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Amy O'Shea, PhD, MS
Dr. O’Shea is an Investigator with the Center for Access & Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE) and the VA Office of Rural Health (ORH), Veterans Rural Health Resource Center-Iowa City (VRHRC-IC), as well as an Assistant Research Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (https://medicine.uiowa.edu/internalmedicine/profile/amy-oshea).
• Principal Investigator on the ORH-funded Rural Health Career Development Award to evaluate broadband availability and social determinants of health impacting the use of VA primary care delivered in-person or via telemedicine (i.e., telephone or video).
• Works in collaboration with the VHA Primary Care Analytics Team to assess the use of the Clinical Resource Hub (CRH) with access to care metrics, including established and new patient wait times, timely care, and third next available measures.
Dr. O’Shea has expertise in health services research, the VA electronic medical record, broadband availability and its impact on telemedicine, and biostatistics. Her primary research focuses on improving healthcare access for Veterans, especially those living in rural or underserved locations, by studying social determinants of health, barriers to healthcare access, and the development of interventions designed to improve healthcare delivery thru virtual care.
Education
PhD University of Iowa, 2013
MS University of Iowa, 2009
Research Interests:
- Access to Care, especially among rural or underserved populations
- Rural Health
- Telemedicine
- Social Determinants of Health
VA Research Projects
- The Intersection of Broadband Access and Social Determinants of Health with Primary Care Services delivered via Telephone, VA Video Connect or In-Person funded by VA Office of Rural Health, Veterans Rural Health Resource Center – Iowa City, IA; PI: Amy M.J. O’Shea
- CRH Evaluation funded by the Office of Primary Care and the Office of Rural Health; PI: Peter Kaboli
- Povidone-iodine to stop Access relation Infections and Transmission of Staphylococcus aureus (PAINTS) funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); PI: Marin Schweizer
- Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship: Minding the Gaps – the Iowa Prevention Epicenter Core 3 Livorsi funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; PI: Daniel Livorsi
- Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship: Minding the Gaps – the Iowa Prevention Epicenter; Herwaldt Large Project (POTENT) funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; PI: Loreen Herwaldt
- Improving Post-Discharge Antimicrobial Use: A Stepped Wedge Trial funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; PI: Daniel Livorsi
