CURRICULUM VITAE
DAVID R. NERENZ
April1 1, 2015
Personal
Birthdate:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
January 23, 1953
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Married
Office Address:
Center for Health Policy and Health Services Research
Henry Ford Health System
1 Ford Place (3A)
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 874-5454
(313) 874-7137 (fax)
dnerenz1@hfhs.org
Home Address:
2728 Holyoke Lane
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
(734) 668-0097
Education
Ph.D. - 1979
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Major: Social Psychology
Minors: Statistics, Mathematics
M.A. - 1975
University of California, San Diego
Major: Psychology
B.S. - 1974
Northern Michigan University
Major: Psychology
Minors: Statistics, Mathematics
Professional Appointments
Current
Director
Center for Health Policy and Health Services Research
Henry Ford Health System
Vice-Chair for Research
Department of Neurosurgery
Henry Ford Hospital – Henry Ford Medical Group
Director, Outcomes Research
Neuroscience Institute
Henry Ford Hospital
1999 - 2003
Professor
College of Human Medicine
Michigan State University
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2001 - 2003
Director
Institute for Health Care Studies
Michigan State University
1999 – 2001
Director, Health Care Studies
Institute for Managed Care
Michigan State University
1987 - 1999
Director, Center for Health Services
Research
(Merger of Center for Health
System Studies and Center for Clinical
Effectiveness)
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
1997 - 1999
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve
University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
1985 - 1990
Assistant Research Scientist and Lecturer, Department of Health Services Management
and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan.
1984 - 1986
Chief, Great Lakes Regional Health Services Research & Development Field Program,
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI.
1982 - 1984
Coordinator, Health Services Research and Development, William S. Middleton Memorial
Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI
1980 - 1984
Research Associate, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Department
of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Funded Research
2013-2016
“Long Term Outcomes of Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections for Spinal Stenosis”, PCORI, CE12-11-4469, $536,221, 5/1/13 – 4/30/16, Site PI (J. Friedly, PI)
2013-2015
“Back Pain Outcomes Using Longitudinal Data – Extension of Research” AHRQ R01 HS22972,
$365,330, 9/30/13 – 3/29/15, Site PI (J. Jarvik, PI)
2011-2014
“Birth-Cohort Evaluation to Advance Screening and Testing for Hepatitis C”, CDC Foundation )
527-11-SC, $578,704, 2/15/11 – 2/14/14, Co-Investigator (K Brown, PI)
2012-1013
“Lumbar Imaging Reporting with Epidemiology” NIH UH2AT007766, $60,000, 9/30/12 –
12/31/13. Co-investigator (J. Jarvik, PI)
2011-2013
“Exploring the Feasibility of Approximate Sequential Pattern Discovery in Massive Time-Series
Data Sets to Predict Adverse Critical Care Outcomes”, National Library of Medicine R21LM010954-01 $55,233, 8/15/11 – 7/31/13, Co-Investigator (I. Rubinfeld, Site PI)
2010-2012
“Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Screening Practices and Prevalence in Primary Care”, CDC Foundation
(Subcontract through RTI) 4-312-0212789, $125,000, 10/01/10 – 03/27/2012, Co-Investigator
(K Brown, PI)
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2010-2013
“Mental Health Research Network”, National Institutes of Health (NIMH) 1U19MN092201-01
$369,240, 9/24/10 – 7/31/13, Co-Investigator (B Ahmedani, Site PI)
2010-2013
“Back Pain Outcomes Using Longitudinal Data (BOLD”, Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality R01 HS019222-01 $1,824,855, 10/1/10 – 9/30/13, Site PI (J Jarvik, PI)
2009-2013
“Lung/Colon Cancer Outcomes: The Cancer Research Network (CanCORS II)”, National Cancer
Institute 5 U01 CA 93332-07 $193,782, 09/01/00 – 07/31/13, Co-Investigator, (Weeks J, PI)
2009-2013
“Chronic Hepatitis B and C Cohort Study (CHeCS)”, National Foundation for the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Inc. MOA #: 481-12 SC, 10/01/09 – 9/30/13, $4,728,566, CoInvestigator (S. Gordon, PI)
2009-2009
“Chronic Hepatitis B and C Cohort Study (CHeCS) - Preliminary Work” , National Foundation
for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Inc.MOA #: 481-09 SC 03/1/09 – 10/31/09,
$74,361, (Principal Investigator)
2007-2010
“Methods for Estimating the Incidence and Prevalence of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in the
U.S. Population”, CDC contract number 200-2007-23429 - $194,743, 9/14/2007 – 9/30/20010, Co-Investigator (D. Newman,
PI)
2007-2008
“Reanalyzing data sets using path analysis & structured equation modeling to reduce
racial/ethnic health care disparity”, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $75,000, 4/1/07 –
3/31/08, Project Director
2006 - 2008
“Identifying Predictors of Clinical Outcomes Among Elderly Spine Surgery Patients”,
Medtronic Sofamor Danek, $215,163, 4/1/06 – 3/31/08, Co-Investigator.
2004 - 2007
“Coordinated Clinical Studies Network (CCSN)”, NIH/NHLBI, $382,309, 10/1/04 –
9/30/07, Site Principal Investigator
2004 – 2007
“The Role of Private Purchasers in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care”,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $392,640, 12/1/04 – 11/30/07, Project Director.
2004 – 2006
“Linking Race and Ethnicity Data with Inpatient Quality of Care Measures for Private
Hospitals, The Commonwealth Fund, $299,966 ($60,000 subcontract to HFHS), 9/1/04 –
8/41/06, Co-Investigator.
2004 – 2006
“Medicaid Managed Care Data on Race/Ethnicity”, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
and The Commonwealth Fund, $69,699 (HFHS subcontract amount), 5/1/04 – 9/30/06, Project
Consultant.
2004 – 2004
“White Papers on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care”, Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, $60,000, 2/1/04 – 8/31/04, Project Director
2002 – 2004
“Statistical, Clinical and Population Health Significance of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in
Quality of Care”, Commonwealth Fund, $89,000, 12/1/02–6/30/04, Project Director
2002 – 2004
“Implementation of Disparities in Health Care Outcomes Report Card Performance
Measures”, HRSA, $224,000, 10/01/02–9/30/04., Project Director
2001 – present
“Lung/Colon Cancer Outcomes: The Cancer Research Network”, National Cancer Institute
(CanCORS), 8/31/01-8/31/09, $1,141,892, Principal Investigator for HFHS Subcontract
2001 – 2002
“Report Card on Health Care for Minority Populations-Phase II”, HRSA, 5/01/01– 4/30/02,
$150,000, Project Director
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2001 – 2002
“A Study to Evaluate the Quality and Appropriateness of Care For Low Back Pain”, Ford Fund,
$25,000, 7/1/01 – 6/30/02, Principal Investigator
2000 – 2003
“Invest in Quality – Spinal Disease Management”, Health Alliance Plan, $517,812,
8/15/00 – 8/15/03, Co-Investigator
2000 – 2001
“Report Card on Health Care for Minority Populations” (Phase II), Commonwealth
Fund, $175,000, 5/1/00 – 12/31/01, Project Director
1998 - 2000
"Report Card on Health Care for Minority Populations", Commonwealth Fund, $179,000,
5/1/98 – 4/30/00, Project Director
1998 - 1999
"Enhancing End of Life Care", Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $450,000, 10/1/98 9/30/01, Evaluation Coordinator
1998
"Using Outcomes Data to Compare Plans, Networks, and Providers", Agency
for Health Care Policy and Research (conference grant), $49,500, 2/1/98 - 12/31/98, Project
Director
1997 - 1999
"Spinal Surgery Consortium for Outcomes Research (SCORE)", funded by member
contributions, $336,000, 1/1/97 - 12/31/99, Principal Investigator
1997 - 1999
"Resource Center for Minority Aging Research", National Institute on Aging, $2,883,756,
10/1/97-9/30/02, Co-Investigator
1996 - 1999
"Partnerships for Quality Education". Pew Charitable Trusts, $900,000, 7/1/966/30/99, Co-Investigator
1992 - 1998
"Consortium for Research on Indicators of System Performance". (funded by member
contributions), $150,000 per year, Project Director
1993 - 1994
"A Primary Care Initiative by Detroit Health Systems". McGregor Fund, $150,000, /1/93
- 8/31/94, Project Director
1990 - 1993
"Measuring Effectiveness of Clinical Management Systems". Agency for Health Care
Policy and Research, $1,758,773, 9/30/90 - 9/30/93. Co-Principal Investigator
1990 - 1991
"Outcomes Management System for Patients with Diabetes". Diabetes Research and
Education Foundation, $20,000, 12/1/90 - 11/30/91. Co-Investigator
1989 - 1990
"Cost/Quality Evaluation of an Attending Staff Medical Service". National Center for
Health Services Research, $106,600, 2/1/89 - 1/31/90. Principal Investigator
1989 - 1990
"Risk Factors for the Development of Pressure Sores in the Elderly: Reducing Costs
through Risk Factor Identification". Michigan Health Care Education and Research Foundation,
$50,000, 1/1/89 - 3/31/90. Co-Investigator
1989 - 1990
"Strengthening Hospital Nursing Program". Pew Charitable Trusts, $50,000. CoInvestigator
1989
"Policy Analysis - Design of Benefit Packages for the Unemployed/Uninsured"
Academic Consortium - Governor's Task Force on Access, $15,000. Co-Investigator
1989
"Compliance and Readmissions among Patients with Congestive Heart Failure:
A Pilot Study". HFH Small Projects Funding Committee, $5,000. Co-Investigator
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1986 - 1988
"Psychiatric Patient Classification System", Veterans Administration, $139,000, CoInvestigator
1985 - 1986
"Measures of Subjective Symptoms", Veterans Administration HSR&D Merit Review,
$39,000, Principal Investigator
1983 - 1984
"Adaptation of the Quality of Well Being Scale for use with Oncology
Patients",
Veterans Administration Great Lakes Regional HSR&D Field Program, $10,000, Principal
Investigator
1983 - 1984
"Patient Education to Reduce Emotional Distress During Chemotherapy", National
Cancer Institute, $400,000 (3-years), Co-Principal Investigator
1980 - 1983
"Control of Emotional Distress in Cancer Chemotherapy", National Cancer Institute,
$400,000, Co-Principal Investigator
Teaching Experience
1999 - 2003
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. Health Policy (preceptor for part of
HM546/547, “Social Context of Clinical Decisions”)
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. Integrative Module
(preceptor for part of HM546/547, “Social Context of Clinical Decisions”)
1997 - 1999
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Clerkship Coordinator - Health
Policy Elective (required for 4th year medical students in Primary Care Track)
1996 - 1998
Henry Ford Health System Managed Care College, Measuring Health Outcomes, Population
Management, Disease Management (required and elective modules in one-year curriculum for clinicians
and administrators)
1985 - 1987
University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Health Services
Management and Policy, Health Care Marketing
1980
Lecturer, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Psychology,
Introductory Psychology
Service Activities
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
Commissioner – May 2012 - present
Institute of Medicine
Member, Committee on Measuring the Health of Persian Gulf War Veterans (1997 – 1999)
Member, Committee on Identifying Effective Treatments for Gulf War Veterans (2000-2001)
Member, Committee on Public Financing of Delivery of HIV Care (2002-2003)
Member, Committee on Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public (2003-2004)
Member, Committee on Genomics and the Public’s Health in the 21 st Century (2004 – 2005)
Member, Committee on the State of the USA Health Indicators (2008)
Member, Committee on Future Directions for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports (2009- 2010)
Chair, Subcommittee on Standardized Collection of Race/Ethnicity Data for Quality Improvement (2009)
Chair, Committee on Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2020 (2010-2011).
