Mailing Address:
Harvard Medical School
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention
133 Brookline Avenue, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02215

Email:Steven_Simon@harvardpilgrim.org

Phone: (617) 509-9938
Fax: (617) 859-8112

Staff Assistant: Christina Kara

Affiliations/Websites:
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates

Dr. Simon's Web Page at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates

Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative

Steven Simon, MD, MPH

Steven Simon is a general internist, medical educator, and health services researcher. His research focuses on the evaluation of innovative medical education and quality improvement programs. He has led or participated in research projects and teaching programs spanning all levels of medical education, with emphasis on practicing physicians. Recently, his research has emphasized efforts to improve quality of care, specifically targeting educational outreach programs to enhance information technology interventions. Dr. Simon serves as co-principal investigator of an AHRQ-funded project to evaluate adoption of electronic health records in Massachusetts. Dr. Simon also serves on the Board of the Massachusetts e-Health Collaborative.

Dr. Simon has led teaching and faculty development programs at Harvard and internationally. A member of Harvard’s Academy of Medical Educators, Dr. Simon co-directs Clinical Epidemiology and Population Health, the required course for first-year medical students, and serves on the Massachusetts Medical Society’s Committee on Medical Education.

Recent publications:

1. Simon SR, Majumdar SR, Prosser LA, et al. Group versus individual academic detailing to improve the use of antihypertensive medications in primary care: randomized controlled trial. Am J Med 2005;118:521-8.
2. Simon SR and Soumerai SB. Failure of Internet-based audit and feedback to improve quality of care delivered by primary care residents. Int. J. Qual. Health Care, Oct 2005; 17: 427-431.
3. Simon SR, Andrade SE, Ellis JL, Nelson WW, Gurwitz JG, Lafata JE, Davis RL, Feldstein AC, Raebel MA. Baseline laboratory monitoring of cardiovascular medicines in elderly health maintenance organization enrollees. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005;53:2165-9.
4. Huebner J, Agrawal JR, Sehgal AR, Jung P, Hedgecock J, Simon SR. Universal health care and reform of the health care system: views of medical students in the United States. Acad Med. 2006;81(8):721-727.
5. Feldstein AC, Smith DH, Perrin N, Yang X, Rix M, Raebel MA, Magid DJ, Simon SR, Soumerai SB. Improved therapeutic monitoring with several interventions: a randomized trial. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166(17):1848-1854.
6. Simon SR, Kaushal R, Cleary PD, Jenter CA, Volk LA, Orav EJ, Burdick E, Poon EG, Bates DW. Physicians and electronic health records: a statewide survey. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167 (5):507-512.
7. Simon SR, Kaushal R, Cleary PD, Jenter CA, Volk LA, Poon EG, Orav EJ, Lo HG, Williams DH, Bates DW. Correlates of electronic health record adoption in office practices: a statewide survey. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007;14(1):110-117.
8. Simon SR, McCarthy ML, Kaushal R, Jenter CA, Volk LA, Poon EG, Yee KC, Orav EJ, Williams DH, Bates DW. Electronic health records: which practices have them, and how are clinicians using them? J Eval Clin Pract. 2008 Feb;14(1):43-7. PMID: 18211642 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
9. Finkelstein JA, McMahon GT, Peters A, Cadigan R, Biddinger P, Simon SR. Teaching Population Health as a Basic Science at Harvard Medical School. Acad Med. 2008 Apr;83(4):332-337. PMID: 18367890 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
10. Jha AK, Bates DW, Jenter C, Orav JE, Zheng J, Cleary PD, and Simon SR. Electronic Health Records: Use, barriers, and satisfaction among physicians who care for black and Hispanic patients. J Eval Clin Prac. 2008;(in press).