Ann M. Borzecki, MD

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Borzecki is a research associate professor at the Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Health Law, Policy and Management and the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She is a research scientist at the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, a Veterans Health Administration Health Services and Research Development Service Center of Innovation, and attending physician at the Bedford VAMC and West Roxbury VAMC. Her research has focused on using large datasets and medical record review to measure quality of care and assess the validity of various performance measures, including those related to patient safety and readmissions.

Publications

  • Published 5/8/2024

    Sullivan JL, Shin MH, Chan J, Shwartz M, Miech EJ, Borzecki AM, Yackel E, Yende S, Rosen AK. Quality improvement lessons learned from National Implementation of the "Patient Safety Events in Community Care: Reporting, Investigation, and Improvement Guidebook". Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec; 59 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):e14317. PMID: 38719340.

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  • Published 12/8/2023

    Rosen AK, Beilstein-Wedel E, Chan J, Borzecki A, Miech EJ, Mohr DC, Yackel EE, Flynn J, Shwartz M. Standardizing Patient Safety Event Reporting between Care Delivered or Purchased by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2024 Apr; 50(4):247-259. PMID: 38228416.

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  • Published 6/21/2023

    Gillespie C, Sitter K, McConeghy KW, Strymish J, Gupta K, Hartmann CW, Borzecki AM. Facilitators and Barriers to Verifying Penicillin Allergies in a Veteran Nursing Home Population. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2023 Sep; 11(9):2848-2854.e3. PMID: 37352930.

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  • Published 6/5/2023

    Borzecki AM, Conti J, Reisman JI, Vimalananda V, Nagy MW, Paluri R, Linsky AM, McCullough M, Bhasin S, Matsumoto AM, Jasuja GK. Development and Validation of Quality Measures for Testosterone Prescribing. J Endocr Soc. 2023 Jun 05; 7(7):bvad075. PMID: 37362384.

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  • Published 10/17/2019

    Kressin NR, Elwy AR, Glickman M, Orner MB, Fix GM, Borzecki AM, Katz LA, Cortés DE, Cohn ES, Barker A, Bokhour BG. Beyond Medication Adherence: The Role of Patients' Beliefs and Life Context in Blood Pressure Control. Ethn Dis. 2019; 29(4):567-576. PMID: 31641324.

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Other Positions

  • Clinical Researcher
    Bedford VA - Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Hosp

Education

  • University of Ottawa, MD
  • Boston University, MPH
  • University of Ottawa, BS