Judy Arnetz, PhD, MPH, PT, is a professor and Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Family Medicine. Her research focuses on how the health, well-being and safety of health care workers impacts the quality of patient care. She has conducted numerous studies on workplace violence toward health care workers, including several large-scale intervention studies in both hospitals and long-term care facilities. Dr. Arnetz was Principal Investigator on a recently-completed NIOSH-funded study that was the first large-scale randomized controlled intervention shown to be effective in reducing violent events and violence-related injury among hospital workers (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28045793; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28692010). Dr. Arnetz also studies the effects of patient-centered care on the work situation of physicians and nurses, as well as on treatment outcomes.
Areas of research:
- Workplace violence in the healthcare sector
- Physician and nurse well-being and patient safety
- Implementation science of interventions in healthcare settings
- Mental health conditions associated with interpersonal violence and trauma
Current grants:
- Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and Mercy Health Saint Mary’s Implementation Sciences Applied Research Initiative Project
Funded by Mercy Health Saint Mary’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
05/01/18-04/30/21 - Improving Data Sharing and Evaluating approaches to Reduce Patient to Staff Violence
Funded by Trinity Assurance Ltd.
07/01/17-06/30/19
