Malaz Boustani, MD, MPH

Contact : mboustan@iu.edu

Transforming Healthcare for Better, for All, Now!

Initiatives

Research Scientist, Indiana University Center for Aging Research at Regenstrief Institute
Founding Director and Implementation Scientist, Center for Health Innovation & Implementation Science
Richard M. Fairbanks Chair of Aging Research, Indiana University School of Medicine
Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine
Director of Senior Care Innovation, Eskenazi Health
Founding Director, Chief Innovation and Implementation Officer, Sandra Eskenazi Center for Brain Care Innovation

Dr. Boustani is a geriatrician, a neuroscientist, and an implementation scientist with extensive experience in developing, evaluating, implementing, and disseminating healthcare innovations with a main focus on brain health. He is the Founding Director of the Sandra Eskenazi Center for Brain Care Innovation and the Director and Chief Innovation and Implementation Officer for Indiana University Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science (www.hii.iu.edu). Over the past decade, Dr. Boustani has built a clinical laboratory of more than 2,000 ambulatory practices serving at least 10 million lives within five Midwestern States (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Kentucky). He used the above clinical laboratory to lead the execution of numerous clinical research studies funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services totaling more than $100 million. He has more than 190 peer-reviewed publications.

Featured Projects

Digital Detection of Dementia Studies (D cubed Studies)

(NIH/NIA) (2020-2025)

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

The goal is to evaluate the performance of two approaches for early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias using patient-reported outcome data embedded within the Electronic Health Records, and to evaluate the practical utility and effect of Passive Digital Marker and Quick Dementia Rating Scale methods in ADRD diagnosis.

Collaborative Care for the Older Injured Patient: A Trauma Medical Home

(NIH/NIA) (2017-2022)

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

The objective of this application is to apply the concepts of collaborative care to the non-neurologically injured patient population.

Highlighted Publications

April 2018

State of Science: Bridging the Science-Practice Gap in Aging, Dementia and Mental Health

Publication: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

doi: 10.1111/jgs.15320

Authors: Callahan CM, Bateman DR, Wang S, Boustani MA

July 2018

Agile Implementation: A Blueprint for Implementing Evidence-Based Healthcare Solutions

Publication: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

doi: 10.1111/jgs.15283

Authors: Boustani M, Alder CA, Solid CA

Jan 2019

Using the agile implementation model to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections

Publication: American Journal of Infection Control

doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.07.008

Authors: Azar J, Kelley K, Dunscomb J, Perkins A, Wang Y, Beeler C, Dbeibo L, Webb D, Stevens L, Luektemeyer M, Kara A, Nagy R, Solid CA, Boustani M

May 25, 2010

Selecting a change and evaluating its impact on the performance of a complex adaptive health care delivery system

Publication: Clinical Interventions in Aging

doi: 10.2147/cia.s9922

Authors: Boustani MA, Munger S, Gulati R, Vogel M, Beck RA, Callahan CM

May 2012

Enhancing Care for Hospitalized Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Publication: Journal of General Internal Medicine

doi: 10.1007/s11606-012-1994-8

Authors: Boustani MA, Campbell NL, Khan BA, Abernathy G, Zawahiri M, Campbell T, Tricker J, Hui SL, Buckley JD, Perkins AJ, Farber MO, Callahan CM.

April 2019

Deprescribing in the Pharmacologic Management of Delirium: A Randomized Trial in the Intensive Care Unit

Publication: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

doi: 10.1111/jgs.15751

Authors: Campbell NL, Perkins AJ, Khan BA, Gao S, Farber MO, Khan S, Wang S, Boustani MA

January 2011

Implementing innovative models of dementia care: The Healthy Aging Brain Center

Publication: Aging and Mental Health

doi: 10.1080/13607863.2010.496445

Authors: Boustani MA, Sachs GA, Alder CA, Munger S, Schubert CC, Guerriero Austrom M, Hake AM, Unverzagt FW, Farlow M, Matthews BR, Perkins AJ, Beck RA, Callahan CM

April 2014