RAND Expert Biography
James H. Bigelow
Senior Operations Research Analyst
Expertise
Roles of information technology in health care, operational training and management of fighter pilots, computer models and modeling, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis
Recent Work
Comprehensively evaluated costs and benefits of electronic medical record systems in health care; evaluated Health Buddy, a device that congestive heart failure patients can use to communicate daily via the Internet with a case manager; modeled training in operational fighter squadrons to determine factors that limit the number of pilots that can be absorbed
Education
Ph.D. in operations research, Stanford University; B.S. in mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
Publications of Interest
"Analysis of Healthcare Interventions That Change Patient Trajectories," James H. Bigelow et al., RAND Corporation, 2005
"Can Electronic Medical Record Systems Transform Healthcare? Potential Health Benefits, Savings, and Costs," Richard Hillestad et al., Health Affairs, Vol. 24, No. 5, Sept 2005
"The Economics of Investing in Universal Preschool Education in California," Lynn A. Karoly and James H. Bigelow, RAND Corporation, 2005
"Models of Operational Training in Fighter Squadrons," James H. Bigelow et al., RAND Corporation, 2003
"Implications for Model Validation of Multiresolution, Multiperspective Modeling (MRMPM) and Exploratory Analysis," James H. Bigelow and Paul K. Davis, RAND Corporation, 2003
Recent RAND Publications are listed here.
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: Adelphia Cable
Commentary: Los Angeles Times
To arrange an interview:
Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.
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