Edwin
Fonner,
Jr., DrPH
Selected Posters and Presentations
Assistance to Graduate Students
Publications
Alan M. Speir, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, Scott D. Barnett and Edwin Fonner, Jr. Additive Cost of Postoperative Complications for Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Patients in Virginia. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009; 88: 40-46. Presented at the Forty-fifth annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Francisco CA, January 26-28, 2009.
Regional Collaboration as a Model for Fostering Accountability and Transforming Healthcare. Alan M. Speir MD, Jeffrey B. Rich MD, Ivan Crosby MD, Edwin Fonner, Jr. DrPH, representing the Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative. In press, American Association of Thoracic Surgeons Supplement.
Edwin Fonner, Jr., "Effective Collaboration to Improve Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery", STS National Database Newsletter, Vol. 6, Issue 1, March 2008.
Edwin Fonner, Jr., "Adoption of an Atrial Fibrillation Protocol Among Cardiac Surgeons in Virginia," STS National Database Newsletter, 17, no.1 (March 2007): 5-6.
Edwin Fonner, Jr., The New York Times, Editorial Page, Monday, October 9, 2006. Letter to the editor on "Seeking the Formula for Aging Well" (front page story 10/5/06).
Rich, Jeffrey B., Alan M. Speir, and Edwin Fonner, Jr. Making a Business Case for Quality by Regional Information Sharing Involving Cardiothoracic Surgery. The American Heart Hospital Journal, Volume 4, Number 2, Spring 2006. Pp 142-147.
Governor’s Public Health Improvement Commission. The State of Kansas Public Health Improvement Plan for Promoting Health in the 21st Century. Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka KS. 1999.
Governor’s Public Health Improvement Commission. The State of Public Health in Kansas. Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka KS. 1999.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin. “Assessing Coalitions, Networks, and Workgroups,” Administrative Radiology Journal, 17, no. 6 (June1998): 18-21.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin. “Public/Private Health Initiatives in Kansas,” Journal of Health Care Finance, 25, no. 1 (Fall 1998): 35-45.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin and Anna V. Wilkinson, “Health Care, Public Health, and Access to Health Services,” Chapter 6 in Health and Social Factors in Kansas: A Data and Chartbook, by Gopal Singh, et. al., Kansas Health Institute, Topeka KS. 1998.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin. "Milestones for Developing Integrated Delivery Systems," Journal of Health Care Finance, 23, no. 1 (Fall 1996): 1-11.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin. "HealthSouth's Integrated Service Model: A Case Study," Journal of Health Care Finance, 23, no. 1 (Fall 1996): 12-16.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin. "Identifying Comets on the Road to Integration," Journal of Health Care Finance, 22, no. 3 (Spring 1996): 28-33.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin, and Boxiong
Tang. Three-article series in Vision based on results of a national
survey sponsored by National Association of Catholic Chaplains:
"Chaplains Offer Solutions and Seek Empowerment," 5, no. 10 (November-December
1995).
"Stress Points Surround the Anointing of the Sick," Vision, 5,
no. 9 (October 1995).
"Colliding Forces in Catholic Chaplaincy," Vision, 5, no. 8 (August-September
1995): 4-5.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin, and Boxiong Tang. "Six Challenges Facing Catholic Healthcare Marketing," Journal of Health Care Marketing, 15, no. 1 (Spring 1995): 13-20.
Catholic Health Association. The Catholic Healthcare Ministry's Transition to a New Century. Monograph for Catholic Health Association, St. Louis MO, 1993.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin. "Five Practical Steps for Improving Collaboration in Health Care," Health Care Strategic Management, August 1993: 14-18.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin. "Using Data in Religious-Sponsored Health Care Systems," The Academy for Health Services Marketing Bulletin, (January 1993): 3. American Marketing Association.
Catholic Health Association. A Profile of the Catholic Healthcare Ministry, 1992. Monograph published by Catholic Health Association, St. Louis MO, 1992.
Pember, III, Carleton H., and Edwin Fonner, Jr. "Prevailing Issues in Long-Term Care," Health Progress, 73, no. 5 (June 1992): 38-42.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin, and Lartivia Hammond. "The Changing Face of Rural Catholic Hospitals," Health Progress, 73, no. 4 (May 1992): 54-59.
Catholic Health Association. The Call to Collaborate: Responses from the Ministry Leadership. Monograph published by Catholic Health Association, St. Louis MO, 1992.
Catholic Health Association. The 1991 Assessment of the Catholic Institutional Healthcare Ministry, Its Community Context, and Sponsorship Structures. Monograph published by Catholic Health Association, St. Louis MO, 1991.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin, and Lartivia Hammond. "Financial Trends for Urban Catholic Hospitals," Health Progress, 72, no. 9 (November 1991): 57-64.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin. "The Climate of Opinion," Health Progress, 72, no. 5 (June 1991): 64-68.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin. Issues and Directions for the 1990s: Responses from the Ministry Leadership. Monograph published by Catholic Health Association, St. Louis MO, 1991.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin. "CHA Offers a Shared Data Base," Health Progress, 71, no. 8 (October 1990): 13-15.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin. "Advance Refunding as a Management Tool," Hospital Capital Finance, 3, no. 1 (First Quarter 1986): 6-7. American Hospital Association.