Chair, Committee on Clinical Guidance for the Care of Health Conditions Identified by the Camp Lejeune Legislation
(2014)
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National Committee for Quality Assuraance (NCQA)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) CLAS/Disparities Expert Panel (2004- 2012; Chair 2004-2006).
National Quality Forum
Healthcare Disparities Technical Advisory Panel (Member) 2006-2007.
AHRQ
Health Systems Study Section, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1999-2003.
Ad-Hoc Study Section Member - Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (Health Care Quality and Effectiveness
Research), 1998, 1999
Other National-level Committees
Brookings Institution – High Value Health Care Technical Advisory Group (2007-2011)
Hospital Quality Alliance (2008-2011)
American Medical Group Association ACO Technical Advisory Committee (2010-2012)
Other Grant Review
Grant Proposal Reviewer: National Cancer Institute (Behavioral Medicine branch), National Science Foundation
(Division of Behavioral and Neural Sciences), American Cancer Society, Netherlands Cancer Foundation; U.S. Army
Breast Cancer Research Program, U.S. Army Traumatic Brain Injury / PTSD Research Program, Health Resources and
Services Administration, Veterans Administration Health Services Research Centers of Excellence.
Journals
Editorial Boards: Health Psychology, 1983-1988; Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal, 1990-1992, Joint Commission Journal of
Quality Improvement, 1994-1998, Population Health Management, 1998-present, Medical Care Research and Review, 2002-present.
Reviewer: Health Affairs, Medical Care, Medical Care Research and Review, Health Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology,
Basic and Applied Social Psychology, Health Education Quarterly, Milbank Quarterly, International Journal of Quality Improvement in
Health Care, Diabetes Care, Joint Commission Journal of Quality Improvement, Annals of Internal Medicine..
Internal Committees and Task Forces
Henry Ford Health System: Chairs Council, 2005-present; Neurosurgery Department Executive Committee (2007present); Executive Management Staff, 1988-1999; Small Projects Funding Committee, 1988-1995; Urban Initiative Task
Force, 1989-1991; Opinion Leaders Forum (Chair), 1988-1991; Information Services Vision and Policy Committee, 19951998, Legislative Policy Committee, 1994-1999.
Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine Executive Committee, 2001-2003
Health Care Quality Consortium, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI, 1998-2002
Ann Arbor VA Medical Center: Research and Development Committee, 1984-1986; Computer Services Committee,
1985-1986; Clinical Executive Board, 1984-1986
Madison VA Hospital: Research and Development Committee, 1983-1984
Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center: Clinical Affairs Committee, 1982-1984; Behavioral Medicine Committee, 1982-1984
Advisory Board - Institute for Health Improvement in Southeast Michigan, 1996 – 1999
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Program Coordinator, Urban Health Committee, Medical Care Section, American Public Health Association, 1990
Governor's Task Force on Access - Academic Consortium, 1989
Awards
Ray Woodham Visiting Fellowship. Section for Health Care Systems, American Hospital Association, 1990.
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) “Recognizing Innovation in Multicultural Health Care Award” for
project entitled “Addressing Disparities in Breast Cancer Screening” (Role: Project Director) November, 2007.
Publications
1977
Rajecki, D.W., Nerenz, D.R. Barnes, R.D., Ivins, B., & Rein, B. Isolation-induced social pecking in domestic
chicks; Contemporary correlates and sequelae, Aggressive Behavior, 3, 77-90.
1978
Rajecki, D.W., Buell, J.R., Stursa,S., & Nerenz, D.R. Mediating factors in chick social pecking: II. Effects of
exposure to movement. Aggressive Behavior, 4, 331-343.
Rajecki, D.W., Nerenz, D.R., & Rein, B. Mediating factors in chick social pecking: I. Effects of isolation,
imprinting and peer contact. Aggressive Behavior, 4, 141-151.
1979
Kerr, N.L., Nerenz, D.R. & Herrick, D. Role playing and the study of jury behavior. Sociological Methods and
Research, 7, 337-355.
Nerenz, D.R., Ickes, W., Kerr, N.L., & Oliver, D. Reactions to personal space invasion: Experimental tests of an
attributional analysis. In M. Gurkaynak & A. LeCompte (Eds.), Human Consequences of Crowding. New York:
Plenum Press.
Rajecki, D.W., Nerenz, D.R., Diekroger, T.L., Derrickson, K., & Fenne, J.T. Antecedents to social separation
effects in domestic chicks. Child Development, 5, 960-970.
Rajecki, D.W., Nerenz, D.R., Freedenberg, T.G., & McCarthy, P.J. Components of aggression in chickens and
conceptions of aggression in general. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 3, 1902-1914.
1980
Leventhal, H., Meyer, D., & Nerenz, D.R. The common sense representation of illness danger. In S. Rachman
(Ed.), Contributions to Medical Psychology, Vol. 2. London: Pergamon Press.
1981
Leventhal, H., Nerenz, D.R., & Leventhal, E. Illness and dehumanizing environments. In A. Baum & J. Singer
(Eds.), Advances in Environmental Psychology, Vol. 4. New York: Academic Press.
1982
Leventhal, H., Nerenz, D.R., & Straus, A. Self-regulation and the mechanisms for symptom appraisal. In D.
Mechanic (Ed.) Psychosocial Epidemiology. New York: Neale Watson Academic Publications.
Love, R.R., Nerenz, D.R., & Leventhal, H. The development of anticipatory nausea during cancer chemotherapy.
ASCO Proceedings, 23, C-47.
Nerenz, D.R. Patient perceptions in chronic illness and during cancer chemotherapy. Current Practice Letter, 2,
(April), 1-4.
Nerenz, D.R., Leventhal, H., & Love, R.R. Factors contributing to emotional distress in cancer chemotherapy.
Cancer, 50, 1020-1027. (Reprinted in 1983 Year Book of Cancer, Year Book Medical Publishers and M.D. Anderson
Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, Texas).
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1983
Leventhal, H., Nerenz, D.R. A model for stress research and some implications for the control of stress
disorders. In D. Meichebaum & M. Jaremko (Eds.), Stress Prevention and Management: A Cognitive Behavioral
Approach. New York: Plenum Press.
Love, R.R., Nerenz, D.R., & Leventhal, H. Anticipatory nausea in cancer chemotherapy: Development through
two mechanisms. ASCO Proceedings, 24, C-242.
Nerenz, D.R., Leventhal, H., & Love, R.R. The relationship of age and disease status to emotional distress during
chemotherapy for breast cancer. ASCO Proceedings, 24, C-243.
Nerenz, D.R., & Leventhal, H. Self-regulation theory in chronic illness. In T. Burish & L. Bradley (Eds.), Coping
with Chronic Disease: Research and Applications. New York: Academic Press.
Nerenz, D.R. Assessments of patients' views of chemotherapy and its effects. Your Patient and Cancer, 3, 60A-60P.
1984
Love, R.R., Nerenz, D.R., Coons, H.L., & Leventhal, H. Side effects and emotional distress from chemotherapy
for breast cancer and lymphoma. ASCO Proceedings, 3, 69 (C-265).
Leventhal, N., Nerenz, D.R., & Steele, D. Illness representations and coping with health threats. In A. Baum, S.
Taylor, and J. Singer (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology and Health, Vol. 4, Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum.
Nerenz, D.R., Leventhal, H., Love, R.R., and Ringler, K.E. Psychological aspects of cancer chemotherapy.
International Review of Applied Psychology, 33, 521-529.
1985
Leventhal, H., Nerenz, D.R., & Steele, D. The assessment of illness cognition. In P. Karoly (Ed.) Measurement
Strategies in Health Psychology. New York: Wiley.
Evans, A., Love, R.R., Meyerowitz, B.E., Leventhal, H., and Nerenz, D.R. Factors associated with active
participation in a cancer prevention clinic. Preventive Medicine, 14, 358-371.
1986
Nerenz, D.R., Leventhal, H. & Love, R.R. Anxiety and drug taste as predictors of anticipatory nausea in cancer
chemotherapy. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 4, 224-233.
Nerenz, D.R., Love, R.R., Leventhal, H., & Easterling, D.V. Psychosocial consequences of chemotherapy for
elderly patients. Health Services Research, 20, 961-976.
Nerenz, D.R., Love, R.R. Types of supportive therapy. In B.A. Stoll (Ed). Coping with Cancer Stress, Dordrecht,
The Netherlands: Martines Nijhoff Publishers.
Nerenz, D.R., & Love, R.R. Patient perceptions during cancer chemotherapy. Wisconsin Medical Journal, 85, 33-34.
1987
Coons, H.L, Nerenz, D.R., Leventhal, H., Love, R.R. and Larson, S. Side effects, anticipatory nausea, and
emotional distress in patients receiving cisplatin chemotherapy. Oncology Nursing Forum, 14, 31-35.
1988
Leventhal, H., Easterling, D.V., Nerenz, D.R., and Love, R.R. The role of motion sickness in predicting
anticipatory nausea. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 11, 117-130.
1989
Love, R.R., Leventhal, H., Nerenz, D.R., and Easterling, D.V. Side effects and emotional distress during cancer
chemotherapy. Cancer, 63, 604-612.
Ashcraft, M.L.F., Fries, B.E., Nerenz, D.R., et al. A psychiatric patient classification system: An alternative to
diagnosis related groups. Medical Care, 27, 543-557.
Nerenz, D.R. Helping patients cope with cancer: Review. Oncology, 3, 130-131.
1990
Fries, B.E., Nerenz, D.R., Falcon, S.P., Ashcraft, J.L.F., and Lee, C.Z. A classification system for long-staying
psychiatric patients. Medical Care, 28, 311-323.
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Nerenz, D.R., Rosman, H., Newcomb, C., et al. The on-call experience of interns in internal medicine. Archives of
Internal Medicine, 150, 2294-2297.
Nerenz, D.R., Zajac, B.M., Repasky, D.P., & Doyle, P.M. Policy options to improve access to health care for the
unemployed/uninsured. Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal, 38, 183-189.
Rupp, L.B., Newcomb, C.S., Nerenz, D.R., & Rutt, W.M. Productivity costs of resident training in a clinic
setting. Proceedings of the Annual Healthcare Systems Conference.
1991
Leventhal, H., Nerenz, D.R., Leventhal, E., Love, R.R., & Bendena, L.M. The behavioral dynamics of clinical
trials. Preventive Medicine, 26, 132-146.
