Allen Naidoo PhD, CHES
Director, Strategic Business Partnerships
People Services
Areas of Expertise:
Health Informatics, Health Services Research, Health Care Strategy; International Health, Biostatistics
Education/Credentials:
BS (Math), MS (Statistics), PhD (Community Health & Biostatistics); Certified Health Education Specialist; Certified Human Capital Strategist
Awards:
Best of Blue Award – Innovations in Quality Improvement
Business Affiliations/Boards:
Math Faculty at University of Tennessee (Chattanooga); BlueCross BlueShield Association’s Health Services Research Alliance; Chattanooga Health & Performance Institute; Advisory Board Member to the School of Management at the University of Tennessee; Advisory Board Member to the graduate Biostatistics and Health Informatics program at the Middle Tennessee State University; Health Policy Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association; Reviewer for the CDC journal “Preventing Chronic Disease”; Academy for Health Services Research; American Statistical Association; Chair of the Chattanooga Christian School Diversity Committee
Published Works:
Naidoo A, McSharry PF. Quality Improvement: A Practical Approach for Physicians Using the PDSA Cycle and Physician Profiling. Tennessee Medicine, August 1999.
Naidoo A, Patric KA. Cholera: A continuous epidemic in Africa. JRSH, June 2002, 122(2).
Predictive Modeling: Filling in Healthcare Gaps. HealthLeaders Research, Winter 2003, 16(1).
Speeches/Presentations:
- Improving Employee Health Through Stress Reduction. Section Chair at the American Psychological Association Conference. Miami, FL, March 2006.
- Driving HR Strategy Through Advanced Employee Survey Analysis. CLC Metrics Conference, Washington, DC, May 2005.
- BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee – Wellness Best Practices. Tennessee Wellness Summit – presented to the Governor, Commissioner of Health, and 50 largest employees in the state. Nashville, TN, March 2005.
- Evidence-Based Hospital Referral: What standard should health plans adopt for high-risk surgeries? AAHP Building Bridges Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2003.
- Why Are My Costs So High? A Method For Determining the Components of Employer Group Per Member per Month Costs. AAHP Building Bridges Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2003.
- Predicting Account Group Level Health Care Cost: Performance of the Diagnostic Cost Group (DCG) Model by Group Size. AAHP Building Bridges Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2003.
- Specialty Practice Pattern Analysis - An Evaluation. AAHP Building Bridges Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2003.
- Total Care Management – A Predictive Modeling Approach. BlueCross BlueShield Association Predcitive Modeling Summit, Chicago, IL, February 2003.
- “Disease Management in Public and Private Managed Care Plans: Will One Size Fit All?” Academy for Health Services Research, Atlanta, GA; June 2001.
- “Impact of Pharmacy Benefit Design on Total HealthCare Cost and Importance of Case-Mix Adjustment.” Academy for Health Services Research, Atlanta, GA; June 2001.
- “Development of a Specialty Physician Profile.” Academy for Health Services Research, Atlanta, GA; June 2001.
- “The Effect of On-site Case Management in Reducing ALOS.” AAHP Building Bridges Conference, Seattle, WA; April 2001.
- “Physician Profiling Development.” Senior Medical School Faculty at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN; March 2001.
- “Do healthcare workers have higher utilization patterns than non-healthcare workers? A Case-mix approach.” ACG User’s conference, Baltimore, MD; September 2000.
- “Health Hazards in South African Squatter Camps.” University of Tennessee International Health Program, Knoxville, TN; April 2000.
