Alan Card

Background

Dr. Card is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the UC San Diego School of Medicine. He earned his PhD from the Engineering Design Centre at the University of Cambridge, where he studied in the Healthcare Design research group. He also holds an MPH from the University of South Florida, as well as professional certifications in healthcare quality (CPHQ) and healthcare risk management (CPHRM). He previously served as Editor of the Journal of Healthcare Risk Management, and is a frequent collaborator with the Center for Health Design.

Research Interests

My research includes both empirical and theoretical advances to healthcare delivery science, with the aim of improving health and reducing harm for patients and providers alike.

I am particularly interested in patient safety and well-being, provider safety and well-being, healthcare quality, and the intersection of healthcare and population health. My work applies insights from design research, systems thinking, safety and improvement science, and public health to help diagnose and treat the systems barriers to improving outcomes in these areas. And, just as importantly, it aims to improve the frameworks, tools, and techniques that support research and practice in the field.

This is a rich and exciting research area that applies to problems ranging from patient safety risk management to preparedness planning, and from value-based care/pay for performance schemes to the design of the built environment. I am always interested in hearing from potential collaborators at: alcard [at] ucsd.edu.