Faseeha Altaf, MPH
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Division Lead, Research and Development, CORE
Senior Health Outcomes Researcher , CORE
Strategy & Business Development, CORE
Division Lead, Digital Product Development, CORE
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Division Lead, Research and Development, CORE; Senior Health Outcomes Researcher , CORE; Strategy & Business Development, CORE; Division Lead, Digital Product Development, CORE
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Faseeha Altaf is involved with measure development and research for the Quality Measurement Group and the American College of Cardiology Analytic Center at CORE. Previously, Ms. Altaf led research in clinical pathology, coordinated clinics for migrant farm workers, and managed global health nonprofit development. Her recent experience includes assessing the need for new models of healthcare service delivery in occupational health and emergency medicine, and drafting domestic violence protocols in emergency departments. She received her MPH degree from Dartmouth.
Last Updated on June 02, 2025.
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- MPH
- Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College
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Health Care Management; Health Policy; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; Health Systems Reform
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Frequent collaborators of Faseeha Altaf's published research.
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Erica Spatz, MD, MHS
Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM
Joseph Ross, MD, MHS
Jeph Herrin, PhD
Zhenqiu Lin, PhD
Jacqueline Grady
Former YSM
9Publications
111Citations
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2023
Adjustment for Social Risk Factors in a Measure of Clinician Quality Assessing Acute Admissions for Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions
Lipska K, Altaf F, Barthel A, Spatz E, Lin Z, Herrin J, Bernheim S, Drye E. Adjustment for Social Risk Factors in a Measure of Clinician Quality Assessing Acute Admissions for Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions. JAMA Health Forum 2023, 4: e230081. PMID: 36897581, PMCID: PMC12124487, DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.0081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2018
Admission diagnoses among patients with heart failure: Variation by ACO performance on a measure of risk-standardized acute admission rates
Benchetrit L, Zimmerman C, Bao H, Dharmarajan K, Altaf F, Herrin J, Lin Z, Krumholz HM, Drye EE, Lipska KJ, Spatz ES. Admission diagnoses among patients with heart failure: Variation by ACO performance on a measure of risk-standardized acute admission rates. American Heart Journal 2018, 207: 19-26. PMID: 30404047, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.09.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH KeywordsAccountable Care OrganizationsAgedAlgorithmsAnalysis of VarianceCardiovascular DiseasesComorbidityFemaleHeart FailureHospitalizationHumansInternational Classification of DiseasesMaleMedicare Part AMedicare Part BPatient AdmissionPatient DischargePatient-Centered CareSex DistributionTime FactorsUnited StatesHospital Characteristics Associated With Postdischarge Hospital Readmission, Observation, and Emergency Department Utilization
Horwitz LI, Wang Y, Altaf FK, Wang C, Lin Z, Liu S, Grady J, Bernheim SM, Desai NR, Venkatesh AK, Herrin J. Hospital Characteristics Associated With Postdischarge Hospital Readmission, Observation, and Emergency Department Utilization. Medical Care 2018, 56: 281-289. PMID: 29462075, PMCID: PMC6170884, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000882.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH KeywordsAssociation Between Postdischarge Emergency Department Visitation and Readmission Rates
Venkatesh AK, Wang C, Wang Y, Altaf F, Bernheim SM, Horwitz L. Association Between Postdischarge Emergency Department Visitation and Readmission Rates. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2018, 13: 589-594. PMID: 29538471, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.2937.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricDefining Multiple Chronic Conditions for Quality Measurement
Drye EE, Altaf FK, Lipska KJ, Spatz ES, Montague JA, Bao H, Parzynski CS, Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Lin Z. Defining Multiple Chronic Conditions for Quality Measurement. Medical Care 2018, 56: 193-201. PMID: 29271820, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000853.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2016
Hospital Use of Observation Stays
Venkatesh AK, Wang C, Ross JS, Altaf FK, Suter LG, Vellanky S, Grady JN, Bernheim SM. Hospital Use of Observation Stays. Medical Care 2016, 54: 1070-1077. PMID: 27579906, PMCID: PMC5850934, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricDeclining Admission Rates And Thirty-Day Readmission Rates Positively Associated Even Though Patients Grew Sicker Over Time
Dharmarajan K, Qin L, Lin Z, Horwitz LI, Ross JS, Drye EE, Keshawarz A, Altaf F, Normand SL, Krumholz HM, Bernheim SM. Declining Admission Rates And Thirty-Day Readmission Rates Positively Associated Even Though Patients Grew Sicker Over Time. Health Affairs 2016, 35: 1294-1302. PMID: 27385247, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1614.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.Chronic DiseaseDatabases, FactualDisease ProgressionFemaleGeriatric AssessmentHospital MortalityHumansIncidenceLength of StayMaleOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient AdmissionPatient ReadmissionRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsUnited StatesRisk-standardized Acute Admission Rates Among Patients With Diabetes and Heart Failure as a Measure of Quality of Accountable Care Organizations
Spatz ES, Lipska KJ, Dai Y, Bao H, Lin Z, Parzynski CS, Altaf FK, Joyce EK, Montague JA, Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Drye EE. Risk-standardized Acute Admission Rates Among Patients With Diabetes and Heart Failure as a Measure of Quality of Accountable Care Organizations. Medical Care 2016, 54: 528-537. PMID: 26918404, PMCID: PMC5356461, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000518.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2011
MicroRNA Biomarkers in Melanoma
Kozubek J, Altaf F, Dadras S. MicroRNA Biomarkers in Melanoma. Current Clinical Pathology 2011, 113-126. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-433-3_9.ChaptersCitations
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