Last Updated: 3/12/2007

Bryan J Weiner, Ph.D. Associate Professor Cancer Prevention and Control

Research Interests
Adoption, implementation, and institutionalization of innovations; management, operation, and sustainability of inter-organizational relationships; cancer care; total quality management; information technology; patient safety; community health improvement.

Recent Accomplishments and Honors
John D. Thompson Prize for Young Investigators, 2000. Awarded by Association of University
Programs in Health Administration.

The Governance Institute and Modern Healthcare Governance Fellowship, 1997.

Kellogg Foundation Community Care NetworksSM Governance Fellowship, 1996-1998.

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Services Research, 1993-1994.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Predoctoral Fellowship, 1991-1993.

Training
1994 Ph.D. University of Michigan. Organizational Psychology.
1992 M.A. University of Michigan. Organizational Psychology.
1989 B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz. Psychology.

Publications

1. Helfrich, C. H., Weiner, B. J., McKinney, M. M., & Minasian, L. 2006. Determinants of Implementation Effectiveness: Exploring an Adapted Model for Complex Innovations. Medical Care Research and Review (accepted)*

2. Linnan, L. A., Weiner, B. J., Emmons, K., & Graham, A. 2006. Manager Beliefs Regarding Worksite Health Promotion: Findings from the Working Healthy Project 2. American Journal of Health Promotion (accepted)*

3. Alexander, J.A., Weiner, B.J., Shortell, S.M., Baker, L.C., Becker, M., & Geppert, J. J. 2006. Does Care Management Implementation Affect Hospital Quality of Care? Hospital Topics (accepted)*

4. Weiner, B. J., McKinney, M. M., & Carpenter, W. R. 2006 Adapting Clinical Trials Networks to Promote Cancer Prevention and Control Research. Cancer 106(1):180-187.*

5. McKinney, M. M., Weiner, B. J., & Carpenter, W. 2006. Building Community Capacity to Participate in Cancer Prevention Research. Cancer Control: Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center 13(4):295-302.*

6. Weiner, B. J., Helfrich, C. H., Savitz, L. A., & Swiger, K. D. 2006. Adoption and Implementation of Strategies for Managing Diabetes in Primary Care Practices. American Journal of Preventive Medicine (in press)*

7. Helfrich, C. H., Savitz, L. A., Swiger, K. D., & Weiner, B. J. 2006. Adoption and Implementation of Diabetes Registries by Community Health Centers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine (in press)*

8. Alexander, J.A., Griffith, J., & Weiner, B.J. 2006. Quality Improvement Strategies and Hospital Profitability and Cost Performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior (accepted)*

9. Alexander, J.A., Weiner, B.J., Shortell, S.M., Baker, L.C., Becker, M., & Geppert, J. J. 2006. Care Management Implementation and Patient Safety. Journal of Patient Safety (accepted)*

10. Weiner, B.J., Alexander, J.A., Shortell, S.M., Baker, L.C., Becker, M., & Geppert, J. J. 2006. Quality Improvement Implementation and Hospital Performance on Hospital Patient Safety Indicators. Medical Care Research and Review 63(1):29-57.*

11. McKinney, M. M., Weiner, B. J., & Wang, V. 2006. Recruiting Participants to Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials: Lessons from Successful Community Oncology Programs. Nursing Oncology Forum 33(5):951-959.*

12. Weiner, B.J., Alexander, J.A., Shortell, S.M., Baker, L.C., Becker, M., & Geppert, J. J. 2006. Quality Improvement Implementation and Hospital Performance on Quality Indicators. Health Services Research 41(2):307-334.*

13. Alexander, J. A., Lee S. D., & Weiner, B. J. 2006. Governing Board Configuration and Profound Organizational Change in Community Hospitals. Journal of Health & Social Behavior (accepted)*

14. Carpenter, W. R., Weiner, B. J., Kaluzny, A. D., Domino, M E., & Lee, S. D. 2006. The Impact of Managed Care on the National Cancer Institute’s Community Clinical Oncology Program. Medical Care 44(7):671-679.*

15. Hobgood, C. Tamayo-Sarver, J., & Weiner, B. 2006. Medical Error Identification, Disclosure, and Reporting: Do Emergency Medicine Provider Groups Differ? Academic Emergency Medicine 13(4)443-451.*

16. Beskow, L. M., Millikan, R. C., Sandler, R. S., Godley, P. A., Weiner, B. J., & Weinberger, M. 2006. The Effect of Physician Permission versus Notification in Research Recruitment Through Cancer Registries. Cancer Causes and Control 17(3)315-323.*

17. Alexander, J.A., Weiner, B.J., Shortell, S.M., Baker, L.C., & Becker, M. 2005. The Role of Organizational Infrastructure in Implementation of Hospital Quality Improvement. Hospital Topics 84(1):11-21.*

18. Hobgood, C., Tamayo-Sarver, J., & Weiner, B. 2005. Patient Race/Ethnicity, Age, Gender, and Education Are Not Related to Preference for or Response to Disclosure. Quality and Safety in Health Care (accepted)*

19. Hobgood, C. Tamayo-Sarver, J. H., Elms, A., & Weiner, B. 2005. Parental Preferences for Error Disclosure, Reporting, and Legal Action after Medical Error in the Care of Their Children. Pediatrics 116(6):1276-1286.*

20. Hobgood, C., Eaton, J., & Weiner, B. 2005. Identifying Medical Errors: Developing Consensus on Classifications and Consequences. Journal of Patient Safety (accepted)*

