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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 1988 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Stephen M. Shortell is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States. Their research contributions span various areas within the health professions and economics, econometrics and finance, with a particular focus on general health professions and economics and econometrics as subfields.

Their recent papers cover a range of topics related to healthcare systems, management, and performance. Selected works include:

  • Lean Management and Hospital Performance: Adoption vs. Implementation, 2021, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
  • Integrating network theory into the study of integrated healthcare, 2021, Social Science & Medicine
  • Multi-level analysis of the learning health system: Integrating contributions from research on organizations and implementation, 2020, Learning Health Systems
  • Financial Integration's Impact On Care Delivery And Payment Reforms: A Survey Of Hospitals And Physician Practices, 2020, Health Affairs
  • Benchmarking outcomes on multiple contextual levels in lean healthcare: a systematic review, development of a conceptual framework, and a research agenda, 2021, BMC Health Services Research

Frequent co-authors working alongside Shortell include:

  • Hector P. Rodríguez
  • Thomas G. Rundall
  • Elina Reponen
  • Janet C. Blodgett
  • Elliott S. Fisher

The scientist has published multiple studies in notable venues, highlighting their concentration within certain journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Health Services Research
  • BMC Health Services Research
  • Health Affairs
  • Medical Care
  • Quality Management in Health Care

Their main fields of study are categorized primarily under:

  • Health Professions
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Subfields within these categories further specify their expertise in:

  • General Health Professions
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Health Information Management
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

The primary topics addressed in their research include:

  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • Healthcare Quality and Management
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation

In recognition of their contributions, Stephen M. Shortell was awarded membership in the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 1988.

Best Publications

  • Customization or Conformity? An Institutional and Network Perspective on the Content and Consequences of TQM Adoption

    James D. Westphal;Ranjay Gulati;Stephen M. Shortell

  • Improving the quality of health care in the United Kingdom and the United States: a framework for change.

    Ewan B. Ferlie;Stephen M. Shortell

  • Crossing the quality chasm: implications for health services administration education.

    Bernard J Horak;William Welton;Stephen Shortell

  • Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: The impact of organizational identification, identity, and image on the cooperative behaviors of physicians.

    Janet M. Dukerich;Brian R. Golden;Stephen M. Shortell

  • The performance of intensive care units: does good management make a difference?

    Stephen Shortell;Jack Zimmerman;Denise Rousseau;Robin Gillies

  • Perceptual and archival measures of Miles and Snow's strategic types: a comprehensive assessment of reliability and validity.

    Stephen M. Shortell;Edward J. Zajac

  • Assessing the impact of continuous quality improvement/total quality management: concept versus implementation.

    S. M. Shortell;J. L. O'Brien;J. M. Carman;R. W. Foster

  • Assessing the impact of continuous quality improvement on clinical practice: what it will take to accelerate progress.

    Stephen M. Shortell;Charles L. Bennett;Gayle R. Byck

  • Changing generic strategies: Likelihood, direction, and performance implications

    Edward J. Zajac;Stephen M. Shortell

  • Quality collaboratives: lessons from research

    John C Ovretveit;Paul Bate;Paul Cleary;Shan Cretin

  • Organizational assessment in intensive care units (ICUs): construct development, reliability, and validity of the ICU nurse-physician questionnaire.

    Stephen M. Shortell;Denise M. Rousseau;Robin R. Gillies;Kelly J. Devers

  • External Incentives, Information Technology, and Organized Processes to Improve Health Care Quality for Patients With Chronic Diseases

    Lawrence Casalino;Robin R. Gillies;Stephen M. Shortell;Julie A. Schmittdiel

  • The governance and management of effective community health partnerships: a typology for research, policy, and practice

    Shannon M. Mitchell;Stephen M. Shortell

  • Primary Care and Accountable Care — Two Essential Elements of Delivery-System Reform

    Diane R Rittenhouse;Stephen M Shortell;Elliott S Fisher

  • The role of perceived team effectiveness in improving chronic illness care

    Stephen M. Shortell;Jill A. Marsteller;Michael Lin;Marjorie L. Pearson

  • The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Will It Stand the Test of Health Reform?

    Diane R. Rittenhouse;Stephen M. Shortell

  • Top manager and network effects on the adoption of innovative management practices: a study of TQM in a public hospital system

    Gary J. Young;Martin P. Charns;Stephen M. Shortell

  • A taxonomy of health networks and systems: bringing order out of chaos.

    G J Bazzoli;S M Shortell;N Dubbs;C Chan

  • Assessing the Impact of Total Quality Management and Organizational Culture on Multiple Outcomes of Care for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Patients

    Stephen M. Shortell;Robert H. Jones;Alfred W. Rademaker;Robin R. Gillies

  • The Top Patient Safety Strategies That Can Be Encouraged for Adoption Now

    Paul G. Shekelle;Peter J. Pronovost;Robert M. Wachter;Kathryn M. McDonald

  • The New World of Managed Care: Creating Organized Delivery Systems

    Stephen M. Shortell;Robin R. Gillies;David A. Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas G. Rundall
Thomas G. Rundall University of California, Berkeley
Jeffrey A. Alexander
Jeffrey A. Alexander University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gloria J. Bazzoli
Gloria J. Bazzoli Virginia Commonwealth University
Elliott S. Fisher
Elliott S. Fisher Dartmouth College
Douglas A. Conrad
Douglas A. Conrad University of Washington
Denise M. Rousseau
Denise M. Rousseau Carnegie Mellon University
Bryan J. Weiner
Bryan J. Weiner University of Washington
Lawton R. Burns
Lawton R. Burns University of Pennsylvania
Laurence C. Baker
Laurence C. Baker Stanford University
Richard M. Scheffler
Richard M. Scheffler University of California, Berkeley

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