Kautz, Judith A., Benjamin S. Bradshaw, and Edwin Fonner, Jr. "Trends in Cardiovascular Mortality in Spanish-Surnamed, Other White, and Black Persons in Texas, 1970-1975," Circulation, 64, no. 4 (October 1981): 730-735.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin, and Maribeth Ann Fonner. Two-article series in 1991 American Institute of Architects Newsletter, Houston, TX: "Detecting Health Needs of Neonates,” and “Are You Planning to Age?”
Bradshaw, Benjamin S., and Edwin Fonner, Jr. "The Mortality of Spanish-Surnamed Persons in Texas: 1969-1971," Chapter 11 in The Demography of Racial and Ethnic Groups, edited by Frank D. Bean and W. Parker Frisbie, Academic Press Inc., New York, NY. 1978.
Roht, Lewis H., Maribeth A. Fonner, Hideyasu Aoyama, and Edwin Fonner, Jr. "Increased Reporting of Menstrual Symptoms Among Women Who Used Induced Abortion," American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 127, no. 4 (February 15, 1977): 356-362.
Dissertation / Thesis
Doctoral dissertation: "Estimation of Selected Population Attributes for Health Planning in Texas, 1980." 1979. University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Houston TX.
Master's Thesis (MPH): "Mortality Differences of 1970 Texas Residents: A Descriptive Study." 1975. University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Houston TX.
Unpublished and Other Works
Fonner, Jr., Edwin. “Lessons Learned from Health Partnerships in the Midwest,” 2001.
Mo, Hao, Pengxiang Li, Boxiong Tang, and Edwin Fonner, Jr. ”The Impact of Economic Reforms on Hospitals in China,” 2001.
National Catholic AIDS Network. The National Catholic HIV/AIDS Resource Directory. The Catholic Health Association. 1997.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin, and Jay Glasser. Reimbursement and Rate Setting Concepts, Techniques, and Applications, a course manuscript for the Applied Statistics Training Institute, Research Triangle Park NC. Prepared at the University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston TX, August 1981.
Selected Posters and Presentations
Fonner, Jr., Edwin, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, Alan M. Speir, and Clifford Edwin Fonner. Ethnicity and Cost Following Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Results from the Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative. Poster presented at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Chicago IL, June 28-30, 2009.
Fonner, Jr., Edwin, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, Alan M. Speir, and Clifford Edwin Fonner. Measuring Changes in Care Practices and Postoperative Outcomes by Ethnicity and Gender Using a Disease Registry by a Cardiac Surgery Quality Improvement Consortium. Poster presented at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Chicago IL, June 28-30, 2009.
Edwin Fonner, Jr. Quality Improvement Initiatives with the Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative. Presentation at Sutter Health’s Quarterly Cardiac Surgery Quality Meeting, Lafayette CA, June 10, 2009.
Edwin Fonner, Jr. The Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative: A Regional QI Program. Keynote address at the 13th Annual Statewide Meeting, Clinical Outcomes Assessment Program (COAP), Seattle WA, May 19, 2009.
Alan M. Speir, Edwin Fonner Jr. Costs of Postoperative Complications in Cardiac Surgery. Poster presented at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Orthopaedic and Rheumatology Care Quality Innovation Summit, Cleveland OH, May 13-15, 2009.
Alan M. Speir, Edwin Fonner Jr.. A Model for Relating P4P to CQI. Poster presented at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Orthopaedic and Rheumatology Care Quality Innovation Summit, Cleveland OH, May 13-15, 2009.
Alan M. Speir, Edwin Fonner Jr.. A Multidisciplinary, Regional, Evidence-based QI Collaboration in Virginia. Poster presented at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Orthopaedic and Rheumatology Care Quality Innovation Summit, Cleveland OH, May 13-15, 2009.
The Association of Gender and Age on Cost Following Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Results from the Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative. Scott D. Barnett, PhD, Alan M. Speir, MD, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, MD, Edwin Fonner, Jr., DrPH. Poster presentation at the American Heart Association, Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Conference, April, 2009, Washington DC.
Gender Differences in Outcomes Following On-pump CABG and Off-pump CABG: Results from the Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative Registry. Poster presentation at the American Heart Association, Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Conference, April, 2009, Washington DC.
Additive Costs of Post-Operative Complications: Results from a Virginia Cardiac Surgery Consortium. Alan M. Speir, MD, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, MD, Edwin Fonner, Jr., DrPH, Scott D. Barnett, PhD. Paper presented at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting, January 26, 2009, San Francisco CA.
Ethnicity and Cost Following Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Results from the Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative. Edwin Fonner, Jr., DrPH, Alan M. Speir, MD, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, MD, Scott Barnett, PhD. Poster presented at the Academy Health 2009 Annual Research Meeting, Chicago IL.
Measuring Changes in Care Practices and Postoperative Outcomes by Ethnicity and Gender Using a Disease Registry by a Cardiac Surgery Quality Improvement Consortium. Edwin Fonner, Jr., DrPH, Scott Barnett, PhD, Alan M. Speir, MD, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, MD, Clifford E. Fonner, BA. Poster presented at the Academy Health 2009 Annual Research Meeting, Chicago IL.
