PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University, Health Services Research and Organizations
Research:
Co-investigator (PI: Alison Trinkoff, ScD, RN, FAAN) Do organizational factors influence both patient and worker safety? R01OH03702-03. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality $765,000
Co-investigator (PI: Claudia Steiner, MD, MPH) Drive-through Mastectomy: How Common and Who's Driving? The Federal Coordinating Committee on Breast Cancer $142,00
Health care quality measurement; administrative data; staffing and outcomes; methods
Recent Publications:
Trinkoff A, Johantgen M, Muntaner C, Le R. The relationship between staffing and worker injury in nursing homes. American Journal of Public Health, 95(7): 1220-1225, July 2005.
Lee S, Abbott P, Johantgen M. Logistic regression and Bayesian networds to study outcomes using large datasets. Nursing Research, 54(2): 133-138.
Johantgen M. Uses of existing administrative and national databases. In Waltz C, Strickland O, and Lenz E. (Eds.), Measurement in nursing and health research, 3rd edition, 2005.
Newhouse R, Johantgen, ME, Pronovost P, Johnson E. Perioperative nurses and patient outcomes -- mortality, complications, and length of stay. AORN Journal; 81(3):508-528, March 2005.
Johantgen ME, Trinkoff A, Gray-Siracusa K, Muntaner C, Nielsen K. Using state administrative data to study nonfatal worker injuries: Challenges and opportunities. Journal of Safety Research; 2004 35(3):309-315.
Primary Teaching Areas:
Research Design; Health Care Data Analysis; Health Policy
Academic & Professional Activities:
2004-2007: Member Board of Advisors, AcademyHealth/NCHS Health Policy Fellowship
2001-present: Member Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Scientific Review and Evaluation Board (Nursing and Quality panels)
2002-present: Triservice Nursing Research Program, Research Council Member, Scientific Review Panel Member
2001-present: State of Maryland, Nursing Home Performance Report Card Steering Committee
Manuscript reviewer: Health Care Management Science, Hispanic Healthcare International
