Peter Mendel

Social Scientist
Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. in sociology, Stanford University

Overview

Biography

Peter Mendel is a Social Scientist at RAND specializing in organizational dynamics, reform, and global and comparative institutions, particularly related to healthcare systems. He is co-author of a recent international study on the sustainability of quality improvement in leading hospitals and medical centers in the U.S. and Europe, as well as a book on broad-scale institutional changes in health care and their effects on medical delivery organizations in the San Francisco Bay area over a half century. His other research has focused on inter-organizational networks for health care delivery and policy, and the dissemination of evidence-based health interventions within community settings. He also has participated in cross-national research on self-help groups for substance addictions and the organization and financing of national health systems.

Research Focus

Selected Publications

Peter Mendel, Lisa S. Meredith, Michael Schoenbaum, Cathy D. Sherbourne, and Kenneth B. Wells, "Interventions in Organizational and Community Context: A Framework for Building Evidence on Dissemination and Implementation in Health Services Research," Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research (APMH & MHSR), 35(1-2):21-37, 2008

Paul Bate, Peter Mendel, Glenn Robert, Organizing for Quality: The Improvement Journeys of Leading Hospitals in Europe and the United States, Radcliffe Publishing, 2008

W. Richard Scott, Martin Ruef, Peter Mendel, Carol A. Caronna, Institutional Change and Healthcare Organizations: From Professional Dominance to Managed Care, University of Chicago Press, 2000

Peter Mendel, Cheryl Damberg, Melony E. Sorbero, Danielle M. Varda, and Donna O. Farley, "The Growth of Partnerships to Support Safe Practice Adoption," Health Services Research, (in press)

Honors & Awards

  • Eliot Freidson Award, Most Outstanding Book Contribution to Medical Sociology, American Sociological Association 2002
  • Max Weber Award, Best Scholary Book Publication in Organizational Sociology, American Sociological Association 2001
  • MacArthur Fellowship, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, 1997-1998

Publications

Attitudes and Beliefs Related to HIV/AIDS in Urban Religious Congregations: Barriers and Opportunities for HIV-related Interventions - 2012

Implementation of the CALM Intervention for Anxiety Disorders: A Qualitative Study - 2012

Learning About Urban Congregations and HIV/AIDS: Community-Based Foundations for Developing Congregational Health Interventions - 2010

Religious Congregations' Involvement in HIV: A Case Study Approach - 2010

Assessing Patient Safety Practices and Outcomes in the U.S. Health Care System - 2009

Community Partners in Care: Leveraging Community Diversity to Improve Depression Care for Underserved Populations - 2009

How Hospitals Have Implemented the National Quality Forum Safe Practices - 2009

The Growth of Partnerships to Support Patient Safety Practice Adoption - 2009

Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Final Report -- Evaluation Report IV - 2008

Interventions in Organizational and Community Context: A Framework for Building Evidence on Dissemination and Implementation in Health Services Research - 2008

Organizing for Quality: Inside the ''Black Box'' of Health Care Improvement in Europe and the United States - 2008

Organizing for Quality: The Improvement Journeys of Leading Hospitals in Europe and the United States - 2008

Assessing the Diffusion of Safe Practices in the U.S. Health Care System: Interim Report to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - 2007

Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Moving from Research to Practice Evaluation Report II (2003-2004) - 2007

How Do Teams in Quality Improvement Collaboratives Interact? - 2007

Assessing Organizational Readiness and Change in Community Intervention Research: Framework for Participatory Evaluation - 2006

Implementation and Maintenance of Quality Improvement for Treating Depression in Primary Care - 2006

Assessing the Implementation of the Chronic Care Model in Quality Improvement Collaboratives - 2005

Assessing the Implementation of the Chronic Care Model in Quality Improvement Collaboratives: Methods Appendix - 2005

Motivation to Change Chronic Illness Care: Results from a National Evaluation of Quality Improvement Collaboratives - 2005

The Role of Perceived Team Effectiveness in Improving Chronic Illness Care - 2004

Assessing the Implementation of the Chronic Care Model in Quality Improvement Collaboratives: Does Baseline System Support for Chronic Care Matter? - 2003

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