety and Financial Ramifications of ED Copayments Study (SAFE). Health Serv Res 2006;41:1801-20.
	Hsu J, Price M, Huang J, Fung V, Brand R, Hui R, Fireman B, Newhouse J, Selby J. Unintended consequences of caps on Medicare drug benefits. N Engl J Med 2006;354: 2349-59.
	Go A, Yang J, Gurwitz JH, Hsu J, Lane K, Platt R. Comparative effectiveness of beta-adrenergic antagonists on the risk of rehospitalization in adults with heart failure. Am J Cardiol 2007;100:690-6.
	Shortell SM, Rundall TG, Hsu J. Improving patient care by linking evidence-based medicine and evidence-based management. JAMA 2007;298:673-6.
	Reed M, Brand R, Newhouse JP, Selby JV, Hsu J. Coping with prescription drug cost-sharing: knowledge, adherence, and financial burden. Health Serv Res 2008;43:785-97.