Kirk T. Phillips, MSW, MS, PhD
Adjunct Instructor
Department of Epidemiology
Phone: (319) 430-9566
Email: kirk-phillips@uiowa.edu
Dr. Phillips is a clinical informaticist and biostatistician with the Iowa Health System (http://www.ihs.org/), performing studies in clinical performance improvement for their corporate offices and nine hospitals in the midwest. These studies include measures of utilization and clinical performance, addressing topics of heart failure, AMI, pneumonia, stroke, health literacy, behavioral health, and others.
Prior positions include: Medical Research Consultant with Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa (1990-2000), Director of Research and Health Policy with the Iowa Foundation for Medical Care (1985-1989), and Director of Data and Health Information Systems with the Health Policy Corporation of Iowa (May 1980-1985).
Organizations
Chairman Elect – Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Work Group, American Medical Informatics Association (Washington, DC), 2005 to present.
Board Member, Institutional Review Board #1: Iowa Health – Des Moines/ Iowa Health System (Des Moines, Iowa), 2003 – present.
Courses Taught
096:283:001 Health Informatics I
021:280 Health Informatics II
I173:200 Independent Study in Epidemiology
Current Research Interests
- Public health informatics
- Measurement of health care quality and clinical performance improvement
- Management of large administrative data sets
- Knowledge discovery, intelligent data analysis, data mining
- Ethical conduct of research
Selected Publications
Phillips, KT. Design and testing of a knowledge-based system for treatment of heart failure patients in a hospital system. The University of Iowa, 2005
Rautiainen RH, Ledolter J, Sprince NL, Donham KJ, Burmeister LF, Ohsfeldt R, Reynolds SJ, Phillips K, Zwerling C. Effects of premium discount on Worker’s Compensation claims in agriculture in Finland. AJIM 48:100-109 (August, 2005).
Saleh, Shadi S., Phillips, K. T., Schootman, M., Fuortes, L. Evaluation of Medicaid status, race, and urbanicity as risk factors for asthma hospitalization. Texas Journal of Rural Health 2001; 19(1): 49-56).
Briggs, Lee W., James E. Rohrer, Robert L. Ludke, Peter Hilsenrath, and Kirk T. Phillips. Geographic Variation in Primary Care Visits in Iowa. Health Services Research, December 1995; 30:5.
McGuire, Sheila M., Kirk T. Phillips and James Weinstein. Factors That Affect Surgical Rates in Iowa. Spine, November 18, 1994; 19:2038-2040.
Phillips, Kirk T.. Data Driven Strategies. PCMS Bulletin, May/June 1993; 114-115.
Fuortes, Laurence, Kirk T. Phillips and Joann Muldoon. Traumatic Head and Spinal Cord Injury in Iowa. Iowa Medicine. December 1990; 80:560-562.
Bognanni, Sal and Kirk T. Phillips. Cost Savings Through Reductions in Hospital Use. Inquiry, Winter 1982; 19:336-345. |
