Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD

Professor

Dr. Julia Adler-Milstein is a Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Clinical Informatics & Digital Transformation (DoC-IT).

Dr. Adler-Milstein is a leading researcher in health IT policy, with a specific focus on electronic health records and interoperability. She has examined policies and organizational strategies that enable effective use of electronic health records and promote interoperability. She is also an expert in EHR audit log data and its application to studying clinician behavior. Her research – used by researchers, health systems, and policymakers – identifies obstacles to progress and ways to overcome them.

She has published over 250 influential papers, testified before the US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, been named one of the top 10 influential women in health IT, and won numerous awards, including the New Investigator Award from the American Medical Informatics Association and the Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award from AcademyHealth. She has served on an array of influential committees and boards, including the NHS National Advisory Group on Health Information Technology, the Health Care Advisory Board for Politico, and the Interoperability Committee of the National Quality Forum.

Dr. Adler-Milstein holds a PhD in Health Policy from Harvard and spent six years on the faculty at University of Michigan prior to joining UCSF as a Professor in the Department of Medicine and the inaugural director of the Center for Clinical Informatics and Improvement Research in 2017. She became the inaugural Chief of the Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation in 2023.
Education
2021 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, UCSF
PhD, 06/2011 - Health Policy, Harvard University
AB, 06/2001 - Human Biology, Stanford University
Honors and Awards
  • Member, National Academy of Medicine, 2019
  • Don Eugene Detmer Award for Health Policy Contribution in Informatics, American Medical Informatics Association, 2018
  • Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award, Academy Health, 2017
  • Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI), 2017
  • Seema S. Sonnad Emerging Leader in Managed Care Research, American Journal of Managed Care, 2015
  • Henry Russel Award for Outstanding Junior Faculty, University of Michigan, 2015
  • New Investigator Award, American Medical Informatics Association, 2014
  • Top 10 Influential Women in Health IT, Fierce Health IT, 2014
  • Outstanding Dissertation Award, Academy Health, 2011
Websites
Publications

  1. Julia Adler-Milstein, Sarah W Rosenthal, Robert Thombley, Stephanie Rogers, Benjamin Rosner, Jarmin Yeh, James D Harrison. From 4Ms to 5 Domains: Ensuring New CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measure Improves Care for Older Adults. 2025. PMID:


  2. Yan C, Zhang X, Kannampallil TG, Adler-Milstein J, Chen Y. Reimagining clinical AI: from clickstreams to clinical insights with EHR use metadata. 2025. PMID: 40917584


  3. Kim S, Thombley R, Eiden E, Lou S, Adler-Milstein J, Kannampallil T, Holmgren AJ. Differences in physician electronic health record use by telemedicine intensity: evidence from 2 academic medical centers. 2025. PMID: 40646683


  4. Adler-Milstein J, Rosenthal SW, Thombley R, Erickson M, James TC, Rogers SE, Hardy J, Raven M, Degesys NF. Outcomes Associated With an Age-Friendly Emergency Department Intervention. 2025. PMID: 40838906


  5. Rotenstein L, Toretsky C, Khoong E, Sarkar U, Adler-Milstein J. Appointment Density, Message Responsiveness, and Patient Satisfaction. 2025. PMID: 40758355


  6. Harrison JD, Rogers SE, Rosner B, Martin E, Lin SC, Yeh J, Adler-Milstein J. Outcomes Evidence Must Keep Up with the Implementation of the 4Ms Framework to Ensure Age-Friendly Health System Transformation. 2025. PMID: 40231623


  7. Hjermitslev C, Monkman H, Adler-Milstein J, Schmidt T, Nøhr C, Eriksen J. Citizens' Options When Accessing and Sharing Health Information - An International Survey of IMIA Member Countries. 2025. PMID: 40199317


  8. Holmgren AJ, Apathy NC, Sinsky CA, Adler-Milstein J, Bates DW, Rotenstein L. Trends in Physician Electronic Health Record Time and Message Volume. 2025. PMID: 39992635


  9. Adler-Milstein J, Mattina C. Managed care reflections: a Q&A with Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD. 2025. PMID: 40053401


  10. Maisel N, Thombley R, Sinsky CA, Blake K, Overhage JM, Grumbach K, Willard-Grace R, Carlasare L, Adler-Milstein J. Primary Care Physician Perceptions of the Impact of CMS E/M Coding Changes and Associations with Changes in EHR Time. 2025. PMID: 39966238


  11. Strawley CE, Adler-Milstein J, Holmgren AJ, Everson J. New indices to track interoperability among US hospitals. 2024. PMID: 39724921


  12. Lin SC, Joynt Maddox K, Lew D, Adler-Milstein J, Kannampallil T. Hospital Health Information Exchange Network Density and Predictors Across U.S. Hospital Referral Regions. 2025. PMID: 39814047


  13. Nong P, Adler-Milstein J, Apathy NC, Holmgren AJ, Everson J. Current Use And Evaluation Of Artificial Intelligence And Predictive Models In US Hospitals. 2025. PMID: 39761454


  17. Rotenstein LS, Hendrix N, Phillips RL, Adler-Milstein J. Team and Electronic Health Record Features and Burnout Among Family Physicians. 2024. PMID: 39499518


