Dushka Crane, Ph.D., L.S.S.B.B., is the Director of Behavioral Health in the Department of Psychiatry at The Ohio State University Medical Center. She conducts research on the impact of new healthcare delivery models and the use of electronic health records to support quality improvement and performance measurement. In addition, Dr. Crane facilitates and evaluates programs to reduce opioid use disorder, implement best practices for chronic disease, and integrate services across systems including behavioral health, primary care, child welfare, and long-term care. At AcademyHealth, Dr. Crane is a project director on University of Pittsburgh’s Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network: Equity and Quality Improvement for Medicaid Programs (MODRN EQUIP) Project.    

Authored by Dushka Crane, Ph.D., L.S.S.B.B.

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Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network: Equity and Quality Improvement for Medicaid Programs (MODRN EQUIP)

AcademyHealth's Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute, as the Administrative Coordinating Center for the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network, supports the University of Pittsburgh and 11 additional state-university research teams to develop opioid use disorder (OUD) quality measures that can be constructed at the provider level, incorporate patient experience, and center health equity.
Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Building Healthy Communities Health Equity