Kim Dunn, MD, PhD

Use of information technology for improving access and decreasing costs of care, community health information networks, hand held computer devices in knowledge capture and data verification, telemedicine.

Dr. Dunn is a practicing general internist who serves on the faculty at the School of Health Information Sciences (SHIS).  She leads the HealthQuilt project and  she founded Your Doctor Program, L.P. to support a medical home model for accountability in healthcare using a quality management program, telecommunications, and sustainable financial models. She also serves as Vice-President of the Schull Institute, a non-profit organization to mentor  future leaders to improve healthcare for vulnerable populations, and is President-Elect of the UT Medical School Alumni Association.   Prior to joining the SHIS faculty, she was Vice Chair of Internal Medicine at UTMB and played a leading role in developing the telemedicine program and outcomes management program for the Texas Prison System.  She was recognized by UTMB for these efforts by receiving the first Mustard Seed Award for clinically based research at UTMB for her work in establishing outcomes management for the Texas Prison System.   At SHIS, she teaches all courses on-line.   These include Telemedicine, Introduction to the Healthcare System, Consultation in Health Informatics, and Advanced Informatics.  She assists in developing the strategic directions for SHIS, particularly the development of applied education and research tracks in public health informatics and clinical informatics.   She received the prestigious John P. McGovern Teaching Award in 2006 and an accommodation for Meritorious Service for her leadership as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2004-2006.