Summary
Summary
Jayant A. Talwalkar, M.D., is a hepatologist with training in health services research. His program is focused on the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based information to improve the delivery of high quality, patient-centered medical care for populations affected by chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. The work of Dr. Talwalkar and his team has been sponsored by research grants from the Mayo Clinic Center for Translational Science Activities (CTSA) and the National Institutes of Health. His program also collaborates closely with colleagues in the Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery.
Focus areas
- Studying the factors associated with the uptake and barriers to use of clinical practice guidelines, including the effects of variable adherence to recommendations on diagnostic testing, treatment initiation, and subsequent patient-centered outcomes
- Assessing the extent and variability in resource utilization within diagnostic and treatment pathways and the identification of efficiencies to improve quality of care and desired patient-centered outcomes
- Identifying current pathways of ambulatory and hospital-based health care delivery and defining the role of innovative models of care including PCMH and electronic modalities of consultation
Significance to patient care
The research performed by Dr. Talwalkar and his colleagues is significant because their areas of focus are related to identifying the most efficient and patient-centered strategies for delivering health care to populations with chronic diseases such as cirrhosis.