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Andrea Benin, MD

Associate Professor Adjunct of Biostatistics (Health Informatics); System Executive Director, Performance Management, Yale New Haven Health; Quality & Safety Officer, Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital

Contact Information

Andrea Benin, MD

Mailing Address

  • Yale Pediatrics

    PO Box 208064

    New Haven, CT 06520-8064

    United States

Research Summary

Applied research designed to improve the quality and safety of delivery of care.

Specialized Terms: Quality and safety of care; metrics of quality of care

Coauthors

Research Interests

Delivery of Health Care; Medical Informatics; Quality of Health Care; Safety; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Selected Publications

  • How can we communicate about vaccines with adolescents and their parents?Benin AL, Wu AC, Holmboe ES, Shapiro ED, Anyan W. How can we communicate about vaccines with adolescents and their parents? Clinical Pediatrics 2010, 49: 373-80. PMID: 20118100, PMCID: PMC3773171, DOI: 10.1177/0009922809351091.
  • Veterans' attitudes to influenza vaccination in the setting of shortage of vaccine, 2004-2005.Benin AL, Learsy-Cahill D, Das R, Kancir S, Welch B, Martinello RA. Veterans' attitudes to influenza vaccination in the setting of shortage of vaccine, 2004-2005. Human Vaccines 2009, 5: 237-41. PMID: 18948733, DOI: 10.4161/hv.5.4.6808.
  • Postpartum mothers' attitudes, knowledge, and trust regarding vaccination.Wu AC, Wisler-Sher DJ, Griswold K, Colson E, Shapiro ED, Holmboe ES, Benin AL. Postpartum mothers' attitudes, knowledge, and trust regarding vaccination. Maternal And Child Health Journal 2008, 12: 766-73. PMID: 17987370, PMCID: PMC3344281, DOI: 10.1007/s10995-007-0302-4.
  • Qualitative analysis of mothers' decision-making about vaccines for infants: the importance of trust.Benin AL, Wisler-Scher DJ, Colson E, Shapiro ED, Holmboe ES. Qualitative analysis of mothers' decision-making about vaccines for infants: the importance of trust. Pediatrics 2006, 117: 1532-41. PMID: 16651306, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1728.
  • Delivering pneumococcal vaccine to a high risk population: the Navajo experience.Benin AL, Watt JP, O'Brien KL, Reid R, Zell ER, Katz S, Donaldson C, Schuchat A, Santosham M, Whitney CG. Delivering pneumococcal vaccine to a high risk population: the Navajo experience. Human Vaccines 2005, 1: 66-9. PMID: 17038821, DOI: 10.4161/hv.1.2.1562.
  • Validity of using an electronic medical record for assessing quality of care in an outpatient setting.Benin AL, Vitkauskas G, Thornquist E, Shapiro ED, Concato J, Aslan M, Krumholz HM. Validity of using an electronic medical record for assessing quality of care in an outpatient setting. Medical Care 2005, 43: 691-8. PMID: 15970784, DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000167185.26058.8e.
  • Validation of a system for quality improvement: preliminary data.Benin AL, Krumholz HM, Shapiro ED, Brandt C. Validation of a system for quality improvement: preliminary data. AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium 2005, 893. PMID: 16779180, PMCID: PMC1560727.
  • Improving diagnostic testing and reducing overuse of antibiotics for children with pharyngitis: a useful role for the electronic medical record.Benin AL, Vitkauskas G, Thornquist E, Shiffman RN, Concato J, Krumholz HM, Shapiro ED. Improving diagnostic testing and reducing overuse of antibiotics for children with pharyngitis: a useful role for the electronic medical record. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2003, 22: 1043-7. PMID: 14688562, DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000100577.76542.af.
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