East Carolina University
Dept. of Family Medicine
Edward Warren Life Science Building Rm. 174
Greenville,
NC
USA
27834
Email:
mainefarm@earthlink.net
Biographical Sketch:
2002 - Present University Health Systems, Program Coordinator- Group Diabetes Quality Improvement Project for Ambulatory Care in Regional Clinics
2003 - 2007 University Health Systems, Project Manager- Electronic Medical Records for Chronic Disease Management and Quality Improvement in Rural Ambulatory Clinic
2007 - Present East Carolina University, Project Coordinator- Eastern Carolina Association for Research and Education, Assistant Research Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine
Honors
2005 Recipient of the 2005 Transformational Change Leadership Award presented at the Snyder Healthcare Leadership Conference by the Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence, formally the Medical Review of North Carolina at Pinehurst, NC. The award was for “outstanding accomplishments in ambulatory chronic disease-diabetes program management.”
. Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order).
1. Bray P, Thompson D, Cummings DM, Whetstone LM. Confronting Disparities in Diabetes Care: The Clinical Effectiveness of Redesigning Care Management in Rural Primary Care Practices. J of Rural Health 21(4):317-321, 2005.
2. Bray P, Roupe M, Young S, Harrell J, Cummings DM, Whetstone LM. Feasibility and Effectiveness of System Redesign for Diabetes Care Management in Rural Areas: The Eastern North Carolina Experience. The Diabetes Educator 31(5):712-718, 2005.
3. Paul Bray, MA, LMFT; Doyle M. Cummings, PharmD; Marti Wolf, RN, MPH; Mark W. Massing, MD, PhD, MPH; and Janet Reaves, RN, MPH. Practice Characteristics Associated with Sustaining Quality Improvement Initiatives. Approved for Publication, July, 2009 Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety