Departmental Affiliations
Center & Institute Affiliations
Mark Bittle, DrPH ’06, MBA, FACHE, focuses on the organizational and management factors that influence physician alignment and managing change in complex organizations.
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Research Interests
Accreditation, competencies, and educational outcomes; Leadership development; Operations Management; Population Health Management; Organizational Behavior, and Performance Improvement
Experiences & Accomplishments
Dr. Bittle is the Bloomberg Centennial Chair of the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) program. He also serves as the Director, of the CAHME-Accredited Master of Health Administration (MHA) program, ranked 7th nationally, and the CAHME-Certified Master of Applied Science in Population Health Management program. Dr. Bittle is an experienced healthcare executive and is board certified in healthcare management as a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. His healthcare management experience spans ambulatory services development, physician practice management, physician integration, hospital operations, and developing managed care infrastructure and systems for the management of health care delivery under global capitation. Dr. Bittle is experienced in developing successful teams and metrics-driven improvements.
Areas of teaching and research interests include change and change management in large healthcare systems, physician alignment and engagement strategies to improve system performance, population health management, and the development of community-oriented care delivery systems, especially in rural settings.
Dr. Bittle is past President of the Maryland Rural Health Association board and serves on the boards of the Maryland Association of Health Care Executives, and Shepherd's Clinic, which provides quality, low-cost primary health care to those who are medically uninsured in Central Baltimore. Dr. Bittle served as the American College of Healthcare Executives Regent for the State of Maryland from 2020-2023.
Honors & Awards
Dr. Bittle is recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award in Ambulatory Care and Practice Management for the AUPHA (2024), the Distinguished Service Award (2024) and the Service Award (2021) from the American College of Healthcare Executives, and the WC Woodward Award (2019) in recognition of an APHA Health Administration member who has advanced the practice of health administration through outstanding leadership, contributions in a management or educational setting, and provided significant service.
Select Publications
Selected Book publications and dissertation publications.
Elizabeth W. Woodcock and Mark J. Bittle (2022). The Well-Managed Ambulatory Practice. Springer Publishing Company, LLC. New York, NY. ISBN: 9780826156624. DOI: 10.1891/9780826156631
Bittle, MJ. A New Vision and Leadership Challenge: Implementing the Affordable Care Act to Improve the Organization and Delivery of Health Care Services. J Public Health Management Practice, 2014 21(1).
Bittle MJ, LaMarche S. Engaging the Patient as Observer to Promote Hand Hygiene Compliance in Ambulatory Care. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009 Oct:35(10):519-525.
Bittle MJ, Charache P. Sustainable Improvement: Taking “AIM” at lasting change. Schilling L. (ed): Implementing and Sustaining Improvement in Health Care. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources, 2008. ISBN: 978-1-59940-187-4
Bittle MJ, Charache P, Wassilchalk DM. Registration-associated patient misidentification in an academic medical center: causes and corrections. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007 Jan;33(1):25-33.
Liu W, Wu Y, Zheng Z, Bittle M, Yu W, Kharrazi H. Enhancing Diagnostic Accuracy of Lung Nodules in Chest Computed Tomography Using Artificial Intelligence: Retrospective Analysis. J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e64649 URL: https://www.jmir.org/2025/1/e64649/
doi: 10.2196/64649
Liu W, Wu Y, Zheng Z, Yu W, Bittle MJ, Kharrazi H. Evaluating artificial intelligence's role in lung nodule diagnostics: A survey of radiologists in two pilot tertiary hospitals in China. J Clin Imaging Sci. 2024 Aug 23;14:31. doi: 10.25259/JCIS_72_2024. PMID: 39246733; PMCID: PMC11380818.
Dickson, C. Q., & Bittle, M. J. (2023). Enhancing Alumni Engagement Through LinkedIn Professional Networking at a Master of Health Administration Program. The Journal of Health Administration Education, 40(1), 51–66.
Debinski B, Bittle M, Kennedy CE, Jones V, Gielen AC. Qualitative Assessment of Key Implementation Factors in a Faith-Based Response to Intimate Partner Violence. Health Promotion Practice. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/15248399231193693
Zhang H, Huang ST, Bittle MJ, Engineer L, Chiu HC. Perceptions of Chinese hospital leaders on Joint Commission International accreditation: a qualitative study. Front Public Health. 2023 Oct 30;11:1258600. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1258600. PMID: 37965503; PMCID: PMC10642254.
HongFan Zhang, Mark J Bittle, Herng-Chia Chiu, Leiyu Shi, Siou-Tang Huang. The Impact of JCI Accreditation on the Clinical, Operational, and Financial Performance of Chinese Private Hospitals. Journal of Radiology and Clinical Imaging. 6 (2023): 138-145.
Yuan CT, Dy SM, Yuanhong Lai A, Oberlander T, Hannum SM, Lasser EC, Heughan JA, Dukhanin V, Kharrazi H, Kim JM, Gurses AP, Bittle M, Scholle SH, Marsteller JA. Challenges and Strategies for Patient Safety in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study. Am J Med Qual. 2022 Sep-Oct 01;37(5):379-387. doi: 10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000054. Epub 2022 Apr 8. PMID: 35404306; PMCID: PMC9700196.
Dy, S. M., Acton, R. M., Yuan, C. T., Hsu, Y.-J., Lai, A. Y., Marsteller, J., Ye, F. C., McGee, N., Kharrazi, H., Mahabare, D., Kim, J., Gurses, A. P., Bittle, M., & Scholle, S. H. (2022). Association of Implementation and Social Network Factors With Patient Safety Culture in Medical Homes: A Coincidence Analysis. Journal of Patient Safety, 18(1), e249–e256. https://doi.org/10.1097/PTS.0000000000000752
Lasser, E. C., Heughan, J.-A., Lai, A. Y., Yuan, C. T., Dy, S. M., Bittle, M., Oberlander, T., Pitts, S. I., Marsteller, J., & Hannum, S. M. (2021). Patient perceptions of safety in primary care: a qualitative study to inform care. Current Medical Research & Opinion, 37(11), 1991–1999. https://doi.org/10.1080/03007995.2021.1976736
The-Hung Edward Nguyen MD, Angela Galotti MD MS, Bernadette Sendon BS, Natalie Fung PT, George Abraham MD, Marissa Kronk BS, Mark Bittle DrPH MBA FACHE, Kayode Williams MD MBA FFARCSI. Healthcare Management and an Academic Ambulatory Surgery Center: Linking Healthcare Management Education to Clinical Practice. Journal of Health Administration Education. Volume 35, Number 3, Summer 2018, pp. 421-431(11)