Joseph Restuccia, DrPH
Professor, Operations & Technology Management - Boston University Questrom School of Business
Biography
Joseph Restuccia, DrPH, MPH is Professor and Chair Emeritus, Operations and Technology Management Department and Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar Boston University Questrom School of Business. Dr. Restuccia also holds the positions of Visiting Professor at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy and at Catholic University in Milan and Rome, Italy. He previously served as a Research Scientist at the Veterans Health Administration’s Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR). Dr. Restuccia’s teaching and research spans over 40 years and has focused on issues related to health care quality measurement and improvement, cost containment, information technology, and healthcare system transformation. Among his activities are developing the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol, a quality improvement instrument used internationally; co-authoring the widely-used health care Organizational Transformation Model; and publishing extensively in the health services research literature. His research has been funded with over $8,000,000 of extramural support as Principal or Co-Principal Investigator by organizations including US AHRQ, VA HSR&D, US HRSA, the Commonwealth Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He has also consulted with numerous organizations in both the U.S. and in Europe on improving health care quality and productivity. Dr. Restuccia has served as a Senior Fellow at Boston University’s Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy and the boards of the University of California, Berkeley Center for Lean Engagement and Research (CLEAR); the Global Education Network for Innovation Education (GENiE); the Institute for Community Health; and the Scientific Advisory Committee of Catholic’s Graduate School of Economics and Management (ALTEMS).
Other Positions
- Chair, Operations & Technology Management - Boston University Questrom School of Business
- - VA Boston Healthcare System
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, DPH/DrPH Field of Study: Social Administration/Health Science
- University of California, Berkeley, MPH Field of Study: Health Administration
- Tufts University, BA Field of Study: Political Science
Publications
- Published on 1/24/2023
Chaiken B, Restuccia J. Process Improvement and Information Technology: The Keys to Health Care Transformation. J Ambul Care Manage. 2023 Apr-Jun 01; 46(2):106-113. PMID: 36727744.
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- Published on 4/1/2020
Shwartz M, Restuccia JD. Commentary on "Improving Quality Measurement: Design Principles for Quality Measures". J Ambul Care Manage. 2020 Apr/Jun; 43(2):106-109. PMID: 32011415.
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- Published on 8/7/2018
Sullivan JL, Shin MH, Engle RL, Yaksic E, VanDeusen Lukas C, Paasche-Orlow MK, Starr LM, Restuccia JD, Holmes SK, Rosen AK. Evaluating the Implementation of Project Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) in Five Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Hospitals. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2018 11; 44(11):663-673. PMID: 30097383.
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- Published on 4/5/2018
Mohr DC, Eaton JL, Meterko M, Stolzmann KL, Restuccia JD. Factors associated with internal medicine physician job attitudes in the Veterans Health Administration. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 04 05; 18(1):244. PMID: 29622008.
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- Published on 4/1/2018
Restuccia JD, Shwartz M. Commentary on "Moving Toward Paying for Outcomes in Medicaid". J Ambul Care Manage. 2018 Apr/Jun; 41(2):97-98. PMID: 29474247.
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- Published on 2/27/2018
Villa S, Restuccia JD, Anessi-Pessina E, Rizzo MG, Cohen AB. Quality improvement strategies and tools: A comparative analysis between Italy and the United States. Health Serv Manage Res. 2018 11; 31(4):205-217. PMID: 29486603.
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- Published on 12/1/2015
Shwartz M, Restuccia JD, Rosen AK. Composite Measures of Health Care Provider Performance: A Description of Approaches. Milbank Q. 2015 Dec; 93(4):788-825. PMID: 26626986.
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- Published on 11/27/2015
Borzecki A, Chen Q, Restuccia J, Mull H, Shwartz M, Gupta K, Hanchate A, Strymish J, Rosen A. Response to: 'Misinterpretation of meaning and intended use of potentially preventable readmissions' by Goldfield et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 Mar; 25(3):208-9. PMID: 26614775.
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- Published on 8/17/2015
Borzecki AM, Chen Q, Restuccia J, Mull HJ, Shwartz M, Gupta K, Hanchate A, Strymish J, Rosen A. Do pneumonia readmissions flagged as potentially preventable by the 3M PPR software have more process of care problems? A cross-sectional observational study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Dec; 24(12):753-63. PMID: 26283672.
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- Published on 3/9/2015
McHugh M, Kang R, Cohen AB, Restuccia JD, Periyanayagam U, Hasnain-Wynia R. Use of quality improvement interventions and the link to performance on percutaneous intervention for acute myocardial infarction. J Emerg Med. 2015 Jun; 48(6):744-50. PMID: 25766427.
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