Richard M. Frankel, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Research Scientist, Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
Core Investigator, VA HSR&
D Center for Health Information and Communication, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center
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VA HSR&D Center for Health Information and Communication, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center
1481 W. 10th Sreet, 11H
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Bio
Dr. Frankel is a Core Investigator in the VA Health Services Research & Development Center for Health Information and Communication and Senior Research Scientist at Regenstrief Institute. Dr. Frankel’s research is focused on clinician- patient communication and its effects on quality and safety, the effects of exam room computing on physician patient communication and effective organizational change strategies. Since joining Regenstrief Institute in 2002, he has devoted his career to nurturing the social and emotional contexts of the doctor-patient relationship, and the researchers who study it, to improve medical care and outcomes. In 2015 he wrote, “Medicine is fundamentally a human enterprise that is still practiced one conversation at a time.”
Dr. Frankel’s authorship spans more than 250 research and review articles, books, and book chapters and he has received both the American Academy on Physician and Patient’s George Engel Award and the Lynn Payer Award for his contributions. He serves on a number of editorial boards including the Journal of General Internal Medicine, The Permanente Journal, BMC Education, and Communication and Medicine.
He currently leads the Advanced Scholars Program for Internists in Research and Education (ASPIRE) and has been a senior mentor for more than 35 research fellows and more than 15 junior faculty in medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN and family medicine.
In 2018 the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Research Institute created the Richard Frankel Award for Creating a Loving Community, in recognition of the contributions and achievements of Dr. Frankel, who is internationally respected for his contributions and achievements in fostering humanism in medical education, practice and research.
Expertise
patient-provider communication | quality and safety of healthcare | organizational change
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Fellowship | American Academy on Doctor and Patient, Society of General Internal Medicine |
| 1986 | Fellowship | University of Uppsala, Sweden |
| 1977 | PhD | City University of New York |
| 1968 | BA | Colgate University |
Active Projects
Culture and Context Affect High Reliability in Transfers of Care (VA HSR&D, PI: Frankel) 2014-2018. The major goal of this project is to better understand the role of context and culture in end of shift handoffs between residents in medicine and surgery in three VA health centers (Indianapolis, Chicago and Phoenix).
Opening the Black Box of Cultural Competence (VA HSR&D, PI: Saha) 2016-2020. The goal of this project is to understand differences in the way providers with high vs. low levels of “cultural competence” interact with patients, through direct observation of patient-provider communication and interviews with patients. Role: Co-Investigator
ASPIRE: Advanced Scholarship Program for Internists in Research and Education (IU School of Medicine, ASPIRE Program Leader/Mentor) 2016-present. Division faculty members participate in a one-year program to support new avenues for career growth and development in General Medicine and Geriatrics. The program is designed to foster intellectual community, help junior faculty develop regional or national recognition in their chosen area of interest, and support eventual promotion.
Improving Patient Care & Physician Resilience Through Effective Patient-Centered Communication & Documentation Practices (VA HSR&D, PI: Frankel) 2019-2021. This project explores aspects of electronic medical record documentation that enhance or impede physician resilience. preparation for visits, the enactment of the encounter, and post-visit documentation practices will be studied. A novel curriculum in exam room computing will be tested for its effectiveness on physician resilience.
Gilligan T; Coyle N; Frankel RM; Berry DL; Bohlke K; Epstein RM; Finlay E; Jackson VA; Lathan CS; Loprinzi CL; Nguyen LH; Seigel C; Baile WF; Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2017 Sep 11
Frankel RM; Patient education and counseling 2017 May 5
Frankel RM; Journal of patient experience 2017 May 11
Cripe LD; Frankel RM; Journal of patient experience 2017 May 11
Branch WT Jr; Weil AB; Gilligan MC; Litzelman DK; Hafler JP; Plews-Ogan M; Rider EA; Osterberg LG; Dunne D; Derse AR; Pittman JR; Frankel RM; Patient education and counseling 2017 Jun 8
Velez VJ; Kaw R; Hu B; Frankel RM; Windover AK; Bokar D; Rish JM; Rothberg MB; Journal of hospital medicine 2017 Jun
Frankel RM; Beckman HB; JAMA 2017 Jul 4
Cottingham AH; Cripe LD; Rand KL; Frankel RM; The American journal of hospice & palliative care 2017 Jan 1
