Leslie M Beitsch M.D., J.D.
Professor
Job Description
Dr. Beitsch's focus is on Health Policy and Public Health. He is also affiliated with the Center for Medicine and Public Health.
Biosketch
Prior to joining the College of Medicine, Dr. Beitsch was Commissioner of Health for the State of Oklahoma, serving in that capacity from June 2001 until November 2003. Before that time he held several positions within the Florida Department of Health for 12 years, most recently Deputy Secretary. He is past chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, serving in this capacity from October 2013 until December 2020 and retired from full-time service in August 2021.
Education
B.A., Chemistry, Emory University, 1977
M.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1980
Internship, Medical University of South Carolina, 1981
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1988
Service
Public Health Foundation (Board of Directors 2016-present)
Retirement Research Foundation Project Advisory Board (Florida State University College of Medicine Department of Geriatrics and the Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law) (2016)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Systems and Services Research for a Culture of Health Technical Advisory Committee (2015)
Public Health Services and Systems Research 2014 Solicitation Reviewer for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/University of Kentucky/National Network of Public Health Institutes
Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health National Advisory Council (2014-present)
AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Interest Group (Chair 2013-2014)
AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Article of the Year Review Committee (Chair 2013) (2012-2015)
AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Interest Group Meeting Planning Advisory Committee (2014, 2015)
Public Health Leadership Forum (2013-2015)
Florida Medical Practice Plan, Board of Directors (2013-present)
Florida Department of Health Tobacco Advisory Committee (2012-present)
Gulf Region Health Outreach Program, Steering Committee (2012-present)
National Advisory Panel for the Quality Improvement in Public Health Practice Exchange (2012- present)
Expert Advisory Panel for the Quality Improvement in Public Health Practice Exchange (2012- present)
Public Health Foundation’s Future of Public Health Award Program reviewer (2012)
Antibiotic Stewardship Advisory Committee (Public Health Foundation (2012-2014)
AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Interest Group Advisory Committee (2011- 2013)
Dissertation Committee for Valerie Yeager, MPH, MPhil, Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, University of Alabama Birmingham (2011-2012)
Visiting Scholar University of Minnesota School of Public Health (2011-2013)
Florida Health Choices, Vendor Steering Committee (2011)
National Public Health Performance Standards Program Reengineering Advisory Committee (2011) Florida Physician Workforce Advisory Council (2010-present) Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Public Health Policy Committee Survey Subcommittee (2011-present) Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Public Health Policy Committee (2010-present) Florida Public Health Practice Based Research Network (Research Subcommittee) (2010-2011) Orange County Health Department Community Health Initiative Advisory Board (2010) Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health (2009-2011)
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials State Public Health Survey Advisory Group (2009)
Public Health Accreditation Board, Board of Directors (2009)
Emory University Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center Advisory Board (2009)
Big Bend Area Health Education Center Board of Directors (2008)
Association of Schools of Public Health Practice Award Review Committee
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) Initiative’s Special Topic Solicitation in PHSSR grant reviewer
Florida Public Interest Research Group Health Care Advisory Council (2008)
Florida Department of Health Central Office Performance Improvement Advisory Council (2008)
Florida Department of Health External Workgroup on Infant Mortality (2008)
Public Health Accreditation Board Research and Evaluation Committee (2007)
Florida Medical Association Council on Public Health (2007-2010)
North Carolina Division of Public Health Accreditation Site Visitor (February 2007)
Exploring Accreditation Project (Steering Committee member and Workgroup Chair 2005-2006)
National Public Health Performance Standards Revision Committee (State Standards)
National Steering Committee on Hospitals and the Public's Health for the American Hospital Association’s Health Research and Education Trust
Florida Public Health Foundation
Public Health Leadership Society (Board of Directors, Chair 2004-2005)
Florida Society for Preventive Medicine (President 2004-2006)
Public Health Foundation (Board of Directors 2001-2007, Chair 2006-2007)
CDC Search Committee for Coordinating Center Director (COCHES)
Florida Department of Health Quality Improvement Advisory Committee
Pfizer Grants in Public Health Academic Advisory Board
College of Medicine academic liaison to the Florida Public Health Association Board
ASTHO Executive Committee
Governor's Security and Preparedness Executive Panel (Member)
ASTHO Anti-Terrorism Preparedness Task Force (Chair)
CDC Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control (Secretarial Appointment)
CDC Advisory Workgroups
Public Health Foundation (Board of Directors)
Public Health Leadership Society (Board of Directors)
Governor’s Diabetes Advisory Council
Governor’s Health Education Consortium
Florida Medical Association (Committee on Children and School Health and Council on Public Health)
Capital Medical Society (Indigent Care Committee)
Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies Coalition (Steering Committee)
Neighborhood Health Services (Board of Directors and Clinician)
Florida Healthy Kids Corporation (Board of Directors)
W.A.G.E.S. Health Care Committee
Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (Management Committee)
Florida Journal of Public Health Editorial Board
Florida Medicaid Advisory Committee
Governor’s Drug Advisory Council
Florida Prevention Research Center National Advisory Council
Friendly Access National Advisory Committee
Public Health Leadership Institute of Florida Advisory Committee
Honors/Awards
Public Health Foundation, Theodore R. Ervin Award for Outstanding Service, 2008
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Alumnus of the Year, 2007
Oklahoma State Medical Association, Putting Prevention into Practice Award, 2004
Fellow, American College of Preventive Medicine
Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians Patient Advocate of the Year 2003
Oklahoma State Medical Association, Charlotte S. Leebron Memorial Trust Fund Award 2003, for the article "There's a Dark Cloud Over Oklahoma - And It's Our Own Smoke"
The Oklahoma Alliance on Health or Tobacco, Leadership and Vision In Tobacco Prevention Award 2002
Oklahoma Nurses Association Distinguished Service Citation 2002
Community Health Centers Inc., Certificate of Appreciation 2002
Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control Exemplary Service Award 2002
American Lung Association of Oklahoma Otho Whiteneck Professional Award for Contribution to the Control and Elimination of Lung Disease 2002
Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Distinguished Public Service Award 2002
Florida Public Health Association 2001 Presidential Award
University of South Florida/Tampa General Hospital Infectious Disease Center Lifetime Appreciation Award 2001
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Leadership Institute Scholar 1993-1994
Sunshine Health Center's 1992 Humanitarian of the Year Award
Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies Coalition's 1991 First Steps to the Future Award
Better Babies for Broward's 1991 Outstanding Service and Achievement in Prenatal Care Award
Broward County Public Health Unit's 1991 Exceptional Public Relations Skills Award
American College of Legal Medicine's 1988 Schwartz Award
United States Air Force Commendation Medal
Phi Beta Kappa
Pi Alpha National Chemistry Honor Society
Shell Oil Scholarship Recipient
Memberships
Florida Medical Association
Capital Medical Society
Oklahoma State Medical Association
Oklahoma County Medical Society
American Medical Association
University of Oklahoma College of Public Health Adjunct Faculty
Oklahoma Public Health Association
American Public Health Association
Florida Public Health Association
Florida Association of County Health Officials
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Washington, D.C. Bar Association
Courses
Medicine, Health, & Society track in Medicine 1, 2, and 3
Research Focus
Medicine and public health collaboration and coordination
Health systems quality improvement and workforce development
Health impact of policy development/implementation
Publications
Gonsoroski E, Harville E, Pan K, Beitsch L., Lichtveld M, Sherchan S, Uejio C. (2022) Classifying Building Roof Damage using High Resolution Aerial Imagery. Submitted.
Harville, E., Pan, K., Beitsch, L., Uejio, CK, Lichtveld, M., Sherchan, S., Timuta, C. (2022) Hurricane Michael and Adverse Social and Mental Health Risk Factors. Accepted.
Beitsch, L., Stefanak, M., Moehrle, C., Dick, K., Bialek, R. (2024) Northern Nevada Public Health: Utilizing the Public Health Workforce Calculator and Workforce Capacity Self-assessment Tools to Develop a Framework for Workforce Investment. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001909.
M Fifolt, LC McCormick, LM Beitsch, PC Erwin (2024) The Intersection of Public Health and Direct Patient Care: What Pediatricians Should Know. THE FLORIDA PEDIATRICIAN–WINTER 2024.
Josh Alarcon, J., Lauren Ward, L., Pan, K., Gonsoroski, E, Uejio, C., Beitsch, L., Lichtveld, M., Harville, E., and Sherchan, S., (2023) HABs Karenia brevis and Pseudo-nitzschia pre- and post-Hurricane Michael. Journal of Water and Health doi: 10.2166/wh.2023.302
Pan, K., Gonsoroski, E., Uejio, C., Beitsch, L., Sherchan, S., Lichtveld, M., Harville, E., Remotely sensed measures of Hurricane Michael damage and adverse birth outcomes in the Florida panhandle. Environmental Health. (2022)21:118. DOI10.1186/s12940-022-00924-1.
C Uejio, C., Gonsoroski, E., Sherchan, S., Beitsch, L., Harville, E., Blackmore, C., Pan, K., Lichtveld, M. (2022) Harmful Algal Bloom-related 311 Calls, Cape Coral, Florida 2018-2019. J Water Health, Epub Mar;20(3):531-538.
Yeager V, Balio C.,; Chudgar R. Bork R., Beitsch L. (2022) Estimating Public Health Workforce Efforts Toward Foundational Public Health Services. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 28(4)393-398. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001452
Harville E, Pan K, Beitsch L., Sherchan S, Gonsoroski E, Uejio C. (2022) Hurricane Michael and
adverse birth outcomes in the Florida panhandle: Analysis of vital statistics data. Disaster Med. Public Health Prep., 1-8.
Harville E, Beitsch L., Uejio C, Sherchan S, Lichtveld M. (2021) Assessing the effects of disaster and its aftermath on pregnant women: A conceptual model. Int J Disaster Risk Reduction. 2021 62: 102415. PMCID: PMC8318346..
Pan K, Beitsch L., Gonsoroski E, Sherchan S, Uejio C, Lichtveld M, Harville E. (2021) Effects of Hurricane Michael on access to care for pregnant women and associated pregnancy outcomes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (18)
Yeager, V., Beitsch, L., Johnson, S., Halverson, P. (2021). Public Health Graduates and Employment in Governmental Public Health: Factors that facilitate and deter working in this setting. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 27(1)4-11. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001052.
