Michael Weiner, MD, MPH

Contact : mweiner@iu.edu

My goal is to understand how to use technology to improve health and medical care, especially for older people.

Research Scientist, William M. Tierney Center for Health Services Research, Regenstrief Institute
Research Health Scientist, VA Health Systems Research Center for Health Information and Communication
Professor of Medicine, IU School of Medicine

Dr. Mike Weiner’s professional interests are health services research, geriatrics, and health informatics. His clinical and health services research is focused on measuring and improving the quality, coordination, and delivery of health services for older adults. He also studies the effects of health information and information technology on physicians’ practices and patients’ outcomes. He has conducted studies of specialty referral, patient-physician videoconferencing, and other forms of telecommunication to improve healthcare. His current research includes development, implementation, and study of information systems to promote clinical handoffs, management of medications, patient-centered geriatrics care, and clinical decision support.

In 2003, Dr. Weiner received the Outstanding Researcher from the Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine. In 2013, he received the Indiana University Department of Medicine Teaching Excellence Award. He founded the gero-informatics program at IU Geriatrics, which leverages health information technologies to improve the care of older adults.

Dr. Weiner joined the Indiana University School of Medicine faculty and Regenstrief Institute in 1999 following undergraduate work at Brown University, medical school at Duke University, and residency and fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University, where he also earned a Master degree in public health.

Highlighted Publications

Sep 2, 2003

Using information technology to improve the healthcare of older adults

Publication: Annals of Internal Medicine

doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-139-5_part_2-200309021-00010

Authors: Weiner M, Callahan CM, Tierney WM, Overhage JM, Mamlin B, Dexter PR, McDonald CJ

Jul 25, 2005

A pilot study of usefulness of clinician-patient videoconferencing for making routine medical decisions in the nursing home

Publication: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53422.x

Authors: Laflamme MR, Wilcox DC, Sullivan J, Schadow G, Lindbergh D, Warvel J, Buchanan H, Ising T, Abernathy G, Perkins SM, Daggy J, Frankel RM, Dexter P, McDonald CJ, Weiner M

Jun 13, 2006