Nerenz, D.R., Zajac, B.M., Miron, L.L., Romans, J., & Simmer, T.L. Inpatient firms in a teaching hospital: The
Henry Ford Hospital experience. Medical Care, 29, JS26-JS30.
Simmer, T.L., Nerenz, D.R., Rutt, W.M., et al. A randomized controlled trial of an attending staff service in
general internal medicine. Medical Care,29, JS31-JS40.
Warden, G.W., Zajac, B.M., and Nerenz, D.R. Vertically integrated health systems: An option for health care
reform. Decisions in Imaging Economics, 4, 27-31.
Nerenz, D.R. Health psychology, medical sociology, and health services research (book review). Contemporary
Psychology, 36, 583-584.
Deremo, D.E., Nerenz, D.R., and Pacini, C.M. Nursing group practices in hospital settings. Journal of the Society for
Health Systems,3, 22-32.
1992
Nerenz, D.R., Zajac, B.M., Repasky, D.P., Doyle, P.M., and Sahney, V.K. Benefit package considerations in a
state health care plan. In S.E. Berki, J.H. Goddeeris, and A.J. Hogan (Eds.) Improving Access to Health Care: What
Can the States Do? Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
Nerenz, D.R., and Zajac, B.M. Indicators of Performance for Vertically Integrated Health Systems. Chicago: Hospital
Research and Educational Trust.
Petrozzi, M.C., Rosman, H.S., Nerenz, D.R., & Young, M.J. Clinical activities and satisfaction of general
internists, cardiologists, and ophthalmologists. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 7, 363-365.
Nerenz, D.R., Repasky, D.P., Whitehouse, F.W., & Kahkonen, D.M. Ongoing assessment of health status in
patients with diabetes mellitus. Medical Care, 30, MS112-MS124.
Nerenz, D.R., & Zajac, B.M. Indicators of performance for vertically integrated health systems. In M.K. Cytil, C.
Duru, W. v.Eimeren, & C.D. Flagle (Eds.), Health Systems- The Challenge of Change. (Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on System Science in Health Care). Prague:Omnipress Publishers.
1993
Nerenz, D.R. What are the essentials of system integration? Frontiers of Health Services Management, 9, 58-61.
Hargraves, L., Palmer, H., Zapka, J., Nerenz, D., Frazier, H., Orav, J., Warner, C., Ingard, J., Neisuler, R. Using
Patient Reports to Measure Health Care System Performance. Clinical Performance and Quality Health Care, 1, 208213.
Nerenz, D.R., Zajac, B.M. & Rosman, H.S. Consortium research on indicators of system performance (CRISP).
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, 19, 577-585.
Fries, B.E., Durance, P.W., Nerenz, D.R., & Ashcraft, M.L.F. A comprehensive payment model for short and
long-stay psychiatric patients. Health Care Financing Review, 15, 31-50.
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1994
Schultz, D.V., Napiewocki, L.M., and Nerenz, D.R. Measuring Physician Integration in Health Care Systems. Chicago:
Hospital Research and Educational Trust.
1995
Zapka, J.C., Palmer, H.R., Hargraves, L.J., Nerenz, D.R., & Frazier, H.S. Relationship of patient satisfaction with
experience of system performance and health status. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 18, 73-83.
Zajac, B.M., Green-Weir, R., Nerenz, D.R., Health status of populations as a measure of health system
performance. Managed Care Quarterly, 3, 29-38.
1996
Nerenz, D.R. Who has responsibility for a population's health? Milbank Quarterly 74, 43-49.
Nerenz, D.R. Primary care research from a health system perspective. Journal of Family Practice, 42, 186-191.
Ben-Menachem, T., McCarthy, B.D., Fogel, R., Schiffman, R.M., Patel, R.V., Zarowitz, B.J., Nerenz, D.R., &
Bresalier, R.S. Prophylaxis for stress-related gastrointestinal hemorrhage: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Critical
Care Medicine, 24, 338-345.
Nerenz, D.R. & Zajac, B.M. Assessing Performance of Integrated Delivery Systems: Analyzing Indicators and Reporting
Results. New York: Faulkner & Gray.
1997
Nerenz, D.R. CQI in health care: Some comments on "Can it really work?". International Journal for Quality in
Health Care, 9, 3-4.
Nerenz, D.R. Measuring plans and measuring health. Annals of Internal Medicine, 127, 751.
1998
Nerenz, D.R. Medicaid, Managed Care, and Minority Populations (monograph). Washington, D.C.: Joint Center for
Political and Economic Studies.
Nerenz, D.R. State of the Art in Network Performance Measures (monograph). Minneapolis, MN: National Chronic
Care Consortium.
Nerenz, D.R. The metamorphosis of chronic care: Tools for evaluating chronic care networks. Healthcare Forum
Journal, 41, 31-35.
Nerenz, D.R. Accountability for health outcomes and the proper unit of analysis: What do the experts think?
International Journal of Quality in Health Care, 10, 539-546.
Nerenz, DR. Using outcomes data to compare plans, networks, and providers: What is the state of the art?
International Journal of Quality in Health Care, 10, 463-465.
2000
Elston-Lafata, J, Tilley, B, & Nerenz, DR. Evaluating Provider Group Interventions: 'When to' and 'How to'.
Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, 1(1), 49-62.
2001
Nerenz, DR. Capacities and Limitations of Information Systems as Data Sources on Quality of Care at the End of
Life. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management: Including Supportive and Palliative Care, 22 (3), 773-783.
2002
Morlock, R.J., Nerenz, D.R. and the SCORE Consortium. Spine Surgeons Accurately Estimate the Probability of
Favorable One-Year Postoperative Lumbar Surgery Outcomes. Disease Management, 5 (1); 51-59.
Morlock, R.J., Nerenz, D.R., and the SCORE Consortium. Comparative validity of the NASS Pain and Function
Scale and a Shorter Version of the Scale for the Assessment of Low Back Pain. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal
Rehabiliation, 16(2), 63-69.
Morlock RJ, Elston Lafata J, Nerenz DR, Schiller M, Rosenblum M. "Expectations, Outcomes, and Medical Costs
in Patients with Low Back Pain Referred to Physical Therapy." Disease Management; 5(4):185-188.
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Nerenz, D. R., Bonham, V., Green-Weir, R, Joseph, C., & Gunter, M.. Eliminating racial/ethnic disparities in
health care: Can health plans generate reports? Health Affairs, 21(May/June); 259-263.
Ford, M.E, Hill, D.D., Nerenz, D.R., Hornbrook, M., Zapka, J., Meenam, R., Green, S. and Johnson, C.C.
Categorizing race and ethnicity in the HMO Cancer Research Network. Ethnicity & Disease, 12; 135-140.
Klingler, D., Green-Weir, R., Nerenz, D., Havstad, S., Rosman, H., Cetner, L., Shah, S., Wimbush, F. and Borzak,
S. Perceptions of chest pain differ by race. American Heart Journal; 144, 51-59.
Nerenz, D.R. Quality of care measures of special significance to minority populations. In Improving Healthcare
Quality for Minority Patients. Washington, DC: The National Quality Form.
Nerenz, D.R., Gunter, M.J., Garcia, M., Green-Weir, R.R., Wisdom, K., & Joseph, C. Developing a Health Plan
Report Card on Quality of Care for Minority Populations. New York: The Commonwealth Fund.
2003
Nerenz, D. R., Stolz, P. K., and Jordan, J.. Quality improvement and the need for IRB review. Quality Management
in Health Care, 12, 159-170.
Neil, N & Nerenz, DR. Leveraging existing information systems. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety, 29,
523-530.
Neil, N. & Nerenz, DR. Leveraging existing information systems: Specific system examples. Joint Commission
Journal on Quality and Safety 29, 531-538.
2004
Nerenz, DR & Currier, C. Collection of data on race/ethnicity by health plans, hospitals, and medical groups. In
M. Ver Ploeg & E. Perrin (Eds.) Eliminating Health Disparities: Measurement and Data Needs. Washington, DC:
National Academies Press.
2005
Nerenz, DR. Health care organizations’ use of information on race/ethnicity to address disparities in quality of
care. Health Affairs, 24(2), 409-416.
Nerenz, DR & Darling, D. Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Context of Medicaid Managed Care: A Six-State
Demonstration Project. Rockville, MD: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Published on line at
http://www.hrsa.gov/financeMC/disparities/
Tammemagi, CM, Nerenz, DR, Neslund-Dudas, C, Feldkamp, C, & Nathanson, D. Comorbidity and survival
disparities among black and white patients with breast cancer. JAMA, 294(14), 1765-1772.
Tunceli, K, Bradley, CJ, Nerenz, DR, Williams, LK, Pladevall, M, & Elston Lafata, J. The impact of diabetes on
employment and work productivity. Diabetes Care, 28(11), 2662-2667.
2006
Nerenz, DR, Hunt, KA, & Escarce, JJ. Health Care Organizations’ Use of Data on Race/Ethnicity to
Address Disparities in Health Care. Health Services Research, 41, 1444-1450.
Malin, JL, Ko, C, Ayanian, JZ, Harrington, D, Nerenz, DR, et al. Understanding cancer patients’ experience and
outcomes: Development and pilot study of the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance (CanCORS)
patient survey. Supportive Care in Cancer ,8, 837-48.
2007
Hasnain-Wynia, R, Baker, DW, Nerenz, DR, Feinglass, J, Beal, AC, Landrum, MB, Behal, R, & Weissman,. JS.
Are disparities driven by who you are or where you go? An examination of the Hospital Quality Alliance
measures. Archives of Internal Medicine, 167(12):1233-9. (Accompanying editorial - Arch Int Med, 2007 Jun
25;167(12):1226-8.)
2009
Nerenz, DR. Ethical issues in using data from quality management programs. European Spine Journal, Aug;18 Suppl
3:321-30.
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Rosenblum, ML, Kalkanis, S, Goldberg, W, Rock, J, Mikkelsen, T, Remer, S, Whitehouse, S, Nerenz, DR.
Odyssey of hope: A physician’s guide to communicating with brain tumor patients across the continuum of care.
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 92(3), 241-252.
Russman, A, Silver, B, Mitsias, P, Schultz, L, Zaman, I, Rehman, M, & Nerenz, DR. A significant temporal and
quantitative relationship exists between high-density lipoprotein levels and acute ischemic stroke presentation.
Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 279(1-2), 53-56.
Ulmer, C, McFadden, B, & Nerenz, DR (Eds.) Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care
Quality Improvement. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
2010
Nerenz DR, Pietrantoni L, Schultz L, Garden B, Obeid L, Swatrz A, Shatz R, Rubinfeld I. Initial experience with
the PROMIS measurement system in clinical populations. Value in Health;13(3):A19
Nerenz DR, Pietrantoni L, Schultz L, Garden B, Shatz R. Agreement between patient with mild dementia and
caregivers on the PROMIS CAT measure of perceived cognitive function. Value in Health;13(3):A122
Nerenz DR, Pietrantoni L, Schultz L, Obeid L, Swartz A, Rubinfeld I, Velanovich V. Agreement between
PROMIS Global Health Scale and SF-36 scores among surgical patients. Value in Health;13(3):A19
2011
Nerenz, DR, Liu, YW, Williams, LK, Tunceli, K, & Zeng, H. A simulation model approach to analysis of the
business case for eliminating health care disparities. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 11, 31-52.
