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Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1951-07-02
Has Affiliation
- Organization: (naf) Altarum Institute, Inc.
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Colorado Foundation for Medical Care
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Rand Corporation
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Dartmouth Medical School
Has Affiliation
- Organization: George Washington University
Field of Activity
Chronic disease management
Community health
Managed care
Occupation
Geriatrician
Hospice physician
Health services researcher
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Sources
- found: By no extraordinary means: the choice to forgo life-sustaining food and water, c1986:title page (Joanne Lynn, M.D.) data sheet (b. 7/2/51)
- found: Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment (SUPPORT) and Hospitalized Elderly Longitudinal Project (HELP), 1989-1997, 2001:title page (Joanne Lynn, George Washington University)
- found: Altarum Institute, via WWW, February 6, 2013(Joanne Lynn, M.D.; Director, Altarum Center for Elder Care and Advanced Illness; B.S., biology, Dickinson College; M.A., philosophy and social policy, George Washington University; M.S., evaluative clinical science, Dartmouth College; M.D., Boston University; she is a geriatrician, hospice physician, health services researcher, quality improvement advisor, and policy advocate who has focused upon shaping American health care so that every person can count on living comfortably and meaningfully through the period of serious illness and disability in the last years of life, at a sustainable cost to the community; she recently has been a consultant to the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a faculty member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and a clinical expert in improvement for the Care Transitions project at the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care; she has also been a senior researcher at RAND and a professor of medicine and community health at Dartmouth Medical School and at The George Washington University; Dr. Lynn has published more than 250 professional articles, and her dozen books include The Handbook for Mortals, a guide for the public; The Common Sense Guide to Improving Palliative Care, an instruction manual for clinicians and managers seeking to improve quality; and Sick to Death and Not Going to Take it Any More!, an action guide for policymakers and advocates; her areas of expertise include: Chronic Disease Management, Community Health, and Managed Care and the Continuum of Care)
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Change Notes
- 1986-01-31: new
- 2013-02-08: revised
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