Paul E. Plsek

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Paul E. Plsek is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul E. Plsek has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in General Health Professions, 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Paul E. Plsek's work include Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (8 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (6 papers). Paul E. Plsek is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (8 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (6 papers). Paul E. Plsek collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Paul E. Plsek's co-authors include Trisha Greenhalgh, Timothy D. Wilson, Jeffrey D. Horbar, William H. Edwards, Gautham Suresh, Patricia H. Shiono, Roger F. Soll, Joseph H. Carpenter, Robert Ursprung and Donald A. Goldmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, PEDIATRICS and Pediatric Research.

In The Last Decade

Paul E. Plsek

49 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The challenge of complexity in health care

2001 1.5k citations Paul E. Plsek, Trisha Greenhalgh BMJ profile →
Complexity, leadership, and management in healthcare organisations

2001 504 citations Paul E. Plsek, Timothy D. Wilson BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul E. Plsek United States	21	1.6k	635	589	582	563	49	3.9k
Frank Davidoff United States	27	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 1.9×	525 0.9×	689 1.2×	392 0.7×	71	4.9k
Kathleen M. Mazor United States	44	2.5k 1.5×	1.7k 2.6×	974 1.7×	547 0.9×	480 0.9×	260	7.0k
Lloyd Provost United States	25	1.5k 0.9×	574 0.9×	571 1.0×	526 0.9×	360 0.6×	55	3.6k
Nancy L Wilczynski Canada	44	2.5k 1.5×	1.2k 1.9×	212 0.4×	809 1.4×	565 1.0×	89	8.0k
Anne Sales United States	42	3.3k 2.0×	1.2k 1.8×	406 0.7×	1.1k 2.0×	408 0.7×	223	6.5k
Robert L. Wears United States	46	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.8×	2.2k 3.8×	530 0.9×	385 0.7×	214	8.3k
Mary P. Tully United Kingdom	32	1.3k 0.8×	909 1.4×	950 1.6×	492 0.8×	394 0.7×	139	4.4k
Shalom I. Benrimoj Australia	36	2.0k 1.2×	468 0.7×	305 0.5×	883 1.5×	500 0.9×	184	4.8k
G. Ross Baker Canada	35	2.1k 1.3×	898 1.4×	794 1.3×	498 0.9×	206 0.4×	127	4.3k
Marcia M. Ward United States	38	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.8×	287 0.5×	617 1.1×	128 0.2×	192	5.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Plsek, Paul E., et al.. (2019). Fresh and Savory: Integrating Teaching Kitchens with Shared Medical Appointments. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 25(7). 709–718. 21 indexed citations

Plsek, Paul E.. (2017). Understanding the System You Are in Is Key to Improving It. A Nudge Too Far? A Nudge at All? On Paying People to Be Healthy. 17(1). 38–43. 1 indexed citations

Phillips, Jennifer, et al.. (2013). Experience-based design for integrating the patient care experience into healthcare improvement: Identifying a set of reliable emotion words. Healthcare. 1(3-4). 91–99. 16 indexed citations

Rogers, Henry, et al.. (2008). New design rules for driving innovation in access to secondary care in the NHS. BMJ. 337(dec15 2). a2321–a2321. 7 indexed citations

Plsek, Paul E., et al.. (2007). Practical Methods for Extracting Explicit Design Rules Grounded in the Experience of Organizational Managers. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. 43(1). 153–170. 31 indexed citations

Horbar, Jeffrey D., Joseph H. Carpenter, Jeffrey S. Buzas, et al.. (2004). Collaborative quality improvement to promote evidence based surfactant for preterm infants: a cluster randomised trial. BMJ. 329(7473). 1004–1004. 133 indexed citations

Horbar, Jeffrey D., Joseph H. Carpenter, Jeffrey S. Buzas, et al.. (2004). Timing of Initial Surfactant Treatment for Infants 23 to 29 Weeks’ Gestation: Is Routine Practice Evidence Based?. PEDIATRICS. 113(6). 1593–1602. 52 indexed citations

Plsek, Paul E., et al.. (2002). Coaching and Leadership for the Diffusion of Innovation in Health Care: A Different Type of Multi-Organization Improvement Collaborative. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 28(2). 55–71. 31 indexed citations

Rogowski, Jeannette, Jeffrey D. Horbar, Paul E. Plsek, et al.. (2001). Economic Implications of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Collaborative Quality Improvement. PEDIATRICS. 107(1). 23–29. 68 indexed citations

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Plsek, Paul E. & Trisha Greenhalgh. (2001). The challenge of complexity in health care. BMJ. 323(7313). 625–628. 1538 indexed citations breakdown →

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Plsek, Paul E. & Timothy D. Wilson. (2001). Complexity, leadership, and management in healthcare organisations. BMJ. 323(7315). 746.1–749. 504 indexed citations breakdown →

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Horbar, Jeffrey D., Jeannette Rogowski, Paul E. Plsek, et al.. (2001). Collaborative Quality Improvement for Neonatal Intensive Care. PEDIATRICS. 107(1). 14–22. 296 indexed citations

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Plsek, Paul E.. (1999). Innovative Thinking for the Improvement of Medical Systems. Annals of Internal Medicine. 131(6). 438–444. 29 indexed citations

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Plsek, Paul E.. (1997). Systematic design of healthcare processes.. BMJ Quality & Safety. 6(1). 40–48. 37 indexed citations

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Plsek, Paul E.. (1997). Collaborating across organizational boundaries to improve the quality of care. American Journal of Infection Control. 25(2). 85–95. 65 indexed citations

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Hand, Roger, Paul E. Plsek, & Harry V. Roberts. (1995). Tutorial. Quality Management in Health Care. 3(2). 74–84. 1 indexed citations

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Banks, Naomi J., R. Heather Palmer, Donald M. Berwick, & Paul E. Plsek. (1995). Variability in Clinical Systems: Applying Modern Quality Control Methods to Health Care. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 21(8). 407–419. 10 indexed citations

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Plsek, Paul E.. (1994). Tutorial. Quality Management in Health Care. 2(4). 73–81. 2 indexed citations

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Plsek, Paul E.. (1993). Tutorial. Quality Management in Health Care. 1(2). 69–82. 18 indexed citations

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Banks, Naomi J., R. Heather Palmer, Donald M. Berwick, & Paul E. Plsek. (1990). Improving the quality of ambulatory health care with enhanced medical information systems: Using the computer to diagnose faulty clinical processes. Journal of Medical Systems. 14(6). 345–349. 3 indexed citations

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