Amy K. Rosen, PhD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Rosen is Professor of Surgery at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and a researcher at the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR) at VA Boston Healthcare System. She has conducted health services research projects involving the development and use of risk-adjustment models used to compare quality of care delivery in different settings: hospital, long-term care, and ambulatory care. Among her studies, she has evaluated the quality of care delivered to Medicare beneficiaries who received surgical procedures, for which a measure called “adverse events” became an important way to screen for potential instances of poor quality in this population. In long-term care, she developed a risk-adjustment model to predict decline in functional status among long-term care residents in VA settings. In the ambulatory setting, she evaluated case-mix models currently used for provider profiling, setting capitation rates, and quality assessment. These include the Adjusted Clinical Groups, the Diagnostic Cost Groups, and the Chronic Illness and Disability Payment System. She was a principal investigator of a project developing a psychiatric case-mix measure for the VA used to compare the care that facilities provide to patients with mental health disorders. More recently, Dr. Rosen has worked in the area of patient safety. She has examined the prevalence and incidence of Patient Safety Indicators, developed by AHRQ, in the VA, and has evaluated their construct and criterion validity. She has worked closely with AHRQ to improve the indicators. She is currently working on a study examining the patient safety culture of VA hospitals, as well as the changes in the quality and safety of care resulting from the resident work duty reform legislation. Dr. Rosen received her PhD from the University of Maryland in sociology.

Publications

  • Published 1/5/2026

    Rosen AK, Beilstein-Wedel E, Gurewich D, Davila H, Shwartz M. Examining Differences in Wait Times for Primary Care in the Veterans Health Administration by Race and Ethnicity: What Role Do Within-facility and Between-facility Differences Play? Med Care. 2026 Mar 01; 64(3):153-160. PMID: 41486581.

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  • Published 11/27/2025

    Sullivan JL, Miech EJ, Shin MH, Chan JA, Shwartz M, Borzecki A, Abdulkerim H, Yackel E, Yende S, Rosen AK. Explaining site-level fidelity within a national initiative to implement a VA patient safety guidebook: the difference-making role of networks & communications. Implement Sci Commun. 2025 Nov 27; 7(1):1. PMID: 41299620.

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  • Published 1/29/2025

    Pendergast J, Wormwood JB, Stolzmann K, Rosen AK, Jones KF, Miller CJ, Still M, Bokhour B, Hanlon JT, Simon SR, Linsky AM. Engaging Patients in Discussions About Medication Deprescribing. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Jun; 40(8):1811-1819. PMID: 39881120.

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  • Published 11/12/2024

    Rosen AK, Rivard PE. Moving the Needle on Measurement of Patient Safety: The Evolving Role of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2025 Mar; 51(3):229-231. PMID: 39690037.

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  • Published 11/1/2024

    Jones KF, Stolzmann K, Wormwood J, Pendergast J, Miller CJ, Still M, Bokhour BG, Hanlon J, Simon SR, Rosen AK, Linsky AM. Patient-Directed Education to Promote Deprescribing: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Nov 01; 184(11):1339-1346. PMID: 39312257.

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Education

  • University of Maryland, PhD
  • Boston University, MSW
  • Boston University, BA

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