Committee on Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2020 (DR Nerenz, Chair), Leading Health Indicators For
Healthy People 2020: Letter Report. Washington, DC, National Academies Press, January, 2011.
Billmeier, S, Ayanian, J, Zaslavsky, A, Nerenz, D, Jaklitsch, M, & Rogers, S. Predictors and outcomes of limited
resection for early stage non-small-cell lung cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 103(21), 1621-1629.
2012
Friedly JL, Bresnahan BW, Comstock B, Turner JA, Deyo RA, Sullivan SD, Heagerty P, Bauer Z, Nedeljkovic SS,
Avins AL, Nerenz D, Jarvik JG. Study protocol- lumbar epidural steroid injections for spinal stenosis (LESS): a
double-blind randomized controlled trial of epidural steroid injections for lumbar spinal stenosis among older
adults. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012;13:48.
Gordon S, Pockros P, Terrault N, Hoop R, Buikema A, Nerenz D, Hamzeh F. Impact of disease severity on
health care costs in patients with chronic hepatisi C (CHC) virus infection. Hepatology, 56(5), 1651-1660.
Jarvik J, Comstock B, Bresnahan B, Nedeljkovic N, Nerenz D, Bauer Z, Avins A, James K, Turner J, Heagerty P,
Kessler L, Friedly J, Sullivan S, Deyo R. Study protocol: The back pain outcomes using longitudinal data (BOLD)
registry. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012;13:64
Spradling PR, Rupp L, Moorman AC, Teshale EH, Gordon SC, Nakasato C, Boscarino JA, Hendle EM, Nerenz
DR, Denniston MM, Holmberg SD, for the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS) Investigators. Hepatitis B
and C Virus infection among 1.2 million persons with access to care: Factors associated with testing and infection
prevalence. Clinical Infectious Disease :55(8):1047-1055.
2013
Ahmedani, BK, Osborne, J, Nerenz, DR, Haque, S, Pietrantoni, L, Mahone, D, & Smith, BJ. Diagnosis, costs, and
utilization for psychogenic non-epileptic seizures in a US health care setting. Psychosomatics, 54(1), 28-34.
Moorrman, AC, Gordon, SC, Rupop, LB, Spradling, PR, Teshale, EH, Lu, M, Nerenz, DR, Nakasato, CC,
Boscarino, JA, Henkle, EM, Oja-Tebbe, NJ, Xing, J, Ward, JW, & Holmberg, SD. Baseline characteristics and
mortality among people in care for chronic viral heptatis: The chronic hepatitis cohort study (CHeCS). Clinical
Infectious Diseases, 56(1), 40-50.
Alsaidi M, Guanio J, Basheer A, Schultz L, Abdulhak M, Nerenz D, Chedid M, Seyfried D. The incidence and risk
factors for postoperative urinary retention in neurosurgical patients. Surg Neurol Int. 2013 Apr 24;4:61. PMID:
23772331
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Mahajan, R, Moorman, AC, Liu, SJ, et al, for the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS) Investigators. Use of
the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, coding in identifying chronic hepatitis B virus infection in
health system data: Implications for national surveillance. Journal of the Medical Informatics Association, 20(3), 441-445.
Holmberg, SD, Lu, M, Rupp, LB et al, for the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS) Investigators.
Noninvasive serum fibrosis markers for screening and staging chronic hepatitis C virus patients in a large US
cohort. Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 8 - Epub ehead of print.
Schwalb, JM, Nerenz, DR. How do we measure quality in the treatment of pain? Congress Quarterly, 14(2), 1314.
Nerenz, DR, Kalkanis, SN, Abdulhak, M. Enhancing patient safety and functional outcomes through patient
registries. AANS Neurosurgeon, 22(3), http://www.aansneurosurgeon.org/contents/
Nerenz, DR, Carreon, R, Vesolovskiy, G. Race, ethnicity, and language data collection by health plans: Findings
from the 2010 AHIPF-RWJF Survey. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 24(4), 1769-1783.
Nerenz, DR, Carreon, R, & Vesolovskiy, G. Collection of data on race/ethnicity and language proficiency of
providers. American Journal of Managed Care. 19(12), e408-e414.
2014
Hu, J, Gonsahn, M, & Nerenz, DR. Socioeconomic status and readmissions: Evidence from an urban teaching
hospital. Health Affairs.33(5), 778-785.
Jarvik, JG, Comstock, BA, Heagerty, PJ, Turner, JA, Sullivan, SD, Shi, X, Nerenz, DR, Nedeljkovic, SS, Kessler, L,
James, K, Friedly, JL, Bresnahan, BW, Bauer, Z, Avins, AL, & Deyo, RA. Back pain in seniors: The Back pain
Outcomes using Longitudinal Data (BOLD) cohort baseline data. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 15:134.
Boscarino JA, Sitarik A, Gordon, SC, Rupp, LB, Nerenz, DR, Vijayadeva, V, Schmidt, MA, Henkle, E, & Lu, M.
Risk factors for hepatitis C infection among Vietnam era veterans versus nonveterans: Results from the Chronic
Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS). Journal of Community Health, epub March 29
Abouljoud, MS, Brown, KA, & Nerenz, DR. Sicker patients with end-stage liver disease cost more: A quick fix?
(Editorial). American Journal of Transplantation. 14(1), 9-10.
Mahajan, R. Xing, J, Liu, SJ, Ly, KN, Moorman, AC, Rupp, L, Xu, F, Holmberg, SD: Chronic Hepatitis Cohort
Study (CHeCS Investigators. Mortality among persons in care with hepatitis C virus infection: The Chronic
Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS), 2006-2010. Clinical Infectious Disease,58(8), 1055-1061.
Lin, JC, Nerenz, DR, Migliore, P, Young, R, Shepard, AD, & Weaver, WD. Cost analysis of endovenous catheter
ablation versus stripping for treatment of superficial venous insufficiency and varicose vein disease. Journal of
Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders. 2(1), 98-103.
Friedly, JL, Comstock, BA, Turner, JA, Heagerty, PJ, Deyo, RA, Sullivan, SD, Bauer, Z, Bresnahan, BW, Avins,
AL, Nedeljkovic, SS, Nerenz, DR, Standaert, C, Kessler, L, Jarvik, and the LESS Investigators. A double-blind
randomized controlled trial of lumbar epidural steroid injections for spinal stenosis (LESS). New England Journal of
Medicine, 371(1), 11-21.
Fiscella, K, Burstin, HR, & Nerenz, DR. Quality measures and sociodemographic risk factors: To adjust or not to
adjust. JAMA, 2014, 312(24), 2615-2616.
Stachler, R, Schultz, L, & Nerenz, DR. PROMIS evaluation for head and neck cancer patients: A comprehensive
quality of life outcomes assessment tool. The Laryngoscope. 124(6), 1368-1376.
Lu, M,. Rupp, LB, Moorman, AC, Li, J, Zhang, T, Lamerato, LE, Holmberg, SD, Spradling, PR, Teshale, EH,
Vijayadeva, V, Boscarino,, JA, Schmidt, MA, Nerenz, DR, & Gordon, SC. Comparative effectiveness research of
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Chronic Hepatitis B and C Cohort Study (CHeCS): Improving data collection and cohort identification. Dig Dis
Sci, 59(12), 3053-3061.
Teshale E, Lu M, Rupp LB, Holmberg SD, Moorman AC, Spradling P, Vijayadeva V, Boscarino JA, Schmidt MA,
Gordon SC; CHeCS Investigators. APRI and FIB-4 are good predictors of the stage of liver fibrosis in chronic
hepatitis B: the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS). J Viral Hepat. 21(12):917-20
2015
Jarvik, JG, Gold, LS, Comstock, BA, Heagerty, PJ, Rundell, SD, Turnder, JA, Avins, AL, Bauer, Z, Bresnahan, BS,
Friedly, JL, James, K, Kessler, L, Nedeljkovic, SS, Nerenz, DR, Shi, X, Sullivan, SD, Chan, L, Schwalb, JM, &
Deyo, RA. Association of early imaging for back pain with clinical outcomes in older adults. JAMA, 313(11),
1143-1153.
Ahmedani, BK, Solberg, LI, Copeland, LA, Fang-Hollingsworth, Y, Stewart, C, Hu, J, Nerenz, DR, Williams, LK,
Cassidy-Bushrow, AE, Waxmonsky, J, Lu, CY, Waitzfeldder, BE, Owen-Smith, AA, Coleman, KJ, Lynch, FL,
Ahmed, AT, Beck, A, Rossom, RC, & Simon, GE. Psychiatric comorbidity and 30-day readmissions after
hospitalization for hear4t failure, AMI, and pneumonia. Psychiatric Services, 66(2), 134-140.
In Press
Spradling, PR, Tong, X, Rupp, L, Moorman, AC, Lu, M, Teshale, EH, Gordon, SC, Vijayadeva, V, Boscarino, JA<
Schmidt, MA, holdmberg, SD; for the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS) Investigators. Trends in HCV
RNA testing among HCV antibody positive persons in care, 2003-2010. Clin Infect Dis, Epub ahead of print, July 2
Under
Review
Howell, EA, Kleinman, LC, Scholle, S, Zaslavsky, AM, Mistry, K, Carle, AC, Woods, D, Elliott, MN, Mosely, K,
Nerenz, DR, Silber, JH, & Schuster, MA. Conceptual and methodological challenges when assessing equity and
disparities in child health care quality. Academic Pediatrics.
Lu M, Li J, Rupp L, Moorman A, Zhang T, Lamerato L, Holmberg S, Spradling P, Teshale E, Vijayadeva V,
Boscarino J, Schmidt M, Nerenz D, Gordon S, for the CHeCS Investigators. Chronic Hepatitis B and C Cohort
Study: improving data collection and cohort identification using comparative effectiveness methods. Clinical
Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Papers Presented at Conferences
Thurston, K.G., & Nerenz, D.R. An experimental analysis of face-to-face interactions between strangers: The effects of
different experimenter behaviors on subject verbalization and movement. Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern
Psychological Association, New York, 1975.
Flanagan, J. & Nerenz, D.R. Amelioration of the psychological effects of overcrowding. Presented at the 1976 Congress of
the American Correctional Association.
Nerenz, D.R. Reactions to personal space invasion: Experimental tests of an attributional analysis. Presented at the NATO
Conference on the Human Consequences of Crowding, Antalya, Turkey, 1977.
Nerenz, D.R. Leventhal, H., & Ringler, K.E. Factors contributing to emotional distress during cancer chemotherapy.
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Montreal, 1980.
Leventhal, H. & Nerenz, D.R. Conceptualization of illness as a source of distress in treatment. Presented at the annual
meeting of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, 1981.
Nerenz, D.R. Assessing patient views of chemotherapy and its effects. Presented at the Midwest Cancer Seminar, Madison,
Wisconsin, 1981.
