Nir Menachemi, PhD, MPH

Contact : nirmena@iu.edu

Our health care system is actually a 'sick care' system given that the vast majority of encounters are a result of illness or dysfunction. Our system needs to learn how to keep healthy people healthy in the same way that we are adept at treating people who are sick.

Initiatives

Informatics

Research Scientist, Clem McDonald Center for Biomedical Informatics, Regenstrief Institute
Interim Dean, Executive Associate Dean and Professor, Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
Fairbanks Endowed Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
Faculty Member, Physician MBA Program, Indiana University Kelley School of Business

Dr. Nir Menachemi is a health services researcher who has experience evaluating the impact of health information technologies, including the use of electronic health records (EHRs), on various organizational performance outcomes, including physician and patient satisfaction, financial performance, and quality of care. He also has investigated the impact of health policies, including the HITECH Act, on hospital and physician behaviors and performance.

Dr. Menachemi serves as Executive Associate Dean and Interim Dean of the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health (FSPH), which includes training programs at the undergraduate, master’s, doctoral, and post-doctoral level. In addition, he teaches in the business of medicine physician MBA program at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.

Dr. Menachemi’s work has been funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), private foundations and corporations, as well local and state governments.

His work has been published in approximately 300 peer-reviewed scientific papers in numerous professional journals, including Health Affairs, Health Services Research, the New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, and the American Journal of Public Health.

Featured Projects

Dr. Menachemi is currently working on various projects that explore how informatics tools can be leveraged to improve population health following changes to US health care reimbursement models. In addition, he is working with a variety of stakeholders (businesses, healthcare providers, policymakers) to improve the health of Indiana residents.

Highlighted Publications

Nov 2021

Many States Were Able To Expand Medicaid Without Increasing Administrative Spending

Publication: Health Affairs

doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01695

Authors: Balio CP, Blackburn J, Yeager VA, Simon KI, Menachemi N

Feb 2, 2021

Bayesian estimation of SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in Indiana by random testing

Publication: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2013906118

Authors: Yiannoutsos CT, Halverson PK, Menachemi N

Jan 2021

Infection Fatality Ratios for COVID-19 Among Noninstitutionalized Persons 12 and Older: Results of a Random-Sample Prevalence Study

Publication: Annals of Internal Medicine

doi: 10.7326/M20-5352

Authors: Blackburn J, Yiannoutsos CT, Carroll AE, Halverson PK, Menachemi N

In The News

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Influence

Regenstrief president participates in media panel with national experts

Featured Fellowship

Health Services Research (HSR) Fellowships & Training

People

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