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

Contact Information

1163 WARF Office Building 610 Walnut Street Madison, WI 53705

Tel: 608/263-4875 Fax: 608/263-4523 E-mail: davidz@chsra.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

• Industrial and Systems Engineering

• Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis
• Industrial Relations Research Institute

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 Interests

• 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, D.R., "Using Quality Indicators to Improve Residential and Nursing Home Care," International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, in press.
• Newcomer, R., Swan, J., Bigelow, W., Harrington, C., Zimmerman, D., and Karon, S., "Residential Care Supply and the Cognitive and Physical Case Mix Among Continuing Nursing Facility Residents," Aging and Health, in press.

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-present.
• Board of Directors, Foundation of the American Medical Directors Association.
• Quality Committee of the Board of Directors, Sisters of Mercy Health Systems.
• Council on Performance Measurement, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations.