Barbara Jones, Vice-President, Data Management and Analysis

Biography

Ms. Jones serves as Vice President of Data Management and Analysis at MPA. She manages the firm’s analytic team and assists clients both in developing new systems for data collection and in processing and maximizing the usefulness of clinical outcome data from current sources.

Having been with MPA since its inception, Ms. Jones has developed data processing formats and programs for special studies of public and institutional data for most of the firm’s clients. Her strong background in computer and software applications and database management has been helpful to health care organizations throughout the nation.

Previously, Ms. Jones was involved with the “Agenda for Change” at the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. She has been Senior Research Associate and Project Director for the Annual Survey of Dental Practice at the American Dental Association. She was Data Management Coordinator for the Department of Endocrinology, Northwestern Medical School, and Chief of Data Management of the Social Psychiatry Study Center at the University of Chicago. She also was an applications programmer/analyst at the National Opinion Research Center.

Ms. Jones received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Loyola University and has a master’s degree in social science from the University of Chicago.

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