Leah Vriesman

Dr. Leah Vriesman is a 20-year Adjunct Professor in Health Policy & Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and Professor of Management and Executive Director of Health Administration programs at UC-Denver Business School. She previously was the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in UCLA’s Division of Continuing Education and before that, led the UCLA Executive Master of Public Health for 11 years, creating UCLA’s new online Master of Healthcare Administration program, the first MHA in the UC system of 10 campuses.

Dr. Vriesman teaches Healthcare Strategy and International Health Policy and often speaks on health technology and innovation. Dr. Vriesman consults and specializes in innovative leadership development for provider organizations and the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. She created and was the Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Healthcare Management.

Dr. Vriesman received her PhD in Medical Sociology from UCLA (2001) and her MHA and MBA in Strategy and Finance from the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis (1991).

Selected Publications

• Gewald, H., Vriesman, L., and Mondaca, A.N. “An International Comparison of Factors Inhibiting Physicians’ Use of Hospital Information Systems: Germany, USA, and Chile”.  Submitted to confirm – International Conference on Information Resources, May 2017, Santiago, Chile.
• Gewald, H., Gewald, C., and Vriesman, L. “Inhibitors to Working with Hospital Information Systems – A Cross-National Analysis”, Published by AMCIS, August 2016.
• Luck, J., Vriesman, L. and Fu, P. (2013) “Chapter 14: Health Information Technology” in Changing the U.S. Healthcare System, 4th ed. G. Kominski, Editor.
• Gewald, H., Weeger, A. and Vriesman, L. 2011. Do Risk Perceptions Influence Physicians’ Resistance to Use Electronic Medical Records?: An Exploratory Research in German Hospitals. Paper submitted to AMCIS – Americans Conference on Information Systems, for May 2011 meeting.
• Vriesman, L. 2001. VHA Facility Integration: Changes in Operational Effectiveness and Perceived Quality, 1993-1997. Doctoral Dissertation. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, Inc.
• Vriesman, L. and Mazonson, P. 1998. Improving pharmaceutical utilization for Medicare enrollees proves difficult. TIPS on Managed Care 3(4), 15-20.
• VanDeusan Lukas, C., Mittman, B., Vriesman, L., et al. 1998. Characteristics and structures of VHA integrated facilities. Abstract presented to the Dept of Veterans Affairs’ Sixteenth Annual HSR&D Service Meeting. Washington, D.C.
• Yano, E., Mittman, B., Vriesman, L., et al. 1998. “Effects of VHA facility integrations: Preliminary results.” Abstract presented to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Sixteenth Annual HSR&D Service Meeting. Washington, D.C.
• Mittman, B., VanDeusan Lukas, C., Hernandez, A., MacDonald, J., Vriesman, L., et al. 1998. Planning and implementing facility integrations in VHA: Alternative approaches. Abstract presented to the Dept of VA Sixteenth Annual HSR&D Service Meeting. Washington, D.C.