  19. Everson J, Chang W, Patel V, Adler-Milstein J. The state of health information organizations and plans to participate in the federal exchange framework. 2024. PMID: 39188926


  20. Levy DR, Withall J, Mishuris RG, Tiase V, Diamond CJ, Douthit B, Grabowska M, Lee R, Moy A, Sengstack P, Adler-Milstein J, Detmer DE, Johnson KB, Cimino JJ, Corley ST, Murphy J, Rosenbloom T, Cato K, Rossetti SC. Defining documentation burden (DocBurden) and excess DocBurden for all health professionals: A scoping review. 2024. PMID: 39137903


  21. Holmgren AJ, Hendrix N, Maisel N, Everson J, Bazemore A, Rotenstein L, Phillips RL, Adler-Milstein J. Electronic Health Record Usability, Satisfaction, and Burnout for Family Physicians. 2024. PMID: 39207759


  22. Hendrix N, Maisel N, Everson J, Patel V, Bazemore A, Rotenstein LS, Holmgren AJ, Krist AH, Adler-Milstein J, Phillips RL. Impact of response bias in three surveys on primary care providers' experiences with electronic health records. 2024. PMID: 38894620


  24. Adler-Milstein J, Gopalan A, Huang J, Toretsky C, Reed M. Patterns of Telemedicine Use in Primary Care for People with Dementia in the Post-pandemic Period. 2024. PMID: 39046633


  25. Adler-Milstein J, Redelmeier DA, Wachter RM. The Limits of Clinician Vigilance as an AI Safety Bulwark. 2024. PMID: 38483397


  26. Barker W, Maisel N, Strawley CE, Israelit GK, Adler-Milstein J, Rosner B. A national survey of digital health company experiences with electronic health record application programming interfaces. 2024. PMID: 38281124


  27. Nong P, Adler-Milstein J, Kardia S, Platt J. Public perspectives on the use of different data types for prediction in healthcare. 2024. PMID: 38302616


  29. Everson J, Hendrix N, Phillips RL, Adler-Milstein J, Bazemore A, Patel V. Primary Care Physicians' Satisfaction With Interoperable Health Information Technology. 2024. PMID: 38530309


  30. Rule A, Kannampallil T, Hribar MR, Dziorny AC, Thombley R, Apathy NC, Adler-Milstein J. Guidance For Reporting Analyses of Metadata on Electronic Health Record Use. 2023. PMID: 38123497


  32. Holmgren AJ, Oakes AH, Miller A, Adler-Milstein J, Mehrotra A. National Trends in Billing Secure Messages as E-Visits. 2024. PMID: 38198195


  33. Paige Nong, Reema Hamasha, Karandeep Singh, Julia Adler-Milstein, Jody Platt. How Academic Medical Centers Govern AI Prediction Tools in the Context of Uncertainty and Evolving Regulation. 2024. PMID:


  34. Eriksen J, Monkman H, Adler-Milstein J, Tornbjerg Eriksen K, Nøhr C. Citizens' Access to Online Health Information - An International Survey of IMIA Member Countries. 2024. PMID: 38270024


  35. Adler-Milstein J, Thombley R, Rosenthal S, Rosner B, Rogers S. Assessing Equitable Adherence to the Age-Friendly Health System's 4Ms Framework in an Academic Inpatient Setting. 2024. PMID: 39314001


  37. Adler-Milstein J, Linden A, Hsia RY, Everson J. Electronic connectivity between hospital pairs: impact on emergency department-related utilization. 2023. PMID: 37846192


  39. Holmgren AJ, Thombley R, Sinsky CA, Adler-Milstein J. Changes in Physician Electronic Health Record Use With the Expansion of Telemedicine. 2023. PMID: 37902737


  40. Schnipper JL, Raffel KE, Keniston A, Burden M, Glasheen J, Ranji S, Hubbard C, Barish P, Kantor M, Adler-Milstein J, John Boscardin W, Harrison JD, Dalal AK, Lee T, Auerbach A. Achieving diagnostic excellence through prevention and teamwork (ADEPT) study protocol: A multicenter, prospective quality and safety program to improve diagnostic processes in medical inpatients. 2023. PMID: 37888951


  41. Levy DR, Moy A, Apathy N, Adler-Milstein J, Rotenstein L, Nath B, Rosenbloom T, Kannampallil T, Mishuris RG, Alexanian A, Sieja A, Hribar MR, Patel JS, Sinsky C, Melnick ER. Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Implementing Core EHR Use Metrics for Ambulatory Care: Virtual Consensus Conference Proceedings. 2023. PMID: 37802122


  42. Pantell MS, Holmgren AJ, Leary JC, Iott BE, Neuhaus J, Adler-Milstein J, Gottlieb LM. Social and Medical Care Integration Practices Among Children's Hospitals. 2023. PMID: 37718963


  43. Ravi A, Arvisais-Anhalt S, Weia B, Khanna R, Adler-Milstein J, Auerbach AD. Governance of Electronic Health Record Modification at US Academic Medical Centers. 2023. PMID: 37553071


  44. Adler-Milstein J, Krueger GN, Rosenthal SW, Rogers SE. Lost in Transition: Missed Opportunities for the 4 Ms to Support Post-Acute Care Transitions. 2023. PMID: 37451312


