Nate Apathy
Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Management
nca@umd.edu 913.530.5741My research sits at the intersection of health policy, health services research, and health informatics. I study the role of health information technology in support of delivery and payment reform efforts; the impact of regulations on health IT innovation, adoption, and use; and specialize in the use of system-generated log data to increase our understanding of health IT's impact on care quality. My current research focuses on sources of IT-based burden and organizational strategies to reduce that burden. My work has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Health Affairs, Health Services Research, JAMA Internal Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, the American Journal of Managed Care, the Journal of General Internal Medicine, and the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
Department Information
- Department of Health Policy and Management
Active Projects
Feasibility of EHR Audit Log-Derived Estimation of Standardized Time Inputs
- Role: Principal Investigator
- Sponsor: American Medical Association (RUC)
- Dates: December 2025 – November 2026
Feasibility of Audit Log Data for Estimating Face-to-Face Time
- Role: Principal Investigator
- Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania Observer Pilot Award (AI-4-AI Lab)
- Dates: January 2026 – December 2026
The Last Mile of Interoperability: Integrating Outside Data into Clinical Workflows to Improve Care
- Role: Principal Investigator (MPI: Holmgren)
- Sponsor: NIH National Library of Medicine (R01LM014770)
- Dates: August 2025 – May 2029
Organizing Chaos: Measuring Daily Schedule Volatility for Ambulatory Physicians
- Role: Principal Investigator
- Sponsor: American Medical Association
- Dates: January 2025 – December 2026
health information technology; health policy; EHR usage log data; documentation burden
2025 UMD Research Excellence Award
HLSA 711: Health Economics & Analysis
HLSA 747: Healthcare Management Research
2022 | Postdoctoral Fellowship, Health Services Research, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine & Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
2020 | PhD, Health Policy & Management, Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
2011 | BSBA, Economics, Creighton University Heider College of Business