HELLO, I'M
Aaron Tierney, PhD
Health Information Technology, Implementation Science, &
Organizations and Management Scholar
About
MY BACKGROUND
I am a Clinical Informatics Postdoctoral Fellow at Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research. My research interests include studying ways to improve access and utilization of health information technologies among disadvantaged populations, reduce physician burden (especially in relation to the electronic medical record), and implementation science.
Education
WHAT I’VE LEARNED
2019-2023
UC Berkeley School of Public Health
PhD Health Policy- Organizations and Management
Dissertation: Virtual Diabetes and Hypertension Care in Community Health Centers: Use, Quality, and Patient Preferences
Chancellor's Fellow; Stephen Shortell & Leonard Schaeffer Fellow
2011-2015
Columbia University in the City of New York
BA Psychology
Kluge Scholar; Frank W. Chambers Scholar
Experience
WHERE I’VE WORKED
July 2023-Current
Clinical Informatics Postdoctoral Fellow
Kaiser Permanente
Division of Research
February 2021–Current
Student Editor (End date: January 2023); Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Subcommittee Member
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
August 2019–May 2023
Graduate Student Researcher & Instructor
UC Berkeley School of Public Health
May 2020–May 2023
Graduate Student Researcher
UCSF Center for Clinical Informatics and Improvement Research
August 2017–August 2019
Social Science Research Coordinator
Stanford University School of Medicine
October 2012–May 2015
Lab Assistant
Columbia University Medical Center
Skills & Languages
WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLE
STATA, R, SPSS
Grant Writing
Qualtrics, REDCap, Sawtooth
English
Japanese
Mandarin Chinese
Covidence
Awards
WHERE I SHINE
Chancellor's Fellowship
Stephen Shortell & Leonard Schaeffer Fellowship
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Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award- 2022
American Medical Informatics Association Leadership and Education Awards Donation (AMIA LEAD) Scholar- 2022
Teaching Experience
HOW I'VE PASSED ON KNOWLEDGE
Organizational Behavior and Management in Health Care, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
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Health Policy and Management Breadth Course, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Sample Publications
WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON LATELY
Tierney, A.A., Payán, D.D., Brown, T., Aguilera, A., Shortell S.M. & Rodriguez, H.P. (2023) Telehealth use, care continuity, and quality: Diabetes and hypertension care in community health centers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical Care, 61, S62-S69. doi:10.1097/MLR.0000000000001811
Tierney, A.A. & Rosner, B.I. (2023) Clinical assessment of residents: A survey of clinician educators regarding resident assessment burden and modifiable factors. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 15:1, 92-97. doi:10.4300/JGME-D-22-00188.1
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Tierney, A.A., Shortell, S.M., Rundall, T.G., Blodgett, J.C., & Reponen, E. (2022). Examining the Relationship Between the Lean Management System and Quality Improvement Care Management Processes. Quality Management in Health Care, 31:1, 1-6. doi: 10.1097/QMH.0000000000000318
Tierney, A.A., Haverfield, M.C., McGovern, M.P., & Zulman, D.M. (2020). Advancing evidence synthesis from effectiveness to implementation: Recommendations for the integration of implementation measures into evidence synthesis approaches. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 35, 1219-1226. doi:10.1007/s11606-019-05586-3 Named #1 Editor’s Pick for Top Three Implementation Science Papers in JGIM in 2019
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Payán, D.D., Frehn, J.L., Garcia, L., Tierney, A.A., & Rodriguez, H.P. (2022) Telemedicine implementation and use in community health centers during COVID-19: Clinic personnel and patient perspectives. SSM-Qualitative Research in Health, 2, 100054. doi:10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100054 Featured on The Verge
Haverfield, M.C., Tierney, A., Schwartz, R., Bass, M.B., Brown-Johnson, C., Zionts, D.L., Safaeinili, N., Fischer, M., Shaw, J.G., Thadaney, S., Piccininni, G., Lorenz, K.A., Asch, S.M., Verghese, A., Zulman, D.M. (2020) Can patient-provider interpersonal interventions achieve the quadruple aim of healthcare? A systematic review. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 35, 2107-2117. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05525-2
Zulman, D.M., Haverfield, M.C., Shaw, J.G., Brown-Johnson, C.G., Schwartz, R., Tierney, A.A., Zionts, D.L., Safaeinili, N., Fischer, M., Thadaney Israni, S., Asch, S.M., & Verghese, A. (2020) Practices to foster physician presence and connection with patients in the clinical encounter. JAMA, 323:1, 70-81. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.19003 Received John A. Benson Jr., MD Professionalism Article Prize from the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in 2020