Medical College of Georgia
Department of Health Management and Informatics
EB-1012
Augusta,
GA
USA
30912
Email:
prangachari@gmail.com
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Rangachari, Assistant Professor of Healthcare management at the Medical College of Georgia, holds a PhD in Health Management & Policy, from the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY) and a M.S. in Health Management & Policy from the University at Albany (SUNY).
She has served as Director of Quality Improvement at Fairview Hospital, Berkshire Health Systems, in Massachusetts, and as Manager of Hospital Outcomes Research at the Healthcare Association of New York State.
She has taught courses in Health Management & Policy at the Sage College in Albany, NY and has published in peer-reviewed health management journals including the Health Care Management Review. Her research interests encompass a variety of management and organizational issues related to health care delivery, including quality improvement, inter-organizational collaboration, and organizational learning. She is the recipient of the 2008 William H. Newman Award for “Best Paper Based on a Dissertation” from the Academy of Management (AOM).
Peer-Reviewed Publications
o Rangachari, P. (2010). Overcoming the unintended adverse consequences of implementing health IT through human resource and knowledge management. Advances in Health Care Management, Volume 9 (In Press).
o Rangachari, P. (2010). Knowledge sharing and organizational learning in the context of hospital infection prevention. Quality Management in Health Care, 19(1): 34-45.
o Rangachari, P. (2009). Knowledge management in the context of hospital quality measurement and reporting. Journal of Healthcare Management, 54(3): 209. Abstract from the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
o Rangachari, P. (2009). Knowledge sharing networks in professional complex systems. Journal of Knowledge Management, 13(3): 132-145.
o Rangachari, P. (2008). Knowledge sharing networks related to hospital quality measurement & reporting. Health Care Management Review, 33(3): 253-263.
o Rangachari, P. (2008). The strategic management of organizational knowledge exchange related to hospital quality measurement & reporting. Quality Management in Health Care, 17(3): 253-270.
o Rangachari, P. (2007). Coding for quality measurement: The relationship between hospital structural characteristics and coding accuracy. Perspectives in Health Information Management, 4(3). Available online: www.ahima.org/perspectives.
o Rangachari, P., Hutchinson, D. (2006). A systems approach to dramatically improving core measure outcomes in a small rural facility. Journal of Healthcare Quality, 28(5): 37-43.
o Rangachari, P., Hutchinson, D. (2006). Fairview Hospital’s integrated system for quality measurement and improvement. Berkshire Medical Journal 14(3): 5-6.