Steven Asch
Professor
Medicine
Stanford University
United States of America
Biography
Steven M. Asch MD, MPH is the Vice-Chief for Research, Stanford Division of General Medical Disciplines and the Chief of Health Services Research at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System. He develops and evaluates quality measurement and improvement systems, often in the care of patients with communicable disease. Dr. Asch has led several national projects developing broad-based quality measurement tools for veterans, Medicare beneficiaries, and the community. He directs the Center of Innovation to Implementation (Ci2i) that focuses on how to maximize value by testing organizational innovations to make medical care more collaborative and efficient. His educational efforts are focused on training physician fellows in health services research. Dr. Asch is a tenured professor and practicing internist and palliative care physician and the author of more than 280 peer-reviewed articles.
Research Interest
Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Publications
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Slightam CA, Brandt K, Jenchura EC, Lewis ET, Asch SM (2017) "I had to change so much in my life to live with my new limitations": Multimorbid patients' descriptions of their most bothersome chronic conditions. Chronic illness
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Zulman DM, Pal Chee C, Ezeji-Okoye SC, Shaw JG, Holmes TH (2016) Effect of an Intensive Outpatient Program to Augment Primary Care for High-Need Veterans Affairs Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA internal medicine 177: 166-175
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Swetter SM, Chang J, Shaub AR, Weinstock MA, Lewis ET (2017) Primary Care-Based Skin Cancer Screening in a Veterans Affairs Health Care System. JAMA dermatology
