Robert L. Kane, M.D.

M.D., Preventive Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 1965

A.B., Columbia College, 1961

Courses

Quality of Care; Aging Research; Applied Policy Research; Writing

Fall 2009
6863: Understanding Health Care Quality

Fall 2009
8831: Writing for Research

Research Interests:

Outcomes of acute and long-term care, especially the effects of hospital and post-hospital care; epidemiology of aging; managed care; assessment; long-term care policy

Recent Publications:

Kane R.L. and R.A. Kane (eds.), Assessing Older Persons: Measures, Meaning, and Practical Applications, New York, Oxford University Press, 2000.

Kane RL and JC West It Shouldn’t Be This Way: The Failure of Long-Term Care, Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville, 2005.

Kane RL (ed), Understanding Health Care Outcomes Research, Second Edition, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, MA, 2005.

Kane RL, R Priester, and AM Totten, Meeting the Challenge of Chronic Illness, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2005.

Kane RL, G Arling, C Mueller, R Held, and V Cooke “A Quality-Based Payment Strategy for Nursing Home Care in Minnesota” The Gerontologist 47(1): 108-115, 2007.

Kane RL, K Boston, and M Chilvers “Helping People Make Better Long-Term Care Decisions” The Gerontologist 47(2):244-247, 2007.

Kane RL “Strategies for Improving Chronic Illness Care: Some Issues for the NHs” Aging Health 3(3):333-342, 2007.

Kane RL, R Priester, and D Neuman “Does Disparity in the Way Disabled Older Adults Are Treated Imply Ageism?” The Gerontologist 47(3):271-279, 2007.

Kane RL, TA Shamliyan, C Mueller, S Duval, and TJ Wilt “The Association of Registered Nurse Staffing Levels and Patient Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” Medical Care 45(12):1195-1204, 2007.

Kane RL, JC Ouslander, and IB Abrass, Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, Sixth Edition, McGraw Hill, New York, 2009.

Professional Experience:

Director, Center on Aging, University of Minnesota, 1994 to present

Director, Clinical Outcomes Research Center, University of Minnesota, 1993 to present

Minnesota Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 1989 to present

Professor, University of Minnesota Medical School, 1985 to present

Professor, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 1985 to present

Dean, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, 1985 - 1990

Adjunct Professor, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, Los Angeles, CA, 1982 - 1985

Professor in Residence, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, 1980 - 1985

Associate Professor, then Professor, in Residence, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 1978 - 1985

Senior Researcher, The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, 1977 - 1985

University of Utah, Assistant Professor, then Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 1970 - 1977

U.S. Public Health Service, Special Assistant to Regional Health Director, DHEW Region VIII, Denver, CO, 1970 - 1971

U.S. Public Health Service, Service Unit Director, Indian Hospital, Shiprock, NM, 1969 - 1970

University of Kentucky, Acting Coordinator, Senior Clerkship Program, Department of Community Medicine, Lexington, KY, 1968 – 1969

Honors:

British Geriatric Society’s medal for the Relief of Suffering Amongst the Aged, 2008

Enrico Greppi Prize, Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2005

Inducted into University of Minnesota Academic Health Center's Academy for Excellence in Health Research, 2004

Dutch Kastenbaum Outstanding Gerontologist Award (from Minnesota Gerontological Society), 2003

Fellow, Gerontological Society of America, 2000

Gerontological Society of America Polisher Award, 1998

David Solomon Honorary Lecture, UCLA, 1997

Jewish Homes for the Aging Applied Gerontological Research Award, 1992

American Society for the Aging President's Award, 1991

Visiting Professor, UCLA, 1991

Visiting Professor, Fallon Geriatrics Program, 1990

American Public Health Association Gerontological Health Key Award, 1988

American Geriatrics Society Edward B. Henderson Memorial Lecture Award, 1987

Geriatric Medicine Academic Award, 1979-1984

WHO Traveling Fellowship, 1975

Contact

Mailing Address:
Health Policy and Management
420 Delaware St SE, MMC 729
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone (Work): (612) 624-1185

Email: kanex001@umn.edu