Joseph Solomon Ross MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Summary
Using health services research methods, Dr. Ross’s research focuses on examining factors which affect the use or delivery of recommended ambulatory care services for older adults and other vulnerable populations, evaluating the impact of state and federal policies on the delivery of appropriate and higher quality care, and issues related to conflict of interest, evidence development, and drug safety. In addition, he collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team of investigators under contract for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to develop statistical models that are used to measure and publicly report hospital and ambulatory care clinical outcomes using administrative data.
Selected Publications
- Rathi V, Dzara K, Gross CP, Hrynaszkiewicz I, Joffe S, Krumholz HM, Strait KM, Ross JS. Clinical trial data sharing among trialists: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ. 2012;345:e7570.
- Ross JS, Bernheim SH, Lin ZQ, Chen J, Drye EE, Normand SLT, Krumholz HM. Based on key measures, care quality for Medicare enrollees at safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals was almost equal. Health Affairs. 2012;31:1739-48.
- Downing NS, Aminawung JA, Shah ND, Braunstein JB, Krumholz HM, Ross JS. Regulatory review of novel therapeutics: comparison of three regulatory agencies. New England Journal of Medicine. 2012;366:2284-2293.
- Blum AB, Kleinman LC, Starfield, Ross JS. Impact of state laws that extend eligibility for parents’ health insurance coverage to young adults. Pediatrics. 2012;129:426-432.
- Ross JS, Jackevicius CA, Krumholz HM, Ridgeway JL, Montori VM, Alexander GC, Zerzan JT, Fan J, Shah ND. State Medicaid programs did not make use of prior authorization to promote safer prescribing after rosiglitazone warning. Health Affairs. 2012;31:188-198.
- Ross JS, Tse T, Zarin DA, Xu H, Zhou L, Krumholz HM. Publication of NIH funded trials after registration in ClinicalTrials.gov: a cross-sectional analysis. BMJ. 2012;344:d7292.
