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Timothy Hoff


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Associate Professor of Management, Healthcare Systems, and Health Policy


Timothy Hoff 

137 Richards Hall 

360 Huntington Avenue 

Boston, Massachusetts 02115 



617.373.4698
t.hoff@neu.edu

Education

PhD in Public Administration and Policy, University at Albany, SUNY
BS in Business Administration, University at Albany, SUNY

Research and Teaching Interests

Professor Hoff’s primary research interests are in the area of health policy and management. Specifically, he studies health care implementation; physician attitudes and behavior; the organizational and cultural aspects of health care quality and patient safety; changing modes of professionalism; and health care innovation. Professor Hoff has taught a variety of health policy and management courses.

Awards and Honors

Named in 2012 as one of the “101 Most Influential Professors of Public Health” nationally by MPHProgramsList.com, an online service for public health student education.

Outstanding Academic Title Award, Choice Magazine, 2010, for the book, “Practice Under Pressure: Primary Care Physicians and Their Medicine in the Twenty-First Century”.

Member, Institute of Medicine Committee, National Academy of Sciences, 2008-09, Title of Study: Review of Priorities in the National Vaccine Plan.

Visiting Fellow, 2005, Templeton College of Management, Oxford University.

Best Paper Award, Academy of Management, Health Care Management Division, 1998.

Roberta K. Simmons National Dissertation Award, American Sociological Association, Medical Sociology Section, 1997.

Selected Publications

Hoff, T., Weller, W., DePuccio M. (2012). The Patient-Centered Medical Home: A Review of Recent Research. Medical Care Research and Review, 69: 619-44.

Hartmann, C., Hoff, T., Palmer, J.A., Wroe, P., Dutta-Lin, M., and G. Lee. (2012) The Medicare policy of payment adjustment for healthcare-associated infections: Perspectives on theoretical unintended consequences. Medical Care Research and Review, 69(1): 45-61.

Hoff, T. (2012). Older adults and the “one-size-fits-all” medical home model. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 31: 531-36.

Hoff, T. (2011). Deskilling and adaptation among primary care physicians using two work innovations. Health Care Management Review, 36(4): 338-48.

Hoff, T., Hartmann, C., Soerensen, C., Wroe, P., Dutta-Linn, M., and G. Lee. (2011). Making the CMS payment policy for healthcare-associated infections work: Organizational factors that matter. Journal of Healthcare Management, 56(5): 319-36.

Hoff, T. (2011). Toward thinking qualitatively in health services research. Medical Care Research and Review, 68(1): 49-55.

Weiner, B., Amick, H., Lund, J., Lee, S., and T. Hoff. (2011). Use of qualitative methods in published health services and management research: A Ten-Year Review. Medical Care Research and Review, 68(1): 3-33.

Hoff, T. and C. Soerensen. (2011). No payment for preventable complications: Reviewing the early literature for content, guidance, and impressions. Quality Management in Health Care, 20(1): 62-75.

Hoff, T. (2010). The patient-centered medical home: What we need to know more about. Medical Care Research and Review, 67(4): 383-392.

Hoff, T. (2010). The shaky foundation of the patient-centered medical home. American Journal of Managed Care, 16(6): e134-e136.

Hoff, T. (2010). Managing the negatives of experience in physician teams: A case study of an academic medical center. Health Care Management Review, 35(1): 65-76.

Nembhard, I., Alexander J., Hoff, T., and R. Ramanujaum. (2009). Understanding implementation failure in health care delivery: A role for organizational research and theory. Academy of Management Perspectives, 23(1): 24-42.

Hoff, T. (2008). Long-term follow-up culture in state newborn screening programs. Genetics in Medicine, 10(6): 396-403.

Hoff, T. (2008). How work context shapes physician approach to safety and error. Quality Management in Health Care, 17(2): 140-153.

Hoff, T., Ayoob, M., Therrell, B. (2007). Long-term follow-up data collection and use in state newborn screening programs. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 161(10):994-1000.

Selected Presentations

Hoff, T. (2012). The social construction of professional identity and work: Implications for theory and practice. Presented at the 2012 Academy of Management Meetings in Boston, MA.

Hoff, T. (2012). Primary care physician alignment with the patient-centered medical home. Paper presented at the 2012 Academy Health Meetings in Orlando, FL.

Hoff, T., Weller, W., and DePuccio, M. (2012). The patient-centered medical home: A review of recent research. Poster presented at the 2012 Academy Health Meetings in Orlando, FL.

Hoff, T. (2011). Deskilling and Adaptation Among Primary Care Physicians Using Two Work Innovations. Paper presented at the 2011 Academy of Management Meetings in San Antonio, TX.

Hoff, TJ (2011). Delivery System Changes and US Health Reform: Implications for Implementation Research and Theory. Presented at the 2011 Academy of Management Meetings in San Antonio, TX.

Hoff, T. (2010). Primary care physicians and the medical home: Neither ready, willing, or able. Paper presented at the 2010 Academy Health Meetings in Boston, MA in a special panel on the future of primary care physicians in the United States.

Hoff, T. (2010). The changing face of primary care medicine: Implications for medical workforce development. Poster presented at the 2010 Academy Health Meetings in Boston, MA.

Hoff, T., Hartmann, C.W., Wroe, P., Dutta-Linn, M., Soerensen, C., and Lee, G. (2010). Exploring hospital implementation of the CMS policy of nonpayment for preventable complications. Poster presented at the 2010 Academy Health Meetings in Boston, MA.

Hartmann, C.W., Hoff, T., Wroe, P., Dutta-Linn, M., Palmer, J., and Lee, G. (2010). Exploring intended and unintended consequences of the CMS policy of nonpayment for preventable complications. Poster presented at the 2010 Academy Health Meetings in Boston, MA.

Hoff, T., Hartmann, C.W., Dutta-Linn, M., Wroe, P., Palmer, J., Soerensen, C., and Lee, G. (2010). Facilitators and barriers in implementing the CMS policy of nonpayment for preventable complications. Poster presented at the 2010 Association of Preventionists in Infection Control Annual Educational Conference in New Orleans, LA.

Palmer, J., Hartmann, C.W., Hoff, T., Dutta-Lin, M., Wroe, P., and Lee, G. (2010). Medicare’s policy of nonpayment for catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Poster presented at the 2010 Association of Preventionists in Infection Control Annual Educational Conference in New Orleans, LA.

Hoff, T. (2009). Beyond diffusion: The social and economic forces that shape medical home implementation. Paper presented at the 2009 Academy of Management Meetings in Chicago, Il.

Hoff, T. (2008). The pride and prejudice of being a female primary care physician. Paper presented at the 2008 Academy of Management Meetings in Anaheim, CA.

Industry and Academic Experience

Professor Hoff served as an Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University at Albany, State University of New York School of Public Health prior to joining the D’Amore-McKim faculty in January 2013. Previous to academia, he worked in hospital administration and health care consulting. Through his research, teaching, service, and consulting, Professor Hoff has worked with a variety of organizations and agencies such as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Veterans Health Administration, American Cancer Society, and New York State Department of Health.

Professional Services

Professor Hoff is on the editorial board of three academic publications: Medical Care Research and Review, Health care Management Review, and Advances in Health Care Management. He is the former Division Chair of the Health Care Management Division of the Academy of Management, and serves in a variety of advisory capacities to federal health agencies and health care organizations. He is a member of the Academy of Management, Academy Health, and American Sociological Association.

Mailing Address

Timothy Hoff 

137 Richards Hall 

360 Huntington Avenue 

Boston, Massachusetts 02115