Faculty Profile

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Education and Training
DrPH Columbia University
MA Columbia University

Affiliations
School of Nursing
Department of Medicine

Mary O'Neil Mundinger, DrPH, RN
Dean, School of Nursing
Centennial Professor of Health Policy

Research Summary
Develop a quality assurance program for the Columbia academic health center, which will measure academic health center best practices.

Clinical Interests
Health policy as it relates to access and quality of care

Selected Publications

Mundinger MO.Who's who in nursing: bringing clarity to the doctor of nursing practice. Nurs Outlook. 2005 Jul-Aug;53(4):173-6.

Hopkins SC, Lenz ER, Pontes NM, Lin SX, Mundinger MO. Context of care or provider training: the impact on preventive screening practices. Prev Med. 2005 Jun;40(6):718-24.

Mundinger MO, Thomas E, Smolowitz J, Honig J. Essential health care: affordable for all? Nurs Econ. 2004 Sep-Oct;22(5):239-44, 227. Review.

Mundinger MO. (2004). Advanced practice nurses: The preferred primary care providers for the 21st century. In J Showstack, S Hasmiller & A Rothman (Eds). The Future of Primary Care.

Lenz ER, Mundinger MO, Kane RL, Hopkins SC, Lin, SX. (2004). Primary care outcomes in patients treated by nurse practitioners or physicians: Two-year follow-up. Med Care Res Rev. 2004 Sep;61(3):332-51

Mundinger MO. Toward a quality workforce. Pediatrics. (2003) Aug;112(2):416-8; discussion 418-9.

Mundinger MO, Kane RL. Challenges facing family practice and primary care. JAMA. 2003 Jan 15;289(3):297-8; author reply 299-300.

Mundinger MO. (2002). Twenty-first-century primary care: New partnerships between nurses and doctors. Academic Medicine, 77(8), 776-100%.

Honors and Awards

2005 The Robert and June Becker Annual Endowed Lecture, Health Policy Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin
1998 Nurse Practitioner of the Year Award, The Nurse Practitioner Journal
1996 Doctor of Humane Letters (Honorary), Hamilton College
1995 Member, The Institute of Medicine
1995 Fellow, The New York Academy of Medicine
1995 The University of Michigan School of Nursing Outstanding Achievement Award
1994-1997 Scholar in Academic Administration and Health Policy, Association of Academic Health Centers
1987 Distinguished Practitioner, National Academy of Practice, Co-chair, 1992-94
1985 Creative Achievement Award, American Public Health Association, Public Health Nursing Section
1984-1985 Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Program, Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences
1984 Book of the Year Award, American Journal of Nursing Company, Inc. for Home Care Controversy
1983 Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
1983 Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Michigan Medical Center (First Nurse Honored)
1981 Book of the Year Award, American Journal of Nursing Company, Inc. for Autonomy in Nursing

Committees/Boards/Council Memberships

2002-present Board of Directors, Welch Allyn, Inc
2002-present Board of Directors, Gentiva Health Services
1997-present Board of Directors, Cell Therapeutics, Inc.
1997-present Board of Directors, UnitedHealth Group
1997 Chair, Federally Commissioned Committee to advise the Department of Veterans Affairs on Innovations in Nursing
1996 Member, White House National Steering Committee on Health
1995 Member, Workshop on Scientific Bases of Primary Care, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
1995 Member, Executive Committee and Sponsoring Committee, Friends of the National Institute for Nursing Research
1994 Member, Roundtable on the Role of Academic Health Centers in Clinical Research and Training, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
1993-1999 Member, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
1993-1998 Commissioner, Commonwealth Fund Commission on Women's Health

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