Michael Weiner, M.D.

Name:	Michael Weiner, M.D., M.P.H.
Phone Number:	(317) 630-7760
E-Mail
Secretary Name:	Bev Clark
Secretary Phone Number:	(317) 630-7760
Fax:	(317) 630-6611

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Weiner's research focuses on improving organization and delivery of health services for older adults and on the effects of health information on physicians' practices and patients' outcomes.

POSITION/TITLE

Associate Professor of Medicine

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Institution and Location	Degree	Year	Field of Study
Brown University, Providence, RI	Sc.B	1988	Cognitive Sciences
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC	M.D.	1993	Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD	Internship	1993-1994	Internal Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD	Residency	1994-1996	Internal Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD	M.P.H.	1997
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD	Faculty Development	1997-1998

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

1996 - 1999	Post-doctoral Fellow, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1999 - 2005	Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
2005 - Present	Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
1999 - Present	Center Scientist, Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, IN
1999 - Present	Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indianapolis, IN

HONORS

1988	Magna cum laude with department honors, Brown University
1991 - Present	Four Schools Physician Scientist Training Program
1999	Chairman's Award for Teaching Excellence, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University
2000	Best Paper Award, Health Services Research, American Geriatrics Society, 2000 Annual Scientific Meeting
2003	Outstanding Researcher Award, Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine
2004	Merck/American Geriatrics Society New Investigator Award
2005	Poster Award, Midwest Region Society of General Internal Medicine
2006	“The Best of JGIM”, top 20 articles, by number of full-text downloads, published in JGIM from July 2005 to June 2006, for “The influence of information technology on patient-physician relationships”

CURRENT AND RECENT FUNDING

Evaluating the Quality of Health Care: Enrichment of Medicare Claims Data Using Clinical Data from a Comprehensive Electronic Medical Record System. Regenstrief Institute for Health Care & IU Center for Aging Research. August 1999, - July 2002. Co-investigator.
Indianapolis Network for Next-Generation Internet (NGI) Applications to Telemedicine. National Library of Medicine. September, 1999 - September, 2002. Co-investigator.
Improving Drug Use for Elderly Heart Failure Patients. National Institute on Aging. September, 2000 - September, 2004. Co-investigator.
The Effect of Web-based Training and Activated Standardized Patients on Residents' Behavior and Older Patients Outcomes. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2002 - 2003. Co-investigator.
Improving Medication Use in Patients with Hypertension. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. September, 2001 - September, 2005. Co-investigator.
Recommendations Of Inpatient Geriatrics Consultation – K23 . National Institute on Aging. July, 2003 – June, 2008. Principal Investigator.
Center of Excellence in Medical Informatics to Provide an Advanced Infrastructure for Human Research: A Catalyst for Indiana Research. Indiana 21st Century Research and Technology Fund. August, 2004 – August, 2006. Co-investigator.
Translation Research on Chronic Disease Self-Management (IU-Roybal). National Institute on Aging. September, 2004 – July, 2009. Co-investigator.
Perspectives of General Practitioners Towards Evaluation and Management of Cardiovascular Diseases Among Older Adults. Charitable Trust of the Auckland Faculty, Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. January, 2008 - June, 2008. Co-investigator.

PUBLICATIONS

Roscigno RF, Weiner M, Garcia-Blanco MA. A mutational analysis of the polypyrimidine tract of introns. Effects of sequence differences in pyrimidine tracts on splicing.J Biol Chem 1993;268(15):11222-9.
Weiner M. The comprehensive, inpatient, computer-based provider order-entry system. Osler Medical Journal (internet publication) 1997;3:< http://omj.med.jhu.edu/clinical_sci/vol3/nov97.shtml>.
Weiner M, Powe NR, Weller WE, Shaffer TJ, Anderson GF. Alzheimer's disease under managed care: implications from Medicare utilization and expenditure patterns. J Am Geriatr Soc 1998;46(6):762-70.
Weiner M, Gress T, Thiemann DR, Jenckes M, Reel SL, Mandell SF, Bass EB. Contrasting views of physicians and nurses about an inpatient computer-based provider order-entry system. J Am Med Inform Assoc 1999;6(3):234-44.
Weiner M, Powe NR, Anderson GF. Medicare expenditures for beneficiaries with dementia of the Alzheimers type [letter]. J Am Geriatr Soc 1999;47(10):1276.
McDonald CJ, Weiner M, Hui SL. Deaths due to medical errors are exaggerated in Institute of Medicine Report. JAMA 2000;284(1):93-95.
Weiner M. Doctor's diagnosis: demented ethics. Ethic News 2000;1:3.
Weiner M, Schadow G, Lindbergh D, Warvel J, Abernathy G, Dexter P, McDonald CJ. Secure internet video conferencing for assessing acute medical problems in a nursing facility. Proc AMIA Symp 2001;:751-5.
Srinivasan M, Weiner M, Breitfeld PP, Brahmi F, Dickerson KL, Weiner G. Early introduction of an evidence based medicine course to pre-clinical medical students. J Gen Intern Med. 2002 Jan;17(1 ):58-65.
Weiner M, Schadow G, Lindbergh D, Warvel J, Abernathy G, Perkins SM, Dexter PR, McDonald CJ. Conducting a Study of Internet-based Video Conferencing for Assessing Acute Medical Problems in a Nursing Facility. Proc AMIA Symp 2002; :874-8.
Weiner M, Fan MY, Johnson BA, Kasper JD, Anderson GF, Fried LP. Predictors of Health Resource Use by Disabled Older Female Medicare Beneficiaries Living in the Community. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51(3):371-379.
Weiner M, Stump TE, Callahan CM, Lewis JN, McDonald CJ. A practical method of linking data from Medicare claims and a comprehensive electronic medical records system. Int J Med Inf. 2003 Aug;71(1):57-69.
Weiner M, Callahan CM, Tierney WM, Overhage JM, Mamlin B, Dexter PR, McDonald CJ. Using information technology to improve the health care of older adults. Ann Intern Med. 2003;139(5 Pt 2):430-6.
Clark DO, Tu W, Weiner M, Murray MD. Correlates of health-related quality of life among lower-income, urban adults with congestive heart failure. Heart Lung. 2003;32(6):391-401
Weiner M, Schadow G, Lindbergh D, Warvel J, Abernathy G, Perkins SM, Fyffe J, Dexter PR, McDonald CJ. Clinicians' and Patients' Experiences and Satisfaction with Unscheduled, Nighttime, Internet-based Video Conferencing for Assessing Acute Medical Problems in a Nursing Facility. Proc AMIA Symp. 2003;:709-13.
Weiner M. State initiatives to control Medicaid drug costs. N Engl J Med. 2004 Apr 29;350(18):1912.
Murray MD, Young JM, Morrow DG, Weiner M, Tu W, Hoke SC, Clark DO, Stroupe KT, Wu J, Deer MM, Bruner-England TE, Sowinski KM, Smith FE, Oldridge NB, Gradus-Pizlo I, Murray LL, Brater DC, Weinberger M. Methodology of an ongoing, randomized, controlled trial to improve drug use for elderly patients with chronic heart failure. Am J Geriatri Pharmacother 2004;2(1):53-65.
Murray MD, Morrow DG, Weiner M, Clark DO, Tu W, Deer MM, Brater DC, Weinberger M. A conceptual framework to study medication adherence in older adults. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 2004;2(1):36-43.
Morrow D, Weiner M , Young J, Steinley D, Deer M, Young JM, Dunn S, McGuire P, Murray MD. Patient-centered instructions for medications prescribed for the treatment of heart failure. American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy 2004 (March); 2(1):44-52.
