Joni S. Steinberg
clinical associate professor

Department(s):
Health Informatics - BSPH
Health Systems Management

Email:
jsteinbe@tulane.edu

Research Interests:
Patient flow; application of quantitative decision models and financial analysis to health systems resource allocation; clinical decision analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis

Professional Achievements:
Best faculty member (for several cohorts), Tulane University, Executive Masters in Medical Management program
Faculty Honor Roll, Tulane University School of Business
Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honorary
Delta Omega, Public Health Honorary
U. S. Public Health Service Trainee
Cum Laude Graduate
Pi Mu Epsilon, Mathematics Honorary
Panhellenic Scholar
Tulane Scholars and Fellows

Educational Background:
PhD, management science (finance minor), Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
MS, industrial engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
MPH, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
BS, mathematics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida

Publications:
Bailey WC, Steinberg JS, Brown M, Thompson DH, Ziskind M, Greenberg HB. Use of the brief MAST interview to detect alcoholics in a tuberculosis population. Health Services Reports 1973; 88:486-488.

Newell GR, Gordon JW, Steinberg JS, Monlezun AP. ABO blood groups and cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 1974; 5(5): 1425-1430.

Steinberg JS and Montgomery DC. A computer simulation model of a rubella epidemic Computers in biology and medicine 1974; 4:189-198.

Warner DM, Steinberg JS, Brown M. A users guide to the strategic planning model for the Maryland Health Care System.

Steinberg JS and Arnold L. An interactive approach for optimizing debt repayment schedules. J Fin Res 1981; fall.

Warner DM, Steinberg JS, Brown M. A strategic planning model for multihospital systems. Inquiry 1981; fall.

Strasser S, Steinberg JS, Persels J, Cummins JG. Facilitators and obstacles to the use of evaluation research in hospital settings. Health Hosp Admin 1983.

Personal Statement:
Joni Steinberg has worked as a management consultant on a wide range of hospital system process, nurse productivity and information system projects. She has taught internationally for Tulane in the Executive Master’s of Medical Management Program both in Taiwan (for Taiwanese military physicians) and with INCAE (for Central American physicians) in Costa Rica. Her teaching has been in the areas of quantitative decision models, management science, decision analysis, financial management of health institutions, information technology, management information systems, computer modeling and principles of health systems administration and management.

Her current research efforts are in the areas of improving patient flow, decision support systems, and clinical decision making.

Contact Information:
1440 Canal Street
Suite 1900
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 941.346.2386
Fax: 941.346.2440
E-mail: jsteinbe@tulane.edu

Level of Instruction:
graduate