Lin, C., Tu, P., Beitsch, L. (2020) Confidence and Receptivity for COVID-19 Vaccines: A Rapid Systematic Review. Vaccines. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9010016.
Lenaway, D., Beitsch, L. (2020) A New Model in Public Health Systems Strengthening: Infrastructure as Essential Prerequisite for Improved Health Outcomes. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 26(6)515-517. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001113.
Motie, I., Carretta, H., Beitsch, L. (2020) Needling Policy-Makers and Sharpening the Debate: Do Syringe Exchange Programs Improve Health at the Population Level? Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 26(3)222-226. DOI: 0.1097/PHH.0000000000001152.
Beitsch, L. (2020) SHOing the Way Forward: Mapping a Path for State Public Health CEO Success. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 26(1)1-2. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001084.
Beitsch, L., Yeager, V., Leider, J., Erwin, P. (2019) Mass Exodus of State Health Department Deputies/Senior Management Threatens Institutional Stability. American Journal of Public Health. 2019;109:681-683. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305005.
Sellers, K., Leider, Gould, E., J.P., Castrucci, B., Beck, A., Bogaert, K., Coronado, F., Shah, G., Yeager, V., Beitsch, L., Erwin, P. (2019) The State of the US Governemental Public Health Workforce, 2014-2017. American Journal of Public Health. 2019;109:674-680. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305011.
Beitsch, L., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2019) Avoiding Déjà vu All Over Again: Inserting Public Health, Mental/Behavioral Health, and Prevention Policy into the Opiate Crisis Litigation. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 25(3), 211-213. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000943.
Yeager, V., Balio, C., Kronstadt, J., Beitsch, L. (2019) The Relationship between Health Department Accreditation and Workforce Satisfaction, Retention, and Training Needs. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 25(2 Supp), S113–S123. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000920
Balio, C., Yeager, V., Beitsch, L. (2019) Perceptions of Public Health 3.0: Concordance between Public Health Agency Senior Leaders and Employees. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 25:S103-S112. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000903
Beitsch, L., Yeager, V., Moran, J. (2019) Paving the Way for the Road Taken: Accreditation and Quality Improvement. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 25(1). DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000914
Goldfarb, S. Houser, K., Wells, B., Brown-Speights, J., Beitsch, L., George Rust (2018) Pockets of Progress Amidst Persistent Racial Disparities in Low Birthweight Rates. PLoS ONE. 13(7): e0201658. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201658.
Kronstadt, J., Bender, K., Beitsch, L. (2018) The Impact of Public Health Department Accreditation: Ten Years of Lessons Learned. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 24(3 Supp) S1-2: DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000769
Yeager, V., Wharton, M., Beitsch, L. (2017) Maintaining a Competent Public Health Workforce: Lessons Learned from Experiences with Public Health Accreditation Domain 8 Standards and Measures. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. Accepted.
Beitsch, L., Kronstadt, J., Robin, N., Leep, C. (2017) Has Voluntary Public Health Accreditation Impacted Health Department Perceptions and Activities in Quality Improvement and Performance Management? Journal of Public Health Management Practice. Accepted..
Goldstein, B., Baumgartner, E., Beitsch, L., Bradberry, S., Buckner, A., Joseph, J., Kimbrell, J., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Lichtveld, M., Osofsky, H., Osofsky, .J.,Picou, S., Rehner, T., Rohrer, G. (2013) Facilitating Public Health Resilience in a Disaster Prone Area: The Gulf Region Health Outreach Program (GRHOP). Accepted.
Buckner, A, Goldstein, B., Beitsch, L. (2017) Building Resilience among Disadvantaged Communities: Gulf Region Health Outreach Program Overview. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 23(6 Supp) S1-4: DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000644.
Beitsch, L., Goldstein, B., Buckner, A. (2017) Instigating Public Health Set Asides: Deepwater Horizon as a Model. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 23(6 Supp):S5-7. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000616.
Beitsch, L., Geletko, K., Bellamy, G., Aubrey, A., Myers, K., Dunn, L., Littles, A., Fogarty, J. (2017) Student and Preceptor Perceptions of the Summer Clinical Practicum: An Assessment of the First Year Clinical Skills Capstone. MedEdPublish. http://www.mededpublish.org/manuscripts/1120.
Brown-Speights, J., Goldfarb, S., Wells, B., Beitsch, L., Levine, R., Rust, G. (2017) State-Level Progress in Reducing the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap, 1999-2013. American Journal of Public Health. 2017;107:775-782. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.303689.
Bender, K., Beitsch, L., Kronstadt, J. (2017) Development of a National Public Health Accreditation Program: A Case Study in Strategic Change Management and Sustainability. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 23(3):315-324. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000549.
Chapman, R., Beitsch, L. (2017) Performance Management Systems: A Public Health Model Practice. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 23(3):311-314. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000502.
Yeager, V., Beitsch, L., Hasbrouck, L. (2016) Educational Pipeline/Public Health Workforce Mismatch—Can It Be Reconciled? Public Health Reports. May-June (131): 507-509.
Yeager, V., Ye, J., Leep, C., Robin, N., Kronstadt, J., Beitsch, L. (2016) National Voluntary Public Health Accreditation: Are more local health departments intending to join the queue? Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 22(2): 149-156 DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000242.
Beitsch, L., Yeager, V., Moran, J. (2015) Utilizing Performance Management to Harness the Power of Quality Improvement in Public Health. Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research. 4(5):33–8. DOI: 10.13023/FPHSSR.0405.06.
Moran, J., Beitsch, L. (2015) Leaderless Leaders: Leaders in Title Only. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 21(5), 504–506. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000282.
Yeager, V., Ferdinand, A., Beitsch, L., Menachemi, N. (2015) Local Public Health Department Characteristics Associated with Likelihood to Participate in National Accreditation. American Journal of Public Health. 2015:105:1653-1659. doi:10.2015/AJPH.2014.302503.
Friedman, E., Carretta, H., Jordan, J., Beitsch, L. (2015) Rear Facing Child Car Seats: Are Laws Requiring Them Effective Protecting Children Two Years and Under? Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research. 4(1):14-21. DOI: 10.13023/FPHSSR.0401.03.
Kronstadt, J., Beitsch, L., Bender, K. (2015) Marshaling the Evidence: The Prioritized Public Health Accreditation Research Agenda. American Journal of Public Health. 2015;105: S153–S158. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302247.
Carlson, V., Chilton, M., Corso, L., Beitsch, L. (2015) Defining the Functions of Public Health Governance. American Journal of Public Health. 2015;105:S159–S166. doi:10. 2105/AJPH.2014.302198.
Porterfield, D., Rogers, T., Curtis, L., Beitsch, L. (2015) Measuring Public Health Practice and Outcomes in Chronic Disease: A call for Coordination. American Journal of Public Health. 2015;105:S180–S188. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302238.
Beitsch, L., Yeager, V., Moran, J. (2015) Deciphering the Imperative: Translating Public Health Quality Improvement into Organizational Performance Management Gains. Annual Review of Public Health. 36:7.1-7.15 .
Beitsch, L., Castrucci, B., Dilley, A., Leider, J.P., Juliano, C., Nelson, R., Kaiman, S., Sprague, J. (2014) From Patchwork to Package: Strengthening Foundational Capabilities for Health Departments. American Journal of Public Health. December 18,2014:e1–e4.doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302369).
Leider, J.P., Juliano, C., Castrucci, B., Beitsch, L., Dilley, A., Nelson, R., Kaiman, S., Sprague, J. (2014) Practitioner Perspectives on Foundational Capabilities. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 2014, 1-11. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000189.
Buckner, A., Beitsch, L., Goldstein, B. (2014) The Gulf Region Health Outreach Program – An Integrated Public Health Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. 2014(1) 215-224. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-2014.1.215.
Geletko, K., Brooks, R., Hunt, A., Beitsch, L. (2014) State Scholarship and Loan Forgiveness Programs in the US: Forgotten Driver of Access to Health Care in Underserved Areas. Health, 6, 1994-2003. doi: 10.4236/health.2014.615234.
DeAngelo, J.W., Beitsch, L.M., Beaudry, M., Corso, L., Estes, L., Bialek, R. (2014) Turning Point Revisited: Launching the Next Generation of Performance Management in Public Health. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 20(5), 463-471. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000028.
Ai, A., Carretta, H., Beitsch, L., Watson, L., Munn, J., Mehriary, S. (2014) Medication Therapy Management Programs: Promises and Pitfalls. Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy J. 20(12):1162-82.
Ai, A. L., Carretta, H., Beitsch, L.M., Munn, J., Watson, L., & Mehr, S. (2014). Outcome Evaluation of the Medication Therapy Management Program: Promises and Pitfalls. Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy, ePub, e1-e32.
Campbell, K., Rodriguez, J., Beitsch, L., Saunders, C. (2014) Underrepresented Minorities in Academic Medicine: Is Florida Better Off? Southern Medical Journal. 107(3)173-176 .
Beitsch, L.M., Corso, L., Davis, M. V., Joly, B.M., Kronstadt, J., Riley, W. (2014) Transforming Public Health Practice through Accreditation (A User Guide for the Special Accreditation Issue). Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 20(1): 2-3. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182a8ea1e.
Beitsch, L., Riley, W., Bender, K. (2014) Embedding QI into Accreditation: Evolving from Theory to Practice. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 20(1): 57-60. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31829a2cdd.
Yeager, V., Menachemi, N., Ginter, P., Sen, B., Savage, G., Beitsch, L. (2014) Using Resource Dependency Theory to Measure the Environment in Health Care Organizational Studies: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Health Care Management Review. 39(1)50-65.
Beitsch, L., Pattnaik, A., Madamala, K. (2013) The QI Story Behind the Multi-State Learning Collaborative Storyboards: Lessons Learned from a Review of 162 Public Health QI Projects. Florida Public Health Review, 10:25-34.