Love, R.R., Nerenz, D.R., & Leventhal, H. The development of anticipatory nausea during chemotherapy. Presented at the
annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology, St. Louis, 1982.
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Nerenz, D.R., Leventhal, H., & Love, R.R. Psychological aspects of chemotherapy. Presented at the 20th Congress of Applied
Psychology, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1982.
Leventhal, H., & Nerenz, D.R. Illness representations and self-regulation. Presented at the annual meeting of the American
Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., 1982.
Nerenz, D.R. Coping with cancer chemotherapy. A longitudinal approach. Presented at the annual meeting of the American
Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., 1982.
Nerenz, D.R. Etiological factors in anticipatory nausea. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Washington, D.C., 1982.
Schaumburg, D., Straus, A., Nerenz, D.R., Leventhal, H., Love, R.R., & Ringler, K.E. Accurate information versus positive
thinking: Minimizing distress in cancer chemotherapy. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Washington, D.C., 1982.
Coons, H.L., Leventhal, H. & Nerenz, D.R. Factors associated with distress in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy.
Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1984.
Nerenz, D.R., Coons, H.L., Lasky, G., Leventhal, H., & Love, R.R. Adjustment to threatening events: cancer chemotherapy.
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, 1984.
Leventhal, H., & Nerenz, D.R. The design of psychological interventions for patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy.
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, 1984.
Ward, S.E., Coons, H.L., Schaumburg, D.R., Nerenz, D.R., & Leventhal, H. Perceived social support and distress during cancer
chemotherapy. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, 1984.
Nerenz, D.R. Veterans Administration psychiatric patient classification project. Presented at the annual meeting of the
American Psychological Association, Washington D.C., 1986.
Ashcraft, M.L.F., Fries, B.E., and Nerenz, D.R. Descriptive data from the VA's Psychiatric Patient Classification Project.
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, New Orleans, LA, 1987.
Ashcraft, M.L.F., Fries, B.E., and Nerenz, D.R., Development of an alternative classification system for acute inpatient
psychiatry. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Health Services Research, San Francisco, CA, 1988.
Nerenz, D. R. Do we have a good theory of coping and social support? Invited address at the annual meeting of the European
Society of Psychosocial Oncology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1988.
Fries, B.E., Nerenz, D.R., and Ashcraft, M.L.F. A classification and resource measurement system for acute and long-term
psychiatry and substance abuse patients. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston,
MA, 1988.
Nerenz, D.R., Fries, B.E., and Ashcraft, M.L.F. A model for payment of acute and long-term psychiatric care. Presented at the
annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, 1988.
Kupin, W.E., Rosman, H.S., Newcomb, C.S., and Nerenz, D.R. Perspectives and perceptions of internal medicine. Presented
at the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians-Michigan, Traverse City, MI, 1988.
Nerenz, D.R., Rosman, H.S., Newcomb, C.S., and Bolton, M.B. The on-call experience of residents in the department of
medicine. Presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Physician-Michigan, Traverse City, MI, 1988.
Bolton, M.B., Rosman, H.S., Simmer, T.L., Nerenz, D.R., and Newcomb, C.S. A method to evaluate and shape the quality of
resident training experience. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, Arlington, VA,
April, 1989.
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Bolton, M.B., Rosman, H.S., Simmer, T.L., and Nerenz, D.R. A method to evaluate and shape the quality of resident training
in internal medicine. Presented at the American College of Physician Regional Scientific Meeting, 1989.
Nerenz, D.R., Leventhal, H., and Bendena, L.M. Critical psychosocial issues. Presented at and Invitational Workshop on
Antiestrogen Prevention of Breast Cancer, Madison, WI., October, 1989.
Nerenz, D.R., Simmer, T.L., Rutt, W.M. An alternative to staffing inpatient units with house officers: Evaluation of costs and
outcomes. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Chicago, 1989.
Nerenz, D.R. Residents or staff attendings: Patient management on a internal medicine inpatient unit. Presented at the NIH
Invitational Workshop on Health Care Delivery Research Using Hospital Firms, Bethesda, MD, April, 1990.
Nerenz, D.R. Depression: Incidence, predictors, and identification. Presented at a meeting of the Tamoxifen Health Trial
Network, Madison, WI, June, 1990.
Nerenz, D.R., Simmer, T.L., & Rutt, W.M. A randomized, controlled trial of an attending staff service in general internal
medicine. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Health Services Research, Arlington, VA, June, 1990.
Nerenz, D.R. Firms research and continuous quality improvement. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Public
Health Association, New York, October, 1990.
Nerenz, D.R. Outcomes management for patients with diabetes: The Henry Ford Hospital Experience. Presented at the Sixth
Outcomes Management System Conference, Minneapolis, MN, May, 1991.
Whitehouse, F.W., Repasky, D.P., Nerenz, D.R., and Kahkonen, D.M. An "Outcomes Management" program for patients with
diabetes. Presented at the International Diabetes Federation Congress, Washington, D.C., June 1991.
Nerenz, D.R. Implementing an Outcomes Management program for diabetes. Presented at the International Diabetes
Federation Congress, Washington, D.C., June, 1991.
Nerenz, D.R. and Zajac, B.M. Indicators of performance for vertically integrated health systems. Presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Hospital Association, Anaheim, CA, July, 1991.
Nerenz, D.R. Indicators of performance for vertically integrated health systems. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Association for Health Services Research, Chicago, IL, June 1992.
Nerenz, D.R. & Zajac, B.M. Indicators of performance for vertically integrated health systems. Presented at the Fifth
International Conference on System Science in Health Care, Prague, Czechoslovakia, July 1992.
Nerenz, D.R. Measuring the health status of the community. Presented at the Temple University Symposium on Improving
the Health of the Community, Philadelphia, PA, March, 1993.
Nerenz, D.R. & Zajac, B.M. Measuring the performance of vertically integrated health systems. Presented at the Health Care
Forum's Healthier Communities Summit, San Francisco, CA, April, 1993.
Nerenz, D.R. Consortium Research on Indicators of System Performance (CRISP). Presented at the AHA's Section for
Health Care Systems Leadership Institute, San Diego, CA, April, 1993.
Nerenz, D.R. The systems indicator model. Presented at the 18th Annual Snowmass Institute, Snowmass, CO, July, 1993.
Nerenz, D.R. Measuring ambulatory care quality. Presentation to the VA/AAMC's Conference on Future Directions in VA
Ambulatory Care, Tampa, FL, September, 1993.
Nerenz, D.R. Developing uniform quality indicators - A multi-system data project. Presented at the AmHS Institute's Annual
Quality Improvement Education Conference, Dallas, TX, October, 1993.
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Nerenz, D.R. Assessing community health status. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Health
Data Organizations, Washington, D.C., December, 1993.
Nerenz, D.R. Leading Clinical Quality Improvement. Presented at The Healthcare Forum Conference, Pasadena, CA,
February, 1994.
Zapka, J.G., Palmer, R.H., Hargraves, J.L., Nerenz, D.R., Frazier, H.S., & Warner, C.K. Patient experience of system
performance and relationship to health status and satisfaction. Presented at the 11th International ISQA Conference, May,
1994.
Nerenz, D.R. Consortium Research on Indicators of System Performance (CRISP). Presented at the Spring Forum of the
Michigan Society for Healthcare Planning and Marketing. Ypsilanti, MI, June 1994.
Nerenz, D.R. Consortium Research on Indicators of System Performance (CRISP). Presented at the AHA's Learning
Laboratory. Detroit, MI, June 20, 1994.
Nerenz, D.R. Henry Ford Health System: A Provider-Driven Quality Initiative. Presented at Outcomes and Quality
Management: The Next Generation - Beyond Assessment and Reporting. San Francisco, CA, September 13, 1994.
Nerenz, D.R. Consortium Research on Indicators of System Performance (CRISP). Presented at the Annual ORSA/TIMS
Meeting. Detroit, MI, October 24, 1994.
Nerenz, D.R. Consortium Research on Indicators of System Performance (CRISP). Presented at the Second Annual AmHS
Institute Quality Improvement Education Conference. Seattle, WA, October 25, 1994.
Nerenz, DR "Consortium Research on Indicators of System Performance" Presented at the annual meeting of the New
Hampshire Hospital Association, Manchester, NH, January 11, 1995.
Nerenz, D.R. "Measuring Physician Integration in Health Care Systems". Presented at the Fourteenth Annual AHA Health
Care Systems Leadership Retreat. Tapatio Cliffs & Phoenix, Arizona, March 29-31, 1995.
Nerenz, D.R. "Achieving Quality in HMOs: The Role of Clinical Guidelines, Performance Measurement and Information
Systems". Presented at The Group Health Association of America and Agency for Health Care Policy and Research's
"Building Bridges" conference. Coronado, California, April 6-7, 1995.
Nerenz, DR "Measuring the Performance of Integrated Health Care Systems". Presented at the annual meeting of the Society
for Health Care Planning and Marketing, Boston, MA, May 10, 1995.
Williams, PD & Nerenz, DR "When Should Non-Parametric Tests be Used to Analyze SF-36 Scores"? Presented at the
annual meeting of the Association for Health Services Research, June 5-6, 1995.
Nerenz, DR "Measuring System Performance in Chronic Care". Presented at the annual meeting of the National Chronic
Care Consortium, Washington, DC, June 9, 1995.
Nerenz, DR " Consortium Research on Indicators of System Performance". Presented at the annual meeting of the Illinois
Hospital Association, Springfield, IL, June 16, 1995.
Nerenz, DR "Measuring the Performance of Health Care Systems - the CRISP Experience". Presented at the annual
Snowmass Institute, Snowmass, CO, August 2, 1995.
Nerenz, DR "Risk Adjustment for Outcome Measures: Moving from Inpatient to Outpatient Settings". Presented at the
Congress on Outcomes and Accountability, Washington, DC, December 12, 1995.
Nerenz, DR. "Measuring Health System Performance: The CRISP Experience". Presented to the Health Association of New
York State, New York, NY, March 1, 1996.
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Nerenz, DR. "Measuring Health System Performance". Presented at the Picker Institute's "Beyond the Hospital" conference,
St. Louis, MO, May 16, 1996.
Nerenz, DR "Report Cards / Profiling Practices" (invited discussant). 6th Regenstrief Conference, Marshall, IN, September 6,
1996.
Nerenz, DR "Consortium for Research on Indicators of System Performance (CRISP)" Presented at the Institute of
Medicine's National Roundtable on Health Care Quality, Washington, DC, September 13, 1996.
Nerenz, DR "Meeting the Quality Challenge: Consortium for Research on Indicators of System Performance." Presented to
the Board of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Chicago, IL, December 5, 1996.
Nerenz, DR. "Measuring Health System Performance". Presented at the annual meeting of the Michigan Society for Quality
Assurance, Traverse City, MI, June 26, 1997.
Nerenz, DR. "The Future of Benchmarking". Presented at the MGMA Systems for Benchmarking in Medical Group Practice
meeting, Chicago, IL, November 11, 1997.
