
Sara J. Singer, PhD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Health Care Management and Policy, Harvard University and CHP/PCOR Adjunct Affiliate; Former CHP/PCOR Senior Research Scholar677 Huntington Avenue
Kresge, Room 336
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Research Interests
state, national, and international health care system reform; the impact of financing, organization, and public and private policies on cost, quality, and access
Sara Singer's Curriculum Vitae (167.2KB, modified January 2007)
Sara Singer is a senior research scholar at CHP/PCOR. She served as executive director of the Center for Health Policy until August 2003. She previously served as staff director of the California Managed Health Care Improvement Task Force, and as senior legislative analyst on health policy to moderate Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee during the committee's debate of the Health Security Act of 1994. She has provided strategic and technical expertise to national and international policymakers and to health industry leaders. In addition to lecturing on health policy and management, she conducts research on public- and private-sector regulation of health insurance and health care in the United States and around the world. She holds an AB from Princeton University and an MBA with a certificate in public management from Stanford University.
Publications
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Improving Patient Safety by Taking Systems Seriously
SM Shortell, Sara J. Singer
Journal of the American Medical Association vol. 299, 4 (2008)
An Overview of Patient Safety Climate in the VA
CW Hartmann, AK Rosen, M Meterko, P Shokeen, S Zhao, Sara J. Singer, Alyson Falwell, David M. Gaba
Health Services Research (2008)
Workforce Perceptions of Hospital Safety Culture: Development and Validation of the Patient Safety Climate in Healthcare Organizations Survey
Sara J. Singer, M Meterko, Laurence C. Baker, David M. Gaba, Alyson Falwell, A Rosen
Health Services Research vol. Online Early Article (2007)
Safety Culture: Is the Unit the Right Unit of Analysis?
David M. Gaba, Sara J. Singer, AK Rosen
Critical Care Medicine vol. 35, 1 (2007)
Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine, 3rd Edition
EH Shortliffe, JJ Cimino, Alan M. Garber, Douglas K. Owens, Sara J. Singer, Alain C. Enthoven
Springer (2006)

Events & Presentations
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- 4th Patient Safety Consortium meeting
August 29, 2005 Conference
Laurence C. Baker, Sara J. Singer, David M. Gaba, Paul Uhlig, MD
presentation, conference agenda available - Creating a Culture of Safety
August 17, 2005 Research in Progress Seminar
Sara J. Singer
paper, presentation available - Safety Climate Survey Results from Twelve Hospitals: 2001 and 2002
April 9, 2003 Research in Progress Seminar
Sara J. Singer - Health Services Research 102: Approaches to Studying Health Policies
July 31, 2002 Seminar
Sara J. Singer - Internet Use for Health Care
April 3, 2002 Research Seminar
Todd H. Wagner, Sara J. Singer, M. Kate Bundorf, Laurence C. Baker
Research Programs & Projects
- Patient Safety Research Group
- Developing Best Practices for Patient Safety
Project
Improving Safety Culture and Outcomes in Health Care
Project- Decreasing Variation in Medical Necessity Decision-Making
Project (Completed) - Understanding Medical Necessity Decision-Making
Project (Completed)