  45. Linfield GH, Patel S, Ko HJ, Lacar B, Gottlieb LM, Adler-Milstein J, Singh NV, Pantell MS, De Marchis EH. Evaluating the comparability of patient-level social risk data extracted from electronic health records: A systematic scoping review. 2023. PMID: 37677012


  46. Adler-Milstein JR, Krueger GN, Rosenthal SW, Rogers SE, Lyles CR. Health system approaches and experiences implementing the 4Ms: Insights from 3 early adopter health systems. 2023. PMID: 37246845


  47. Maisel N, Thombley R, Overhage JM, Blake K, Sinsky CA, Adler-Milstein J. Physician Electronic Health Record Use After Changes in US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Documentation Requirements. 2023. PMID: 37171799


  50. Holmgren AJ, Byron ME, Grouse CK, Adler-Milstein J. Association Between Billing Patient Portal Messages as e-Visits and Patient Messaging Volume. 2023. PMID: 36607621


  51. Grenon V, Szymonifka J, Adler-Milstein J, Ross J, Sarkar U. Factors Associated With Diagnostic Error: An Analysis of Closed Medical Malpractice Claims. 2023. PMID: 36631023


  52. Julia Adler-Milstein, Chantal Worzala, Brian E. Dixon. Chapter 21 Future directions for health information exchange. 2023. PMID:


  54. Julia Adler-Milstein, Courtney Lyles, Stephanie Rogers. HEALTH SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION, SCALING, AND IMPACT OF THE 4MS FRAMEWORK TO ADVANCE AGE-FRIENDLY CARE. 2022. PMID:


  55. Khanna RR, Murray SG, Wen T, Salmeen K, Illangasekare T, Benfield N, Adler-Milstein J, Savage L. Protecting reproductive health information in the post-Roe era: interoperability strategies for healthcare institutions. 2022. PMID: 36287823


  56. Rose C, Thombley R, Noshad M, Lu Y, Clancy HA, Schlessinger D, Li RC, Liu VX, Chen JH, Adler-Milstein J. Team is brain: leveraging EHR audit log data for new insights into acute care processes. 2022. PMID: 36303451


  58. Cross DA, Adler-Milstein J, Holmgren AJ. Management Opportunities and Challenges After Achieving Widespread Health System Digitization. 2022. PMID: 36437617


  59. Herrel LA, Yan P, Modi P, Adler-Milstein J, Ryan AM, Hollingsworth JM. Association of Medicare Beneficiary and Hospital Accountable Care Organization Alignment With Surgical Cost Savings. 2022. PMID: 36547947


  60. Iott BE, Pantell MS, Adler-Milstein J, Gottlieb LM. Physician awareness of social determinants of health documentation capability in the electronic health record. 2022. PMID: 36069887


  62. Adler-Milstein J, Aggarwal N, Ahmed M, Castner J, Evans BJ, Gonzalez AA, James CA, Lin S, Mandl KD, Matheny ME, Sendak MP, Shachar C, Williams A. Meeting the Moment: Addressing Barriers and Facilitating Clinical Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Diagnosis. 2022. PMID: 36713769


  63. Everson J, Adler-Milstein J. Electronic Connectivity Among US Hospitals Treating Shared Patients. 2022. PMID: 36049157


  64. Dori Amelie Cross, Julia Adler-Milstein, Carolyn Tory Harper Hogan. Organizational Factors Associated with Perceptions of Continuity during Post-Acute Transitional Care. 2022. PMID:


  65. Lehmann CU, Fultz Hollis K, Petersen C, DeMuro PR, Subbian V, Koppel R, Solomonides AE, Berner ES, Pan EC, Adler-Milstein J, Goodman KW. Selecting venues for AMIA events and conferences: guiding ethical principles. 2022. PMID: 35579334


  67. Gupta K, Szymonifka J, Rivadeneira NA, Khoong EC, Adler-Milstein J, Ross J, Sarkar U. Factors Associated with Malpractice Claim Payout: An Analysis of Closed Emergency Department Claims. 2022. PMID: 35764489


  68. Julia Adler-Milstein, Urmimala Sarkar, Robert M Wachter. Opportunities to mine EHRs for malpractice risk management and patient safety. 2022. PMID:


  69. Brian E. Dixon, A. Jay Holmgren, Julia Adler-Milstein, Shaun J. Grannis. Health Information Exchange and Interoperability. 2022. PMID:


  71. Adler-Milstein J, Chen J, Dhaliwal G. Supporting Diagnosis With Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence-Reply. 2022. PMID: 35412568


  72. Cross DA, Adler-Milstein J. Progress Toward Digital Transformation in an Evolving Post-Acute Landscape. 2022. PMID: 35712324


  73. Everson J, Adler-Milstein JR, Hollingsworth JM, Lee SD. Dispersion in the hospital network of shared patients is associated with less efficient care. 2020. PMID: 33298805


  74. Huilgol YS, Adler-Milstein J, Ivey SL, Hong JC. Opportunities to use electronic health record audit logs to improve cancer care. 2022. PMID: 35348298


  76. Holmgren AJ, Everson J, Adler-Milstein J. Association of Hospital Interoperable Data Sharing With Alternative Payment Model Participation. 2022. PMID: 35977275


  77. Khoong EC, Sharma AE, Gupta K, Adler-Milstein J, Sarkar U. The Abrupt Expansion of Ambulatory Telemedicine: Implications for Patient Safety. 2022. PMID: 35048294


  79. Vest JR, Adler-Milstein J, Gottlieb LM, Bian J, Campion TR, Cohen GR, Donnelly N, Harper J, Huerta TR, Kansky JP, Kharrazi H, Khurshid A, Kooreman HE, McDonnell C, Overhage JM, Pantell MS, Parisi W, Shenkman EA, Tierney WM, Wiehe S, Harle CA. Assessment of structured data elements for social risk factors. 2022. PMID: 35049262


  82. Wang M, Pantell MS, Gottlieb LM, Adler-Milstein J. Documentation and review of social determinants of health data in the EHR: measures and associated insights. 2021. PMID: 34549294


  85. Adler-Milstein J, Mehrotra A. Paying for Digital Health Care - Problems with the Fee-for-Service System. 2021. PMID: 34449187


  86. Lyles CR, Adler-Milstein J, Thao C, Lisker S, Nouri S, Sarkar U. Alignment of Key Stakeholders' Priorities for Patient-Facing Tools in Digital Health: Mixed Methods Study. 2021. PMID: 34435966


  88. Khairat S, Zalla LC, Adler-Milstein J, Kistler CE. US Nursing Home Quality Ratings Associated with COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Introduction. 2021. PMID: 34454922


  89. Apathy NC, Vest JR, Adler-Milstein J, Blackburn J, Dixon BE, Harle CA. Corrigendum to: Practice and market factors associated with provider volume of health information exchange. 2021. PMID: 33954750


  90. Apathy NC, Vest JR, Adler-Milstein J, Blackburn J, Dixon BE, Harle CA. Practice and market factors associated with provider volume of health information exchange. 2021. PMID: 33674854


  92. Pantell MS, Adler-Milstein J, Wang MD, Prather AA, Adler NE, Gottlieb LM. A reply to Shachak. 2021. PMID: 33659993


  93. Burke RE, Phelan J, Cross D, Werner RM, Adler-Milstein J. Integration Activities Between Hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities: A National Survey. 2021. PMID: 34062148


  98. Adler-Milstein J, Linden A, Bernstein S, Hollingsworth J, Ryan A. Longitudinal participation in delivery and payment reform programs among US Primary Care Organizations. 2021. PMID: 33644870


  100. Noshad M, Rose CC, Thombley R, Chiang J, Corbin CK, Nguyen M, Liu VX, Adler-Milstein J, Chen JH. Context is Key: Using the Audit Log to Capture Contextual Factors Affecting Stroke Care Processes. 2021. PMID: 33936471


  101. Adler-Milstein J, Raphael K, O'Malley TA, Cross DA. Information Sharing Practices Between US Hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities to Support Care Transitions. 2021. PMID: 33443582


  102. Pantell MS, Adler-Milstein J, Wang MD, Prather AA, Adler NE, Gottlieb LM. A call for social informatics. 2020. PMID: 33202020


  104. Levinson Z, Adler-Milstein J. A decade of experience for high-needs beneficiaries under Medicare Advantage. 2020. PMID: 33129177


  106. Adler-Milstein J, Raphael K, Bonner A, Pelton L, Fulmer T. Hospital adoption of electronic health record functions to support age-friendly care: results from a national survey. 2020. PMID: 32772089


  109. Nouri SS, Adler-Milstein J, Thao C, Acharya P, Barr-Walker J, Sarkar U, Lyles C. Patient characteristics associated with objective measures of digital health tool use in the United States: A literature review. Volume 27 of Issue 5. 2020. PMID: 32364238


  110. Neinstein A, Thao C, Savage M, Adler-Milstein J. Deploying Patient-Facing Application Programming Interfaces: Thematic Analysis of Health System Experiences. Volume 22 of Issue 4. 2020. PMID: 31983680


  112. Sinsky CA, Rule A, Cohen G, Arndt BG, Shanafelt TD, Sharp CD, Baxter SL, Tai-Seale M, Yan S, Chen Y, Adler-Milstein J, Hribar M. Metrics for assessing physician activity using electronic health record log data. Volume 27 of Issue 4. 2020. PMID: 32027360


  114. Villumsen S, Adler-Milstein J, Nøhr C. National monitoring and evaluation of eHealth: a scoping review. 2020. PMID: 32607495


  115. Ruppel H, Bhardwaj A, Manickam RN, Adler-Milstein J, Flagg M, Ballesca M, Liu VX. Assessment of Electronic Health Record Search Patterns and Practices by Practitioners in a Large Integrated Health Care System. Volume 3 of Issue 3. 2020. PMID: 32142128


  116. Lin SC, Yan PL, Moloci NM, Lawton EJ, Ryan AM, Adler-Milstein J, Hollingsworth JM. Out-Of-Network Primary Care Is Associated With Higher Per Beneficiary Spending In Medicare ACOs. Volume 39 of Issue 2. 2020. PMID: 32011939


