Institute for Health Care Delivery Research
Institute Faculty

Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D., MPH
Achieving Organizational & Individual Behavior Change in Healthcare

• Extreme Makeover: The Case of VA Healthcare – PowerPoint

• Kizer, K. "Establishing Health Care Performance Standards in an Era of Consumerism." JAMA. 2001; 286: 1213-1217
• Kizer, K. "Conducting a Dissonant Symphony." Modern Healthcare Opinions and Commentary. April 5, 2004. pg. 20
• Kizer, K. "The Emerging Imperative for Health Care Quality Improvement." Academic Emergency Medicine. 2002;9: 1078-1084
• Kizer, K. "Patient Safety: A Call to Action." A Consensus Statement From The National Quality Forum
• The National Quality Forum. "Standardizing a Patient Safety Taxonomy." NQF Project Brief. January, 2004
• Kizer, K. "Reengineering the Veterans Healthcare System." 2000 Springer Verlag, New York, Inc. Advancing Federal Sector Healthcare. Edited by Ramsaroop, et al., pg. 79-96
• Jha, A, Perlin, J, Kizer, K, and Dudley, A. "Effect of the Transformation of the Veteran Affairs Health Care System on the Quality of Care." New England Journal of Medicine 2003; 348: 2218-27
• Ashton, C, Souchek, J, Petersen, N, Menke, T, Collins, T, Kizer, K, Wright, S, and Wray, N. "Hospital Use and Survival Among Veterans Affairs Beneficiaries." New England Journal of Medicine. 2003; 349: 1637-46
• Fisher, E. "Medical Care – Is More Always Better?" New England Journal of Medicine. 349;17, www.nejm.org, October 23, 2003