Robert J. Rosati, Ph.D., Director of Research, Evaluation and Informatics, joined the Center for Home Care Policy & Research in September 2000. At the Center, Dr. Rosati is responsible for directing analysis and reporting of clinical outcomes for all patients served by the Visiting Nurse Service of NY. He works closely with senior management, quality improvement staff and other researchers to analyze and interpret clinical data. Part of his role is to also identify agency reporting needs and evaluate the reliability of source information. In addition, Dr. Rosati assists in the design and implementation of evaluation studies related to new program initiates throughout the agency. Dr. Rosati also created an Intranet website that allows all agency staff to have access to reports and analyses provided by the Outcomes group. This website has detailed information on patient demographics, quality and outcomes, referral sources and utilization data.
Dr. Rosati's research interests include factors that contribute to adverse events in home health care, medical errors, case mix adjustment and OASIS reliability. He has an interest in quality improvement methodology and is on the Editorial Board of the Journal for Healthcare Quality. Dr. Rosati is also on the faculty of Hofstra University, where he teaches courses in statistics and research design.
Prior to joining the Center, Dr. Rosati was the Director of Quality Management Systems for The Brooklyn Hospital Center. His responsibilities included designing quality improvement projects, managing a hospital-wide patient satisfaction survey, overseeing JCAHO compliance, evaluation of new programs and training staff. Dr. Rosati also developed a web-based system that provided decision support services to senior management and clinical leadership. In addition, he served on the Hospital's Institutional Review Board and conducted research in the areas of palliative care, family care giving and pediatric/childhood home health asthma education.
Dr. Rosati has been a research consultant to the National Center for Disabilities, New York State Department of Health, North Shore University Hospital, American Cancer Society and several large corporations. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, American Statistical Association, Academy for Health Services Research, National Association for Healthcare Quality and Society of Psychologists in Management.
Dr. Rosati received his doctorate from Hofstra University in Applied Research and Evaluation in Psychology. His training included an emphasis on research design, test and survey construction, psychometric theory, program evaluation techniques, computer programming and multivariate statistical analysis.
Journal Articles and Reports
Rosati, R.J.
2009
Evaluation of remote monitoring in
home health care. In: E.C. Conley, C.
Doarn & A. Hajjam-El-Hassani (Eds.)
Proceedings of the International
Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine and Social Medicine, eTELEMED 2009 (pp. 151
– 153).
Rosati, R.J.
2009
History of quality measurement in home health care.
Clinics in Geriatric
Medicine. 25(1): 121-134.
Rosati, R.J.
2009
Home healthcare quality (guest editorial).
Journal for Healthcare Quality
(Special Issue: Home Healthcare Quality). 31(2): 3-4.
Rosati, R.J., Marren,
J.M., Davin, D.M., & Morgan, C.J. 2009
The linkage between employee and patient satisfaction in home health
care.
Journal for Healthcare Quality. 31(2): 44-53.
Ryvicker,
M., Marren, J., Sobolewski, S., Acampora, T.,
Flannery, M., Buff, E., Hess, A.M., Rosati,
R., Schwartz, T., & Feldman,
P.H. 2008. Feldman, P., Ryvicker, M., Rosati, R., Schwartz, T.,
Maduro, G. 2007.
Spreading Improvement Strategies within a Large Home
Healthcare Organization.
Journal for Healthcare
Quality. 30(2): 48-58.
HHA Partnering Collaborative Evaluation:
Practice/Policy Brief.
Prepared for the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation,
Rosati,R.J. & Huang, L.
In Press.
Development and Testing of an Analytic Model to Identify
Home Healthcare Patients at Risks for a Hospitalizations within the
first 60 Days of care.
Home Healthcare Services Quarterly.
Siegler, E.J., Murtaugh, C.M., Rosati,
R.J., Clark, A., Ruchlin, H., Sobolewski, S., Feldman, P.H., &
Callahan, M.
2006.
Improving the transition to home healthcare by rethinking the purpose
and structure of the CMS 485: First steps.