  118. Adler-Milstein J, Adelman JS, Tai-Seale M, Patel VL, Dymek C. EHR audit logs: A new goldmine for health services research? Volume 101. 2019. PMID: 31821887


  119. Auerbach AD, Khanna R, Adler-Milstein J. Letting a Good Crisis Go to Waste. Volume 35 of Issue 4. 2019. PMID: 31745851


  120. Everson J, Adler-Milstein J. Sharing information electronically with other hospitals is associated with increased sharing of patients. Volume 55 of Issue 1. 2019. PMID: 31721183


  121. Lin SC, Lyles CR, Sarkar U, Adler-Milstein J. Are Patients Electronically Accessing Their Medical Records? Evidence From National Hospital Data. Volume 38 of Issue 11. 2019. PMID: 31682494


  122. Cross DA, McCullough JS, Banaszak-Holl J, Adler-Milstein J. Health information exchange between hospital and skilled nursing facilities not associated with lower readmissions. Volume 54 of Issue 6. 2019. PMID: 31602639


  123. Adler-Milstein J, Nong P. Early experiences with patient generated health data: health system and patient perspectives. Volume 26 of Issue 10. 2019. PMID: 31329886


  124. Adler-Milstein J. Health informatics and health services research: reflections on their convergence. Volume 26 of Issue 10. 2019. PMID: 31529122


  125. Zheng K, Chen Y, Adler-Milstein J, Rosenberg AL, Wu DTY, Mei Q, Hanauer DA. How Do Healthcare Professionals Personalize Their Software? A Pilot Exploration Based on an Electronic Health Records Search Engine. Volume 264. 2019. PMID: 31438158


  126. Adler-Milstein J, Longhurst C. Assessment of Patient Use of a New Approach to Access Health Record Data Among 12 US Health Systems. Volume 2 of Issue 8. 2019. PMID: 31411708


  127. Senteio C, Adler-Milstein J, Richardson C, Veinot T. Psychosocial information use for clinical decisions in diabetes care. Volume 26 of Issue 8-9. 2019. PMID: 31329894


  128. Everson J, Hollingsworth JM, Adler-Milstein J. Comparing methods of grouping hospitals. Volume 54 of Issue 5. 2019. PMID: 31197825


  129. Cohen GR, Friedman CP, Ryan AM, Richardson CR, Adler-Milstein J. Variation in Physicians' Electronic Health Record Documentation and Potential Patient Harm from That Variation. Volume 34 of Issue 11. 2019. PMID: 31183688


  130. Longhurst CA, Davis T, Maneker A, Eschenroeder HC, Dunscombe R, Reynolds G, Clay B, Moran T, Graham DB, Dean SM, Adler-Milstein J. Local Investment in Training Drives Electronic Health Record User Satisfaction. Volume 10 of Issue 2. 2019. PMID: 31091545


  131. Wachter RM, Murray SG, Adler-Milstein J. Restricting the Number of Open Patient Records in the Electronic Health Record: Is the Record Half Open or Half Closed? Volume 321 of Issue 18. 2019. PMID: 31087007


  132. Sukul D, Hoffman GJ, Nuliyalu U, Adler-Milstein JR, Zhang B, Dimick JB, Ryan AM. Association Between Medicare Policy Reforms and Changes in Hospitalized Medicare Beneficiaries' Severity of Illness. Volume 2 of Issue 5. 2019. PMID: 31050779


  133. Lin SC, Hollingsworth JM, Adler-Milstein J. Alternative payment models and hospital engagement in health information exchange. Volume 25 of Issue 1. 2019. PMID: 30667611


  134. Cross DA, McCullough JS, Adler-Milstein J. Drivers of health information exchange use during postacute care transitions. Volume 25 of Issue 1. 2019. PMID: 30667612


  135. Lin SC, Regenbogen SE, Hollingsworth JM, Funk R, Adler-Milstein J. Coordination of Care Around Surgery for Colon Cancer: Insights From National Patterns of Physician Encounters With Medicare Beneficiaries. Volume 15 of Issue 2. 2018. PMID: 30550373


  136. Everson J, Adler-Milstein J, Ryan AM, Hollingsworth JM. Hospitals Strengthened Relationships With Close Partners After Joining Accountable Care Organizations. 2018. PMID: 30541401


  137. Adler-Milstein J, Nong P, Friedman CP. Preparing healthcare delivery organizations for managing computable knowledge. Volume 3 of Issue 2. 2018. PMID: 31245601


  138. Cross DA, Nong P, Harris-Lemak C, Cohen GR, Linden A, Adler-Milstein J. Practice strategies to improve primary care for chronic disease patients under a pay-for-value program. Volume 7 of Issue 1. 2018. PMID: 30197304


  139. Everson J, Adler-Milstein J. Gaps in health information exchange between hospitals that treat many shared patients. Volume 25 of Issue 9. 2018. PMID: 30010887


  140. Dori Amelie Cross, Julia Adler-Milstein, Jane Banaszak-Holl, Jeffrey Scott McCullough. Electronic Information Sharing to Improve Post-Acute Care Transitions. 2018. PMID:


  141. Holmgren AJ, Adler-Milstein J, Chen LM. Participation in a Voluntary Bundled Payment Program by Organizations Providing Care After an Acute Hospitalization. Volume 320 of Issue 4. 2018. PMID: 29946694


  142. Lin SC, Jha AK, Adler-Milstein J. Electronic Health Records Associated With Lower Hospital Mortality After Systems Have Time To Mature. Volume 37 of Issue 7. 2018. PMID: 29985687


  144. Holmgren AJ, Adler-Milstein J, McCullough J. Are all certified EHRs created equal? Assessing the relationship between EHR vendor and hospital meaningful use performance. Volume 25 of Issue 6. 2018. PMID: 29186508


  147. Mello MM, Adler-Milstein J, Ding KL, Savage L. Legal Barriers to the Growth of Health Information Exchange-Boulders or Pebbles? Volume 96 of Issue 1. 2018. PMID: 29504197


  148. Lin SC, Everson J, Adler-Milstein J. Technology, Incentives, or Both? Factors Related to Level of Hospital Health Information Exchange. Volume 53 of Issue 5. 2018. PMID: 29492959


  150. Dorr DA, Cohen DJ, Adler-Milstein J. Data-Driven Diffusion Of Innovations: Successes And Challenges In 3 Large-Scale Innovative Delivery Models. Volume 37 of Issue 2. 2018. PMID: 29401031


  151. Carol Parker, Mathew Reeves, Michael Weiner, Julia Adler-Milstein. Health Information Exchange Organizations and Their Support for Research: Current State and Future Outlook. 2017. PMID:


  152. Adler-Milstein J, Holmgren AJ, Kralovec P, Worzala C, Searcy T, Patel V. Electronic health record adoption in US hospitals: the emergence of a digital "advanced use" divide. Volume 24 of Issue 6. 2017. PMID: 29016973


  153. Kullgren JT, Krupka E, Schachter A, Linden A, Miller J, Acharya Y, Alford J, Duffy R, Adler-Milstein J. Precommitting to choose wisely about low-value services: a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial. Volume 27 of Issue 5. 2017. PMID: 29066616


  154. Holmgren AJ, Patel V, Adler-Milstein J. Progress In Interoperability: Measuring US Hospitals' Engagement In Sharing Patient Data. Volume 36 of Issue 10. 2017. PMID: 28971929


  155. Adler-Milstein J, Embi PJ, Middleton B, Sarkar IN, Smith J. Crossing the health IT chasm: considerations and policy recommendations to overcome current challenges and enable value-based care. Volume 24 of Issue 5. 2017. PMID: 28340128


  156. Jordan Everson, Julia Adler-Milstein, John Hollingsworth, Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee. A Network Approach to Care Fragmentation: Impact on the Quality and Efficiency of Hospital Care. 2017. PMID:


  157. Adler-Milstein J, Jha AK. HITECH Act Drove Large Gains In Hospital Electronic Health Record Adoption. Volume 36 of Issue 8. 2017. PMID: 28784734


  158. Dori Amelie Cross, Paige Nong, Christy Harris Lemak, Genna Rebecca Cohen, Ariel Linden, Julia Adler-Milstein. Leveraging Learning, Motivation and Resources to Improve Primary Care for High-Needs Patients. 2017. PMID:


  159. Ryan AM, Krinsky S, Adler-Milstein J, Damberg CL, Maurer KA, Hollingsworth JM. Association Between Hospitals' Engagement in Value-Based Reforms and Readmission Reduction in the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program. Volume 177 of Issue 6. 2017. PMID: 28395006


  161. Holmgren AJ, Adler-Milstein J. Health Information Exchange in US Hospitals: The Current Landscape and a Path to Improved Information Sharing. Volume 12 of Issue 3. 2017. PMID: 28272599


  162. Adler-Milstein J, Lin SC, Jha AK. Health Information Exchanges: The Authors Reply. Volume 36 of Issue 3. 2017. PMID: 28264965


  163. Adler-Milstein J, Pfeifer E. Information Blocking: Is It Occurring and What Policy Strategies Can Address It? Volume 95 of Issue 1. 2017. PMID: 28266065


  164. Zelmer J, Ronchi E, Hyppönen H, Lupiáñez-Villanueva F, Codagnone C, Nøhr C, Huebner U, Fazzalari A, Adler-Milstein J. International health IT benchmarking: learning from cross-country comparisons. Volume 24 of Issue 2. 2017. PMID: 27554825


  165. Cross DA, Cohen GR, Lemak CH, Adler-Milstein J. Outcomes For High-Needs Patients: Practices With A Higher Proportion Of These Patients Have An Edge. Volume 36 of Issue 3. 2017. PMID: 28264949


  166. Cross DA, Cohen GR, Harris Lemak C, Adler-Milstein J. Sustained participation in a pay-for-value program: impact on high-need patients. Volume 23 of Issue 2. 2017. PMID: 28245662


  167. Holmgren AJ, Pfeifer E, Manojlovich M, Adler-Milstein J. A Novel Survey to Examine the Relationship between Health IT Adoption and Nurse-Physician Communication. Volume 7 of Issue 4. 2016. PMID: 27999841


