Journal of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology

Rachel Gold

Biography

Rachel Gold, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist and health services researcher. Her work focuses on the use of health information technology in improving care quality in public clinics, and the implementation methods needed to support these uses of technology. Dr. Gold works in partnership with the OCHIN practice-based research network and, since 2005, has worked with OCHIN's community clinic practitioners; she now has a joint appointment at the Center for Health Research and OCHIN, Inc. In that capacity, she works to improve the ability to conduct research in OCHIN's member safety net clinics. She is currently studying how to take an initiative that improved cardiovascular disease and diabetes care in Kaiser Permanente and translate that into community health clinics serving socioeconomically vulnerable patient populations, and she is an expert on practice improvement implementation in this setting. Her work also includes analyzing the impact of state insurance policy changes on pediatric care in safety net clinics. Past efforts include analyses of the relationship between continuous insurance coverage and receipt of diabetes care in community clinic settings. Dr. Gold earned her MPH from Temple University and her PhD in epidemiology from the University of Washington.

Research Interest

Epidemiology,Cardiovascular Diseases