Use of information technology for improving access and decreasing costs of care, community health information networks, hand held computer devices in knowledge capture and data verification, telemedicine.

Dr. Dunn is a practicing general internist who serves on the faculty at the School of Biomedical Informatics (SBMI). She leads the HealthQuilt project and she founded Your Doctor Program, L.P. to support a medical home model for accountability in healthcare using a quality management program, telecommunications, and sustainable financial models. She also serves as Vice-President of the Schull Institute, a non-profit organization to mentor future leaders to improve healthcare for vulnerable populations, and is President-Elect of the UT Medical School Alumni Association. Prior to joining the SBMI faculty, she was Vice Chair of Internal Medicine at UTMB and played a leading role in developing the telemedicine program and outcomes management program for the Texas Prison System. She was recognized by UTMB for these efforts by receiving the first Mustard Seed Award for clinically based research at UTMB for her work in establishing outcomes management for the Texas Prison System. At SBMI, she teaches all courses on-line. These include Telemedicine, Introduction to the Healthcare System, Consultation in Health Informatics, and Advanced Informatics. She assists in developing the strategic directions for SBMI, particularly the development of applied education and research tracks in public health informatics and clinical informatics. She received the prestigious John P. McGovern Teaching Award in 2006 and an accommodation for Meritorious Service for her leadership as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2004-2006.

Publications

1. Maffei R, Dunn K: Determining Business Models for Financial Sustainability in Regional Health Information Organizations: A Literature Review.  Population Health Management.  Vol 12 (5):273-278, 2009.

2. Maffei R, Turner N; Dunn K: Building Blocks to Adopting a Pay-for-Performance Model. JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulations 10(3):64-69, July/September 2008.

3.Maffei R, Hudson Y, Dunn K: Telemedicine for Urban Uninsured: A Pilot Framework for Specialty Care Planning for Sustainability, Telemedicine and e-Health 14(9), 925-931, November, 2008.

4. Iyengar MG, Carruth T, Florez-Arango J, Dunn K: Informatics-based Medical Procedure Assistance During Space Missions.  Hippokratia, 2008, 12 (Suppl 1), pp 23 – 27. August 2008.

5. Esquivel A, Dunn K, McLane S, Te’eni D, Zhang J, Turley JP: Referrals in Healthcare: A Concept Analysis, Submitted. 

6. Rankin JL,  Dunn, K, Begley^, CE, Burau^, K, Wang H, Cunliffe C: Importance of Geographic and Other Factors on Patient Choice of Primary Care Provider for Safety Net Populations, Submitted.

7. Rankin JL,  Dunn, K, Begley^, CE, Burau^, K, Wang H, Cunliffe C: Using the Multiple Location Time Weighted Index for Primary Care Service Area Calculations.  Submitted.

8. Rankin JL,  Dunn, K, Begley^, CE, Burau^, K, Wang H, Cunliffe C: Minimum dataset for the Multiple Location Time Weighted Index.  Submitted. 

9. Nair D, Dunn K, Turley JP: The Data Warehouse as the Foundation for Decision Support Within a HealthCare System, Submitted. 

10. Smolij K, Dunn K: Personal Health Information Management: Searching for the Right Model Perspectives in Health Information Management, 2006. http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/ahima/bok1_032723.html

11. Aoki N, Ohta S, Yamamoto H, Kikuchi N, Dunn K: Triangulation Analysis of Tele-palliative Care Implementation in Japan, Telemedicine and E-Health, Vol. 12(6):655-62 2006.

12. Ishee J, Dunn K: Status of Pharmaceutical Licensing in the Third World, Journal of Pharmaceutical Economics, Vol 15(2), 41-68, 2006.

13. Akhtar MU, Dunn K, Smith JW.  Commercial Clinical Warehouses: From Wave of the Past to State of the Art.  Journal of Health Information Management Spring:20-26, 2005. 

