Author Archives: Christie Tiegland

About Christie Tiegland

Christie Teigland, PhD, is Vice President, Research Science and Advanced Analytics within Inovalon Data Solutions. She leads the design and implementation of studies focused on quality performance measure development, health disparities, predictive analytics, comparative effectiveness, health economics and outcomes research, and treatment pattern analyses. Christie works with health plans, providers, and life science organizations to provide actionable real world data insights. She served as co-chair of the National Quality Forum (NQF) Scientific Methods Panel and as a member of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) Quality Measure Expert Panel and new PQA Health Equity Expert Panel. She has served as principal investigator on numerous performance measure development projects, including several awarded by the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) for All-Cause 30-Day Readmissions and Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations. Prior to joining Inovalon, Christie specialized in quality and patient safety research at Leading Age New York where she directed the development of innovative technology solutions to advance the use of electronic data-driven decision-making tools in long term care settings.

Using data-driven quality measurement and analytics to build health equity

By | April 27, 2023

The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on underserved communities underscored the need for systemic change and renewed efforts to reduce health disparities in people with social risks.  This post describes a partnership between Inovalon and Humana to develop a new health equity composite quality measure to identify disadvantaged populations with the largest care disparities and determine… Read More »