Karen A. Wager, DBA Associate Professor Health Administration & Policy P.O. Box 250961 151B Rutledge Avenue Charleston, SC 29425 Phone: (843) 792-4492 Fax: (843) 792-3327 E-mail: wagerka@musc.edu

Education:

• DBA, Information Systems, University of Sarasota (1999)
• MHA-HIA, Concentration in Finance and Information Systems Medical University of South Carolina (1988)
• BS, Health Record Administration, University of Pittsburgh (1982)

Areas of Teaching:

• Management and Health Information Systems
• Healthcare Delivery Systems
• Managing Health Information Resources

Research Interests:

• Use and acceptance of electronic medical records in practice
• Impact of clinical information systems on practice
• Use of information technology and its impact of physician-patient relationships

Publications:

• Clark, F.C., Wager, K.A., Waller, J.L. (2008). Get your running shoes on—We’re fast tracking an EMR. Proceedings of the 2008 Health Information and Management Systems Society, Orlando, FL.
• Wager, K.A., Zoller, J.S., Soper, D.E., Smith, J.B., Waller, J.L., Clark, F.C. (2008). Assessing physician and nurse satisfaction with an ambulatory care EMR:  One facility's approach.  International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics., 3 (1), 63-74.
• Wager, K.A., Ward, D.M., Lee, F.W., White, A.W., Davis, K.S., Clancy, D., (2005) Physicians, patients and EHRs - When it comes to a consultation, is three a crowd:  Journal of the American Health Information Management Association, 76(4), 38-41.
• Wager, K.A., Lee, F.W., Bradford, W.D., Jones, W., and Kilpatrick, A.O., (2004). Qualitative Evaluation of South Carolina's Postpartum/Infant Home Visit Program. Public Health Nursing 21 (6), 541-546.
• Lee, F.W., Wager, K.A., White, A.W., Ward, D.M., (2004, April). EMR Practice Research in a Busy Ambulatory Care Clinic: The Lessons Learned. Journal of the American Health Information Management Assocation.
• Wager, K.A., Lee, F.W., White, A.W. (2001). Life after a disastrous electronic medical record implementation: One clinic's experience. Annals of Cases on Information Technology, 3: 153-168.
• Wager, K.A., Lee, F.W., White, A.W., Ward, D.M., Ornstein, S.M. (2000). Impact of electronic medical record system on community-based primary care practices. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice, 13 (5), 338-348.
• White, A.W., Wager, K.A., Lee, F.W. (2000). An HIA faculty perspective of an interdisciplinary review process for improving teaching effectiveness. Educational Perspectives in Health Information Management, 3 (2).
• Wager, K.A., Lee, F.W., Glorioso, R., and Bergstrom, L. (1999). Working smarter, not harder, in a family practice. Journal of the American Health Information Association, 70, 6: 44-46.
• Ornstein, S.M., MacFarlane, L.L., Jenkins, R.G., Pan, Q., Wager, K.A. (1999, Mar/Apr). Medication cost information in a computer-based patient record. Archives of Family Medicine, 8: 118-121.
• Wager, K.A., Trickey, B.A., Mitcham, M., Brotherton, S. (1998, Fall/Winter). An interdisciplinary educational approach to assessing the health care and health educational needs of the elderly in a South Carolina community. Journal of Allied Health, 27: 4, 202-207.
• Lee, F.W., Austin, C.J. White, A.W., and Wager, K.A. (1998). A student-developed health information systems conference. Journal of Health Administration Education, 16:3, 307-314.
• McFarland, E., Trickey, B., Reigart, B., Shilling, L., Wager, K., and West, V. (1998). Using focus groups to identify health and lifestyle issues in the elderly. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 18 (3), 33-43.
• White, A.W. and Wager, K.A. (1998). The outcomes movement and the role of the health information manager. Topics in Health Information Management, 18 (4), 1-12.

Grants:

• Bradford, W.D., Ward, D.M., Graber, D., Jones, W., Kilpatrick, A., and Wager, K.A. (2004). Impact of Smoking and Obesity on Medicaid Health Care Utilization. SC DHHS, State Medicaid Program.
• Bradford, W.D., Wager, K.A., Jones, W., Graber, D. Ward, D.M., White, A.W., (2003). Out of Home Placement Evaluation Study. SC DHHS, State Medicaid Program. (Project director and co-investigator).
• Bradford, W.D., Lee, F.W., Jones, W., Kilpatrick, A., Wager, K.A., (2002). Postpartum/Infant Home Visit Evaluation Study. South Carolina Medicaid Program, DHHS.
• Wager, K.A., White, A.W., Lee, F.W., Clancy, D. (2001-2002). The impact of direct entry into the EMR on the physician-patient relationship. American Health Information Management Association, FORE Foundation., $38,983. (Principal investigator)
• Wager, K.A.and Ornstein, S.M. (July, 1998). The impact of computer-based patient records on primary care practice from an organizational and economical perspective. College of Health Professions, MUSC, $5,000. (Principal investigator).
• Wager, K.A. and Ornstein, S.M. (May, 1998). The impact of computer-based patient records on primary care practice from an organizational and economical perspective. Physician Micro Systems, Inc., $7500 (Principal Investigator).
• Ward, D.M., Silverstein, M., Ornstein, S., Lee, F., Wager, K. (1998). The allocation of preventive resources in South Carolina: Assessing the efficiency, equity, and distribution. Healthy South Carolina Initiative. MUSC, $146,824. (Co-investigator)
• Lee, F. W., Wager, K.A., and White, A. W. (1997). Internet course: Health information systems for health professions. MUSC Information Technology Innovative Grants Program, $2250. (Co-investigator)
• Wager, K.A. and Lee, F. W. (1996). Factors influencing satisfaction with and usage of Oacis at the Medical University of South Carolina. College of Health Professions Research Grant, awarded $2034. (Principal Investigator)
• Johnson, P., Thomas, J., Trickey, B., Wager, K., West, V. and Shilling, L., (October, 1993) An Interdisciplinary Approach to Integrating Teaching, Service and Research in Geriatrics", Allied Health Project Grant, Health and Human Services. $407,933. (Co-investigator).

Awards:

• 2008 MUSC Teaching Excellence Award, Educator-Lecturer Category
• CHP Faculty Representative, MUSC Presidential Scholars Program, 2005 to present. 
• Developing Scholar of the Year, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, (1999)