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Kathryn Bowles
Alma materPennsylvania Western University
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania
ThesisAn evaluation of the Omaha Classification System in the hospital care of the elderly (1996)

Kathryn Bowles is an American nurse and Professor of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research looks to improve outcomes of people discharged from hospital care. She is an elected member of the American College of Medical Informatics, American Nurses Association and National Academy of Medicine.

Early life and education

Bowles studied at Pennsylvania Western University, where she majored in nursing. She worked as a nurse for several years, in Pennsylvania, Indiana and New York. She eventually returned to academia, and earned her doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania.

Research and career

Bowles was a critical care nurse. In this capacity, she realised that hospital patients often did not possess enough knowledge to take care of themselves at home, and were often not referred to appropriate post-hospital care. This prompted her to research why older people return to the hospital after being discharged. She defined key risk factors (e.g. physical stability, length of stay in hospital, having a caregiver at home) that impacted the likelihood of additional hospital care following discharge.

She created a methodology to identify which patients were most likely to experience poor discharge outcomes. In 2012 she founded a company to deliver this tool to hospitals and caregivers. Her Discharge Decision Support System is an assessment tool that has been shown to have a positive impact on readmissions.

Awards and honours

Select publications

References

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  2. "Kathryn H. Bowles". www.nursing.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  3. Bowles, K. H.; Chittams, J.; Heil, E.; Topaz, M.; Rickard, K.; Bhasker, M.; Tanzer, M.; Behta, M.; Hanlon, A. (2015-01-25). "Successful electronic implementation of discharge referral decision support has a positive impact on 30 and 60-day readmissions". Research in nursing & health. 38 (2): 102. doi:10.1002/nur.21643. PMC 4363131. PMID 25620675.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)
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  5. "Harriet H. Werley Award | AMIA - American Medical Informatics Association". amia.org. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
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  9. "Kathryn Bowles, PhD, to receive 15th Annual Claire M. Fagin Distinguished Researcher Award". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  10. "Kathy Bowles Receives FNINR's Welch/Woerner Path-Paver Award". VNS Health. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  11. "NCTH Co-Director Dr. Kathryn Bowles Named Most Proflic Author in Nursing Informatics". www.nursing.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  12. Durana, Jamie (2024-10-21). "National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members - National Academy of Medicine". National Academy of Medicine. Archived from the original on 2024-12-20. Retrieved 2024-12-26.