Research and Scholarly Projects

CI fellows have made remarkable strides in Clinical Informatics, contributing to a wealth of knowledge and advancements in the field. Their dedication and expertise shine through in their diverse research endeavors.

Publications

  • Wong R, Lam E, Bramante CT, et al. explored whether COVID-19 infection increases the risk of diabetes in their study published in Current Diabetes Reports on June 7, 2023. This research provides valuable insights into the long-term health impacts of COVID-19.
  • Reddy NV, Yeh HC, Tronieri JS, et al. investigated the incidence of diabetes mellitus diagnoses following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Their findings, published in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science in 2023, offer a population-level perspective on this important issue.
  • Alpi KM, Martin CL, Plasek JM, et al. characterized the terminology used in informatics literature related to consumer engagement with wearable devices. This study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association on May 18, 2023, highlights the evolving landscape of health technology.
  • Luo J, Wong R, Mehta T, et al. shared their early experiences implementing real-time prescription benefit tools across five academic medical centers. Their work, published in Healthcare (Amsterdam) in 2023, underscores the potential of these tools to improve prescription medication access and affordability.
  • Leese P, Anand A, Girvin A, et al. examined clinical encounter heterogeneity and methods for resolving it in networked EHR data. Their study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association on April 22, 2023, contributes to the understanding of data integration in healthcare.

Oral Presentations

  • Rana D, Fisher A, Wong R, Mellin A, Del Rio D, Macchio R, Lingam V leveraged journey maps to contextualize prior authorizations at an academic cancer center, as presented at the 2024 AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference
  • Patel T, Hajagos J, Lingam V, Wong R, Damaghi M, Kurc T, Saltz M, Saltz J developed a multi-modal breast cancer research data warehouse, sharing their learnings at the same conference.
  • Ung L, Kurc T, Lingam V, Saltz J, Saltz M, Heslin S, Morley E predicted patient boarding in the emergency department using open-source time series forecasting libraries.
  • Luo J, Crotty B, Epstein J, Schwartz J, Wong R conducted workshops on using tech-based tools to help patients access lower-cost prescription drugs, presented at the National SGIM 2021 Virtual Meeting.>

Poster Presentations

  • Keck E, Hall M, Anand A, Sinha S, Patel T, Rana D, Gold S, Wong R, Lehmann H, Moffitt R created a standard operating procedure for concept set creation in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C), presented at the 2023 AMIA Symposium in New Orleans, LA.
  • Patel S, Yoo Y, Wong R, Stathakos K, Mahmud W, Kameleswaran R, Neumann J, Moffitt R, Chapman S conducted methodological quality checks for OMOP drug concept set creation, also presented at the 2023 AMIA Symposium.
  • Soff S, Yoo Y, Wong R, Hall M, Vaddavalli R, Moffitt R explored the paradoxical trend of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) in type 2 diabetes, presented at the 2023 American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting in San Diego, CA.
  • Wong R, Mehta T, Schwartz J, Epstein J, Smith E, Kashyup N, Woreta F, Crotty B, Feterik K, Fliotsos M, Luo J shared their experiences implementing real-time prescription benefit tools at five academic centers, presented at the 2021 AMIA Symposium in San Diego, CA.
  • Rajupet S, Wong R, Moller D, Maldonado L, Kurc T, Hajagos J, Shah H, Saltz M, Saltz J, Lingam V developed a framework for post-COVID care and secondary data use, presented at the 2021 AMIA Symposium.
    Lingam V, Garcia V, Tsai C, Wooldridge J, Wong R integrated gaming into vir