Stroupe KT, Teal E, Weiner M, Gradus-Pizlo I, Brater DC, Murray MD. Healthcare and medication costs and use among older adults with heart failure. Am J Med 2004 (March 15); 116(7):443-50.
Weiner M , Schadow G, McDonald CJ. Videoconferencing between nursing-home residents and off-site clinicians. American Journal of Nursing. 2004 December;104(6):44-5.
Subramanian U, Weiner M , Gradus-Pizlo I, Wu J, Tu W , Murray MD. Patient perception and provider assessment of severity of heart failure as predictors of hospitalization . Heart Lung. 2005 Mar-Apr;34(2):89-98.
Weiner M, Stump TE, Callahan CM, Lewis JN, McDonald CJ. Pursuing integration of performance measures into electronic medical records: beta adrenergic receptor antagonist medications . Qual Saf Health Care. 2005 Apr;14(2):99-106.
Morrow DG, Weiner M, Young J, Steinley D, Deer M, Murray MD. Improving medication knowledge among older adults with heart failure: a patient-centered approach to instruction design. Gerontologist. 2005 August;45:545-52.
Laflamme MR, Wilcox DC, Sullivan J, Schadow G, Lindbergh D, Warvel J, Buchanan H, Ising T, Abernathy G, Perkins SM, Daggy J, Frankel RM, Dexter P, McDonald CJ, Weiner M. A pilot study of usefulness of clinician-patient videoconferencing for making routine medical decisions in the nursing home. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 August;53(8):1380-5.
Weiner M, Biondich P. The influence of information technology on patient-physician relationships. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Jan;21 Suppl 1:S35-9.
Amarasingham R, Diener-West M, Weiner M, Lehmann H, Herbers JE, Powe NR. Clinical information technology capabilities in four U.S. hospitals: testing a new structural performance measure. Med Care. 2006 Mar; 44(3):216-24.
Stroupe KT, Teal EY, Tu W, Weiner M, Murray MD. Association of refill adherence and health care use among adults with hypertension in an urban health care system. Pharmacotherapy. 2006 Jun;26(6):779-89.
Weiner M, Quwatli Z, Perkins AJ, Lewis JN, Callahan CM. Limitation of a single clinical data source for measuring physicians' performance on quality indicators. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Aug;54(8):1256-60.
Morrow D, Clark D, Tu W, Wu J, Weiner M, Steinley D, Murray MD. Correlates of health literacy in patients with chronic heart failure. Gerontologist 2006 Oct;46(5):669-76.
Murray MD, Young J, Hoke S, Tu W, Weiner M, Morrow D, Stroupe KT, Wu J, Clark D, Smith F, Gradus-Pizlo I, Weinberger M, Brater DC. Pharmacist intervention to improve medication adherence in heart failure: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2007 May 15;146(10):714-25.
Bharmal MF, Weiner M, Sands LP, Xu H, Craig BA, Thomas J 3rd. Impact of Patient Selection Criteria on Revalence Estimates and Prevalence of Diagnosed Dementia in a Medicaid Population. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2007 April/June;21(2):92-100.
Morrow DG, Weiner M, Steinley D, Young J, Murray MD. Patients' health literacy and experience with instructions: influence preferences for heart failure medication instructions. J Aging Health. 2007 Aug;19(4):575-93.
Weiner MG, Lyman JA, Murphy S, Weiner M. Electronic health records: high-quality electronic data for higher-quality clinical research. Inform Prim Care. 2007;15(2):121-7.
Boustani M, Munger S, Beck R, Campbell N, Weiner M. A gero-informatics tool to enhance the care of hospitalized older adults with cognitive impairment. Clin Interv Aging. 2007;2(2):247-53.
Kerse N, Weiner M. CVD risk in later life a grey area. New Zealand Doctor. 2008. Feb 27:18.
Sands LP, Xu H, Weiner M, Rosenman MB, Craig BA, Thomas J 3rd. Comparison of Resource Utilization for Medicaid Dementia Patients Using Nursing Homes Versus Home and Community Based Waivers for Long-Term Care. Med Care. 2008 Apr;46(4):449-53.