14. Aoki N, Dunn K, Beck JR, Fukui T, Schull WJ, Li HK.  Cost-effectiveness Analysis of  Teleopthalmology for Screening and Follow-Up of Diabetic Retinopathy in a Prison Inmate in Texas Prison System.  Diabetes Care 27: 1195-1101, 2004. 

15. Chen JW, Hobdell MH, Dunn K, Johnson KA, Zhang J. Teledentistry and Its Use in Dental Education, JADA, Vol 134: 342-346, 2003.

16. Aoki N, Dunn K, Johnson KA, Turley JP. Outcomes and Methods in Telemedicine Evaluation. Telemed J and E-Health, 9:393-401, 2003.

17. Baillargeon J, Wu H, Kelley M, Grady J, Linthicum L, Dunn K. Hepatitis C Seroprevalence Among Newly Incarcerated Inmates in the Texas Correctional System. Public Health, 117, 43-48, 2003.

18. Wu ZH, Baillargeon J, Grady JJ, Black SA, Dunn K. HIV Seroprevalence among Newly Incarcerated Inmates in the Texas Correctional System.  Ann Epidemiol Jul;11(5):342-6, 2001.          

19. Baillargeon J, Black S, Pulvino J, Dunn K: The Disease Profile of Texas Prison Inmates.  Annals of Epidemiology, 10:74-80, 2000. 

20. Baillargeon J, Borucki M., Black S., Dunn K.  Determinants of survival in HIV-positive patients. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 9: 22-26, 1999.

21. Baillargeon J, Borucki M, Black S, Dunn K:  Determinants of HIV-Related  Survival Among Texas Prison Inmates. AIDS Patient Care and STDs  13(6):355-361, 1999.

22. Solomon D, Townley P, Dunn K:  A Distance Learning Program for Telemedicine Presenters. Academic Medicine, 1998.

23. Baillargeon J, Black S, Solomon D, Gugliuzza K, Dunn K:  Determinants of Hemodialysis Access-related Health Care Utilization in Incarcerated and Non-incarcerated Populations. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 5:63-74, 1998.

24. Mallette LE, Hollis BW, Dunn K, Stinson M, Dunn J, Wittels W, Gotto AM: Repetitive Parathyroid Stimulation During Chelation Therapy Does Not Produce Secondary Parathyroid Hyperplasia.  Am J Med Sci 302:(3):138-141, 1991.

25. Labarthe D, O’Brien B, Dunn K: International Comparison of Cholesterol and Lipoproteins.  Ann NY Acad Sci 623:108-120, 1991.

26. Dunn, K. (1988) Public Health and Medical Education. AAMC, 12(2), 1988.

27. Dunn, K. (1989) Whose Service Are You On?. AAMC, 12(2), 1988.

28. Viegas S, Dunn K:  Telemedicine:Practicing in the Information Age, Lippincott-Raven, 1998. 

Chapters:

29. Viegas S, Dunn K, Calhoun J, Angelo J:  Implementation at the University of Texas Medical Branch As a Case Study.

30. Dunn K:  Overview of Reengineering Process Using Telemedicine Implementation.; Moore, M, Peterson C, Cory B, Solomon D, Caruso A, Schiffman J, Dunn K:  Organization for Telemedicine Services:  Developing Administrative, Clinical and Technical Protocols.

31. Willis M, Adams R, Husein M, Dunn K:  Documenting the Clinical Encounter.

32. Teeple S, Dunn K, Warren M:  Overview of Template Development Process for Automating the Telemedicine Encounter.

33. Bell N, Brasier A, Dudley J, Freeman J, Stone H, Solomon D, Freeman D, Dunn K:  Faculty Development Program Overview.

34. Dunn K, Bulger R:  Values in Teaching and Learning: A Student-Teacher Dialogue, Teaching and Learning.  Integrity in Institutions: Humane Environments for Teaching, Inquiry and Healing, Bulger R, Reiser S, eds. Iowa Press, 1990.

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