Jonathan H. Watanabe, PharmD, MS, PhDResearch Interests

• Analysis of health services use and costs for patients without access to medications (applying national data)

• Medication Management Outcomes research in Long Term Care Residents

• Health disparities research in low-income seniors (eg. Medicare-Medicaid dual-eligibles)

How do we deliver better quality care more efficiently via pharmacy and pharmacy services?

Core Expertise

• Long Term Care pharmacy quality measures• Performance indicators of consultant pharmacists in skilled nursing

facilities

• Health Services Research in medical databases• Observational studies in VA, HMO, Medicaid, Medicare, Commercial data

• Comparative Effectiveness Research methods• Health metric validation and assessment

• Medication adherence—Causes, Effects, and Implications• Impact of adherence on clinical measures, polypharmacy and adherence

Proposed Collaborations with SSPPS Faculty

Project Faculty

Characterization of insulin use and outcomes in Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial Plans

Renu Singh, Candis Morello, Jan Hirsch

Correlation of Atypical antipsychotic/Long Acting Injectables and hospitalizations in schizophrenics

Kelly Lee

Medication Regimen Complexity Jan Hirsch

UC Health System Drug Use Analysis Chuck Daniels

Smoking Cessation and hospitalization reduction

Tim Chen