Steven M. Asch

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Steven M. Asch, MD, MPH

  • Professor of Medicine and, by courtesy, of Health Policy
  • Vice Chief for Research, Division of Primary Care and Population Health
  • Chief of Health Services Research and Associate Chief of Staff, VA Palo Alto

Stanford University School of Medicine  
Division of Primary Care and Population Health  
Medical School Office Building X334  
1265 Welch Road  
Stanford, CA 94305

 

(650) 493-5000 (voice)

Biography

Steven M. Asch MD, MPH is the Vice-Chief for Research, Stanford Division of General Medical Disciplines and the Chief of Health Services Research at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System. He develops and evaluates quality measurement and improvement systems, often in the care of patients with communicable disease. Dr. Asch has led several national projects developing broad-based quality measurement tools for veterans, Medicare beneficiaries, and the community. He directs the Center of Innovation to Implementation (Ci2i) that focuses on how to maximize value by testing organizational innovations to make medical care more collaborative and efficient. His educational efforts are focused on training physician fellows in health services research. Dr. Asch is a tenured professor and practicing internist and palliative care physician and the author of more than 280 peer-reviewed articles.

publications

Journal Articles
September 2017

Drug-Free Interventions to Reduce Pain or Opioid Consumption After Total Knee Arthroplasty A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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Journal Articles
September 2017

Social Isolation and Medicare Spending: Among Older Adults, Objective Isolation Increases Expenditures While Loneliness Does Not

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Journal Articles
November 2016

Breast density notification legislation and breast cancer stage at diagnosis: early evidence from the SEER registry

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In The News

An illustration of opioid addiction.
News

Stanford Team Reveals Cost-Effective and Life-Saving Treatment for Nation's Opioid Disorder Epidemic

A Stanford team of decision scientists with colleagues at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System developed a mathematical model to assess the cost-effectiveness of various interventions to treat opioid use disorder. They looked at the cost-effectiveness from two perspectives: the health-care sector and the criminal justice system.
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