The Virginia Cardiac Quality Improvement Project. Edwin Fonner, Jr. Presented at the 'The Future of Provider-Led Database Systems in Medicine' symposium, UNC Chapel Hill, September 19, 2006.
Summary of Results of the Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative: Valve Replacement Costs and Mortality. Scott Barnett, Ed Fonner, Jeff Rich, and Alan Speir. Poster at the Academy Health Annual Research meeting, Seattle WA, June 25-27, 2006.
Advanced Care Management in State High Risk Pools, at the annual meeting of the National Association of State Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans, Panama City FL, October 20, 2005.
Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative, at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Advances in Quality and Outcomes Conference, Chicago IL, September 30, 2005:
Models and Measures in Paying for Performance in Cardiac Surgery in Virginia
Making a Business Case for Quality with Information Sharing
Facilitating Statewide Quality Improvement and Pay-for-Performance: A Case Study with Cardiac Surgeons and Hospital Administrators. Edwin Fonner, Jr., DrPH. Poster presented at the State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting, Annual Research Meeting, Boston MA , June 25, 2005.
Jeffrey B. Rich, MD, Charles S. Roberts, MD, and Edwin Fonner, Jr., DrPH. “Making a Business Case for Quality by Regional Information Sharing.” Poster presented at the American Heart Association's 6 th Scientific Forum on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, Washington DC. May 15-16, 2005 .
House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Health, "Hearing on Measuring Physician Quality and Efficiency of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries," Washington DC. Tuesday, March 15, 2005. Testimony prepared for Jeffrey B. Rich, MD, representing the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and VCSQI.
Jeffrey B. Rich, MD, Alan M. Speir, MD, and Irving L. Kron, MD.
For the Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative (VCSQI). “Examining the Quality of Administrative and Clinical Data Using STS and UB-92 Records” Poster presented at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Data Managers Meeting, Chicago IL . October 21-22, 2004 .
Measuring Collaboration, for a national technical assistance call to grantees in the Healthy Communities Access Program funded by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, 2004. (Go to www.capcommunity.hrsa.gov , 'Prior TA Calls', to view summary.)
“The Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative: Quality, Cost, and Policy,” at the Skills for the New World of Healthcare seminar , J.F.K. School of Public Affairs, Harvard University, 2004.
Reinventing Information Systems for Measuring Quality at the Third Annual Kansas Health Quality Forum, Wichita KS, 1998, with Michael Fox, ScD.
The CAHPS Demonstration in Kansas, at the 12th Annual NAHDO meeting, Baltimore MD, 1997.
Public Health Improvement Planning in Kansas, at the annual meeting of the Kansas Public Health Association, Hutchinson KS, 1997.
"Compassionate Care of the Dying," at the Third Annual Kansas Health Ethics Conference, Wichita KS. 1997.
"CHA's Strategic Information System," at client/server decision support session, PowerSoft Corporation's 1995 International Users Meeting and Training Conference, Orlando FL. 1995.
"Survey on the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick," at the National Association of Catholic Chaplains Annual Meeting, St. Louis MO. 1995.
"Overview of Sponsorship of Catholic Healthcare in the U.S.," at the Leadership Conference of Women Religious Annual Meeting, Albuquerque NM. 1991.
"Occurrence Screening for Hospital Quality Assurance and Risk Management: Examples Using the Clinical/Financial Information System," at VHA North Central meeting, Minneapolis MN. 1988.
"Overview of VHA's Clinical/Financial Information System" to multiple audiences at VHA corporate, regional systems, hospital affiliates, and
The Japan Hospital Association International Study Tour, June 1988.
The Japan Management Association Health Care Study Tour, April 1988.
The U.S. Embassy, Japan Trade Mission, April 1988.
Japanese Pharmaceutical Distributors International Study Tour, June 1988.
Siegel, Jacob S. and Edwin Fonner, Jr. "Effect of Changes in Age-Specific Death Rates on Life Expectancy in the U.S.," at Annual Population Association of America Meeting, 1976.
Editorial Work
Journal of Health Care Finance: Assisted associate editor on development of Fall 1996 issue. Theme: Trending Integrated Delivery to the Year 2000.
Journal of Health Care Marketing (American Marketing Association): member of Editorial Review Board, 1994-1996.
Health Progress (Catholic Health Association): Editorial Contributor, 1989-1996.
Assistance to Graduate Students
Member of PhD dissertation committee for Neil Moldafsky, Saint Louis University, School of Business and Administration. Title: "The Effects of Information Technology on Hospital Performance." Completed June 1995.
Member of PhD dissertation committee for Boxiong Tang, Saint Louis University, School of Public Health. Title: "The Impact of Competition on the Financial Performance of Catholic Hospitals." Completed June 1995.
Advice and editorial support on Masters of Science thesis for Hao Wu, University of Kansas, Department of Computer Science. Title: "Joining the Shortest Queue with Jockeying in Heterogenous Systems: A Matrix-geometric Solution." Completed June 1994.