Home Healthcare Services Quarterly. 25(3/4): 27-38
Feldman, P., McDonald, M., Rosati, R., Murtaugh, C., Kovner, C.T.,
Goldberg, J.D. & King, L. 2006
Exploring the potential utility of
automated drug alerts in home health care.
Journal of Healthcare Quality 28(1):29-40.
Rosati,
R.J. 2006.
Focusing on home healthcare quality
(Guest Editorial).
Journal for Healthcare Quality (Special
Issue: Home Healthcare Quality). 28(1):2, 55.
Byers,
J.F., & Rosati, R.J. 2005.
Research provides the MEAT for quality
improvement (Guest Editorial).
Journal for Healthcare Quality (Special
Issue: Healthcare Quality Research).
Neder,
S., Rosati, R.J., & Huang, L. 2005.
Assessment of OASIS inter-rater
reliability and validity using several methodological approaches.
Home Healthcare Services Quarterly.
24(3):23-38.
Keepnews, D., Capitman, J.A., &
Rosati, R.J.
2004.
Measuring
patient-level clinical outcomes of home health care.
Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 36(1):
79-85.
Rosati, R.J., Huang, L., Navaie-Waliser,
M., & Feldman, P.H.
2003.
Risk
factors for repeated hospitalizations among home health care recipients.
Journal of
Healthcare Quality 25(2): 38-45.
Siegler, E.L., Del Monte, M.L., and Rosati, R.
2002.
What role should the nephrologist play in the provision of
palliative care?
Journal of Palliative Medicine
5: 759-763.
Rosati, R.J. 1995.
Software review of "BMDP
New System for Windows."
Social Science Computer Review. 13:
563-567.
Risucci, D.A., Lutsky, L.A., Rosati, R.J., and
Tortolani, A.J. 1992.
Reliability and accuracy of resident
evaluations of surgical facility. Evaluation and the Health
Professionals. 15: 313-324.
Tortolani, A.J., Risucci, D.A. and Rosati, R. J. 1991.
Resident evaluation of surgical faculty.
Journal of Surgical Research, 51: 186-191.
Dlugacz, Y., Rosati, R.J., Tortolani, A.J. and Weissman, G. 1991.
Communicating quality assurance data to trustees.
Quality Times, 4: 9-11.
Tortolani, A., Risucci, D., Rosati, R. and Dlugacz, Y. 1991.
Validation of resident evaluations of surgical faculty.
Focus On Surgical Education, 8: 21-2.
Tortolani, A.J., Risucci, D.A., Rosati, R.J. and Dixon, R. 1990.
In-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Patient, arrest and resuscitation factors associated with survival.
Resuscitation, 20: 115-128.
Rosati, R.J., Sarrett, S. and Staniszewski, S.C. 1989.
PEER Regional Network exemplary models in transition and supported employment.
The Forum, 15: 5-8.
Sarrett, S., Staniszewski, S. and Rosati, R.J. 1989.
Transition programs open doors to students: An opportunity to enter the world of employment is being taken.
Independent Living, 10: 70-71.
Rosati, R.J. 1988.
Software review of "Everbody's Planner".
Social Science Computer Review, 6: 154-155.
Young, J., Rosati, R. and Vandergoot, D. 1986.
Initiating a marketing strategy by assessing employer needs for rehabilitation services.
Journal of Rehabilitation, 52: 37-41.
Books/Chapters in Books
Byers,
J.F., & Rosati, R.J. 2005.
Module One: "Foundation, Techniques and
Tools" In: L.R. Pelletier & C.L. Beaudin (Eds.), Q solutions:
Essential resources for the healthcare quality professions.
Glenview, IL: National Association for
Healthcare Quality. 27(4)
Rosati, R.J. 2003.
Creating quality
improvement projects.
In: An Introduction to Hospitals and Inpatient
Care. Siegler, E.L., Mirafzali, S., and Foust, J.B., eds.
New York:
Springer Publishing Company.