Morlock, RJ, Nerenz, DR., Ward, et al. "Low Back Surgery - Ethnicity and Expectations". Presented at the Great Lakes
Health Services Research Symposium, Chicago, IL, March, 1998.
Nerenz, DR. "Medicaid, Managed Care, and Minority Populations: Issues in Quality of Care". Presented at the Joint Center
for Political and Economic Studies' Roundtable on Quality and Health Care, Washington, DC, March 11, 1998.
Morlock, RJ, Nerenz, DR, et al. "Information Technology in a Large, Multi-Site Outcomes Study". Presented at the
International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Congress, Philadelphia, PA, May, 1998.
Nerenz, DR. "Medicaid, Managed Care, and Minority Populations: Policy Recommendations", Presented at the Joint Center
for Political and Economic Studies' Congressional Briefing, Washington, DC, June 2, 1998.
Nerenz, DR. "Clinical Benchmarking". Presented at the MGMA Systems for Benchmarking in Medical Group Practice
meeting, Chicago, IL, June 8, 1998.
Morlock, RJ, Ward, RE, Nerenz, DR, et al. "Spine Surgery - Ethnicity and Expectations" (poster). Presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Association for Health Services Research, Washington, DC, June 22, 1998.
Nerenz, DR. "Report Cards on Hospital Quality". Presented to the University of Toronto / Ontario Hospital Association
Report Card Working Group. Toronto, Ontario, August 12, 1998.
Nerenz, DR. "Comparative Reports on Outcomes: Data System Requirements". Presented at the Health Information Systems
Association's Outcomes Management meeting, Troy, MI, September 25, 1998.
Morlock, RJ, Shaffrey, C., Nerenz, DR, et al. "Low Back Surgery Evaluations and Treatment Expectations". Presented at the
48th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, WA, October 5, 1998.
Morlock, RJ, Ward, RE, Nerenz, DR, et al. "Evaluation of the MODEMS Pain and Disability and Expectations Scale and a
Short Form of this Scale". Presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, WA,
October 5, 1998.
Nerenz, DR. "The Challenges and Complexities and Medical Specialization" (invited discussant). University of Michigan
Forum on Health Policy, Ann Arbor, MI, October 9, 1998.
Nerenz, DR. “Performance Reporting at the Henry Ford Health System”. The Canadian Institute - Performance
Measurement in Health Care, Toronto, ON, February 18, 1999.
Nerenz, DR. “A Report Card on Health Care for Minority Populations”. HMO Research Network Annual Conference,
Kahuku, HI, March 4, 1999.
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Nerenz, DR. “ Hospital Mergers - Cottage and Bon Secours”. Inbjudan Till Konferens - Struktur-forandringar Under Ytan,
Stockholm, Sweden, March 17, 1999.
Nerenz, DR. “A Report Card on Health Care for Minority Populations.” Presented at the 1999 Commonwealth Minority
Health Policy Fellows Conference, Boston, MA, May 13, 1999.
Nerenz, DR. “Measuring Health Outcomes for Quality Improvement and Purchaser Comparisons.” Presented at the
International Institute for Healthcare Management, Ann Arbor, MI, May 14, 1999.
Nerenz, DR. “”Managed Care Performance Measurement and Improvement: The Role of Racial and Ethnic Data”.
DHHS/Commonwealth Fund conference on Performance Measurement in Managed Care and its Role in Eliminating Racial
and Ethnic Disparities in Health. Washington, DC, June 7, 1999.
Nerenz, DR. “Performance Reporting at the Henry Ford Health System”. The Canadian Institute - Performance
Measurement in Health Care, Toronto, ON, June 18, 1999.
Nerenz, DR. “Report Cards: A Tool for Consumer Choice or a Benchmark for Quality?” Presented at the Second AHSR
Binational Research Conference (Canada-United States), Chicago, IL, June 26, 1999.
Morlock, RJ & Nerenz, DR. “A Brief Version of the MODEMS Pain and Disability Scale for Patients with Back Pain”.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Health Services Research (poster), Chicago, IL, June 28, 1999.
Nerenz, DR. “HMOs and the Uninsured and Underinsured”. Presented at the Raymond M. Murphy African American Health
Conference. Detroit, MI, October 22, 1999.
Whitelaw, N, Nerenz, DR, & Neslund-Dudas, C. “Performance Measures for the Recognition and Management of Depression
in Primary Care Settings. Presented at the AAHP 1999 Quality and Information Technology Conference, Palm Springs, CA,
October 29, 1999.
Nerenz, DR., Morlock, RJ, Nash, T. et al. “Gender And Racial Differences In Presentation And Initial Improvement
Following Lumbar Surgery”. Presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, MA,
November 1, 1999.
Nerenz, DR., Morlock, RJ, Nockels, R. et al. “Key Patient Factors in the Decision to Offer Surgery on the Lumbar Spine”.
Presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, MA, November 3, 1999.
Nerenz, R. “Quality of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care”. Presented at the Ford Motor Company Conference –
Quality 2000 – Evaluating Health Care Through Technology, Dearborn, MI, March 31, 2000.
Morlock, RJ & Nerenz, DR. “Surgical Decision Making and the Lumbar Spine”. Presented at the annual HMO Research
Network meeting (poster), Atlanta, GA, April 4-5, 2000.
Green-Weir, R & Nerenz, DR. “A Report Card on Health Care for Minority Populations”. Presented at the annual HMO
Research Network meeting (poster), Atlanta, GA, April 4-5, 2000.
Nerenz, DR. “Measurement Systems and Quality of Care for Minority Patients”. Presented at the Sixth Annual AAHPAHRQ “Building Bridges” Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 6-7, 2000.
Nerenz, DR. “Where Are We? How Did We Get There? Introduction to Managed Care”. Presented at the Legislative Policy
Forum, Lansing, MI, May 17, 2000.
Nerenz, DR. “Capacities and Limitations of Information Systems as Data Sources on Quality of Care at the End of Life”.
Presented at the 3rd Woods Hole Conference on Enhancing End of Life Care, Woods Hole, MA, June 17, 2000.
Morlock, R. & Nerenz, DR. “Accuracy of Surgeons’ Predictions About Outcomes of Spine Surgery”. Presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Association for Health Services Research (poster), Los Angeles, CA, June 26, 2000.
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Nerenz, DR. “Report Card on Health Care for Minority Populations”. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for
Health Services Research, Los Angeles, CA, June 27, 2000.
Nerenz, DR & Garcia, M. “Cultural and Linguistic Competence and Quality of Care”. Presented at the Picker Symposium,
Boston, MA, July 13, 2000.
Nerenz, DR. “Consumers with Special Communication Needs: Sponsor Perspective”. AHRQ Conference on Informing
Consumers About Health Care Quality, Bethesda, MD, December 22, 2000.
Nerenz, DR. “Health Plans’ Use of Data on Race/Ethnicity for Quality Improvement”. Agency for Health Care Research &
Quality, User Liaison Program, Strategies to Reduce Health Disparities, Tucson, AZ. April 6, 2001.
Nerenz, DR. “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care”. Department of Medicine – Grand Rounds Presentation, Sparrow
Hospital, Lansing, MI, April 24, 2001.
Nerenz, DR. & Neil, N. “Performance Measures for Health Care Systems”. Center For Health Management Research –
Spring IAB Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, May 17, 2001.
Shermer, J., Nerenz, DR., et al. “Patterns of Care for Patients with Depression”. Academy for Health Services Research and
Health Policy 2001 Annual Meeting (poster), Atlanta, GA, June 10, 2001.
Nerenz, DR. “A Health Plan Report Card on Quality of Care for Minority Patients” National Committee on Vital and Health
Statistics Quality Panel: Racial & Ethnic Minorities, Washington, DC, June 27, 2001.
Nerenz, DR. “Quality of Care Measures of Special Interest for Minority Populations”. National Quality Forum: Workshop on
Measuring & Reporting the Quality of Health Care for Minority Populations, Washington, DC, June 28, 2001.
Klingler, D., Green-Wier, R., Nerenz, D. R., Havstad, S., Rosman, H. S., Cetner, L., Shah, S., Wimbush, F. and Borzak, S. “SelfAttribution of Chest Pain Etiology: A Key to Racial Disparities in Care?” Abstract selected for an oral presentation at the
American Heart Association Annual Meeting, 2001.
Nerenz, D.R. “Patterns of Care for Patients with Depression”. MAHP Medical Directors Meeting. Lansing, MI, September
21, 2001.
Nerenz, D.R. “Health Plans’ Use of Data on Race/Ethnicity for Quality Improvement”. AAHP Performance Measurement
Conference: Measuring Performance in Health Plans: Integrating Quality, Adding Value. Chicago, IL. December 14, 2001.
Nerenz, D.R. “A Report Card on Health Care for Minority Populations”. Testimony presented to the Institute of Medicine
(IOM) Committee for Guidance in Designing a National Health Care Disparities Report. Washington DC, March 20, 2002.
Nerenz, D.R. “Research on Cultural and Linguistic Competence and Disparities in Quality of Care” (April 9, 2002). 8th
Annual HMO Research Network Conference, Long Beach, CA.
Nerenz, DR. “Health Plans’ Use of Data on Race/Ethnicity to Reduce Disparities.” Presented to Medicaid Technical
Advisory Group, Baltimore, MD, August 14, 2002.
Nerenz, DR. “Measuring Racial and Ethnic Health Care Disparities in Managed Care.” HRSA, Center for Health Services
Financing and Managed Care, Rockville, Maryland, October 23, 2002.
Nerenz, DR. “Health Plans' Use of Data on Race/Ethnicity to Reduce Disparities.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Association for Health Center Affiliated Health Plans, Ann Arbor, MI, November 2, 2002.
Nerenz, DR. “ Private Sector Organizations’ Collection of Data on Race/Ethnicity: What do we Know?” Presented to the
National Research Council Committee on National Statistics, Panel on DHHS Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data,
Washington, DC, December 12, 2002.
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Abdulhak, M., Marzouk, S. Schreiber, F, & Nerenz, DR. “Minimum Access Spine Technology: A Prospective, Randomized
Trial of Percutaneous vs. Open Techniques”. Presented at the AANS and CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and
Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, March 5-8, 2003.
Nerenz, DR. “Prescription Drug Coverage for Seniors.” Presented at the 2003 Conference on Aging “Well” for Independent
Living, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, March 19, 2003.
Nerenz, DR. “Health Plans’ Use of Data on Race/Ethnicity to Reduce Disparities.” Presented to the UMBC Center for
Health Program Development and Management Symposium, “The Effect of Managed Care on Minority Physicians and
Socially Vulnerable Populations in Maryland: Data Findings and Policy Alternatives”, Baltimore, Maryland, March 26, 2003.
Nerenz, DR. “Health Plans’ Use of Data on Race/Ethnicity to Reduce Disparities.” Presented at the HMO Research Network
Conference, Denver, Colorado, April 1, 2003.
Nerenz, DR. "Collecting Racial and Ethnic Data to Address Disparities in Health Care", Presented at the Alliance of
Community Health Plans 5th Annual Conference, "Quality Care: Linking Practice and Policy", Washington DC, May 15, 2003.
