Peter A. Margolis, MD, PhD

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Co-Director, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

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Biography & Affiliation

Biography

When I was in primary care practice, I observed how challenging it was to create health systems that effectively met patient and clinician needs. This observation shifted my focus toward engaging patients, clinicians and researchers to improve care together.

I am now co-director of the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. We work to improve the health outcomes of children, families and communities.

My research areas include quality improvement, health services research, and understanding the impact of health systems design on the outcomes of patients and communities.

I study systems improvement methods across a broad range of areas, including primary and subspecialty care, communities and public health settings. My goal is to organize healthcare as a continuous learning system that integrates clinical care, improvement methods and research to provide the best evidence for the decisions that patients and clinicians make.

I’m particularly interested in improving care for pediatric chronic illness. I am scientific director of the international ImproveCareNow network, which has grown to include more than 100 care sites serving children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease.

For my work, I have been elected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine.

Additional Languages

Italian, Spanish

Academic Affiliation

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Divisions

Quality Improvement

Science Blog

Learning Networks Multiply the Speed and Reach of Innovation

Quality and Safety

Learning Networks Multiply the Speed and Reach of Innovation

Peter A. Margolis, MD, PhD, Michael Seid, PhD6/27/2019

Co-Production: A Vital Concept for Quality Health Service

Quality and Safety

Co-Production: A Vital Concept for Quality Health Service

Peter A. Margolis, MD, PhD, Michael Seid, PhD6/27/2019

Education

MD: New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1980.

PhD: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 1990.

Chief Resident: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, 1983-1984.

Resident: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, 1980-1983.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1985.

Publications

Organizing for collaboration: An actor-oriented architecture in ImproveCareNow. Seid, M; Hartley, DM; Dellal, G; Myers, S; Margolis, PA. Learning Health Systems. 2020; 4.

Implementing a Novel Quality Improvement-Based Approach to Data Quality Monitoring and Enhancement in a Multipurpose Clinical Registry. Pratt, J; Jeffers, D; King, EC; Kappelman, MD; Collins, J; Margolis, P; Baron, H; Bass, JA; Bassett, MD; Beasley, GL; et al. eGEMs. 2019; 7.

Cardiac Networks United: an integrated paediatric and congenital cardiovascular research and improvement network. Gaies, M; Anderson, J; Kipps, A; Lorts, A; Madsen, N; Marino, B; Costello, JM; Brown, D; Jacobs, JP; Kasnic, D; et al. Cardiology in the Young. 2019; 29:111-118.

Early Antibiotic Exposure and Weight Outcomes in Young Children. Block, JP; Bailey, LC; Gillman, MW; Lunsford, D; Daley, MF; Eneli, I; Finkelstein, J; Heerman, W; Horgan, CE; Hsia, DS; et al. Pediatrics. 2018; 142:e20180290-e20180290.

Using a network organisational architecture to support the development of Learning Healthcare Systems. Britto, MT; Fuller, SC; Kaplan, HC; Kotagal, U; Lannon, C; Margolis, PA; Muething, SE; Schoettker, PJ; Seid, M. BMJ Quality and Safety. 2018; 27:937-946.

Accuracy of the medication list in the electronic health record-implications for care, research, and improvement. Walsh, KE; Marsolo, KA; Davis, C; Todd, T; Martineau, B; Arbaugh, C; Verly, F; Samson, C; Margolis, P. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2018; 25:909-912.

"A Guide to Gutsy Living ": Patient-Driven Development of a Pediatric Ostomy Toolkit. David, JG; Jofriet, A; Seid, M; Margolis, PA; Learning, IP I B D. Pediatrics. 2018; 141:e20172789-e20172789.

Co-Designing a Collaborative Chronic Care Network (C3N) for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Development of Methods. Seid, M; Dellal, G; Peterson, LE; Provost, L; Gloor, PA; Fore, DL; Margolis, PA. JMIR Human Factors. 2018; 5:e8-e8.

Quality Items Required for Running a Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre: An ECCO Paper. Turner, D; Carle, A; Steiner, SJ; Margolis, PA; Colletti, RB; Russell, RK; Levine, A; Kolho, K; Ruemmele, FM; Network, I. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis. 2017; 11:981-987.

Coughing, sneezing, and aching online: Twitter and the volume of influenza-like illness in a pediatric hospital. Hartley, DM; Giannini, CM; Wilson, S; Frieder, O; Margolis, PA; Kotagal, UR; White, DL; Connelly, BL; Wheeler, DS; Tadesse, DG; et al. PLoS ONE. 2017; 12:e0182008-e0182008.