Park, C.S., Hado, B., Keeling, J., Beitsch, L.M., Merrill, J. (2013) Preliminary findings from an interventional study using network analysis to support management in local health departments in Florida. Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research. Vol. 2: No.6, Article 6.
Beitsch, L., Rider, N., Joly, B., Leep, C., Polyak, G. (2013) Driving a Public Health Culture of Quality: How Far Down the Highway Have Local Health Departments Traveled? Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 19(6), 569–574. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31828e25cf.
Armbruster, S., Moran, J., Beitsch, L. (2013) Change Resistors: People Who Block Change Initiatives and 5 Tips to Overcome Resistance. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 19 (5):483-484. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182800173.
Livingood, W., Morris, M., Sorensen, B., Chapman, K., Rivera, L, Beitsch, L., Street, P., Coughlin, S., Smotherman, C., Wood, D. (2013) Revenue Sources for Essential Services in Florida: Findings and Implications for Organizing and Funding Public Health. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 19(4)371-378.
Beitsch, L., Carretta, H., McKeever, J., Pattnaik, A., Gillen, S. (2013) The Quantitative Story Behind the QI Storyboards (and other MLC Data): A Synthesis of 162 QI Projects Conducted by 234 Health Departments. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 19(4): 330-340. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182629054.
Beitsch, L., Polyak, G., Gold, M., Teutsch, S., Baciu, A. (2013) Catapulting the Chasm: Or How to Avoid Wasting a Perfectly Good Fiscal Disaster. American Journal of Public Health, April 18, 2013: e1–e3. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301274).
Yeager, V., Menachemi, N., Ginter, P., Sen, B., Savage, G., Beitsch, L. (2013) Environmental Factors and Quality Improvement in County and Local Health Departments. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 19(3): 240-249.
Moran, J., Beitsch, L. (2012) The PDCA Cycle for Change Leaders. Quality Management Forum, Summer 2012, Volume 38, Number 2:13-16.
Beitsch (2012) From Practice to Policy: The Intersection of Government and Law (What's in a Name?), American Journal of Public Health, 102(3):1242.
Tsilimingras, D., Beitsch, L., (2012) The Challenges of Developing a Patient Safety Curriculum for Medical School. Medical Science Educator. 22(2): 65-72 .
Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health (2012) For the Public’s Health: Investing in a Healthier Future. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. The National Academies Press: Washington, D.C.
Geletko, K, Hunt, A, Beitsch, L. (2012) Impact of the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA) on Attorney and Obstetrician Practices. Florida Public Health Review. 2012(9): 110-114.
Riley, R, Lownik, E, Scutchfield, D, Mays, G, Corso, L, Beitsch, L. (2012) Public Health Department Accreditation: Setting the Research Agenda. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 42(3):263–271.
Carretta, H. J., Chukmaitov, A., Beitsch, L., Tang, A., & Shin, J. (2012). Examination of Hospital Characteristics and Patient Quality Outcomes Using Three Inpatient Quality Indicators and 30-Day All Cause Mortality. American Journal of Medical Quality, ePub, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22723470 doi:10.1177/1062860612444459.
Madamala, K., Sellers, K., Beitsch, L., Pearsol, J., Jarris, P. (2012) Quality Improvement and Accreditation Readiness in State Public Health Agencies. Journal of Public Health Management Practice, 18(1):9-19.
Beitsch, L, Moran, J., Duffy, G. (2012) Why Don Berwick Is Almost Right: How Public Health Quality Improvement Operates within Complex Systems. Journal of Public Health Management Practice, 18(1):70-73.
Matthews, G, Markiewicz, M, Beitsch, L. (2012) Legal Frameworks Supporting Public Health Department Accreditation: Lessons Learned from Ten States. Journal of Public Health Management Practice, 18(1):E8-E16.
Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health (2011) For the Public’s Health: Revitalizing Law and Policy to Meet New Challenges. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. The National Academies Press: Washington, D.C.
Madamala, K., Sellers, K., Beitsch, L., Pearsol, J., Jarris, P. (2011) Structure and Functions of State Public Health Agencies in 2007. American Journal of Public Health. 101(7):1179-1186.
Beitsch, L. (2011) Winning the Future for Public Health. American Journal of Public Health. 101(5):777.
Beitsch, L., Riley, W. (2011) Nothing New Under the Sun: Public Health Reinvents Itself During Economically Challenging Times and excerpt of Fifteen Years of the Committee on Administrative Practices: The Evolution of the Program. American Journal of Public Health. 101(5):796-799.
Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health (2010) For the Public’s Health: The Role of Measurement in Action and Accountability. The National Academies Press: Washington, D.C.
Beitsch, L., Corso, L. (2010) Response to Letter to the Editor. American Journal of Public Health. 100(1)4.
Riley, W, Moran, J, Corso, L, Beitsch, L., Bialek, Cofsky, A (2010) Defining Quality Improvement in Public Health. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 16(1), 5-7.
Riley, W., Beitsch, L., Parsons, H., Moran, J. (2010) Quality Improvement in Public Health: Where Are We Now? Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 16(1), 1-2.
Corso, L, Lenaway, D, Beitsch, L., Landrum, L, Deutsch, H (2010) The National Public Health Performance Standards: Driving Quality Improvement in Public Health Systems. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 16(1), 19-23.
Beitsch, L., Leep, C., Shah, G., Brooks, R., Pestronk, R (2010) Quality Improvement in Local Health Departments: Results of the NACCHO 2008 Survey. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 16(1), 49-54.
Leep, C., Beitsch, L., Gorenflo, G., Solomon, J., Brooks, R. (2009) Quality Improvement in Local Health Departments: Progress, Pitfalls, and Potential. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 15(6),1-9.
Beitsch, L., Corso, L. (2009) Response to Letter to the Editor. American Journal of Public Health. Accepted.
Beitsch, L., Corso, L. (2009) Accountability – The Fast Lane on the Highway to Change. American Journal of Public Health. 99(9)1545.
Brooks, R., Beitsch, L., Street, P., Chukmaitov, A., Koh, H. (2009) Aligning Public Health Financing with Essential Public Health Service Functions and National Public Health Performance Standards. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 15(4), 299-306.
Geletko, K., Beitsch, L., Lundberg, M., Brooks, R. (2009) Reducing the Impact of the Health Access Crisis through Volunteerism: A Means, Not an End. American Journal of Public Health. 99(7), 1166-1169.
Reed, J., Pavletic, D., Devlin, L., Davis, M., Beitsch, L., Baker, E. (2009) Piloting a State Health Department Accreditation Model: the North Carolina Experience. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 15(2), 85-95.
Beitsch, L. (2008) Public Health Practice: Transcending the Known. American Journal of Public Health. 98(2)200.
Menachemi, N., Beitsch, L., Brooks, R. (2008) Computers in the Exam room… What Will Your Patients Think? Florida Medical Magazine, Jan:20-24.
Menachemi, N., Ford, E., Beitsch, L., Brooks, R. (2007) Incomplete EHR Adoption: Late Uptake of Patient Safety and Cost Control Functions. American Journal of Medical Quality. 22(5)319-326.
Beitsch, L., Menachemi, N., Brooks, R., (2007) Bridging Medicine and Public Health: An Introduction to the Public Health System and Disaster Response for the Busy Clinician. Journal of Florida Medical Association. 91(1) 6-11.
Beitsch, L., Mays, G, Corso, L, Chang, C, Brewer, R. (2007) States Gathering Momentum: Promising Strategies for Accreditation and Assessment Activities in Multi-State Learning Collaborative Applicant States. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. Accepted.
Beitsch, L., Landrum, L, Chang, C, Wojciehowski, K. (2007) Public Health Laws and Implications for a National Accreditation Program: Parallel Roadways without Intersection? Journal of Public Health Management Practice. Accepted.
Baker S, Landrum L, Beitsch L., Head R. (2007) The Role of Performance Management and Quality Improvement in a National Voluntary Public Health Accreditation System. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. Accepted.
Joly, B, Polyak, G, Davis, M, Brewster, J, Tremain, B, Raevsky, K, Beitsch, L. (2007) How Can Accreditation Improve Public Health Outcomes? Journal of Public Health Management Practice. Accepted.
Beitsch, L., Kodolikar, S., Stephens, T., Shodell, D., Clawson, A., Menachemi, N., Brooks, R. (2006) A State-Based Analysis of Public Health Preparedness Programs in the United States. Public Health Reports. 12(6)737-745.
Beitsch, L., Brooks, R. (2006) What to Expect When They’re Expecting: Legal Issues Associated with Pregnancy and the Prevention of Vertical Transmission of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Journal of Florida Medical Association. 90(1)36-41.
Beitsch, L., Brooks, R., Menachemi, N., Libbey, P. (2006) Public Health on Center Stage: New Roles, Old Props, Health Affairs. 25(4)911-922.
Beitsch, L., Thielen, L., Mays, G., Brewer, R., Kimbrell, J., Chang, C., Gillen, G., Corso, L., Landrum, L. (2006). The Multi-State Learning Collaborative, States as Laboratories: Informing the National Public Health Accreditation Dialogue. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 12(3)217-231.
Beitsch, L., Grigg, M., Menachemi, N., Brooks, R. (2006). Roles of Local and District Public Health Agencies within the State Public Health System. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 12(3)232-241.
Clawson, A., Menachemi, N., Beitsch, L., Brooks, R. (2006). Are Community Health Centers Prepared for Bioterrorism? Biosecurity & Bioterrorism, 4(1)55-63.
Menachemi, N., Brooks, R., Clawson, A., Stine, C., Beitsch, L. (2006). Continuing Decline in Service Delivery for Family Physicians: Is the Malpractice Crisis Playing a Role? Quality Management in Health Care, 15(1) 39-45.
Beitsch, L., Brooks, R., Grigg, M., Menachemi, N. (2006). Structure and Function of State Public Health Agencies at the Dawn of the New Millennium. American Journal of Public Health. 96(1)167-172.
Beitsch, L., Brooks, R., Glasser, J., Coble, Y. (2005). The Medicine and Public Health Initiative: Ten Years Later. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 29(2):149-153.
Brooks, R., Menachemi, N., Clawson, A., Beitsch, L. (2005). Availability of Physician Services in Florida, Revisited: The Effect of the Professional Liability Insurance Market on Access to Care. Archives of Internal Medicine. 165, 2136-2141.
