David R. Zimmerman Professor Emeritus Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Education Fields of Interest Publications Awards & Honors For additional information, see my

Contact Information

Primary Address: 1163 WARF Office Building 610 Walnut Street Madison, WI 53705 Tel: 608/263-4875 Fax: 608/263-4523 E-mail: davidz@chsra.wisc.edu

Secondary Address: 3022 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1572 Tel: 608/890-2562

Program Affiliations

• Industrial and Systems Engineering

• Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis

Education

• Ph.D., 1975, Industrial Relations, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• M.A., 1971, Industrial Relations, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• B.S., 1969, Economics, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Fields of Interest

• health systems
• health services research
• evaluation of quality of long term care
• outcome measurement
• decision support systems
• human resource management

Publications

• Zimmerman, D.R., "The Power of Information: Using Resident Assessment Data to Assure and Improve the Quality of Nursing Home Care," Generations XXI(4):52-56, Winter 1997-98.
• Maxwell, C., Zimmerman, D.R., Karon, S.L., and Sainfort, F., "Estimating Quality Indicators for Chronic Care from the MDS 2.0: Risk Adjustment Issues and Concerns," Canadian Journal of Quality in Health Care 14(3):4-13, 1998.
• Zimmerman, D.R., Jewell, K.E., and Karon, S.L., "Using Resident Assessment Data to Improve Nutritional Care in Nursing Homes: The Power of Information," Nutrition 14(4):410-415, 1998.
• Karon, S.L. and Zimmerman, D.R., "Nursing Home Quality Indicators and Quality Improvement Initiatives," Topics in Health Information Management 18(4):46-58, 1998.
• Karon, S.L., Sainfort, F., and Zimmerman, D.R., "Stability of Nursing Home Quality Indicators Over Time," Medical Care 37(6):570-579, 1999.
• Harrington, C., Kovner, C., Mezey, M., Kayser-Jones, J., Burger, S., Mohler, M., Burke, B., and Zimmerman, D., "Experts Recommend Minimum Nurse Staffing Standards for Nursing Facilities in the U.S.," The Gerontologist 40(1):5-16, 2000.
• Harrington, C., Zimmerman, D., Karon, S.L., Robinson, J., and Beutel, P., "Nursing Home Staffing and its Relationship to Deficiencies," The Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 55B(5):S1-S10, 2000.
• Zimmerman, DR. "Using Quality Indicators to Improve Residential and Nursing Home Care," International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18(3): 250-57, March 2003.
• Elliott ME, Petersen K, Binkley NC, Carnes ML, Zimmerman DR, Kieser MA, Knapp K, Behlke J. and Ahmann N. "Osteoporosis, vitamin D intake and hypovitaminosis D in long-term care." Pharmacotherapy. 23(6): 702-710, June 2003.
• Hirdes JP, Fries BE, Morris, JN, Ikegami, N, Zimmerman, D, Dalby D, Aliaga P, Hammer S, Jones R. "Home Care Quality Indicators Based on the MDS-HC." The Gerontologist, 44(5): 665-679, October 2004.
• Zimmerman, D.R., and Boronenkova, E. "Human Factors and Ergonomics in Nursing Home Care, in P. Carayon (Editor), Handbook of Human Factors Engineering Healthcare and Patient Safety. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ. 2006.
• Reilly, K., Mueller, C., and Zimmerman, D. "A Nurse-Staffing Taxonomy for Decision Making in Long-Term Care Nursing Homes." Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 21(2): 176-186, April-June 2006.
• Reilly, K., Mueller, C., and Zimmerman, D. "CMS's Nursing Home Case-Mix and Quality Demonstration - A Descriptive Overview." Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 19(2), January 2007.
• Crnich, CJ, Safdar N, Robinson J, Zimmerman DR. Trends in infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in U.S. long-term care facilities: 2000-2004. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol; 28:1006-8. 2007.
• Crnich, CJ, Zimmerman DR. Bacteremic outcomes in older adults: what is age telling us? J Am Geriatr Soc; 56(9):1750-2. 2008.
• Crnich, C.J., Drinka, P., Maki, D., and Zimmerman, D.R. Persistence of colonization by antibiotic-resistant bacteria among nursing home residents [poster]. Presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America. Philadelphia, PA. October 31, 2009.
• Crnich, C.J., Drinka, P., Maki, D., and Zimmerman, D.R. Health outcomes of nursing home residents colonized with antibiotic-resistant bacteria [poster]. Presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America. Philadelphia, PA. October 30, 2009.
• Crnich, C.J., Drinka, P., Zimmerman, D.R., and Maki, D. The impact of functional status on colonization with antibiotic resistant bacteria among nursing home residents [poster]. Presented at the 19th Annual Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Meeting. San Diego, CA. March 20, 2009.
• Crnich, C.J., Drinka, P., Zimmerman, D.R., and Maki, D. Multi- anatomical versus nares-only surveillance cultures for detection of MRSA colonization status among nursing home residents [poster]. Presented at the 19th Annual Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Meeting. San Diego, CA. March 20, 2009.
• Crnich, C.J., Drinka, P., Zimmerman, D.R., and Maki, D. Differences in colonization with MRSA and fluoroquinolone-resistant bacteria among nursing home residents [poster]. Presented at the 19th Annual Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Meeting. San Diego, CA. March 20, 2009.

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

• Independent Review Board, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Governor's Appointment, 2001-2005.
• Wisconsin Interagency Coordinating Council on Health Care Information, Governor's Appointment representing University of Wisconsin, 1997-2006.
• Board of Directors, Foundation of the American Medical Directors Association. 2003-2008
• Council on Performance Measurement, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations. 2003-present
• Board of Directors, CareWisconsin. 2010- present