Dr. Maria Britto, MD, MPH
The purpose of Dr. Britto's research program is to improve health care quality for children and adolescents, particularly those with chronic conditions. Her work involves a combination of traditional health services research, such as survey development and quality of life assessment, and more applied work in the design, implementation and evaluation of clinical quality improvement projects.
She is currently completing a study called Health Care Preferences of Adolescents with Chronic Conditions, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The purpose of this study was to understand what is most important to teenagers who have chronic illnesses when they come for health care. Read a .pdf summary of the results of this study here (115k). She is also studying the outcomes of a project to improve the way care is delivered at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, through a grant called Pursuing Perfection also funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She is investigating topics such as the impact of giving families access to their own medical records through a secure internet connection; the impact of efforts to reduce the time it takes to get an appointment at Children's Hospital; and how to reduce the amount of pain that children with arthritis experience.
Visit Dr. Britto's faculty page
Research Results
Teenagers and Doctor Office Visits, .pdf summary (115k)
