Teryl Nuckols, MD, MSHS
RAND
1776 Main St.
Santa Monica,
CA
USA
90042
Biographical Sketch: Teryl Nuckols, MD, MSHS is Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, and a Health Services Researcher at the RAND Corporation.
She practices as a hospitalist and her primary research interest involves examining the financial implications of improving the quality and safety of health care, particularly for the inpatient setting. Dr. Nuckols developed the Quality-Cost Framework, which describes how quality of care can influence various types of costs. She is currently conducting a systematic review of the cost effectiveness of quality improvement interventions (AHRQ, R01). For an inpatient fall-prevention intervention, she is examining effectiveness and return-on-investment (University of California Center for Health Quality & Innovation Program). She is also leading a study on whether better care for work-related carpal tunnel syndrome is associated with improved clinical outcomes and lower economic costs (AHRQ, R01).
In addition to examining the cost implications of quality-of-care and quality improvement interventions, Dr. Nuckols has extensive experience developing quality-of-care and appropriateness measures, evaluating clinical practice guidelines, identifying patient safety events such as medication errors, and assessing quality improvement and safety interventions.
Board certified in internal medicine, Dr. Nuckols has been published in numerous journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and Health Services Research. She has written for a number of peer-reviewed and educational publications and has given lectures and public testimony on a variety of medical, health and safety issues to peers, policymakers and academic audiences.
Papers:
THE VALUE OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INTERVENTIONS FOR CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY AND BLOOD STREAM INFECTIONS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW