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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Elizabeth Blackwell Medal, American Medical Women's Association
  • 1996 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Joanne Lynn is affiliated with the Altarum Institute in the United States and has a research focus primarily in Medicine and Health Professions. The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, and Frailty in Older Adults. Other topics of interest include COVID-19 and Mental Health, COVID-19 and Healthcare Impacts, Nutrition and Health in Aging, and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, and Quality of Life.

Their research output includes papers published in a variety of venues, with frequent publications in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, and the Journal of Palliative Medicine. Additional publication venues include MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and JAMA Network Open.

Some recent representative papers are:

  • High SARS-CoV-2 Attack Rate Following Exposure at a Choir Practice - Skagit County, Washington, March 2020, 2020, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Recommendations for Welcoming Back Nursing Home Visitors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Delphi Panel, 2020, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • Incidence of and County Variation in Fall Injuries in US Residents Aged 65 Years or Older, 2016-2019, 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • Moving Towards Common Data Elements and Core Outcome Measures in Frailty Research, 2020, The Journal of Frailty & Aging
  • Playing the Cards We Are Dealt: COVID-19 and Nursing Homes, 2020, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, notably Ernest Shen, Eric C. Haupt, Richard A. Mularski, Huong Q. Nguyen, and Maureen Henry.

Joanne Lynn has been recognized with notable awards including the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal from the American Medical Women's Association in 2003 and was named a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 1996.

Best Publications

  • A controlled trial to improve care for seriously ill hospitalized patients: The study to understand prognoses and preferences for outcomes and risks of treatments (SUPPORT)

    Alfred F Connors;Neal V Dawson;N. A. Desbiens;W. J. Fulkerson

  • The Effectiveness of Right Heart Catheterization in the Initial Care of Critically Ill Patients

    Alfred F. Connors;Theodore Speroff;Neal V. Dawson;Charles Thomas

  • The effectiveness of right heart catheterization in the initial care of critically ill patients. SUPPORT Investigators.

    Connors Af;Speroff T;Dawson Nv;Thomas C

  • Patterns of functional decline at the end of life.

    June R. Lunney;Joanne Lynn;Daniel J. Foley;Steven Lipson

  • Relationship Between Cancer Patients' Predictions of Prognosis and Their Treatment Preferences

    Jane Weeks;E. Francis Cook;Steven J. O'Day;Lynn M. Peterson

  • Perceptions by Family Members of the Dying Experience of Older and Seriously Ill Patients

    Joanne Lynn;Joan M. Teno;Russell S. Phillips;Albert W. Wu

  • Evidence for Improving Palliative Care at the End of Life: A Systematic Review

    Karl A. Lorenz;Joanne Lynn;Sydney M. Dy;Lisa R. Shugarman

  • Medicare Beneficiaries’ Costs Of Care In The Last Year Of Life

    Christopher Hogan;June R. Lunney;Jon Gabel;Joanne Lynn

  • The Impact of Serious Illness on Patients' Families

    Kenneth E. Covinsky;Kenneth E. Covinsky;Lee Goldman;E. Francis Cook;Robert Oye

  • The SUPPORT Prognostic Model: Objective Estimates of Survival for Seriously Ill Hospitalized Adults

    William A. Knaus;Frank E. Harrell;Joanne Lynn;Lee Goldman

  • Advance Directives for Seriously Ill Hospitalized Patients: Effectiveness with the Patient Self‐Determination Act and the SUPPORT Intervention

    Joan Teno;Joanne Lynn;Neil Wenger;Russell S. Phillips

  • Evaluation of Prognostic Criteria for Determining Hospice Eligibility in Patients With Advanced Lung, Heart, or Liver Disease

    Ellen Fox;Kristen Landrum-McNiff;Zhenshao Zhong;Neal V. Dawson

  • Patient Preferences for Communication with Physicians about End-of-Life Decisions

    Joe Hofmann;Neil S. Wenger;Roger B. Davis;Joan M. Teno

  • Dying with Lung Cancer or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Insights from SUPPORT

    Michael T. Claessens;Joanne Lynn;Zhenshao Zhong;Norman A. Desbiens

  • Influence of Patient Preferences and Local Health System Characteristics on the Place of Death

    Robert S. Pritchard;Elliott S. Fisher;Elliott S. Fisher;Joan M. Teno;Sandra M. Sharp

  • Pain and satisfaction with pain control in seriously ill hospitalized adults: Findings from the SUPPORT research investigations

    Norman A. Desbiens;Albert W. Wu;Steven K. Broste;Neil S. Wenger

  • Do Advance Directives Provide Instructions That Direct Care

    Joan M Teno;Sandra Licks;Joanne Lynn;Neil Wenger

  • The Last Six Months of Life for Patients with Congestive Heart Failure

    James W. Levenson;Ellen P. McCarthy;Joanne Lynn;Roger B. Davis

  • The concept of quality of life of dying persons in the context of health care.

    Anita L Stewart;Joan Teno;Donald L Patrick;Joanne Lynn

  • Evidence for Improving Palliative Care at the End of Life

    Karl Lorenz;Joanne Lynn;Sydney Dy;Lisa R. Shugarman

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell S. Phillips
Russell S. Phillips Harvard University
Joan M. Teno
Joan M. Teno Brown University
Alfred F. Connors
Alfred F. Connors Case Western Reserve University
Neil S. Wenger
Neil S. Wenger University of California, Los Angeles
Albert W. Wu
Albert W. Wu Johns Hopkins University
Frank E. Harrell
Frank E. Harrell Vanderbilt University
Robert M. Califf
Robert M. Califf Duke University
Roger B. Davis
Roger B. Davis Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Kenneth E. Covinsky
Kenneth E. Covinsky University of California, San Francisco
William A. Knaus
William A. Knaus University of Virginia

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