Adam D. Baus, PhD, MA, MPH, BA

Dr. Adam Baus is Director of the WVU Office of Health Services Research and a Research Assistant Professor with Social and Behavioral Sciences with an expertise in health informatics, quality of care improvement, and health services research.

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West Virginia University School of Public Health

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Office of Health Services Research

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Research Assistant Professor

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West Virginia University School of Public Health

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Social and Behavioral Sciences

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• PhD, West Virginia University, 2015
• MA, West Virginia University, 2002
• MPH, West Virginia University, 2006
• BA, Saint Vincent College, 2000

• Baus, A., Coben, J., Zullig, K., Pollard, C., Mullett, C., Taylor, H., Cochran, J., Jarrett, T., Long, D. (2017). An Electronic Health Record Data-driven Model for Identifying Older Adults at Risk of Unintentional Falls. Perspectives in Health Information Management (Fall), 1-22. Available http://perspectives.ahima.org/anehrdatadrivenmodel/
• Davis, S., Daily, S., Kristjansson, A., Kelley, G., Zullig, K., Baus, A. D., Davidov, D., Fisher, M. (2017). Needle exchange programs for the prevention of hepatitis C virus infection in people who inject drugs: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Harm Reduction Journal, 14(25). Available https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5436422/
• Bridges, K., Cochran, J., Jarrett, T., Thorpe, A., & Baus, A. (2015). Use of the Triglyceride to HDL Cholesterol Ratio for Assessing Insulin Sensitivity in Overweight and Obese Children in Rural Appalachia. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. Available at: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jpem.2016.29.issue-2/jpem-2015-0158/jpem-2015-0158.xml 
• Cochran, J. & Baus, A. (2015). Developing Interventions for Overweight and Obese Children using Electronic Health Records Data. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics,19 (1). Available at: http://www.himss.org/ResourceLibrary/GenResourceDetail.aspx?ItemNumber=39758 
• Baus A, Wood G, Pollard C, Summerfield, B, White, E. (2013). Registry-based diabetes risk detection schema for the systematic identification of patients at risk for diabetes in West Virginia primary care centers. Perspectives in Health Information Management (Fall). Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3797553

• West Virginia University School of Public Health Service Award, West Virginia University School of Public Health, Service, School/Department, Received. November 10, 2017.
• Award for leadership in co-chairing the Clinical Asthma Management Subcommittee. Presented at the 2010 West Virginia Asthma Education and Prevention Program Annual Retreat, Daniels, West Virginia, August 12-13, 2010.
• Graduated from Year 1 of the West Virginia University Mountaineer Leadership Academy – Cohort 2, June 17, 2010.

Dr. Adam Baus is a Research Assistant Professor with the West Virginia University School of Public Health, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences with a secondary appointment in the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Leadership, and Director of the West Virginia University Office of Health Services Research, School of Public Health. His work focuses on quality of care and health disparities issues for high-risk, high-need populations. His work often centers on providing technical support and coaching to primary care and community-based partners to leverage clinical and other data sources for analytics, evaluation, quality of care improvement, and health services research needs. He serves as Principal Investigator on numerous, concurrent state-based and out-of-state funded efforts and serves as Co-Investigator for a variety of data-driven efforts focused on improving the quality of patient care and population health outcomes while reducing burden on the health care system.

West Virginia University Office of Health Services Research

The West Virginia University School of Public Health, Office of Health Services Research (OHSR) has a long history of commitment to and partnership with state and local public health, primary care, and community health partners to address priority health disparities. The work of OHSR centers on empowering clinic and community partners to achieve the triple aim of enhanced patient-level care, improved population health metrics, and over time a more efficient health care system. Recent peer-reviewed research from OHSR highlights these efforts, and provides context to the health informatics and analytics support provided to primary care and community-based partners. The research trajectory, teaching, and training commitment of OHSR centers on empowering partners to more fully leverage data for decision making, program evaluation, and overall quality of care improvement.

1. West Virginia Improving the Health of Americans through Prevention and Management of Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Stroke – 1815. Funding Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|West Virginia Bureau for Public Health. Dates: 10/1/2018-6/29/2019. Amount: $339,110. Principal Investigator: Adam Baus. Goal: The major goal of this project is to build new and strengthen existing clinic/community linkages for sustained improvements in the prevention and management of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke in WV primary care systems – leveraging clinical and community-based data and health analytics.

2. West Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Program. Funding Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|West Virginia Bureau for Public Health. Dates: 6/30/2018-6/29/2019. Amount: $46,882. Principal Investigator: Adam Baus. Goal: The major goal of this project is to build new and strengthen existing clinic/community linkages for sustained improvements in comprehensive cancer prevention.

3. National Association of Chronic Disease Directors Technical Assistance. Funding Organization: National Association of Chronic Disease Directors. Dates: 11/1/2017-6/30/2019. Amount: $21,000. Principal Investigator: Adam Baus. Goal: The major goal of this project is to build and strengthen the health analytics capacity of primary care systems in the Pacific Islands to monitor and target care to patients with diabetes and other priority chronic health conditions. 

4. Rural West Virginia Responds to Opioid Injection Epidemics: From Data to Action. Funding Organization: National Institute on Drug Abuse. Dates: 8/15/2017-07/31/2019. Amount: $1,010,068. Principal Investigator: Judith Feinberg, Gordon Smith. Goal: The major goal of this project is to create health systems change through analysis and application of clinical data to inform practice and policy change regarding the screening and treatment of Hepatitis C and HIV in rural West Virginia primary care systems.

5. Health Systems Change through use of Evidence-Based Interventions, Community-Clinic Linkages, and Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change for the WV Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program. Funding Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|West Virginia Bureau for Public Health. Dates: 06/30/2017-06/29/2022. Amount: $448,360. Principal Investigator: Stephenie Kennedy-Rea. Goal: The major goal of this project is to develop, administer, and evaluate health systems change activities and professional development activities for the WV Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program.

6. West Virginia Program to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening (WV PICCS). Funding Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dates: 06/30/2015-06/29/2020. Amount: $421,523. Principal Investigator: Stephenie Kennedy-Rea. Goal: The major goal of this project is to create health systems change through implementation of evidence-based interventions with provider practices in order in increase colorectal cancer screening rates and adherence to screening protocols.

7. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources - Bureau for Medical Services Medicaid Diabetes Health Home Evaluation. Funding Organization: WV DHHR-Bureau for Medical Services. Dates: 08/01/2018-03/31/2019. Amount: $99,917. Principal Investigator: Nathan Pauly. Goal: The major goal of this project is to evaluate the impact of a diabetes health home project on a variety of outcomes, including health status and costs.

8. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources - Bureau for Medicaid Services Medicaid 1115 SUD Waiver Evaluation. Funding Organization: WV DHHR-Bureau for Medical Services. Dates: 03/01/2018-12/31/18. Amount: $267,313.00. Principal Investigator: Thomas Bias. Goal: The major goal of this project are to evaluate the impact of West Virginia’s 1115 SUD waiver on a variety of outcomes, including morbidity, mortality, and costs.

9. (Pending) Examining the quality of opioid use disorder treatment in a Medicaid research network. Funding Organization: National Institute on Drug Abuse. Dates: 04/01/2019-09/30/2021. Amount: $3,238,163. Principal Investigator: Julie Donohue. Goal: The major goals of this project are to harness a Medicaid Distributed Research Network to assess OUD treatment performance and examine the impact of recent Medicaid policy changes on performance. 

Additional information on peer reviewed publications, research efforts, and available data sets and data dictionaries is available through the West Virginia University Research Repository at: https://researchrepository.wvu.edu