Stephen E. Asche, MA
Senior Research Investigator and Statistician

About

Stephen Asche, MA, is a Senior Research Investigator and Statistician at HealthPartners Institute, and member of the Research Methodology Group. He earned his MA in Quantitative Methods, Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota. His focus areas include the design and analysis of cluster-randomized trials, evaluation of clinical decision support interventions, patient-reported outcome measures, multilevel models, and structural equation modeling.

Conducting Institute research since 2003.

Education and training:

MA, quantitative methods, educational psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Other offices held:
Senior Research Investigator and Statistician, Research Methodology Group

Overview/research interests:
Cluster-randomized trials, pragmatic trials, structural equation modeling, mediation analysis, clinical decision support, simulated physician learning, patient reported outcome measures

Current research activities and funding:

  • PROMOTE – study of patient-repo

Affiliation

positions

  • Senior Research Investigator and Statistician, Research Methodology Group
  • Publications While At HealthPartners

    selected publications

    Journal Article
  • Barriers to dental providers' use of a clinical decision support tool for pain management following tooth extractions
    Implement Res Pract. 2025
  • Clinical decision support and cardiometabolic medication adherence: a randomized clinical trial
    JAMA network open. 2025
  • "I'm torn": qualitative analysis of dental practitioner-perceived barriers, facilitators, and solutions to HPV vaccine promotion
    Healthcare. 2024
  • Cardiometabolic risk in pediatric patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2024
  • Impact of continuous glucose monitoring versus blood glucose monitoring to support a carbohydrate-restricted nutrition intervention in people with type 2 diabetes
    Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. 2024
  • Conference Poster
  • The Pap Hub: Minnesota’s first cervical cancer screening coordination system [poster]
    2023
  • Hearing the patient voice on pain management after dental extractions [poster]
    2019
  • Like pulling teeth: designing clinical decision support to improve tobacco cessation in dental practice [poster]
    2019
  • Long-term outcomes of a cluster-randomized trial testing the effects of blood pressure (BP) telemonitoring and pharmacist management on BP outcomes [poster]
    2017
  • Long-term outcomes of a cluster-randomized trial testing the effects of blood pressure telemonitoring and pharmacist management [poster]
    2017
  • Abstract
  • Assessing challenges to implementing tobacco cessation guidelines in dental offices [abstract]
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2021
  • Long-term effects on cardiovascular events of home blood pressure telemonitoring with pharmacist management in patients with uncontrolled hypertension [abstract]
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2019
  • Design features of successful outpatient chronic disease care clinical decision support systems [abstract]
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2016
  • Qualitative data from a trial of home blood pressure telemonitoring and pharmacist management (Hyperlink) [abstract]
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2016
  • Implementation of an electronic dental record tool to increase referrals to a tobacco counseling quit line [abstract]
    Implementation science. 2015
  • presentations

    Presentation
  • A diabetes simulated physician learning program improved glucose control and is cost-effective [presentation], CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Diabetes Translation Conference 2011 - Changing the Course of Diabetes: Optimizing Health for All
  • A diabetes simulated physician learning program improved glucose control and is highly cost-effective [presentation], Minnesota Health Services Research 15th Annual Conference
  • A qualitative study of electronic dental record utilization [presentation], International Association for Dental Research (IADR)/American Association for Dental Research (AADR)/Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR) 87th General Session and Exhibition
  • Adherence to home blood pressure monitoring in patients with uncontrolled blood pressure [presentation], HMO Research Network (HMORN) 16th Annual Conference: Emerging Frontiers in Healthcare Research and Delivery
  • Barriers and facilitators for medication adherence [presentation], HMO Research Network 17th Conference: Collaborations in Population-Based Health Research
  • Contact

    full name

  • Stephen E. Asche, MA
  • primary email

  • Steve.E.Asche@HealthPartners.com
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