Chief Quality Officer
Michigan Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine
[email protected]
Available to mentor
Brook Watts, MD, MS, FACP
Clinical Professor
Brook Watts, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.P is Chief Quality Officer (Enterprise) and a Professor in Internal Medicine at Michigan Medicine. Her office is responsible for health system quality, safety, performance improvement, project management, infection prevention, accreditation, and quality analytics to support the state-wide University of Michigan health system.
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Tarabichi Y, Higginbotham J, Riley N, Kaelber DC, Watts B. J Gen Intern Med, 2023 Oct; 38 (13): 2921 - 2927.Journal ArticleReducing Disparities in No Show Rates Using Predictive Model-Driven Live Appointment Reminders for At-Risk Patients: a Randomized Controlled Quality Improvement Initiative.
DOI:10.1007/s11606-023-08209-0 PMID: 37126125 -
Tarabichi Y, Kaelber DC, Watts B. J Gen Intern Med, 2023 Jul; 38 (9): 2220 - 2222.Journal ArticleCare Coordinator Insights Offer Significant Additive Value to Electronic Health Record Data-Based 30-Day Readmission Risk Predictions.
DOI:10.1007/s11606-023-08052-3 PMID: 36749435 -
Ross PT, Fitzgerald JT, Ravindranath D, Pfeiffer PN, Singh MK, Weiner SJ, Rooney DM, Buckler S, Whitman L, Watts B, Jones D, Tremblay AS, Lypson ML. J Grad Med Educ, 2018 Jun; 10 (3): 279 - 284.Journal ArticleAssessing Residents' Veteran-Centered Care Skills in the Clinical Setting.
DOI:10.4300/JGME-D-17-00700.1 PMID: 29946384 -
Chambers D, Simpson L, Neta G, Schwarz UVT, Percy-Laurry A, Aarons GA, Neta G, Brownson R, Vogel A, Stirman SW, Sherr K, Sturke R, Norton WE, Varley A, Chambers D, Vinson C, Klesges L, Heurtin-Roberts S, Massoud MR, Kimble L, Beck A, Neely C, Boggs J, Nichols C, Wan W, Staab E, Laiteerapong N, Moise N, Shah R, Essock S, Handley M, Jones A, Carruthers J, Davidson K, Peccoralo L, Sederer L, Molfenter T, Scudder A, Taber-Thomas S, Schaffner K, Herschell A, Woodward E, Pitcock J, Ritchie M, Kirchner J, Moore JE, Khan S, Rashid S, Park J, Courvoisier M, Straus S, Blonigen D, Rodriguez A, Manfredi L, Nevedal A, Rosenthal J, Smelson D, Timko C, Stadnick N, Regan J, Barnett M, Lau A, Brookman-Frazee L, Guerrero E, Fenwick K, Kong Y, Aarons G, Lengnick-Hall R, Fenwick K, Henwood B, Sayer N, Rosen C, Orazem R, Smith B, Rosen C, Zimmerman L, Lounsbury D, Rosen C, Kimerling R, Trafton JA, Lindley S, Bhargava R, Roberts H, Gibson L, Escobar GJ, Liu V, Turk B, Ragins A, Kipnis P, Gruszkowski AK, 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Sykes E, Vesco K, Beadle K, Bulkley J, Stoneburner A, Leo M, Clark A, Smith J, Smyser C, Wolf M, Trivedi S, Hackett B, Rao R, Cole FS, McGonigle R, Donze A, Proctor E, Mathur A, Sherr K, Gakidou E, Gloyd S, Audet C, Salato J, Vermund S, Amico R, Smith S, Nyirandagijimana B, Mukasakindi H, Rusangwa C, Franke M, Raviola G, Cummings M, Goldberg E, Mwaka S, Kabajaasi O, Cattamanchi A, Katamba A, Jacob S, Kenya-Mugisha N, Davis JL, Reed J, Ramaswamy R, Parry G, Sax S, Kaplan H, Huang K-Y, Cheng S, Yee S, Hoagwood K, McKay M, Shelley D, Ogedegbe G, Brotman LM, Kislov R, Humphreys J, Harvey G, Wilson P, Lieberthal R, Payton C, Sarfaty M, Valko G, Bolton R, Lukas CV, Hartmann C, Mueller N, Holmes SK, Bokhour B, Ono S, Crabtree B, Gordon L, Miller W, Balasubramanian B, Solberg L, Cohen D, McGraw K, Blatt A, Pittman D, McCullough M, Hartmann C, Kales H, Berlowitz D, Hudson T, Gillespie C, Helfrich C, Finley E, Garcia A, Rosen K, Tami C, McGeary D, Pugh MJ, Potter JS, Helfrich C, Stryczek K, Au 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Implementation Science, 2017 Apr; 12 (Suppl 1): 48Journal ArticleProceedings from the 9th annual conference on the science of dissemination and implementation
DOI:10.1186/s13012-017-0575-y -
Nallamothu BK, Tommaso CL, Anderson HV, Anderson JL, Cleveland JC, Dudley RA, Duffy PL, Faxon DP, Gurm HS, Hamilton LA, Jensen NC, Josephson RA, Malenka DJ, Maniu CV, McCabe KW, Mortimer JD, Patel MR, Persell SD, Rumsfeld JS, Shunk KA, Smith SC, Stanko SJ, Watts B. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2014 Feb 25; 63 (7): 722 - 745.Journal ArticleACC/AHA/SCAI/AMA-Convened PCPI/NCQA 2013 performance measures for adults undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, the American Medical Association-Convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2013.12.003 PMID: 24361978 -
Nallamothu BK, Tommaso CL, Anderson HV, Anderson JL, Cleveland JC, Dudley RA, Duffy PL, Faxon DP, Gurm HS, Hamilton LA, Jensen NC, Josephson RA, Malenka DJ, Maniu CV, McCabe KW, Mortimer JD, Patel MR, Persell SD, Rumsfeld JS, Shunk KA, Smith SC, Stanko SJ, Watts B. Circulation, 2014 Feb 25; 129 (8): 926 - 949.Journal ArticleACC/AHA/SCAI/AMA-Convened PCPI/NCQA 2013 Performance Measures for Adults Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, the American Medical Association-Convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
DOI:10.1161/01.cir.0000441966.31451.3f PMID: 24357402 -
Krein SL, Bernstein SJ, Fletcher CE, Makki F, Goldzweig CL, Watts B, Vijan S, Hayward RA. Implement Sci, 2008 Mar 19; 3: 18Journal ArticleImproving eye care for veterans with diabetes: an example of using the QUERI steps to move from evidence to implementation: QUERI Series.
DOI:10.1186/1748-5908-3-18 PMID: 18353187 -
Watts B, Argekar P, Saint S, Kauffman CA. N Engl J Med, 2007 Apr 5; 356 (14): 1456 - 1462.Journal ArticleClinical problem-solving. Building a diagnosis from the ground up--a 49-year-old man came to the clinic with a 1-week history of suprapubic pain and fever.
DOI:10.1056/NEJMcps055322 PMID: 17409328