Nerenz, DR. “Generating Management Research on Improving Quality”. Presented at the 20 th Annual Research Meeting of
AcademyHealth, Nashville, TN, June 28, 2003.
Nerenz, DR. Health Plans’ Use of Data on Race/Ethnicity to Reduce Disparities. Presented at the annual meeting of the
National Academy for State Health Policy, Portland, OR, August 4, 2003.
Nerenz, DR. Performance Measures and Racial/Ethnic Disparities: How can Measurement be Part of the Solution? Presented
at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Commonwealth Fund conference: Outpatient Quality, Accountability, and
Measurmeent Planning Meeting: Leveraging Our Assets to Forge Alignment and Action. Princeton, NJ, August 26-28, 2003.
Nerenz, DR. “Health Plans’ Use of Data on Race/Ethnicity to Reduce Disparities.” Presented at the ULP/AHRQ Workshop:
Addressing Heath Care Disparities. New Orleans, LA, September 16, 2003.
Nerenz, DR. “Health Plans’ Use of Data on Race/Ethnicity to Reduce Disparities.” Presented at the 4 th UMDN/RWJMS
Conference on Culturally Competent Care: Multicultural Health Care: A Mosaic for the New Millennium. Philadelphia, PA,
September 19. 2003.
Shortridge, A, Nerenz, DR, Oberle, R. “Identifying Anomalies in Flagged Point Data: Can GAM Detect Late Stage Cancer
Clusters?” Presented at the Joint East Lakes-West Lakes Regional AAG Annual Meeting, Kalamazoo, MI, October 17-18,
2003.
Nerenz, DR. “Health Plans’ Use of Data on Race/Ethnicity to Reduce Disparities.” Presented at the National Association of
State Medicaid Directors, Fall 2003 Annual Meeting, Bethesda, MD, October 27-29, 2003.
Nerenz, DR. “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care”. Presented at the MSU/MDCH Disparities Workshop, Novi, MI,
February 20, 2004.
Marzouk S, Abdulhak M, Schreiber F, Nerenz DR: “A Comparison of Percutaneous and Open Lumbar Surgical Techniques.”
Presented at the 20th annual meeting of the AANS,CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, San Diego,
March, 2004.
Nerenz, DR. “Outcomes Research in Lung and Colon Cancer: The CRN’s CanCORS Project” Presented at
Hematology/Oncology Grand Rounds, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI March 26, 2004.
Nerenz, DR. “Estimating the Health Benefits of Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Quality of Care” (Poster)
Presented at the Annual Grantee Meeting – Program on Quality of Care for Underserved Populations, Commonwealth Fund,
New York, NY, April 20, 2004.
Nerenz, DR & Darling, D. “Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Context of Medicaid Managed Care:
A Six-State Demonstration Project”. Presented at the Roundtable on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, Civil Rights
Project, Harvard University, Boston, MA, May 18, 2004.
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Nerenz, DR. “Health Plans’ Use of Data on Race/Ethnicity to Reduce Disparities.” Presented to the Managed Care Advisory
Committee, Virginia Medicaid Program, Richmond, VA, June 2, 2004.
Hasnain-Wynia, R, Nerenz, DR, & Currier C. “Collection of Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Language Data in
Hospitals: Barriers and Facilitators” (Poster) Presented at the Annual Meeting of AcademyHealth, San Diego, CA, June 8,
2004.
Marzouk S, Abdulhak M, Schreiber F, Nerenz DR: “A Comparison of Percutaneous (Minimum ACCESS Spine Technology)
and Open Lumbar Surgical Techniques.” Presented at the Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, Calgary, June, 2004.
Nerenz, DR. “Research, Quality Improvement, and the Need for IRB Review”. Presented at the Alberta Research Ethics
Community Consensus Initiative – External Review Consultation, Calgary, Alberta, June 23-24, 2004.
Nerenz, DR. “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Quality of Care in Managed Care Plans”, Presented at the EXCEED Project
Community Advisory Panel meeting, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, September 17, 2004.
Nerenz, DR. “State Medicaid Programs as Catalysts for Addressing Disparities in Quality of Care”, Presented at the CHCS
Medicaid Managed Care Purchasing Institute, Atlanta, GA, November 4, 2004.
Nerenz, DR. “Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Quality of Care: What Would We Gain in Terms of Lives Saved,
Quality-Adjusted Life Years, or Days Off Work?” Presented at the Seminar Series in Public Health and Health Care Research,
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, November 9, 2004.
Nerenz, DR. “Managed Care Plans as Catalysts for Addressing Disparities in Quality of Care”, Presented at the CHCS BCAP
Workgroup Meeting “Improving Health Care Quality for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Populations”, Atlanta, GA, December
2, 2004.
Nerenz, DR. “Improving the Quality of Care for Diverse Populations: Strategies for Collecting and Using Data on Race and
Ethnicity”. Presented at the AHIP Regional Workshop on Strategies for Collecting and Using Data on Race, Ethnicity, and
Primary Language, Atlanta, GA, January 21, 2005.
Nerenz, DR. “The Business Case for Addressing Health Care Disparities.” Presented at the National Conference for
Community and Justice “Quality, Equality, Reality: Strategies for Reducing Health Care Disparities”, Detroit, MI, February 2,
2005.
Nerenz, DR. “Addressing Health Care Disparities.” Presented at the National Conference for Community and Justice
“Quality, Equality, Reality: Strategies for Reducing Health Care Disparities”, Detroit, MI, February 2, 2005.
Abdulhak, MM, Marzouk, S, Schreiber, FR, & Nerenz, DR. “A Comparison of Bone Morphogenetic Protein versus Allograft
in Percutaneous Dorsolateral Interbody Fusions” . Presented at the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and
Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, AZ, March 9-12, 2005.
Nerenz, DR. “Improving the Quality of Care for Diverse Populations: Strategies for Collecting and Using Data on Race and
Ethnicity”. Presented at the AHIP Regional Workshop on Strategies for Collecting and Using Data on Race, Ethnicity, and
Primary Language, New York, NY, March 16, 2005.
Nerenz, DR, Vijan, S, Moon, C, & Joseph, C. “Estimating the Health Benefits of Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in
Quality of Care” (poster) Presented at the HMO Ressearch Network Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, April 4, 2005.
Tammemagi, CM, Neslund-Dudas, C, Nerenz, DR, Ford, M, Simoff, M, & Kvale, P. “Multiple Factors, Including Comorbidity
and Symptoms, Mediate African American Disparities in Lung Cancer Outcomes” Presented at the HMO Research Network
Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, April 5, 2005.
Nerenz, DR. “Improving the Quality of Care for Diverse Populations: Strategies for Collecting and Using Data on Race and
Ethnicity”. Presented at the AHIP Regional Workshop on Strategies for Collecting and Using Data on Race, Ethnicity, and
Primary Language, Albuquerque, NM, April 6, 2005.
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Nerenz, DR, Vijan, S, Moon, C, Joseph, C, & Williams, LK. “Health Benefits Related to Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities
in Quality of Care”, Presented at the AHRQ/AHIP Building Bridges Conference, Santa Fe, NM, April 7, 2005.
Nerenz, DR. “Improving the Quality of Care for Diverse Populations: Strategies for Collecting and Using Data on Race and
Ethnicity”. Presented at the AHIP Regional Workshop on Strategies for Collecting and Using Data on Race, Ethnicity, and
Primary Language, Chicago, IL, April 20, 2005.
Abdulhak, M, Marzouk, S, Schreiber, F, & Nerenz, DR. “Minimum Invasive Spine Fusion Using Bone Morphogenic Protein
(BMO) and Hydrosorb Cages: A Pioneering Approach to Lumbar Fusion”. Presented at the 13 th World Congress of
Neurologic Surgery, Marrakesh, Morocco, June 23, 2005.
Hasnain-Wynia, R, Baker, D, Behal, R, Nerenz, DR, & Weissman, J. “Disparities in Inpatient Quality of Care Measures by
Race and Ethnicity”. Presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, June 27, 2005.
Marzouk, S, Abdulhak, M, Schreiber, F, Nerenz, DR. “Minimally Invasive Fusion Surgery: A Prospective Study.” Presented at
the Third Annual World Spine Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 31 – August 3, 2005.
Nerenz, DR. Addressing Disparities Through Organizational Quality Improvement Efforts (Keynote Address). Third Annual
Harvard Symposium on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in the U.S. Boston, MA, October 21, 2005.
Nerenz, DR. Effectiveness of Conventional Medical Therapies and CAM: Same Standards of Evidence? (Keynote Address)
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: An Evidence-Based Overview for the Health Care Provider. Uniondale, NY,
December 2, 2005.
Nerenz, DR. Information Technology as a Way to Address Health Disparities. Presented at the Wayne State University
conference on Information Technology and Health Disparities, Detroit, MI, April 19, 2006.
Nerenz, DR. Addressing Disparities Through Quality Improvement Initiatives. Presented at the 2006 New York State
Medicaid Managed Care Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, May 31, 2006.
Urmie, J, Chrischilles, E, Weeks, J, Brooks, J, Predergast, J, Provenzale, D, Nerenz, DR, & West, D. “Preferences And Beliefs
Of Lung And Colorectal Cancer Patients: The Role Of Demographic And Socioeconomic Variables”. Presented at the annual
AcademyHealth meeting, Seattle, WA, June 25-27, 2006.
Nerenz, DR. “Addressing Disparities Through Quality Improvement Initiatives”. Presented at the NCQA Conference on
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services and Health Care Disparities, Redondo Beach, CA, September 14, 2006.
Nerenz, DR, Gates, M, Schultz, L, Ciach, K, & Shukairy, M. “Predictors of Outcome Among Elderly Spine Surgery Patients”.
Presented at the meeting of the Aging Spine Physician Advisory Board, Seattle, WA, September 26, 2006.
Nerenz, DR. “Addressing Disparities Through Quality Improvement Initiatives: Collecting Data on Race, Ethnicity, and
Primary Language”. Presented at the NCQA Conference on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services and Health
Care Disparities, Arlington, VA, October 18, 2006.
Nerenz, DR. “Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: How do we Set Priorities?” Presented at the Michigan
Department of Community Health Epidemiology Seminar Series, Lansing, MI, November 13, 2006.
Nerenz, DR. “Addressing Disparities in Health Care: Looking Back and Looking Forward”. Presented at the CHCS Quality
Summit, Miami Beach, FL, December 14, 2006.
Nerenz, DR, Williams, K, Elston Lafata, J, Moon, C, & Vijan, S. Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Quality of Care: Are
We Focusing on the Right Things? Presented at the Annual AcademyHealth Meeting, Orlando, FL, June 3, 2007.
Gates, M, Shukairy, M, Schultz, L, Ciach, K, Nerenz, DR. Stability of Clinical Outcomes in Elderly Patients Receiving Lumbar
Spine Surgery. Presented at the Word Spine Society annual meeting, Instanbul, Turkey, July 28-30, 2007.
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Gates, M, Shukairy, M, Schultz, L, Ciach, K, Nerenz, DR. Stability of Clinical Outcomes in Elderly Patients Receiving Cervical
Spine Surgery. Presented at the Word Spine Society annual meeting, Instanbul, Turkey, July 28-30, 2007.