  168. Holmgren AJ, Patel V, Charles D, Adler-Milstein J. US hospital engagement in core domains of interoperability. Volume 22 of Issue 12. 2016. PMID: 27982673


  171. Everson J, Adler-Milstein J. Engagement In Hospital Health Information Exchange Is Associated With Vendor Marketplace Dominance. Volume 35 of Issue 7. 2016. PMID: 27385246


  173. Downing NL, Adler-Milstein J, Palma JP, Lane S, Eisenberg M, Sharp C, Longhurst CA. Health information exchange policies of 11 diverse health systems and the associated impact on volume of exchange. Volume 24 of Issue 1. 2016. PMID: 27301748


  174. Massoudi BL, Marcial LH, Tant E, Adler-Milstein J, West SL. Using health information exchanges to calculate clinical quality measures: A study of barriers and facilitators. Volume 4 of Issue 2. 2016. PMID: 27343159


  175. Idris Adjerid, Alessandro Acquisti, Rahul Telang, Rema Padman, Julia Adler-Milstein. The Impact of Privacy Regulation and Technology Incentives: The Case of Health Information Exchanges. 2016. PMID:


  177. Julia Adler-Milstein, Brian E. Dixon. Chapter 16 Future Directions in Health Information Exchange. 2016. PMID:


  178. Carol J. Parker, Julia Adler-Milstein. Errors Related to Health Information Exchange. 2016. PMID:


  179. Hyppönen H, Ronchi E, Adler-Milstein J. Health Care Performance Indicators for Health Information Systems. Volume 222. 2016. PMID: 27198102


  180. Cohen GR, Adler-Milstein J. Meaningful use care coordination criteria: Perceived barriers and benefits among primary care providers. Volume 23 of Issue e1. 2015. PMID: 26567327


  181. Adler-Milstein J, DesRoches CM, Kralovec P, Foster G, Worzala C, Charles D, Searcy T, Jha AK. Electronic Health Record Adoption In US Hospitals: Progress Continues, But Challenges Persist. Volume 34 of Issue 12. 2015. PMID: 26561387


  182. Cross DA, Cohen GR, Nong P, Day AV, Vibbert D, Naraharisetti R, Adler-Milstein J. Improving EHR Capabilities to Facilitate Stage 3 Meaningful Use Care Coordination Criteria. Volume 2015. 2015. PMID: 26958177


  183. Adler-Milstein J, Everson J, Lee SY. EHR Adoption and Hospital Performance: Time-Related Effects. Volume 50 of Issue 6. 2015. PMID: 26473506


  184. Cross DA, Lin SC, Adler-Milstein J. Assessing payer perspectives on health information exchange. Volume 23 of Issue 2. 2015. PMID: 26142424


  185. Manojlovich M, Adler-Milstein J, Harrod M, Sales A, Hofer TP, Saint S, Krein SL. The Effect of Health Information Technology on Health Care Provider Communication: A Mixed-Method Protocol. Volume 4 of Issue 2. 2015. PMID: 26068442


  186. Jordan Everson, Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee, Julia Adler-Milstein. The Dependent Effect of Health IT and Hospital-Physician Integration on Evidence Based Practices. 2015. PMID:


  187. Adler-Milstein J, Cohen GR, Markovitz A, Paustian M. The Impact of HIT on Cost and Quality in Patient-Centered Medical Home Practices. Volume 2014. 2014. PMID: 25954324


  188. Adler-Milstein J, Woody Scott K, Jha AK. Leveraging EHRs to improve hospital performance: the role of management. Volume 20 of Issue 11 Spec No. 17. 2014. PMID: 25811825


  189. Adler-Milstein J. The 3 key themes in health information technology. Volume 20 of Issue 11 Spec No. 17. 2014. PMID: 25811822


  190. Adler-Milstein J, Jha AK. Electronic health records: the authors reply. Volume 33 of Issue 10. 2014. PMID: 25288435


  191. Adler-Milstein J, Sarma N, Woskie LR, Jha AK. A comparison of how four countries use health IT to support care for people with chronic conditions. Volume 33 of Issue 9. 2014. PMID: 25201660


  192. Furukawa MF, King J, Patel V, Hsiao CJ, Adler-Milstein J, Jha AK. Despite substantial progress In EHR adoption, health information exchange and patient engagement remain low in office settings. Volume 33 of Issue 9. 2014. PMID: 25104827


  193. Adler-Milstein J, DesRoches CM, Furukawa MF, Worzala C, Charles D, Kralovec P, Stalley S, Jha AK. More than half of US hospitals have at least a basic EHR, but stage 2 criteria remain challenging for most. Volume 33 of Issue 9. 2014. PMID: 25104826


  195. Adler-Milstein J, Everson J, Lee SY. Sequencing of EHR adoption among US hospitals and the impact of meaningful use. Volume 21 of Issue 6. 2014. PMID: 24853066


  196. Lammers EJ, Adler-Milstein J, Kocher KE. Does health information exchange reduce redundant imaging? Evidence from emergency departments. Volume 52 of Issue 3. 2014. PMID: 24374414


  197. Adler-Milstein J, Jha AK. Health information exchange among U.S. hospitals: who's in, who's out, and why? Volume 2 of Issue 1. 2014. PMID: 26250086