Hoffman LA; Mehta R; Vu TR; Frankel RM; The American journal of hospice & palliative care 2017 Jan 1
Phillips CR; Haase JE; Broome ME; Carpenter JS; Frankel RM; International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being 2017 Dec
Branch WT Jr; Frankel RM; Hafler JP; Weil AB; Gilligan MC; Litzelman DK; Plews-Ogan M; Rider EA; Osterberg LG; Dunne D; May NB; Derse AR; Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2017 Dec
Lee JL; Matthias MS; Menachemi N; Frankel RM; Weiner M; Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2017 Aug 25
Hoffman LA; Shew RL; Vu TR; Brokaw JJ; Frankel RM; Evaluation & the health professions 2017 Apr 6
Rutberg PC; King B; Gaufberg E; Brett-MacLean P; Dinardo P; Frankel RM; Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2017 Apr
Cripe L; Frankel RM; Patient education and counseling 2016 Mar
Ventres WB; Frankel RM; Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare 2016 Jun
Hoffman LA; Shew RL; Vu TR; Brokaw JJ; Frankel RM; Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2016 Jan 12
Frankel RM; JAMA internal medicine 2016 Jan 1
Boissy A; Windover AK; Bokar D; Karafa M; Neuendorf K; Frankel RM; Merlino J; Rothberg MB; Journal of general internal medicine 2016 Feb 26
Ofstad EH; Frich JC; Schei E; Frankel RM; Gulbrandsen P; BMJ open 2016 Feb 11
Cripe LD; Hedrick DG; Rand KL; Burns D; Banno D; Cottingham A; Litzelman D; Hoffmann ML; Martenyi N; Frankel RM; The American journal of hospice & palliative care 2015 Sep 30
Bergman AA; Flanagan ME; Ebright PR; O'Brien CM; Frankel RM; BMJ quality & safety 2015 Jul 28
Bergman AA; Frankel RM; Hamilton AB; Yano EM; Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2015 Jan
Salyers MP; Firmin R; Gearhart T; Avery E; Frankel RM; American journal of psychiatric rehabilitation 2015 Aug 25
Bergman AA; Jaynes HA; Gonzalvo JD; Hudmon KS; Frankel RM; Kobylinski AL; Zillich AJ; Health communication 2015 Aug 12
Tucker Edmonds B; McKenzie F; Panoch JE; Wocial LD; Barnato AE; Frankel RM; Patient education and counseling 2014 Sep 30
Tucker Edmonds B; McKenzie F; Panoch JE; Frankel RM; The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians 2014 Nov 14
Danforth RM; Pitt HA; Flanagan ME; Brewster BD; Brand EW; Frankel RM; Surgery 2014 Jun 19
Tucker Edmonds B; McKenzie F; Panoch JE; Barnato AE; Frankel RM; Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2014 Dec 4
Tucker Edmonds B; McKenzie F; Fadel WF; Matthias MS; Salyers MP; Barnato AE; Frankel RM; Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare 2014 Dec
Krebs EE; Bergman AA; Coffing JM; Campbell SR; Frankel RM; Matthias MS; The journal of pain : official journal of the American Pain Society 2014 Aug 29
Ofstad EH; Frich JC; Schei E; Frankel RM; Gulbrandsen P; Patient education and counseling 2014 Aug 15
Fisher MJ; Broome ME; Friesth BM; Magee T; Frankel RM; Patient education and counseling 2014 Apr 21
Frankel R; Sherman H; Oral diseases 2014 Apr 12
Saleem JJ; Flanagan ME; Russ AL; McMullen CK; Elli L; Russell SA; Bennett KJ; Matthias MS; Rehman SU; Schwartz MD; Frankel RM; Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2013 Sep 3
Frankel RM; Saleem JJ; Patient education and counseling 2013 Aug 20
Karnieli-Miller O; Taylor AC; Inui TS; Ivy SS; Frankel RM; Rambam Maimonides medical journal 2011 Oct 31
Frankel RM; Eddins-Folensbee F; Inui TS; Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2011 Apr
Inui TS; Sidle JE; Nyandiko WM; Yebei VN; Frankel RM; Mossbarger DL; Ayuku D; Ballidawa J; Ayikukwei R; SAHARA J : journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance / SAHARA , Human Sciences Research Council 2009 Nov
Salyers MP; Matthias MS; Spann CL; Lydick JM; Rollins AL; Frankel RM; Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2009 Nov
Westmoreland GR; Counsell SR; Sennour Y; Schubert CC; Frank KI; Wu J; Frankel RM; Litzelman DK; Bogdewic SP; Inui TS; Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2009 Feb
Clark DO; Frankel RM; Morgan DL; Ricketts G; Bair MJ; Nyland KA; Callahan CM; The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 2008 Sep
Cottingham AH; Suchman AL; Litzelman DK; Frankel RM; Mossbarger DL; Williamson PR; Baldwin DC Jr; Inui TS; Journal of general internal medicine 2008 Mar 14
Liu GC; Harris MA; Keyton SA; Frankel RM; Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association 2007 May
Inui TS; Frankel RM; Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2006 May
Frankel RM; Stein T; The virtual mentor : VM 2006 Mar 1
Frankel RM; Inui TS; Journal of general internal medicine 2006 Jan
Nadolski GJ; Bell MA; Brewer BB; Frankel RM; Cushing HE; Brokaw JJ; BMC medical education 2006 Apr 25
Laflamme MR; Wilcox DC; Sullivan J; Schadow G; Lindbergh D; Warvel J; Buchanan H; Ising T; Abernathy G; Perkins SM; Daggy J; Frankel RM; Dexter P; McDonald CJ; Weiner M; Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2005 Aug
Desc: "Empathy May Not Cure Disease but It Can Alleviate Suffering on Both Sides of the Stethoscope," the Last Lecture by Richard M. Frankel, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine at IUPUI (Read/view the 2016 Last Lecture at https://senioracademy.iupui.edu/Activities/Last-Lecture/Past-Presentations/Richard-Frankel).
Scope: Regional
Date: 2016-04-01