Beitsch, L. M. (2005). Syphilis and its Reluctant Legal Mistress. Journal of Florida Medical Association. 89(1):23-26.
Beitsch, L. M. (2002). There's a Dark Cloud Over Oklahoma - And It's Our Own Smoke. Journal of Oklahoma State Medical Association. 95(3):115-119.
Barnhill, K.E., Beitsch, L.M., Brooks, R.G. (2001). Improving Access to Care for the Underserved: State Supported Volunteerism as a Successful Component. Archives of Internal Medicine. 161:2177-2181.
Reid, W.M., Beitsch, L.M., Brooks, R.G., Mason, K.P., Mescia, N.D., Webb, S.C. (2001). National Public Health Performance Standards: Workforce Development and Agency Effectiveness in Florida. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 7:67-73.
Beitsch, L.M., Grigg, C.M., Mason, K.P., Brooks, R.G. (2000). “Profiles in Courage: Evolution of Florida’s Quality Improvement and Performance Measurement Systems.” Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 6:31-41.
Mason, K.P., Barber, D., Beitsch, L.M., Grigg, M., Hopkins, R., Mahan, C.S., Speake, D. (1997). Key Elements for Developing a Successful MCH Program Focused on Quality and Health Status Outcome Indicators. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 3:16-17.
Beitsch, L.M., McTague, D.M. (1996). Tobacco Consumption in Florida. Journal of Florida Medical Association. 83:98-91.
Beitsch, L.M., Mahan, C.S., Cupoli, J.M. (1992). Healthy Start: Strengthening Public and Private Partnership. Journal of Florida Medical Association. 79:567-568.
Beitsch, L.M., Tomchik, R.S., Vickery, L., Rogers, P.J. (1991). Access to Prenatal Care by Low Income Patients: A Survey of Physician Attitudes. Florida Journal of Public Health. 3:50-54.
Wishik, J., Bachman, D.L., Beitsch, L.M. (1989). A Neurobehavioral Perspective of Aggressive Behavior Implications for Pharmacological Management. Residential Treatment for Children and Youth. 7. No.2:17-35.
Beitsch, L.M. (1989). Economic and Punitive Patient Dumping: Whose Life Is it Anyway? Journal of Legal Medicine. 10:433-478.
Monographs, Books, and Book Chapters
Goldfarb, S. and Beitsch, L. (2019) Policy Development in Healthcare Planning, Organization, and Evaluation, 16th ed. McGraw-Hill. In press.
Yeager, V. and Beitsch, L., (2021) Performance Management: The Evolution of Standards, Measurement, Quality Improvement, and Accreditation in Public Health. In Shi, L and Johnson, J., eds. Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management. 4th ed. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett. In press.
Bender, K., Beitsch, L., Kronstadt, J. (2018) Development of a National Public Health Accreditation Program: A Case Study in Strategic Change Management and Sustainability in Novick, L., Morrow, C., and Novick, C., Eds. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice's 21 Public Health Case Studies on Policy & Administration.
Beitsch, L. (2017) Gulf Region Health Outreach Program (GRHOP) Stands Out as an Outlier in Public Health Funding Support — Make Your Program One Too! Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Direct (Blog).
Beitsch, L. (2017) Intrepid Entrepreneurship: Unnecessary Prerequisite for Launching a Performance Management System. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Direct (Blog).
Beitsch, L. (2017) Population Health and Collaboration as Embedded Within the Essential Public Health Services in Bialek, R., Beitsch, L., Moran, J., Eds: Solving Population Health Problems through Collaboration. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis
Bialek, R., Beitsch, L., Moran, J. (2017) Editors: Solving Population Health Problems through Collaboration. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis.
Moran, J., Beitsch, L. (2016) Are You Really Ready to Make a Change? http://www.processexcellencenetwork.com/organizational-change/articles/are-you-really-ready-to-make-a-change
Beitsch, L. (2016) Combating Zika through Effective Contraception and Barrier Protection. Cap Scan. September (9) 2016, 16.
Beitsch, L., Moran, J (2014) Become a Complete Change Leader by Using Your Head, Heart, and Hands: Motivating Employees to Embrace Change and a Culture of Quality Improvement by Varying Your Leadership Style. Quality Management Forum. Spring 40(1)1-4.
Beitsch, L., Stefanek, M., Moehrle, C. (2014) Washoe County Health District: A Fundamental Review. Public Health Foundation. Washington, D.C.
Kapp, M., Beitsch, L. (2014) Florida’s Health Care Certificate of Need. Health Foundation of South Florida. Miami, FL.
Designing, Deploying, and Using an Organizational Performance Management System in Public Health: Cultural Transformation Using the PDCA Approach. http://www.phf.org/resourcestools/Pages/Designing_Deploying_and_Using_Organizational_Performance_Management.aspx
Beitsch, L. (2013) Quality Improvement, Performance Management? What’s the Connection? Just Tell Me What my Health Department Needs… Blog for PHQIX at www.PHQIX.org.
Beitsch, L., Landrum, L., Turnock, B., Handler, A. (2013) Performance Management: The Evolution of Standards, Measurement, Quality Improvement, and Accreditation in Public Health. In Shi, L and Johnson, J., eds. Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management. 3rd ed. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Beitsch, L., McKeever, J. (2011) Key Factors Influencing the Spread of QI in Public Health. Topical Brief for the National Network of Public Health Institutes, New Orleans, LA.
Beitsch, L., Duffy, G., Moran, J. (2011) Ready, AIM, Problem Solve in Duffy, G. and Moran, J. eds. Applications and Tools for Creating and Sustaining Healthy Teams. Washington, D.C.: Public Health Foundation.
Beitsch, L. (2011) Why a Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN)? And Why Florida? Newsletter of FL-PBRN 2(1) 1.
Carretta, H. J., Chukmaitov, A., Tang, A., Beitsch, L. (2011). Hospital Organizational characteristics and quality of care outcomes in Florida general acute care hospitals for 2005-2008 [Final Report]. Tallahassee, FL: Division of Health Affairs, College of Medicine, Florida State University.
Carretta, H. J., Shin, J., Beitsch, L. (2011). The prevalence of persons with chronic disease and multiple chronic conditions using inpatient and emergency department services in Florida, 2005-2008. Tallahassee, FL: Division of Health Affairs, College of Medicine, Florida State University.
Carretta, H. J., Beitsch, L. (2010). Hospital Organizational characteristics and quality of care outcomes in Florida general acute care hospitals for 2005-2008 [Study Prospectus]. Tallahassee, FL: Division of Health Affairs, College of Medicine, Florida State University.
Carretta, H. J., Beitsch, L. (2010). Literature review methods for study of persons with multiple chronic conditions. Tallahassee, FL: Division of Health Affairs, College of Medicine, Florida State University.
Carretta, H. J., Beitsch, L. (2010). Persons with multiple chronic conditions [Literature Review of Programs that Reduce Cost]. Tallahassee, FL: Division of Health Affairs, College of Medicine, Florida State University.
Carretta, H. J., Chukmaitov, A. S., Tang, A., Beitsch, L. M. (2010). Quality of Care Outcomes in Florida General Acute Care Hospitals for 2008 [Final Report]. Tallahassee, FL: Division of Health Affairs, Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health, College of Medicine, Florida State University.
Katkowsky, S., Kent, L., Divine, S., Hunter, J., Bialek, R., Beitsch, L., Moran, J. (2010) Using QI Tools to Make a Difference in H1N1 Flu Immunization Clinics: A Local Health Department’s Experience. http://www.phf.org/resourcestools/Pages/Using_QI_Tools_for_H1N1_Clinic.aspx
Beitsch, L (2009) Performance Management in Action: The Role of Leadership in Bialek, R., Duffy, G., and Moran, J. eds. The Public Health Quality Improvement Handbook. Milwaukee: ASQ Quality Press.
Beitsch, L. (2009) Transforming the Practice of Public Health: Performance Standards, Quality Improvement, and Accreditation in Fallon, LF and Zgodzinski, E., eds. Essentials of Public Health Management. 2nd ed. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Beitsch, L (2008) Establishing a Conceptual Framework for Transforming and Measuring the Performance of the Health System (Whitepaper for CDC Public Health Systems Workgroup of the Public Health Practice Council). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Landrum, L., Beitsch, L., Turnock, B., Handler, A. (2007) Performance Management: The Evolution of Standards, Measurement and Quality Improvement in Public Health. In Novick, L., Morrow, C., and Mays, G., eds. Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management. 2nd ed. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Beitsch, L. (2006). The Organization of Preparedness in the States: A Public Health Case Study, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Washington, D.C.
Beitsch, L. (2006). Public Health Preparedness: How Do We Measure our Success? Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Washington, D.C.
Beitsch, L. (2006). Building Public Health Preparedness Capacity through Workforce Development: Challenges to Full Implementation, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Washington, D.C.
Brooks, R., Mason, K., Clawson, A., Menachemi, N., Beitsch, L., Kennedy, M. (2004). Bioterrorism Educational Framework for Medical Students: Results of a Research Based Initiative in Florida.
Mason, K., Brooks, R., Clawson, A., Menachemi, N., Beitsch, L., Speake, D., Kennedy, M. (2004). Bioterrorism Educational Framework for Baccalaureate Nursing Programs: Results of a Research Based Initiative in Florida.
Recent Invited Presentations
“Public Health Foundation: Assisting Local Health Departments to Assess Workforce Capacity Needs” webinar for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on June 14, 2023.
“PHF Workforce Capacity Assessment for Washoe County Health District” webinar for National Association of County and City Health Officials on March 2, 2023.
“Tobacco and Your Business in Florida: Making the Case” at the Florida State University AHEC Program Community of Practice Meeting for Behavioral Health Organizations and Tobacco Cessation in St. Augustine, FL on January 30, 2023.
“Tobacco Knowledge and Education: A Brief History and the Public Health Perspective” at the Florida State University AHEC Program Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training in St. Augustine, FL on December 6, 2022.
“Reducing the Harm: A Brief Conversation about how far we have come, how far we have yet to go,” at the Florida State University AHEC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Recertification virtual training webinar series on March 30, 2021.
Dr. Beitsch's focus is on Health Policy and Public Health. He is also affiliated with the Center for Medicine and Public Health.
Prior to joining the College of Medicine, Dr. Beitsch was Commissioner of Health for the State of Oklahoma, serving in that capacity from June 2001 until November 2003. Before that time he held several positions within the Florida Department of Health for 12 years, most recently Deputy Secretary. He is past chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, serving in this capacity from October 2013 until December 2020 and retired from full-time service in August 2021.
B.A., Chemistry, Emory University, 1977
M.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1980
Internship, Medical University of South Carolina, 1981
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1988
Public Health Foundation (Board of Directors 2016-present)
Retirement Research Foundation Project Advisory Board (Florida State University College of Medicine Department of Geriatrics and the Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law) (2016)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Systems and Services Research for a Culture of Health Technical Advisory Committee (2015)
Public Health Services and Systems Research 2014 Solicitation Reviewer for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/University of Kentucky/National Network of Public Health Institutes
Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health National Advisory Council (2014-present)
AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Interest Group (Chair 2013-2014)
AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Article of the Year Review Committee (Chair 2013) (2012-2015)
AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Interest Group Meeting Planning Advisory Committee (2014, 2015)
Public Health Leadership Forum (2013-2015)
Florida Medical Practice Plan, Board of Directors (2013-present)
Florida Department of Health Tobacco Advisory Committee (2012-present)
Gulf Region Health Outreach Program, Steering Committee (2012-present)
National Advisory Panel for the Quality Improvement in Public Health Practice Exchange (2012- present)
Expert Advisory Panel for the Quality Improvement in Public Health Practice Exchange (2012- present)
Public Health Foundation’s Future of Public Health Award Program reviewer (2012)
Antibiotic Stewardship Advisory Committee (Public Health Foundation (2012-2014)
AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Interest Group Advisory Committee (2011- 2013)
Dissertation Committee for Valerie Yeager, MPH, MPhil, Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, University of Alabama Birmingham (2011-2012)
Visiting Scholar University of Minnesota School of Public Health (2011-2013)
Florida Health Choices, Vendor Steering Committee (2011)
National Public Health Performance Standards Program Reengineering Advisory Committee (2011) Florida Physician Workforce Advisory Council (2010-present) Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Public Health Policy Committee Survey Subcommittee (2011-present) Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Public Health Policy Committee (2010-present) Florida Public Health Practice Based Research Network (Research Subcommittee) (2010-2011) Orange County Health Department Community Health Initiative Advisory Board (2010) Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health (2009-2011)
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials State Public Health Survey Advisory Group (2009)
Public Health Accreditation Board, Board of Directors (2009)
Emory University Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center Advisory Board (2009)
Big Bend Area Health Education Center Board of Directors (2008)
Association of Schools of Public Health Practice Award Review Committee
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) Initiative’s Special Topic Solicitation in PHSSR grant reviewer
Florida Public Interest Research Group Health Care Advisory Council (2008)
Florida Department of Health Central Office Performance Improvement Advisory Council (2008)
Florida Department of Health External Workgroup on Infant Mortality (2008)
Public Health Accreditation Board Research and Evaluation Committee (2007)
Florida Medical Association Council on Public Health (2007-2010)
North Carolina Division of Public Health Accreditation Site Visitor (February 2007)
Exploring Accreditation Project (Steering Committee member and Workgroup Chair 2005-2006)
National Public Health Performance Standards Revision Committee (State Standards)
National Steering Committee on Hospitals and the Public's Health for the American Hospital Association’s Health Research and Education Trust
Florida Public Health Foundation
Public Health Leadership Society (Board of Directors, Chair 2004-2005)
Florida Society for Preventive Medicine (President 2004-2006)
Public Health Foundation (Board of Directors 2001-2007, Chair 2006-2007)
CDC Search Committee for Coordinating Center Director (COCHES)
Florida Department of Health Quality Improvement Advisory Committee
Pfizer Grants in Public Health Academic Advisory Board
College of Medicine academic liaison to the Florida Public Health Association Board
ASTHO Executive Committee
Governor's Security and Preparedness Executive Panel (Member)
ASTHO Anti-Terrorism Preparedness Task Force (Chair)
CDC Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control (Secretarial Appointment)
CDC Advisory Workgroups
Public Health Foundation (Board of Directors)
Public Health Leadership Society (Board of Directors)
Governor’s Diabetes Advisory Council
Governor’s Health Education Consortium
Florida Medical Association (Committee on Children and School Health and Council on Public Health)
Capital Medical Society (Indigent Care Committee)
Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies Coalition (Steering Committee)
Neighborhood Health Services (Board of Directors and Clinician)
Florida Healthy Kids Corporation (Board of Directors)
W.A.G.E.S. Health Care Committee
Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (Management Committee)
Florida Journal of Public Health Editorial Board
Florida Medicaid Advisory Committee
Governor’s Drug Advisory Council
Florida Prevention Research Center National Advisory Council
Friendly Access National Advisory Committee
Public Health Leadership Institute of Florida Advisory Committee
Public Health Foundation, Theodore R. Ervin Award for Outstanding Service, 2008
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Alumnus of the Year, 2007
Oklahoma State Medical Association, Putting Prevention into Practice Award, 2004
Fellow, American College of Preventive Medicine
Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians Patient Advocate of the Year 2003
Oklahoma State Medical Association, Charlotte S. Leebron Memorial Trust Fund Award 2003, for the article "There's a Dark Cloud Over Oklahoma - And It's Our Own Smoke"
The Oklahoma Alliance on Health or Tobacco, Leadership and Vision In Tobacco Prevention Award 2002
Oklahoma Nurses Association Distinguished Service Citation 2002
Community Health Centers Inc., Certificate of Appreciation 2002
Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control Exemplary Service Award 2002
American Lung Association of Oklahoma Otho Whiteneck Professional Award for Contribution to the Control and Elimination of Lung Disease 2002
Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Distinguished Public Service Award 2002
Florida Public Health Association 2001 Presidential Award
University of South Florida/Tampa General Hospital Infectious Disease Center Lifetime Appreciation Award 2001
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Leadership Institute Scholar 1993-1994
Sunshine Health Center's 1992 Humanitarian of the Year Award
Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies Coalition's 1991 First Steps to the Future Award
Better Babies for Broward's 1991 Outstanding Service and Achievement in Prenatal Care Award
Broward County Public Health Unit's 1991 Exceptional Public Relations Skills Award
American College of Legal Medicine's 1988 Schwartz Award
United States Air Force Commendation Medal
Phi Beta Kappa
Pi Alpha National Chemistry Honor Society
Shell Oil Scholarship Recipient
Florida Medical Association
Capital Medical Society
Oklahoma State Medical Association
Oklahoma County Medical Society
American Medical Association
University of Oklahoma College of Public Health Adjunct Faculty
Oklahoma Public Health Association
American Public Health Association
Florida Public Health Association
Florida Association of County Health Officials
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Washington, D.C. Bar Association
Medicine, Health, & Society track in Medicine 1, 2, and 3
Medicine and public health collaboration and coordination
Health systems quality improvement and workforce development
Health impact of policy development/implementation
Gonsoroski E, Harville E, Pan K, Beitsch L., Lichtveld M, Sherchan S, Uejio C. (2022) Classifying Building Roof Damage using High Resolution Aerial Imagery. Submitted.
Harville, E., Pan, K., Beitsch, L., Uejio, CK, Lichtveld, M., Sherchan, S., Timuta, C. (2022) Hurricane Michael and Adverse Social and Mental Health Risk Factors. Accepted.
Beitsch, L., Stefanak, M., Moehrle, C., Dick, K., Bialek, R. (2024) Northern Nevada Public Health: Utilizing the Public Health Workforce Calculator and Workforce Capacity Self-assessment Tools to Develop a Framework for Workforce Investment. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001909.
M Fifolt, LC McCormick, LM Beitsch, PC Erwin (2024) The Intersection of Public Health and Direct Patient Care: What Pediatricians Should Know. THE FLORIDA PEDIATRICIAN–WINTER 2024.
Josh Alarcon, J., Lauren Ward, L., Pan, K., Gonsoroski, E, Uejio, C., Beitsch, L., Lichtveld, M., Harville, E., and Sherchan, S., (2023) HABs Karenia brevis and Pseudo-nitzschia pre- and post-Hurricane Michael. Journal of Water and Health doi: 10.2166/wh.2023.302
Pan, K., Gonsoroski, E., Uejio, C., Beitsch, L., Sherchan, S., Lichtveld, M., Harville, E., Remotely sensed measures of Hurricane Michael damage and adverse birth outcomes in the Florida panhandle. Environmental Health. (2022)21:118. DOI10.1186/s12940-022-00924-1.
C Uejio, C., Gonsoroski, E., Sherchan, S., Beitsch, L., Harville, E., Blackmore, C., Pan, K., Lichtveld, M. (2022) Harmful Algal Bloom-related 311 Calls, Cape Coral, Florida 2018-2019. J Water Health, Epub Mar;20(3):531-538.
Yeager V, Balio C.,; Chudgar R. Bork R., Beitsch L. (2022) Estimating Public Health Workforce Efforts Toward Foundational Public Health Services. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 28(4)393-398. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001452
Harville E, Pan K, Beitsch L., Sherchan S, Gonsoroski E, Uejio C. (2022) Hurricane Michael and
adverse birth outcomes in the Florida panhandle: Analysis of vital statistics data. Disaster Med. Public Health Prep., 1-8.
Harville E, Beitsch L., Uejio C, Sherchan S, Lichtveld M. (2021) Assessing the effects of disaster and its aftermath on pregnant women: A conceptual model. Int J Disaster Risk Reduction. 2021 62: 102415. PMCID: PMC8318346..
Pan K, Beitsch L., Gonsoroski E, Sherchan S, Uejio C, Lichtveld M, Harville E. (2021) Effects of Hurricane Michael on access to care for pregnant women and associated pregnancy outcomes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (18)
Yeager, V., Beitsch, L., Johnson, S., Halverson, P. (2021). Public Health Graduates and Employment in Governmental Public Health: Factors that facilitate and deter working in this setting. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 27(1)4-11. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001052.
Lin, C., Tu, P., Beitsch, L. (2020) Confidence and Receptivity for COVID-19 Vaccines: A Rapid Systematic Review. Vaccines. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9010016.
Lenaway, D., Beitsch, L. (2020) A New Model in Public Health Systems Strengthening: Infrastructure as Essential Prerequisite for Improved Health Outcomes. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 26(6)515-517. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001113.
Motie, I., Carretta, H., Beitsch, L. (2020) Needling Policy-Makers and Sharpening the Debate: Do Syringe Exchange Programs Improve Health at the Population Level? Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 26(3)222-226. DOI: 0.1097/PHH.0000000000001152.
Beitsch, L. (2020) SHOing the Way Forward: Mapping a Path for State Public Health CEO Success. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 26(1)1-2. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001084.
Beitsch, L., Yeager, V., Leider, J., Erwin, P. (2019) Mass Exodus of State Health Department Deputies/Senior Management Threatens Institutional Stability. American Journal of Public Health. 2019;109:681-683. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305005.
Sellers, K., Leider, Gould, E., J.P., Castrucci, B., Beck, A., Bogaert, K., Coronado, F., Shah, G., Yeager, V., Beitsch, L., Erwin, P. (2019) The State of the US Governemental Public Health Workforce, 2014-2017. American Journal of Public Health. 2019;109:674-680. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305011.
Beitsch, L., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2019) Avoiding Déjà vu All Over Again: Inserting Public Health, Mental/Behavioral Health, and Prevention Policy into the Opiate Crisis Litigation. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 25(3), 211-213. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000943.
Yeager, V., Balio, C., Kronstadt, J., Beitsch, L. (2019) The Relationship between Health Department Accreditation and Workforce Satisfaction, Retention, and Training Needs. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 25(2 Supp), S113–S123. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000920
Balio, C., Yeager, V., Beitsch, L. (2019) Perceptions of Public Health 3.0: Concordance between Public Health Agency Senior Leaders and Employees. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 25:S103-S112. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000903
Beitsch, L., Yeager, V., Moran, J. (2019) Paving the Way for the Road Taken: Accreditation and Quality Improvement. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 25(1). DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000914
Goldfarb, S. Houser, K., Wells, B., Brown-Speights, J., Beitsch, L., George Rust (2018) Pockets of Progress Amidst Persistent Racial Disparities in Low Birthweight Rates. PLoS ONE. 13(7): e0201658. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201658.
Kronstadt, J., Bender, K., Beitsch, L. (2018) The Impact of Public Health Department Accreditation: Ten Years of Lessons Learned. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 24(3 Supp) S1-2: DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000769
Yeager, V., Wharton, M., Beitsch, L. (2017) Maintaining a Competent Public Health Workforce: Lessons Learned from Experiences with Public Health Accreditation Domain 8 Standards and Measures. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. Accepted.
Beitsch, L., Kronstadt, J., Robin, N., Leep, C. (2017) Has Voluntary Public Health Accreditation Impacted Health Department Perceptions and Activities in Quality Improvement and Performance Management? Journal of Public Health Management Practice. Accepted..
Goldstein, B., Baumgartner, E., Beitsch, L., Bradberry, S., Buckner, A., Joseph, J., Kimbrell, J., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Lichtveld, M., Osofsky, H., Osofsky, .J.,Picou, S., Rehner, T., Rohrer, G. (2013) Facilitating Public Health Resilience in a Disaster Prone Area: The Gulf Region Health Outreach Program (GRHOP). Accepted.
Buckner, A, Goldstein, B., Beitsch, L. (2017) Building Resilience among Disadvantaged Communities: Gulf Region Health Outreach Program Overview. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 23(6 Supp) S1-4: DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000644.
Beitsch, L., Goldstein, B., Buckner, A. (2017) Instigating Public Health Set Asides: Deepwater Horizon as a Model. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 23(6 Supp):S5-7. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000616.
Beitsch, L., Geletko, K., Bellamy, G., Aubrey, A., Myers, K., Dunn, L., Littles, A., Fogarty, J. (2017) Student and Preceptor Perceptions of the Summer Clinical Practicum: An Assessment of the First Year Clinical Skills Capstone. MedEdPublish. http://www.mededpublish.org/manuscripts/1120.
Brown-Speights, J., Goldfarb, S., Wells, B., Beitsch, L., Levine, R., Rust, G. (2017) State-Level Progress in Reducing the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap, 1999-2013. American Journal of Public Health. 2017;107:775-782. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.303689.
Bender, K., Beitsch, L., Kronstadt, J. (2017) Development of a National Public Health Accreditation Program: A Case Study in Strategic Change Management and Sustainability. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 23(3):315-324. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000549.
Chapman, R., Beitsch, L. (2017) Performance Management Systems: A Public Health Model Practice. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 23(3):311-314. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000502.
Yeager, V., Beitsch, L., Hasbrouck, L. (2016) Educational Pipeline/Public Health Workforce Mismatch—Can It Be Reconciled? Public Health Reports. May-June (131): 507-509.
Yeager, V., Ye, J., Leep, C., Robin, N., Kronstadt, J., Beitsch, L. (2016) National Voluntary Public Health Accreditation: Are more local health departments intending to join the queue? Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 22(2): 149-156 DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000242.
Beitsch, L., Yeager, V., Moran, J. (2015) Utilizing Performance Management to Harness the Power of Quality Improvement in Public Health. Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research. 4(5):33–8. DOI: 10.13023/FPHSSR.0405.06.
Moran, J., Beitsch, L. (2015) Leaderless Leaders: Leaders in Title Only. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 21(5), 504–506. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000282.
Yeager, V., Ferdinand, A., Beitsch, L., Menachemi, N. (2015) Local Public Health Department Characteristics Associated with Likelihood to Participate in National Accreditation. American Journal of Public Health. 2015:105:1653-1659. doi:10.2015/AJPH.2014.302503.
Friedman, E., Carretta, H., Jordan, J., Beitsch, L. (2015) Rear Facing Child Car Seats: Are Laws Requiring Them Effective Protecting Children Two Years and Under? Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research. 4(1):14-21. DOI: 10.13023/FPHSSR.0401.03.
Kronstadt, J., Beitsch, L., Bender, K. (2015) Marshaling the Evidence: The Prioritized Public Health Accreditation Research Agenda. American Journal of Public Health. 2015;105: S153–S158. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302247.
Carlson, V., Chilton, M., Corso, L., Beitsch, L. (2015) Defining the Functions of Public Health Governance. American Journal of Public Health. 2015;105:S159–S166. doi:10. 2105/AJPH.2014.302198.
Porterfield, D., Rogers, T., Curtis, L., Beitsch, L. (2015) Measuring Public Health Practice and Outcomes in Chronic Disease: A call for Coordination. American Journal of Public Health. 2015;105:S180–S188. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302238.
Beitsch, L., Yeager, V., Moran, J. (2015) Deciphering the Imperative: Translating Public Health Quality Improvement into Organizational Performance Management Gains. Annual Review of Public Health. 36:7.1-7.15 .
Beitsch, L., Castrucci, B., Dilley, A., Leider, J.P., Juliano, C., Nelson, R., Kaiman, S., Sprague, J. (2014) From Patchwork to Package: Strengthening Foundational Capabilities for Health Departments. American Journal of Public Health. December 18,2014:e1–e4.doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302369).
Leider, J.P., Juliano, C., Castrucci, B., Beitsch, L., Dilley, A., Nelson, R., Kaiman, S., Sprague, J. (2014) Practitioner Perspectives on Foundational Capabilities. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 2014, 1-11. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000189.
Buckner, A., Beitsch, L., Goldstein, B. (2014) The Gulf Region Health Outreach Program – An Integrated Public Health Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. 2014(1) 215-224. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-2014.1.215.
Geletko, K., Brooks, R., Hunt, A., Beitsch, L. (2014) State Scholarship and Loan Forgiveness Programs in the US: Forgotten Driver of Access to Health Care in Underserved Areas. Health, 6, 1994-2003. doi: 10.4236/health.2014.615234.
DeAngelo, J.W., Beitsch, L.M., Beaudry, M., Corso, L., Estes, L., Bialek, R. (2014) Turning Point Revisited: Launching the Next Generation of Performance Management in Public Health. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 20(5), 463-471. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000028.
Ai, A., Carretta, H., Beitsch, L., Watson, L., Munn, J., Mehriary, S. (2014) Medication Therapy Management Programs: Promises and Pitfalls. Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy J. 20(12):1162-82.
Ai, A. L., Carretta, H., Beitsch, L.M., Munn, J., Watson, L., & Mehr, S. (2014). Outcome Evaluation of the Medication Therapy Management Program: Promises and Pitfalls. Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy, ePub, e1-e32.
Campbell, K., Rodriguez, J., Beitsch, L., Saunders, C. (2014) Underrepresented Minorities in Academic Medicine: Is Florida Better Off? Southern Medical Journal. 107(3)173-176 .
Beitsch, L.M., Corso, L., Davis, M. V., Joly, B.M., Kronstadt, J., Riley, W. (2014) Transforming Public Health Practice through Accreditation (A User Guide for the Special Accreditation Issue). Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 20(1): 2-3. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182a8ea1e.
Beitsch, L., Riley, W., Bender, K. (2014) Embedding QI into Accreditation: Evolving from Theory to Practice. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 20(1): 57-60. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31829a2cdd.
Yeager, V., Menachemi, N., Ginter, P., Sen, B., Savage, G., Beitsch, L. (2014) Using Resource Dependency Theory to Measure the Environment in Health Care Organizational Studies: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Health Care Management Review. 39(1)50-65.
Beitsch, L., Pattnaik, A., Madamala, K. (2013) The QI Story Behind the Multi-State Learning Collaborative Storyboards: Lessons Learned from a Review of 162 Public Health QI Projects. Florida Public Health Review, 10:25-34.
Park, C.S., Hado, B., Keeling, J., Beitsch, L.M., Merrill, J. (2013) Preliminary findings from an interventional study using network analysis to support management in local health departments in Florida. Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research. Vol. 2: No.6, Article 6.
Beitsch, L., Rider, N., Joly, B., Leep, C., Polyak, G. (2013) Driving a Public Health Culture of Quality: How Far Down the Highway Have Local Health Departments Traveled? Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 19(6), 569–574. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31828e25cf.
Armbruster, S., Moran, J., Beitsch, L. (2013) Change Resistors: People Who Block Change Initiatives and 5 Tips to Overcome Resistance. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 19 (5):483-484. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182800173.
Livingood, W., Morris, M., Sorensen, B., Chapman, K., Rivera, L, Beitsch, L., Street, P., Coughlin, S., Smotherman, C., Wood, D. (2013) Revenue Sources for Essential Services in Florida: Findings and Implications for Organizing and Funding Public Health. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 19(4)371-378.
Beitsch, L., Carretta, H., McKeever, J., Pattnaik, A., Gillen, S. (2013) The Quantitative Story Behind the QI Storyboards (and other MLC Data): A Synthesis of 162 QI Projects Conducted by 234 Health Departments. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 19(4): 330-340. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182629054.
Beitsch, L., Polyak, G., Gold, M., Teutsch, S., Baciu, A. (2013) Catapulting the Chasm: Or How to Avoid Wasting a Perfectly Good Fiscal Disaster. American Journal of Public Health, April 18, 2013: e1–e3. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301274).
Yeager, V., Menachemi, N., Ginter, P., Sen, B., Savage, G., Beitsch, L. (2013) Environmental Factors and Quality Improvement in County and Local Health Departments. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 19(3): 240-249.
Moran, J., Beitsch, L. (2012) The PDCA Cycle for Change Leaders. Quality Management Forum, Summer 2012, Volume 38, Number 2:13-16.
Beitsch (2012) From Practice to Policy: The Intersection of Government and Law (What's in a Name?), American Journal of Public Health, 102(3):1242.
Tsilimingras, D., Beitsch, L., (2012) The Challenges of Developing a Patient Safety Curriculum for Medical School. Medical Science Educator. 22(2): 65-72 .
Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health (2012) For the Public’s Health: Investing in a Healthier Future. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. The National Academies Press: Washington, D.C.
Geletko, K, Hunt, A, Beitsch, L. (2012) Impact of the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA) on Attorney and Obstetrician Practices. Florida Public Health Review. 2012(9): 110-114.
Riley, R, Lownik, E, Scutchfield, D, Mays, G, Corso, L, Beitsch, L. (2012) Public Health Department Accreditation: Setting the Research Agenda. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 42(3):263–271.
Carretta, H. J., Chukmaitov, A., Beitsch, L., Tang, A., & Shin, J. (2012). Examination of Hospital Characteristics and Patient Quality Outcomes Using Three Inpatient Quality Indicators and 30-Day All Cause Mortality. American Journal of Medical Quality, ePub, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22723470 doi:10.1177/1062860612444459.
Madamala, K., Sellers, K., Beitsch, L., Pearsol, J., Jarris, P. (2012) Quality Improvement and Accreditation Readiness in State Public Health Agencies. Journal of Public Health Management Practice, 18(1):9-19.
Beitsch, L, Moran, J., Duffy, G. (2012) Why Don Berwick Is Almost Right: How Public Health Quality Improvement Operates within Complex Systems. Journal of Public Health Management Practice, 18(1):70-73.
Matthews, G, Markiewicz, M, Beitsch, L. (2012) Legal Frameworks Supporting Public Health Department Accreditation: Lessons Learned from Ten States. Journal of Public Health Management Practice, 18(1):E8-E16.
Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health (2011) For the Public’s Health: Revitalizing Law and Policy to Meet New Challenges. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. The National Academies Press: Washington, D.C.
Madamala, K., Sellers, K., Beitsch, L., Pearsol, J., Jarris, P. (2011) Structure and Functions of State Public Health Agencies in 2007. American Journal of Public Health. 101(7):1179-1186.
Beitsch, L. (2011) Winning the Future for Public Health. American Journal of Public Health. 101(5):777.
Beitsch, L., Riley, W. (2011) Nothing New Under the Sun: Public Health Reinvents Itself During Economically Challenging Times and excerpt of Fifteen Years of the Committee on Administrative Practices: The Evolution of the Program. American Journal of Public Health. 101(5):796-799.
Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health (2010) For the Public’s Health: The Role of Measurement in Action and Accountability. The National Academies Press: Washington, D.C.
Beitsch, L., Corso, L. (2010) Response to Letter to the Editor. American Journal of Public Health. 100(1)4.
Riley, W, Moran, J, Corso, L, Beitsch, L., Bialek, Cofsky, A (2010) Defining Quality Improvement in Public Health. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 16(1), 5-7.
Riley, W., Beitsch, L., Parsons, H., Moran, J. (2010) Quality Improvement in Public Health: Where Are We Now? Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 16(1), 1-2.
Corso, L, Lenaway, D, Beitsch, L., Landrum, L, Deutsch, H (2010) The National Public Health Performance Standards: Driving Quality Improvement in Public Health Systems. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 16(1), 19-23.
Beitsch, L., Leep, C., Shah, G., Brooks, R., Pestronk, R (2010) Quality Improvement in Local Health Departments: Results of the NACCHO 2008 Survey. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 16(1), 49-54.
Leep, C., Beitsch, L., Gorenflo, G., Solomon, J., Brooks, R. (2009) Quality Improvement in Local Health Departments: Progress, Pitfalls, and Potential. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 15(6),1-9.
Beitsch, L., Corso, L. (2009) Response to Letter to the Editor. American Journal of Public Health. Accepted.
Beitsch, L., Corso, L. (2009) Accountability – The Fast Lane on the Highway to Change. American Journal of Public Health. 99(9)1545.
Brooks, R., Beitsch, L., Street, P., Chukmaitov, A., Koh, H. (2009) Aligning Public Health Financing with Essential Public Health Service Functions and National Public Health Performance Standards. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 15(4), 299-306.
Geletko, K., Beitsch, L., Lundberg, M., Brooks, R. (2009) Reducing the Impact of the Health Access Crisis through Volunteerism: A Means, Not an End. American Journal of Public Health. 99(7), 1166-1169.
Reed, J., Pavletic, D., Devlin, L., Davis, M., Beitsch, L., Baker, E. (2009) Piloting a State Health Department Accreditation Model: the North Carolina Experience. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 15(2), 85-95.
Beitsch, L. (2008) Public Health Practice: Transcending the Known. American Journal of Public Health. 98(2)200.
Menachemi, N., Beitsch, L., Brooks, R. (2008) Computers in the Exam room… What Will Your Patients Think? Florida Medical Magazine, Jan:20-24.
Menachemi, N., Ford, E., Beitsch, L., Brooks, R. (2007) Incomplete EHR Adoption: Late Uptake of Patient Safety and Cost Control Functions. American Journal of Medical Quality. 22(5)319-326.
Beitsch, L., Menachemi, N., Brooks, R., (2007) Bridging Medicine and Public Health: An Introduction to the Public Health System and Disaster Response for the Busy Clinician. Journal of Florida Medical Association. 91(1) 6-11.
Beitsch, L., Mays, G, Corso, L, Chang, C, Brewer, R. (2007) States Gathering Momentum: Promising Strategies for Accreditation and Assessment Activities in Multi-State Learning Collaborative Applicant States. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. Accepted.
Beitsch, L., Landrum, L, Chang, C, Wojciehowski, K. (2007) Public Health Laws and Implications for a National Accreditation Program: Parallel Roadways without Intersection? Journal of Public Health Management Practice. Accepted.
Baker S, Landrum L, Beitsch L., Head R. (2007) The Role of Performance Management and Quality Improvement in a National Voluntary Public Health Accreditation System. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. Accepted.
Joly, B, Polyak, G, Davis, M, Brewster, J, Tremain, B, Raevsky, K, Beitsch, L. (2007) How Can Accreditation Improve Public Health Outcomes? Journal of Public Health Management Practice. Accepted.
Beitsch, L., Kodolikar, S., Stephens, T., Shodell, D., Clawson, A., Menachemi, N., Brooks, R. (2006) A State-Based Analysis of Public Health Preparedness Programs in the United States. Public Health Reports. 12(6)737-745.
Beitsch, L., Brooks, R. (2006) What to Expect When They’re Expecting: Legal Issues Associated with Pregnancy and the Prevention of Vertical Transmission of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Journal of Florida Medical Association. 90(1)36-41.
Beitsch, L., Brooks, R., Menachemi, N., Libbey, P. (2006) Public Health on Center Stage: New Roles, Old Props, Health Affairs. 25(4)911-922.
Beitsch, L., Thielen, L., Mays, G., Brewer, R., Kimbrell, J., Chang, C., Gillen, G., Corso, L., Landrum, L. (2006). The Multi-State Learning Collaborative, States as Laboratories: Informing the National Public Health Accreditation Dialogue. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 12(3)217-231.
Beitsch, L., Grigg, M., Menachemi, N., Brooks, R. (2006). Roles of Local and District Public Health Agencies within the State Public Health System. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 12(3)232-241.
Clawson, A., Menachemi, N., Beitsch, L., Brooks, R. (2006). Are Community Health Centers Prepared for Bioterrorism? Biosecurity & Bioterrorism, 4(1)55-63.
Menachemi, N., Brooks, R., Clawson, A., Stine, C., Beitsch, L. (2006). Continuing Decline in Service Delivery for Family Physicians: Is the Malpractice Crisis Playing a Role? Quality Management in Health Care, 15(1) 39-45.
Beitsch, L., Brooks, R., Grigg, M., Menachemi, N. (2006). Structure and Function of State Public Health Agencies at the Dawn of the New Millennium. American Journal of Public Health. 96(1)167-172.
Beitsch, L., Brooks, R., Glasser, J., Coble, Y. (2005). The Medicine and Public Health Initiative: Ten Years Later. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 29(2):149-153.
Brooks, R., Menachemi, N., Clawson, A., Beitsch, L. (2005). Availability of Physician Services in Florida, Revisited: The Effect of the Professional Liability Insurance Market on Access to Care. Archives of Internal Medicine. 165, 2136-2141.