  198. Adler-Milstein J, Kvedar J, Bates DW. Telehealth among US hospitals: several factors, including state reimbursement and licensure policies, influence adoption. Volume 33 of Issue 2. 2014. PMID: 24493762


  200. Adler-Milstein J, Huckman RS. The impact of electronic health record use on physician productivity. Volume 19 of Issue 10 Spec No. 2013. PMID: 24511889


  201. Adler-Milstein J, Salzberg C, Franz C, Orav EJ, Newhouse JP, Bates DW. Effect of electronic health records on health care costs: longitudinal comparative evidence from community practices. Volume 159 of Issue 2. 2013. PMID: 23856682


  202. Adler-Milstein J, Bates DW, Jha AK. Operational health information exchanges show substantial growth, but long-term funding remains a concern. Volume 32 of Issue 8. 2013. PMID: 23840051


  203. Adler-Milstein J, Furukawa MF, King J, Jha AK. Early results from the hospital Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs. Volume 19 of Issue 7. 2013. PMID: 23919447


  204. Adler-Milstein J, Jha AK. Healthcare's "big data" challenge. Volume 19 of Issue 7. 2013. PMID: 23919417


  205. Adler-Milstein J, Salzberg C, Franz C, Orav EJ, Bates DW. The impact of electronic health records on ambulatory costs among Medicaid beneficiaries. Volume 3 of Issue 2. 2013. PMID: 24753965


  206. Adler-Milstein J, Ronchi E, Cohen GR, Winn LA, Jha AK. Benchmarking health IT among OECD countries: better data for better policy. Volume 21 of Issue 1. 2013. PMID: 23721983


  207. Adler-Milstein J, Green CE, Bates DW. A survey analysis suggests that electronic health records will yield revenue gains for some practices and losses for many. Volume 32 of Issue 3. 2013. PMID: 23459736


  208. Adler-Milstein J, Jha AK. Sharing clinical data electronically: a critical challenge for fixing the health care system. Volume 307 of Issue 16. 2012. PMID: 22535851


  210. Adler-Milstein J, DesRoches CM, Jha AK. Health information exchange among US hospitals. Volume 17 of Issue 11. 2011. PMID: 22084896


  211. Adler-Milstein J, Bates DW, Jha AK. A survey of health information exchange organizations in the United States: implications for meaningful use. Volume 154 of Issue 10. 2011. PMID: 21576534


  212. Julia Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer, Michael Toffel. SPEAKING UP CONSTRUCTIVELY: MANAGERIAL PRACTICES THAT ELICIT SOLUTIONS FROM FRONT-LINE EMPLOYEES. 2011. PMID:


  213. Adler-Milstein J, Neal K, Howell MD. Residents' and nurses' perceptions of team function in the medical intensive care unit. Volume 26 of Issue 1. 2010. PMID: 20646901


  215. Adler-Milstein J, Landefeld J, Jha AK. Characteristics associated with regional health information organization viability. Volume 17 of Issue 1. 2010. PMID: 20064803


  216. Adler-Milstein J, Bates DW, Jha AK. U.S. Regional health information organizations: progress and challenges. Volume 28 of Issue 2. 2009. PMID: 19276008


  217. Ashish N. Dwivedi, Julia Adler-Milstein, Ariel Linden. The Use and Evaluations of IT in Chronic Disease Management. 2009. PMID:


  218. Adler-Milstein J, Jha A. Fledgling firms offer hope on health costs. Volume 86 of Issue 3. 2008. PMID: 18411963


  219. Linden A, Adler-Milstein J. Medicare disease management in policy context. Volume 29 of Issue 3. 2008. PMID: 18567239


  220. Adler-Milstein J, McAfee AP, Bates DW, Jha AK. The state of regional health information organizations: current activities and financing. Volume 27 of Issue 1. 2007. PMID: 18073225


  221. Sprivulis P, Walker J, Johnston D, Pan E, Adler-Milstein J, Middleton B, Bates DW. The economic benefits of health information exchange interoperability for Australia. Volume 31 of Issue 4. 2007. PMID: 17973611


  222. Adler-Milstein J, Bu D, Pan E, Walker J, Kendrick D, Hook JM, Bates DW, Middleton B. The cost of information technology-enabled diabetes management. Volume 10 of Issue 3. 2007. PMID: 17590142


  223. Bu D, Pan E, Walker J, Adler-Milstein J, Kendrick D, Hook JM, Cusack CM, Bates DW, Middleton B. Benefits of information technology-enabled diabetes management. Volume 30 of Issue 5. 2007. PMID: 17322483


  224. Hook JM, Pan E, Adler-Milstein J, Bu D, Walker J. The value of healthcare information exchange and interoperability in New York state. 2006. PMID: 17238572


  225. Sprivulis P, Walker J, Johnston D, Pan E, Adler-Milstein J, Middleton B, Bates DW. The economic benefits of health information exchange interoperability for Australia. 2005. PMID: 16779406


  226. Walker J, Pan E, Johnston D, Adler-Milstein J, Bates DW, Middleton B. The value of health care information exchange and interoperability. Volume Suppl Web Exclusives. 2005. PMID: 15659453