Alexander Hallway

Alexander (Alex) Hallway

Health Infrastructures and Learning Systems (HILS) PhD Student
Manager of Research and Operations, Core Optimization Hernia Registry, Michigan Medicine
ahallway@umich.edu
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Biography

Alex is a health services researcher and quality improvement specialist in the Department of Surgery at the University of Michigan. He holds a degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business, where his studies focused on healthcare logistics and operations. Alex has worked in the healthcare industry since 2015 and has conducted quality improvement and research in areas such as opioid-sparing pain management, alcohol use and smoking cessation prior to surgery, pay-for-performance health policy analysis, and hernia care optimization. His publications may be found in journals such as JAMA Surgery, The New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst, and Annals of Surgery. Prior to accepting his current role as the manager of research and operations for the Core Optimization Hernia Registry, Alex was a member of the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative coordinating center, where he managed the development of special projects and strategic initiatives for the organization's 70 participating hospitals.

Advisors

Areas of Interest

Surgical care optimization, reimbursement policy analysis, clinical risk prediction

Published Articles or Reviews

  • “Moving Toward Every Patient Training for Surgery” JAMA Surg. 2018;153(12):1089. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2018.1658
  • “Patient Satisfaction and Pain Control Using an Opioid-Sparing Postoperative Pathway” JACS 2019;229(3):316. doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.04.020
  • “Optimizing Postoperative Opioid Prescribing Through Quality- Based Reimbursement.”JAMA Netw Open. 2019; 2(9):e1911619. doi:10.1001/jamanetwork open.2019.11619
  • “Over Use of Opioids After Prostatectomy: Statewide Experience from the Michigan Urologic Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MUSIC).” Journal of Urology 2019. 201. doi: 10.1097/01.JU.0000557170.89602.4d.
  • “Patients' Experiences with an Opioid-Sparing Protocol Following Cesarean Delivery.” Obstetrics & Gynecology 2020; doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000663400.99178.e0
  • “Patient-Reported Outcomes After Opioid-Sparing Surgery Compared to Standard of Care” JAMA Surg 2021. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.5646
  • “I Prefer to Stay Away: A Qualitative Study of Patients in an Opioid- Sparing Pain Management Protocol”, Annals of Surgery 2021 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005087
  • “Patient Knowledge of Opioid Usage and Side Effects Prior to Surgery.” Michigan Journal of Medicine. doi:10.3998/mjm.1436.
  • “Postoperative Opioid Prescription and Use After Outpatient Vascular Access Surgery.” Journal of Surgical Research 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.02.005.
  • “Evaluation of an Intervention to Address Smoking and Food Insecurity at Preoperative Surgical Clinic Appointments.” JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(10):e2238677. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.38677
  • “Preoperative alcohol interventions for elective surgical patients: Results from a randomized pilot trial.” Surgery, 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2022.09.012.
  • “Postpartum Opioid Prescribing in Patients with Opioid Use Prior to Birth” American Journal of Perinatology, 2023, doi: 10.1055/s-0043- 1767816
  • “Use of Opioid-Sparing Protocols and Perceived Postpartum Pain in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder and Chronic Prenatal Opioid Exposure.” Matern Child Health, 2023, doi: 10.1007/s10995-023- 03710-8
Book Chapters
  •  “Chapter 46: Pain Care Pathways and Patient Reported Outcomes” Perioperative Quality Improvement (1st ed.). Elsevier – Health Science, 2022, ISBN: 9780323833998

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