Headshot portrait of Mary Goldstein - Professor of Medicine (Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research) and (by courtesy) of Health Research and Policy
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Dr. Mary Kane Goldstein is Professor of Health Policy and, by courtesy, Professor of Medicine i(Center for Biomedical Informatics Research), at Stanford University. She served as National Director of Data Analytics, Quality Improvement, and Research in the Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, from 2020 - 2023. Prior to her role with Office of GEC, Dr. Goldstein was Chief, Medical Service, at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. Her primary area of research expertise is health services research (HSR) involving health information technology to improve quality of health care, with attention to patient complexity.. She is clinically certified as a geriatrician and as a clinical informaticist. Dr. Goldstein has led a project team that developed and implemented Clinical Decision Support (CDS) for primary care providers to improve care for common chronic conditions. She also collaborates with other investigators exploring factors that provide data for and/or influence medical decision making.