Shukairy, M, Gates, M, Schultz, L, Ciach, K, Nerenz, DR. Clinical Outcomes in Elderly Patients Receiving Lumbar Spine
Fusion Surgery. Presented at the Word Spine Society annual meeting, Instanbul, Turkey, July 28-30, 2007.
Nerenz, DR. Using Data on Race/Ethnicity to Identify Disparities in Quality of Care and to Track Progress of Efforts to
Reduce Disparities. Massachusetts General Hospital Web Seminar Presentation, October 16, 2007.
Nerenz, DR. Using Data on Race/Ethnicity to Identify Disparities in Quality of Care and to Track Progress of Efforts to
Reduce Disparities. Presented at the NCQA “Breakthroughs in Reducing Health Care Disparities” meeting, Washington, DC,
November 12, 2007.
Nerenz, DR. Working with Private Purchasers in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Presented at the
Brookings Institution High Value Health Care Disparities Workshop. Washington, DC, December 11, 2007.
Nerenz, DR & Liu, Y. “Eliminating Disparities in Quality of Care: Is there an Employer Business Case?” Presented at the
annual meeting of the HMO Research Network, Minneapolis, MN, April 13-15, 2008.
Krishnamurthy, S, Amin, B, Malik GM, Nerenz, DR, Schultz, L. “Does Race Matter in Predicting Aneurysm?” AANS Annual
Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 26-May 1, 2008.
Nerenz, DR, Bennet, J, Liang, J, & Elston Lafata, J. Path Analysis as an Approach to Understanding Racial/Ethnic Disparities
in Health Care. Presented at the 25th Annual AcademyHealth meeting (joint HMORN-BCBSA session), Washington, DC, June
7, 2008.
Nerenz, DR. “Building Bridges Between Researchers and Managers – Can it be Done?” Presented at the 2nd AHRQ Annual
Conference, Bethesda, MD, September 8, 2008.
Nerenz, DR. “Addressing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Quality of Care” Keynote address at the AHIP Medicaid Conference,
Washington, DC, September 25, 2008.
Al-Mallah, M, Alqaisi, F, Nerenz, DR, Boedeker, S, & Weaver, WD. “Does a Public Smoking Ban Reduce the Incidence of
Myocardial Infaraction in Michigan? A Systematic Review and Attributable Risk Analysis.” Presented at the Annual Meeting
of the American Heart Association, New Orleans, LA, November 11, 2008.
Amin B, Abdulhak M, Nerenz DR. A Comparison of Percutaneous (Minimum Access Spine Technology) and Open Lumbar
Surgical Techniques with 2-Year Follow-up. AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual
Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, March 11 - 14, 2009 [poster]
Nerenz, DR. “Methods for Estimating the Incidence and Prevalence of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in the U.S. Population.”
Presented at the ATSDR ALS and MS Surveillance Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, June 24, 2009.
Nerenz, DR & Liu, YW. “Eliminating Disparities in Quality of Care: Is there an Employer Business Case?” Presented at the
AcademyHealth annual meeting, Chicago, IL, June 27, 2009.
Nerenz, DR. “Standardization of Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data Collection”. Presented at the meeting of the Hospital
Quality Alliance, Washington, DC, September 9, 2009.
Nerenz, DR. “Standardization of Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data Collection”. Presented at the meeting of the Institute of
Medicine Board on Health Care Services, Washington, DC, September 15, 2009.
Nerenz, DR. “Standardization of Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data Collection”. Presented at the AHRQ Annual
Conference, Washington, DC, September 15, 2009.
Nerenz, DR. “Standardization of Race, Ethincity, and Language Data Collection”. Presented at the 32 nd Annual Kaiser
National Diversity Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 5, 2009.
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Hornbrook, MC, Naleway, A, Bulkley, J, Andrade, SE, Newman, D, Nerenz, DR, et al. Developing a Disease Registry for
Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis Using the VDW. Presented at the HMO Research Network Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, March
23, 2010.
Albers, KB, Hoffman, SN, Hornbrook, MC, Naleway, A, Bulkley, J, Andrade, S.E., Newman, D, Nerenz, DR, et al. An
Algorithm For Classifying Potential Cases Of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis From Electronic Health Records Using Decision
Tree Analysis. Presented at the HMO Research Network Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, March 23, 2010.
Nerenz, D.R., “The Use of PROMIS and the Assessment Center in Clinical Populations” Presented at the HMO Research
Network Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, March 24, 2010.
Schwalb, J & Nerenz, DR. Racial Disparities In The Diagnosis Of Trigeminal Neuralgia. Presented at the 2010 AANS Annual
Meeting, May 1-5, 2010, Philadelphia, PA.
Nerenz, DR, Pietrantoni, L, Schultz, L, Garden, B, Obeid, L, Swartz, A, Shatz, R, Rubinfeld, I. Initial Experience With The
PROMIS Measurement System In Clinical Populations. Presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the International Society for
Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Atlanta, GA, May 17, 2010.
Nerenz DR, Pietrantoni L, Schultz L, Garden,B, Shatz,R . Agreement Between Patients With Mild Dementia And Caregivers
On The PROMIS CAT Measure Of Perceived Cognitive Function. Presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the International
Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Atlanta, GA, May 18, 2010.
Nerenz DR, Pietrantoni L, Schultz L, Obeid L, Swartz A, Rubinfeld I, Velanovich, V. Agreement Between PROMIS Global
Health Scale And Sf-36 Scores Among Surgical Patients. Presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the International Society for
Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Atlanta, GA, May 17, 2010.
Nerenz, DR. Measuring Coordination of Care and Efficiency. AMGA Learning Collaborative on Accountable Care
Organizations, Hollywood, FL, October 2, 2010.
Nerenz, DR, Pietrantoni, L, Schultz, L, Obeid, L, Swartz, A, Rubinfeld, I, & Velanovich, V. Agreement Between PROMIS
Global Health Scale and SF-36 Scores Among Surgical Patients. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society
for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), London, England, October 28, 2010.
Nerenz, DR The Future? The National Institutes Of Health PROMIS Project. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), San Antonio, TX, April 2, 2011.
Nerenz, DR & Barkley, GL. Patterns of Care For Patients With Epilepsy. Presented at the Institute of Medicine Workshop on
Health Care Quality and Access and Education of Health Care Providers, Patients, and the Public, Washington, DC, June 28,
2011.
Phillips, SB, Nerenz, DR, Elisevich, K, & Krishnamurthy, S. The cost of preventable external ventricular drain replacement
procedures. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 3, 2011.
Gardner-Gray, J, Jaehne, AK, Clark, A, Brown, S, Coba, V, Nerenz, D, & Rivers EP. Compliance To An Early Sepsis
Intervention Strategy Saves Lives And Hospital Costs. 9th Annual Research Symposium, Henry Ford Medical Group Academic
Affairs. Detroit, MI, May 10-11, 2012.
Schwalb, J, Jankowski, M, Schultz, L, & Nerenz D. Surgical Treatment Of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (iNPH)
in The United States: 2003-2009. Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2012 Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, October 6-10, 2012.
Gardener Gray, J, Clark, A, Brown, S, Rivers, EP, Conway, W, Nerenz, D, Coba, V, McGregor, K, & Schlichting A. Cost
Savings Associated With Compliance To An Early Sepsis Intervention Strategy. Chest 2012, Atlanta GA, October 20-25, 2012.
Gordon,SC, Lamerato, LL, Rupp, LB, Holmberg, SD, Moorman, AC, Spradling, P, Teshale, E, Nakasato, C, Boscarino, JA,
Hendle, E, Nerenz, D, Oja-Tebbe, N, & Lu, M, for the CHeCS Investigators. Hepatitis B Therapy and Incidence of
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a U.S. Population. 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver
Disease, Boston, MA, November 9-11, 2012.
Lu, M, Lamerato, LE, Rupp, LB, Holmberg, SD, Moorman, AC, Spradling, P, Teshale, E, Nakasato, C, Boscarino, JA, Henkle,
E, Nerenz, D, & Gordon SC for the CHeCS Investigators. Noninvasive Serum Markers to Stage Fibrosis in Patients with
Chronic Hepatitis B Infection. 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, Boston, MA,
November 9-11, 2012.
Holmberg, SD, Lu, M, Lamerato, LE, Rupp, LB, Moorman, AC, Spradling, P, Teshale, E, Nakasato, C, Boscarino, JA, Henkle,
E, Nerenz, D, & Gordon SC for the CHeCS Investigators. Optimal Noninveasive Markers for Fibrosis Stage in Chronic
Hepatitis C. . 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, Boston, MA, November 9-11,
2012.
Nerenz, DR, Abdulhak, M, Chedid, M, Hendren, S, Abood, C, & Thomas, G. Panel Discussion: Staying Ahead of the Curve:
What’s the Advantage to Participating in a Best-Practice Collaborative? Case Study: The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
SPINE Collaborative. Presented at the annual meeting of the Michigan Association of Neurological Surgeons (MANS).
Crystal Mountain, MI, June 1, 2013.
Nerenz, DR, Siddiqui, A, Gnam, G, Gammon, H, Ruffin, WJ. CMMI Innovation Challenge: Mobility – the Sixth Vital Sign.
Presented at the American College of Healthcare Executives meeting, San Diego, CA, September 25, 2013.
Nerenz, DR, Gonsahn, M, & Hu, J. The Affordable Care Act: Implementation in Michigan and Possible Effects on the VA.
Presented at the 5th Annual VA Leadership Retreat, Detroit, MI, October 28, 2013.
Nerenz, DR. Collection of Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data at Henry Ford Health System. Presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Michigan Cancer Consortium, East Lansing, MI, November 20, 2013.
Nerenz, DR, Siddiqui, A, Gnam, G, Gammon, H, & Ruffin, WJ. CMMI Innovation Challenge: Mobility – the Sixth Vital Sign.
Presented at the American College of Healthcare Executives Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25, 2014.
Nerenz, DR. The Affordable Care Act: Significant Issues for Specialty Physicians. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Neurotology Society, Las Vegas, NV, May 17, 2014.
Abdulhak, A, Chedid, M, Schwalb, J, Krinock, M, Nerenz, DR. MSSIC Project Update. Presented at the Annual Meeting of
the Michigan Association of Neurological Surgeons (MANS), Crystal Mountain, MI, May 31, 2014.
Nerenz, DR. The Affordable Care Act: Significant Issues for Specialty Physicians. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Michigan Otolaryngology Society, Crystal Mountain, MI, August 2, 2014.
Nerenz, DR. Sociodemographic Risk Adjustment for Health Care Performance Measures. Presented at a meeting of the
National Health Policy Forum, Washington, DC, September 26, 2014.
Nerenz, DR. Medicare Policy: How it Gets Set, and Three Issues to Watch. Presented at the University of Kentucky Law
School, Lexington, KY, February 25, 2015.
Nerenz, DR. Sociodemographic risk adjustment for health care performance measures. Presented at Department of
Medeicine Grand Rounds, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, February 26, 2015.
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