David H. Gustafson Research Professor Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Education Fields of Interest Publications Awards & Honors Summary Files and Links

Contact Information

Primary Address: 4109 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1572 Tel: 608/262-3768/263-4882 Fax: 608/262-8454 E-mail: gustafson@ie.engr.wisc.edu

Secondary Address: 1119 WARF Office Building 610 Walnut Street Madison, WI 53705-2397 Tel: 608/263-4882

Program Affiliations

• Industrial and Systems Engineering

• Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research
• Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis
• Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement

Education

• BS 1962, industrial engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
• MS 1963, industrial engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
• PhD 1966, industrial engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Fields of Interest

• integration of decision
• change and information theory to develop, test and disseminate information technology to improve health and to use the research results to develop tools to support organizational problem solving and change

Publications

• Gustafson, D., Hawkins, R., Boberg, E., Pingree, S., Serlin, R., Graziano, F., and Chen, C., "Impact of Patient Centered Computer-based Health Information and Support System," American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Spring 1999 (reprinted in 2000 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics).
• Gustafson, D., McTavish, F., Boberg, E., Owens, B., Sherbeck, C., Wise, M., Pingree, S., and Hawkins, R., “Empowering Patients Using Computer-Based Support Systems,” Quality in Health Care, 8:49-56, 1999.
• Eng, T., Gustafson, D., Henderson, T., Jimison, H., and Patrick, K., “Introduction to Evaluation of Interactive Health Communication Applications,” American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 16(1):10-15, 1999.
• Gustafson, D., Robinson, T., Ansley, D., Adler, L., and Brennan, P., “Consumers and the Evaluation of Interactive Health Communication Applications,” American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 16(1):23-29, 1999.
• Rolnick, S., Owens, B., Botta, R., Sathe, L., Hawkins, R., and Gustafson, D., “Computerized Information and Support for Patients with Breast Cancer or HIV Infection,” Nursing Outlook, 47(2):78-83, 1999.
• Gustafson, D.H., Arora, N.K., Nelson, E.C., and Boberg, E.W., “Increasing Understanding of Patient Needs During and After Hospitalization,” The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, 27(2):81-92, 2001.
• Shaw, B., McTavish, F., Hawkins, R., Gustafson, D., and Pingree, S., “Experiences of Women with Breast Cancer: Exchanging Social Support over the CHESS Computer Network,” Journal of Health Communication, in press, 5(2), 2001.
• Gustafson, D., Hawkins, R., Pingree, S., McTavish, F., Arora, N., Salner, J., Stewart, J., Mendenhall, J., Cella, R., Serlin, R., and Apenteko, F., “Effect of Computer Support on Younger Women with Breast Cancer,” Journal of General Internal Medicine, 16:435-445, 2001.
• Gustafson, D., Johnson, P., Molfenter, T., Patton, T., Shaw, B., and Owens, B., “Development and Test of a Model to Predict Adherence to a Medical Regimen,” Journal of Pharmacy Technology, in press 2001.
• Arora, N.K., Gustafson, D.H., Hawkins, R.P., McTavish, F., Cella, D.F., Pingree, S., Mendenhall, J.H., and Mahvi, D.M., “Impact of Surgery and Chemotherapy on the Quality of Life of Younger Women with Breast Carcinoma: A Prospective Study,” Cancer, 92(5):1-11, 2001.

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

• 1999 Instructor of the Year Award--Industrial Engineering Student Awards
• 2000 Awarded the Robert A. Ratner Professorship in Industrial Engineering

Summary

Dave Gustafson is Professor of Industrial Engineering and Preventive Medicine and Founding Director of the Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He and his wife, Rea have three children and 1.8 grandchildren, reputed to be the best grandchildren in the world.

Dave’s interests in decision, change and information theory applied to health systems come together in the design and evaluation of systems and tools to help individuals and organizations cope with major changes. Regarding individual change his research teams have created systems to detect suicidal propensity, help teenagers adopt healthy behaviors and help families facing major health crises cope more effectively. That work focuses on the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System (CHESS), a computer system to help people facing serious situations such as breast and prostate cancer, asthma, AIDS/HIV, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease and sexual assault. CHESS has been tested in randomized trials and field tests involving several thousand people and provided insight into acceptance, use and impact of computer-based support systems on health, health-related behavior and health service use. Another of his research projects is examining the barriers to successful diffusion of these technologies.

His research on organizational improvement focuses on making and sustaining organizational change. He developed a computer system (QISS – the Quality Improvement Support System) to help organizations implement quality improvement. He developed new techniques for facilitating groups and understanding customer needs. Evaluating the computer systems led to new models to measure: customer satisfaction, severity, medical under-service and quality of care. His behavior change research led to models to predict and explain initiation of and adherence to organizational change.

Dave is the author of six books and over one hundred journal articles. He is a Fellow of the Association for Health Services Research, a Fellow and Board Member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Board Chair of the eHealth Institute and past Chair of the Federal Government’s Science Panel on Interactive Communications in Health. Dave is a member of the Athletic Board of the University of Wisconsin and National Program Director of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative to improve quality of services in substance abuse treatment agencies.

Files and Links of Interest

• National Cancer Institute Presentation, April 2001

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