Outcomes and Effectiveness Research
Faculty and Staff
Lisa M. Kern, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Public Health and Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and an Assistant Attending Physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Kern is a general internist and health services researcher with expertise in evaluation methodology, technology assessment and quality of care. She is the Deputy Director of the Health Information Technology Evaluation Collaborative (HITEC), a multi-institution academic collaborative that evaluates the effects of initiatives in interoperable health information technology (health IT), including health information exchange (HIE), in New York State. Dr. Kern is currently conducting research on the effects of interoperable health IT on quality, safety, and economic outcomes. She is also working to evaluate the effects of pay-for-performance and medical home implementation on health care quality and utilization, as well as develop a new set of metrics for capturing the effects of HIE with health IT on ambulatory quality.
Dr. Kern received her undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University. She completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and then completed the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Johns Hopkins, where she also earned a master’s degree in Public Health.
Research Profile
Dr. Kern’s research focuses on evaluating the effects of health information technology, including health information exchange, on health care quality and cost. Dr. Kern is also conducting research to determine the effects of related interventions, including pay-for-performance and medical home implementation, on health care quality and cost. Dr. Kern’s research is funded through grants and contracts from organizations including the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, New York State, the Commonwealth Fund, and the Taconic Independent Practice Association.
- Korn LM , Reichert S, Simon T, Halm EA. Improving physicians ’ knowledge of the costs of medications and willingness to consider costs when prescribing. J Gen Intern Med 2003 Jan;18(1):31-37.
- Kern LM , Powe NR, Levine MA, Fitzpatrick AL, Harris TB, Robbins J, Fried LP. Association between screening for osteoporosis and the incidence of hip fracture. Ann Intern Med 2005 Feb;142(3):173-181.
- Mushlin AI, Kern LM, Paris M, Lambert DR, Williams G. The value of diagnostic information to patients with chest pain suggestive of coronary artery disease. Med Decis Making 2005 Mar-Apr;25:149-157.
- Kern LM , Callahan MA, Brillon DJ, Vargas M, Mushlin AI. Glucose testing and insufficient follow-up of abnormal results: A cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res 2006 Jul;6:87.
- Hripcsak G, Kaushal R, Johnson KB, Ash JS, Bates DW, Block R, Frisse ME, Kern LM, Marchibroda J, Overhage JM, Wilcox AB. The United Hospital Fund meeting on evaluating health information exchange. J Biomed Inform 2007 Dec;40(Suppl 6):S3-10.
- Kern LM , Kaushal R. Health information technology and health information exchange in New York State: new initiatives in implementation and evaluation. J Biomed Inform 2007 Dec;40(Suppl 6):S17-20.
- Bang H, Mazumdar M, Kern LM, Shoham DA, August PA, Kshirsagar AV. Validation and comparison of a novel screening guideline for kidney disease: KEEPing SCORED. Arch Int Med 2008;168(4):432-435.
- Spencer AL, Kern LM. Primary care program directors ’ perceptions of women ’s health education. J Womens Health 2008 Apr;17(4):1-8.
- Kern LM , Barron Y, Blair AJ, Salkowe J, Chambers D, Callahan MA, Kaushal R. Electronic laboratory result viewing and quality of care in small group practices. J Gen Intern Med 2008 Apr;23(4):405-410.
- Kaushal R, Shapiro J, Kern LM. The future of RHIOs in New York [letter]. Health Aff (Millwood) 2008; published as an e-letter on May 6 at http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/eletters/27/1/w60. Kaushal R, Shapiro J, Kern LM. The future of RHIOs in New York [letter]. Health Aff (Millwood) 2008; published as an e-letter on May 6 at http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/eletters/27/1/w60.
- Kshirsagar AV, Bang H, Bomback AS, Vupputuri S, Shoham DA, Kern LM, Klemmer PJ, Mazumdar M, August PA. A simple algorithm to predict incident kidney disease. Arch Intern Med 2008;168(22):2466-2473.
- Kern LM , Abramson EL, Dhopeshwarkar R, Kaushal R. Connecting a community through health information technology: The Hudson Valley experience. Submitted for publication.
- Kern LM , Wilcox A, Shapiro J, Yoon-Flannery K, Abramson EL, Flink E, Colello A, Kaushal R. Using technology to integrate health care in New York State ’s communities. Submitted for publication
- Kern LM , Barron Y, Abramson EL, Patel V, Kaushal R. HEAL NY: The effects of New York State ’s policies to promote interoperable health information technology. Submitted for publication.
- Kaushal R, Kern LM, Barron Y, Quaresimo J, Abramson EL. Electronic prescribing improves medication safety in community-based office practices. Submitted for publication.
- Helen B. Taussig Research Award for Postdoctoral Investigation, Young Investigators’ Day, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (2002)
- Mack Lipkin, Sr. Associates Award for outstanding scientific presentation at the national meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, Atlanta, GA (2002)
- Nanette Laitman Clinical Scholar in Public Health, with a focus on Clinical Evaluation (2006)
- American College of Physicians
- Society of General Internal Medicine
