Rohit Ramaswamy, PhD, MPH

About

Dr. Rohit Ramaswamy applies tools and methods of implementation and improvement science to better the quality of medical and public health programs and to strengthen service delivery processes. He works in the United States and globally, helping facilities and communities learn the tools of applied implementation and continuous quality improvement. He is currently Professor of Pediatrics and co-research director at the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Rohit Ramaswamy, PhD in the Gillings News

Representative Courses

Critical Issues in Global Health (PUBH 711) | Syllabus

Monitoring and Evaluation of Global Health Programs (PUBH 714) | Syllabus

Gillings Global Implementation Lab (PUBH 716)

Research Activities

Current projects include:

1) Improving maternal and neonatal outcomes by building clinical, operational and leadership capacity in tertiary hospitals in Ghana

2) Providing high-quality, low-cost maternity services in Kenya using quality improvement principles

3) Learning from M&E: improving water quality and water point functionality in sub-Saharan Africa

4) Implementing mental health services through the primary health care system in India using design thinking and implementation science

5) Learning through spread: evaluating community health improvement initiatives in 20 communities in the U.S.

Key Publications

Using Collaborative Coalition Processes to Advance Community Health, Well-Being, and Equity: A Multiple-Case Study Analysis From a National Community Transformation Initiative. A Reid, M Abraczinskas, V Scott, M Stanzler, G Parry, J Scaccia, A Wandersman, R Ramaswamy (2019). Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education.

Effectiveness of the Diagnose-Intervene- Verify-Adjust (DIVA) model for integrated primary healthcare planning and performance improvement: an embedded mixed methods evaluation in Kaduna state, Nigeria. E Eboreime, N Nxumalo, R Ramaswamy, L Ibisomi, N Ihebuzor, J Eyles (2019). BMJ open, 9(3), e026016.

Measuring and Understanding Depression in Women in Kisoro, Uganda. M Fischer, R Ramaswamy, L Fischer-Flores, G Mugisha (2019). Culture, medicine and psychiatry, 43(1), 160-180.

Building health system capacity to improve maternal and newborn care: a pilot leadership program for frontline staff at a tertiary hospital in Ghana. E Pfeiffer, M Owen, C Pettitt-Schieber, R Van Zeijl, E Srofenyoh, A Olufolabi, R Ramaswamy (2019). BMC medical education, 19(1), 52.

Building capacity for Public Health 3.0: introducing implementation science into an MPH curriculum. R Ramaswamy, J Mosnier, K Reed, B Powell, A Schenck (2019). Implementation science : IS, 14(1), 18.

Implementation process and quality of a primary health care system improvement initiative in a decentralized context: A retrospective appraisal using the quality implementation framework. E Eboreime, J Eyles, N Nxumalo, O Eboreime, R Ramaswamy (2019). The International journal of health planning and management, 34(1), e369-e386.

Using intervention mapping to design and implement quality improvement strategies towards elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Northern Ghana. A Manyeh, L Ibisomi, F Baiden, T Chirwa, R Ramaswamy (2019). PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 13(3), e0007267.

Implementation science in low-resource settings: using the interactive systems framework to improve hand hygiene in a tertiary hospital in Ghana. B Kallam, C Pettitt-Schieber, M Owen, R Agyare Asante, E Darko, R Ramaswamy (2018). International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care, 30(9), 724-730.

Unpacking the black box of improvement. R Ramaswamy, J Reed, N Livesley, V Boguslavsky, E Ellorio, S Sax, D Houleymata, L Kimble, G Parry (2018). International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care.

Strengthening decentralized primary healthcare planning in Nigeria using a quality improvement model: how contexts and actors affect implementation. E Eboreime, N Nxumalo, R Ramaswamy, J Eyles (2018). Health policy and planning, 33(6), 715-728.

Addressing the third delay: implementing a novel obstetric triage system in Ghana. D Goodman, E Srofenyoh, R Ramaswamy, F Bryce, L Floyd, A Olufolabi, C Tetteh, M Owen (2018). BMJ global health, 3(2), e000623.

Making complex interventions work in low resource settings: developing and applying a design focused implementation approach to deliver mental health through primary care in India. R Ramaswamy, R Shidhaye, S Nanda (2018). International journal of mental health systems, 12.

The introduction of a midwife-led obstetric triage system into a regional referral hospital in Ghana. Rohit Ramsaswamy Floyd, L., Bryce, F., Ramaswamy, R., Olufolabi, A., Srofenyoh, E., Goodman, D., Pearson, N., Morgan, K., Tetteh, C., Ahwireng, V. and Owen, M. (2018). Midwifery, 61.

Implementing Innovations in Global Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health: Realizing the Potential for Implementation Science. Peterson, H. B., Haidar, J., Fixsen, D., Ramaswamy, R., Weiner, B. J. and Leatherman, S.  (2018). Obstetrics and gynecology, 131(3), 423-430.

Standardizing environmental health processes at the Iowa Department of public health. Amanda Cornett, Joy Harris, Lisa Harrison, C. Lea, Rohit Ramaswamy, Greg Randolph, Stephanie Segal (2012). Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 18(1), 27-35.

Modeling performance of highway pavements. Moshe Ben-Akiva, Dinesh Gopinath, Rohit Ramaswamy (1994). Transportation Research Record.

Approach for predicting latent infrastructure facility deterioration. Moshe Ben-Akiva, Rohit Ramaswamy (1993). Transportation Science, 27(2), 174-193.

Infrastructure management under uncertainty: Latent performance approach. Moshe Ben-Akiva, Frannie Humplick, Samer Madanat, Rohit Ramaswamy (1993). Journal of Transportation Engineering, 119(1), 43-58.

EFFECT OF TIME DELAY ON SYSTEM PERFORMANCE VIA SINGLE TERM WALSH SERIES APPROACH. K. Balachandran, K.R. Palanisamy, R.S. Ramaswamy (1988). International Journal of Systems Science, 19(8), 1635-1644.

Research versus practice in quality improvement? Understanding how we can bridge the gap. L Hirschhorn, R Ramaswamy, M Devnani, A Wandersman, L Simpson, E Garcia-Elorrio (2018). International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care.

Unpacking the black box of improvement. R Ramaswamy, J Reed, N Livesley, V Boguslavsky, E Ellorio, S Sax, D Houleymata, L Kimble, G Parry (2018). International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care.

Using Value Stream Mapping to improve quality of care in low-resource facility settings. R Ramaswamy, C Rothschild, F Alabi, E Wachira, F Muigai, N Pearson (2017). International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care, 29(7), 961-965.

The cost effectiveness of a quality improvement program to reduce maternal and fetal mortality in a regional referral hospital in Accra, Ghana. D Goodman, R Ramaswamy, M Jeuland, C Engmann, A Olufolabi, M Owen (2017). PLOS One.

Research versus practice in quality improvement? Understanding how we can bridge the gap. L Hirschhorn, R Ramaswamy, M Devnani, A Wandersman, L Simpson, E Garcia-Elorrio (2018). International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care.

Addressing the third delay: implementing a novel obstetric triage system in Ghana. D Goodman, E Srofenyoh, R Ramaswamy, F Bryce, L Floyd, A Olufolabi, C Tetteh, M Owen (2018). BMJ global health, 3(2), e000623.

Making complex interventions work in low resource settings: developing and applying a design focused implementation approach to deliver mental health through primary care in India. R Ramaswamy, R Shidhaye, S Nanda (2018). International journal of mental health systems, 12.

Using Value Stream Mapping to improve quality of care in low-resource facility settings. R Ramaswamy, C Rothschild, F Alabi, E Wachira, F Muigai, N Pearson (2017). International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care, 29(7), 961-965.

Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of an integrated program to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in Ghana. D Goodman, R Ramaswamy, M Jeuland, M Owen (2017). Annals of Global Health, 83(1), 199-200.

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