Richard M. Fairbanks
School of Public Health

Phone:

(317) 274-3341

Email:

omazuren@iu.edu

Departments:

Global Health

Health Policy and Management

Degrees:

MD, Medicine, National O.Bohomolets Medical University

PhD, Health Services Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham

MS, International Health, Humboldt University

Resume/CV

Biography

Dr. Olena Mazurenko is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management. She holds a PhD in Health Care Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a medical degree in the specialty of Internal Medicine from Ukraine, and completed her Master’s degree in International Health in Germany. Before joining IU, Mazurenko was an Assistant Professor of Health Care Administration and Policy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Research Interests

Dr. Mazurenko’s research focuses on the interplay between patient-centered care and patient safety for patients requiring pain care. Recently, with funding from IU Clinical and Translational Science Institute, her research has focused on examining how patient experiences with pain care, as one the facets of patient-centered care, may be affected by the use of opioids in the hospital.

She is also interested in consumerism in health care, mainly through the High-Deductible Health Plans. Finally, Dr. Mazurenko also examines Medicaid expansion following the Affordable Care Act. Her research has appeared in Health Affairs, Health Care Management Review, and others.

Courses Taught

Dr. Mazurenko has taught courses in human resource management, global health, strategic management and introduction to health care system at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Current Projects

• The relationship between integrated service delivery and quality and cost outcomes for mental health. Family and Social Services Administration of Indiana (Total Funding: $514,193.00). Role: Co-Investigator.
• Designing User-Centered Decision Support Tools for Chronic Pain in Primary Care. Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (Total Funding: $1,954,230). Role: Co-Investigator.
• Examination of determinants of job satisfaction and retention among Philippine nurses: the role of the workplace integration practices. Funded by CTSI IU.

Selected Publications

• Mazurenko, O., Richter, J., Kazley, A., Ford, E. (2016). “Examination of the relationship between management and clinician agreement on communication openness, teamwork and patient satisfaction”. Journal of Hospital Administration 5 (4), 20-27.
• Mazurenko, O., Hearld, L. & Menachemi, N. (2015). “The Relationship between External Environment and Physician' E-mail Communication: The Mediating Role of Health Information Technology (HIT) Availability”. Health Care Management Review.
• Mazurenko, O., Menachemi, N. (2015) “Use of Foreign-Educated Nurses and Patient Satisfaction in US Hospitals”. Journal of Healthcare Management Review
• Mazurenko, O., Bock, S., Prato, C., Bondarenko, M. (2015). “Considering shared power and responsibility: Diabetic patients’ experience with the PCMH care model”. Patient Experience Journal, 2(1), 61-67.
• Mazurenko, O., Zemke, D., Lefforge, N., Shoemaker, S., Menachemi, N. (2015) “Determinants of patient’ post-surgical experience: comparison of patients’ and clinical staff voices”. Journal of Healthcare Management, 60 (5), 332-347.
• Mazurenko, O., Gupte, G., Shan, G. (2015). “Analyzing U.S. nurse turnover: Are nurses leaving their jobs or the profession itself?”. Journal of Hospital Administration, 4 (4), 48-56
• Mazurenko, O., Hearld, L. (2015) “Environmental factors associated with physician’ engagement in communication activities”. Health Care Management Review, 40 (1), 79-89.
• Mazurenko, O., Hulchiy, O., Qu, H., Hernandez, S.R., Shewchuk, R. (2012) “Determinants of Physicians’ Career Choices in Ukraine”, International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research, 3 (3/4), 291-305.
• Mazurenko, O., Menachemi, N. (2012) “Environmental Market Factors Associated with Physician Career Satisfaction”. Journal of Healthcare Management, 57 (5), 307-324.
• Menachemi, N., Mazurenko, O., Kazley, A., Diana, M., Ford, E. (2012) “Market Factors and EMR Adoption in Medical Practices”. Health Care Management Review, 37 (1), 14-22.
• Mazurenko, O., Yeager, V., Gupte, G. (2012) “International Medical Graduates and Health Information Technology Use in the United States”. Advances in Health Care Management, 12, 121-143.