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
Bravata DM, Schubert CC, Kilbourne AM, Hartronft SR, Schwartzkopf AL, Myers JL, Flanagan ME, Donnelly CE, Taylor SE, Reeves MJ, Perkins AJ, Myers LE, Roy I, Burke RE, Beard RA, Montagnini M, Jindal SK, Arling G, Madrigal C, Rattray NA.: Leading Learning Health Systems: Strategies Used to Establish and Conduct a Learning Health System. J Gen Intern Med Sep 2025.Ashcraft LE, Peeples AD, Hall D, Bowen ME, Brown RT, Long JA, Piazza KM, Goodman OK, Warren CM, Pelcher LR, Werner RM, Burke RE.: On the same (evaluation) page: a novel approach to enhance mixed-methods implementation evaluation. BMJ Open Qual 14: e002620, Sep 2025.
Burke RE, Hutchins F, Heintz J, Patel SR, Appel S, Norman J, Gupta A, Rose L, Werner RM.: Size of the Financial Incentives in Medicare's Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program. JAMA Netw Open 8: e2533369, Sep 2025.
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.
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.
Schwartz AW, Jindal SK, Wozneak KA, Burke RE.: Implementation of the Age-Friendly Health Systems Initiative in the Department of Veterans Affairs: 5 Years of Improving Quality for Older Veterans. Inquiry 2025.