Robert E. Burke, MD, MS, SFHM
Associate Professor of Medicine (Hospital Medicine)
Core Investigator, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Corporal Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Staff Physician, Corporal Crescenz VA Medical Center
Associate Chief for Research, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Associate Chief for Research, Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Medical Director, Penn Medicine Hospital at Home Program
Department: Medicine
Contact information
423 Guardian Drive, Blockley Hall #1232
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2155733205
Publications
Education:
BS (Biochemistry, Summa Cum Laude)
Boston College, 2003.
MD (Medicine)
Stanford University, 2008.
MS (Clinical Sciences)
University of Colorado Graduate Program in Clinical Sciences, 2015.
Permanent linkBS (Biochemistry, Summa Cum Laude)
Boston College, 2003.
MD (Medicine)
Stanford University, 2008.
MS (Clinical Sciences)
University of Colorado Graduate Program in Clinical Sciences, 2015.
Selected Publications
O'Brien K, Burke RE, Saliba D.: An Elusive Ideal-Why a Pragmatic "Home Time" Quality Measure Remains Hard to Define. J Am Geriatr Soc Jul 2025.O'Brien KS, Harkins K, Peifer M, Kleid M, Coykendall C, Shea J, Karlawish J, Burke RE.: Designing an intervention to improve cognitive evaluations in primary care. Implement Sci Commun 6: 9, Jan 2025.
Burke RE, Hutchins F, Heintz J, Appel S, Patel S, Norman J, Gupta A, Rose L, Werner RM: Size of the financial incentives in Medicares Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program. JAMA Network Open 2025.
Burke RE, Chatterjee P.: Breaking hospital discharge gridlock through policy reforms. J Hosp Med 2025.
Warren CM, Ashcraft LE, Peeples A, Piazza KM, Goodman O, Gitlin LN, Long JA, Burke RE, Werner RM, Brown RT.: Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing a Multicomponent Dementia Caregiver Program in a Complex Healthcare System. Inquiry 2025.
Piazza KM, Pascal C, Patel SR, Sefcik C, Schapira MM, Madrigal C, Ritchey KC, Yip L, Naik AD, Burke RE.: A Mixed-Methods Usability Pilot of a Value-Goal Elicitation Tool in the Inpatient Setting for Older Adults Anticipating Post-Acute Care. Inquiry 2025.
Burke RE, Hutchins F, Heintz J, Appel S, Norman J, Patel S, Gupta A, Rose L, Werner RM.: Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Failed To Achieve Hospital Readmission Reductions And Other Targets. Health Aff (Millwood) 2025.
Gustavson AM, Miller MJ, Boening N, Hudson EM, Wisdom JP, Burke RE, Hagedorn HJ.: Identifying factors influencing emerging innovations in hospital discharge decision making in response to system stress: a qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res 24: 1293, Oct 2024.
Bressman E, Long JA, Burke RE, Ahn A, Honig K, Zee J, McGlaughlin N, Balachandran M, Asch DA, Morgan AU.: Automated Text Message-Based Program and Use of Acute Health Care Resources After Hospital Discharge: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open 7: e243701, Apr 2024.
Gilmartin H, Jones C, Nunnery M, Leonard C, Connelly B, Wills A, Kelley L, Rabin B, Burke RE.: An implementation strategy postmortem method developed in the VA rural Transitions Nurse Program to inform spread and scale-up. PLoS One 19: e0298552, Mar 2024.