21. Wells, R., & Weiner, B. J. 2005. Outcomes of Community Health Center Integration: A Balanced Scorecard Assessment. Health Services Management Research 18(2):109-123.*

22. Hobgood, C., Hevia, A., Tamayo-Sarver, J.H., Weiner, B., & Riviello, R. 2005. The Influence of the Causes and Contexts of Medical Errors on Emergency Medicine Residents’ Responses to their Errors: An Exploration. Academic Medicine 80(8):758-764.*

23. Weiner, B. J., Ricketts, T. R., Fraher, E. P., Hanny, D., & Coccodrilli, L. D. 2005. Area Health Education Centers: Strengths, Challenges, and Implications for Academic Health Science Center Leaders. Health Care Management Review 30(3):194-202.*

24. Comfort, M. E., Alexander, J. A., & Weiner, B. J. 2005. The Leadership Factor: Effects on Participation in Community Health Partnerships. Health Education & Behavior 32(4):455-473.*

25. Lee, S.D., Chen, W.L., & Weiner, B.J. 2004. Communities and Hospitals: Social Capital, Community Accountability, and Service Provision in U.S. Community Hospitals. Health Services Research 39(5):1487-1508.*

26. Weiner, B.J., Savitz, L.A., & Bernard, S. 2004. How Do Health Care Systems Adopt and Implement Clinical Information Systems? Health Care Management Review 29(1):51-66.*

27. Hobgood, C., Xie, J., Weiner, B.J., & Hooker, J. 2003. Error Identification, Disclosure, and Reporting: Practice Patterns of Three Emergency Medicine Provider Types. Academic Emergency Medicine 11(2):196-199.*

28. Gitterman, D. P., Weiner, B. J., Domino, M. E., McKethan, A., & Enthoven, A. 2003. Barriers to Launching a Prepaid Group Practice and Policy Lessons for the Future. Milbank Quarterly 81(4):567-601.*

29. Alexander, J.A., Weiner, B.J., Metzger, M.E., Shortell, S.M., Bazzoli, G.J., Hasnain-Wynia, R., Sofaer, S., & Conrad, D.A. 2003. Sustainability of Collaborative Capacity in Community Health Partnerships: A Proposed Model and Empirical Test. Medical Care Research and Review 60(4):130S-161S.*

30. Weiner, B. J., Alexander, J. A., & Shortell, S. M. 2002. Management and Governance Processes in Community Health Coalitions: A Procedural Justice Perspective. Health Education & Behavior 29(6):737-754.*

31. Alexander, J. A., Comfort, M. E., Weiner, B. J., & Bogue, R. J. 2001. Leadership in Collaborative Community Health Partnerships. Nonprofit Management and Leadership 12(2):159-176.*

32. Alexander, J. A., Weiner, B. J., & Bogue, R. J. 2001. Changes in the Structure, Composition and Activity of Hospital Governing Boards 1989-1997: Evidence from Two National Surveys. The Milbank Quarterly 79(2):253-280.*

33. Weiner, B. J., Culbertson, R., Jones, R., & Dickler, R. 2001. Organizational Models for Governing Medical School-Clinical Enterprise Relationships. Academic Medicine 76(2):113-124.*

34. Alexander, J. A., Weiner, B. J., & Succi, M. 2000. Community Accountability among Hospitals Affiliated with Health Care Systems. The Milbank Quarterly 78(2): 157-184.*

35. Weiner, B. J., Alexander, J. A., & Zuckerman, H. S. 2000. Strategies for Effective Management Participation in Community Health Partnerships. Health Care Management Review 25(3):48-66.*

36. Weiner, B. J., & Alexander, J. A. 1998. The Challenges of Governing Public-Private Community Health Partnerships: Lessons from the Community Care NetworkSM Demonstration Program. Health Care Management Review 23(2):39-55.*

37. Alexander, J. A., & Weiner, B. J. 1998. Adoption of the Corporate Model of Governance by Non-Profit Organizations. Nonprofit Management and Leadership 8(3):223-242.*

38. Alexander, J. A., Comfort, M. E., & Weiner, B. J. 1997. Governance in Public-Private Community Health Partnerships: A survey of the Community Care NetworkSM Demonstration Sites. Nonprofit Management and Leadership 8(4):311-332.*

39. Weiner, B. J., Shortell, S. M., & Alexander, J. A. 1997. Promoting Clinical Involvement in Hospital Quality Improvement: The Effects of Top Management, Board, and Physician Leadership. Health Services Research 32(4):491-510.*

40. Weiner, B. J., Alexander, J. A., & Shortell, S. M. 1996. Leadership for Quality Improvement in Health Care: Empirical Evidence on Hospital Boards, Managers, and Physicians. Medical Care Research and Review 53(4):397-416.*

41. Lauterbach, K. E., & Weiner, B. J. 1996. Dynamics of Upward Influence: How Male and Female Managers Get Their Way. Leadership Quarterly 7(1): 87-108.*

42. Weiner, B. J., & Alexander, J. A. 1993. Corporate and Philanthropic Models of Hospital Governance: A Taxonomic Evaluation. Health Services Research 28(3): 325-355.*

43. Weiner, B. J., & Alexander, J. A. 1993. Hospital Governance and Quality of Care: A Critical Review of Transitional Roles. Medical Care Review 50(4): 375-409.*

E-mail: bryan_weiner@unc.edu
Telephone: 966-7375
FAX: 966-6961
Address: 1102-C McGavran-Greenberg Hall, CB-7411 Chapel Hill, NC 27599

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