Beitsch, L. M. (2005). Syphilis and its Reluctant Legal Mistress. Journal of Florida Medical Association. 89(1):23-26.
Beitsch, L. M. (2002). There's a Dark Cloud Over Oklahoma - And It's Our Own Smoke. Journal of Oklahoma State Medical Association. 95(3):115-119.
Barnhill, K.E., Beitsch, L.M., Brooks, R.G. (2001). Improving Access to Care for the Underserved: State Supported Volunteerism as a Successful Component. Archives of Internal Medicine. 161:2177-2181.
Reid, W.M., Beitsch, L.M., Brooks, R.G., Mason, K.P., Mescia, N.D., Webb, S.C. (2001). National Public Health Performance Standards: Workforce Development and Agency Effectiveness in Florida. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 7:67-73.
Beitsch, L.M., Grigg, C.M., Mason, K.P., Brooks, R.G. (2000). “Profiles in Courage: Evolution of Florida’s Quality Improvement and Performance Measurement Systems.” Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 6:31-41.
Mason, K.P., Barber, D., Beitsch, L.M., Grigg, M., Hopkins, R., Mahan, C.S., Speake, D. (1997). Key Elements for Developing a Successful MCH Program Focused on Quality and Health Status Outcome Indicators. Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 3:16-17.
Beitsch, L.M., McTague, D.M. (1996). Tobacco Consumption in Florida. Journal of Florida Medical Association. 83:98-91.
Beitsch, L.M., Mahan, C.S., Cupoli, J.M. (1992). Healthy Start: Strengthening Public and Private Partnership. Journal of Florida Medical Association. 79:567-568.
Beitsch, L.M., Tomchik, R.S., Vickery, L., Rogers, P.J. (1991). Access to Prenatal Care by Low Income Patients: A Survey of Physician Attitudes. Florida Journal of Public Health. 3:50-54.
Wishik, J., Bachman, D.L., Beitsch, L.M. (1989). A Neurobehavioral Perspective of Aggressive Behavior Implications for Pharmacological Management. Residential Treatment for Children and Youth. 7. No.2:17-35.
Beitsch, L.M. (1989). Economic and Punitive Patient Dumping: Whose Life Is it Anyway? Journal of Legal Medicine. 10:433-478.
Monographs, Books, and Book Chapters
Goldfarb, S. and Beitsch, L. (2019) Policy Development in Healthcare Planning, Organization, and Evaluation, 16th ed. McGraw-Hill. In press.
Yeager, V. and Beitsch, L., (2021) Performance Management: The Evolution of Standards, Measurement, Quality Improvement, and Accreditation in Public Health. In Shi, L and Johnson, J., eds. Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management. 4th ed. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett. In press.
Bender, K., Beitsch, L., Kronstadt, J. (2018) Development of a National Public Health Accreditation Program: A Case Study in Strategic Change Management and Sustainability in Novick, L., Morrow, C., and Novick, C., Eds. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice's 21 Public Health Case Studies on Policy & Administration.
Beitsch, L. (2017) Gulf Region Health Outreach Program (GRHOP) Stands Out as an Outlier in Public Health Funding Support — Make Your Program One Too! Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Direct (Blog).
Beitsch, L. (2017) Intrepid Entrepreneurship: Unnecessary Prerequisite for Launching a Performance Management System. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Direct (Blog).
Beitsch, L. (2017) Population Health and Collaboration as Embedded Within the Essential Public Health Services in Bialek, R., Beitsch, L., Moran, J., Eds: Solving Population Health Problems through Collaboration. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis
Bialek, R., Beitsch, L., Moran, J. (2017) Editors: Solving Population Health Problems through Collaboration. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis.
Moran, J., Beitsch, L. (2016) Are You Really Ready to Make a Change? http://www.processexcellencenetwork.com/organizational-change/articles/are-you-really-ready-to-make-a-change
Beitsch, L. (2016) Combating Zika through Effective Contraception and Barrier Protection. Cap Scan. September (9) 2016, 16.
Beitsch, L., Moran, J (2014) Become a Complete Change Leader by Using Your Head, Heart, and Hands: Motivating Employees to Embrace Change and a Culture of Quality Improvement by Varying Your Leadership Style. Quality Management Forum. Spring 40(1)1-4.
Beitsch, L., Stefanek, M., Moehrle, C. (2014) Washoe County Health District: A Fundamental Review. Public Health Foundation. Washington, D.C.
Kapp, M., Beitsch, L. (2014) Florida’s Health Care Certificate of Need. Health Foundation of South Florida. Miami, FL.
Designing, Deploying, and Using an Organizational Performance Management System in Public Health: Cultural Transformation Using the PDCA Approach. http://www.phf.org/resourcestools/Pages/Designing_Deploying_and_Using_Organizational_Performance_Management.aspx
Beitsch, L. (2013) Quality Improvement, Performance Management? What’s the Connection? Just Tell Me What my Health Department Needs… Blog for PHQIX at www.PHQIX.org.
Beitsch, L., Landrum, L., Turnock, B., Handler, A. (2013) Performance Management: The Evolution of Standards, Measurement, Quality Improvement, and Accreditation in Public Health. In Shi, L and Johnson, J., eds. Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management. 3rd ed. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Beitsch, L., McKeever, J. (2011) Key Factors Influencing the Spread of QI in Public Health. Topical Brief for the National Network of Public Health Institutes, New Orleans, LA.
Beitsch, L., Duffy, G., Moran, J. (2011) Ready, AIM, Problem Solve in Duffy, G. and Moran, J. eds. Applications and Tools for Creating and Sustaining Healthy Teams. Washington, D.C.: Public Health Foundation.
Beitsch, L. (2011) Why a Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN)? And Why Florida? Newsletter of FL-PBRN 2(1) 1.
Carretta, H. J., Chukmaitov, A., Tang, A., Beitsch, L. (2011). Hospital Organizational characteristics and quality of care outcomes in Florida general acute care hospitals for 2005-2008 [Final Report]. Tallahassee, FL: Division of Health Affairs, College of Medicine, Florida State University.
Carretta, H. J., Shin, J., Beitsch, L. (2011). The prevalence of persons with chronic disease and multiple chronic conditions using inpatient and emergency department services in Florida, 2005-2008. Tallahassee, FL: Division of Health Affairs, College of Medicine, Florida State University.
Carretta, H. J., Beitsch, L. (2010). Hospital Organizational characteristics and quality of care outcomes in Florida general acute care hospitals for 2005-2008 [Study Prospectus]. Tallahassee, FL: Division of Health Affairs, College of Medicine, Florida State University.
Carretta, H. J., Beitsch, L. (2010). Literature review methods for study of persons with multiple chronic conditions. Tallahassee, FL: Division of Health Affairs, College of Medicine, Florida State University.
Carretta, H. J., Beitsch, L. (2010). Persons with multiple chronic conditions [Literature Review of Programs that Reduce Cost]. Tallahassee, FL: Division of Health Affairs, College of Medicine, Florida State University.
Carretta, H. J., Chukmaitov, A. S., Tang, A., Beitsch, L. M. (2010). Quality of Care Outcomes in Florida General Acute Care Hospitals for 2008 [Final Report]. Tallahassee, FL: Division of Health Affairs, Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health, College of Medicine, Florida State University.
Katkowsky, S., Kent, L., Divine, S., Hunter, J., Bialek, R., Beitsch, L., Moran, J. (2010) Using QI Tools to Make a Difference in H1N1 Flu Immunization Clinics: A Local Health Department’s Experience. http://www.phf.org/resourcestools/Pages/Using_QI_Tools_for_H1N1_Clinic.aspx
Beitsch, L (2009) Performance Management in Action: The Role of Leadership in Bialek, R., Duffy, G., and Moran, J. eds. The Public Health Quality Improvement Handbook. Milwaukee: ASQ Quality Press.
Beitsch, L. (2009) Transforming the Practice of Public Health: Performance Standards, Quality Improvement, and Accreditation in Fallon, LF and Zgodzinski, E., eds. Essentials of Public Health Management. 2nd ed. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Beitsch, L (2008) Establishing a Conceptual Framework for Transforming and Measuring the Performance of the Health System (Whitepaper for CDC Public Health Systems Workgroup of the Public Health Practice Council). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Landrum, L., Beitsch, L., Turnock, B., Handler, A. (2007) Performance Management: The Evolution of Standards, Measurement and Quality Improvement in Public Health. In Novick, L., Morrow, C., and Mays, G., eds. Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management. 2nd ed. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Beitsch, L. (2006). The Organization of Preparedness in the States: A Public Health Case Study, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Washington, D.C.
Beitsch, L. (2006). Public Health Preparedness: How Do We Measure our Success? Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Washington, D.C.
Beitsch, L. (2006). Building Public Health Preparedness Capacity through Workforce Development: Challenges to Full Implementation, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Washington, D.C.
Brooks, R., Mason, K., Clawson, A., Menachemi, N., Beitsch, L., Kennedy, M. (2004). Bioterrorism Educational Framework for Medical Students: Results of a Research Based Initiative in Florida.
Mason, K., Brooks, R., Clawson, A., Menachemi, N., Beitsch, L., Speake, D., Kennedy, M. (2004). Bioterrorism Educational Framework for Baccalaureate Nursing Programs: Results of a Research Based Initiative in Florida.
Recent Invited Presentations
“Public Health Foundation: Assisting Local Health Departments to Assess Workforce Capacity Needs” webinar for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on June 14, 2023.
“PHF Workforce Capacity Assessment for Washoe County Health District” webinar for National Association of County and City Health Officials on March 2, 2023.
“Tobacco and Your Business in Florida: Making the Case” at the Florida State University AHEC Program Community of Practice Meeting for Behavioral Health Organizations and Tobacco Cessation in St. Augustine, FL on January 30, 2023.
“Tobacco Knowledge and Education: A Brief History and the Public Health Perspective” at the Florida State University AHEC Program Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training in St. Augustine, FL on December 6, 2022.
“Reducing the Harm: A Brief Conversation about how far we have come, how far we have yet to go,” at the Florida State University AHEC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Recertification virtual training webinar series on March 30, 2021.