David W Palm, PhD

Associate Professor and Director of The Center for Health Policy

Department of Health Services Research & Administration
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health

Professional Summary

Academic

• 2014-present, Associate Professor, Department of Health Services Research & Administration, College of Public Health, UNMC
• 2013-2014, Professor of Practice (Adjunct), Department of Health Services Research & Administration, College of Public Health, UNMC
• 1974-2010, Part Time Instructor, Department of Economics, University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Government

• 2000-2014, Administrator, Office of Community and Rural Health, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, Nebraska
• 1997-1999, Strategic Planner, Division of Strategic and Financial Planning, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, Nebraska
• 1995-1996, Director, Division of Health Systems Planning and Evaluation, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, Nebraska
• 1988-1995, Director, Bureau of Health Planning and Data Management, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, Nebraska
• 1984-1988, Director, Division of Health Systems Planning, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, Nebraska
• 1974-1984, Health Economist, Division of Health Systems Planning, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, Nebraska

Education

• 1976, PhD, Economics and Industrial Relations, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
• 1968, MS, Economics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
• 1967, BA, Business Administration, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Professional Interests

• The organization, financing, and delivery of public health services, public health accreditation and quality improvement, the health care and public health workforce, the integration of public health and primary care, and changes in the rural health delivery system and payment reforms.

Selected Publications

• Xiaoting Sun, David Palm, Brandon Grimm, and Li-Wu Chen, “Building Stronger Linkages between Public Health and Health Care: The Nebraska Experience,” Submitted to Preventing Chronic Disease, August 2019.
• Xiaoting Sun, David Palm, Brandon Grimm, and Li-Wu Chen, “Building Stronger Linkages between Public Health and Health Care: The Nebraska Experience,” Submitted to Preventing Chronic Disease, October 2018.
• Li-Wu Chen, Abbey Gregg, and David Palm, “Longitudinal Evaluation of Quality Improvement in Public Health Accreditation Readiness in Nebraska Local Health Departments, 2011-2016,” Public Health Reports, Volume 133, No. 3, 2018.
• Yang Wang, Fernando Wilson, Jim Stimpson, Hongmei Wang, David Palm, Baojiang Chen, and Li-Wu Chen, “Fewer Immigrants Have Preventable Emergency Department Visits in the United States,” The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018.
• Abbey Gregg. Sarbinaz Bekmuratova, David Palm, Lisa Van Raemdonck, Gianfranco Pezzino, Li-Wu Chen, and Peter Manetta, A Comparison of Local Health Department Accreditation Readiness and Quality Improvement Maturity in Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska,” Journal of Public Health Practice and Management,
• Me Cramer, S Lazoritz, K Shaffer, D Palm, Al Ford, “Community Advisory Board Members’ Perspectives Regarding Opportunities and Challenges of Research Collaboration,” Western Journal of Nursing Research, January 2017.
• Li-Wu Chen, Fernando Wilson, Abbey Gregg, Niodita Gupta, Sarbinaz Bekmuratova, and David Palm, “Measuring the Cost and Value of Quality Improvement Initiatives for Local Health Departments,” Journal of Public Health Practice and Management, March 2017.
• Chen, Li-Wu, Palm, D., and Trout, K., (2016) Building Community Capacity to Improve Population Health through Integrating Public Health and Health Care: Lessons Learned from the Community Health Needs Assessment Conducted by Nebraska’s Rural Hospitals. Chapter 1, Capacity Building: Planning, Programs, and Prospects (edited by Diane Brown). Nova Science Publishers. ISBN: 978-1-63483-995-2.
• Opoku, S., Apenteng, B., Lin, G., Chen, L, Palm, D., Rauner, T. (2015) A Comparison of the J-1 Visa Waiver and Loan Repayment Programs in the Recruitment and Retention of Physicians in Rural Nebraska. The Journal of Rural Health. 00.
• Chen, Li-Wu, Nguyen, A., Jacobson, J., Gupta, N., Bekmuratova, S., & Palm, D. (2015). The relationship between quality improvement implementation and accreditation seeking in local health departments. American Journal of Public Health.
• Brandert, K., Martin, C., Grimm, B., Svoboda, C., Palm, D., & Stimpson, J. (2014). A model for training public health workers in health policy: The Nebraska Health Policy Academy, Preventing Chronic Disease e-Journal, 11, 140108.
• Chen, Li-Wu, Nguyen, A., Jacobson, J., Ojha, D., & Palm, D. (2012). Effectiveness and challenges of implementing quality improvement strategies in Nebraska’s local health departments. Frontiers in Public Health Systems and Services Research, 1(3), Article 7.
• Chen, Li-Wu, Nguyen A., Jacobson, J., & Palm, D. (2012). Assessment of workforce capacity for local health departments in Nebraska: A perspective from public health programmatic areas. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 18(6), 595-601.
• Chen, Li-Wu, Roberts, S., Jacobson, J., & Palm, D. (2012). Effectiveness and challenges of regional public health partnerships in Nebraska. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 18(2), 148-155.
• Chen, Li-Wu, Jacobson, J., Roberts, S., & Palm, D. (2012). The relationship between county variation in macro contextual factors and the performance of public health practice in regional public health systems in Nebraska. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 18(2), 132-140.
• Chen, Li-Wu, Jacobson, J., Roberts, S., & Palm, D. (2012). Resource allocation and funding challenges for regional local health departments in Nebraska. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 18(2), 141-147.
• Palm, D., & Svoboda, C. (2008). A regional approach to organizing local public health systems and the impact on emergency preparedness: The Nebraska experience. Public Health Reports.
• Palm, D. (2005). Designing and building new local public health agencies in Nebraska. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 11(2), 139-149.

Professional Affiliations

• Public Health Association of Nebraska
• American Public Health Association
• Nebraska Rural Health Association
• National Rural Health Association