Ann M. Kutney-Lee, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Senior Fellow Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Dr. Ann Kutney-Lee is a Research Scientist at the PROMISE Center for the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia, and is a Senior Fellow Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Kutney-Lee’s research is focused on the effects of nursing care organization on patient outcomes, redesigned systems that can work more efficiently to provide equitable and high-quality patient care, and the adoption of technological innovations (e.g. electronic health records) and how they are correlated to patient outcomes.
Highlights
- 2014 Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
- Top 15 Most Read Health Affairs Articles for 2013: “An increase in the number of nurses with baccalaureate degrees is linked to lower rates of post surgery mortality. Health Affairs, 32(3), 579-586.
Recent Publications
- Kutney-Lee, A., Smith, D., Thorpe, J., del Rosario, C., Ibrahim, S., & Ersek, M. (2017). Race/ethnicity and end-of-life care among Veterans. Medical Care, 55 (4), 342-351.
- Kutney-Lee, A., Germack, H., Hatfield, L., Flick, P., Kelly, S., Del Guidice, M., & Aiken, L.H. (2016). Nurse engagement and patient and nurse outcomes. Journal of Nursing Administration, 46(11), 605-612.
- Wall, B. M., Rogers, K., & Kutney-Lee, A. (2016). The North vs. the South: Conditions at Civil War hospitals. Southern Quarterly, 53(3/4), 37-55.
- Lake, E.T, Hallowell, S., Kutney-Lee, A., Hatfield, L., Del Guidice, M., Boxer, B., Ellis, L, … Aiken, L.H. (2016). Higher quality of care and patient safety associated with better NICU work environments. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 31(1), 24-32.
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