CPHAR Fellows Biographical Information

Joanne Campione

RESEARCH AREA

In December 2005, Joanne Campione received her PhD in health services research from UNC Chapel Hill’s joint program with the School of Public Health and School of Pharmacy. Her dissertation examined the effect of physician adherence to cholesterol management guidelines on patient statin compliance and health outcomes among veterans. During her doctoral studies, Joanne was a research fellow with UNC's Institute on Aging and the Durham VA Medical Center. Dr. Campione's faculty advisory committee for the IOA CPHAR training program included Morris Weinberger, PhD, Victor Marshall, PhD, and Jon Oberlander, PhD. Previously, Joanne received her MSPH from UNC-Chapel Hill and a B.A. in Health Policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

EMPLOYMENT

Dr. Joanne Campione joined the North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety in March 2006. As the Director of Clinical Measurement Services, she is responsible for the NC Hospital Quality Performance Report (www.NCHospitalQuality.org) and the analysis of hospital clinical measures associated with national and statewide quality improvement initiatives.

Prior to NCHA and her doctoral studies, Joanne managed a department at LabCorp that assisted managed care companies with physician-level quality measures and disease management. Previous work experience includes six years with Blue Cross and Blue Shield North Carolina as a QI project manager and a health industry analyst and two years with CMS' Office of Legislation and Policy in Washington, D.C.

Selected PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed

Campione JR, Sleath B., Biddle AK, Weinberger M. The influence of physicians’ guideline compliance on patients’ statin adherence: a retrospective cohort study. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2005;3:229-239.

Authored under the NC Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety. Hospital Quality Performance Report. NC Med J. November/December 2006;67(6):466-467.

Abstracts/Presentations at Scientific Meetings

Campione JR., Sleath B., Biddle A., Weinberger M. (August 2005). The Influence of Physician Guideline Compliance on Patient Statin Adherence. 12th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE), Nashville, TN.

Campione J, Koeble, K, Edson, B, Higgins, D (Dec 2009).  The North Carolina Surgical Care Improvement Project:  Year Two Highlights.  21st Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Orlando, FL.

Professional Speeches / Presentations

“Hospital Quality Measures – National and State Initiatives” to the North Carolina State Health Coordinating Council. Raleigh, NC. March 5, 2008.

“Preventing Infections in N.C. Hospitals” to the Joint Legislative Health Care Oversight Study Committee. Raleigh, NC. October 13, 2008.

“The Impact of Quality Reporting in North Carolina” at UNC School of Nursing’s Center for Lifelong Learning. Chapel Hill, NC. December 2, 2008.

“Average is Not Good Enough – State of the State”  - Keynote Speaker at the UHS and CarolinaEast Patient Safety and Quality Symposium.  New Bern, N.C.  August, 27, 2009.

“Collecting CLABSI Data and the NC System for Hospital Infection Measurement” at the Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina’s Final Session.  Chapel Hill, N.C.  September 2, 2010.