John Meara

Optimal Outcomes Reporting (OOR): A New Value-Based Metric for Outcome Reporting Following Cleft Palate Repair.

John G Meara, Christopher D Hughes, Karl Sanchez, Liza Catallozzi, Roseanne Clark, Ann W Kummer

Journal article  |  2021  |  Cleft Palate: Craniofacial Journal

OBJECTIVE: Palatoplasty outcome measurements vary widely among institutions. A standardized outcome metric would help provide qual..

Surgical data strengthening in Ethiopia: results of a Kirkpatrick framework evaluation of a data quality intervention

Sehrish Bari, Joseph Incorvia, Katherine R Iverson, Abebe Bekele, Kaya Garringer, Olivia Ahearn, Laura Drown, Amanu Aragaw Emiru, Daniel Burssa, Samson Workineh, Ephrem Daniel Sheferaw, John G Meara, Andualem Beyene

Journal article  |  2021  |  Global Health Action

Background: One key challenge in improving surgical care in resource-limited settings is the lack of high-quality and informative ..

Assessment of diagnostics capacity in hospitals providing surgical care in two Latin American states.

Lina Roa, Ellie Moeller, Zachary Fowler, Rodrigo Vaz Ferreira, Sebastian Mohar, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Aline Gil Alves Guilloux, Alejandro Mohar, Robert Riviello, John G Meara, Jose Emerson Dos Santos Souza, Valeria Macias

Journal article  |  2020  |  EClinicalMedicine

Background: Diagnostic services are an essential component of high-quality surgical, anesthesia and obstetric (SAO) care. Efforts ..

Surgery and universal health coverage: Designing an essential package for surgical care expansion and scale-up.

Ché L Reddy, Dominique Vervoort, John G Meara, Rifat Atun

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Global Health

Projected impact of COVID-19 mitigation strategies on hospital services in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area

Zachary Fowler, Ellie Moeller, Lina Roa, Isaac Deneb Castaneda-Alcantara, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, John G Meara, Arturo Cervantes-Trejo

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLoS One

Evidence-based models may assist Mexican government officials and health authorities in determining the safest plans to respond to..

A country-level comparison of access to quality surgical and non-surgical healthcare from 1990-2016

Taylor Wurdeman, Gopal Menon, John G Meara, Blake C Alkire

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLoS One

BACKGROUND: The Healthcare Access and Quality (HAQ) index, developed by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, uses esti..

Climate change: challenges and opportunities to scale up surgical, obstetric, and anaesthesia care globally

Lina Roa, Lotta Velin, Jemesa Tudravu, Craig D McClain, Aaron Bernstein, John G Meara

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Lancet Planetary Health

Climate change affects human health in a myriad of ways, requiring reassessment of the nature of scaling up care delivery and the ..

Composition of Surgeon, Anesthesiologist, and Obstetrician Density as an Indicator of Surgical Quality in the US

Robert Semco, Nathaniel Hansen, Paul Truche, Molly P Jarman, Lina Roa, Wendy Williams, Craig D McClain, Regan Bergmark, John G Meara, Gezzer Ortega

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Surgical Infrastructure and Cost in Chiapas, Mexico

Zachary Fowler, Ellie Moeller, Fernando Carrillo, Lina Roa, Sebastian Mohar, Pablo Tarsicio Uribe Leitz, John Gerard Meara, Robert Riviello, Valeria Macias

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Assessing the Safe Surgery 2020 Implementation in Tanzania's Lake Zone: A Longitudinal Qualitative Research Study

Noor Zanial, Shehnaz Alidina, David Barash, Steve Kisakye, Adelina Mazhiqi, John Gerard Meara, Cheri Reynolds

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS