Constance Owens-Jasey, PhD, MPH

Dr. Constance Owens-Jasey is an investigator at OCHIN. Her research is at the intersection of health informatics, quality improvement, and implementation science, with a particular interest in the adoption of electronic health record (EHR)-based tools that use machine learning methods to improve the early detection and care management of chronic diseases. She uses implementation science to explore pragmatic approaches for improving the adoption and sustainment of EHR-based tools in community-based clinics.

In addition to her work as a qualitative health services researcher, Constance is also a co-investigator for several NIH-funded projects related to the development, implementation, and impact of EHR-based clinical decision support tools. These tools aim to improve guideline-concordant cancer prevention, diabetes care, and cognitive impairment risk management, and support patient-reported drivers of health. Additionally, as the immediate past chair of the National Cancer Institute’s Consortium for Cancer Implementation Science Technology in Implementation Science Action Group, she advises on ongoing efforts to develop and disseminate evidence on how health information technology can most effectively advance guideline-concordant cancer care.

In her prior work, Constance studied primary care transformation and social risk screening and referral-making in community-based clinics. Her research used implementation science frameworks to explore EHR adoption to support cancer prevention in primary care, pragmatic approaches for telehealth implementation in free clinics, and the implications of integrating community resource referral platforms in community-based organizations.